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This Is Mrs. Winston
for her chief's wifc!
A secre- to say
do something of his private. lie
as well as the superhuman strain
Churchill
of his public life, there is no word I will admit that she has much and there were two I can say in too high praise of the to put up with! Premier's wife.
guests
honour-Lord Birkenhead She is about an inch taller than Charlie Chaplin. the P.M., slim, wears medium-
in blues or blacks. Her eyes are
It hasn't been possible for her to accompany the Prime Minis- ter on his flying visits to France but her own private war effort is nevertheless vital and immense.
Her husband's health is always 01her first care. There has been and no trouble with the old haemor- rhage, but since the War the Prime Minister has lost about doesn't 8lbs. and Mrs. Winston think this is healthy.
ism are small gifts from Rarely, I know, does newsboys, old-age pen-tary have a good werd But it has sioners, and even children. been my privilege to work for Sir Pelham Warner is Mr. Churchill, and knowing as I enlisting the support of the frequenters of Lord's for a fund which will in- scribe the crest of the One little thing will show you
Charlie who is, of course, an Middlesex County Cricket that I am not alone in my belief high heels and is usually dressed Englishman-had met Mr. Chur- Club on a fighting 'plane. In Downing Street circles, Win-large and vivacious, and I have chill a year or two before, and
So from a rapidly in-ston, as Prime Minister, creasing number of places Cabinet Ministers now never call daughter. and through innumerable him Winston, not even in conver- agencies large financial resources are being volun-| tarily amassed. They are more than a contribution
There's a touch of friendliness to our strength; they are about the way she is spoken of a heartfelt tribute to the in Downing Street that convinces you she is the right woman for splendid valour of the the job, just as the P.M. is the Force which is repelling right man.
ways referred to as
sation.
"the
is al- always thought she looks too frail was to meet him again the next
soldier's year in New York. P.M." and eminine to be a
is 'She But Mrs. Churchill? known to all her friends as Mrs.
winston,
victoriously the German She is as popular as was Mrs. threat of invasion by air. Chamberlain which is saying a There is no less thankful-good deal!
Her father was
Colonel
in
On his first visit to France, became Prime just before he Minister, he was down over
while he a British warplane, was suffering from acute influenza, and it is Mrs. Winston who is
For more than a year I didn't Sir meet Mrs. Churchill again, be- H. M. Hozier, K.C.B. of the 3rd cause Winston in New York had
a motoring accident, was run- responsible for him, often ap over, and doctors decided that pearing with a heavy great-coat he must go to Salzburg to re- and a muffler. cuperate. Mrs. Winston was with.
By AMELIA ROBINSON
Dragoon Guards, and her mother Har name is Clementine, and Lady Blanche Ogilvy, daughter have never heard Mr. Churchill of the Earl of Airlie, call her by any fancy or pet
ness and admiration for the ceaseless vigil, and strong defence of the names. They are devated-and Navy, holding off the pos- sibility of attack by sea;
in,
him all the time--though she Incidentally, it was Mrs. Win-
the. herself had only just recovered ston who got her husband
for wearing reputation
comic from two serious operations.
hats! They'd only been married Winston had a severe hacmor-a' couple of years when he was rhage at Salzburg, and a relapse in an electioncering campaign at again that October when, back Southport, and just before a big in London. We didn't get much meeting Mrs. Winston...dragged work done during those months! him out for a walk along
sands.
the
But we got busy, again a little later, when Mr. Randolph fought He didn't want to go but she several by-elections. Mrs. Win- insisted and jammed on his head ston had turned her hopes to her the first hat they found on the son, and she sat cool, smiling, but hall, table! A photographer seashore I was only a baby when,
very excited within, as Mr. Ran- snapped them at the
the 1908, the engagement was an-
dolph faced big crowds at the with Winston still wearing nounced between a then success- ful young politician and President Wavertree Division of Liverpool, tiny felt hat that wasn't his
made great and out of this one incident the of Board of Trade, and Miss and as his father Clementine Hozier, but my mos speechs in Mr. Randolph's favour, whole legend has been built up- ther tells me that it was one of the big events of the season.
and the stirring exploits vices, not really less dear of the Army in Belgium to the heart of the nation,
Now all her hopes, for her Mrs. Winston is still keeping son and for her husband, have open the Westerham home, with and its splendid deliver-will feel no jealousy if this
been more than fulfilled. She its great polished wood floors and ance are not and will not is the RAF's special
Less than a year later, Mr. has been the hostess of No.11, chintz-covered easy chairs. The to Downing Street, when Winston Prime Minister's own lofty room, be forgotten. The one dif-hour of honour and also Churchill went to Germany.
meet the Kaiser. He was Just was Chancellor of the Exchequer. with its yellow-and-red striped
its 10, arm-chairs,
whitewashed ference just now is that of danger.
34 then, and the most moteoric Now she is hostess of No.
woman's walls and oil paintings, it kept the way of appreciation is What could be more in-political career since the days of which surely is every
Pitt seemed to be within his dream.
dusted and ready for him. easier when the unit of dicative of the Empire's
·And prawers.
then'
the came defence is relatively small determination to hold War... and the cost of it within back nothing that will What did Mrs. Winston do? went to.. During the Chamberlain or his pet hobbies the compass of an appeal make for victory than When I first met her at a house regime Mr Butler, chief struc- September) still stand about the party at Westerham, in 1931, she tural engineer of the Office of room as Mrs. Winston arranged to an urban area of no these free gifts, both large proudly showed me one of her Works, has had the job of en- them,
a tirely modernising No. 10 so far great size. Add to this and small? They are a most treasured possessions
+
She has a much better house His own oil miniatures and now than Mrs.. Chamberlain first water-colours (painting was one until.last
Mrs. Winston's big ginger cat about the house, while the Churchills' other cat, Nelson, is moving into No. 10 from Admiralty House!
convenience in giving the voluntary levy added to small brooch. made in the shape us plumbing and kitchen heating
and lighting fitments are concern still strides of a rifle with a fixed, bayonet. apprehension of local dan- the demands which the It bears the initials R.S.A.F., Mrs. Winston now. has a kitchen ger which German raids tax-collector is making have quickened and a and will yet make with in- heightened sense of unity creasing insistence. Will of purpose, as of interest, ingly paid taxes, money in ensuring the inviola-gifts for aircraft, interest bility of the British Isles, free loans are all a mea and the springing up of sure of the strength of a Spitfire funds is explain-spirit which indeed knows ed. The other great Ser- no bounds.
ed. Over £8,000 was spent, and and was specially cast for her by in which even a Hollywood film
Mrs, Winston has a treasure some enthusiastic workers at the star would be proud to be photo- Royal Small Arma Factory, over graphed!
ahest of the Prime Minister's had! the comforts of which she
She has many war-time Jobs uniforms and robes. At the bot ceaselessly supervised. She sup orintended dozens of YMCA her particular hobby being pro-tom of the chest is a bundle of of expensive robes, all overlaid with Hostels during the Wor, and her viding comforts for the men
the mine-sweeping service. Sho gold. It is the gown worn by Mr. like was often in danger,
has organisett thousands of wo-Churchill's father when he was 1 shall never forget that Was men knitters, and Mrs. Winston's Chancellor of the Exchequer, and terham party. Most of the Chur- charm has helped to raise thon-after his resignation kept by Mr. chill, family was there, including sands of pounds with which to Churchill's mother for 40 years
In tissue paper and camphoring" Mr. Randolph and Miss Diana," buy wool,