The Brussels Post, 1953-7-22, Page 3What Has Changed Princess Margaret?
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LONDON — (NEA) --Now that
Elizabeth is safely crowned, the
English have begun to remember.
that their Queen has a sister,
And they are startled to note
that the once gay, night.clubbing
Princess Margaret Rose has be-
come a quiet, Canasta.ptayli,g.`
homebody,
It's a change that has taken.
place gradually over the past
Glamorous in -black tulle, Prin-
cess Margaret dressed like this
at a Royal Film in 1952. •
year, No one knows why for
sure, but the more romantically -
inclined Britons claim to detect a
sadness in her eyes, a sadness
they say could come from.nothing
but a unhappy romance.
Margaret is far'from a reclfr e,'!
She still sjnolces in peielie Mid •
she stil too low-cut fee Ssomesof' the mete
straightlaced English. But, out-
side of obligatory public. appear-
ances, she seldom goes oet..
Margaret is 22, And one Palace
official says her new habits are
the result of simple nial(rrity ' '
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"It's perfectly natural," he Says,
'Princess Margaret'has' growls up
beyond the' stage of night-clubs,
She is a very intelligent'gire and
is interested in many serious
things." •
The British press and the .Brit-
ish gossipy aren't- entirely satis-
fied that adulthood' aloneis re-
sponsible. There are two other
posibilities. One, rohlance—either
blighted or',broken. Two, religion
One by olie, the'possible candi-
dates for "Mergarpt's hand ,are,
marrying:other girls. Tet• fact •
has strengthened the rumoe the
she took more Matra pletbnit: in- '
terest in Group Captain. Peter
Townsend, a nleruber'.o) the Royal
Household 'He was appointed
King's Equerry by George VI in
1950
Towsend is divoirced. If noth-
ing else stood in the way, that
would, Many Britonswould find
it unacceptable that the Woman•
who might one day head the Com-
monwealth (although the possi-
bility is remote) should be the
second wife of a commoner, with
two children of his own. That's
the same
stumbling block that
tripped up Margaret's "Uncle Da,
vid"-- the Duke of Windsor.
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Since he entered Royal service,
Townsend was in official atten-
dance .on lefargaret, He accom-
panieii her to Holland for the
crowning cif, Queen Juliana. He
was cofistaritiy with her. When
Romantic rumors most recently
!Inked Margati with Group
Captain Peter loweeetid•
Ening George died, he stayed On, '
with his title changed to Equerry
te the Queen Mother,
Margaret was devoted to hez'
father and his death did much to
break her away froenfrivoloUs
pastimes , aqd companions, She
'was with Townsend even more
end Londoners say be was a good
influence on her. She learned to
appreciate the companionship of
an Intelligent man,
There has been no official state.
meat eegarding:.her relationship
to Townsend, although one Sun-
day newspaper clamored for a
denial that there is anything more
than friendship between, the twp.
But the Palace was quick and
definite in issuing a denial that
Margaret planned to enter a reli-
gious order, after a French radio
station had said she would,
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Her great interest in religion is
a trait she shares with her sister.
Bith girls were supervised In their
religious studies by their father.
Margaret of late has been taking
special courses and has been a
frequent visitor to Lambeth Pal-
ace, the home of the .Archbishop
of Canterbury.
The history of religion has a
'tremendous fascination for her,"
says a Palace official. "She has an
extremely alert and inquiring
mind, and is finding the subject
all -engrossing,"
Rumor has it that two young
men have played the biggest part
in Margaret's recent religious
evolution, and in dissuading her
from entering a religious order.
One is Robin McEwen, a 26 -year-
old Scottish lawyer and a Catho-
lic. The other is Rev; Simon
Phipps, pastor of a small Protes-
tant Yorkshire church.
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Whatever the rumors of ro-
mance and religion are worth,
there is one definite fact about
the new Margaret. She recently '
achieved one of her heart's de- ,
sires, her own private apartment.
This was her Coronation present
from the Queen Mothers,
Eel: the first ti;iie in her life,
r
.y,Lg
Serious k tweed, this is the new
Princess Margaret at a Royal
outing last April.
she is to be "mistress in her own
home," Soon work will start to
make it possible for her to drive
right up to her own front door.
