THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1961.
...presenting a study of the fascination that a title holds for so many American mothers
THE HEIRESS WHO
OUTSIDE the bedroom door of the sumptuous
mansion a footman stood guard, "possibly with instructions to shoot at sight anyone who attempted to enter." Inside, a girl of 18 wept bitterly and without restraint.
Her grove offence? She was beautiful and sho WOR rich-her grandfather had left 200 million dollars. And this should havɑ been the happiest day of her life- but she refused to believe so. She was Consuelo Vandor- bilt, preparing for her marriage to the ninth Duke of Marlborough, Winston Churchill's cousin.
Con
nephew, the Marlborough,
ninth Duke of
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MARRIED
A DUKE...
By
JAMES LEASOR
together.
THE WORLD
OF SCIENCE
by
Peter Fairley
Americans
Dr. ADENAUER LOOKS TO ELECTION
want 'clean' VICTORY
space hit
FANTASTIC precautions gre being taken to on-
THE people of West Germany have gone to the polls to elect a new Chancellor. The principal candidates: Konrad Adenauer, the present Chancellor, and Willi Brandt, mayor of West Berlin. The issues divid- ing the two men: practically non-existent.
sure that the first American space vehicle to hit another For in the past few years planot is thoroughly "cloun," | Brandt hus brought the policies of him Sovint De- Scientists bolleve Uny bacteria, mocratic Party eloner und or micro-organisms, may well
by ALAN WATKINS
weeks imprisonment he was It would have taken holin in Sweden he continued stop.
more
sistance, and was given Nor- self, he formed now Right-
husband's belated but complete happiness multiply on Mars or even on the closer to those of Aden released, and escaped to Stock- than a brigadier, however, to Marlborough. hor
trumpet in
Moon. They calculate that one auer's Christian Democratic ear grandmother,
Adenauor'a ütus disaster did not come to
polliciat and, greeted her thus: "Your
particular bug which humans Union. first duly is to have a child and all the rich Pilgrim Daughters enty around-called Escherichia
to support the Norwegian Re- career. A Roman Cathulle him- who married ominent English-coll-could. In ideal conditions. It must be a son, Scenuse it
Brandt concluded 10′t In men. For example, there was would be intolerable to have
breed so fast that in 66 hours that
the prosperous West Germany weglun citizenship. Winston Caroline ("Carrie") Upstart
Balestiert would have fonned a living of today the electors would not little
of New England who married a become duke. Are you in the
muss as big as the Earth sulflock to vole for a party which
After the war Brandt became man who had twice refused u family way
The first U.S.—made
a Scandinavian pawspaper cor- object knightbood: Rudyard Kipling, scheduled to strike
enterprise. So respondent in Germany. But another attacked How many of those who have planet is a 12-pound package of his Social Dentperats
children's
gontly his old friends persuaded him to stortes instruments due to be dropped dropped nationalisation inved hi
and take up politics again. know that this pact of vision
cleansed themselves of nny admired his tales from lado.
Emulce had an American and
Marxist linges, wife?
To remove traces of her tears. look longer than expected. Her parents-"her father was detait ed to give his daughter away and to disappear immediately afterwords," and her hartl, am The following spring on tho bitious mother, who had actually Vanderbilts made their stately,
Consuelo
procession through in the uneasy imprisoned room to force her to go through Europe, five other men, includ- with the wedding-were kept ing a charming French com- wailing
for 20 minutes at the moner, named Jacques Balsan, lu narry Consuelo church with the duke and guests begged
Moma turned them all down. until she was able to opgeur.
Then, while the chair riflett "O perfect love.
Back home, Consuelo met all human
love, 11232 she could thought tran Cunding,"
elder Winthrop Rutherfurd. suelo looked down at her bus- band as they stond together
party Once, eveling with before the allar. He was rather stong Riverside Drive in New shorter than her, and his eyes. York; they both outrode
Their she noter. were "axed companions:
Winthrop hastily #pace,"
Well might they be, for their took advantage of this brief
been less privacy to propose to leer. *Courtship bod
Consuelo's mother guessed begin It is described 1 TAE from her daughter's unusually deliberation," complaining that PILGRIM DAUGHTERS, by happy appearance on her return the food was cold. They rarely Hesketh Pearson (Heinemann, that something was planned; spolte, 258.)—a fascinating chronicle of thereafter Winthrop was "re- the rich American women who pulsed at the door.” have been married off in Eur
Then "in accordance with peans of title or distinctlını.
