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FROM the WOMAN'S PAGE
Letter to
The Girl I Didn't Marry
from PETER KENT
My
dear Pam,
I like you, you know. I like the way you do your hair. I like the way you dress. I love the way you say "darling."
I think you say "darling" better than any girl I know.
But I'd never think of marry- ing you, although I have often imagined myself to be in love with you. Anyway, I see now that there is somebody who loves you more than I do, and I feel that I wouldn't stand much of a chance.
Opposition
OH, yes, I know all about my rival! I wouldn't go so far as to say that I've been aware of opposition all along.
But see now that It's a case of two people being in love with the same girl. And I've come to the conclusion that it is better for nil concerned that I should stand down.
Don't think I'm trying to be heroic. I am not dropping out in order to let the better man ro in and win. It's just that I don't want to stand in the way of your happiness. I don't think you really love me.
I
The Truth
AM sorry that I didn't find out the truth sooner. I can- not understand why you en- couraged me so much-unless it was because you don't realise the position yourself. I can hardly be-
lieve that
Do you know, when you first called me "darling" I sent quite a thrill right through me? You see, I wasn't used to being called "darling," and I was simple enough to think that the word lind some significance. Wasn't it silly of me?
As a matter of fact, I still do think that the word "darling" is primarily intended to be used as a term of en- dearment-but not when you say it. When I heard you talking on thi 'phone to a man you professed te dislike intensely, and addressing him as "darling" throughout, j realised that the word meant nothing
to you at all.
cali everybody wretched
some
You probably "darling" because man (I dare say it was 1) once told you that you said it rather nicely You do. That's the trouble.
I Forgave
VHEN you used to tell me that you'd be ready by 7.30 and then turn up at 8.15, I was always prepared to forgive you. Your excuse that you had only been trying to look especially nice for my beneft may not have been very original but it was usually good enough for me.
It never occurred to me then that there was a rival in the field who. more often than not, was responsible for making you lale. Now don't ge. excited and say, "What on earth is the man talking about? "Wait unti you've finished reading this.
Although you werd coniinually asking me how I liked you to do your hair, what colour I thought suited you best, whether or not I ke bright mell-polish on your malls, you never ance acted on my advice. Not that I should ever expect a woman to take much notice of my opinion on such matters.
BUT
Looked Hurt
UT really, you know, you were so persistent in your efforts to find out just what I You were thought of you.
niwaya aniting me such questions as: "Do you think I should wear green, darling?" or "Do you think my new shade of lipstick suits me?--- darling" (sorry, I almost forgot).
And if I happened to say no tr both questions, you'd immediately look rather hurt and say you tried so hard to picaso mol. Then, of course, I would have to any that
My rival per- suaded you to wear the sort
of hats I could
not stand at any price.
you'd look lovely in anything in order to make you smile again.
quite a different sort of person. know that by the letter you once wrote me when I went away for a week-end. It was really an awfully nice letter and I hink you must have been very much in love with me then.
Can't Stand It
BUT, as soon as I returned, the first thing you said was: And, of course, it was one of those hats which I had already told you several times I couldn't stand at any price. You never thought of asking me what sort of time I had had. You didn't, in fact, seem particularly pleased to see me, although in your letler you had said that you could
For My Sake scarcely wait until I returned.
BUT I am afraid you seldom
now
tried very hard to please me, Naturally I understand that you couldn't please both of us at once when we so obviously had entirely different tastes. You might, however, have compromised some times Just for my sake. Did you ever think of doing that?
If I honestly thought I could get you away from this lover of yours I'd try to du it. Because, frankly I believe that sooner or later you are going to be let down very badly; And I don't like seeing good material bring wasted,
I know that when you are alone absolutely alone, I mean--you are
1
Good-bye
I KNOW now why you weren't
so pleased to see me on that occasion. My rival must have got back just ahead of me and poisoned your mind.
Yes, I mean poisoned your mind. And I'd tell him so to his face if he were a man,
But, my dear Pam, this rival of mine is not a man. It's a silly young girl who is desperately in love with herself.
No, I nm afraid I
could never marry you. I just couldn't competè with you for your own affections.
Good-bye, Pam-darlingi
DUCHESS NO. THREE
By
Cyril F. J. Hankinson
WH
Editor of "Debrott"
WHILE it is somewhat of an exag- geration to suggest that the whole Table of Social Precedence was upset by the Abdication-of-King Edward VII, the publication of the various works of reference which
make their annual appearance about this time of the year will reveal that in the Royal Family many important changes have taken place.
