RELICS OF SAD LIFE

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1936, Page 17

RELICS OF SAD LIFE

I It is stated in an English exchange . that some beautiful white enamel I chairs which once bciongod to young ! Princess Amelia, the youngest and fay- ■ ouriic daughter of George 111, are boj ing recovered in a petit point design of Queen -Mary's own, and they will be used in one of the rooms hi Mariborough House. Princess Amelia was a delicate little girl, who had ill health throughout the j whole of her short life. She had a love affair with a fine young attach? of the Court, but was not permitted to marry him as he was not of Royal descent. It was a sad affair, and brought much utterly undeserved sufiering on the young princess. Her early death would probably nowadays be traced to the sadness of her life as well as to her poor health. Queen Mary, who pas resuscnatc.l so many , wonderful things from in» attics and unused rooms in the various palaces and has had them restored' to their original beauty, has made a pale, delicate-shaded design on a white ground, adapted from some old French embroidery seen by her Majesty when she visited the Royal School of "Needle* work. It is stated that Queen Mary novir spends a great deal of her time in needlework, of which she is very fond. She recently completed another set of petit point covers for some painted chairs. A dressing-table stool, which the Queen gave the Duchess of Gloucester for her own bedroom at the Royal Pavilion at Aldershot, was also her own work. This has an eighteenthcentury design, embroidered in wartn beige tones.

If. a jelly ot- mould has-tot be'made in a hurry and there: is no .time,, to let it stand to set, matters-can be expedited if the mould is placed in) a bowl .containing cold water to which a'handful each of'commons salt and soda .have been-added. ' • ■' • ' ■' ?•?'■?^7'SvJ^S When poisoirof any kindjis'&^ught into the, house, tie a tiny bell foiujs the neck of, the bottle or on theicorjtainei;. This .will tinkle .its ■■vvarnhigi'^amijthe bottle can never be.picked up'Haimistake. : ■ • ■ . ■ ■■■■■ ■■' '-S'i*r