Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

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BY tradition the Olympic
Torch is supposed to be run in
relays on foot from Mount
Olympus in Greece to the site
of The Games. Since no one in
the last 1000 years has been
found who can walk on water
and modern games are fire.
quently held overseas from
Olympus. boats have become
acceptable when absolutely
necessary. But things have
gone too far!
The torch for this months
winter games is to be lit in
Rome's City Hall. There goes
that Rome stealing Grecian
thunder again! That's bad
enough but the torch will be
carried to Cortina d'Ampezzo
by automobile and airplane
before the relay of runners"
get back on their feet, skis,
and ice skates. If athletes are
so soft these days why have
Olympic Games at all?
Neither Queen Elizabeth nor
Prince Philip has yet recov-
cred the heart Of the Kingdom.
Since the Margaret affair
nothing they can say or do is
taken in the old spirit. Even
the Queens Christmas day
speech was criticized as mot
the warm, homely link between
peoples of the Commonwealth
as it once was, but a cold. i'm
personal talk on social and
scientific achievements"
And oh! what naughty spec
ulation dubbed through Lon
don when it was discovered
that Prince Philip was direct:
ing movers personally and ar
ranging q coy, feminine fiat
in Dolphin Square. It turned
out to be for his nieces but
even that was criticized be-
cause the princesses are Ger
man. Agitators are still trum-
peting that The Queens in
laws are profiting over the
heads of righteous Britons who
normally spend eight years on
o waiting list for such q nat.
Blood pressures have SCARED
even higher with the news that
the FIAT is furnished directly
from windsor Castle.
Character Revealed
Actually Peter Townsend,
rlmored now about to settle
in France as q race horse
trainer, may only have pre-
cipitated the inevitable reali-
zation that the queen never
was q warm character. Per-
haps her overeager people felt
that If they bestowed upon
her the best qualities Of their
dream queen she'd become one.
Now that her subjects are gen.
orally angry with her "for what
she did to Margaret" they've
dropped the gossamer Of illu-
sion and Elizabeth is revealed
as her real self; the least APP
pealing of the entire royal
family.
In her middle years she may
be as unpopular as was Queen
Mary and for the same stern
reasons. AS her grandmother
did she will regain the peoples
affection in her later years
when her frigid manner be-
comes legend.
John Huston returned to his
manor house wife, horses and
hounds in Ireland and an
nounced hopes to star Marilyn
Monroe with Sir Laurence
Olivier in THE Sleeping
Prince" Everyone was eager
for Sir Laurence's reaction.
Well. he thinks it's a splendid
idea; but a far more interesting
reaction should be Vivien
Leigh's at not even being asked
to play the role she created.
Furthermore, this role of an
American showgirl is the focal
part of the piece.
Earlier in the year Sir Lau-
renee was accused of stupidity
sacrificing himself on the
princes role in order to height
en- his wife's glory. Lady Oliv-
Ter was delighted to have him
playing her stooge. The ques-
ton is. will she be joyous about
seeing her brilliant husband
playing this stooge to the likes
Of Marilyn Monroe, especially