WOMAN’S WORLD,

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1922, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD,

PERSONAL. Miss Roy is visiting Wellington. Miss C. Mills has returned from Wairoa. Miss D. Sturtevant left for Auckland last Tuesday. Miss Pratt returned to Auckland on Friday. • • • • Mrs. Rex Brewster has returned from a short visit to the mountain. # • • • Miss Paget left for Palmerston North on Thursday. Mrs. T. H. Nicholson left last Wednesday on a visit to Dunedin. Mrs. Allan Waters left last Tuesday for Auckland and Hamilton. Mrs. E. P. Webster returned from Wanganui on Monday. Mrs. Ryder left for Auckland on Friday. The Misses Wynyard (Auckland) are at present visiting New Plymouth. Mrs. R. Nolan is paying a round of visits in Taranaki. Miss Marshall and Miss Annie Wilson left last Tuesday on a visit to Auckland. • • A • Mrs. L. Ward, who has been visiting New Plymouth for the past fortnight, returns to Taihape to-day. Mrs. and Miss E. Hammond (Hamilton) left last Monday on a trip to the Southern Lakes. ♦ • • • Miss U. Greenwood, who has been staying with Mrs. R. Greenwood, Urenui, left for Auckland last Tuesday. Miss Janet Taylor and Mrs. Garnhain (Sydney) are the guests of Mrs. N. K. Me Diarm id. Miss Ricketts and Miss Baffett (London) are at present visiting here, and leave for the mountain house on Sunday. • • • • Miss B. Corrigan, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. H. and Mrs. W. C. Weston left for Hastings last Tuesday. Miss Rita Moss returned to Wellington on Tuesday. Mrs. Holford (Sydney) is at present staying with her sister, Mrs. E. P. Webster. AN ENJOYABLE DANCE. A most enjoyable dance was held in the East End pavilion last Monday night. Miss Beryl Barthorp was the debutante of the evening, she being at- • tired in a pretty frock of Chiney lace ' and net, over white satin, with a berthe of Carrickmacross lace. The supper tables were most tastefully decorated by Mrs. Fitzherbert and Miss Jo-4an, with asters of various shades. WEDDINGS. WENMAN—COAD. A quiet wedding was solemnised at St.' Paul’s Church, Nor man by, by the Rev. Franklin, vicar of Hawera, on Wednesday, February 22, when Eileen Ivy May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Coad, of Normanby, and formerly of Inglewood, was married to George Wenman, third son of the late Col. Wen man, sth Battalion Buffs, Kent, England. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in creme serge trimmed with white fiilk braid, and wore a cornflower blue hat. She also carried a beautiful bouquet. She was attended by her sister, Miss Thelma Coad, who was attired in white voile with hat to match. Mr. Archie Coad, brother of the bride, was best man. After the ceremony the party adjourned to the residence of the bride’s parents, where the wedding breakfast was held, about* thirty relatives and intimate friends attending. The usual felicitous toasts were honored. The young couple, . who were the recipients of numerous and valuable presents, including several cheques, left later by car en route to Wanganui. They proceeded later to Palmerston North, where they intend to reside.

STELLER—EICHSTAEDT. The marriage of Miss Mary Magdalene Steller, of Waimata, to Mr. Harold Ernest Eichstaedt, fourth son of Mrs. -L. Eichstaedt, of Midhirst, took place at the Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood, on February 22. Rev. Father Long officiated. The bride was beautifully gowned in white crepe de chine and shadow lace, and wore a veil and orange blossom. Miss Agnes Ethel Steller. sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and wore a dainty blue crepe de chine dress, with a black tulle hat finished on with velvet streamers. Little Miss Elsie Steller, niece of the bride, was flower girl, dressed in cream net, worked with pink. The bride and bridesmaid each carried a shower bouquet of eream roses, sweet peas, and asparagus fern. Mr. Len. McAsey acted as best man. ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced of Miss Marie Avery, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. R. Avery, Awakino, to Mr. Frank Belcher, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Belcher, of Rawhitiroa, Eltham. THE VICTORIA LEAGUE. The Victoria League having lost the services of Mrs. Russell in the tea room, apd not having found a suitable successor, resolved to take over the providing of morning and afternoon tea by the joint efforts of some of its always enterprising members. The league is fortunate in having secured the services as joint manageresses of Gertrude Morey and Miss Collis, and the tea room is now being run by them, with specially dainty sandwiches, toast, cakes and other things supplied through the league.

Members are reminded that on Monday next, March 6, a social evening for ill members will he held and a large attendance is expected.

ENGLAND’S ROYAL BRIDE.

CAREER OF LORD LASCELLES. SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN. DISTINGUISHED WAR SERVICE. England’s Royal bride, who will be 25 on April 25 next, is probably one of the most thoroughly competent young women in England. The number of things that she can do, and do exceedingly well, is astonishing. Cooking, the darning of stockings, dancing, riding, singing, typewriting—these are just a few of her accomplishments. And anything she has ever put her hand to has always been done thoroughly. It is the result of her upbringing. Being a Princess was not a bit like a fairy story when she was a little girl. She had to work, and to work hard, and the extent of her lessons might have caused feelings of revolt in other small people of the same age. She was learning three languages all the time, for she had a German nurse, and all her lessons were done in French. She had her piano practice to attend to—she used to play duets with Queen Alexandra—and over and above the ordinary school subjects were the instructions in household affairs on which the Queen insisted. She was only 12 when she had her first lessons in cookery.