These can be seen clearly in the appended lists of the Order of Pre- cedence in the two reigns, from which it will be noted that the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as daughters Instead of nieces of the Sovereign move up several places in the scale, while the Duke of Windsor drops to the position of the youngest brothe of the Sovereign.
Well Defined Rules
INQUIRY in omcial circles reveals that-contrary to what has been stated the Duchess of Windsor, al- though she has not been granted the style of "H.R.H.," nevertheless derives her precedence in the normal way from her husband, and ranks, therefore, next below the Duchess of Kent.
follow
The Tables of Precedence certain well definite rules, and those acquainted with the principles gov- crning them have little dificulty in working out the order in which to place anyone who falls within their георе
It should be noted, however, that while in the main precedence is ac- quired by birth, marriage, or the con- firment of an honour, the holders of certain offices were allotted special positions.
For instance after the Sovereign's great-uncles, follow the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord High Chan- cellor, the Archbishop of York, and the Prime Minister,
Precedence in the Royal Family la largely governed by noarness in re- lationship to the Sovereign, but does not always follow the Order of Suc- cession to the Throne.
A Lady's Rank
AFTER
FTER the Royal Family, excluding
Frinin i tots officer as mentioned above, follow the Dukes in the order of the creation of their Dukedoms.
of
The age of the Duke or the number of yents which he has held his title has no bearing on his precedence.
The sons and daughters of persons
le as for down in the scale n Knights Bachelor ore all granted positions in the Tables of Precedence, the eldest sons being usually several degrees higher than their younger brothers.
The eldest son of a Knight Bacho-- lor, for instance, ranks before a
Precedence in the two Reigns.
Edward VIII.
Duke of York. Duke of Gloucester. Duke of Kent Prince Edward of
Kent.
-Georgo VI.
Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent, Duke of Windsor. Prince Edward of
Kent
Queen Mary.
Princess Royal. Duchess of York, Ducties of Gloucester. Duchess of icent.
Princess Elizabeth. Princess Margaret.
The Queen. Queen Mary. Princess Elizabeth. Princess Margaret. Prince Royal. Duches of Gloucester. Duchess of Kent. Duchess of Windsor.
As Aunt of the King, the Queen of Norway would have followed the Duchess of Kent, but for the fact that she married a reigning Sovereign.
Member of the Victorian Order (5th class), while his younger brother is four places lower, following the younger son of a Baronet.
The eldest daughters of Peers are not distinguished from their younger sisters, and actually all daughters
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1938
Keep - fit
calendar for March
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6-12X
12-14X
12-16X.
6-10X
6-10X
8-12X
LE
L+E
11.
4-8X
CHESS-The Nerve-
are allotted a position in there ble for THE Hastings Chess Congress,
Ladles of
higher degree than their younger brothers,
The term Lady (prefixed to the Cliristian name) too is applied to the daughters of Earls as well as those of Dukes and Marquesses, whereas the younger sons of Earls are styled Hon. In the same way as the sons of Vis- counts and Barons.
As a general rule a Lady does not lose the rank into which she was born on marringe, for if her husband is of lower degree than herself she retuins her former style and precedence.
There is, however, one notable exception to this, in that the wives of Peers, unless they themselves are Peresses in their own right of a higher degree, take the rank of their husband. The daughter of a Peer marrying a Peer of two degrees tower than her father will lose rank,
During the past year a very large number of honours has been bestow- ed. Including the appointment of the Queen us a Lady of the Order of the Garter and as the first Lady of the Order of the Thistle, and the admis- sion of many women to the Royal Victorian Order, which was only last year extended to permit of their in- clusion.
A comparison of the number of honours
granted during the Coronation years of King Edward VIL, King George V., and King George VI. Is given in the following table:
Peers
Baronets..... Knights
1902 1011 1937
13
17
26
233
35 351
14
272
The number of titled persons is growing, for during the past ten years 123 peerages have been created and only 08 have become extinct, and 123 new baronetcies are on the Roll in place of 100 which hava... become extinct.
has added to the reputations of the Polish and Estonian masters, Reshevsky and Keres.
But, what is more important to us, It has revealed the magnificent talent of a young English Public School Melhematics master, Mr. C. H. Alex- ander, of Winchester, who has been
these
two close on the heels of throughout the tournament.
have which These
congresses, grown up in this country in the last few years, have done wonders for British chess. Since their advent the number of chess players in England has increased rapidly and is now well over 1,500,000!
The accumulated learning of years Is brought to bear on these tourna- ment games,
Some famous players succeed by the ald of phenomenal memories, in
begins to-day...
It's
always the
same, ask any one whether they take as. much exercise as they should and, ten to one, they'll answer: "No." Ask them--- ask yourself, for that matter--why not, and the answer won't come quite so pat. In the end they'll probably say it's laziness.
