1947-08-02 — Page 6

AN AMERICAN INVASION

By WILLIAM HICKEY

FAY

JAVOURITE roosting perch of visiting Ameri- ; enn sailors all through their recent tour was | Piccadilly statue of Eros, replaced just in time! for this naval occasion.

Happy, contented, their jaws working over- time, there they sat, apparently hypnotised by London's traffic swirling round them. Quick census of pudding-basin-capped heads one after-) noon: 37. There were a few girls, too. About 37.

DEMANDING an entrance fee few men would

be prepared to pay, the world's most exclusive club held its 6th annual dinner. I refer to the Guinea Pig Club every member of which has had some facial embroidery, as they call it, carried out for him by plastic-surgeon Sir ARCHIBALD MaINDOE, the club's permanent life presilent, whose belated knighthood was recently nounced.

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There was KEN BROWN, who, in the Pigs own nonchalant lingo, "had eye trouble early on:" and HARRY CROMBIE, who "stopped a packet in the face and returned Intely to the Sty for a further slabbing:" and BRIAN BIRKS, who "gol his face minced up in a fast-revolving airscrew:" and scores of others..

These boys tre Incomparable. imperturbable, irresistible,

ly, one advertised. "Lost

Recent-

between

The Crown and Blackwell Hollow.

blue artificial eye answering to name

of Joey, Finder generously reward- ed. Box 354,"

Let us hope Joey came back.

FROM (say) Sao Paulo, Brazition

textile merchant cnbits a London company to fix up 16 appolotments. have a car at the airport, reserve i private offer for him in their buite- ink, supply Spanish speaking stenographer, make hotel arrange ments, book two stalls for "Annic Get Your Gun," and send some roses to that nice Miss Tanqueray ho danced with In Hin last winter,

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All this will be undertaken by an organisation of half dozen demobbed types (hended by Mr PETER TAYLOR ́ex-R.A.F.), who have pooled brains, falth. courage and cash in an idea which shows the right idea.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1947,

"Is that the Direction of Labour into Industry Department ? Well, about these six neu heavy

steel workers you've sent us.

The background story of the romance of

ELIZABETH and

PHILIP

The first meeting: Falling in love: After that

it was always Philip': When he proposed,

and what the Princess said to her friends

HÁT is he like? What is she like? What are they like together? WHILE many gardeners complain will tell you their story as

about being stuck on an almost I know it. sintle, waiting-list for a new kwn-

Mr A. P. EASTOR. mower, Hopton, Diss, Juments to me that he cannot get rid of one of the con- founded things. Somebody should not let the grass grow under his feet.

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dined

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by a Court Correspondent

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men she met at friends' parties whom she thought But those who knew good-looking. her well realised that in the end it was always Philip.

Gradually, everything began to Their first meeting took place

He The first

gave her large and Granny Mary at Buckingham

Buckingham Palace develop. so long ago that

might Palove. She you

was pleased that it Company of Girl Gulden was started, photograph of himself in an open- think neither of them would should be so.

In this troop all the children she necked cricket shirt. " She put this remember it. But they do It was at this time, on a visit to had grown up with, and many new in a prominent place in her bed-

Mary, Olympia with Queen six

that friends, met every week to learn the room.

and the in- she remarked, "Won't the prople to Morse code, tracking.

The answer to this was that she pleased to see me when we leave?" tricacies of icnots.

with her was sent straight home

a side, door to nurse, leaving by avold the crowds!

There was, however, little pride about Elizabeth, and she soon begant to realise the responsibility of her position.

WAN

the

Philip's passion

They began to write to each other, and the letters became more and more frequent.

A LETTER FROM AMERICA

MOLOTOV'S 'NO' STIFFENS U.S.

