The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-01
Brilliant Function
 At Buckingham Palace
By LADY MARY

l is to be hoped that she and the duke will add something of social importance l to the peace celebrations.
 Among other duchesses who will, fancy. entertain this summer vii be their graces of Devonshire, Buccleuch Marl- | borough, Abercorn and Atholl. I be- lieve that the Duchess of Manchester has also arrived in town; but I do not fancy | that she or her duke will enter very ac- | lively into the doings of society
 Another hostess who is likely to be heard from this summer is the American Adele, Countess of Essex. She is an in defatigable chaperon, and it is said holds record for bringing off brilliant mar riages for girls whom she has guided | through the social whirlpool of Lon | don. The Countess of Scarborough is an | other hostess of whom much is expected. l She is a very handsome woman with blue | eyes and wonderful red hair, and her 1 special fad" is embroidery. She does l the most exquisite work on church vest 1 ments and has also embroidered the | covers for a whole set of furniture. She uses a frame which is attached to spe- | cial chair of most artistic design. This
 chair occupies the place of honor in room that is dedicated to her own par | ticuiar use. Above it is hung a lamp that has been supplied with a system of
 radiation that is not only of practical
 valua. to the needlewoman, but also wonderful aid to her picturesque effect. | One of the prettiest of the married wom- i en of the older generation is Lady
 Fowls. She is a daughter of the late
 Lord Conyers, and as the Hon. Violet ] Lane Fex was immensely admired. She IS 1 now peeress in her own right, being
 Baroness Darcy de Knayth. She, how
 ever, uses her husbands name Che is
 also a baron) in preference to her own 1 title. She is very tall, fair woman, with regular features and admirable taste 1 in gowns. She has some wonderful jewels,
 among them being a huge cluster of dia-
 monds set like ostrich feathers, which | she wears over one shoulder. She also
 possesses an amazing fringe of diamonds
 about five inches deep, which hangs from
 band of diamonds set upon flexible 1 diamond chain. This she wears either 1 hanging from shoulder to waist or else ! pinned straight across the front of her
 bodice. She also has some particularly | fine pearls.
 There is such a mighty amount of talk l and discussion about women's clothes
 nowadays and whether they ought to | wear collarless blouses and bodlceS or garments that button close up to the ] chin, that I have been particulariy cheered by a spe oh I heard delivered this week by Dr. Leonard Williams. lie 1 lectured on Common Sense" at the peace
 nursing and midwifery functions exhibi-
 tion being held at Mortimer hall. In the ] course of some very sensible remarks
 he said that people who wore tight col
 lars could not drain their brains prop erlv and consequently had bad tempers. l He had noticed, he said, that since women
 had given up high collars and wore gar
 ments which gave complete freedom to
 the neck they had become much less
 orarrelsome. I felt like asking him why under these circumstances, all women connected with the profession of nursing
 wore stiffly starched bands of linen around their threats? But then no mere woman can break in on the discourse U ol 1 o man even when she has an entirely | sensible point to quibble about
 Dr. Williams went on to say that ne also advocated the use of Weli-nttlne ccrsets which give support to the ap-