MARY ADELAIDE

(Mary Elizabeth, 1849-1931, née Stewart-Mackenzie, wife, 1881, of Judge Francis Henry Jeune, 1843-1905, knighted 1891, 1st Baron St. Helier, 1905), saying Gladly would I have acceded to your request but... that very afternoon I am due at Lady Wolverton's to help arrange the stalls and make the final arrangements for a Fête I am organising at Coombe for which Lady Wolverton most kindly lends her charming house and grounds... more particularly... to enable us to board out all through the summer and autumn, a succession of very poor worn South London seamstresses &c. for whom the inestimable boon of at least a fortnight's rest, country air and food is, thus secured, and wondering if you and your kind sister might come down one of the days ? and perhaps send me a contribution of flowers for my flower stall... Very sincerely yours, 4 sides 8vo, White Lodge, Richmond Park, 31st May