GREAT BRITAIN: Mother to Dozens

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But foreign commotions rarely bother them (though foreign milk is rarely safe). Nannies just order revolutionary mobs round to the tradesmen's entrance. "As far as possible," reported Anne Chermside, who was nanny to the infant Prince Fuad when the Egyptian revolution broke out in 1952, "I tried to see that he was oblivious of the drama and danger which surrounded him. Through everything, I saw that Fuad was brought up simply—always on English lines."

Most Wanted. But more and more, as the oldtime nannies dwindle, the mothers of England have, had to take over. In Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, the nannies shudder at the modern English child, dressed, not in flaring coat and velvet collar, but in jeans and sweaters. The harassed mothers are apt to shudder, too, and each day brings more plaintive pleas in the newspapers: "Kindly, reliable nanny wanted." In such cases, the "titled lady" who advertises has the advantage.

And no one who omits the crucial words "Other help kept," or "Own room, own bathroom, own TV, top wages, good outings," stands a chance. Today, says the head of one employment agency, "nannies are the most sought-after women in England"—and after centuries of service, they apparently know it.

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