LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 50

LADIES' GOSSIP.

Should the rumours which are flying around London Society prove correct, and the friendship between the Duke of York and Lady Mary Irene Curzon, the pretty daughter by his first wife of Earl Curzon develop into matrimony, the alliance between British Royalty and an American girl, so much desired by many people on both sides of the “herring-pond,” would be realized. Lady Curzon was the daughter of Mr Lester an American. What is probably the only official women’s detective force in the country has been established in Lancashire by the Chief Constable of the County Police, and has proved a great success. A girl detectiveinspector is in charge of the department, and she and her assistants work in collaboration with the men on every crime that is reported. Even the most important cases are handled by the Mrl detectives, two of whom did useful work in investigating the Sandhills murder. ° Queen Marie of Roumania- nas written among some other things, some plays, the proceeds of which have been devoted. to the charities of her country. Knowing that- she once said “I would do anything for Roumania” film producers have been trying to induce Her Majesty to play some of the characters in one or two of her dramas and it seems probable that the persuasions may not prove futile.