HER SMILE.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17976, 22 March 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

HER SMILE.

LADY BLEDISLOE’S CHARIYI

A POPULAR APPEAL. “What a charming expression !’’ “Now, doesn't she just remind you of the Duchess of York!” ■ • When they Saw Lady Bledisloe, the wife of the new Governor-General Lord Bledisloe, they all remarked the same——the people who tilled the wharf land street yesterday.' The charm of I Lady Bledisloe’s smile, lighting up her I whole countenance, came unexpectedly, and with it instant appreciation. | Comment sprang to the lip and passed j like wildfire through those craning to see. 'Her smile! If those who, short of stature, saw nothing of Lady Bledisloe from their position at the back of the crowd they learned she had a charming smile, and that was a comforting reflection. It did not matter now so much what she wore, how she walked, how she spoke (if it happened that she was to speak) but —she had a charming smile. Tt was a radiant and infectious smile —like that of the Little Duchess. There were some phrases voiced during the ceremonies that were as sincere as they were tine sounding, but far more magical in effect was that smile —if seen but for a moment —of Lady Bledisloe. In lingered

pleasantly in the memory when the Vice-Regal car had passed on. it could humanise relations when all else might fail, and inspire a kinship—the universal kinship of a smile. In the days of Troy trade might have died, the drama have languished, the strength of armies have waned despite all appeal, but the power of Helen’s smile could “launch a thousand ships.” By her smile Lady Bledisloe launched the ship of affectionate regard-