Ibs rather charming to hear from! Paris that lace is coming into use again, and that various towns and villages which were badly hit by its going.out of fashion are coming back to prosperity. Honiton, too, will be fad. was there one day last autumn dnd it seemed a depressed little town, though this may have been partly due to the heavy rain of that par-Ueular day. I bought some lace handkerchiefs, and it was interesting to see with what loving care the shopwoman spread them out on large Sheets of dark blue paper, handling them much as a j@weller might a dots string of pearls. Except lace hand-
The Burdens of Bishops Would you like to be suddenly confronted with having to live in a house of 89 rooms? Such is the fate of Mus, Fisher, wife of the Bishop-designate of London; and it is. said her main footing is one of satisfaction that Fulham Palace has only 33 rooms:
not 100 as is popularly supposed. She is better off in one way than Dr, Winnington Ingram (a bachelor?
she has six children. But they don't really go far in 83 rooms.
Even as early as in 1715 Fulham Palace was to0 large for the revenues fof the Bishopric of London. At that Time it stil had 100 rooms. large parts fof which were half ruinous, and after fan examination by. Sir Christopher: Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh halt of it was pulled down, But even thus the rates on it amount to £1,500 a year and it needs at least 19 servants to keep it in order, Dr. Winnington Ingram tied to fet it, but found no takers. fived in two rooms used, some of the others for The oldest parts of the palace which i built round two Quadrangles dates ro the reign of Henry. Vit There was formerly: moat round But Dr. Winnington Tngram nad it nim 250 a year to clean Futham's eliot glory is its gardens. In James I's rein, the then Bishop of London, Compton, was kept vit~ Wally prisoner in. his palace for two years and whiled away' the time by. stocking the garden with every imaginable rare tree and shrub. But once again to Keep such glories in Order needs money; there are few more deplorable sights than a gar~ den too big for Its owner to maintain But the whole question of episcopal residences needs drastically overhaul-la. Hartlebury Castle is the worst jeubus, Only a very rich man can ford to accept the Worcester His Durham is another terrible The late Lord Wi iam Cecil never lived in the pala Farnham Castle has bee divided by the genius of 2 local lady who yot together a fund which tables the Bishop of Guildford to live in a part of i, while the rest is Used for diocesan offices. "The pose sage:
in Farnham measure over a mile, These huge castles. like many Clephantine country rectories, create a bad impression of ecclesiastics living remote from their flocks in great splendour, while really they are as oer as church mice.
The Call of the Wild conception of heavenly mansions, though hardly' suitable for the clergy unless they are to be Hinerant friars, is supplied this wee by a Mrs, Helen Sehwerdt and a Duchess of Kent Sells for Ex-Servicemen RH, The Duchess of Ken acted as " salesicon nat the Exhibition lid Sale of Embroideries worked by the Disabl bed soldiers" Embroidery usury at 35 Lowndes Square, London, tat month, The picture shows the Duchess her dyne" showed us a great throwing up his career to wander over France in a caravan. Borrow of course has fired countless imaginations. There is still a great deal of cal country for the vagrant in Eng and. Only this week: T learnt to my surprise that one may walla the whole way from Esher to Lancing without going along (though one would eross) A road. But would the gipsy's van be quite so attractive when autumn fogs and frosts begin? The charm of vagrancy depends a good deal being able to give up whenever one pleases. kerchiefs, I do not suppose Honiton thas been selling much lace since the:
The secret is of course that after the war dress took on a sharp outting, while lace essentially calls makes, softer suggestions, dressmakers are now using all kinds of laces, from an ensemble natural coloured string lace, to cascades of tulle frills (tulle belongs: to the lace family, be it remembered)
Being back that even lace mittens moved are being worn. With which, of course, must be carried a {a1 These reversions to the clothes of
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