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The Gossip Column BY ROBIN ADAMS SLOAN
'Gracie, who warmed millions of
hearts with "Get Me to the
Alter, Walter" and "The Biggest
Aspidistra in the World," says
she has retired "but if an at-
tractive offer came along r
might just be tempted.".
HOPE AND `' `HE PRINCE:
Q: I was always intrigued by
that fairy tale romance between
the American girl and the
Prince of • that little Asian
country. I know they separated.
Where is she now? — K.B.,
Madison, Wis.
A: Hope Cooke has been living
on M'anhattan's upper East Side
with her children since she left
�aikkim and•her Prince.
GRACIE FIELDS: Alive, married, happy
Q: Is Gracie Fields, the
British comedienne, dead? —
E.E., Baltimore, Md. •
,A: Not a bit. She is "pushing
77," and lives happily with her
third husband, Boris Alperovici,
whom she married 23 years ago.
They won a restaurant -swim
club near their home in Capri.
JEAN MARSH:
Female Sherlock Holmes
Q: Has Jean Marsh come up
with any ideas as good as
"Upstairs, Downstairs" to
follow up when the series ends?
— H.L., Washington, D.C.
A: The actress and co -creator
of the popular "Upstairs,
Downstairs" will next star in a
film and TV series based on
Patricia Wentworth's "Miss
Silver Detects" books. There are
64 books in all, so watch for
Miss Marsh to return next
season as a "female Sherlock
Holmes."
QUESTION YOU NEVER
ASKED: Guess which of the
rock stars is a modest non -
egomaniac? Rod Stewart, who
got some incredible offers to
pose nude for Playgirl and
Penthouse, says he declined.
Q: Is Fanne Fox up to
anything else besides stripping?
That lady fascinates me. —
E.K., Bethesda, Md.
A: She seems to fascinate
quite a lot of people. Fanne says
at the moment she's considering
proposals of marriage from two
men, one quite a bit older, the
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other much younger than she is.
Fanne won't give names. Also,
she's going to do her life story
with that famous biographer,
Robin Moore. You remember his
"Happy Hooker" biography of
Zaviera Hollander, don't you?
Q: Does anybody know what
considerations actually shaped
Nixon's decision to pick Ford for
his Vice President after Agnew?
— J. J., Nevada, Iowa.
A: The most educated guess i,n
Washington is that of astute
White House observer John
Osborne, who think that Nixon
knew in late 1973 that he should
not risk (since he could not win)
any serious fight with Congress.
He knew Ford was respected
and liked in Congress and would
have no trouble getting con-
firmed. Nixon also thought Ford
as VP wouldn't make any
trouble. Nixon's assumptions
were correct.
BOOK OF THE WEEK: It's
still in the writing stage but we
hear that Shirley MacLaine's
next literary effort will be an X-
rated novel. The actress won't
let anyone see it and isn't even
sure she'll have the nerve to let
the book be published. Shirley
says the book (her third) is
strictly ou£ of her imagination.
Q: What's�'the difference
between "jeans," "denims" and
"Levis"? We've got some bets
riding on this. — Y.R., ;Des
Moines, Iowa.
A: Denim originated in the
Southern French city of Nimes
when English merchants began
importing blue cotton cloth
called "Serge de Nimes" (de
Nimes — from Nimes — became
"denim"). Levi Strauss, a
German immigrant, took bolts
of denim with him to San
Francisco and made the tough
cloth into tents, then into pants
reinforced with rivets. His
trademark became Levi's.
Genoese sailors in Italy
frequently wore blue canvas
trousers and since the French
word for Genoa is Genes, that's
how "jeans" came into the
language. Got it?
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