Our First Glimpse

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 37, 28 March 1930, Page 22

Our First Glimpse

Lady Bledisloe ‘Arrives ({LORIOUS colouring and a radiant smile. not too tall, and. certainly not too short, but "just as high as our hearts," is the impression we all gained, as Lady Bledisloe stepped ashore on Wednesday morning of last week; and seeing her again at the swearing-in ceremony in the afternoon we confirmed that impression and knew that it was to be a lasting one. Charming, natural and unaffected, the only thing that we are told of her that puzzles us is that she had charge of all Red Cross operations in Wales during the Great War. Her youthful appearance makes it difficult to believe that in those dar. days she was not still in the schoo room, { Pink carnations are evidently ler favourite flowers, for Her Excellency wore one, both in the morning on her’ long face-cloth coat of tabac brown ith eollar of fox fur, and again in the afternoon on her Nile green coat with tailless ermine collar. Both times she wore an exactly matching hat of the "off-the-face" variety, with the narrowest of brims at the back. Her voice, too, which we were privileged to hear, as she thanked Mrs.’ Bernard Wood for the boquet presented to her and inquired after the Prime Minister’s health, is "soft, gentle and low: an excellent thing in woman," and "as sweet as if it took its music from her face." . Lord Bledisloe, too, was an impressive figure, as he stood, in full military dress, to take the oath. His speech, in reply to the address of welcome, was modest and unaffected, ;ontaining just the note of dignity, ¢oncern and interest in this country that the occasion demanded. He looked, what in truth, he is, a noble Hnglish gentleman.