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A WOMAN'S LETTER.

,TUE QUEEN AT WIMBLEDON.

By SIB.

LONDON «lui) 0-It wns hielt for the spectntois tint the "culbet tim bo Gue for the linn tennis championships at \\ nnblidou lins )e ir I lind the g od foi

lune lo sic two mill line mens singles on the eentic cottit in one nfterniiuu Bitte,non v lvinsct anil Borotra a Cot hot The) victo Aciv thiilhng, especially the initeh between the two 1 leiichmon llitic wns rither nn nmiising meidint totvntd tin end of this mutch 'Hie Queen ulm lind been watching the g mu with nbsoihed m tete«t, quietly ios«, fiom her chun it the

cul of mi cm i lily Hie bum ib ] thinking blie was leaving, immediately stood ii!> The two plnvor& paused in their Rime mid btnod to attention liol otu pulled off his bindi beret which seems like n part of himself The Queen only moved to another chair rather more in the «hndc1 Hie liughtet moused by this little mistake cihoed round the coui t nnd no one joined in moie hcnrtil) thnn the Queen herself

The I'ml of linlfour «ho, in spite "t his

78 vims still pin)s n good gnuie of invvn I tennis wns sitting beside Her Mijesty ' with his niece Mis Pdttntd LnseelleE

her husbnnd is Princess Mnrv's brother in ' Invt-Lndv Salisbury and tin Muustei for ' Health fMr Neville Chiimbcrlnin) nnd Mrs ' îieville Cliitmbeiliim wem nlso nmong the ' epeelnlois The King mid Queen of Spain ' who nie now on ti \it.it to London mut to Wimbledon the next tin) and thev must

lune felt proud of the victoiv of Sunin's ' icpiesentntivp «lenoiitn d'AUnrez over ' the American Mis Mnlloiv She piny ed ' n beautiful giine and made Mis Godfice the chnmpion light hird to win the title

in the finals '

Luth Glndbtone un iittite memb"r of Hie executive of the LeaguO of Nut ions Union lins been bust arranging for the enteitninment of the foreign delcgntes who

nie in Pnglind this wiVk for the vinrly ' "onference of the Internntioiinl Pederntion of League of Nations Unions md »»opie ties lins is the (list lum n cnnfeienee

has been held in these îslnnd« The town ' chosen is Aben stn ith no doubt br-piuse

of the facilities of n Umveisitv town with ' Us coIIpops mid hnlls Wherever these ! conferences hnve been held m TIuiopo gener ous pnvnte and Government hospitalltv lins been otfeied lo the delcgntes nnd I.idv Olndstnne now reen) ci ed f i oin her motor ncciilent m the winter line been exerting herself to ensuie the snme welcome here She enve n pirti one night in her prrttv but rather smnll house in Clevelnnd Srputre which wns nlrnoFl Inn well attended foi ronifoit Alis Baldwin»,wns there and

the Dm hess of Atholl MP seveinl diplo j

mats Lord and Lidv Ceeil Mr nnd Mrs Amil) nnd rnnnv well known intern« tionnhsts 'Hie delcgntes Iuiac von dis iiiiguislicd people nmong them vhnm it ts n privilege to meet 'Iho Longue of Nntinns needs moie thnn iver the intelligent in struclad support of the general pilbil«* and these co^ci enies nie cdiicntionnl m the best sense of the wordt

Lojd nnd Lnd) Chi eildon Intel) gnvc the BCtond of their afternoon len pnrties for Dominion repiosentntives nnd visitnis nt their charming hou«e nt Hampstead called Pitt House because it once belonged to the gtcit Lord rim timm Wnlkmg nbnut the prett) gnrden wns a roil plea sure It was difficult to icalise tint it wns so near London, one might hoe imagined oneself m the depths of the

ti) Lntlv Clnrcndtin's dnughter who will «be coining ont bonn vins helpmc her mother to entiitnm the visitors among whom were Lad) Uni court Lady Prince« Biilfom Alihs IlnldaiiL, Lord and Lad) Jellicoe the Agent General for Western Australia (Mi Colebatch), and the Agent I General foi Ontario Hie house outside

looks stiangel)' modeln covered all over, ns it is, ttitli white stucco This was done In a foi niti otinei as the house

damp J lie old red buck is cntlrel) invisible, nnd the result is nn odd mixttiie of nge and modernit) The inside, lu

i, has no distill bing clements Hie dun nungi) shaped rooms with windowb opening min the garden on iveiv »id and loy eh distant views make ti fit setting for the old piolines that ndorn the ai nils One is especial!) beautiful n Vnn Dyke puitimt of Queen Ilcnnettn Aim ii