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BY GERALD JOHNSON

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BALTIMORE. On the contrary, the stock market HD American, nover slow was creeping up, unemployment was to attribute the highest at a minimum, the National Debt had been reduced 4 per cent, during motives to himself, has the fiscal year and the Treasury had

The cost of living war high, bet.

been helped in that exercise by a surplus. Molotov's rejection of the Mar- shall Plan Fair-minded people showed some signs of stabilisation, have hitherto been ashamed to and the wheat crop had broken ali denounce Russin too violently. records for volume without breaking But such Americans believe the market price, that Secretary Marshall's offer was fair, honest and equitable; Its brusque rejection has relieved them of any obligation to curb their dislike of Communian, and they can benceforth hate Russin with dear

conscience.

They are doing so by millions. Molotov has tossed aside more than a certain amount of American' money. He has also tossed naide many Americans' hesitation to listen to the Red-baiters who are predic ting war with Russia with something much like Jubliation.

Income-tax tussle

TE Republicans are determined to reduce income tax. They have re-passed a Bill vetoed by President Truman, ́altered “only to make it take effect next January instead of

bt once,

The President will doubtless - veto It again.:

First because it gives most relief In higher entegories. Secondly. because he believes the Government will require large sums next your to implement the Marshall Plan, and he thinks it better to tax than to borrow in a period of high preperity.

· But a two-thirds majority necessa➡

the rejection. A Re available this time, which would publican Congress likes the plan mean more trouble for Marshall, more with Russia left out,, for it is less explosive politically.

Ticklish work

MARSHALL is in a better position

Even at that, it will be ticklish work to persuade American people to accept something like wartime restrictions on their purchases in order that goods may go to Europe.

To date they have been thinking of the offer in terms of money; when they realise that what Marshail real- ly is offering is wheat, steel, coul and beef that they could use them- selves their enthusiasm - may cool perceptibly.

Popular Princess

ry to pass it over the velo may be

30 Girls Want To

Be Pilots

Thirty British girls, all be- tween 18 and 20, who proler Tthis moment the U. S. is planes to the pictures, spent a the subject day recently trying to win a hypersensitive on of Greece,, and Lieutenant Philipflying scholarship., Mountbatten's connection with that country may evoke some ill-natured comment but not much.

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the

Flying a 60-m.p.h dual-control aircraft, each of the girls held

scated "stick" while an instructor beside them noted their reactions.

They climbed, they banked, they watched the ground awiri round 200 some felt a little feet below-and sicit as the aircraft hit air pockets. which the sun had created.

Literate Americans arc aware that in modern. times a royal enarrt- age is without political significance. Even the professional Anglophobes cannot make headway against the Kreat popularity

Princess of

The tests took place at Elstree, won the Elizabeth, who long ngo

ton, Lancs. good will of the country by her Herts, Shureham, Sussex, and Bar- personal charm.

.

Princess Elizabeth years old at the time, Prince Do OING untold harm to Britain's Philip was 11, and the occasion potential tourist business is the was a family luncheon given by slaphappy, lackadaisical type of King George V and Queen Mary

And then, almost before they country hotel at which

for the seas

knew it themselves, the thing that recently.

wt Buckingham Palace,

all their friends had hoped for

Therefore, the announcemeat of Complaints: (1)

tepid,!

What was Prince Philip doing all happened-they were, in love. Soup

The Prince and Princess were

these years?

her engagement aroused an interest powdery, served on cold plates, (2)

That summer Philip spent his warm and friendly for beyond that Cold meats" (admittedly an alter-introduced, and because a girl

In a sense, he was lying knots, native cholec) turned out be) of six is scared of a boy of 11.

Royal Family In usually attaching to such events. too, for he had developed a passion leave with the canned bully beef, sulfering

by his Scotland, and the first engagement sume-and he in turn is a little scorn-

sea. Encouraged into the for the

Saucer 'theories' -_ She began to change what from the weather. (3) Coffee, ful of "girls" in general,

masters, he built a cutter with some rumours were published, only to be at a shilling a head, was lukewurm,

quiet, thoughtful girl, yet with the

friends and salled it round the denied cautiously from the Palaco, WHEN reports come in of objects weak, with skin of boiled mille conversation was reduced to the sense of humour we know today,

Hebrides. He was ship's cook.

