NOTES FOR. WOMEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18464, 27 January 1922, Page 8

NOTES FOR. WOMEN.

PEIHCESS MARY. HER COAT OF ARMS. jcSMMITTEE OF PRESENT ’ ij; ORGANISERS. (Esdii Our Own Correspondent.) *•’ ' LONDON, December 15. Naturally there are all sorts of speculations' concerning Princess Mary’s coining marriage—future titles of Viscount Lascelles and the Princes/; names of ihe probable , bridesmaids who, rumour says, are to 1 number eigkt; where the wedding will take place, ,aud so on. ■- But there is no authentic announcement at all vet. ' Sonjißohe who claims to bo well informed giveslfhe date February 23 or 24. and the scene fisStho Chapel Royal, St. James _s, mstead : jof|the Abbey, and adds: “Princess Mary jhab definitely that after her marriajgei she will dispense with _ a lady-in-wa!ting I'Save when her ceremonial attendance nt'“.Court makes this _ necessary. In such cases her present lady-iu-waitmg, Lady .Joan Mulholland. will act in that capacity. Ihe Princess’s personal household will bo upon a hrory modest scale, and sbo has recentjy) intimated to those about her that , after lys?; marriage it is her desire to be re- ' gardod merely -as a Viscountess—or a Coun- <■ toss, up-itS mote probable—rather than as tho daughter of tho Sovereign. In general sbo is. folltyiying the example of several of our Iloyal/Prfnceßses in recent years.” ,1 J .. JEWELS. The rdyal engagement ring is an emerald, therefdrijf- emeralds will again be the fashion ,—old |tqaes being rooolished, recut, and reset, foe'Jemeralda are very scarce. What about jewels lot the Princess? Well, again, someone Avho evidently has information from inrido (mates that Prince Francis of Teck had soted magnificent emeralds, which, after his death, passed into the possession of the Quecnl.'J.iThese eineralds have recently been beautipilbv reset, and it is considered probable tljht the Queen may give them to her daughter. Lord Lascelles is also the ownethdS celebrated iowels, which came to . Jiim fijora his grand uncle, the late Marquis ’ T of ClUfificarde. They include £ splendid tiara. ';.Lord Lascelles, ‘having no immediate use for *fhem, lent them to his cousin, Lady Lloydi mfe of Sir George Lloyd. Governor of thelProvince of Bombay. It is regarded as mbit likely that Lord Lascelles will preeont them to his bride. If so, they .will have tb be hurried home from India, j THE WEDDING DRESS. Eveity: o woman in England is discussing Princess, MarVs wedding dress. Wnat null it be like? Who will make it? One thing is ceTteiiii—it will be of British design,, and will M bade in London from material of . British manufacture. Designs by a famous British .firm have ■ alreadv . been sent ,to Buckingham Palace for consideration by the Queen,and Princess Mary, The train may be ornamented with embroidery worked by disahlidfasoldiers. The Royal School of Art Needlework will provide embroidery for other Hisses. . The other, items of the trousseau are under discussion. princess Mary ja fond of paTe shades and fresh girlish colouri Ivhich suit her youthful complexion ,'■■Bo well; There will-be no futurist Orders/ for the complete trousseau are ’ sure to be divided among a number of associations which employ British labour exclusively, and when they are finally complete ; a large number of happy girls will be engaged on a very pleasant task. Fart of the lingerie will probably bo made of the Irish linen by 15 Irish peasant 'girls, i Tiiie lace for the nocks and sleeves of , /the garments will be hand-made, and the garments will be tTir&axled with pale blue ■: ribboto. The camisoles will be of georgette embroidered with Irish lace. For the honeymoon <a-number of hand-knit ted frocks are being made by the girls of Donegal and , Irish 'Weed travelling dresses will be in,v eluded in the trousseau. j WHAT SHALL WE GIVE HER? The approaching wedding will afford a welcome ■ opportunity for the people in the overseas. dominions to give tangible ex- '! pressioAVof their great affection for the : raembert.' of the Royal Family. ,In New Zealabdi:': it/ is stated-, arrangements are already fffl hand for the presentation ot a dominion token. With the same object of making! k present to Princess Mary from ‘ New aZi&landers over here, a committee, presided over by * Lady Allen, has been ■ organised to get in touch with the thousands of their-countrymen now resident and ecat- ' tered throughout the British Isles. ' ’ ‘‘MARYS’ ” GIFT TO PRINCESS. The bdni&iittee