Queen Mary's Hobby

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 8

Queen Mary's Hobby

Queen Mary is fond of doing grc-s----point embroidery, which often takes the form of upholstery for chairs. A set of six Sheraton chairs painted light brown and oyster have been chosen by Her Majesty for re-uphol-stery, and she has decided to work them in three sets of two for one of the reception rooms at Marlborough House.

Three different William and Mary designs have been selected by Lady Smith-Dorrien, of the Royal School of Needlework, with backgrounds of oyster colour to tone with the frames, a brown border, and a blue scroll outlining a central medallion. Women's Fair The first women's Fair and exhibition, which, it is announced, will be held at Olympia next November, should be a large and interesting one. The main objects of the fair are to show the enormous advance made by women in recent years and to reveal to every woman the resources that science, invention, and commerce now place at her command.

Architects are already planning the exhibition, which will open on November 2 for three weeks, and dozens of women's organisations are collaborating in order that the fair may cover every possible aspect of women's activities

72 handbags. 12 wallets, and a large number of dolls. The Duke of Kent bought, amongst other things, 24 men's fitted toilet cases.

Replicas of all these articles are being displayed all over Britain with the inscription, "As purchased by the Queen" or "As purchased by Queen Mary."