Foreign News: Curiosity Shop

In a Chicago suburb 82 old ladies declared warmly: "We are all young enough to believe in love as a very important part of international relations." To prove it the ladies gave a shower last week at the Hollywood, ILL. British Old People's Home. Amid toasts drunk in sauterne or tea, they sent a copy of Love Ledger, a bride's first-year book, and a hand-stitched sachet pillow to Princess Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth was trying desperately to decide on a future bower (Windlesham Moor in Surrey was still the odds-on bet), and the gifts were...

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