Grace Darling.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1930, Page 18 (Supplement)

Grace Darling.

The coble in which Grace Darling, with her father, saved nine lives from the wreck of the Forfarshire in a terrible gale on September 5, 1838, and won for herself an immortal place among the nation’s heroine's, has been moved to Bamburgh, where it will have a permanent home, states an English exchange. The coble is an open boat, 21ft lon<r by Oft wide. It was the boat of 'the Longstone Lighthouse, on the Fame Islands, of which William Darling was the keeper, and in 1912 it was presented to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by Lady John Joicey-Cecil, on the understanding that it should remain in Northumberland. Since then it had been at the Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats. In 1924 it was proposed to bring the boat on a visit to London, but it was found to be too frail for such a long journey. It has since been carefully repaired. Grace Darling is buried iu Bamburgh Church. Lord Armstrong, the owner of Bamburgh Castle, ha§ presented the institution with a piece of land overlooking the sea and facing the Fame lighthouse. He has also headed the/subscription list of an appeal for /the money to build a house on this -site.-, lentil. this. . permanent home is complete the coble will be placed in a coach house in the village. London’s “Lido.” London now has its own Lido—at half-past 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon, June 18, a new era was open-, ed in the history of Hyde Park, states a writer to The Leaders. Mixed bathino- was allowed on the Serpentine, and M°r. Lansbury’s plans for brighter London parks have reached, yet another -stage in their; fulfilment. There is no doubt about -the success of Lapsbury’s ■ Lido. The spell of hot weather has assured its triumph, and already different arrangements have been made about the bathiim hours. Now, on week days, there is to°be all day bathing, although Sunday hours are remaining the same ' for the present, that is, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. On the first day that mixed bathing was allowed 1000 people liad entered the Serpentine by 2 o’clock m the afternoon, and in honour of the event the bathers appeared in the brightest bathing suits, so that the Serpentine presented a very animated scene indeed. Many working girls are already forming the habit of bringing a picnic lunch with them to the Lido, having a swim beforehand, and then lying in°the sun, eating their sandwiches at perfect peace with the world. A Three-year-old Hostess. Patricia, Lady Mountbatten’s elder daughter, is a most self-possessed little p rson (states a London exchange). One day a great friend of her mother s called at their town house, and there was no one in to receive her but latricia, who was then three years oldPatricia sat gravely on the extreme edge of a very big chair, and. when the o-uest rose to go Patricia led her■ t the door and rang the bell for the lift a perfect little hostess at the age of three! A Scottish Sculptress. An interesting . visitor to Johannesbury recently was Mrs.\ Kennedy, better known as Miss Hazel Armour, the Scottish sculptress, states an exchange. Mrs. Kennedy’s usual work is figure modelling and portrait work in bronze. She first 1 appreciated the fascination of th South African native as a model when she visited the country three years ago, and on her last. visit she made studies of which she intends to make use later. An Indian Poetess. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, the chief woman agitator of the Civil Disobedience Volunteers in India, was educated at King’s College, London, and Girton, College, Cambridge, where her talents for writing poetry and making a good speech were clearly shown, states an exchange. On leaving England, two years ago, she was entertained at a farewell luncheon at a West End restaurant, when many of her Fabian friends and others, including Mr. George Lansbury, were present to give her a send-off. She has been president of the Indian Congress, and the King awarded her the gold Kaisar-i-Mind medal for organising flood relief in Hyderabad. “Lorna Doone” Pageant. . Nearly 100 Exmoor villagers, familiar with stories of the Doones, the outlawed robbers who made Doone Valley their stronghold, took part recently in a pageant of “Lorna Doone,” on Selworthy Green, near Minehead. This is a lovely wooded combe which, for once, resembled the Doone Valley (says the Daily Mail). It was the first time that Blackmore’s famous romance had formed the subject of a pageant. Exmoor farmers impersonated the Doones. Miss C. Wallis, daughter of the Rector of Sclworthy, appeared as “Lorna Doone,” and her brother as Jan Ridd.

Wonderful Jewels. The Queen always thinks tout her colour schemes in clothes with the utmost care, writes a Londoner. At a recent function with her multi-coloured brocade coat and swathed toque of ruby, emerald, and gold tissue, she -wore a -magnificent string of pearls and an immense star-shaped ornament at her throat. The centre of the star waa » cabochon ruby, which was surrounded by six points, each ft large diamond, from one of which hung a .cabochon emerald. Het earrings were emeralds, surrounded by diamonds, and in her toque was an emerald, and diamond brooch, . ■■ , - ' - ■ ■ >