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SIDONIE M. _GRUENBERG has a few kind words to say about mothers-in-law, and this corner in 8 to echo her words. Hy - Mrs. Gruenberg is chairman of the National She, blasted away in.an introduction df a Pamphlet hy! Edith - : 4G. Neisset, n't know either one, of the ladies. They write Sensibly and that is good . enough, Mrs, Nelsser is author of “How "To Be a Good Mother: ‘in’ + Law and Grandmother,”

Let's wind up with mama-in-law and let the chips fall where | they may. If we have time we can, pat Grandma on the back and have . Rightoap with her.

“TOO ORE Mrs. coh Gruenberg writes, “mothers-in-law become the

scapegoats of domestic relations. Some couples ‘find it all too easy to blame tHeir own shortcomings on the person who has become the humorous symbol of matrimonial difficulties.” Atta girl, Mrs.: Gruenberg. Before Mamas-in-law get carried away, let's hear from Sidonie again. . vo % #20

" “IT IS NOT ALWAYS easy for mothers-in-law to slip into their new role when sons and daughters marry, simply because it is hard to adjust to what at first seems to be a complete emptiness after a couple of decades in which they have been the center of family activities.” Mrs. Gruenberg could have said that it isn't

. always éasy for mothers-in-law to keep their

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noses out of their children’s affairs. I've heard this situation develops sometimes. * oo pe WELL PICK UP an excellent paragraph from Mrs. Neisser. She tells of a contest held by a meiol litan newspaper which was searching for loveliest mother in its circulation area. A en Bo came in with this note attached: “Here a picture of my wife's mother. In spite of thé fact that she is my mother-in-law, 1 think she is tops.” It would be stupid thinking to believe the young man was speaking of an exception. A sensible, straight-thinking mother who rémem-

hers her own youth is usually a good mother- © in-law. If she is somewhat of a flea-brain, She merely continues to be one,

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Sept. 24—S8upreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas tells me how, on tour, he had to list his birthplace, and truthfully wrote the name of his little home town: “Maine, Minn.” An immigration officer—he happened to be an Asmerican-—eyed him skeptically and said: “Make up your mind, bud. Them's two places.” dh GROUCHO MARX'S craziest antic was loping up to Greta Garbo, lifting up the brim of her big coolie hat, staring her in the eye, loping off saying, “Pardon me, I thought you were a guy I know from Grand Rapids.” * > »

WE OVERHEAD it ourselves in Toots Shor's: A wife urged her husband to *have a drink, (Honest.) “But I'm on the wagon,” he sulked. “Don't you remember — you didn't want me to drink anything.” “I didn’t say I didn’t want you to drink anything,” replied the wife. “I didn’t want you to drink everything.” * & @

¢ AN ARMY OFFICER in Korea told me that a long time back the code term for rockets was ‘crackers.” “We cabled Washington for 5000 tons of graham crackers . . . and sure enough, we soon got 5000 tons of graham crackers. That's why, for a while, the GIs ate quite a lot of graham crackers.” ¢ STP STAY-UP-LATE JOE FRISCO, the comedian, boasted that he would be on the Kate Smith hour TV show, “Oh, but Joe,” sniffed a night-time TV star superiorly, “that’s an afternoon show.” “I don't mind,” said Joe. “I can get up for it?” * * 9

ORSON WELLES had some. cutting trouble with his much-awaited film, “Othello,” and withdrew it from the Venice Film Festival. He's now able to laugh about the blast a Venice paper took at him before it learned his reason. The paper wrote, “Last year Orson Welles withdrew ‘Macbeth’ at the last minute. This year he withdrew ‘Othello’ at the last minute. ‘We hope next year he withdraws Orson Welles.” * & » COMEDIAN JOE KE. LEWIS tells at the Copacabana of a famous Hollywood couple, noted for boozing. The husband took the wife to a psychiatrist for treatment. “You mean,” said the doctor, “she sees pink elephants, snakes, and all that?” “No; that's just it!” complained the husband, “She CAN'T see them, even when I point them out to her!” * * > MODEL ROSEMARY WILLIAMSON who