LEADER OF ENGLAND’S GIRLHOOD.

But it was never a case of al) work and no play. Sport has always played a part in her life, and there are few better horsewomen in the country. She was 11 when she received her first brush at a hunt at Ashill, Norfolk, and she has been riding to hounds consistently ever since. It is a taste which she shares with Lord Lascelles, who is joint master this year of the Bramham Moor Hunt. It was the coming of the nation’s great emergency which brought her into the public, life of the nation. Before 1914 she had been little seen, but in those days, when everybody was needed to do what could be done, she was allowed to come forward and do her share with the rest. Her first public position was that of patron of the League of Young Patriots, an organisation of school children which was formed in the very early days of the war. She became, swiftly and surely, the leader of the girls of England, in all the multitude of their war-time activities. Land girls, munition girls, hospital workers —all of these were her special charge, and she went about, cheering •them on at their work and doing no small amount of work herself. There was a food plot at Windsor Castle which she cultivated zealously whenever she had the time to spare, and as an expert shorthand writer and typist thers was always secretarial work waiting for her. And on Sundays she was quite equal to singing in the war-de-pleted choir at Windsor. Charity has always been more than an instinct—it is almost a passion with her. It is recorded that when she was 16 she raised £42 for some of her favorite charities by making bead necklaces which she sold to her friends at prices ranging from two to six shillings, according to size. She has always been an enthusiastic collector for benevolent institutions and has taken deep delight in brightening dull lives in grey streets. 'Her innumerable activities have won friends for her in all classes and all parts of the country, and especially among children and girls, for she is such a thorough girl herself in the best modern sense of the word, loving fun and sport and life in the open air, a superb dancer, and a whole-hearted worker, with a heart of infinite kindness to crown the whole.

LORD LASCELLES’ WAR SERVICE,

As to Viscount Lascelles,, who has taken a King’s daughter to wife, probably what appeals most to the imagination of the public is the fact that he has a good war record. He chose to live the life of the battalion officer, and steadfastly refused to retire to the comparative luxury of brigade dug-out or chateau, or . to the peaceful life of Divisional or Army Headquarters. For this the most envious will forgive him his great wealth and his great good fortune. The eldest son of the Earl of Harewood he inherited in 1910, quite unexpectedly, the great fortune of his great-uncle, the late Marquis of Clanricarde, who left something like £2,000,000 to “Harry Lascelles. by courtesy called Viscount Lascelles, son of my nephew, Henry. Earl of Harewood.” On leaving Eton he obtained a commission in the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, but left them in 1905 to become an honorary attache in the Diplomatic Service, doing duty at the British Embassy in Rome, and afterwards going out to Canada as A.D.C. to Earl Grey. When war broke out, he rejoined his regiment, and remained with the 3rd battalion throughout the war. He was wounded three times and won the D.S.O. and bar and the Croix de Guerre. He finished the war in command of his battalion, which had the reputation of being probably the finest in the Guards Division. It was Lord Lascelles who, in the rain and darkness of the night of November 10, 1918. after days of strenuous fighting, in person again led it on to the attack near Maubeuge in order that the honor of recapturing the historic French fortress might fall to the Guards Division. Lord Lascelles, who is .39. having been born on September 9, 1882. has a tall, rather spare figure, with a ruddy coloring and a pair of remarkably blue eyes. He is of a quiet disposition. His invariable imperturbability, as his Guardsmen found in some of the hottest corners of the war in France, covered a splendid intrepidity in the face of danger and the most untiring solicitude for the welfare of his troops. He was a strict disciplinarian, out the battalion under his command was a remarkably happy family, for officers and men loved him not only for his rather dandified air, which withstood the most uncongenial conditions, hut also for his plain speaking when occasion demanded it. He got seriously into hot water for the frankness with which he aired his views about certain aspects of the operations on the Somme in a letter to his mother which was opened by the Censor. The Earl of Harowood. of Harewood, in the Countj of York, belongs to one of the oldest families in the kingdom, claiming descent from John de Lascelles, who•was living in Yorkshire in 1315. From 1653 onwards various members of the family sat in Parliament for Yorkshire constituencies. The first peer'was Ed--ward Lascelles, created Baron Harewood in 1796, and Viscount Lascelles and Earl of Harewood in 1812. A FRIEND WORTH HAVING. Writing in the Daily Chronicle, “One Who Knows Him” gave the following sketch of the bridegroom. “Lord Lascelles, inheriting as he did a vast fortune a few years ago. was known’ as one of the most eligible bachelors in society. Many match-makers, as a consequence, have set their? caps At him; but ha firmly resisted, and not

