HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-01-21, Page 6SHE WILL NOT LEAVE — The face of 74-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth
Prettyjohn reflects the years that she has lived by the sea. It's
too many :years 'to leave, "though her home, battered by the
waves repeatedly, is the sole remaining building of the village
of Hallsands, England, which was washed away in a 1 917
storm. The rugged individualist has lived alone since the death
of her brother six years ago.
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FINAL CURTAIN FOR MISS suLkAVAN MarqUee elf the Shubert
theatre in New 'Ffaven, Conn., is dark in wake OF the death
of actress Margaret Sullavcin, Who was Starring in a pea.,
roadway showing of a new play. Fbund unconscious' in her
hotel tooth,. She died et i ratite JO Fiospitat
CHARLEY'S EX — Long-haired Susan Magness, 24, holds hands
with her daughter, Susan Maree, 7 months, in Hollywood. She
Was. divorced from Charles Chaplin Jr. In November offer el
year arid a half of marriage: Chaplin s. father, the coniediani
reques;.tsd that Miss Magness• bring the child le Switzerictrido
wtie,e the elder Chaplin lives', for a vigil'.
A11140or , At Rush
Royal Post Office.
.As agon ee r Was atiriOlgiee&
that the. Queen is to have a baby
early in the New 'X'ean. the.
Qourt Post. Office at Bucking.,
ham, Palace (and at Balmoral)
Wes flooded with telegramS. and
cablegrams.
._•1111e tiny Peleurect tights on
the telePhoPe Switchboard flick-
ered and flashed as 'innumer-
able- .colts were 'put through. The,
post next m orning brought
many sacks of mail containing
good wishes and greetings,
Byer since then the Court Post
Office has been working •at Pull
pressure and so it will continue,
getting 'busier every day right
up to the time when the baby
is christened. Some idea of the,
likely amount of extra work can
be gleaned from past records.
When George V died some
15,000 telegrams were received
12,000 were dealt with at the-
Silver Jubilee and more than
10,000 at the Coronation of the
late King George VI,.
The Court Post Office is al-
ways on the move. Normally it
is part of Buckingham Palace
with a staff of thirteen men.
No women are employed. Even
on the telephone switchboards.
no "hello girls" operate..
If ever you are outside Buck-
ingthain Palace you can see the
Court Post Office next . to the
guard room, behind the pillars
at the extreme left-hand corner
of the Palace.
The Court never moves with-
out the, Court Post Office, for
the post office services must be.
maintained whether the Court is
at BalMoral, Windsor, .Sandring-•
ham,. iHolyro.o.d,. Ascot, Cowes or
on the . royal . yacht.
Throughout the day and night
there is contact with every part
of the United Kingdom, and
with the whole of the Common-
wealth. It is necessary that the
Queen should never be out of
touch with her ministers. At any
moment it might be necessary
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rannieatien.
In its main essentials, the
puekingliam, Palace Post Office
is, like any other post office. At
a long counter clerics ,trensaet
ordinary post office business
with the Palace staff who want
postage stamps, postal and
money orders, stamped, "Wien-
-0y, ,parcels and, letters register-
ed, and to .send. telegrams.
Apart from the Palaoe staff,
the only members of the public
permitted to use this post offiee
are the soldiers from the adjoin-
ing guard room, and they can
only buy stamps and postal
orders, and past their letters in
the Palace post box when on a
tour of duty.
If you happen to be outside
Buckingham Palace at about six
e'eloek any week day morning
you will see the familiar red
Post Office vans drive in to
the unloading point. From here
the bags of letters and parcels
are taken to the sorting office.
By eight o'clock the mail will
have been distributed to all
parts of the Palace.
Naturally, the largest pile of
letters goes to the Queen's pri-
vate secretary, and the size of
the mail varies considerably, es-
pecially on Her Majesty's birth-
day, when it is enormous. An
outsize stack is always placed
on the desk of the private se-
cretary to the Duke of Edin-
burgh, The Press Secretary,
Commander Richard Colville,
receives a heavy mail, and so
does the Master of the Royal
Household.
Letters are always delivered
on time. The machine-like pre-
cision of the postal arrange-
ments is frequently praised by
resident visitors, particularly
guests from abroad. As fast as.
the mail comes in, just as fast
does it go out. Correspondence
is handled rapidly, and an en-
deavour is made to reply by
return if possible.
