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QUEEN ELIZABETH 1S BROAD-MINDED Not Expected to Frown Openly on Rouge at Court Functions. EY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—As PBritain's new royal consort, Queen #Lizzie"—as she likes to be called— steps into immediate importance to American debutantes from coast to coast. What “Lizzie” thinks about powder and paint and low-cut gowns, either bosom or back or both, is a fluttering question to scores of American girls already looking ahead to the day, next Summer, when they will dip the knee— at an estimated cost of $5.000 per dip— before the plump-cheeked former “smiling duchess” who is now Eng- land’s Queen. Frowned “Out Loud.” Stern-browed old Queen Mary, in her day of regal nodding at American { presentees curtseying past her at a royal court, frowned at traces of the rouge-pot—and frowned out loud. Her majesty’s “royal displeasure,” she let it be known, would be incurred by any one suspected of artificial blushes. Low-cut gowns were out, too. (Continved From First PF[E.) The new Queen, it is safe to predict, will carry on the precedent in this and | [ other respects, although it is hard to| imagine her either looking stern or| frowning very long at a time. She gets along famously with the old Queen Mother; they're far chum- mier, in fact, than Queen Mary's re- lationship with either the svelte, dash- ing Duchess of Kent, or the twees sports-loving Duchess of - Gloucester. And as long as Queen Mary lives *Lizzie” will probably follow her guidance. She is, however, by no means “stuf- fv.” She is in fact, broad-minded. Not long uge she voiced her approval of shorts for women athletes—a daring thing to do in England, even today, for the idea of women exposing their nether limbs in public has spurred literally thousands of old Tory die- hards, in the clubs along Pall Mall, to write apoplectic letters to the editor of the London Times demanding to know: “Gad, sir, what is England coming to? This means the end of the em- pire!” Duties as Queen. In her new role as queen, Elizabeth | will have just about the same duties ghe had as England's top-ranking duchess—a heavy load of charity events, hospital visits, reviewing troops. opening bazaars and trying to keep her impetuous oldest child, the 10-vear-old Princess “Lilibet,” from cutting too many capers for the news- paper and newsreel cameramen. A lot goes with the crown, of course. | She’ll have her own throne both at Buckingham Palace and in the House of Lords, to sit beside “Bertie” when he opens Parliament or holds court. She'll be moving, any day now, from | the none too royal ducal establishment | at 145 Piccadilly to Buckingham Palace, with its million-dollar, solid- gold dinner plates and thousand-odd | doors and scarlet-coated flunkeys by | the hundreds and all the rest of the glittering paraphernalia of sovereignty which Edward gave up for the love of Wallis Warfield Simpson. MRS. 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Met. 18 one of the largest CHAMBERS ¥ o o1 the T world, Compiete funerals up chapel oarlors sev ll’m "'Ill!-fl" flfldfl‘ul.l'l IHI ears. P e . Ul E YOUR AEOJ;% ! NATL, 1070 £ OHF: 807 14th BT N. el 7 10 PM. Nesesers | bility of a morganatic marriage. | some quarters even the mention of a | riage was impossible. | courteous, | ordinary man could grip himself so | The King Comments on American - |tics and of affairs in England and the things I have read in American jour- Mrs. Simpson and I each had an old-fashioned, prepared by her in typical Southern style—bitters on a | Jump of sugar, & couple of large pieces of ice and a jigger of bourbon whisky. As we sipped our drinks the King talked vividly of small, inconsequen- tial matters. I remember that the | subject of grouse shooting came into the brief conversation—a sport for which he said he was very keen. King Shakes Cares in Small Talk. It seems strange to me now that a man could chat so carelessly about abstract things when his mind was filled with problems that were destined | not only to change the course of his | whole life, but to rock the entire world. ! That very afternoon, it de\eloped‘ later, the King had conferred at length with Premier Baldwin on the possi- In| been re- | Simpson.. morganatic marriage has garded as a slur on Mrs. | That is not true. The King was overlooking no pos- | sible chance to marry the woman he | loved and still continue to perform his obligations to his subjects. But he was as conversant with British constitutional law as any one in his | kingdom, and it should have been apparent to all that his conversations | | with the premier were mainly for | the purpose of establishing definitely and publicly that a morganatic mar- He had learned that afternoon, also, ! that the Bishop of Bradford was sounding the tocsin for a hue and ery which would be taken up within | 24 hours by every newspaper in the kingdom. | He must have realized, in part at least, what the future held for him. | Gives No Hint of Other Burdens. And yet he was the perfect host, the thoughtful and even gay friend of Mrs. Simpson, to every out- ward appearance the relaxed execu- | tive happy to be home and at his | fireside after the day's work. There | were no tell-tale lulls in the conversa- tion, no feeling of tenseness or pre- occupation, no word or even the | slightest hint of what must have been on his mind and in his heart that night. To me it seems obvious that no firmly in such a crisis, leaving 50 gallant an impression that his only thought was that of unalloyed pleasure in being our host. And knowing now the weight of the burden he was