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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-11-09, Page 2Luete.Wittellt. Sticks To its Job The Chronology of a soya Romance gether, Margaret later motored to Windsor Castle for her first private meeting with the Queen since her reunion with Towns- end, 1,955 (October 23): The Queen, the Puke of Edinburgh and Margaret went to morning ser- vice at Windsor, 1955 (October 24); Margaret returned to London and within a few hours was visited at Plat, ence House by Townsend fOr the fourth time. 1955 (October 25): The couple met again at Clarence House, The Archbishop of Canterbury announced his opposition to -any alteration in the Church of Eng- lands attitude toward divorce. 1955 (October 26): The Times said in an editorial that' if Mar.- garet decided to marry, Towns- end she would be "irrevocably disqualified" from carrying out her Royal duties. 1955 (October 27): Margaret paid a surprise visit to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. 1955 (October 28): The Prin- cess and Townsend spent the weekend as guests of Lord Ru- pert, Nevill. 1955' (October 30): The Prin- ces Wand Townsend remained secluded all day. 1955 (October 31): Margaret- and .Townsend returned separ- ately. to London. An hour after reaching the capital; Townsend drcii'relb Clarence Houie to Margaret. - In the - evening the Princess made public her -de, vision,. „,, A few gerieratiOns ago when most farm work was done by four-footed "hayburners" one of the principal uses for wire was to hold bales of hay together,. It took several feet of wire for the job, and wire so employed was only beginning its career of usefulness, Nowadays, when more of the nation's work is done indoors and the only sheaf most people would recognize is a sheaf of papers, and when a large Part of business consists of feeding, typewriters, billing macbinet and .brief ce'see, miles and, miles of wire are consumed, in making paper clips. We don't have the statistics, but we imagine that 'more' Steel must be fashioned into paper clips for bolding a memo "from the desk of . ." to, the invpice, specification sheet, and customs er's letter than is fabricated into baling wire, If you want to, know what holds the world together these days, it's the ubiquitous paper clip. From 'The Christian Science Monitor. "DEAR ANNE I-UST I am' SG upset I am half-crazy,. Three years ago I married a Man 22; I Was 23. Until lately he was a wonderful husband, underStanci, ing and very eonsiderate. I kept on working, but not long ago he asked me to stop because he needed me at home. I did, I am a .V.ed wife and heusekeeper, and do all I know to. keep him happy, eWhenever he went out, I was alWays along, Lately, though, the.. "men he knows joke with him about having me always With him, and now he wants me to stay home altogether ! He believes, I think, that his friends don't respect him nor me either . I don't understand what is going on. When he drinks (oc- casionally) he tells me what they think, and says they are right because he seldom sees them out with their wives, "What are people trying to do to us? I am so unhappy 1 I feel unwanted. DESPERATE" 'sew-Very-Easy! PRINCESS MARGARET on her 25th birthday: a formal portrait and a coming of age with no need of sovereign's consent to marry. OVERCROWDED Your husband May he .Older, 4". but he is as self-conscious as a• teen-ager. His behavior. *. would be amusing if it were •*. not so tragic to you,:. Many a gr00/11, is embarrassed at first * when he appears in in public * with his new bride; most of * them take the what * teasing for what it is and. * laugh it off,. Why doesn't he? 1' If he always took you. with * him, it was, because he wanted to Why -doesn't he tell his friends that? He isn't. being * made fun of as he thinks; his. * friends miss the good times * they had with him when he * was a bachelor, and I eNpect 4' they felt guilty becauee . they * have got into the habit of * leaving their wives et home, • so they deliberately make him. .feel- uncomfortable. Now that * he goes out alone; they are * laughing up their sleeves that * they accomplished their pur- l* pose. * I hope he will see how ri- diculous the whole situation •* is, and tell them. frankly, ""I * have more fun with my wife * along, and from now on she'll * with me." That will si- -* lence them. * It. may make things easier * all .around if you will invite • * a few of these friends, with * their wives, to dinner. As they * know you better, they will understand why he thinks you * are good company, and envy * him. * Ask your husband to read * this today. It may give him * courage to live his own life * with his own e.wife and let * lesser men go their • chosen • way. The new „maid, had been func- tioning, in a manner pf ,speak- ing„, for etwo weeks„. and „since she had shown no response to instrItiCtion, threats, or cajolery, Mrs, "Brown decided to -try' sar- casm on: her. "Do you know, Maymie," she said, "that inan w created from dust?" "Yas'm," said lVfaymie. "And that when' people' die they turn back into dust?" "Yas'm;" said. Maymie. "Well,", said Mrs, Brown forcefully,, "I looked un- .der the parlor rug this morning, Maymie, and there's quite a crowd there either coming or 'going!" * * ONE PERTURBED GIRL "Dear Anne Hirst: For nearly a year I've been dating a won- derful boy. I met his mother and she was sweet to me, too, and we became friendly. Now he hasn't dated' me for a month, and I am so worried I cannot