I went to a dimming wedding on June ¿0 - that of MV» Alary Jumes, Lord and Lid) Noithboiuuo s second daughter mid Mr Nicholas Llewelyn Davies the youngest of Sir James Barrio's vvatds The mnrringe took plnce at the bride's counti) home Ilettcshnngcr, m lient It was, fortunately a most bcnutiful dnv, nnd the bridnl pro cession to nnd fiom the little church, which

nlmost m the gnrden at the foot of n wide hilly lawn wns in blight sunshine lhere uns only one luidcsinnid Miss Tone James the bndo's lounger sister, dressed in a putt) and ouginnl white flock with a deep border of brilliant loloutod flowers nnd a wreath to coricspond 'Hie church was full of fnends and i dallons who had motoied from London or come b'v train After the wedding Hie guests followed the couple out into the sunshine, wheio a band wns pin)ing the Wedding Much Mibs Inmes looked lovel) in hei white dress lined with shell pink, winch was made foi her by pne of her great fnends, Miss Diana Pulse, who has just opened n shop m I ondon As she carne out of the church her dog, whose collar vins oma mented with n huge white bow matked Snmmy Davies " rushed up, nnd bride and bildcgrotnn bent down to greet lum Mi Petei Llewelyn Dunes the oiigniul of the famous "Peter Pan," wns best man bil James limito was there, nnd Sir Gerald ¡mil Lady du Mtiuiiei Air Dnvics's mint mid miele Lidy Cullilla Asquith »ho is Su «funps's sceictii) nnd i great fnend Lad) Uni binn Bine,!»)») looking vciy pretty m din k blue 'J he hone) moon is being spent on the islnnd of Lilein Shonn, olT the west const of Scotland, n lovely plnce where Sir «Tame« Bullio once spent a sum mci It is pel Imps the mjblciious island of "Mniy Rose '

Di Mni) Sehnilieb the famous i gcou who, though mole than SO j cal s

nlwuvo in the tore-front of rcfoitneis, hctiitil) .buppuit» Di Moiitissoiis mithod of education bhe wits among the spenkeis nt a uniting nu iu"ctl bv Mr Clnude Chre nu ni it his house tit ilimpstend n short lune n(.o Di Alice llntehibun also spule clcilmi, With the impôt tunee oi edil

ii nu tioni the cnihc«t yuna of life befóte tin infant is old onoiiih to t,o to n Muntcs s ii el lbs which clnldicn of two mid a htilf temi imv nuil do ntl. nd with engei

ties' s"Kt ¡i J,,;, ULU) uxounsoil tint the hist (ne veimoi life nie tulum don ly tinpot tunt foi the doilopiiiuit of lln nidividuil ductois ml cdtntitionibU line t il en lo btudnnc. tin ictetions ot hibits with u inn intoiebt J ho students til mp Mi ( I n etui in f tout «e at Studio Iltutbc ne ¡.non oppjiluiiities ot obsen nig bibil», tinier the nt.i of lu« mid a lull it ti-, ni, well n ihildmi who ure old enuti^li lut lilt Montessoil ti llnin0 It will bi iiitiiistnio 11 bee «hut the neM heirn ition ulm li is n w enjoy nie, the fici dom Huh li illili^ nlint lb, will mule of tin dillitttltiis hie is piepniug fin them

to dell willi in then tillie

i tin hope ut bittnif, ntl of tlnei pennv bits in his olTciton it Sutith of 1 ne lind ilci"imnii huí niintiiinced that hi will uni the envilopi b)bttin lo lollict suhsiiip Huns 1 Ins -t stem it ttueinlly adopted nulli I he thinks minite the tliiiopeim) hit fiom tuitilnlioii ' nnd this tiru tins ndi mt id »nine lune uu bl illicit he i Church of 1 ncjinitl digiutiiy «ho du I n id thnt

Hu thiiopuiiii hit would noel hi minted hut foi tin tlininiiil cn tied hy elim eli olfei

tunes Hint uni is mt held bv ollie! iib uf tilt Roy ii Mint who although the! do nut I mm vi li it el catos the eiimanil

linn tint even veil the) hnvo to tuni nut 10 000 000 thicepeiiit) hit» Of Hi it tot ii hu milln ns I. > lo Hip Di iiuniniis mid eolol les elucllv toAfiicn wilclo the Huco penny bit is the must pnptil ii com mid m ninny dibtneU Ihe smallest m ui dilution It is known ns ii ' luket,' hut nobotlv can explain the meaning or dtnvutioii of the minie f

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