'She will. have her own staff; her
own kitchen, plan herpwn menus
with her own housekeeper.
She hasalready started choos-
ing her furniture and consulting
with decorators. She plans to give
small dinner parties in her own
home for her intimate friends.
This doesn't sound as if she
plans either a runaway elope-
ment or joining a religious order.
Russian Roulette
The , most dangerous gambling'
game ever played, is called "Ruse.
sten Roulette." The odds .areeielee
way \5 to 1 in your favor but . e
Soldiers in the Rus ian Amey
;w
started fthou they bbcame bee -
ed with service on some far -one g
frontier where nothing, ever hales..
petted, One bullet; was put into °',
a six - shooter, the barrel was
thee spun, the'soldier would put
the revolver to his temple and:
press the trigger. The 'chances
are 5 to 1 there would be a elide
and no explosion. After a wave of
"suicides" Russian Intelligence
Officers tracked down the cause
and from then on a soldier play-:'
ing this game waa open to court
martial on the only charge brass
hats could figure nul -- - "wasting.
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6000 Kept Waiting A
Movie Star Sulked
Hollywood has never known
anyone quite like Pole Negri. Fa-
mous Hollywood designer Howard
Greer, who dressed her, says she
chose 'her stories, directors, act-
ors, decided what time nee day's
shooting would begin and when
it should end. She made big
money, but it ran like water
through her fingers.
At the drop of a false eyelash
she would sail majestically off
the set and sulk in her dressing -
room. One day, with 6,000 extras
waiting on location, she decided
she couldn't possibly appear. Her
dancing dress made of several
thousand yards of satin ribbon
was right, her coiffure perfect,
but hte slippers weren't the iden-
tical shade of red found in t1
ruffles, and 'would have to
dyed again.
Six thousand extras waiting
So what? Pay them off, send the
home. And this was long before
colour films!
But Greer loved her dark, ex
otic beauty and deep voice.
liked to sit in the projectio
room and hear her croon to her
self: "But I am so be-oo-ti-foo
No one is more bee-oo-ti-fool!
rald was set in the diamond
bracelet on her right wrist. On
one finger . she wore a 94 -carat
diamond. From her throat hung
the diamond chain and plaque
surrounding a yellow diamond
the size of a golf ball, which, had
once belonged to the Hapsburgs.
After the Folies they went to
a night-club, It was jammed with
people, Pola enjoyed herself im-
mensely, hearing them whisper-
ing her name, seeing their ad-
miring glances. Until Mabel Boll,
a U.S. girl known as the "Queen
of Diamonds," arrived laden with
emeralds and diamonds, some as
large as egge, They sparkled on
hair andfingers, hung from ears
and throat: Pols took one her -
le rifled look.
be Here was unfair, unexpected
competition! "I theenk I feel
? seeck!" she whispered, and •out
m _ they traipsed into the night. "
COME -BACK DRAMA
And her Hollywood come -back
He ten years later, after she' had
n gone up and down the perilous
ladder of fame? She returned
1! like an empress being recalled
to her throne, leaving the train
In his vivid book about Holly
wood and its stars, "Designin
Male", Howard Greer relate
when Pole Negri arrived on her
first triumphant return to Europ
and commandeered the whol
third floor, usually occupied b
the Maharajah of Kapurthala and
his retinue. Pointing to high
closed doors, she told the mana-
ger: "Open them! I weel need
moch room Inc all ze flowers
wheech people wee- send me!"
"But, Madam, the wing is
occupied."
Have them move out!" she
ordered.
"That I cannot do. The Ame-
rican lady occupying the rooms
always reserves them for her
honeymoons."
"Tell her who wants the rooms!
She weel get out!" '
FOLIES BEBGERE AFFAIn
The lady in 'question was No-
rah
• Bayes; vaudeville and mu-
sicai. comedy star, whom Howard '
Great knew. 'Wheel Pola sent him
t0 get bet out, Nora said: "Tell
her 'to jump in the basine of
Verstelles, and then ask her if
she'll' bin its to -night at the
Folies Bergeres," '
Rola graciously accepted. Then
arose the question as to which
should go le the other's room
first. In the end they compro-
mised by meeting in the hallway;
i and Nbra and her husband ea
recti to go to 'Pola's'rooms for
1 cocktails: Promptly at nine they
1 arrived in one of the spacious
saloons' which, mysteriously, had
I begtui to fill' up `with floral trib-
utes.' Nora was swatched in er-
mine; cascades' of .pearls drip-
ped from lie,° throat. Poing how-
ever, knowing the value of a
dramatic entrance r fu d t b
present before her guests.
