The Archive · 1938

The Wedding Train Miss Prunella Stock, leader of the

League of Health and Beauty, is busy preparing her trousseau for her wedding to Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, which will take place at Glasgow Cathedral on October 15. She has decided on parchment velvet for the wedding gown which is being made on princess lines, with leg-o'- mutton sleeves, tight at the wrists. The neckline is to be plain so that it may form an ideal background for a large pearl cross, which once belonged to her mother.

So many of the bride's friends, a large number of whom include members of the League of Health and Beauty, wish to attend the wedding ceremony that the suggestion for the running of a special wedding train is likely to be acted upon. As the matter stands at present, such a special will be provided if as many as 200 guests decide on the journey. This will be one of very few occasions in our railway history when a special train is run for an important wedding ceremony.

The largest available halls in Glasgow have been booked for the wedding reception. It is to be given by Mrs. Alexander Cruickshanks, and "Mrs. R. W. Seton Watson, the bride's aunts, Two thousand guests are expected to attend, and this large number by no means accounts for all the young couples well-wishers who would like to be present.

But many of those who cannot go North for October 15 will be able to meet the bride and groom a few days beforehand at a party which the Duchess of Hamilton is giving for them in her London home, Then, gleaming as on the day they were Completed. There is furniture compounded of inlaid blackwood and red lacquer collected from Ningpo beds. Also bags and small things suitable for little presents—all with personality. Mrs. Moysey has no overhead expenses whatever, wherefore her prices are so low as almost to call forth a protest. She is more of a collector than a business woman and really loves her things. stains on carpets French chalk. Place over the chalk and iron with a hot iron. Remove surplus chalk with a s

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