Elizabeth, embarrassed beyondke flying saucers in the sky floating on top.

barest essentials.

If one compares her early years

Je litted to spend hours in a small bellef at having her hopes disclosed, over the north-western part of the If they had been ten years with those of the Princess Royal,

moment of older people would have said one finds that Princess

Elizabeth Scottish harbour, latening to the and Philip, shy and unsure of him- country, there was that the meeting was not a suc- lived a much more unsheltered life; tales of the shermen, and looking self, read the news and laughed it apprehension, because the Japanese off to one another as best they did drop a few incendiary bombs could.

in that region during the war. cess. In fact, they both left yet her circle of friends was limited. over their boats. the Palace that day and almost

in Plecadilly is forgot they had ever seen one another, until they met again years later at the Coronation in 1937.

Here they spoke again, and, perhaps encouraged by

The sweet was very good. But I dely anyone to go too far off the ralls with stewed rhubarb.

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REGRET to announce that the published motto of the Frank Sinatra. Fan Club in Britain “Per Ardun/Sinatra.!!

Rinse, please.

BY THE

WAY

the

hought of having met before, the talk ran more easily this time.

The fishermen knew hima 18 a The most frequent visitors to her

were friend, but few knew that the tall parents home fair-haired.. petite Lady Elizabeth lad who pestered them for stories of Larabart, and Sonia Graham Hodg- the sea was a prince. son, the daughter of the King's radiologist.

Hide-and-seek in the garden

Gossip could _not__spoil___it...

see

were

Sometimes they were too busy to

Once again it looked as though talk and then he would go off on his things were at a standstill. own and read tales of adventure on

This time it was not for long. the high seas.

Encouraged by his unale, Lard Above everything the pair Louis Mountbatten, with whom he firm friends, and friendship could spent most of his holidays, Prince not be spoiled by gossip.

one Lady

So they continued to had Philip was entered for the Royal

they were discreet singing classes while Miss Graham Hodgson, shared won the King's Dirk for the best about it.

with the Princess Naval College, Dartmouth, Here he another. But her French and dancing lessons, endel

They went to parties, but did no For the next few years he was dance together. They were careful THE Ministry of Bubble- thought Princess Elizabeth look-

ed very sweet. He replied non- gardens at the back of 143 Picea "wrapped up in his job. He was not to be photographed together, committally, "Oh, yes."

by Beachcomber

blowing has just announced a cut in the

rations for silk- worms. This means fewer allk- worms' eggs. "Silk" stockings will now be made from imported. dried silkworms' eggs, to save shipping space.

Evans and the pea

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pushing season. His hose is mos-

Elizabeth Lombart

A friend asked Prince Philip after the ceremony whether he

The three met dally to play in the

Years passed,

they seldom met

The years passed, and except

dilly.

Vis

Ela,

for an occasional meeting in the count Allendale's

who married Viscount Morpethi

company of Queen Mary or the two

saw

Met again at a dance

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Daphne Brown, of Croydon, a bookkeeper," and Joyce Pantony, of Lewisham, a bank clerk-both only 18-decided at Elstree that Dying was the biggest thrill of their lives. All the girls, members of the had Women's Junior Air Corps, already passed a written examina ton.

the test Those who survived qualifled for the final round of the flying scholarship competition, a lesson and a personal interview with the W.J.A.C. authorities.

Two will get scholarships-tree training (worth more than £50) for

But by the time "nervous old people of both sexes had reported a pilot's, "A" licence..

ying saucers in the skies in 43 States the scientists stopped explain- ing and the cemed ans took over.

Two theories most in vogue now ore that the objects are pennies from heaven with which to pay the sales fax: or that Petrillo, bcs of the musicians' union, is throwing away gramophone recorda.

