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Number of Unmarried Princesses Causes Alarm Among Royal Family Matchmakers MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON Br ROBERT MUSEL United ?im Int.m.tion.l London -(UPB- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown- especially when the Royal Palace is overstocked with unmarried princesses. For the simple fact agitat ing the family councils of the kings and queens of Europe is that there are not enough roy al princes to go around. There as 26 unmarried prin cesses and only 16 princes. Even if some royal matchmak er succeeds in pairing! them off-as some are trying to do- there would still be 10 prin cesses for whom the choice would be a kind heart rather than a coronet. This is the sort of arithme tic worrying Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (four unmar ried daughters). King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (three un married granddaughters), King Frederik of Denmark (three unmarried daughters), King Paul of Greece (one unmar ried daughter) and the pre tenders of France, Italy and Spain (six unmarried daugh ters). British Lead Way In fairy tales the commoner may yearn in vain for the un attainable princess. In real life the commoner never had it so good, a possibility that does not alarm European roy alty as much these days as it did before the haughty British royal family itself acquired a relative named Jones. That is, if the commoner is able to keep his royal bride in the style to which she is ac-customed-a cozy little palace or two, for example. But since royalty prefers to mate with royalty the recent engagement of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece-one of the two most eligible royal figures in Europe-to pretty 16- year-old Princess Anne Marie of Denmark, caused as much gloom in some quarters as it did gaiety in Copenha gen. Now if the parents of eligi ble princesses are hoping for a throne, there are only Crown Prince Harald of Norway and 17- year-old Crown Prince Carl Gustav of Sweden-until 14- 7 mW s n,&r.h L jrl -tiSli. j'iik. ,.r im fr.: ..'jmwm'''''' 211& :Fl.EE-di-iiiiou: KRAUT RECIPES P. 0. Box 2589, Portland 3, Ore. year-old Prince Charles of Britain arrives at man's es tate. And Prince Harald is alarming the royal matchmak ers with his attentions to a lovely commoner, Sonja Har- aldsen. Matchmaking Open The engagement of Con stantine to Anne-Marie is a prime example of the royal matchmaking that goes on openly-not to say brazenly-in postwar Europe. Queen Frederika of Greece organized a Mediterranean cruise for royalty which eventually led to the marriage of her daughter, Princess Sophie, to Prince Juan Carlos who may some day sit on the throne of Spain. Queen Juliana of Holland invited all the eligible young men around to a ball in honor of Crown Princess Beatrix. 25. King Baudouin of Belgium summoned the unmarried princesses of Europe to a ball in Brussels-though he later took as his queen a Spanish commoner, Fabiola. And Constantine and Anne Marie met at the widely pub licized "princesses ball" which the hopeful Danish royal fam ily staged at its residence in Copenhagen, Amal ie n b o r g Castle. Constantine, 22, invit ed Anne-Marie-she was then 15-to waltz. Their hearts were still beat ing in three-quarter time when they waltzed again some months later at the wed ding in Athens last May of Princess Sophie and Juan Car los. When Constantine kissed her goodbye as she left Alh- Amsterdam. Holland-The Dutch Royal family is shown in an official portrait taken April. 1962 on the silver anniver sary of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Shown are, left to right, sealed. Princess Margriet. Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard and Princess Marijke. In the back row are Prin cess Irene, left: and Princess Beatrix. ens for home this was taken as sealing the romance. Any commoner with royal pretensions should remember that a kiss in public is as good as an engagement ring. Lists Scanned Though the barriers against m a r r yi n g commoners are breaking down, as they must if there is not to be a record crop of royal spinsters, two European princesses will cer tainly marry into royal houses and the slender list of eligi bles is being anxiously scanned by their parents. Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands is one of them. The other is Crown Princess Margrethe, 22, of Denmark, oldest sister of Anne-Marie. Beatrix once had a friendship with a young student but when someone raised the questnn of mar riage she sighed: "I will have to find a husband among a small set." Margrethe has the same problem-and it will help if her consort likes the sou. She has had her own farm for two years. .'