Consuelu's
other had been regulations laid down by her born pour and Smith; from mother," Consuelo visited ten- Duke of Mari- childhood she was determined to helm.
"its impoverished be rich and of social conse borough,
proprietor," showed her over the estate and decided to marry her and not the girl he really loved, a clrcumstance about which was unwise enough to tell Con- suelo after their wedding.
strange than their marriage.
quence.
She achieved her first aim by marrying the Vanderbilt hair, "an easy going fellow, gentle and generous," and delermined to secure the second by Binding titled husband for Consuelo, This ambition drove out all other considerations; to mould her daughter's will she would Jash her legs with o riding whip.
SETTLEMENT
The
he
At meals the duke would push away by plate "with relined twirling a ring an his anger, gestures." sit back in his chair, then 15 minutes later he would cat "wid much
فيا
'DEVOTED'
Or that he felt so insecure
on to the Moon's cul by Ranger
spacecraft next year. Everything Inside that packet -iown to "the smallest metal contact no bigger than a pin- bond-will bu sterilised In manufacture. It will be storilised again just before launch. And sume parts — particularly the cosing of the package may well |be re-steriliged in flight.
NATURAL DISINFECTANT
ultra-
One night the Prince of Wales (lator Edward VII) was a guest with his wife. He noticed and unsure of himself that he thut Consulo wore a diamond needed someone to protect him- crescent instead of the usual self from the world?
bis petulantly: tiara and remarked
First, there had been "The Princess has taken the father, and mother, and his
Why sister and. Onally. Carrie.
Tu sonic degree, the trouble, to wear a tiary. have you not done su
This "hard, devoted, capable violet rudiation oncountered in Space will act as 3 natural little person." to use He disinfectant but only on the
description,
provided
surface. Inner cleanliness is the reassurance difficulty, the siredyth and that Kipling needed,
As well also kis accountant, warder."
Consuelo's husband constantly impressed on her the importance of pedigrees; their servants also showed that behind the green- balze door equally sharp social divisions existed.
Once the rang the bell and buller to light the asked the
re. "I will send the footmen, "Oh. your graco," he told her. don't bother," she replied, "11 bro do it myself."
When financial arrangements had been agreed to his satis- faction the income for life on 2,500,000 dollars as a marriage settlement, alus an annual pay- ment unch of 100,000 dollars he propused in the Gothic Room, **whose atmosphere," said Consuelo Inter, "was pitious to sacrifice,"
90
One on a grand tour, this
On their honeymoon, the unhappy family visited india,
duke read good will cabies to of the Rnd slayed as guests Viceroy, Lord Lansdowne. The his bride, with a gesture of Inimitable Imperial pageantry algnificance if the sender were
If other fascinated Consuelo's mother. noble, of unconcern She made up her mind that wise."
When Consuelo arrived at Consuelo would either marry the Viceroy's her or the Vicereine's Blenheim as the new Duchess of
"I
to
ALWAYS like do something dif- ferent. If hair is long I cut mine and if it's Not short I grow it.
many people manage to do something as differ- ent as this, so I feel pretty good."
The
"gomething different" referred to by 17-year-old Mar- Horel White, of Leigh-on-Sea, was her triumphant cross- Channel swim completed. in 15 heurs 8 minutes making her the youngest person over to have hobieved the crossing,
Her deep sun-lan under- lined by the glant white collar of her red print dress Margaret sipped tea in Landon the other day with a great show of calm-
Consuelo bore two sons; one
James's
and
His main
free
In 1 Bralt retook Germun citizenship, saying: "It is better to be the only democrat in Ger- domestle proposals
many in Nor- are now mild: for higher family many than one
way, where everyone under- allowances and old-age pen- stands democracy." stons, cheaper housing luans, and an increased school-leaving
age.
aving political party, the Chris- tian Demockntle Union, which included both Catholics and Protestants,
He has led this party to vic- fory in three elections, and it seems as if ho will win a fourth.
A
Under Adenauer the Germans have prospered. His single. mindedness has given them prominent place in the Western Alliance. In any cose, the Is greatest asset is his per- German people have never sonal charm. He handsome; cared for changing Govern- but in a strong, rellabte sort of ments.
