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...Duke of Windsor). In Lillibet's case Grandma has modernized her idea of fun to include such excursions as that of last week, when the Princess and a party of friends dined & wined at the Bagatelle, one of Mayfair's toniest nightspots, till past midnight, listened to a red-haired Russian sing Englishmen Never Make Love by Day, danced rumbas and tangos till the band went home. Elizabeth's escort was an old family friend, married, bespectacled Charles Villiers (pronounced Villers), a former colonel in the Grenadier Guards...
...mellowing years have not relaxed all Mary's rigorous regal standards. She still will not receive a divorced person, not even her daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Windsor. David himself could not break down that royal taboo when he tried two months ago. Instead, Mama, whose own taste in hats leans to the conservative, made him change his sporty green porkpie for a sober bowler...
...labor leaders could look across the border last week to see what happens in a long-drawn-out strike. A note of urgency had set in at Windsor. With one eye on union finances, leaders of 10,000 striking Ford of Canada workers called for rank-&-file support of their new settlement proposal: a Government-appointed arbitrator to give a decision in 24 hours on the key demands for a union shop and checkoff...
...midst of this, the strikers last week got two lifts. A Leamington farmer donated 80 chickens to make sandwiches for pickets; Windsor's Red Cross, Junior Chamber of Commerce and newspaper representatives banded together for a new contribution: Christmas cheer for strikers' children...
Corsage boxes under their arms, new white gowns carefully tucked inside evening wraps, the girls minced over worn red carpets through the cold night air to a Cypress Street entrance of stately Hotel Windsor. Well ahead of the 9:30 starting time, some retired to powder rooms to rig their elbow-length gloves, give themselves a last appraising look. The occasion: the 67th anniversary of the historic St. Andrew's Day Ball, theater of "coming out" operations...