Really
it's not as
bad as that. The demands made nowadays on any busy man's or woman's time don't leave enough over for playing games or joining gymnastic classes. That's where the Telegraph Keep-Fit Calendar comes in. It takes up no more than a minute or two, needs no apparatus and no mastering of such weighty phrases as body balance or muscle toning.
Rather
than hav- ing to fish under the bed for the book of words of some gymnastic avstem, you get your day's instructions-WITHOUT words. please note- delivered in your Telegraph. Then all you do is imitate the little man in the pictures.
Simple
as the
exercises look-and undoubtedly arc-you'll find they make a great difference to your figure and your self-respect. All the exercises are natural movements based on the motions made by those able to ski, run, jump, chop wood and do many of the things that you, perhaps, living in a town, or you, maybe, too busy on the farm, cannot find time
for.
Remember these
seven points
Do exactly what you see in the picture for the day, wearing as few clothes as possible,
Keep your feet parallel and pointing exactly forwards all the time.
Breathe OUT vlaorously through your mouth whenever BENDING and IN deeply through your nose whenever STRETCHING, First do each exercise twice in slow-motion, then in normal time, first in one then the opposite direction.
Figures beside cách picture" Indicate the number of times you should do the exercise; 12-14 X Ir, for instance, means do the exercise at least twelve times, fourteen if you can, to both left and right.
When you see an arroto-pointed spring, do four springy post-movements as it indicates. Always combine the seven exercises of the week's group, adding one new one each day.
Destroying Monster
By
Patrick Murphy
which great combinations and their variations are crammed and stored от 30 усага. over a period of 20 Others, with brilliantly original chess minds, adjust themselves to the posi tion at hand and play out each game with fresh thought.
45 Minutes One Move
ated for half an hour before making his eighth move.
His opponent, Reshevsky, took more than three-quarters of an hour to decide his eleventh move, with the' result that later in the game both were so short of time that Reshevsky had to make ten moves in six min- ules.
Reshevaky is one of these young men who prove chess to be anything but a game. It seems that a man is born with a chess mind just as he is born a musician. Reshevsky used to give exhibitions in public in Vienna when he was six and seven
when he was 20, two years ago.
ON Monday of this sheet the years old! He defeated Capablanca
English hope throughout this tournament, Mr. Alexander, deliber-
A Lay Sermon
By HUGH REDWOOD
WHEN faith is low and tempta-
tion strong; when one is most conscious of spiritual weakness and even, perhaps, of defent; when the rolling years reach their returning point and memory casta up its figures; then 14 the To live is Christ time to be sure PHILIPPIANO,, 21. that Christ is
our life. There is danger to every Christian of taking Christ for granted, and failing to realise how much 11 is to the least and Jowest of His disciples. It is well, therefore, that there should bo occasion for asking the ques-
A
tlon: "Take Christ out of my life, and what would it be?" Defeated or victorious, the man who hoa once known the Saviour knows that without Ilm fe must go back to the dust. Without lim there is neither Joy nor recovery; neiller strength to endure nor hope in enduring,
Sinner or saint, backslider or thus to the conqueror, comes Bame discovery: "Jesus, Thou art everything to me." And in that very thought there is new hope, strength and determination. Lax- hold afresh upon Christ, for to do so is to take freak hold upon life, and to transform death from final bankruptcy into undying gain,
I know no player who is more de- lightful to watch than Slr
George Thomas, the tall, white-haired ex- British champion, who for so long has borne the brunt of chess as- saults from the great foreign mas- ters.
He is an all-round sportsman, and
I am sure the game is much more a game to him than to most other great players.
Chess is a game which you study and play at your telsure and do not treat too seriously, or it is a nerve- masters destroying monster which every moment of your life.
If ambition drives you to attempt to follow in the steps of Capablonca and Alekhine, then sell your home, settle your wife and family so that they call on you once a year, get yourself a dumb man-servant, and give up your entire life to the end- Ten Rtudy of the game,
through Bir George Thomas has extra-ordinary talent, been able to and person remain an enchanting still be counted one of the really fine
chicas players of his time..
But in my experience the two do-
which minating personalities game has produced have been Capa- blanca and Alekhine. Alekhine has tiven a vast amount of his time and ine talent to making himself the great player he is.
over moves.
Capablanca trented chess more as a hobby. He was a diplomat, and actually could not, at times, get all the chess he would have liked. Ho is quick and decisive and does not like long ponderings Immediately he has made his move rule, leave his table and he will, as go to watch someone else piny or wander about the room. He will re- turn and make his next move in the. minimum of time.
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