Edinburgh, Apr. 18.
The first thing one notices about Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon is not so much her beauty—which.is not anything especial if one goes by the accepted standards—as the rich personality it reveals. The eyes are large and express every varying emotion. In repose they are somewhat pathetic; but they can laugh and. grow tender; they are by turns roguish and appealing. So it is with the mouth, so with the whole face. It is a veritable April day of a face. There is no concealment of the thoughts of this little lady.
Lady Elizabeth is bringing a new physical type into the Royal family. There.is about her none of the stateliness that marks the Queen, and that Princess Mary appears to be developing. Petite she is beyond the ordinary. She could not look "important" if she wanted to—not that she wants to. Yet she can hold her own everywhere.
Although fairy-like in her proportions, Lady Elizabeth is splendidly fit. She can walk as far over heather and_ ploughed lands as many a sportsman, she is graceful on a horse. The Duke of York is accounted the best lawn tennis player in the Royal family, and his future wife can give him a good game. Fishing counts among her hobbies. Lady Elizabeth plays the piano fairly well and sings sweetly in an expressive small voice. Without laying claim to be much of an artist, she paints creditably in water-colours, and the scenery about Glamis Castle often has inspired her brush. As @ linguist she compares well with most of her compeers and her' French is notably good. The brothers of the Duke of York, all three of whom will support him on his marriage day, are delighted with their prospective sister-in-law. She possesses the same cheery taste as themselves in the matter of playgoing, revues and comedies pleasing her better than "high-brow" or "strong stuff," and she and they have been seen often of late at London theatres, the merriest group possible, or dining at restaurants and dancing afterwards in the manner of to-day.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.