Grey Woman who Haunts Sydney Society Weddings Quaint Philosophy of Beauty

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 916, 8 March 1930, Page 18

Grey Woman who Haunts Sydney Society Weddings Quaint Philosophy of Beauty

SYDNEY has a mysterious “Woman- in Grey," silent, shadowy watcher at every city wedding. Revealing the quaint and charming philosophy behind her strange pastime, she yet preserved intact the secret ot her identity, when Interviewed by a “Guardian” reporter. Not only does she never miss a wedding at a city church; she journeys to far suburbs to see happy girls married . . . and she sheds tears at many funerals. Paradoxically, this most mysterious of women Is one of the best known figures in Sydney society. She is soft of voice and charming of manner. Her brown eyes .twinkled beneath a rose shaded straw hat as she talked. Admiring Beauty Why do weddings so intrigue her? “I have the time and money,” she

said, “and I travel to churches to admire their serene beauty, enhanced by a beautiful bride. “I don’t go to criticise, like most women,” she added rather bitterly. “Of all the brides I have seen in years, Margaret Osborne, who married Ellis Fielding Jones, was the most beautiful. “My father knew* the Osbornes well when he took a big part in the lile of this State, and my married sister moves in social circles. “There’s something very wonderful about a bride when there’s so much immorality in Sydney. “I have no other reason for spending so much time at weddings unless it’s because my relations and friends bore me.” That is all she will say. Lively and cheerful in spirit, yet a frail figure in her cotton frock and grey coat, she turns from the limelight, happy to linger alone among the other shadows of the city.