-.got. that publicity with the busted gambler—

changed her name to Marie Newell—and her

‘Americana By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, Sept. 24—Freddy Othman, writIng out of Rome, said a thing the other day that might make some of our papers stop and think a little. He said a tout approached him to find out if Freddy wished to interview Lucky Luciano—a paid public relationist. Freddy said no, he was not interested in contributing to the cleanup of a dope peddiler. * Then the guy tried to sell him on Ingrid Bergman. Othman { said he had already done the " plece, and doubted if any cared much what the great love [ slave thought about anything 2 today. Which ‘leads me to the idea | that we have lately been mak- = ing a great thing of sordidness, one way or another, among the cheap and the ty hungry. Names make news, but I am going to throw up if I have to see another Tine about this fist’ fight in Hollywood, in whjch

Franchot Tone got his classic kisser rearranged

in a backyard brawl over some minor starlet whose name escapes ime even ‘after ‘all the fevered publicity. 3 :

cb # * : I DO NOT BELIEVE that just because the magic dateline Hollywood the story that 5 worth dra : a week, in all its

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_ cialite Marie Hubbard. .

A Few Kind Words For Mothers-in-Law

hms. NEISSER. Jightly backhand several

ONE: This mother-in-law constantly veminiia the bride and that she doesn’t want to meddle in their affairs. ‘TWO: She can't let the youngsters, in her mind, make any important decision on their own. She has to put in her two cents worth without being asked. Sa 3 THREE: This type thinks her Sonny married beneath his social level and makes it known at the most inopportune moments. FOUR: She can't accept the life the beginners lead, wants to change it, mold it to her standards. The whole business boils down to using the noodle that God gave you and giving a thought occasionally to the Golden Rule. Do that and you can throw the psychological stuff down the garbage disposal. Mrs. Neisser is preaching a course of action that would be such old stuff to a great many mothers-in-law they'd split their girdles laughing. And yet it is all sound advice, Lae Te BT oF COURSE, the mothers-in-law who are guilty of the infractions she mentions, would find it difficult to admit they were wrong. + Exceptions to the rule always make the best’ material for conversation. The bullheaded young couple that doesn't listen to one word elders say can’t poskibly be headed for anything but’ trouble. A wise lady drilled this into ime a long time ago. No matter how smart a young buck or filly

think théy are, they can always learn from their :

elders even if it is how net to do, to think, to act. a kd -

In the same vein, the oldsters ean learn ~from the up and coming. The clock ticks relentlessly. Nobody is young or old a lifetime. A-man can be foolish all his life. He can’t be

0 all his life. young 4 4

WHICH BRINGS us to Mrs. Gruepberg’s statement about mothers-in-law being scapegoats. I say it’s about time we knocked it off. Let's spend a little more time getting along with one another. It’s more fun that way, isn’t it Grandma? You remember when 12 and 15 lived under one roof, don’t you? You're right, we are getting -s0 confounded analytical we're trying to get you into the argument.’ What did you say? Oh, just mind. the p's and q's, . That's what I thought you said.

Some Odds and Ends Of Laughs by Wilson

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address to a cold water flat—because she likes to rough it. hod

ARTIE SHAW'S new love could be model Betty Thurmond —if propasing to her seven times —which he did—is love. ’ ot ob TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: Writer Eddie Moran got chummy with his father-in-law and said, “You

think’ I marri your daughter for her money, don’t you?” ../. “Well?” . .. “Well, I DIDN'T! I married her for YOUR money.” ye

