LITTLE DUCHESS'S HOME.

Shannon News, 11 March 1927, Page 1

LITTLE DUCHESS'S HOME.

NEW ZEALAND.ER AT GLAMIS. RENEWS WAR-TIME FRIENDSHIP. Auckland, Feb 28. How many New" Zealand soldiers of those who spent leave in Scotland during the war had the privilege of an invitation to Glamis Castle is recorded only in the visitors' book of that historic Highland home. But those who went there are learning that besides having found a welcome as warm as only a Highland welcome can be; not one of them has been forgotten by the bright-eyed little brunette, then in her teens, who was the pride of a noble household, and who is now the Duchess of York. When one Auckland man, a major at the time, signed his name in the visitors' book at Glamis he counted on no sequel, but a memory that would mellow with the years. A letter from Government House at Auckland the other day disabused his mind, however. It said that the Duchess of York would be pleased to renew their wartime acquaintance over a cup of tea. The exmajor quickly found that her higher station had not changed the unaffected and winsome daughter of Glamis he met a decade ago, except that she was more charming, more natural, and more beautiful. "I shall never forget your tunes on the violin," said the Duchess in the course of conversation. "I was astonished at her recalling that so readily," the ex-major remarked afterwards. "There were three of us at the castle, and I used often to play a violin during the delightful evenings we had there, but I did not expect her to remember which one of the three was the minstrel. Indeed, I did not think that she would remember any of us individually. It was long ago, and in those war years there were many soldier guests at Glamis, and the girl who charmed us all had ever so much to do." The major feels he is one of many ex-soldiers throughout the country who will find that the young lady they met at Glamis was not just a fairweather friend.