DIANAS.
' The fact that.-Mis. * Winston, Churchill's baby/ has received'the'name of Diana. reminds one (iays M.A.P.) how many Dianas there 'are among the"rising generation. 'Of these are Lady Diana Manners,- lybungesf. daughter .of' Zthd Duchess of Kntland, and Lady Diana Somerset, the second of the two small. daughters of the .Duchess/of Beaufort. Then", thero- , is' Lady. Diana Agar, one. ot the seven daughters of Lady Nprmanton ;'■• Miss Diana Lister, youngest, .daughter of: Lady' Eibblesdale, aid a possible debutante -,of .next season, and Miss-Diana Duncombe, daughter-of Lady Helinesley, a.grandchild of Lady ZFeversham, and-a, godchild 'of the Princess- of , Wales.'.- Some■ of Z.theso' were, ; no doubt, named after the goddess. Diana, the patron , saint'of sportswomen; but Beverol,' , including Lady Diana!' Manners, 'received the name from ■ Diana of the Crossways, the heroine of /one -of. the late ; Mr. George Meredith's . ;best-liked novels. .':..•.' '..•;•'■ i .'■■'. ; ."'.- ;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 3
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139DIANAS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 3
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