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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 22 (Supplement)

For a second time Miss Violet Cordery, the famous 26-year-old woman motorist, has been awarded the Dewar Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club. On this occasion she shares the honour with her sister, Miss Evelyn Cordery. Not only is Miss Cordery the first woman ever to receive the trophy, but this is also the first time it has been won twice by, tlie same entrant. Dr. Jane Walker, an eminent physician, made an eloquent plea for loyalty among women doctors, at the opening session of the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women. Disloyalty to women, she said, took place where women competed with women for the favours of men, as in love, and where women competed with men for the favours of men, as in the medical profession. Princess Marie. Louise. Princess Marie Louise, who celebrated her fifty-seventh birthday recently, is a cousin of the King, being the youngest daughter of the late Princess Christian, to whom she bears a striking resemblance, says a writer. To witness her energy, and to recall the countless public engagements that she undertakes every year, renders it almost impossible to realise that she has. attained her present age. Princess Marie Louise holds the distinction of being the only one of our Royal ladies ever to have had her home in a ladies’ club in London. For some time past, however, she has made her home with her elder sister, Princess Iklcrta. Victoria, in Heliomburg House, Pall Mall. This was for many years the home of their late parents. Like almost all the granddaughters of Queen Victoria, Princess Marie Louise is a very skilful artist, though she no longer devotes so much of her time to this as was the case when she was younger, as she finds her time very fully taken up in other directions. Care of Palms. Twice a week in summer and once a week in winter place palms in a tub with water enough to cover about an inch over the top of the pots. In about five or ten minutes you will see bubbles rapidly coming up from the centre, which indicates that the water has reached the roots; then lift the pot out\ of the tub and allow it to drain well. Once a month give them weak liquid manure. If the leaves have a brown tinge caused by the dry air in the house, sponge every few weeks with fresh water. When planting ferns (other than maidenhair) in a hanging basket, line the basket with artificial moss, then place earth and ferns in the crown of an old felt hat, making holes for drainage. The hat holds the moisture and prevents the strong roots from breaking through the moss.