Coal goes up JOHN LEWIS, miners' leader, has won a new wage scale that will happy at sea, and his life-long friend and a wall of secrecy was built.

When friends asked either of then add 75 cents to the cost of a ton There, oblivious of the crowd and cousin, the Marquis of Milford

marry, thei;] of coal, if they were going answers were the same. peering through the railings, they Haven, was a naval officer, too.

Since the price of coal enters into would

"hide-and-seek," play

What do you think?" they said. And strangely enough they didn't the price of nearly everything else "surdines" and "hores."

answer themselves the offret of this must be inflationary, even know, the Other young friends were

until two months ago, when she Yet the econom'c prophets have daughter,

returned from South Africa, because been ro consistently wrong. for the

propose! She wary of predicting anything. up the courage, to it wasn't until then that he plucked past year and a half that they are

"I'm over the moon," she exclaim- cd Joyfully to one close friend. "Philip and I think we are the happiest people in the world."

Between then and the day of

ho the official announcement tinued to visit her secretly at the Palace. The secrecy was necessary. to stop the rumours.

When the Indies-in-waiting were questioned by friends they replied, ve just don't know a thing." And it was true, they didn't,

It was while on leave, at the He- years ago, Zoe d'Erlanger, ginning of the war, that Philip met They Hon. Margaret Elphinstone, his future bride once more. VANS the Hearse, of Aberbananer Duchess of Kent, Elizabeth and the

Winifred Hardinge,

whose were both guests at a small, dance accepted. He was at school and she had father, Viscount Hardinge, became given by the Duchess of Kent at

the King's Private Secretary.

her house near Iver, Bucks. saged twice a day with fish-all, and lessons at home.

Being old friends, what could be he sleeps with a metal cap over it.

The difference between the two One day, racing round the gravel more natural than that they should Yesterday, he did a trial run from, in these yeats is marked. Elizabeth paths of this garden Princess Eliza dance together quite a lot? Llanberis, His time over 40 yards worked studiously and with real both called out to a friend: "I have And that was how It all started. was 72 ininutes, with a following enthusiasm at her lessons, Prince thought of a new game! I'll call you' All girls discuss young men, and wind, which sometimes blew the pea Philip, we are told by his school- Lillbel and then the people will Elizabeth and her friends were no ahead of his nose. He uses a pea trasters, was only a moderate scho- think you are me!"

exception. So it soon became com- specially grown by Mrs Wyddfa of lee, and preferred games.

The crowd was delightedi Another mon knowledge that a tall. blond Eryri House, Conway. Watchers on Elizabeth disliked games. It was

und handsome.

young naval officer the Aberglaslyn and Rhy-ddu passes.

be time when she heard a servant ad- sho could thought Evans was inclined to slice persuaded

a long time before

to take an interest in dress a friend as "Miss," she was called Philip was her favourite.

and exclaimed, surprised

Luckily his appearance came up "Why his pushes, bot that may have been tennis.

you "Your Royal to the high standard she had once due to the wind, or to a slight Even today she rarely plays, and didn't she call

Highness?"

Get herself many che said: "When Cars before when

scratch on his nose, due to contact she is not fond of golf, either,

with a small rock.

A brave attempt FAMILY BLAZE'S tone-poem, "The

Her favourite childhood recreations Childhood days

were riding and swimming, painting, and collecting large menagerie of

toy dogs and horses. Each day she her menngerie an airing

Golden haired

-

Little girl

based on the famous List, syas per- in Hamilton Gardens by the side of formed for the first time in public Hyde Park. yesterday. It is a monotonous work, but perhaps the tasic it attempts is an Impossible one. How is a com- poser to suggest the different names and initials without becoming dull? It is true that the programme note

She was a pretty little girl with golden hair and blue eyes, thing too fantastic in such statements thing she had with others

useful guide, but there is someways had a desire to share every ns, Here the tranquil quality of the

music and the restraint of the wood

wind seem to suggest Embleton, E., or Futtermere, #"S. L."..

were shortened

Wedding In November

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marry, my hus- band will have to be very tall and very good-looking."

