The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-09
Amos Q. Pipp Discusses An American Bride
 For Eddie Windsor

fAIIUS V. TIpp Dl8CuSSeS An AmcrkC1u DTluc For Eddie Windsor |DRUNELI4A PIpP, oldest daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Amos Q. Pipp, is missing
 from home. She was last seen heading in the general direction of Meadow Brook, Long Island. She wore a black hat with green plumes, yellow frock with jet some thing or other, flesh colored stockings and white pumps, and carried neckpiece sold to her as silver fox but which she has good reason to suspect was gun-metal guinea pig. | On her dresser this note was found: "Pa and Ma: Do not pursue me. l am in love with Edward Windsor of Long Island and know I would make him good wife. | Love. PRuNELLA.
 Today MT. Pipp dictated long statement outlining his views on the subject of an American bride for Mir. Windsor.
 Tt is terrible" wrote Mir. Pipp. My daughter is a good girl and very talented, but she is at least six new dance steps shy of making proper wife for the Prince of Wales. have nothing against Edward Windsor personally. He is as fine young man as you will find on Long Island. But he is far too fussy when it comes to matri- mony. He has turned down a dozen girls and like as not he would reject our dear prunella and give the illustrious Pipp family blow that would be deeply humiliating to Mrs. Pipp and myself.
 What is more, I do not think Eddie would make our girl a good husband. He is not home enough and everybody knows it is not the best thing for girl to marry a travelling man. Prunella is not very strong girl and she never could stand having to Epack and unpack so much.
 H. zI- sp in the home and she would be very unhappy. No American girl would be content when she knew her husband would be home for dinner only few nights month and would just telephone her that he was sorry but had to 20 to India or Japan or Canada. It's an awful strain on a woman having to keep sapper warm for a man who goes to Asia just about the time you have the potatoes half done.
 American girls are accustomed to stand ard excuses when their husbands come home late, and they would/have a fit with one who showed up with a story that he had been on tiger hunt with couple of Rajahs and no sick Elk.
 And it would keep a woman on edge all the time to feel that her better half might ''SSA with brokn collar bone and mud all over his back.
 Tt would be nice to join a royal family and be the wife of a future king, in some respects, but the king business isn't what il used to be- It has been going from bad to worse and is now what we would call an unreliable calling like that of harness-makers rag carpet weavers and corset manufactur CTS.
 "Of course a royal marriage would mean a lot to the Pipps. It would seem nice to call our girl Princess Prunella. I suppose they would call her Princess Prune' for short.
 Ma and I would be received at Bucking ham palace and have horseguards escort us to and from the movies every night. Prob ably I would be entitled to a coach and eight to take me to the cigar store. But l am g plain man and like plain things So is tho wife and we have decided to make sacrifice and turn Ed down if he asks for Prunella': hand We are firm about this. But ol course if Ed should decide not to ask and elope with the dear girl, well-I've worked hard all my life and could stand big home with plenty of servants and good grouse shooting"