CAPT. COOK'S WIDOW.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 179, 13 May 1935, Page 5

CAPT. COOK'S WIDOW.

CENTENARY OF DEATH.

EMPIRE'S LONELY WIVES

LONDON, April 22

! The centenary of the death of Captain Cook's widow will be commemorated on May 13, by a service in the I church of St. Andrew the Gveaf, at Cambridge, where she erected a memorial to her husband, and sons. In the course of a leading article the "Times" says that those remembering Mrs Cook on May 13 may well spare a thought for many others like her, who have been associated with the Empire's history, although it is to be hoped that not many have been so lonely as she, for she was a widow for 56 years, after having been a wife for 17 years, which her husband mostly spent on his famous voyages. Moreover, she survived her children by 41 years. Her p luck ancl resignation made her a! shining example to sailors' wives, and while the Empire's affairs still are largely conducted by men.whose wives must choose between parting with their husbands or their children, the anniversary will be an excuse for letting them know that they are not forgotten.