a few of his friends had come to regard him as what is known for ‘a confirmed bachelor.’ In many respects he is far from being a ladies’ man; his tastes lie more in the direction of the sports of field and stream than in the futilities of drawing rooms. He is a hard rider to hounds, and has lately established a pack in Yorkshire, of which he is master. With the gun he is a notable performer. “Coincident with this predilection for sport—he also owns a considerable racing stable —he possesses an expert knowledge in relation to art in every branch. He probably inherits this instinct from his father. Lord Harewood, who has a remarkable collection of i china and old furniture. A splendid host, his dinner parties when home on leaVe during the war, were memorable entertainments for brother officers freak from the discomfort and hazard of the trenches. Among his social accomplishments which it is his humor, generally speaking, to - keep in the backgroud, is extraordinary skill as a bridge player. His intuiton at ‘auction’ indeed, is regarded by some of his opponents—perhaps with reason —as uncanny, a view, by the way, which partners chucklingly accept.

“He was excellent as an officer. His cheerful spirit and pluck were maintained in face of all sorts of difficulties, with instant and beneficial effect upon those around him. He was eager to take even more than his share of the rough work, and frequently displayed an adventurousness which it was difficult to deduce from the expression of his long, thin face, with, its somewhat dreamy eyes. He is outspoken, and has the courage to push his convictions to a final test. He once did this, I remember, when in France, his target being certain members of the staff. As a soldier, he always earned the respect of his men, quite apart from his bravery, for the fact that he always preferred a fighting job to one which was safer and perhaps more spectacular. As a man he is a friend worth the having.” MILLIONS INHERITED DURING WAR. The story is told that during the war Lord Lascelles, home on leave, suddenly thought he would pay his great-uncle, the Marquis of Glanricarde, a visit, and called on him at his club. The queer old man said nothing of his intentions, but he must have taken to “Harry Lascelles,” for it was after this meeting that he made his will. Friends who remember Lord Lascelles at Eton speak of him as a quiet, industrious boy, with a liking for literature and art. This, no doubt, accounts for his present interest in pictures. He has collected pictures with scrupulous care and taste. Agents of his approach private owners who want to sell or bid in public auctions for the rarest and most exquisite. Gainsboroughs or Titians; and the}' then find them a home at 'Chesterfield House. He was said to wish to secure the finest collection in the country and to present it ultimately to the nation. Much of the Hare wood wealth, which will some day come to Lord Lascelles, is derived from Barbados sugar plantations. The family has been connected with that industry from the beginning of the 18th century, and a number of estates in Barbados are still in their possession. WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES. (By “Cynic.”) As a popular form of entertainment the circus still holds sway, owing, 1 suppose, to its fascination in youth. What memories come crowding back to one who watches the detraining of, a circus! In noting the ,bystanders one might say with the immortal William, “All the world’s a stage,” for all the seven ages are here. Truly the infant is here, some With guardinn and some alone, marvelling upon what is visible, and speculating upon the invisible, and all the time running enough risk to turn one’s hair grey. The schoolboy does not whine. It is Saturday. What would a circus do if there were no schoolboys helping, hindering, hurrying and always handy when an untoward incident occurs? The callow youth and sometime message* boy is here. He stands on the fringe and looks with disdain upon the excited juveniles who have taken the place he filled so recently. Pater familias i here with his first born, anxious, of course that the youngster should see ali that is going on. He points out to his hopeful where to find the elephant, and finds the nimble coin wherewith to purchase peanuts. Uncle buys a loaf of bread or a bag of apples to feed the elephants just to please the kids, you know. The male unattached is here, civil servant or something near the retiring age, “just come along to see the small fry” —and enjoying every minute of it.

Grandpa is here for certain. He happened to be passing and regales ''one with endless talks of circuses long ago. .Sometimes he knew the owner, or speaks with familiarity of the chap who played the drum, but notwithstanding, Grandpa is living his youth again. And so the town clock strikes, recalling us to our daily avocations. We must hurry on to office or bench, but still feeling that the sun shines brighter because the circus is in town. PRINCESS MARY’S MARRIAGE. Unless she forgoes her official income, Princess Mary will continue'’to draw, after her marriage, the annual sum of £fi«()0. This is provided under the Civil List Act of 1910 for each daughter of the Sovereign “who attains the age of twenty-one years or marries.” She draws it as long as she lives. The special order relating to the Royal Family which the King issued in 1917 provided that in future the only “Princes” and “Princesses” were to be children and grandchildren of the Sovereign. The title “Royal Highness” was to be held only by the Sovereign’s children and by his grandchildren in the male line — not by grandchildren who are children of a King's daughter. Sydney is much exercised over the question of women’s dress, and columns in at least one paper have been devoted to it. “The whole thing,” said a male leading citizen, “is surely a matter of comparison. Times change, and our ideas concerning modesty change with them. For instance, some of us get a glimpse of a fancy garter on a shapely limb and we are shocked. That does not necessarily prove that we are more moral than is the wearer of the silken circlet; it simply shows that we are not up-to-date in our fashion knowledge. Modesty is not a part of the business, not the moral sense. It is the makers of dresses who decree what women sliall wear. She has no say in it, so why blame her?”