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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-08-13, Page 7sin. nesse pro- per rt in 951. that to neet mit- ked„ to now oast een of try. ow - and to hey ars, hich ners sug- all ive y to ress x 1, rnto, ng 3 1 V s.� What Has Changed Princess Margaret? Is It Roulance — Religion — Or Maturity? By ROSETTE HAR ROVii NEA Staff Correspondent 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 -playing homebody, It's a change that has taken place gradually over the past Glamorous in 'black tulle, Prin- cess Margaret dressed like this ai 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 recluse. She still smokes in public and she still wears dresses a trifle too low-cut for some of the more straightlaced English. But, out- side of obligatory public appear- ances, she seldom gbes out. Margaret is 22. And one Palace official says her new habits are the result of simple maturity * * * "It's perfectly natural," he says. "Princess Margaret has grown up beyond the stage of night-clubs. She is a very intelligent girl and is interested in many serious things." The British press and the Brit. ish gossips aren't entirely satis- fied that adulthood alone is re- sponsible. There are two other posibilities. One, romance—either blighted or broken. Two, religion, One by one, the possible candi- dates for Margaret's hand are marrying other girls. Tht fact has strengthened the rumor that she took more than a platonic in- terest in Group Captain Peter Townsend, a member of the Royal Household. He was appointed King's Equerry by George 'VI in 1950, Towsend is divorced. If noth- ing else stood in the way, that would, Many Britons would 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. i * Since he entered Royal service, Townsend was in official atten- dance on Margaret. He accom- panied her to Holland for the crowning of Queen Juliana. He was constantly with her, When f&aarrttia'atio rumors most recently linked Margaret with Group Captain Peter Townsend. King George died, he stayed on, with his title changed to Equerry to the Queen Mother. Margaret was devoted to her father and his death did much to break her away from frivolous pastimes and companions. She was with Townsend even more and Londoners say he was a good influence on her. She learned to appreciate the companionship of an intelligent man. There has been no official state- ment regarding her relationship to Townsend, although one Sun- day newspaper clamored for a denial that there is anything more than friendship between the two. 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. * * 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 tete 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. * * 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 Mother. For the first time in her life, e sett........ ...'> Serious in 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 her own menus awith her own housekeeper. She has already 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 piens either a runaway elope- ment or joining a religious order. Russualn Roulette The most dangerous gambling game ever played is called "Rus- sian Roulette." The odds are al- way 5 to 1 in your favor but . . . Soldiers in the Russian Army started it when they became bor- ed with service on some far-flung frontier where nothing ever hap- pened. One bullet was put into a six - shooter, the barrel was then spun, the soldier would put the revolver to his temple and press the trigger. The chances are 5 to 1 there would be a click and po explosion. After a wave of "suicides" Russian Intelligence Officers tracked down the cause and from then on a soldier play- ing this game was open to court martial on the only charge brass hats could figure out -- "wasting arrimuniiton." Make Sure Air Condifioner Matches Needs 133t leDr A. MILES IlilletCKING the right air conditioner for your needs takes greater thought than that involved in the purchase of a deep freeze or a washing machine, With air conditioners coming within the budget of so many fami- lies, it's a good idea for the housewife to forearm herself with practicalinformation before the purchase is made. • Rules for getting the most for your money when buying an air conditioner come from an expert in the field. According to him, there's a common assumption that a room -air -conditioner of a given size will, air-condition any roomof a certain floor space, This Is quite untrue. The first consideration, even before thinking about the size, should be the room's exposure, The number and the size of the windows in the room, it's location in the house, construction of the house, and whether the unit will be operated during the day or only at night, comprise four very important factors. Perhaps you have an upstairs bedroom In an uninsulated frame house with a southwest exposure and no shade. You want to air- condition the room during the daytime hours only. This is the most difficult kind of room to cool. Compare it to a downstairs' living room on the north side of a brick house. Even though both rooms are the same size, the upstairs bedroom will take a larger unit to pump out the heat that flows into the room. But there are other considerations, such as the number of people who normally occupy the room, and the height of the ceiling. In addition, remember that it's a poor idea to let direct sunshine into the room you want to air-condition. The use of awnings, jalousies, e or blinds will help cut the unit's operating costs. By checking these points with your dealer, you may prevent the waste that results from buying a room -air -conditioner that's too small or too large. Match the unit to your room's requirements and it will perform both efficiently and economically A console model air conditioner like ,this ono will room or several small ones. cool a large 6000 Kept Waiting As 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 the 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 - noire 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 the ruffles, and would have to be dyed again. Six thousand extras waiting? SO what? Pay them off, send them home. And this was long before colour films! But Greer loved her dark, ex- otic beauty and deep voice. He liked to sit in the projection room and hear her croon to her- self: "But I am so be-oo-ti-fool! No one is more bee-oo-ti-fool!" In his vivid book about Holly- wood and its stars, "Designing Male", Howard Greer relates when Pole. Negri arrived on her. first triumphant return to Europe