of the “Marys” who will presents-a" gift to Princess Mary on her 'marriage)has been formed. The Hon. Mrs Geoffrey!? Hope , Morley is the chairman, and among the members will be I-ady Mary Cambridge, Lady Harrington Lady Northi oliffe, ffiaciy Mary Ashley-Cooper, Lady ■ Mary Thynne, Mrs Massey Lyon, and Miss i ;M. F. ? Billingtom Mrs Hop© Morley is / lending?! f? Connaught place as headquarters. Those .who will undertake the - organisation indude Lady Mary Howard (daughteil of the Duchess of Norfolk), Vis- ■ countess Ctcrzon, Lady ELphinstone, , the Hon. Mm F. Agar-Roberte, and Mrs Piper. Oabh&jhave been dekpatehed to the doI overseas inviting the collaboration of the jMarys of the daughter nations, as I it iA desired to unite all in making a worthy ° ff^nD f| > EANS IN THE CITY. Qonv|ned by tho Lord Mayor, and under ■ his presidency, a private meeting of leading bankers] land merchants and masters and Prime Wardens of Guilds of the City of London’ s was held at the Mansion House to consider the presentation ,bf a wedding gift Trfeti the city. It was unanimously and witihfiacclamation resolved that subscrip- ' tiona sljqtdd not exceed £l, so as to make • the gifljla purely personal one from the citizens? jib the Princess, who, it was felt, wohld -feline such a proof of affection more than thy; presentation, of a larger sum voted by or (tent from rich limited companies, ’ firms, and guilds. The fund will be started at ; the beginning of the -New Tear, and her Royal Highness will eventually bo consulted as: to the form of tho present. Lady AmpthilL invites all past and present i V.A.D.Ip!; to join in the V.A.D. wedding .gift forTPresentation to their Commandant, subscriptions, which are to be limited to one shijlipg, should be forwarded through the commandant of the subscribers own detachihent before January I.' Ifc was only to be expected that the Y.A.D.’s, the gallant girls of . all classes who nursed and washed \ and scrubbed for the Soldiers _in the wafT should wish to make .a wedding present to the Princess. It was in 1918« that tho Princess became a fully-qualified' V.A.D.,) following on a-course of special ' instruction given at Buckingham Palace by Sir JanieS Cantlie to Princess Mary and 25 of her friends whom Queen Mary invited to join" the class. 1 A V.A.D. was formed at the >P.alaco, and tho Princess, became commandant. Later she used heir knowledge to assist in the administrative' work Vwhich was carried on at Devonshire House.; Everyone knows how she applied her prac- * tical knowledge by nursing sick children at the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond street. , ■ \ SOME HUNTERS. • Ifc is tenocted that at least two of Princess Mdry’s friends with fine stables will give her hunters as wedding presents. Unlike the Queen, who is rather nervous about rinmg and horses generally, Princess Mary is! a fine horsewoman. At Sandringham and Windsor she enjoys almost dany rides with tho King. As Vitcount Lascelles is to share the mastership of a hunt with his brother next season, the .Princess should ' enjoy her favourite recreation to the fun after 'her*, wedding. • It all the people who remember that. the Princess has inherited, from/ Queen, Alexandra a love of animals clediflfo to let their present take the form of a clog, it seems probable that special Konriels of soime kind will haves to bo provided*; i: AN IRISH GIFT. Viscoiiiritesa Fitz-Alan has written to the wives Of ibis Majesty’s Lieutenants of -Irish counties! 'in the assurance that the women of Ireland would wish to offer a preaept to tho Printers, so she suggests the vnves of tho Wirtenanta of ©ooh county sncrala form a oranrmlttc© to collect money, the subscription to bo from one shilling npwards, so that poor and rich may bo able ‘ to subscribe. Later, all the leaders shall meet to decide what form the present should take.’ 1 “No doubt wo should agree that it should hqj something made in Ireland. v « :-.--OOAT OF ARMS., -■ It is staged that Princess Mary’s coat-of-'arms'“were' registered on March 31 last They dre Thb, Koyal arms, differenced by a ■ labeL-pf threo points, bearing a red cross >on tb& white ground. ITie same labels appear! on .the Supporters, the Lion and the Unicorn " The crest, sarmounting the device *is a Princess’s coronet. Like Queen Mirv’tf arms, those bl the Princess bear no motto. No woman, mth the “exception of a jcigriing queen, has ihe nght te a motto/on her coat-of-arms. When the Princess is “married she will bear her achievement- on the. simster (left) of her hsuband’s rehield. ; Side by with hu IhieldAri ll 4*SP ear a S am the Fnnccss a arms, Ml