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N ded. Who does she
think she is---?"
in swept radiant Pala. Her
dress was a sheath of crystal em-
broidery wider a voluminous
chinchilla cape. A 120 -carat eine.
at Pasadena, where Greer and
Kathryn Williams, one Af her
best friends, went to greet her.
There was a crowd on the plat-
form. "Thank Heaven she still
e has her public!" Katharyn grin-
ned, as the train steamed in.
Pols was standing in an open
doorway of the first' coach, in a
white suit, white Russian boots,
white turban, carrying a sheaf
Of roses. The crowd moved in a.
body to the end of the train,
"What are they doing, the
fools?' Katharyn exclaimed. "Can'
fools - "Katharyn exclaimed.
"Can't they see that Polo's in
the first car?"
A lone Pole stepped on to the
platform. At the end of the train
the crowd swarmed around—Be-
I be Daniels.
Human, intimate stories like
1 these about all the film stars and
other celebrities in whom the
public is always interested make
Howard. Greer's book immensely
readable
SOME TOSS! i.
Out Minnesota way folks pay
a lot of attention to their legen-
dary hero, Paul' Bunyan. As a
matter of fact,, prizes are given
every e
year
Yto the e
people who
contribute' the most ingenious
new "tall tales" about his ex-
ploits. A recent winner was Mr.
Harold B. Jennings of Brainard,
Minnesota, Here's his story;
One day Paul Bunyan was
strolling ' through the North
Woobluedox,r Babe. Paul had faithfulad by. hie
wan-
t derlust. A tourist had told him
1 the story of bow George Wash-
ington had thrown a dollar
across the Potomac. Paul allowed
as how he'd like to takes crack I
at this game himself,
Packing himself a small lunch I
of five roasted pigs, twenty-five
ducks, and forty bushels of wild
rice, Paul headed east, He wasn't
sure he'd' know the Potomac, but
decided` he'd keep his eye open
for the. biggest river in the East.
When line finally saw a great ex-
panee ofd water, he was sure it '
was the Potomac.
He didn't have a dollar but �
found a jarnter'e wagon and re-
moved the four wheels. To his
embarrassment, the first two,
wheels landed in the water, hist,
lin his last two tries, there was I'
no settees of water, only .i etotSi
of dusb';as they landed i,n the
opposite Shore.
Aird so, tti this day,` two farm,
ers.10 a coastal village in France
tails about how a couple of wa.
gen wheels suddenly descended
upon thein froth out of the sky,
Paul Bunyan never knew • that.
he had mistaken .the Atlantic
Ocean tor a ,river.
"Well, where is this dame?"
Nora demau
SALONS SALLISS
CTOIEPNON
"1 think'there's a beehive le dila
bot, Alt I hear Is liming."
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Tllhil'AIN FI?ONT
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In recent years trench and
horizontal silos have become in-
creasingly popular for storing
grass, legume, or corn silage. Not
only can such silos be construc-
ted at considerably less cost than
the familiar tower type, but with
the newer kind, ;spoilage is not
extessive. The'sidehili stack silo
is satisfactory but considerable
spoilage of from six to eight in-
ches may occur on the top and
sides. The sidehill trench silo suf-
fers from the disadvantage that.
unless well drained it may part-
ially' fill with water in wet wea-
ther, and if some or all the con
structidn is below ground level
it is more difficult to remove the
silage—particularly in winter-
time.
One of the latest and most suc-
cessful types of horizontal silo
is one which has been under test
at the Central Experimental
Farm in Ottawa. It consists
simply of two well constructed
board fences set parallel to one
another. The sides, which should
be of dressed lumber tightly fit-
ted, may' be banked with earth
to a height of about three feet
to give support against the pres-
sure of the silage within and pre-
vent the entry of too much air.