In foreign affairs, similarly, Way. His second wife, Ruth, a Brandt has been coming nearer Norwegian this first marriage The only question is whether to Adenauer. He has declared ended in divorce in 1947) is Brandt's Social Democrats can that the reunification of Ger- blonde and attractive. They raise their poil from 32 per cent. many would be the first object have two children,
If they can win enough votes to of his foreign policy. He has
deprive Adenauer of his present refused come out against
Brandt's appeal is rather like absolute madgrily he will be nuclear arms for Germany.
President Kennedy's, Indeed, forged into coalition with tha he hav consciously tried to liberal-conservative Free De- imitate Kennedy's campaigning mocrat Parly.
10
"Actions"
methods.
The appeal
of Dr Adenauer
Salce some 20 per cent of a as wife, Carrie was
satellite's components, including "secretory. bailiff.
do not withstand housekeeper
transistors, heat "cleansing," it is probable
And after the refugee now atomic Someone at a parly would ask that
radiaton and from Eastern Germany into (who is nut, in fact, a doctor Kipling a question; she would chemicals will be used also. West Berlin Was stopped, of anything, but has chalked up reply.
One mehed under review is Brandl She successfully sealed
out - Adenauered 18 honorary degrees) la com- to releas: a cloud him away from outside contac
of ethylene Adenauer. In an inflammatory pletely different. should he need to spend a day xide inside the satellite just speech he demanded actions, in London, she would allow him before blast-off, and to release not words" from the West.
He was barn 85 years ago in another from a surrounding
Cologne of solid though not (pinstic kng ence out in pace, The election, then, is a con- prosperous middle-class parents. The gas penetrates fabric and test not between two parties He studied law, entered local paper layers, thus reaching any but between two personalities: polities, and in 1917 was elected
hidden Gems invide com- Konrad Adenauer and Will Mayor of Cologne. ponents which may have oluded · Brandt, What are they like?
Before Hiler came to power checks during manufactur
Forty-seven-year-old Brandt Adenauer was twice offered the REDUCED TO FRAGMENTS was bom in the German-Baltic German Chancellorship, but town of Laubeck. He was then turned it down. In 1933 HRler The Ft!!! normity of the Herbert Frahin, the legitimate dismissed him from the mayor- *pace ecluntists' Lask was son of a girl who worked in a ship. Adenauer had refused to brought home to me recently grocery, store. He has never meet him at the railway station during a visit to the US Air made a secret of his illegitimacy. and had ordered welcoming Furce Aerospince Medical Centre
awastikas to be taken down,
is the present Duke of Marl" eertain amoun! of money borough. Then, after years for his lunch.
she and her
As Kipling and admiringly. of nervous stress," husband separated and later Even if I wanted to run away divorced; she was free to marry from Carrie I couldn't, because Jacques Balsan, the Frenchman slie would have to look out the with whom she had danced 27 train and book the ticket."
They found a years before.
-London Express Service).
WELL, WHAT MAKES
A GIRL
WANT TO SWIM
THE CHANNEL?
BY PATRICIA LEWIS
ness. But o brightness l her then my hands west completely eves and a tendency to giggle every few mineles gave
her inner excitement.
Bwoy
OFF COURSE
I pskod her how much she could remember of her hours in the water.
"Well," she said popping a cough sweet into her mouth, "You know, I've got a shocking sure throat-haven't been able to eat. since Friday. Must be all that salt water. Oh, yos!
"Well....... I got greased up and waded out about 200 yards from Cop Gris Nez, and then I swam to the pilot bani. I'm not used to swimming with such a blg boat and at first I kept going off course. But then I got used to It. For the Arst three hours I swam the crawl-n fast as I
could
TUTTU, I was so cold I could easily have given up and louch- ed the pilot bout, but something seemed to hold me back.
"Then, like a miracle, the life come back into my hands.
"Next thing, I began to feel tired-you soo I'd had no sleep. So my trainer Melville Chadwick got everyone on boord to shout Things to me and they wrote me messages on a blackboard. We'd planned to play records all the way over-Johnny Mathis. Elia and Brubeck-but the record- player didn't turn up in time.
WASHED UP
the
"But then I could see white elurs about 10 yards away.
started to crawl up the beach and 1 fell down. You have to be right out of the water, you know, and I suddenly fell I
"You see, long-distance swim- wen't going to get up again, but
mers are plodders. They don't
a big wave cams and washed me
swim fost enough to beat the on the shingle,"
de and then they sol carried
down the cart.
