Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1914, Page 9

Wom en in Print.

In every part and coriiLr of life, to lose one self is to be the gainer, to forget oneself is to be Inippy.— ll. L. Stevenson.

Bumours are again current regarding a projected visit of the Prince of Wales to the Overseas Dominions. One statement published in a Sunday newspaper definitely fixed the date of departure as in August next, and added that all tho necessary arrangements had been completed, lout tho publication of thi« report was followed by a. semi-official denial. The denial relates (writes a London correspondent) only to the assertion that the arrangements for the tour havo been completed, and that the Prince will leave England in. August. In well-in-formed circles it is known that King George is desirous that the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Albert, should make the tour of the Empire, visiting India, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand. The lour will last the best part of twelve months, but according to present plans it will Jiot begin until 1915. The two Royal Princes will visit, al the State capitals of Australia, and the Prince of Wales will probably lay the foundation stone of the i Parliamentary buildings at Canberra. The report that the Prince of Wales will visit St. Petersburg at an early date has a,lso been semi-officially denied, but it is believed that the denial means little more than that the report is premature. The significance of such a visit lies in the fact that in diplomatic circles it would be immediately connected with the proposal that the Royal families of England and Russia should be united by the marriage of the Prince to the Grand Duchess Titiana, the second daughter of the Czar. There are two other Royal Princesses who are regarded as in the running for the honour of being the future Queen of England ag. the wife of the Prince of Wales. One is Princess Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of thn Crown Prince of Roumania, and the other is Princess Elena., the eldest daughter of the King of Greece. The three possible brides, who are 17 to 18 years of age, are distantly related to the English Royal Family. The Grand Duchess Titiana is a granddaughter of tho Dowager Empress Marie of Russia, who is a sister of Queen Alexandra; Princess Elena is a granddaughter of the late King George of Greece, who was a brother of Queen Alexandra and Princess Elizabeth i s a granddaughter of the late Duke of Edinburgh, who was* a, younger brother of King Edward, and became Duke ot Sase-Coburg Gotha. Miss Elsie Gray leaves for London in the Suffolk. She is staying with Mrs Walter Bcthune. Mrs. Riley is visiting Dunedin. Mrs. Hugh Campbell, of Hawkes Bay, is in town for a few days^ Sirs. Dodson, of Iselson. is leaving for London with Tier niece. Miss Gray, in the Suffolk. She has let her house to Mrs. Pharazyn. Colonel and Mrs. Cochrane leave by the Niagara for America and London. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rawson are also starting to London via America by the Niagara. Lady Ward has accompanied Sir Joseph to Nelson. They returned from Auckland yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J, Patching return tonight from a trip in the Norh Island. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Luke have returned from Napier. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pain, of Martinborough, are staying in town for a few days, after an enjoyable month's trip through the Otira and Buller Gorge and the West Coast. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler, daughter, and grandchildren, are leaving to-night by the Main Trunk for Auckland on a holiday trip. Miss Rawson. of Hawera, is a guest of Mrs. Mathew Holmes. Mre. If. Davison., of Culverden, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rawson, of Seatoun. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Veale will be pleased to hear that their daughter has quite recovered from her long illness. Mrs. Veale and her daughter leave for Christchurch next week. A quiet wedding was solemnised on Saturday at the Anglican Church, Lower Hutt, by the Rev. Joshua Jones, the bride, Miss Mabel Brown, being the daughter of Mr. William Brown, of Belmont, and the bridegroom, Mr. George W. Davidson, of Wellington. The matron of the Wellington Hospital acknowledges the following gifts: — Papers— Her Excellency Lady Liverpool ; magazines— "A Friend," No. 4 Hill-crescent, Oriental Bay ; flowers — Mrs. Hills, Mr. Bailie, Mrs. Peers ; old linen— Mrs. Tibbett Smith, Mrs. Rogers ; games— Mrs. R. C. Sim ; bedrest— Mrs. Rogers ; books, flowers, toys— Girls' Friendlj Society. For writing and secretly despatching one love-letter, one day's solitary alonebreaking j for conniving at and receiving the said letter, one day's diet of broad and water. These were the penalties imposed at Edmonton Workhouse last month on two of the inmates. A youth named Walter Ingram, who was caught writing a love-letter to an inmate he called "Jenny," expressed his disgust at tho punishment by damaging a window in the workhouse. For this he was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment by the Tottenham Magistrates. Tho love-letter was passed to Jenny in church. She was twenty-three uncl wore glasses. Walter had secretly loved her for months, and wrote suggesting they should get their discharge from the union on the samo day. Courting in the workhouse, it was explained by I 'the workhouse master, is not allowed, and it is only in church that there is any possibility of communication between the young menand young women. There are no restrictions* on tho old people, if they choose to indulge in affectionate exchanges, but they sometimes act as intermediaries between the young people. The youngest boy scout— Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, son and heir of Lieutenant-General Sir' R. and Lady Baden-Powell — was christened on the 14lh 'at last month at Parkstone Church, Dorset. The General and his wife and a nurse, carrying the youngest scout, arrived at the church between two lines of scouts. Mr. J. Howard Parnell. the Dublin City Marshal, is writing hist reminiscences of his famous brother. Charles Stewait Parnell. How a mother's forgetfulnesss nearly lost Ireland tho man who made Homo Rule a burning," question is told in the following anecdote :—: — " Otir mother,' 1 writes Mr. Parnell. '' was nursing him when a visitor was suddenly announced. She hastily stowed away the future Irish leader in a drawer, which she closed without thinking, and hurried to the drawing room When the' uutyr left she found thai she Lad Uc4U

forgotten what she had done with Charley, and a frantic search was made until muffled howls from the drawer where he was imprisoned resulted in his release." The Queen, at a recent Court at Buckingham Palace wore a gown of blue and silver brocade, train of Iloniton Ince. lined with silver tissue and trimmed with sprays of silver roses ; a crown of pearls and diamonds, the Star of Africa on the corsage, rows and rope of pearls, and the Order of the Garter. A magnificent dress was that of the Duchess of Abercorn, who was presented 011 her husband's accession to the title and who in turn presented her eldest daughter, Lady Mary Hamilton. The gown was of white and silver brocade, the corsage being arranged with lace and sapphite and diamond embioidery. The train was of pale sapphire blue chiffon velvet embroidered in silver and lined with cloth of silver. The duchess wore a beautiful diamond crown and an old Georgian sapphire necklace. The Marchioness of Londonderry, who presented Miss Bonar Law, was a very stately figure in black satin with panels of black velvet, tho centre one being covered with her beautiful pearls and diamonds. Irish point lace draped the corsage, and the train of cloth of silver, covered with very rare and beautiful Carrickmacross lace, was bordered down one side with skunk. Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild wore a won derful golden gown. It was of cloth of silver shot with orange, the bodice of champagne-coloured tulle being embroidered in diamonds, and the train was of champagne-coloured brocade woven with a design 01 silver poinsetlias. Mrs. M'Kenna also had a wonderful gown, it being of white satin charmante hung with chains of white jet to form cascades. The corsage was also of chains of white jet, with a sash of aquamarine tissue shot with silver, and the white satin train was lined with silver. With the gown aquamarine and diamond ornaments were worn.