The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-25

he proposed; what 1 said when he proposed, and so o11i"
 I looked at the pretty girlish face | and wave of sympathy came over me. | How could this young, iovelyy gay i etiduette and rules Ef q court so strict as the court of Ehgiand? l said: DO you hot feel it rather difficult to be the fiancee of roy 1 altye"
 She Tells of Conrtship.
 'Diffieult, yes; that Is why" She broke off abruptly. i filled fn the | gap to say that was why she refused | the Duke Of Ylff's Offer of marriage | until youth and, iove became ted | strong t6 refuse longer:
 you have refuse3 t6 marry the Duke of York several times?" 1
 mYes," came the answer, with | girlish honesty. ii said to him l to decide-as Royalty never, never | again be free to think, or speak, pr | act as l really feel ought te think, | or speak, or act 1 to sd want to l help him. He Is so keen on his #ei= l fare work you know, He does se love | the men and women who work H e | is trying tG find out Just how he can 1
  When 1 marry him l hope to begin t9 l work, too. 1 might help the york ing women and together we inay do a lot. You see, the duke feels that he | must first really understand hll about the industrial problem, for ehe can never do any good unless one under stands things and unless the Is practical, talk can do hothlhg, Se he reads omnlverpuslr eh the shb= jeot. especially books that explain the workers point of view, Love Will Solve Problems.
 "He studies hard, goes to meetings down at the factories and every- where, just to learn at first hand and I mean tG do the same thing be. cause I think these industrial prob- lens and puzzles have to be solved. If we make up our minds to try and solve them in good friendship and out of love for one another and for our country, we will somehow and some time, I think, get things set right"
 There Is a curious something about Lady Elizabeth that hints al strange and beautiful possibilities. Though small and almost fragile in figure. with tiny feet and tiny hands. she IS possessed of wonderful girlish air of dignity--and her face-looking at her one realizes why ancient writers of austere temperament so frequently warned men to beware of the Celtic women, who, more than others, are gifted with the power of beguilement.
 Her eyes, large and darkly blue, deeply fringed with long black lashes, fascinate with their spell Now and again, under quick pleas ure or excitement or shyness, a falnt flush plays across her clear. trans r1. alyc hIIt fnnhjIn with its pretty curves and dimples remains red and fresh.
 O O 2 Childhood Among Ghosts. There is a charming snap in her expression when she speaks in de1- mite accents which sugg ests tenn perament not to be imposed upon. If necessary, the future Duch<ss of York will be able to control. She has the shrewdness of the Celt and a correct idea of justice. With regard to her life as child, she laughingly said: There is noth- ing very much to tell My earliest years were spent at Glamis, the castle of ghosts, and my best pal was my little brother, David. We were inseparable. We was the name we went by. We used to wander about, play with our dogs and our rabbits and pets; fish with the clans men. do a little shooting and just | muCKeQ aDOuI SeHeIdlly
 T never went to school. When | David went to college I had govern esses. I have never really been fin 1 ished
 We had our holidays in Italy, which we spent sometimes With one of our grandmothers, sometimes with the other. We were mostly in Flor- euce, where we were taught much by visits to tho galleries. It was there learned to love pictures.
 FIorcntine Gown Copied.
 My wedding dress Is to be copy | of an old Florentine picture. with the graceful flowing lines. something { like the robes of Dante's Beatrice. am too small to wear anything heavy or elaborate so the dress has been made as simply as possible. introduc- ing some, ancestral lace. Including bit worn by one of my very great l grandmothers at ball given TOT | Bonnie Prince Charlie, The sleeves are of Nottingham, as tribute to British industry on which am very keen, and Queen Alexandra has given me the bit to be appliqued on my long tulle veil"
 she finally told me her family had lived at Glamis since tho year 1S7e. In that year the castle was given to the house of Lyon as the dowry or 1 Princess Johanna. daughtor or ROD ert II of Scotland. There Is no hook or cranny ir the whole building with which she is not familiar. and as for its famous ghosts
 "You know" she said, "wo forgot about tho ghosts; to us they arc just members of the family. But you nave no Idea of the number Of terrified visitors who have declined to sleep another night in tho castle after hay ing met poor old Beardie. our eldest and best ghost: or the Gray Lady. our gentlest and kindest one.
 They scared Novelist.
 ..Ilyon Walter Scott was frightened out of his scnses after going to ped and tho poet Gray was simply frozen dumb the morning after his experl- | ences.
 AS a child, I have walked up and looked our ghosts in the race ana they have never hurt me oueeh 1 Mary stuart comes at times, carry Ing n sealed letter In her hands, She Is very like her portraits.
 q shall never forget when I was about 6, very charming American came to Glamis. He was visiting some friends nearby, W. 1arId 5hlnK ne and was were greatly taken with him because he was the first American we had | ever met. We told him thrilling tales about the ghosts and we an- swered all his amusing questions,
 "Ono day he said' Hady asa,s Eisa beth, do you think you and David could can one of these ghosts for me to take back to Boston% David and I took him very seriously ana we spent some time searching about to see if we possibly could find very little ghost that might Tt into a bottle or jar. Oh. he was scream. Fancy canned ghost."
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