Of the ladies who have devoted their time and O attention to promoting Irish and Scotch Home Industries, none, perhaps, have worked more indefatigably than Lady Mayo. For years her ladyship has devoted her time to this work. She is president of the School of Art Needlework, and generally has a stall at the annual exhibition in London on St. Patrick's Day, having done a great deal to raise the standard of artistic needlework by her wonderful taste and example. Lady Mayo was married in 1885. She has a passion for collecting things counted among the lost arts, and once while she was hunting up remnants of the famous Waterford cut glass in a cottage in Kildare, the peasant owner concluded that her beautiful visitor must be crazy to offer her so much money for what she regarded as rubbish, and called to one of her sons to stay by until her guest, of whose identity she was, of course, ignorant, had gone. Lady Mayo has some valuable engravings and miniatures, besides a quaint collection of old copper lustre and old embroideries. One of her most treasured possessions is a very beautiful scarf woven of fine gold, which originally belonged to Queen Marie Amelie, consort of Louis Philippe.

Lady Mayo /. B.