GOOD RUMOR MAN: Old Man Eddie Cantor's radio show replaces a cigaret company’s big dramatic show. . . . Aly Khan gave musician Sidney Bechet a blank check as a wedding gift and told him to fill it out. (He didn’t—silly bay!) . . . An ordinary piano looks much better when Terry Van Tell plays it wearing a sweater at the Town House. : ; . * 9 * B'WAY BULLETINS: Before Tom Neal fell so hard for Barbara Payton, his ideal was Denise Darcel, He forgot Denise when Barbara went for him. Lucky Denise. i : > @ iS i LID? ES ER ve : IN ‘YORK Ginger Rogers’ mom, Leilah, sent a note to Tony Farrell, producer of “Love and Let Love,” saying: “Ginger and I refuse to accept the third aet. Something must be done!” . . . Expert Abe Ate tell defied the odds and put his wad on ‘Turpin. - Eric Johnston's GOP intimates say he may not go back to Hollywood.” Wants to be President! , ... NY's testing the big national boom just starting. In Toots Shor’s there was hardly room for a barfly to fall off his stool. * + @ \ EARL’'S PEARLS: Jack Pearl tells of a doctor who told a run-down patient, “You should lay off golf for a while and get in a good day now and then at the office.” * * » : BWAY BULLETINS: George Ewing, son of Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing, will marry Virginia so- . Veronica Lake applauded John Carridine’s lush version of “OI Man River” at Armando’s. . Blue Angel comic Orson Bean signed a million dollar TV deal with International Latex for five years. . . . Jane Fischer dances on TV's Cavalcade of Stars, A SSS x : ? WORST PUN YET from Jack Carson: He told Taffy her stockings were crooked and she said, “My legs were dirty so I decided to turn the hose oh them.” , . . That's Earl, brother.

Miss Fischer

He's Read Enough Of Tone-Neal Brawl

slugger's alleged remorse and maudlin sSffer to give his blood to the guy he walloped. , : ee @

I SUPPOSE very shortly now we will be regaled with all the intimate details of the freshest disenchantment between Bob Topping and Lana, and it seems to me I've heard this song before, too. The severance of Hollywood nuptials has almost ceased to be news, because the kids swap horses so often all you have to do ig fill in the blanks. Lana don’t Jove Bob no more; go okay, lose him and marry somebody else but quit boring me with it.

We encourage the boredom, in a hunger for gossip, and I would be a liar to say I don’t ad-

. Imire a bit of_spicy dirt myself. But the point is

that the lowdown loses its bounce when you've heard it all before, about the same dreary people.

Just reshuffle the faces and alter fhe places -

the story is always the same. La NEWS IS A difficult thing to define, but one of its broad definitions.is that news is something that’ arouses interest among the general public. It is difficult to imagine that the bust-up for the

‘ourth or fifth time of a joke marriage is so

startling as to be of heavy interest to anyone, It is past my credulity that a cheap Holl brawl is worth day-by-day, hard news coverage after the original facts have been stated and a logical follow ‘has been filed. Most papers havé- shandoned Chic Sale humor as tasteless and and I think this undue

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The Girl Who Will Be Queen—

‘Liz And Philip,’ Royal But Real

EDITOR'S NOTE: Five yon ago, the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip was the climax

of a royal romance that captured the hearts of the

world. Now North America is waiting for its first glimpse of the royal couple, coming across the Atlantic next month. for a five-week tour of Canada and a brief visit to Washington. Here's the first of three dispatches that give you an intimate and human closeup of the Princess and her husband who'll some day rule the British Empire.

By ARTHUR J. MATHERS Thaes Special Writer

] ONDON, Sept. 24-—When the people of North America -

see the most romantic royal couple ‘of the Western World for the first time next month, they will discover that talking with Elizabeth and Philip’ of England is as

uncomplicated as a visit with the folks next door. . For all the glamour and dig‘nity that surround her as the first girl to stand directly in succession to the British throne for more than a century, Princess Elizabeth has the unfailing ability to put people immediately at their ease, To her husband, Prince Philip, who has spent most of his life g the ordinary. people of y lands, easy and informal conversation is as natural as