But now the news is out, and the Some time later, when a friend interist is centred on the couple's pointed out that she might have to future plans, which are, after all, But childhood days don't last, and, marry for political reasons, she re- not so very different from those of the abdication of Edward VIII. plied, "I couldn't marry a man 1. any other engaged pair.

As romantic

shortened Elizabeth's childhood. Her didn't love." comment to a friend was: "Well, I. suppose papa will become King instead of silly Uncle David, but we shall hate leaving Piccadilly."

The word "silly" was used affec Shalonately, for the Duke of Windsor. has always been Elizabeth's fa-

vourite uncle,

as

any girl

She could not bear to receive a Then came the excitement of, the gift while one of her friends had to Coronation and the thrill of walking romance was concerned, and her here job in London." go Without. On many occasions she round the nursery with a tablecloth

has been known to turn to a child pinned to her shoulders, Instead of girl friends

hends.

They will live in the country. The wedding will probably be in November at Westminster Anboy

list of bridesmaids in- The present cludes Princess M Margaret, „Princess Alexandra of Kent, and Miss Panela Princess Elizabeth was as roman- Mountbatten, while Prince

Michael Kent will act as 3: pago,... tic as any other girl when it came to choosing a man to share her life.

Another point, Lieutenant Mount But things did not seem to be batten will remain in the Navy, al- going

as this though Very well as for

probably-be

given a at times shook their' Well, that in the story of their

that romance story

news be standing near her and say, "You the small train she would wear at p

tiny at Windsor Philip went to'stay at ave this. I would rather you bad, the ceremony:

cause It concerns two people of royal Castle often enough on his leaves, blood, but which not differ THE "link" is to become a "mill-

loved dancing and was Now came changes in her 10, 3ut nothing was said, and it looked fundamentally from any other ro tary corrective catablishment," naturally good at it and her know more than anyone would have as though their friendship wDS to mance since the world began. staffed by psychiatrists, Kipling's ledge of history, and literature was dreamed possible. Quite adequataly, remain strictly platonic.

And because of the devetlen we paem Cells" will have to be brought excellent. She was

Of course, he wasn't beautifully, and with little fuss, she stepped in-

the only have felt towards Princess Elizabeth up to date.

to her place as the Heir-Presump-, man in whom she took

her life,

and because of And I'm here in the military cor-But, of course, there come the day live to the Throne

happiness that will certainly be I when she realised, that it was she Perhaps she was a little quieter, Guards ofcers atallóned at Wind, here, her friends and the nation; whom the people crowded to see a little mora seriolis, that wangall, for who came to the. dances wish both her and Lieutenant Philip (corporal's) | taka walks cach day, or drive with She did not change fundamentally, given by the King and Queen and Mountbatten long Alfe, good health

her nurse to see "Grandpa England" and the did not forget her friends danced with the Princess.

and very happiness.

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Marginal note:

rective establishment.

For a thundering drink,

And blacking the

phychiatrist's eye.'

"She

brought up.

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interest.

-There were the young ghout

On

Last year all signs ually relied on pointed to a depression beginning in February, Yet at the beginning of this month It had not arrived

Shakespeare

Lost £5,993

When a 25,993 loss was reported at the annual meeting of Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, Capt. A, S. Cunningham-Rell said it was time. for many of the executives to be business men and "hard-baked women."

Lord life, who presided, protested when Captain Cunningham-Reld sald. the salary account did not include everybody and referred to "people

The executive was re-elected, with masquerading in false beards. the addition of Mr. Emile Littler..

The nomination of Captain Cun- ningham-Reid, by M. 5. H. Shakespeare, was ruled out of order. "Most unfair" commented. Captain "Cunningham-Red,

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