THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2667, 24 November 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

ITEMS OF SOCIAL INTEREST.

An interesting link with the old slave days in America has boon severed by the death of Mr. AViliam Lloyd' Garrison, the son of the famous leader of tbs' movement for the abolition of slavery. The older' Garrison began life as a shoemaker, and eventually became a compositor, an occupation which better, suited his taste. At the age of sixteen or seventeen he was contributing articles to the newspapers, and his vigorous expressions of anti-slavery views resulted in his imprisonment for libel. Returning to Boston, he-,with the assistance cl' a friend and a. negro boy, started another anti-slavery weekly, a periodical which culminated in a scries of fearful riots. He lived, however, to sec his mission realised, and to bj presented by a number of grateful admirers with a purse of £G(JUO.

Miss Ida Harbor cl, daughter of the late Hon. Italph Harbord and niece, of Lord Sullield, who was recently married at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridgo, to Mr. Harry Atherton Brown, eldest son of Mr. Atherton; Brown, of Oaldiekl, Atberstone, has received a small fortune in jewels among her hundreds of wedding gifts. Diamonds predom.nate, although such stones as rubies, pearls, sapphires, and emeralds arc not forgotten among the number. The principal gifts of jewellery include: —Diamond necklace from the bridegroom’s mother, diamond bracelet from br.degroom’s father, diamond bracelet from the bridegroom’s brother, diamond pendant, diamond crescent, diamond and ruby bracelet, and diamond and amethyst pendant from the bridegroom ; diamond'and ruby necklace from Lord and Lady Ellenborough ; diamond and pear] pendant from the bride’s mother; and a beautiful diamond and sapph re crescent from her brother .

Mark Twain's daughter, Clara, was married at the' humorist's eourltry Hp lTl c iu Connecticut, to Ossit Gabrilowitch, the Russian ipianist, whom she recently nursed through a dangerods illness. Mark himself received the guests—forty writers, artists, Bohemians. He appeared in the cap and gown, which he wore when the degree of Doctor of inter atu re was conferred' upon him by Oxford "University, and after the ceremony, despite the cool weather, made a lightning change; to a suit cf white flannels. To the guests who twitted him, Mark Twain said, with a knowing wink: “Yes, yes; my friends, but it’s very good advertising.” And so it proved because every newspaper made a bigger feature of the author’s lightning change of dress than of the wedding itself. “To save being interviewed in church,” Mark Twain thoughtfully prepared a statement which he handed to the reporters, containing references to the bride, bridegroom and guests and other matters. Twain chaffed a 1 lis guests in a character etic vein, and predicted that tiie wedding would be a happy one. ■

Tall, thin, anti erect as a pine, with his dark eyes still burning like glowing coals in the aged face, Mr. Goldw.n Smith, now over eighty years of age, is a remarkable example of vigorous and intellectual old age. He still enters lus study for work every morning, writes weekly to a Toronto paper, and keeps in close touch with political and other events all over the world. He is a splendid example of that love of work and sense of public duty wlr.cih. are among the best characteristics of Englishmen! His ’ate wife was fiiend. companion, and even nurse to him. AVhen I asked him when he was coming again to the Okl Country he answered dec sivelv that he would never again come to tlie Old Country; and then bis wife taking up the tgie, spoke of how bad a traveller her husband was, not being able to sleep in railway trains or hotels, and she indicated that- she also was determined. that she should not make any attempt again to face the perils and fatigues of a journey Home. The latest information I see in the papers is a letter from the bereaved man that he will give to Toronto for a museum the beautiful home now made vacant, silent, and desolate, by the departure of his ioved companion.

The King wlw> confided -the task of the relaying out of h-.s Balmoral Gardens to Lord Bed end ale, one of the eleverist landscape gardeners in the three Kingdoms, has asked linn to un-doitako a similar task at Sandringham. A number of new beds and borders of flowers and variegated maples have been .a a ont near tlie bouse, and a wonderful mray of gaily flowering shrubs have been planted along the edge of the lawn. The Queen’s little corner of w.ld blossoms, and another of rare flowers ofrtred to her bv travellers from remote parts, and in'which South African roses and blips espacia'ly flourish, will be left as before. The -Queen'S kitchen garden is planted with, fruit, vegetables, and flowers .-alterrioting. ‘ and, .on a fine September day was dazzling with color. And whs it not a pretty notion to have all the paths bordered with the flower known as ‘‘Rod Hot Pokers?’ Had the gardens berni set ablaso. no" reds or'yellows cou.d have flared more brilliantly than these homely red flowers. Thoi Queen has a lovely bed of Russian violets in one corner of-her Sandringham flower garden, and every day, wherever she may be, when they are in bloom she has a bunch of her “Violettas Russes,” the roots of which we.e presented to her by her nephew, the Tsar, sent to her without fail.

■Queen Alexandra lias been staying for several weeks at Copenhagen, and on th’s account the little! northern capital has a special interest. Since the death of the late Queen of Denmark, social life seems to have lost seme of its gaiety. The present Queen is seriously minded, and belongs to a strict sect called “Der Mission.” The members of this body consider it wrong to dance or to go'to the play, and among them are several important members of the nobility. But, a'll the same, many parties are given, including Court balls and musical events at the Palace. Scc.ety at Copenhagen is v.ery small, and the seas m is shorter than that of any other capital of Europe. It begins in the first week of February and ends about Faster. - But though short, it is bright and busy, and there aredinners, and other entertainments. Dinners are at ;i very early hour, generally at 6.30, and. the long evenings that follows is npj: to be rather wearisome. Trains are not worn at the Danish Court,, on y smart evening costume. Black ii not allowed; white is worn for mourning, and the prescribed material is of a soft woollen texture. Men wear tlie;r uivform -at Palace halls and concerts. Etiquette at the Danish Court is dif-. fevent from that' which prevails in London. Newcomers are expected to ask to ho introduced to those, whom they meet at houses where they make their .‘■•rst appearance, and after this it is usual for them to leave cards at once on the. residents. English and Rnsfians meet with warm welcome on account of Royal': intermarriages.