The Countess of Warwick 



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for their objects the 

 advancement of her 

 own sex, and one 

 of her schemes, that 

 of the " Warwick 

 Hostel," an agri- 

 cultural college for 

 female students, to 

 be worked in a 

 practical manner in 

 connection with a 

 farm, seems likely to 

 be carried out, as a 

 public-spirited land- 

 owner has given the 

 site for the college 

 at Reading, and a 

 meeting was lately 

 held at the Mansion 

 House, by permission 

 and under the 

 auspices of the Lord 

 Mayor, when ex- 

 planations were given 

 of the objects of the 



undertaking, and interesting speeches delivered by Earl Grey, 

 Professor James Robertson, of Canada, the Right Hon. H. Chaplin, 

 M.P., and others. This is but one of the many occasions on 

 which Lady Warwick has taken an able and active part in matters 

 for the good of the public. 



Her ladyship is an illustration of the benefits derived from leading 

 an active, useful life, as she appears to be blessed with perpetual 

 youth, and, although she has always taken a lively part in the 

 discharge of the many high social functions inseparable from her 

 rank, and long been one of the ornaments and most popular ladies 

 in Society, she appears more like the sister than the mother of the 

 children who sometimes are seen in her company. 



I am glad to be able to give even this slight sketch of one of 

 the most distinguished amongst the best class of Doggy People, 

 accompanied by an excellent portrait of this popular lady, and a 

 group of her Japanese Toy Spaniels. 



From a photo by Bullingham, Hannington Road, S.W. 

 THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK 



