Notes for Women.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 7, 16 August 1911, Page 62

Notes for Women.

CONCERNING THE QUEEN. The following is an interesting paragraph culled from one of the many causeries written about the Coronation after, the event. (‘That their Majesties have been moved almost to tears by the tokens of loving loyalty shown on all sides is scarcely to bo wondered at. Those who know her best know that, despite her somewhat cold and distant bearing, the Queen is, as is so often the ease with very reticent people, most tender-hearted and susceptible to signs of joy or sorrow. Her very coldness of demeanour during the Coronation ceremonies at the Abbey was but another proof of how deeply she was feeling the responsibilities laid upon the King and equally upon herself. It is this very recognition that will bin for her the title I heard applied to her the other day of “The People’s Queen.” Queen Mary has never been devoted to Society, but where work for the poor, or the providing of entertainments for the children is concerned, theie is no one more keen and interested than our Queen.” GIRL OUTWITS AN APACHE. A story came from Paris this week telling how a ready-witted English girl got the better of an Apache. The girl was driving home after midnight in a cab, and near the. Etoile an individual made a sign to the driver to stop. When the cab pulled up the man put his head into the vehicle and ordered the girl to hand over her purse. "Voila!” *he cried, at the same time sticking her hat pin into the -would-be robber's arm. The man sprang Lack with a cry of pain; the driver realising the situation, whipped up his horse. and the ruffian was completely circumvented. a woman soldier. A marriage was celebrated last month at Paris between a wine-merchant and a woman who, disguised in male attire, had served in a regiment of hussars s ; x years, and during that time given such proofs of valour that she had been rais' d from the ranks to a captaincy. In a late action in Spain, she was wounded and her sex discovered, but she was permitted to retire upon half-pay.