THE DUCHESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 10

THE DUCHESS.

"ISN'T SHE LOVELY: - ' The popularity of tin* DuchcKs was instantaneous. As soon as she appeared at the rnilin«s on the Uenown. from all the launches which caught her glad smile came the gasping echo— "Isn't she lovely:"' There was nothing sycophantic or adulatory about rank \fus forgotten in the sight of a charming woman, natural and unaffected, smiling as though she meant it. She made a dainty picture, standing there on the deck of the great warship, every now and again waving a hand in resjwnse to the greetings which were called to her—a lv»autiful picture in lilue against the silver-grey background of the gun-turrets. And when she landed, her smile was as spontaneous as the greeting of the people: it broke from her as break the blossoms after spring showers—and it went right to the hearts of all. Throughout the processions along the streets this smile wa« continual, the natural reflex of a glad spirit, and it evoked a responsive gladness in the spectators, so that all along the route could be heard the repetition, 'Isn't she lovely:'' The Duchess will smile her way through New Zealand and Australia, "a sure winner"' in popularity, and her smile will be remembered for many and many a day in the hearts of those who have watched her dainty presence pass.