. ‘breathing and as unpatronizing

as a high school class reunion. The 25-year-old Princess with the peach complexion has what is described as ‘the “most gen-

j erous smile in Europe.” Her 30-

year-old sailor Prince is six feet tall, athletic, and Viking-blond. Together, they are more than a man and woman destined to some day rule the vast British Commonwealth of Nations as Queen and Consort. ® H =

IN AUSTERE BRITAIN -- and even much farther afield they aré an effective symbol of youth and hope, of domestic happiness, good looks, easy natural charm, and all the other factors that go to make up a réal belief in the future,

Pessimists who said. that Kings, Queens and royal familes are museum pieces have been silenced by the dedicated services of the present: King and Queen. They are likely ‘to continue silent when Elizabeth iz called upon occupy the Throne. = =, = ALTHOUGH both Elizabeth and Philip are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Vie toria, the family connection be-

tween them ie too remote to be

clearly - defined terms.

in everyday

descends in the di-

[10] p | re: Pp s ily tree, however, is intricately interwoven with the noble—and mostly exiled — families of

Greece, Germany and Denmark.

his ‘aunt, Lady Louis ‘Mountbatten, Philip can even claim a family connection with Pocahontas. The marriage of Elizabeth and Philip in 1947 was no “royal match made in the Chancel leries of Europe.” = = ~

ELIZABETH'S FATHER,

King George VI, is far too liberal a monarch, too fond a parent and too conscious of his own happy marriage to permit anything other than a genuine love match for his daughter and heir presumptive.

Yet it would be difficult to find a royal couple with such strangely different childhood backgrounds and such contrasting personalities who, at the same time, are a constant complement to each other. While it is true that each was born in line of succession to a throne, no one foresaw even a remote possibility that either individually or together they would ever have to prepare for constitutional rulership.

PHILIP WAS A four-year-old

royal exile in Paris when Eliza-

beth was born in 1926. That year was to Britain more significant for the general strike which shook the nation than for the birth of a daughter to the quiet, homeloving Duke of York. The Duke's dashing 31-year-old elder brother, then Prince of

Wales, had a firm grip o the

hearts of the British public as their future king. But if in 1926 industrial strife overshadowed Elizabeth's

© birth, Philip's had already been

overshadowed by the bitter Turko-Grécian war. into which he was born in 1921 on the island of Corfu: Officially, he was Prince Philip of Greece, yet his: veins knew no heritage of Grecian blood. Beeause. of the strange and apparently illogical manip-

ulation of the royal houses of Europe in the early 1900's the

"King of Greece—-Philp's grand-

father-—was a Dane. His father, Prince Andrew, had married English-born Princess Alice, sister. of the fabulous Lord . Louis Mountbatten -— brilliant sailor and

‘leader of men in war and peace

~-who was eventually to have a tremendous influence on Philip's career. X » n= » BEFORE PHILIP WAS a year old, he had his first experiénce with the Royal Navy-—

escape from revolutionists, with his parents and. five sisters, to England on a British destroyer. When his father moved the family to Paris, already a city of ‘sanctuary for royal exiles, Philip was a boy without a surname—just ~ Prince Pap of Greece. :

BABY PRINCESS — On her first birthday, Elizabeth wore the coral necklace her own daughter, Princess Anne, was to wear when she was a year old.

OR. him, the

“Prince” was out. He was “just Philip,” and so he sturdily

told his schoolmarms in the American school at St. Cloud.

In turn, the schoolmarms re-.

spected his independence and self-reliance, a trait which he still possesses in full measure.

It ‘made it possible for him to -

hold the comradeship and

respect of his shipmates—both_

subordinates and superiors -— throughout his naval career, It was a great factor in gaining first the interest and later the deep fatherly affection of his “uncle, Lord Mountbatten. It was also at the Mountbatten house that Philip first met Elizabeth, although both have forgotten the exact circumstances.

