By Euwe Dow And the need of & world of men for London, July 8.
Two famous houses have been en-terraining this week—Holland House and Blenheim Palace (the only house in. England except royal ones that May all itself a palace)—in a style Which recalls a world that now seems almost forgotten. Holland House was Tent by Lady Tichester to the Hon. Mrs Roland Cubitt for the coming out dance of the latter's daughter Rosa~ Jind, who is Lady Iehester's god daughter; and at Blenheim the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough gave a coming out dance for their daughter Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill Holland House, though actually in Kensington, might be far away in the country, so wide are its acres shaded by great trees with the house surrounded by many coloured gardens, The King and Queen. "hon-ured the dance with their presence," hee Majesty in white tulle decorated with gold Sequins, and wearing a tiara, rubles" and diamonds. The names of the guests, the descriptions fof dresses and jewels, illuminated gardens, soft lights, alluring-music make one think of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth, though It. is possible nowadays to entertain Majesty with out ruining yourself as the nobles of Queen Elizabeth often went near to doing when she stayed with them.
So, too, at Blenheim where there were 900) guests," among them (he Duke of Kent, For a prosaic touch it nag to be added that. plain clothes police were put on to keep out gate Many women go in for dairy farming, and the Royal Show contained many samples of trim dairy-maids who" might have made Charles Cochrane's beauty chorus jealous. But there are limits to the use of machinery in this work. "Personally T dislike cows," said one girl. "You have to mile them twice a day all the year round and it takes 2% gal-ons of milk to. make a pound. of butter." Now you simply cannot milk cows by motor-engine, "What Shall I Be?"
At Highbury Hill, a big. giris'} 8 school, a novel idea was tried this week, when 20 old girls, who have gone into as many different employments, stood on a platform before the assembled school of 200 girls, to give fan account of themselves and answer questions about their careers. There Were a doctor, a saleswoman, a sports Browning is not reckoned the most intelligible of poets, but this verse would be well understood on the North Circular Road. I forget when ther he put these lines in a woman's mouth, On Sir Charles Bressey's evid-fence it looks like it.
In point of fact, for men as for women it is a risky experiment to bury oneself in the country. unless tone is born to it. You remember, "Harris thought it would be humpy. He knew the sort of place I meant, where everyone went to bed at nine O'clock and you had to walk nine miles to get your bacco and couldn't jet a 'Referee' for love or money." Still, T do think life on one of those arterial roads must be a strain on the
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