Messengers from the various
departments in 'the Palace are
bringing sacks of letters from
morning until night; there is no .
question of saving up letters for
the last collection. "Post Early
and Post Often" is the practice.
Members of the Royal Fam-
ily and officials of the Court
make considerable use of the
telephone, telegraph and wire-
less because they save time.
Telephone lines radiate from the
Palace in all directions, a n d
there are one hundred and
eighty extensions in the build-
ing.
Although the Palace is con-
nected to the public telephone
system, scores of private lines
link it with all the other Royal
r e s i.d ence s, Government De-
partments and, of course, to 10,
Downing Street.
When the Queen is at Bal-
moral the private line between
there and the Palace is in use
the greater part or the day. The
men operators are about the
slickest and most courteous in
the world.
You might ask if operators
hear anything when members of
the Royal Family are on the
line. The Post Office has in-
stalled a special secrecy device
which makes overhearing im-
possible. This system is widely
used between Government De-
partments and by people hold-
ing intportant positions.
A Royal birth, death, marriage.
or coronation will make tremen-
dous demands upon the facili-
ties. To meet these, additional
equipment has to be installed
and the staff may be tempor-
arily increased.
Many of the State telegrams
are in code, and these are first
decoded by Post Office experts.
Prince Charles and Princess
Anne always enjoy a visit to the
Court Post Office and like to
watch the sorting of the letters,
the dexterity of the telephone
operators, the teleprinter at
work and the work of the Post
Office engineer who spends all
his time on maintenance.
But perhaps their greatest joy
is when a new stamp is issued.
When they see the gleaming
coloured sheets of 240 stamps,
each bearing a picture of their
mother, they naturally remark:
"What a nice picture!"
No one is more pleased with
this than the Queen herself.
Strap Tense
Troublo4 ...Frond)
woman recently asked • for
a divorce because her husband
could not speak French,. "Sweet
nothings sound so commonplace.
when -Whispered in English," she.
complained, to. the judge.
Ie refused the petition, but
Suggested to the husband that
he learn A few simple phrases
such AS Ma Cherie which his.
wife found so much more ro-
mantle than "My darling."
Unlike English, the French'.
language s e l d o m• officially
changes, It .was established in its.
Present form. over a century ago
by the Academie Francaise, New
words are allowed only after
careful consideration by a learn-
ed body of professors, who pre-
Pare the dictionary, Petit Lat.,
cusses
The latest edition carries for
the first time the word "strip-
tease." The dons decided that,
since it appears in neon lights
over every other club in Paris,
it could hardly be omitted from
the official book of words.
Besides, stripperies were do-
ing a roaring business there
while our grandfathers were
thrilled by the sight of an acci-
dentally exposed feminine ankle.
But how could they define the
word when they had never seen
a strip-show?
To settle their problem they
went along to a club famous for
its economy on showgirls' cos-
tumes, and alter lengthy consi-
deration produced this defini-
:Hen.
"English, to - strip, deshabilier
(undress) ,to tease, agacer7- (to,
provoke). Suggestive undressing
executed to a' background of
music cr dance."
Which shows that. even pro-
fessors can learn a thing or two
in the Latin Quarter nightspots.
SHOOT ME — Actress Julie New-
mar looks dreamy after she was
named possessor of the "most
photogenic physique." Honor
was bestowed by student pho-
tographers.
Royal Saleswoman
For years the Duchess of Kent,
who was fifty-three last month,
has ranked among the world's
ten best-dressed women. Fashion
experts say that this charming
woman, who was christened
Marina after the Greek saint,
is always sufficiently ahead of
a new fashion to make her the
fashion leader, not merely "in
the 'fashion."
Since the Duchess so tragic-
ally lost her husband in an air
crash in 1942, she has consist-
ently performed her full share
of the public duties which fall
to the Royal Family and has
devoted herself not only to
bringing up her children, but to
many causes associated with
charitable work.
Her wedding to the late Duke
of Kent in 1934 was the social
event of the year in Britain.
Her bridal frock was of white
and silver brocade with the
"Rose of England" delicately in-
terwoven in the soft Material.
Princess Elizabeth, ri o w the
Queen, was one of her train-
bearers.
The Duchess is also an ex-
tremely talented and clever
artist. She has clone a number
of portrait sketches in crayons.
