The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-20
LADY BETTY IS AMBITIOUS FOR
 DUKES CAREER

LONDON, March 20-Wearing her
 tiny betrothal ring, set with the finest
 colored Kashmir sapphire in existence,
 Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon. fiancee
 of the Duke of York, says she is the
 most happily engaged girl in the
 world.
 To her mind, the time between now and the date of her wedding, April 26,
 seems all too short to carry out the plans she has in her mind.
 First of all, there is the question of her trousseau. It is taken for granted in English society that this is to be one of the most magnificent weddings that has been celebrated in Britain for the last 20 years. Lady Elizabeth, ex- pert in the art of dress, will do her share. Her white picture gown will be something to be spoken of in years to come.
 The bridesmaids are following suit Their dresses are also to be creations of dreams. The Queen of England will appear in a magnificent gown. And English society is following hur- riedly in the track, with the result that dressmakers in the fashionable quarters of London and Paris have not been so overwhelmed for many years since.
 But this only touches the dress problem. The next question is: "Where are the Duke and his bride going to live?" The Duke. when he becomes the first married son of the King and Queen, will necessarily play a far greater part in the social life of London than hitherto, when he lived quietly as a bachelor.
 It is now fairly certain that the young couple will be given the beau tiful house known as the White Lodge of Richmond Park-about ten miles from London-where Queen Mary spent her girlhood, part of her early life and where her elder children were born. It is lovely house set in magnificent scenery a town house in beautiful country Besides this, town house will be necessity on account of cer- entertaining. For this pur- pose one of the great mansions in the neighborhood of Berkeley Square is expected to be purchased. The Duke of York has always been a thrifty young man, and, apart from any grant Parliament will make him, he is able to set up his housekeeping in satisfactory and suitable style. Also, Lady Elizabeth has ambitious notions in regard to her future hus- bands career One of the great points the engaged couple have in common is that both have a studious bent, apart from a love of outdoor life. The Duke has made as close study of economic conditions and industrial affairs in Britain as any man could make, and his future wife does not want him to set these aside to live the life of figure-head.
 She wants him to become political figure in the House of Lords. She desires him to break some royal con- ventions and, apart from controversial political questions, to take an active part in the debates. When questions of industrial welfare come before that assembly she would like him to con- tribute his quota from his experiences of working Britain at first hand.
 According to British conventions, it is, of course, difficult for. a royal prince to engage in controversial busi- ness, but there is no reason why the Duke of York should not be an influ- ence of definite public value, in re- gard to the causes in which he and his future bride are interested.
 Lady Elizabeth wants the Duke to adopt that viewpoint. Accordingly she has quite a number of matters wherewith to engage her mind before her marriape