THE WOMAN'S PART.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13786, 11 September 1915, Page 11

THE WOMAN'S PART.

IALK WITH A LEA DINT! ACTRESS.;

In- the course of ;i chat witli Miss! Violet Paget, leading lady m "The Man j Who Stayed at Home." and whose hus- j band, Lieut. Hugh .Buckler, i.s n.ow at • the Dardanelles, the popular actress stated : — !

'You talk of woman's sacrifices. Per ; napkin extract from ;i letter, written by my misbaml's mother, which reached me only this week, is worth giving as an illustration of the fortitude of Britain *s womenfolk when they have to give all that they hold most dear. Mrs. Buckler I writes : "Hugh will have told you about our dear old Eric, so you will not mind ; if I do not write much. Later ,on we may be proud of the way he died and > the* honors he gained. I suppose it was | grand to win promotion mso short a • time, then to be mentioned m Sir John i French's dispatches, and then to be j granted the Military Cross ; but just j now we feel only that Eric will not come ; back to us here. You knew him, so j

you can guess how we are feeling. Dear little Muriel (liis wife) is very brave and good. Poor child ; she will be nineteen on the 16th of this month. Vi, dear, this wai* is just hateful, but, whatever hap pens. I shall always be prond of my family. Eric has given his glorious gifts and young life, and dear old Hugh (Lieutenant Buckler) is offering his. The rector was here yesterdrfy, and. h» quoted : 'Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." It does not quite comfort me, but it is grand. Then, Dod (the daughter) said no word when Gerald. (Major Gilson) was declared fit for service again. He has not been sent off yet, but he is gohu*;. And you, Vi dear, though it breaks your h*e**rt, were noble enough to say no "word *Y> keep Hugh from his duty, md dear Muriel is trying to think she will! be happy by-and-bye, thinking of Eric's record. T know I ani a proni woman when T think .of what every member of my family is willing to bear and sacrifice. Again I say lam a proud woman to have such children.'

"That," added Miss. Paget, "is the fipirit -which every one of us should, show, and a spirit which I am trying very, vevy hard to emulate."