Her poise, elegance, ease of
manner and knowledge Of world
affairs have won her Many
friends. When she made her
tour as president of the Alex-
andra Rose Day eeritm'os in Lon-
don in 1950, she sold a rose to
one man for a hundred guineas.
"bb you Ieve me for Myself
alone?" queried a girl of her
fiance. ,
"Yes," he replied. ""And when
We're married I don't want any
Of your family thrown in."
Well, you would never guess
what• happened here, on Christ:-
mas. Christmas, of all_ days! We
woke up to. a cold house, that's
what.. Sometime, during the night
our furnace gave up the ,ghost.
We thought it had blown a fuse
but it hadn't, and yet the 're-Set
button vionldn't work. So, Christ-
mas Day though it was; we had
to-put in an emergency-call .for.
repairs,. The man. was here with
in an hour, managed eomehoW to
start' the filrnace again but said
if it itoppell"qt would not 'start
of -its "own accord as there was a
defective switch. He showed
Partner, what to do and said, if
he could get hold of a new motor
he would be back. But of course
he didn't manage, it that would
be too much to expect at Christ-
mas. HoweVer, the weather
waSn't cold 'and as we had all
planned a family gathering at
Daughter's place in Toronto we
took a chance and went. We came
back to a cold house all right.
Bob managed to get the furnace
going once again but it stopped
permanently during the night.
However, the man arrived with
a new motor by the middle of the
morning and so everything was
fine within the hour. We could
only think how lucky we were
it happened when it did and not
at a time when it might have
'been ten below zero.
1 suppose that kind of thing
happent in plenty of home's but
what made it unusual here was
it happened on Christmas Day.
We were glad we were nit hold-
ing Christmas here. That would,
have been a little awkward to
say the least,
At Daughter's we had a won-
derful time on Christmas Day.
All five grandsons were good but
noisy. Dee's boys looped like
little cherubs with their white
shirts and bow ties. Naturally,
the illusion• was' soon dispelled!
Cedric, our youngest grandson,
sort of stole the shoat he was so
good and friendly with every-
one. The rest of us were sad-
dened to hear that a well-liked
nephew had suffered a rupttired
appendix Just after arriving With
his wife and children at his par-
ents' home to spend tho holidays.
On our way home Christi-dog
night We came through the
Exhibition grounds and saw the
"""'a roll vein.
acs :',.esq t-tt the tilt.,
marvellous decorations. Ross was
so. thrilled his_ eyes. were almost
popping. As if that were, not
enough when we ,got hoine he
found Santa Claus had ,,left him
the working model of a power
shovel: That, was just what the
doctor ordered. Of course Santa
had been very generous all round
and — shades of summer --one
of our presents Was* a pair of
garden chairs! Perhaps the
greatest excitement. concerned
a small parcel that David had
put on • the tree for Grandma.
"Look, Grandma, that's for you.
I did it all my own self, Open it,
Grandma — see what's inside."
Well, when the time came to un-:
wrap the,parcels I found it was
a candle in a painted plasticine
holder that he had made at
school. He got more pleasure out
of doing that for me than from
all the presents he received for
himself,
Nephew Klemi was in ,Toron-
to and had to return by bus to
Peterborough in that awful ice-
storm. We have not yet heard if'
he arrived all right. We Are
naturally anxious. Conditions
here at that time were wet but
not dangerous. I tried to talk him
into staying in Toronto over-
night but oh no, he had to get
back and to return by train
would be stoo late.
Well, now it is Monday morn-
ing and it is a pretty grim look-
ing world outside. Wet and icy
but apparently nothing here to
what some districts further' north
are experiencing. This district
seems to be a regular little
Shangri-la during any kind of
stormy weather. May it so con-
, tinue.
Isn't it strange, almost every
year we get a stormy period in
between Christmas and New
Year. Years ago it didn't make
too much difference but now peo-
ple travel the highways no mat-
ter what the road and weather
conditions and the loss of life is
often staggering. Partner is out-
side at this moment opening tip
ditches to let the water away. I
mean cracking the ice. He says
keep the ditches open and you
have flooding problems licked
before they start. I hope he will-
be right again.
