Ever since "Clem" became Britain's Prime Minister, Violet Attlee has been grappling with a problem almost as engrossing as nationalization of the Bank of England: how to make No. 10 Downing St. homey. (The British word for it is "homely.") Last week, after looking over No. 10's 63 rambling rooms (seven baths), she solved it: the Attlees will live only on the top floor (19 rooms). When the furniture has been reshuffled and the family knickknacks placed, the Attlees will move in with their second daughter Felicity, their kitten Whisky and their terrier Ting.
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