War Weddings in London.

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 307, 29 December 1939, Page 5

War Weddings in London.

Three interesting war weddings were colebrated in London within a few days. A great crowd assembled for the wedding of Mr. Randolph Churchill, only son of Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mrs. Churchill, and the Hon. Pamela Digby, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Digby. The bridegroom, fair and goodlooking, with classical features, wore uniform, and the bride, who has tawny hair and a brilliant complexion, wore a raven’s wing blue two-piece suit, trimmed with fur, a turncd-up blue velvet tam and a spray of pink tiger lilies. The wedding of Lady Joan Rufus Isaacs (daughter of Lord Reading) and Dr. Solly Zuekerman took place very quietly. The bride is the granddaughter of the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Dr. Zuekerman, who was born in South Africa, is a lecturer at Oxford University. Another bride, in whom there was much interest, was Miss Rose Rosenberg, -who gained tho C.B.E. for her work as private secretary to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, while ho was Prime Minister. She married Mr. Laszlo Hoenig, a Hungarian architect and designer. Both Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and his brother, Mr. Alister MacDonald, were guests at the wedding.

Women in the News. Advice has been received that Madame Stella Rubinstein, who visited the Dominion a few months ago as a beauty counsellor and who left New Zealand in September, has rcachod France and has offered her services to the authorities as an interpreter. Madame Rubinstein was born at Cracow, Poland, but has been domiciled in Paris for a number of years. She has been unable to obtain any authoritative news of the whereabouts of her son, who is an officer in the Polish Army. Her only comment is that sho would prefer him to be killed in action than to be taken prisoner.

The original " Merry Widow" paid a brief visit to Auckland on Friday, when the Australian actress, Carrie Moore, who has made her name famous on the English stage, arrived on the Mariposa. Carrie Moore first played the part in London, then went to Australia, where her "Merry Widow" created a furore. lu November of last year, Carrie Moore appeared with Sir Seymour Hicks, Irene Vanbrugh and Mabel Love in a command performance before the King and Queen in "Me and My Girl" at the Colosseum Theatre. "It was a lino compliment, for I had been absent, from the English stage for 20 years, and I was the only visiting artist in the play," she said. Carrie Moore is returning to Australia after a long visit to Hollywood, where she attended the wedding of Billie Burke's daughter. Billy Burke and Carrie Moore were

principal girl and principal boy in "Aladdin" many years ago.