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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 17, 20 July 1931, Page 13

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Spring in the Old Country.

:Mrs. I. E. Butcher, Kelburn, who is visiting England, writes of her groat, joy in the beauty of the spring in the Old Country. The buttercups, daisies, bluebells,, and primroses were; a delight, as w.ell as the lovely old trees, sometimes meeting overhead in: an avenue, as she journeyed from London to Bournemouth. The beauty of, the pier there, with coloured lights at night, impressed her very much. Sho.j motored to Holyhead,- staying a night at Stratford-on-Avon, to visit Shakespeare's tomb, etc; She lad three hours J by boat to Kingston to Holyhead,. and thence by - train, to. Dublin. V Leaving there she passed through many villages, and was amused to see on the market days the quaint carts, with pigs in them, drawn up beside the pavement for sale, and the cattle wandering happily through the streets in these same villages. Some of the home-made-looking carts drawn, by donkeys with women drivers amused her very much, too. The hedges were white with may-bloom, and the many,trees of red and white added to the beauty of" the scenery. It was altogether a delightful experience. ; A Great Age. Celebrating her 101 st birthday on Saturday, Mrs. C. Q. Crosse, of Palmerston North, was the recipient of many letters and telegrams of congratulation from: all over the DdmLnion, including messages from the Brime Min-. ister (the Bight Hon. G. W. Forbesjj Hons. J. G. Coates, J. G-. Cobbe, H. Atmore, A. J.Stallworthy, E. A. Eansom, and Messrs. J. A. Young, W. Downie Stewart, and J. A. Nash, Ms.P., and many others (states "The Post's" correspondent).' The Mayor and Mrs. A.'.E. Mansf ord sent' greetings and regrets that Mr. Mansford was not able to offer .his personal congratulations, although ,Mrs; Mansf ord was one of her visitors! When seen on Saturday, this remarkable old lady was' seated by a lovely fire, surrounded by beautiful flowers-r-tributes from her ' many friends—and chatting "happily to_ iiiti : mate friends, many of whom visited hor during the day. Although very frail, Mrs. Crosse has all her faculties, and her memory is, wonderful. She liad been looking forward to the birthday- for weeks with as much enthusiasm as a young girl, and was delighted to have with her, in addition to Miss Clara Crosse, the daughter with whom she lives, two other daughters, Mrs. D. E. Davis (Hastings) and Mrs.. K. M'Kenzie (Ivimbolton), a son, Mr. L. G. Crosse (Weber), four granddaughters, and ' several great-grand-children. Born in Essex; in IS3O, Mrs. Crosse came to New Zealand in 1841 by the sailing vessel Lady Nugent, and since 1919 has been a resident of Palmerston North. Her husband was accidentally killed 60 years ago. Kick Debutante^ Romance. One of "Chicago's richest heiresses," Miss Eosemary Baur, who was presented at Court last ,autumn, has become engaged to Mr. Bartle Bull, eldest son of Mr. W. Perkins Bull, the. millionaire Canadian K.C.- (states the "Daily Mail"). Miss Baur is ' the daughter of Mrs. Bertha Baur, Chicago's civic- and social leader. She celebrated her 20th birthday recently. Mr. Perkins Bull, who is a freeman of the City of London, during the ' war founded the Perkins Bull Hospital for Canadian officers at, Putney. Heath. Three months ago he was badly injured in a motor-car accident. Strange Wedding Service. la his book, "Scalpel, Sword, and Stretcher," Colonel Bobert J. Blackham, M.D., tells a good story of Dean Swift, the great satirist, who ended his tragic careor in the deanery of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Dean Swift took shelter from a thunderstorm under a tree in St. Stephen's Green, in Dublin, and there he found a young couple in great distress. They were on their way to be married in a neighbouring church, and the latest hour when weddings could be celebrated was

at hand, but there wiW no prospect of. reaching the church in: time, owing to the storm, which showed no signs of abatement. The poor- prospective bride was in tears, but as they.happened to be Protestants the Dean evune' to the rescue. He read the marriage service over them, and, tearing tko fly-leaf from his Prayer Book, gave th\°in their marriage lines in the following' verse: Under a tree in stormy weai.her, I married this man. and womi'in .together} . - . . ■ : Let none. but. He Who rules the thunder, Part this man and woman aauncittf'"Royal Expression of Sympathy. Mr. T. B. Y. Seddon has received information from his sister Mrs. SeddonWoods, who is resident in England,'that a letter had been sent her- from Their Majesties the King and Queen, expressing their sympathy with the family in the recent, loss of their mother, Mrs. K. J. Seddon. . . ..