THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

NOTES FROM LONDON. .'* r^ Mrs Winston Churchill has presented her husband, the President -of the Board of Trade, with a daughter. They l were married on September 12 last year, Mrs Churchill being the daughter of Colonel Sir H. M. Hozier. Lord Northbrook, one of our Liberal peers, is a fair-baired Anglo-Saxon, and - said to be the tallest member of the House of Lords. He is fond of sport and country life, and acted as aide-de-camp-to his fatner wlieii the late earl was Viceroy of India. - Lord Farquhar is a witty and clever talker, a musician and art. connoisseur, and a general favorite in society. He is. also a shrewd man of business, and a successful banker. He was Master of the King’s Household from 1901 ■ to--1907, 'and is one of the oldest friends of the Duke of Fife. He was the duke’s best man when he. married. Heron, Court, Lord Malmesbury’s picturesque Hampshire seat, is within a few miles of Christchurch. The house is not very large, but it is exceedingly comfortable; and it is situated in a beautiful park. Not the least attractive feature of the house is its collection of pictures, many of which are by the greatest' English painters. There is also a'fine library, most of which onoe belonged to the first Lord Malmesbury, the great Ambassador. The .King has under contemplation' the establishment of a new decoration, to be known probably as the Edward and Alexandra Order, which to a great extent, will take the place of the Royal Victorian Order. His Majesty finds it necessary to bestow so many decorations during the course of a year that the existing Orders are getting very overcrowded. The new Order, it is understood, would he bestowed very sparingly, and only upon personal friends of the King and Queen Alexandra or those who had rendered special service to the State.

The Queen of Norway, who is a devoted mother, is teaching her little son, the Crown Prince Olaf, tp read. In this she is following the example of her mother and grandmother, for both Queen Alexandra and Queen Victoria personally supervised the education of their children. Prince Olaf ia a very clever child, and in his mother he has a teacher who ’is as keenly interested in his games as she is in his lessons. In childhood Her Majesty, then Princess Maud of Wales, was rather a tomboy and a pickle, and thus gained herself the nickname of Harry from her brothers, to whom her .high spirits __ and merry ways always greatly appealed. The ceremony of baptising the Infanta Beatriz was performed in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace. The Royal infant’was held'at the font by her godfather, the Archduke Frederick, and the Infanta Maria Theresa, representing the godmother. Archduchess Isabella. The King, and all the Royal family, the Prime Minister and Ministers, the British and Austro-Hungarian Abassadors, Countess Welsersheim, the Presidents of the Chambers, the Papal Nuncio, the Bishop of Sion, who sprinkled the child with holy water from the Jordan, the Bishops of Segovia and Madrid, the military and civil authorities of Segovia, high Court dignitaries, and many noblemen ' and grandees of Spain, accompanied l by their ladies, assisted at the ceremony, which was extremely brilliant. After lunch the King and Royal family and their guests walked through the park, admiring the celebrated fountains, which were playing in honor of the occasion. During the christening ceremony a salute of 15 guns was fired. Hereditary friendships seem to be the pleasant fashion in our Royal family, and the friendship between the Princess of Wales and Lady Eva Dugdale seems likely to be continued by their children. Little Princess Mary of Wales and Miss Eva, Dugdale are friends and'playmates, and not so very much younger than their mothers were when, as Princess May of Teck and Lady Eva Greville, they began the intimacy which has lasted so many years. The late Duchess of Teck was very fond of the late Countess of Warwick, and the daughters of the two ladies were constantly together as girls. When Princess May became the Duchess of York Lady Eva became her first lady-in-waiting, and she retained that position till 1901. Since then Lady Eva has been a Woman of the Bed-chamber to the Princess, to * whom Mr Frank Dugdale, her husband, is Equerry-in-waiting. Lady Eva was one of the fortunate few who accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales on their tour round the world. She is a bright, dark-eyed, attractive little lady, with much tact and cleverness. She is musical, sings well, talks most amusingly, and is a good linguist. Lady Eva’s husband is a younger brother of Mr .James Dugdale, of Wrqxall Abbey, near Stratford-on-Avon. The Dugdales, it may be noted, are an old Warwickshire family, and trace their descent from an officer who fell on Bosworth -s'feld. ■ / ' _ ‘ J /• Princess Margaret, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, is as charming as ever, and as Crown Princess of Sweden she has gained a greater dignity than was hers in girlhood. She and the Crown l Prince, and their two little sons, are now staying with her parents at Clarence House, and will no doubt take part in a good many of the more important festivities of the London season. The Crown Princess has retained the love of outdoor sports which distinguished her in girlhood, and ishe has certainly developed her natural taste in dress, for she invariably designs her own dresses. Prince Gustaf Adolf and Prince Sigvard, the two little sons of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, are bonnie little fellows of three and two years old. They are little princes Sweden may well feel pride in, but, heartily, as they, were welcomed, what Sweden now. desires is a few little princesses. Princess William, the wife of the Crown Prince’s brother, has lately added, another. prince to the Royal Family, and his birth was a disappointment. for there is a great dearth,..of' Swedish princesses. Princess William, who is only nineteen, is a grand-niece of Queen Alexandra,. her mother having 'been/'* a : 'daughter of King George of Greece. She was brought up by her 1 aunt, the Grand Duchess Serge of Russia, and her marriage last year was the result of a real love .affair.