In view of the general expectation that Viscount Lascelles will be raised to the peerage hia marriage, it would be useless at the moment to attempt any indication ae to what tho complete coat-of-arms will be after tho marriage. At present he is a commoner. He had no hcraidio distinction except his order, tho D.S.O. His title is a courtesy title. Should he bo raised to the peerage the crest of his rank would surmount tho Harowood arms. WISE AND ROMANTIC. As tho Morning Post points out, it will; ■urprise most people te learn that, as long as 50 yop-s ago, attention was called _ in. Parliament to the decrease in the possibi-lity-of matrimonial alliances between the British and Continental Royal Families, and that particular mention was then made of a recent revolution in Germany as contributing to this decrease. 'The speaker was Mr Disraeli. On February 16. 1871, when the question came up of a marriage portion for the Princess Louise, whoso betrothal to tho Marquess of Lome had just bpon announced,/Mr Disraeli said, as reported in Hansard: “It must have been clear, for a considerable time to anyone who gives any attention to these matters that a great change was inevitable in tho domestic relations between tho Crown anjl its subjects. For a 1 considerable period tho put of which ednsorts for members of the Royal Family oould be selected has been artificially diminished. By the Protestant constitution of the country no Prince of the Latin race., could inter-marry with one of our Royal House. It wak quite clear when the] revolution commenced in Germany and., tho mediatising of so many of the reigning houses of that country occurred —when many of the reigning Houses of Germany who professed tho Protestant faith disappearod—tliat a considerable change was at hand. To me, under these circumstances, the fact of a Princess of our Royal House marrying ono of her Majesty's subjects is really as wise as it is romantic.” The motion for the settling ;of an annuity of £6OOO upon the • Princess Louise at her marriage was carried nonr. con. on’ February 15, 1671. On the question of a marriage portion of £30,000 there was a division on February 16. The result was: Aye* 350, No 1. The tellers against the' motion were Peter A. Taylor and Sir Charles Dilke. The solitary No was Henry Fawcett, who on this occasion had a lobby all to himself. . v . « THE 'PRINCESS AND- THE PORTER. ' A messenger wearing the livery of the Royal Household arrived at- the Savoy Hotel the other evening, and, to the astonishment of everyone in the hall, announced that he was the bearer of a special message and'parcel from Princess Mary to the, heard porter. Mr N. 3>: Lockett. When the surprised porter opened : the package he found to his gratification. that it contained a , portrait of himnolf presenting a bouquet of white heather to her Royal Highness on the occasion of her visit to the Savoy Theatre last week. The portrait had been autographed by Princess Mary. YICTOEIA LEAGUE. BALL AT CHESTERFIELD HOUSE. PRINCESS MARY’S PROSPECTIVE HOME. (Fbom Oue Own Cobrespondent.) LONDON, December 13. Owing to tho high costs of postages, stationery, and other things, the Victoria League tiasj been finding considerable difficulty in keeping up the excellent work it carried on in fostering the good relations between the various parts of the Empire. With a view to raising additional funds so that no curtailment ot the work should be necessary the league organised last week a ball which was held in Chesterfield House, lent by’ Viscount / Lascelles. Aa this historic building is to be the future town house of Princess Mary it was only itaturai that the ball should have been exceedingly popular. Moreover, Princess Alice, Countees of Athlone, acted as hostess and received tile guests at the head of the marble staircase. Doubtless, Chesterfield House was a greater attraction than tlie dance, pnd tho V iotoria League may lie congratulated on the success of the evening at least from the , financial point of view, for the tickets cost 30s atfch, and 850 of these wbre sold. The ballroom, of very fair dimensions for a private house, was closely packed with partners throughout the evening, who made a determined effort from time to time to “ono-etep” slowly round ‘the floor. Until the earlier houra of the morning however, any real dancing