The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28
Lady Mary Prefers American Enthusiasm
 To British PhLegn1
By LADY MARY

whom they served so manfully in wars
 that are now past.
 Princess Mary. who is doing a lot of
 work just now in the way of opening fetes and bazars, was the star guest" of the afternoon. and she really look n amazingly nice in thin white frocK
 large black hat, a big tulle ruflls
 round her shoulders and carryinc a
 bunch of pink roses. I saw the count
 ess of Lytton with one of her little daughters dressed like a small C;recian warrior Lady Lytton. who is quite pretty and slim, and very picturesque in appearance was wearing a gown Of putty-colored chiffon over soft under dress of cream color, while big shady lace hat, with couple of big red roses artfullyy laid on the brim was most becoming to her rather small. pointed face. She was having her photograph
 aS"n in the ate ni handing slnnii basket of strawberries to wounded Tommy. who ,sas ieaa ng on h s crerches with a rather sheepish smile of embar- rassment on his chubby, boyish face.
 Another interesting person I noticed was Mrs. Gregory, the widowed daugh. teI-in-law of Lady Gregory, the famous Irish playwright and poetess. Mrs Greg iory lives with her distinguished mother ir-law at the beautiful family estate
 
 action about six months ago; he was very expert airman and did many brave deeds It was one of the happy sur. prises that his young wife used con. tihually to undergo when Captain Greg ory would stroll into the little home that they had in Hampshire in tune for breakfast. He had taken the old bus and flown across the channel just for a cup of tea with the missus' and half-an-hour with the kids Then he would fly back and be i'll time for mess in his own quarters behind the line in
 France. Captain Gregory was the only son of Lady Gregory. and he was one of the few popular landlords in his par tcular portion of the 'distressful coun- try. He was a fine horseman and dur ing the last three or four years of the horse show at Olympia he rode many of his own mounts triumphantly round the course and gained several prizes in the jun ping competition. His widow is a very pretty woman and her three chil- dren most delightful young people But l am wandering away from th-' Chelsea fair. where I also noted among the many Interesting individuals that clever American girl. Gladys Unger, wha was doing duty in the tent called the Spanish Carpa, which purpored to be an exact reproduction of scene at a Spanish fete. I am not able to judge whether this was correct or no, but cer- tainlv the effect was quite picturesque. Numbers of dark-eyed girls in Spanish costumes mantillas. high combs, en- broidered sha wls complete, made pretty picture Miss Unger, who is very dark and striking in appearance, was wear ing her white lace nnntilla looped with crimson roses: while her pretty figure was wrapped in a wonderful shawl of cream-c -colored crepe embroidered in roses, and having a fringe at least 10 inches deep, that fell over a flounced petticoat of yellow satin yelled in Spanish lace Mme De Vasena. a handsome lady from the Argentine, had charge of the whole affair. and she was wearing a beauti- fu gown modelled after the Goya style of deep yellow satin, flounced with won derful black lace; her black mantiila was raised over a comb at least a dozen inches high: while she wore some splen did pearls and huge diamonds in her ears. The daughter of the Danish rnins lister was also a l'Espangol.' She played {! the mandoline quite prettily. and al though her name, the Countess Azalia 1 Lewenhaupt, did not look particularly 1 Spanish on the programme, she herself | in mantilla and comb, earrings and frii- ] ly petticoats, was quite in the atmos- l phere of the fete.
 ] I also noticed among the Spanish ! helpers Mrs. Cilhert Cannan, the lad. who was originally Mrs. James Barrie
 and who might now had not legal af- 1 fairs intervened, have been Lady Barrie | and wife of the famous dramatist and author Mrs Cannan, it may be vel remembered was once upon time Miss
 Mary Ansel and she played the ingenue l role in the first comedy by Sir James Barrie that made hit in London. This
 was called, Walker. London, and il
 was performed, am afraid to think how
 many years ago. but at least 25 at Toole 2
 theatre. which 10 longer exists. as the
 site where it stood is now covered by
 the new wing of the Charing Cross hos