People, Jun. 19, 1939

Bright & early on her 18th birthday, starry-eyed Post-Debutante Brenda Diana Duff Frazier hopped out of bed, answered the telephone, told newsmen: "It's going to be a very quiet day. I'll probably lunch with mummy (Mrs. Frederic Watriss)*and go to the theatre with my grandmother, Lady Williams-Taylor, but that's all. I haven't decided yet what I'll wear." She was still undecided at noon when a Postal Telegraph songster arrived with flowers and caroled Happy Birthday To You.

Neville Chamberlain for once ventured out without his umbrella. It rained.

Told by newsmen that Columnist...

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