was out of the question. Princess Mary’s prospective London house is not a palace, and the Princess would never be able to entertain with any degree of comfort, tLs numbers who were present last week. A party of' a hundred would find it a charming house of entertainment, for the ball-room, which is on tho first floor would provide comfortable accommodation for tfaarnumber. The three or four reception rooms on the ground floor arealready decorated with, a nuinhcr of sinking pictures which Viscount Laficelles has been collecting, one room, some 50it by 30£t, being especially' set aside as an arc gallery, ft was evident that most of the furniture of the rooms was stored in another, jfart of tb© house for the occasion. . The building, which has a severe outside appearance, is set -back in a stone ccmrtyard and faces down a short street leading to one Of the Hyde Park gates. Steps up to the front door are covered with a simple notch. The hall within is, paved with white marble. On the left arc the reception rooms, and on the right is the marble staircase- This branches into two, and leads up 7 to a not very commodious landing outside the ball-room, the mural decorations of which are in white and gold, iho higher floors of the house are reached by an° independent staircase not starting from the main hall, but may also bo approached from tho ball-room fending Some of those present at the ball were Lady Sybil Grey (the orgamserh the Dfichess of Somerset, AlnrchionessCurzon of Kedleston, Viscountess Northchffe the Duke of Argyll, Viscountess Birkenhead, Lady Inchcape Major-General the Hon. Sir Cecil and Lady .-“Bingham LieutenantGeneral Sir A. J. Godley and Lady Godley, Lady Allen and her two daughters, and Mr and Mrs A. H. Ashbolt. THE LADY OF THE WHITE \ HOUSE. Before the Disarmament Conference opened, an Anglo-American journalist wrote in the Daily Mail:—The Washington Conference, we have .been told, is to be a sexious business, with no junketings tJfill, there may be an evening or two when the representatives of the Great Powers will not bo allowed to content themselves with a simple meal in the hotel dining room, ot wherever else they may be staying, finite possibly, tho mistress of the White House will become aware that distinguished visitors are in Washington and will send out sonle cards. As there have been all kjneo of presidents, so there have been all kinds of presidents’ wivdft. Some have dcugntea in ceremony; others ■ have been retiring, and oven shy. Some have entertained lavishly others have preferred a quiet family lif©. . [forty years before national proiubitiori- one of them made her regime memorable by' excluding wine from the White House table. Tho present head of tho social life of tho country is a lady who may bo trusted to set an example of the golden mean. Long before she came to Washington Mrs Harding bud given proof of her ability to adapt herself to unfamiliar conditions. Tho daughter of a leading banker and business man in Marion, Ohio, she braved hor father’s displeasure by receiving favourably the addresses of on impecunious young journalist, who was throwing his energies into the task of turning a derelict local paper into a paying concern. She ' faced imperturbably tho threat of being cut off with a dollar, and married the young man. In his plucky, wife Mr Warren G. Harding found a helpmeet indeed. Once Ndrhen a nervous breakdown compelled him to go away for a rest she ran the whole paper until his return. In ordinary times she put in a largo amoimt of hard work in assisting tho business side of thoiMarioii Star, so that her husband might be free ■ to concentrate his attention on tho editorial, department. If Mr Harding had been left to face j his difficulties single-handed he might still have been to-day a struggling and relatively obscure country newspaper man. It was largely because he (had his wife’s energy and common senst to back him that ho was aide to make his journal a power ip the ' State, and to become in * succession Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, a Federal senator, and President of the United States. “If there is ono thing characteristic of Mis Harding,” it has been said, “it is her driving force.” One can well believe it. Combined with this is a resourceful tact which enables her to carry her point, without seeming to be aggressive. She is keenly observant of everything that goes on around her, and though now in piddle age retains her .youthful buoyancy.