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I ‘es to London to sec ind queen iii: blueeyed, 37-year-old 590789 V1’. is winning eis as a housewife amid of activities in which Nat

V Coronation be modern world has witnessed is ippioachixig its zenith in old Lon-

iiie world's cities and real capital

. . , B“ ~ d this gay and pompous ceremony regal investiture are a man and i an. almost forgotten as person-

world y a king

enthralled, Eljzabtith, consort now the she evcn her

v s. could have met this tremend- l occasion with more equanimity.

- Closer moves the day when another Queen Elizabeth may rule Briiain. Eldest daughter of the King,

pity, _, pulzir little Princess Elizabeth becomes the heir presumptive to the throne. Here she is shown in an exclusive, new portrait. fondling her pet dog —a clmld who llready has captivated the hearts o!

The Queen As A Homemaker

in Day after day for weeks past the Queen has met an endless number of appointments with her ladies and those peers on whom Coronation duties devolve. She has spent tiresome hours vifhile dress fitters have fashioned downs of royal robes; she has taken an active part in arranging the reception plans for hundreds of international dhmitarles. Patiently and kindly, this first lady of the Empire has earned the respect and praise of every society matron.

But most remarkable, perhaps, is the way in which the Queen has taken on this great responsibility without neglecting her heavy social and household duties. As a. little girl playing with her friflilds she is said to have remark- ed that when she W85 grown up

and marri she would never neglect her h for her pleasures.

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At the time it sounded like a pre- cocious speech, earmarked with the wisdom of a fine old Scottish nurse. Her nursery days are not so distant——she is still littie more than a glrl-—but from maiden- hood. to marriage devotion to hflme has been her creed. _ only recently she and the Kins experienced a. particularly trying daythat lasted from early morn- ing until well after midnight, His

as he has found her every day of their married life-waiting quietly for their late fireside chat. The Queen had previously sent her tired attendants to bed, and gather the royal pair snatched the clays only moments of home atzncslpherc. Like any couple, they talked of simple things which the King made cocoa at a table grill. He was making cocoa for a tired gun crew aboard his ship at the Battle of Jutland; now he was making it for his tired partner. With their beverage they

ate scones that the Queen had baked as a special treat.

Elizabeth has always been s, homemaker. Except for a few tenns at a London girl's school, sh‘: was brought up at homg in Sccrland legend-touched Glamis

Castle 1f an Einglishmans home is his castle, a Srcotsmans home together with his Bible is his life. And it was in a truly Scottish home that the former Lady Eli a- beth Bowes-Lyon grew up. {Inc first commoner to reach the Em- pire's throne since the days oi the much-married Henry V111, she grew up among the heather as the tomboy sister or her brothers. She fished for salmon, she hiked over the hills and she tOOk her music lessons regularly- With a, respect for clannishness. she loomed that

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her ancestors nuznllwered Henry VII of England. Robert II of Scot_ land and the Baron de Lyon of Forievoit, a Ftrench noble who just Saved his life in a dash from France after the edict of Nantes, she was only fourteen years old when she helped her mother con-

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harp. And when a man in khaki was well enough to do any dancing himself this same vivacious little lasswas owlaysrendytobehls

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h Rt. Ifon. Stanley Baldwin, Britain's Prime Minister, at the LEFT, Mr. Baldwin. often referred to as the typical Englishman, is shown with his famous pipe. At‘ the RIGHT with his hands shoved into his pockets, he is smiling

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big migration of world dignitaries to represent George VI is under way. Among the ofllcal Canada; Jame; W. Gerard, United States; Dino Grandi, South Africa; M. J. Savage of New Zealand; Yvon Delbos. Soviet Foreign Commiaser; Prem er J. A. Wu- Minisur; Prince Ohlchibu of Japan;

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wife and mother are not studied’ matters with the Queen. They are inborn traits belomgllli? w h" character. She can. for instance; never remember when she was not - fondofexaznining the latesthouse- hold gadgetsanclimakingthempan of her own household. She learned to cook wider tho watchful and critical eye of an old retainer at Glunls, then she rather amazed her buxom mentor by ordering a new shipment of cooking utensils.| When she had been married and was settled at 3145 Piccadilly in‘ London, she installed n, mass of electrical appliances. mom of which are still for from being in general use in Itingland. In court circles her name is linked with an

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anecdote concerning an old servant who came from Gill-HUS t0 film the London household. After I few days the Queen. than the Duchess of York, missed her child- hood wquaintanoe. She was told that the elderly servttor had re- i turned a» Scotland. vowing that} she had got tangled in l. 111858 of electrical cords and that the vamuinn cleaner, meat l‘. radio and foor polisher had| ‘t-arly frightened her out of her‘ wits in a bedlam of noise and | uliirring wheels. . I The Queen gets u-p early-around i eight o'clock-even when she has been up late the night before. She

is careful that her personal appear-

ance always matches the loveliness of her boucloir, and afim‘ a look in at the nursery She JOlH-‘l the King

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How does a queen act as hostess? m an, case of Queen Elllnbeth the question might be answered W telling of the time she showed a.

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