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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-
trFctive offer came along I
. might just be tempted."
HOPE Aft D THE 144 -11\I -C:
Q: I was always intrigued by
that fairy tale romance betiveren 'T
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 Manhattan's upper East Side
with her . children since she left
Sikkim 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 "pushirrg
77," and lives' happily with her
third husband,. Boris At7truvici,
wham _she married 23 years ago.
They kwon a. restaurant -swim
club-- near their, home in ('niwi.
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JEAN MARSH: Female Sherlock
Hatnnes
Q: Has Jean Marsh cone 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
764• books in; a•ll, so watch for .
Miss Marsh to 'return next
.season as, a `''female, Sherlock .
Holni'es."
QUESTION YOU NEVER
ASKED: Guess wNch of the
rock stars- is a modest non -
egomaniac? Rqd 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
mtn, 'one quite a bit older, the
other much younger than she is.
Fanne won't give names. Also,'
she's going-'tti do her life story,
with that famous. biographer,'
,Robin 'Moore. You remember his
"Happy Hooker" biography of
Za v •cera Hollander, don't you.?
Q: Does anybody know what
considerations actually shaped
Nixon's decision to pick Ford for
tiis Vice President after Agnew?
Nevada, Iowa.
A: The mosteduca•ted,guess in
Washington is ',that of astute
White • House . observers John
Osborne, who think that Nixon
knew in late 197,3 that. he should
not risk (since he could npt 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'out 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 _ b.eme
"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" catne into the
language. Got it?