and commandeered the whole_, third floor, usually occupied by ; the Maharajah of Kapurthala and his retinue. Pointing to high closed doors, she told the mana- ger: "Open them! I weel need moch room for all ze flowers wheech people weel 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 BERGERE AFFAIR The lady in question was No- rah Bayes, vaudeville and mu- sical comedy star, whom Howard Greer knew. When Pole. sent him to get her out, Nora said: "Tell her to jump in the basins of Versailles, and then ask her if she'll join us to -night at the Folies Bergeres." l'ola graciously accepted. Then arose the question as to which should go to the other's room first. In the end they compro- mised by meeting in the hallway, and Nora and her husband ag- reed to go to Pole's rooms for cocktails. Promptly at nine they arrived in one ''ef the spacious saloons which, mysteriously, had begun to fill up with floral trib- utes. Nora was swatched in er- mine; cascades of pearls drip- ped from her throat. Pols, how- ever, knowing the value of a dramatic entrance, refused to be present before her guests. "Well, where is this dame?" Nora demanded. "Who does she think she is—?" In swept radiant Pola. Her dress was a sheath of crystal em- broidery under a voluminous chinchilla cape. A 120 -carat eme- 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. Pols enjoyed herself im- mensely, hearing them whisper- ing her naive, 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 and fingers, bung from ears and throat. Pols took one hor- rified look. Here was unfair, unexpected competition! "1 theenk I feel seeck!" she whispered, and out they traipsed into the night. COME-13ACIi DRAMA And her Hollywood come -back ten years later, after she had gone up and down the perilous ladder of fame? She returned Pike' an empress being recalled to her throne, leaving the train at Pasadena, where Greer and Kathryn Williams, one of her beet friends, went to greet her. There was a crowd onthe plat- form. "Thank Heaven she still 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 Pola's in the first car?" A. lone Pole stepped on to the platform. At the end of the train the crowd swarmed around—Be- be Daniels. Human, intimate stories like these about all the film stars and Other celebrities in whom the public is always interested make Howard Greer's book immensely reedable. ut Minnesota way ftilks pay of attention to their legen- hero, Paul Bunyan. As a •of fact, prizes are given year to the people who contribute the most ingenious clew "tall tales" about his ex- pldts. A recent winner was Mr. Harold B. Jennings of Brainard, MMnesota. Here's his story; One day Paul Bunyan was strolling through the North Weods followed by his faithful blue ox, Babe. Paul had a wan- derlust. A tourist had told him the.. -story of how George Wash- ington had thrown a dollar across the Potomac. Paul allowed as :how he'd like to take a crack at this game himself. Packing himself a small lunch 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, Wheii he finally saw a great ex- panse of water, he was sure it was, the Potomac. He didn't have a dollar but found a farmer's wagon and re- moved the four wheels. To his embarrassment, the first two wheels landed in the water, but on his last two tries, there was no splash of water, only a cloud of dust as they landed on the opposite shore, And so, to this day, two farm- ers in a coastal village in France talk about how a couple of wa- gon wheels suddenly descended upon them from out of the sky. Paul Bunyan never knew that he had mistaken the Atlantic Ocean for a river. 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 excessive. The sidehill 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- struction 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 two or three inches in depth—a much smaller percentage than would commonly be found in a vertical silo holding a similar volume. There is no side spoilage if dressed lumber is used because no air can penetrate between the tightly fitted side boards. * * a, In contructing the silo each sidewall should slope outward from the perpendicular by one foot, that is, if the bottom width of the silo is 12 feet, the width at the top should he 14 feet. Twenty feet in length should be added to the main section of the silo to allow for the sloped ends which develop as the silo is fil- led. These are actually the ramps to allow entrance and exit of the vehicles used when filling and packing the silo. * * * Hints on the construction of trench and horizontal silos may be obtained from Information Service, Department of Agriclu- ture, Ottawa. Application of 2,4-D 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- ation 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 real temptation to apply a spray, * * Information from results of experiments conducted during the past three years on four Il- lustration Stations in the north- ern Georgian Bay and Manitou- lin Island districts of Ontario in- dicate how severely clover and alfalfa may be injured by weed. sprays when applied in strengths sufficient to kill the weeds com- pletely. * ' * In these experiments an ester form of 2,4-13 was applied to new clover and alfalfa seedings at rates of 2, 4, 8, 16 and 24 ounces of acid equivalent per acre, The average percentage stands of clo- ver and alfalfa in the year fol- lowing treatment, as compared with the areas where no treat- ment was applies, were as fol- lows: no treatment -100 per cent stand; 2 oz. 2,4-D-73 per cent; 4 oz. -74 per cent; 8 oz. -35 per cent; 16 oz, -13 per cent; and 24 oz. -21 per cent. * * From these results it would appear that 2,4-D in the ester form should not be used in strengths greater than 4 ounces of acid equivalent per acre to combat weeds in clover and alf- alfa. In such strength the tops of the weeds may be killed and seeding prevented, but the roots usually survive. The National Weed Committee recommends that for clover and alfalfa not more than 4 oz. per acre of 2,4-D in the amine form be used. * Geo. Knowles, Weed Specialist, 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 good stands so that persistent perennial weeds such as Canada Thistle were smothered by them. :"- k;➢Y.Ad Hosae't Broken Down, Yet—A Korean farmer, plowing his rice paddy in centuries -cid with the aid of a wooden plow and the power of an ox, is unimpressed by that 20th century beast of burden, the helicopter, parked on the dike by his field. The ox keeps plodding along, but the whirl, -bird is grounded by mechanical trouble.