1937-04-30 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 30, 1937.

As the Smiling Duchess--she charmed Great Britain. And as the Queen she will serve her Empire in just the same wonderful w

way

This Smile On Coronation Day Will

ATM

T ST. PAUL'S, Waldenbury, there is a wood beyond the garden where a little girl dreamed of pixies peeping out from under the leaves.

Even when she grew into a big girl her love for that wood lingered with her. She was a fanciful soul, of and perhaps it was thoughts pixies in comic antics that spread such a fascinating smile across her countenance.

One Saturday in January, 1923, a young man came to spend the week- end at the girl's home.

the

Next morning her parents, Larl and Countess of Strathmore,

went to church.

"Are you coming?" they

the girl and the young man.

asked

"No, thank you," they said... and

they went for a walk through the

pixie wood instead.

There came a. time

when the

young man, who was the King's son, murmured a few soft words.

And

a moment of mutual adoration end-

ing in a long kiss.

So the Duke and Duchess of York

thirteen married...

were

ago.

years

smile

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's dazzled the world and endeared her immediately to the women of every country.

She became known as The Smil- ing Duchess, and two beautiful girls have been the priceless gifts she has made to her, husband.

The people who have waited out-

side their home-145,

Piccadilly,

Thrill Millions!

London-during the past few years casion of her return from Australia, have talked of hoping to see The when she refused Three White Roses of York.

the customary "slow-motion" of her car through Queen. the crowds because she' was hungry to see her baby once again.

The Duchess is now our Her elder daughter Elizabeth is heir to the throne.

And no finer flowers of Britain's womanhood could be found to grace these pedestals.

In the last few years the influen-, ces on women in this country have been without precedence in history, Battling to gain beauty they have

wild to

extravagances

Is there any mother who could not forgive her?

She enjoys service to what are now her husband's subjects.

The stress of such parading would

women into

mere turn most

But no element of automatona. mechanics has crept into our Queen's Had it done so reaction of activities.

would have set in immediately and Our Queen ignored such excesses. sapped her popularity in a trice.

shingled · or She has never been bingled, yet she has contrived always to look surpassingly lovely.

run fashion.

The greatest cynic in the world could not doubt the sincerity behind her smile. It is as spontaneous as it is frequent, as unconscripted as it

She has devised a fashion of her own which has prompted designers is famous. from every capital in the world to whip out their pencils and scribbl- ing pads.

An exalted General once climbed a lamp-post in the midst of a great crowd to get an uninterrupted view of it.

campaigners in the ranks of the Marylebone Housing Association, which maintains a constant attack upon those housing areas in London which are a disgrace to civilisation. Cromwell House, to which the Queen is a frequent visitor, has

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large number of cots for babies suffering from malnutrition.

Although she is no highbrow, the Queen is artistic.

yan

In Victorian times the stage was looked on almost as

immoral pursuit. Queen Elizabeth iB cognisant with the value of the drama to the nation's culture.

So it is with pride that she is a patroness

Dramatif the Royal Academy of

Art.

Once, there, after seeing a students' performance, she went on to the stage herself and gave an im- promptu speech..

It was clear to the students from this that she took a lively interest in their work and was a fine con- structive critic.

These modern young people were delighted with her charm and full of admiration for her views.

At her old home in Piccadilly, the touch of her hand was apparent everywhere. No brittle, ultramodern decoration greeted the eye. A sweet, restful theme ran throughout the Jegor

Her devotion to her home, her husband and her children is equalled only

ly by that of the other good wo-

men of England.

The devotion she will now show to her country will not let down the example of Queen Mary.

KNOWN THE WORLD OVER FOR ITS PURITY.

MARTELL'S 3 STAR

BRANDY.

A private soldier, lying ill hospital, once describedit "refreshment.”

in

MARTELK

as

a

Quietly and tastefully dressed, her delicate form has, through the news- re- papers and the cinemas, been

of minds

every gistered in the

Each time a child, all polished for citizen, and her delicious smile, us- ually over a bouquet, has never fail- the event steps shyly up to her with ed to set hearts thumping and a bouquet she conveys the impression that she has never seen, still less ex- voices cheering.

petal cheeks and pécted, a gift of such lovely flowers. rose Those

and starry eyes carry something, of the The Queen is patroness enchantment she found in pixie lore president of many organisations when a child, and reflect that in- designed to better the happiness of nate goodness which has made her Britain. now not merely the first but one of

the best mothers in the land.

Yet she has not allowed her fami-

And she takes an active part in their work.

She is president of the

United

ly to become her sole responsibility. Nursing Services Club, which is for Aware of her importance and the benefit of nurses who tended the great duties as the Duchess, she wounded during the Great War.

Queen Victoria a once serenely has devoted more of her life to pub-

lic service than to herself and her observed: "Why do people make such loved ones.

The only time she temporarily neglected the public was on the

fuss about slums?”

Not so Queen Elizabeth. She is one of the most vigorous

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