SEPTEMBER 24, 1051

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ROYAL HORSEWOMAN—An Ametican’ officer decided Elizabeth “looks like a Queen. acts like a Queen, and rides fike an angel." Here she returns the salute of her regiment.

EFORE she was 10,’Elizabeth, daughter of the self-effacing Duke of York and his lovely Scottish bride, was caught up in the chain of events which was to envelop her for the rest of her life. While Philip was progressing gh the various schools that finally led him to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, England, the golden-haired infant princess was going gently and joyously through the least conventional childhood of anyone destined to ascend a great throne.

Her father still felt that “he ran no risk”—as he put it—of succeeding to the Crown. Elizabeth and her sister Margaret were following a simple daily routine of lessons jn the nursery of their house in Piccadilly. If Elizabeth has inherited her firm character, strong sense of duty and very strong will from her father, it was from her

side of her nature. She has always had an instinctive knowledge for the néeds of others and is easily moved by injustice or unhappiness.

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ing of animals show in her ability to handle horses. Today, in her specially designed riding uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, she invariably steals the show at the annual ceremonial “troeping of the Color,” a traditional fulldress parade which attracts visitors to London from all parts of the globe,

Two years ago, her famous charger, “Winston,” was maddened by summer fly stings. He gave a full scale rodeo performance at the climax of the “marchpast.” The King was “at-the-Salute” on his dais, but neither he nor the mounted Guards officers moved an inch. It was a well deserved tribute to a magnificent horsewoman. Within seconds, and with littile more than a whispered word, Elizabeth had her rollingeyed charger back in position. From an American captain wearing the shoulder patches of the First Cavalry Divsion, there

“conscientious, con tem plative

HER LOVE and understand-

came a tribute as American and sincere as ‘the Declaration. of Independencp: ; ' “Now I've seen it” he said: “She looks like & Queen; she acts like a Queen, bus, brother, she rides like an angel, I'd be: proud to curtsey to a gal like that anVtime I'm asked.” Nobody would be less likely to ask for such a gesture than Elizabeth.

Possibly this could be because

“manners” were an important part‘ of her early childhood training and lapses in politeness

“were among ‘the few misde~

meanors which called forth real punishment—administered when necessary, albeft with a light hand—by her papa.

Elizabeth and Margaret

shared toys and they had far fewer than most children of their age. The three tons of gifts for Elizabeth and her sister which her parents brought back from the people of Australia were all distributed ehinbiad the | BO And

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Neverthele . gift received - a hand-written “thank-you,” note.

Philip of Greece, on Nov. 20,

. aware that the

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ON. her first visit to the circus — she was five : —Elizabeth burst ‘into frightened tears when & grotesquely made-up clown was brought inte the royal box. Afterwards she sent the clown a message: “Please tell the ugly man that I did truly like him-—it was just that I wai frightened.” : About the time Elizabeth was nine, her beloved Grannie (Queen) Mary, ig long arduous reign of her hus George V, was drawing to - close, met a new im upon the child’s education. THE ELDEST AND favorite son, Edward, although he spent many hours playing boisterous games with Elizabeth and Mass garet, still gave no sign ‘of

Queen Mary set a new currieulum for Elizabeth and gently guided the Princess into the new and vastly wider learning re quired of her; hs

But apart from the introdues

_ tion ‘of -a Scots governess into

the household, ‘Elizabeth's ede ucation remained for several more years in the capable hands of her-mother and grand Mathes The Princess capturad the bling | sense-of-fun deal of “her ‘mother and 2

of York finally made the me= mentous decision. It meant acceptance of a Tits

ar her 11th birthday, Elizabeth was living in 8 Buckingham Palace—always House” by the led and: Duct brothers. . By 1939. above the gt giltiering.

ity of a happy firmly established in the great brownstone and granite palace, despite the clouds of war which

Tomorrow: Philip Ellzabeth in 3 dory.

WEDDING PICTURE—AIl the empire was happy at the mar. riage of the popular Princess and hér tall, blond g 1947, Even America cheered.

iance, Prince