The sides may also be supported
for greater strength by diagonal
braces. Spoilage is reduced if the
top of the silo is covered with
sawdust, shavings or straw, With ,
this silo it has been found that '
the spoilage at the top is only 1
two or three inches in depth—a
much smaller percentage than
would commonly be found in a
vertical siloholding a similar
volume. There is no side spoilage I
if dressed lumber is used because
no air can penetrate between the ,
tightly fitted side boards. ! jI
lir contructing the silo each `
sidewall should slope outward
from the, perpendicular by one !I
foot, that is, if the bottom width
of the silo is 12 feet, the width 1
at the top 'should be 14 feet. I
Twenty feet i
e n lenbe I
added to the main sects nn ofd the I
silo to allow for the sloped ends 1
which develop as the silo is fil-
led These are actually the ramps
to allow entrance and exit of
the vehicles used when filling 1
and packing the silo.
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Service, Department of Agrtelu-
ture, Ottawa.
Application of 2,4-13 as a che-
mical weed spray is generally
considered harmful to clover and
alfalfa seedlings. On hay and
pasture fields containing a good
percentage of clover or alfalfa it
is dangerous to apply weed
sprays.
Frequently, • however, the far-
mer is faced with the choice of
injuring some of the clover and
alfalfa or leaving a heavy infest-
atien of weeds to go to seed. This
is particularly true of fields in
which the first crop is cut for
hay and the aftermath used as
pasture. In such cases there is a
plover and alfa0 sc slings at
rates of 2, 4, 8, 111 and 24 .ounces
01 nod equivalent per acre. The
average percentage stande of dile"
ver and altalfa i!:1 the year tot-
loweng treatment, as compared.
with the lieges 'where no treat.,
moat was *applied, were as fele
,lows; no treatment-1QQ per cent
stand; 2 oz, 2,4-0-473 73 !bier caste;
4 0,•--44 per cent; 8 ox, 30 peer
sent; 46 Ox,--13^per Bent„ and 24
Oz. -•-2T per cent.
4 a w ;9
From these results' it would
appear that 2,4-D in the estee
forth should not be used, la,
strengths greater than 4 ounces
Of acid equivalent per acre to
combat weeds in clever and alfi-
alfa. In such strength the tops
of the weeds may be killed and
seeding prevented, but the roots
usually* survive. The National
Weed Committee recommend*
that for clover and alfalfa not
more than 4 oz. per acre of 2,4-0
in the amine form be used.
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Geo. Knowles, Weed Specielig
Central Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa, recommends applying fer-
tilizer to such elds rather than,
run the risk of spraying. Clovers
and alfalfa are vigorous ,growing
crops and start early. Applying
fertilizer has . stimulated growth
in geed stands so that persistent
perennial weeds slice, as Canada
Thistle were smothered by them,
Alphabetical
What did you say? How many
a's, b's, c's and other letters did.
you use when you said it? 'What
are the chances of using a "z"
in every other sentence? Dr. Wil•.
liam S. Walsh gives "the follow-
ing computation of the relative
proportions in which the various
letters of the alphabet are used:
A 85
B 16
C 30
D 44
E 120
F 20
a 12
Fi 64
1 80
4
K........................ . .... 8
1. . 40
M 30
80
O 130
real temptation to apply a spray,
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Information from results of
experiments conducted during g
j the past three years on four
1 iustration Stations in the north-
' ern Georgian Bay and Manitou- U
lin Island districts of Ontario in- V .,
i dicate how severely clover and W „•
1alfalfa may be injured by weed x
sprays when applied in strengths 4
I sufficient to kill the weeds com- Y' w.
I pletely. Z
i An intelligent study of these
t In these experiments an ester I proportions should enable you to
iform of 2,4-D was applied to new • decipher any simple letter code-
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80
90
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12
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20 "
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Hints on the construction of
trench and horizontal silos may
be obtained from Information
Time. Doesn't Roll On—Oxen, almost extinct as beasts of burden,
ore still used by Seth Martindale, The 60 -year-old farmer insists
they can do a better job them a tractor, although not quite as
fast. He even hos o covered wagon, which he uses just for show.
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Hasn't` BrolterODown, Yet—A Korean farmer, plowing his rice paddy in "eniuries-old,
with the aid of a wooden piow and she power of on ox, is unim pr th century
beast of burden; the helicopter, parked on the dike by his field. The ox keeps,pioiiding along, hut
the whiriy,bird is grounded by mechanical trouble.
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