London, May 20. when the Queen to America went Hee" piece 5 taeed By the "Duchess Pintst lear my very best hat." said Hor Majesty's dep T beg your pardon, Its the sort of thing that may happen to anyone springtime. "And a(ter all does five you the news. For the Duchess fas been "deputizing for the Queen, At the Alexandra, Hose Day meetin at the Guildhall and at the Naval and Militry. Tournament; and everyone remarked what. partieulaely smart fats she was sweating.. She got out Of the Chelsea Plower Show, however. having had some providential rouble faith' tooth, of which she tool ful advantage was the Duchess of Gloucester's turn "Ghe, too, wearing a new and Attractive hat) to attend Queen Mary inven exhaustive tour of Three acres Of tone: Himalayas of rock gardens tha a of ud 1 had ce rat ing heavily for. couple. of days ar ihe rounds were 9 swamp. Gallant tirdeners, plagiarizing on Sie Walter ffateigh. rushed forward to put down planks and sacking. forthe Royal Shoes, which ever" the less got ceedingly: muddy.
En'ihe "whole T think that the Duchess of Kent tad decidedly the Best of Ie But Hower shows always Seem to me the. worst possible. Way neeing' flowers, even without the Sided discomfort of wet fect. Chelsea Flower Show i, of course, the most wonderful aloplay" of its kind in the World. "And there' the rub. for, miliimaires, not for the. lowly gardener, who may well be diseou-Sted. by' the miracles brought. forth Chelsea, know 8 man once, te-Noted to the theatre, who saw every play that came to the provineal town which he lived, but would never visita London theatre. "I can, go Yo my own theatre every week," he explained, "but T could only afford London occasionally, It would make me discontented with what T can get At home, so I don't go." That philo sophy seems to me to apply very well to the Chelsea Flower Show.
Miss Metcalfe who have thrown up their jobs, respectively as. factory supervisor and chauffeuse, to follow: the life of a Romany. They have ought a real gipsy van. which is at least $0 years old, and a cart mare. Neither of them knew anything about horses before they started, but they say it is easy to learn and that nothing is $0 responsive as a_horse when you live with and care for him always, They have been on the reel since Easter and vow they will never Teave it; they have no cares, no telephones end read no newspapers. Thetr only concession to modernity a.gas container which they use for cooking.
There is a unique fascination in the gipsy lite, The late W. J. Locke, one of is most charming' stories, "The Golden Journey of Mr. Para-overthrow of every conventional idol, Sell-expressionism, the danger of repressing complexes. And Lucy pars him back in his own coin. Truly wisdom is justified of her children, Meanwhile Lucy is a very pretty girl, and Sam is the son of a wealthy American widow. What are the odds tat the parents will relent when the gipsy caravan sticks in the mud of a wintry world
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