I wonder .. until we get bet-
ter organized, May I be forgiven
if I use this column to thank
those of you Who were so kind
to send its Christrnas greetings,
Your good wishes were flinch. ap-
preciated and in return I cer-
tainly wish you all the very best
'of everything during the com-
ing year, We know we can't
have good luck all the time but
here's hoping the good far out,
Weighs the bad,. now and
throughout the year.
"'Chin roof Teaks so badly that
the rain Comes through," env,
plained a tenant to his landlord.
"How long is this going to eon-
tinue?"
"1 deal know,." Was the reply
not mi:ch good P.t weather
forecasting."
Elms Or Robins
Which To Save?
Which would you rather have,
cliTlis or robins'?
et bialls? thd like a rather
frivolous subject ,for a seventh
grade debating team, But in the
Milwaukee area, it has become
a real oholee, It is not generally
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Put in such simplified terms.
indi eate that Wisconsin eitie$
must make the choice; Elms or
robins.
Some 90 per cent of the trees
along the streets in Milwaukee
and its suburbs, as well as in
many other Wisconsin cities, are
elms. nest of them are full
grown trees. From the air, many
parts of, Milwaukee -- including
some areas that look shabby
and rundown to a pedestrian
traveling through them — look
like a park, It cannot be dis-
puted that, The elms are among
Milwaukee's finest natural as-
sets, A few years ago, many resi-
dents here began to worry about
• those fine rows of elms. The
Dutch elm blight was discovered
here. Did this mean that the
streets would soon become tree-
less?
Said the foresters, "We'll start
spraying and the blight will go
aWay." And they did start
spraying with DDT solutions of
various strength ,arid the elm
blight, while not precisely van-
ishing, has been kept at bay.
That made the tree enthu-
siasts happy, but the bird en-
thusiasts were soon up in arms.
-The bird enthusiasts claimed the
`DDT was destroying thp robins.
Not so, Said the tree enthusi-
asts.
Until recently, this difference
of opinion between the two
species of nature enthusiasts
was heated but inconclusive,
chiefly because no one could-
prove anything. A bird enthu-
siast would say that she' hadn't
seen a robin on her lawn all
summe r. A tree enthusiast
would counter that he' had, a
lawn full of birds, all of them
making the dawn noisy with
their songs.
But then along came the uni-
versity scientists. with some
.facts: The tree enthusiasts —
while not• admitting for a mo-
ment that the facts mean What
they seem to mean — now are
on the defensive.
What Professors Hickey and.
Hunt did was take a census of
songbirds in two Milwaukee
suburbs, Wauwatosa and Shore
wood, and the city of Janesville,
all, of which have sprayed their
elms. Then they took a similar
count of feathered heads, in un-
sprayed areas of Madison,
Stoughton, and Portage. The re-
sults were quite decisive, writes
Robert W. Wells in The Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The three unsprayed areas
averaged 175 pairs of robins per
100 acres. Janesville had 31 per
cent as 'many, Wauwatosae 30 per
cent and Shorewood — where
the DDT has been applied most
liberally — only 2 per cent.
Shorewood had only 11 per
cent as many common grackles,
11 per cent as many house
wrens, 12 per cent as many
mourning doves, 35 per cent as
many blue jays, 10 per cent as
many Baltimore , orioles, and 33
per cent as many starlings. Wau-
watosa and Janesville had more
of most varieties than Shore-
wood, but far fewer than the
test areas.
On the average, the research-
ers found 407 pairs of, all kinds
of birds per 100 unsPrayed acres,
Shorewood, by contrast, had
only 41 pairs --- an average of
less than a pair for each twe
acres,
The university team conclud-
ed that DDT sprayed areas were
"a trap" for birds that migrate
there to, neat. Spraying in the
trees' dormant season might
spare May migrants, but never-
theless talces a heavy toil of bird.
life, they said,
The report has been attacked
as incomplete for various rea-
sons, including the feet that it
does not take into account the
effect of the salt solution used
op roads to melt winter ice, the
lessening of insect life on which
the birds' feed, the rise of shop-
ping centers which reduce birds'
feeding areas and even the
habits of the angleworm.
Stillf most neutral observers
are inclined to go along with
the Janesville forester, James E.
Harvey, who said there's no
doubt that spraying has an ef-
fect on songbirds.
"We have to make a choice
between using it (the DDT) and
losing our trees," he added,
Which brings us right back to
where we began: Robins or
elms.
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