"There wal no one on the bench at all because of the fog,
"I know if I swam strongly So with a blanket around me I enough to get tato the flood net off to look for my parents at tide it would take me up to the Customas,
the Goodwin Sands and i could more or less float Into Dover,
SCARED!
"Of course It was foggy all the time, which kept the wator caim but made fey cold, and sometimes I'd got scared of losing the pilot boat.
"I was looking forward to a big celebration dinner but my throat was like a ramp and I just went to bed-I'm told I talked about the swim in my slocp.... in French!"
For all hor physical toughness'
MARGARET WHITE....
‚”NEVER AGAIN!"
Ing for this for four years. I awim in the sea all year round, cat mainly meas, and drink lots
of milk,
"The longest awim I did before this wos 22 miles across the Thames Estuary and back. Though I remember deciding when I was 12 that I'd fire to owim the Channel one day.
"Anyway, it's people like my trainer and Jerry Tiller, the local greengrocer, who helped raise the £200 we needed to finance the altempi, who gave, me the determination to stick out,"
STAMINA
Desplie her schlevemont and youth, Margaret owears this has
bar benn
Inst long-distance swim.
"I'm not interested in doing the reverse swim at all," she sald. "This one was hard enough and I realize now what excep- tional stamina one needs.
"I suppose one could turn pro- fessional and swim in Amèrica or something, but firstly I don't know if I'm good enough and, secondly, I'd rather be a nurse.
"I think you can take it that my awimming ambitions arc over, D
Crunching hard on another cough sweet Margaret skidtonly almost chocked laughing,
"You Jow. I've suddenly re- mambercil something else," she spluttered. "When I came ashore at Dover all wrapped up in a blanket and fosling all day Margaret fans paritious as wears an Afclean bracelet of as if I were in a dream a CHR- all Capricornlane (born between elephant's hair for luck.
toma man camo up and oaked December 23 and January 20), “Tiut ronily I suppose it was me if I had anything to declare. the faith and encouragernent I "He was quite serious about The first raven hours wero Her mascots ---- a white poodle had from other people that what I had under the blanket. the worst. - 1. had
terrible called Fin a panda, and a pulled me through," she said, 1 had to tell him it was only. trouble with my goggles - one winkie-doll-made the croming **12 was even a bli fright me." eye-piece got full of water. And with her in the boat and she ening. You see, I've been train-
London Mapress Keruice),
in.
ot Sun Antonio, Texas. There I In 1933, when the Narls came watched sample
components to power in Germany, Brandt- luken apart inside agus-light, then a young Socialist-escaped
ransparent "glove-box.
i in n Ashing-boat to Norway. He Ethylene oxido
the was pumped i became a newspaperman Six hours lator, the parts stil gives his occupation as were reduced to fragments by "Journalist") und covered the pestic and mortar, hummer, Spanish Civil War. pllers and jeweller's saw. Any micro-organisms
then Were cultured and counted.
Handsome
Sacked
4
At the beginning of the year there seemed no chance of this happening. It locked as I Adenauer's majority would go up. In March, the Social Demo- crats did badly in local elections in an area where they had traditionally been strong.
Since then there has been the Berlin crisis Brandt's ultra- belligerency may have gained him some votes,
In
There has also been the way which Adenauer "and, his supporters have conducted the mpaign. They have mockingly talked about Brandt's legiti mate birth.
Conspiring
They have suggested that he was a traitor to fight Germans in the war. And they have said that Kruschev's recent actions For the next 12 years Aden- help Brandt (thereby hinting puer was in the shadows. He neither supported the Nazis somehow
that Kruschev Dod Brandt are conspiring apinst actively opposed them though Adenauer). for a ume
was put in a con- centration camp.
In 1945 the American
Mayor
TC- of
In a mature democracy, elec- Seven of 74 capacitors Dr
Lioneering at this level would Wynne chocked were con-
bring retribution at certainly taminaled after so-callosi sterlli- When the Germans invaded instated him
the pails. It will be interesting them Cologne. But a British brigadier to see whether this happens in sation!
put
Brandt fought of 129 Norway, eloctronic parts were equally "gurmy."
nine
—London Egpress Sarolco),
and was taken prisoner. Appar. soon sacked him for refusing Germany. ently the Germans did not to have some trees chopped realise who he was. After five down for fuel.
-London Express Service).
!Come on girls, all aboard for the ff-bomb testing sito'
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