INTERESTING VISITOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19170, 9 November 1925, Page 14

INTERESTING VISITOR.

LADY MARJORIE DALRYMPLE. VALUABLE WAR-TIME WORK. The Girl Guide movement has no stronger advocate than Lady Marjorie Dalrymple, 0. 8.E., who is at present visiting Auckland. A personality of much charm and the possessor of a mind keenly alert, Lady Marjorie has entered with zest into innumerable activities, and her achievements have been crowned with conspicuous success. She has been an indefatigable war worker, a wide traveller and a keen promoter of unity of the Empire. At her home in Lochinch, Wigtonshire, Scotland, and in Perthshire, Lady Marjorie gathered bands of little boys which she herself trained until they were able to join Boy Scout companies, and their sisters, as early as 1911, she trained as Guides. Shortly after war broke out she went to France with her mother, Lady Menzies of Menzies, who opened depots for making bandages and dressings which were packed and sent 011 to hospitals in the front line. Working in this way she met Dr. Sarnelt, a Dane, who invented a temporary peg-leg for soldiers who had had legs amputated. She became expert at making these , peg-legs which were contrived of cardboard and were hollow, light and cheap, and preferable to crutches for the men in early stages of convalescence. On her return to London she made four for a soldiers' hospital which were found so satisfactory that her services were immediately requisitioned. The demand grew and Lady Marjorie Dalrymple opened a depot in London for making these peg-legs. With a still greater demand from the hospitals she found the financial effort too heavy for a private enterprise and the joint council of the St. John Ambulance and Red Cross Societies took over the management. Over 5000 peg-legs were supplied to the soldiers. The honour of Lady of Grace oi: the Order of St. John was conferred on her and likewise she received the Order of the British Empire. War-work concluded, she again turned to Guiding and became district commissioner for Scotland. _ Hearing of her intention to visit the Dominions. Lady Baden Powell suggested that- she should take a special course of Guide work to enable her to further the interest in Guiding throughout the Empire. On her way out Lady Marjorie spent some time in the East, and in Borneo founded a company of Guides. In Malaya she found several companies, keenly interested in the work and, strange to say, counting in this number many Chinese. _, . . ... In' New Zealand Lady Marjorie will meet and discuss Guiding with the councils in the various centres. Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Rotorua have alreadybeen visited. Inspections will also be held.