car- rying so lightly, I marvel at the strength of his determination that no shadow of the ominous future should fall on the woman he held dear, if he could prevent it. Our conversation was interrupted | by the voice of the butler at the door: “His majesty’s dinner is served.” The King arose and, with Mrs. Simpson at his side, moved toward the dining room across the hall. Mrs. Merryman and I followed. Press. In contrast to the inconsequence of the chatting about the fireside, the trend of conversation at the dinner table was along much more serious lines. It always is when the King and Mrs. Simpson sit down to a meal. There was a discussion of world poli- America—the King always refers to the United States as America. There was reference, too, to the manner in which news of the King's friendship for Mrs. Simpson was being received in the United States. “Knowing the broad-mindedness and chivalry of your country,” the King said, “what I cannot understand is the attitude of your.press toward an American woman who is my {riend.” y I repeated what I had already told Wallis—that undoubtedly only the most unfavorable of the American newspaper stories had found their way into his hands, and that it was my professional opinion that at least | 70 per cent of the stories dealing with their romance had placed Mrs. Simp- son in a favorable light. A Great Admirer of America. “I am glad to have your opinion,” he said. “As a great admirer of America I would have expected it to be as you say, although, frankly, the b S SR S S S S S S S nals have seemed hardly fair.” Mrs. Simpson took an animated part in the conversation. Mrs. Merry- man spoke but little, preferring to Jisten while her niece and the King debated some fine point. Whenever Mrs. Simpson said any- thing she did not want the servants to overhear she spoke in German and the King replied in the same language. And as I watched and mm':l G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, The King d Mrs. Simpson Fort Belvedere. < EDWARD VIII, Mrs. Merryman to Join Niece at Cannes Tells Newbold Noyes of Plans in Phone Conversation. Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman, aunt of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, told Newbold Noyes in a telephone con=- versation today that she was leav- ing London Friday to join her niece at Cannes. She did not say how long she expected to remain there. Mr. Noyes, who is writing a series of authorized articles on her romance with the ex-King, has cabled both the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Simpson, informing them that upwards of 50 leading Ameri- can and foreign newspapers, with circulation of over 10,000,000, are printing the series. He told the former King that the American reaction to radio speech was most favorable and explained that the intimate style of the articles were essential to attract Nation-wide public attention in view of the “plethora of unauthentic articles which have flooded the country.” through the evening it seemed to me | that the whole significance of the | personalities of these two before me— | the two most-talked-of people in the | world—became clearer and more un- derstandable than would have been made possible by the reading of thou- sands of abstract words. Of those two personalities, each of which so completely complements the other, I shall write more in suc- ceeding installments of this series. (Copyright, 1936, World Rights.) | Duke of Windsor Again Suffers Severe JOBLESS AID BILL 1S SIGNED BY NIC Governor Calls New Law “Deficient in Several Particulars.” By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, December 17.-The Maryland unemployment insurance act became a law today when Gov. Harry W. Nice affixed his signature to the measure as passed by the re- cent special session of the Legislature. ‘The Governor signed the bill in the executive offices of the State House. It also was signed by Senate President Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges, Speaker Emanuel Gorfine, C. Andrew Shaab, secretary of the Senate, and John J. Nowakowski, chief clerk of the House. After signing the bill the Governor said: “Having been advised by the Fed- eral Social Security Board that the unemployment insurance bill as en- acted by the General Assembly in re- cent extraordinary session must first be approved by me before that board can certify that it meets wita the minimum requirements of the Fed- eral law, I have this day affixed my signature and shall immediately send the completed bill to Washington for approval. ““The measure is clearly deficient in several particulars, but, in the main, it follows the structure of the bill prepared by the committee which I appointed recently. Although tne re- duction in the rate of tax, with its| consequent reduction of benefits to the employes of Maryland, 1s regret- | table, this involves only a matter of | detall which I am confident will, be- fore long, be suitably amended. “The real achievement was the in-| corporation into the permanent fabric of the social policy of our State of the principle of unemployment insur- ance legislation, for the Legisiature has wisely provided that the State llw( will not depend for its validity upon | the constitutionality of the Federal| social security act.” Abdication (Continued From First First Page.) cover the secret details surrounding | Edward's farewell broadcast. They said they wanted to know: Why did the B. B. C. network shut down immediately after the abdicat- ing King shouted into the micro- phone, “God save the King"? Were Edward’s and the archbishop’s speeches made after consultation with | government officials? | Did the B. B. C. demand—as is cus- | tomary of all radio programs—a pre- | view of their messages? Other members declared all pro- grams during the empire’s constitu- | tional crisis were “too mournful and | sad,” and should have been brighter | in order to help Britons take their minds off their troubles. Letters of Protest. Constituents kept a steady stream | of letters, mostly critical of the arch- bishop’s broadcast, in the members’ mail. Laborite Josiah Wedgwood an- nounced his determination to raise the B. B. C. issue tonight, when the general debate on its affairs is sched- uled to come up. Although there was outspoken ob- jection to the archbishop’s talk, he | had supporters in the Commons, and & third group of members preferred to let the matter pass. Champions of the B. B. C. were | concerned that the government | agency’s opponents might use the is- sue for blocking the renewal of the | corporation’s charter, which expires December 31. The Daily Telegraph sought to a.m‘ the flood of letters to newspapers cen- suring and applauding the arch- bishop's broadcast. “We publish today a further selec- tion of letters from the great volume of correspondence from our readers on the subject of Canterbury’s refer- ence to the Duke of Windsor,” the newspaper announced over a special column. “While a majority of those who have written us have taken the view pub- lic censure of the late King was re- without a considerable body of support for his action. “Both sides have been sufficiently ventilated and we feel the subject is not one to be kept alive by continuing the controversy * * *” EDWARD GETS 6,000 LETTERS. Headaches. By the Associated Press ENZESFELD, Austria, December 17. —The Duke of Windsor, suffering again from severe headaches, received 6,000 letters today from feminine ad- from Washington's finest market, OUR OWN KILLED TURKEYS - - FRYING CHICKENS FRESH KILLED JERSEY CAPONS N. Y. 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Reliable sources disclosed the duke suffered last night from another at- tack of severe head , which some said might be connected with his ear affliction. Attendants at the castle of Baron Eugene de Rothschild, where the for- mer ruled is a guest, emphasized, how- ever, the duke “is not really #ll.” Edward sat up late last night listen- ing to a British radio broadcast over & high-power receiving set with its spe- cial antenna. In golf and an evening game of ninepins the former monarch dis- played much of his old-time gayety, said those who had access to the castle of Baron Rothschild where Ed- ward is & guest. The Baroness Rothschild, it was learned, last evening won Edward over to her suggestion that he make & Christmas shopping tour in Vienna and perhaps even visit some of the night clubs in which he and Wallis ‘Warfield Simpson spent s0 many care- free hours during previous visits to Austria. Persons who come and go from the castle said today his apparent mental depression of the first few days of his self-imposed exile was created by doubts as to whether his best course was to meet Mrs. Simpson or remain away from her until after her divorce from Ernest A. Simpson becomes final, April 27. Now, these persons said, whatever doubts were bothering him seem to have been dispelled and he has re- turned to some of his old time jolity. THREATS CONTINUE. | Wallis Simpson, However, Shows Con- tempt for Writers, BY the Associated Press. CANNES, France, Letters threatening Wallis December 17— | Warfield | Simpson for causing the abdication | of Edward VIII are still being re- ceived at the Riviera villa here where she is staying, a spokesman said today. Mrs. Simpson herself, he said, tore up many of the letters, spurning sug- gestions that some of the more violent ones be turned over to the Dollce Mrs. Simpson, it was said, “is not afraid’ of the poison-pen writers and delights In tearing up the letters her- | self “to show her contempt for that sort of thing.” She hoped, however, that the mail would dwindle because of the strict seclusion in which she chooses to re- main. It was said her hope was that the publie would forget her and her romance which shook an empire, Security (Continued From First Page.) just been doing what it could in this regard until the agreement was | reached with the Social Security Board to do the recording. It is esti- mated that if the new pension plan gets by the Supreme Court 1,650,000 workers will be covered. Already the board has received applications from 37,000 and the pensions are going out to about 3,000. The maximum pay- ment is $120 monthly and there is no minimum. 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The same system is being used to set up pension accounts for the rail workers as for empioyes in other in- f- dustries, Nineteen areas are being created and the potential beneficiaries are being listed according to these. ‘These numbers constitute s continu- ation of the series in use by the Social Becurity Board so there will be no chance of a duplication in. any two pension set-ups, nor will there be any necessity for an employe to get an- other number should he switch be- tween a railroad pay roll and that of some other industry, Even had the Railroad Retirement Board gone ahead with its own legis- lation, it would become necessary to work out an arrangement with the Soclal Security Board on this very point .to avoid future difficulties, it was pointed out. Under the plan agreed on the Social Security Board area numbers will run from 1 to 699 and the Railroad Retirement Board's from 700 to 719. 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