Margaret Culkin Banning (journalist): "Some attention given to good manners in both public and private affairs would be a blessing all round. Better manners would improve bear-|: ing and dignity, steady the nerves, and reduce current disorder and ill-temper very considerably."
Florence White Thomas (Court offi-el "So democratic is their Majesties' Court that no American woman need feel she should carry her Declaration of Independence instead of a flower or fan when she bows tol! the British Sovereigns."
Dorothy Blake (nurse): "Children are born good and loving and generous. It is parents, with their dull-witted ways, who make them otherwise."
Professor Jung—(psychologist): "Among all my patients in the second half of life (over thirty-five), there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life."
Elsie de Wolfe (interior decorator)
If one waited for friends to say whether or not they approved of what one is going to do, nothing worth while would ever be accomplished. All the movements of progress have been greeted with boos from the public."
Aldous Huxley (novelist): "Words form the thread on which we string Our experiences. Without them we should live spasmodically and intermittently."
Stuart Chase (political investiga-cee Duchess of Kent's Home While the two Royal Duchesses have been holidaying abroad, negotiations for their new country homes have been concluded. In her property a' Dropmore Park, which covers 600 acres, the Duchess of Kent will have plenty of space to develop her interesting home-making plans. At present she is taking notes of craft-work in the Balkans, for the colourful embroidery to be found there, as well as the use of contrasting woods, brightly painted pottery and hand-beaten pewter and copper, appeals to her very strongly.
The Duke is in the habit of leaving the colour schemes and decorations of rooms to his wife, trusting in her keen eye for beauty. He takes more interest in constructional details and for months has been inspecting novel bathroom fittings, kitchen equipment, heating plants and other improvements which he hopes will make of Dropmore Park the perfect country home.
Barnwell is the other beautiful country home near Oundle, which the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester may occupy next winter. Thy are already considering improvements to the garden which they intend to equip with an open-air swimming pool, waterproof sun mattresses and trolley chairs, The Duchess will not alter the lily pool, but wants to try out newer varieties of roses in the big rose garden. At Barnwell there are hard and grass tennis courts, and, of course, stables. These are Perhaps the most important features from the point of view of both Duke and Duchess. cee
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