Evening star., 1947-01-20


per cent of the readers were for the
wedding, 40 per cent against, and
per cent for it if Elizabeth would
renounce her right to the throne.
just how the English people would
know whether Elizabeth and Philip
are in love or not, or whether they
would hit 1t off, the Sunday Picto-
rial doesn't explain. But, as we
Americans have always been taught,
there will always be an England
and it will always be different. 4
|, I have no doubt but that before
the editor OF the Sunday Pictorial
proposed to the girl of his dreams
he went around his town and county
asking friends and strangers alike
what, they thought of his choice
of a life partner, and was willing
to abide by their decision.
Funny folk, the English. They
have a global reputation for being
aloof, cold, .clammy and so reserved
that they count 10 before calling the
fire department when their homes
catch fire. Yet, in matter like
the love between man and a
woman, which must be one of the
most personal things on earth, they
stick in their long, cold noses and
act worse than pack OF Hollywood
gossip columnists.
All But Two Were Asked.
This goes for all Englishmen from
the Prime Minister and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury down Cor up)
to the blackest chimney sweep.
Most of the world believes that mar.
riages are made in heaven, but not
England. 1t would rather trust No.
10 Downing street. .
If the Sunday Pictorial had to
run a poll. why didn't it limit the
poll to the only two people who
could give it the correct answers:
Elizabeth and Philip, I mean.
Just to keep Lease-Lend alive, I
will make out a few OF the ques-
tions that it should have asked
Betty and Phil. (What the heck, if
we. are commoners, let's act like
commoners.)
Do you both like to sit in about
the same place in movie theater,
or does one Of you like to sit up
front in the middle and the other
way in the back on the side?
Nothing brings a couple to blows
quicker than difference of opinion
on where to sit in movie. A man
or woman who likes to wander all
over the place, disturbing those al
ready seated, might just as well buy
a ticket to Reno along with the
marriage license. 4al,, 4b..
Do you both know that the Buck
ingham Palace bathroom will never
be the same once yous are married?
Philip, do you love Elizabeth so
much that you won't mind taking
her things of the shower curtain
rod when you 60 in to take a show
er in the morning? Think twice,
son, because 1t has driven strong
men to drink and ruin. Don't ever
think, Philip, that just because your
wife is a princess, that she won't
want to wash out some of her fine
belongings.
Problem of Marketing.
Elizabeth, do you care so much
for Philip that you won't tear your
royal locks when you see that
Philip, in hurry, has wiped his
hands on the guest towels Henry
the Eighth left you in his will,
leaving handprints all over them?
Will you go marketing as lovers
and return as enemies?
Many couples have. Philip, you
must love Elizabeth enough always
to enter supermarket knowing that
you. are going to be left alone with
the push basket, and that all she
will do Is throw things in it. And,
when the marketing is done, she
will say, "I'll meet you in the car, "
and leave you to stand in the long
line that leads to the cashiers cage.
Are you two SO much in love that
you can stand the agonizing job OF
getting the throne reupholstered?
Elizabeth, you'll like one sample
that the royal upholsterer brings,
and you, Philip, will like another.
Do your hearts beat SO much in time
that you can both laugh together
when Elizabeth, after saying what
perfect taste you have and how she
likes your selection of material,
chooses the one she likes.
This could 60 on forever, folks.
But I 90 hope that those young
'uns, if they love one another, look
the Lion smack in the face and say,
This has nothing to do with India,
Canada, South Africa, Australia,
Bermuda, Nassau, or any of the
other far-f1ung parts of the empire.
This belongs to us--so there!"
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