AUSTRALIAN GIRL MAY BE DUCHESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 325, 10 April 1928, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN GIRL MAY BE DUCHESS

VISCOUNTESS MANDEXTLLE A g - v. *-o r-3y be t-e A -si2M:rr Duchess, arrived in Auckland yesterday by th. Aorangl. Formerly Miss Xell Sead. of Melbourne. V:scornute ; ~ MmdeTflh % now the wife c: the Duke f MaackH ter's son and heir. The couple are returning to England after paying a vis.: t< relaum in Australia. Five weeks were »pe*t in Melbourne, and one week in Sji- * We would much have liked to make a stay in New Zealand, but I am afraid thr the time will nc: permit." ‘isd Lc:l Mandeville. n arrival yesterday. He is anxious to return to England. as he is due to rejoin his skit almost immediately. Viscount Mat devilie is a naval officer. He met his Australian briie t: Colombo last 3*-ear and his narriaf* Tne ¥!► i count i? 25 year? of a«re and his ? father is the nin T h holder of the dukedom of Manchester, which ws created in 171 The earldom of Manchester, another of the Dcbe’i Titles, was, however, created in IMC. and the barony of Montague of Kinbolton six years earlier. Lord Mandevilie's me. her was sz American. She was Miss Helen Zimmerman, daughter of tte iaie M” Eugene Zimmerman. The Duck—is at present in the United S;at«. t r° <=n n and his Au c, nfei • bride will meet her. The family sea- i? Kimbottw Castle, St. Xec r s. The duke also v a« residences in County Armagh and in Connemara, and another county #s• ! tate in Huntingdonshire. COUNSELS OF PERFECTION OUR MODEST HUMAN NEEDS Every now and then I feed a hunger for home-making perfection on those counsels that emana:e from experts in various sphere—lurnislcK* decorating. control of servants, husband management, child life, cookery, flowers, and gardens—the ideal ham®in short. And I come back to solii earth in a mood that hovers between smiles and sighs. When feeling ordinarily fir and well, the smile? triumph It is cnly on jaundiced off-days that • unattainable perfection shadows toJ j soul, and I note anew each defect i* i each room of my abode. The triumph of normality is it can be content with so little. Thst ■ it can achieve wonderful happiness ® surroundings that would make these splendid experts shudder. Huma* needs, for the most part, are rea??u£ ingly modest. The greatest need « all is the need of dreams. And whea* would our dreams be if we had hat to stretch out an effortless hand !• attain perfection! , Infinitely happy are the dreams t the little housewife who. year by by dint of saving and managing. trives to make just one of her home-making dreams come true. - ! new chair, a dinky table, new ,(XV T covers for the shabby but solid <>*• furniture in the living room: repia ling the bath. Only one at a fl ®*- but such joy in each separate ment* And one little word of air ‘ approbation means so vastly ™ * than would the expert’s detackect proval of cold. , pe rfccofL Yes. Your little housewife read of it from time to tinA mind with the colour ana of fleeting fashions in furniture, dress, and other realms of a v- fc . she comes back to her own main with renewed zeal, a awakened love for the very I tions. the lovely little ur *_. gnd ’ dream?, that give life n purpose herself a tireless mission. America is optnmstic ,f turn of the petticoat, and th« :Lj?ritY is already appearing in tne . cU e«* of early spring presentation?tionab y, the two-pi-::-- . with iskirt on a waist line. n*» this item back into vogtl#.