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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12748, 18 September 1919, Page 9

firs nnSl -p B ItOTI P*W»bed her >ver y ’ Cometh up as a Flower,” Lnvo„ fi f f Cfi ? tury : l ~°- U has been feTieu to few to write for so loner a period without any perceptible ]oss of power or popularity. The most general accusation against female novelists is AW n hl,I ?? Tlr ; but wit sparkles in Miss Broughton’s pages from fifst to , ostl SII ' C , R thc , days of. her childhood Queen Alexandra has kept a diarv One day, perhaps, selections from it may be published, and as her Majesty has ta ken part in almost every hStSc scene of the last half-century', the jj. ierest of such a. record would be tremendous, especially if illustrated from ner enormous collection of photographs —the work of her own camera. Grace: VDon't tell anybody for tlio vorld ! bee. tins nug? George slipped it on my finger last night.” Ethel: Yes, it’s nice-looking, but it Will vnolrn o lilnrtl* v will make a, black circle round your finger before you’ve worn it a week 1 1 did on nine."