sleep. "His mother knows about it, and telephoned to say she is sorry. I. told her I understood (which I don't) and everything is all right (which it isn't). "Do you think I might drop in to thank her for het call? MILDRED" FAIR PERCENTAGE Mingling with. the throng that poured out of a California uni- versity stadium after a big game, a visiting Easterner en- thused to his host, head of the chemistry depaitrnerit, "What a plant you have' here! T What a campus! How many students would you say,you have?" The chemistry prof answered sourly, "About -one in a thousand." ISSUE 45 1955 HAVE, YOU SEEN? - Hoping against hope, this German woman holds aloft a card•bear- ing 'the photograph of her long- Missing husband, 'Hermann Steinmetz. She seeks word of him from repatriated Germans arriving at Friedland, Germany, following their release from Russian prison camps.. She is typical of those who hope when all but hope is gone, as crowds greet 'the flow of returnees from their- years-long isolation behind the Iran Curtain.' view of the varied reports which have been published, the press secretary to the Queen has been authorized to say that no an- nouncement concerning Princess Margaret's personal future is at present contemplated." Towns- end and Margaret met at the home of Mrs. John Wills, a cousin of the Princess, in Wind- sor Forest. 1955 (October 15): The Prin- cess had a long talk by phone with the Queen at Balmoral, Scotland. 1955 (October 17): The Prin- cess and ToWnsend returned separately to London. They spent the evening with friends. 19&5- (October 18): Townsend called on MargareLcat Clarence House) for the second time. 1955 (October 19): -After pre- sentating new colors to a High- land battalion at Bullard, Wilt- shire, the Princesi :flew back to London to, dine. with the Arch- ' bishop of , Canterbury. ' 1955 (October 21): The couple spent most, of ,the day apart but , niet again for" dinner with close friends. 1955 ,-(October 22): TOwnsend drove in- the evening to Clar- ence House where he and the Princess spent two hours to- Townsend would be., to call it off. "The legitimate church at- titude . .. would be against such a marriage," the Bishop said. 1955 (Summer) — At an in- definite time during the summer of 1955, Townsend reportedly flew to England under the alias of Mr. Carter. He saw and spoke to Princess Margaret once. 1955 (August 21). — Pr incess Margaret's 25th birthday; Then officially of age, she was free to marry without the sovereign's consent. 1955 (August 21-October 13)— Silence. High level conferendes on the subject of Rive, royal var- iety, were reportedly being con- ducted at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Here, the end of the story was 'plotted. 1955 (October 13)—Townsend returned from Belgium_ for a month's vacation. .• He s ai d: "What is, in store for. me in the Allure I kn.Ow but I cannot say." 1955 (October ,13) — Princess Margaret returned to London from Balmoral Castje., Town- send called on kargart and' the Queen Mother ,at. Margaret's residence, Clarence House, 1955 (October 14): Clarence House issued this statement: "In LONDON — (NM) — Here the chronology of the Kemal-ice ! of Princess Margaret ,And Cal) lain. Peter Townsend: 194() (April 13) - Group Cap. tarn Peter Townsend 411..St- step- ped into the' Spotlight as'he was 1 4.W4y,de,d the DiStiqatiSheld F1Y" ing Cioi's -fOr °readership, skill andcleterinination of the highest order with little re6rr to his o'wtvsafety," Ile later won the. Bar for his DFC as,4well as the Pistinguished, Service„order. 1944; 1:4)' was: named a member of the King's Equerryert Mils'''. the day he first Met -Priii'cess. Margaret. He• was 39 years 'old and Mar-- gara was 44. 1947 (January 31)-7-The Royal Family .left London for a .five,„ month tour Of Africa. Townsend Was 'a prorninerit.meinber of the Jr" the first , time, PID4rfrP -n9g,ceclr he ,-Paid pay'- ticu ar attenticp, te .Margeret. 1.947, (June 12),.- The King named TOwnsend a Commander df the Royal tViotorian Order af- ,,,,,ter-,ne had, been an equerry 'for ,longerethan two years. , (February 6) 7- King George died. Soon afterward, Townsend was named equerry to Elizabeth, 1952 (December) — Townsend divorced his wife, the former Rosemary. Pawle. Townsend re- ceived custody of the two chil- dren, now 10 and 13 years old. 1953 (June 2) — The Corona- tion of Elizabeth. Almost simul- taneously, news of Towneend's romance with Princess Margaret reached the press. 1953 (July 3) — Townsend sud- denly ended nine years' service with the Royal Family. Though originally assigned to accompany Princess Margaret on her South- ern Rhodesia tour, he was mys- teriously - "reas4gried" to the British Embassy in Belgium. 7 1953 (July 18)—Townsend ar- rived in Belgium to begin his "exile" as, air attache to the Brit- ish Embassy at Brussels. The London Daily ,Mirror ran a ,poll asking: "Should Princess Mar- garet be allowed to wed Peter Townsend?" The result,: 304, affirmative. 1955 (March 8) -- At a Press conference in Brussels, Towns- end was asked whether haplan- ned to marry Margaret.. He start- ed the gossip thill$ turning again by saying Mat 'any announcee ments on that subject should have to come "from .other . people." e — , 1955. (March 13) Bishop Alfred Blunt claimed that the "only solution" to 'any romance between Princess Margaret and Easy to Knit! This lad's mother made a gracious gesture in calling you. Don't take advantage of it. 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