. Margrethe's name has not been linked with any indi vidual yet, altnougn it was noted with interest that Prince William, son of Britain's Duke of Gloucester, was invited to the "princesses ball." Swedes like to claim their three princesses have a corner on royal beauty. The shapely MM Q MEDFORD J The ultimate in stretch stockings vv t MAGSfRErCK ., i .in .ill r -sgsBtgay ' .f v t i - ' i ... ii H T fit , ! SI v f s - i ill I vi 11 I -;!r.' h n by 1 V - ' vy EXCLUSIVELY OURSlN- Imagine the smooth fit of these lovely nylons , . . Belle-Sharmeer has added the clinging magic of "stretch" to their famous legsize stockings! They follow every curve from toe to thigh with beauty and comfort. BREV MODITF. DUCHESS t Your Charge Account Invited! Main and Bartleft Sts. Downtown Medford Phone 772-6428 trio are Princess Margaretha, 28, who is a handsome six footer, Princess Desiree, 24, and Princess Christina, 19. A fourth sister, Princess Birgit ta, married Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern two years ago. , There are no known serious suitors for the unmarried Swedes at present, although their names have figured in romantic discussions for some time. Margaretha was about to become engaged to Robin Douglas-Home, k i n f o 1 k of Britain's foreign secretary, the Earl of Home, in 1957, but the romance was broken off abruptly. No reason was given al though Douglas Home was playing piano in a London bar at the time and King Gustav Adolf was reputed to feel that even for a democratic mon arch there were limits. Boycott Ceremony Oddly enough the British royal family, which tops the royalty league, has seemed less against intermarriage with commoners than most other royal houses. Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth was given permis sion to marry the court pho tographer, Anthony Armstrong-Jones. k The wedding in Westmin ster Abbey on May 6, 1BBU, was as splendid as though she were marrying a crown prince. But an astonishing number of European royalty somehow found themselves unable to attend. The Duke of Kent, cousin of Queen Elizabeth, also mar ried a commoner, Katharine Worsley. And his sister, Prin cess Alexandra of Kent, will be married in April at West minster Abbey to still another commoner, Angus Ogilvy, al though his father is the Earl of Airlie and the family has long history of association with thethrone. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent with a Tsar and a Kaiser among her immediate relatives wanted her daugh ter Alexandra to marry a crown prince. But there were only three around at the tunc. Juan Carlos was a Catholic which might have caused re ligious complications. Con stantine was too young. And Harold, following the trend, was interested in a Calendar - Caianrisr notices and news for the society section of The Mall Tribune must be submitted in wrlune end deadline lor the Sun day edition ts I p m Friday Dead line (or the weekly calendar ts 0 a m or the day of publication and lor weea day news ts 6 p.m the day before publication. . Wednesday: 6 p.m. - Eagle Point High school dinner and band con cert, at school. 6:30 p.m. - Eagle Point Garden club. Eagle Point Scout Community building. 8 p.m. - Rogue River auxil iary, National Association of Letter Carriers, home of Mrs. Charles D. Wiley, 712 West Second at. 8 p.m. - Medford Jaycettes, Mrs. Frank Grimes. 1496 Mor row road. 8 p.m. - World I barracks and auxiliary, Girls Commu- ity club. Thursday: 10 a.m. - Wenonah club, of Weatonka council, Degree of Pocahontas, Redman hall, Ap ple street. 10:30 a.m. - Westside Ex tension unit, Gene Page nome, Central Point. 10:30 a.m. - Butte Falls and Derby Home Extension units, home of Mrs. Harry Dalton. 10:30 a.m. - Reese Creek Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. K. W. Shaw, Butte Falls highway. 12 noon - Red Cross board of directors, chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave. 12:30 p.m. - Medford So journers club, Girls Commu nity club. 1:15 p.m. - Medford Co ordinating committee of PTA, Hedrick Junior High school. 1:30 p.m. - Medford Garden club, Jackson county courthouse. 1:30 p.m. - Sams Valley Ladies qlub, home of Mrs. John Eckerman, Duggan rd. 2:30 p.m. - Washington PTA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 'M1 Fellowship Recipient Announced The 1962-63 Oregon Unen dowed Fellowship of $2,500 has been awarded by the American Association of Uni versity Women Educational Foundation to Dr. Pauline Newman - Gordon, assistant professor of French at Stan ford university. EASY TOPPING Marbled topping for pump kin pie is both attractive and flavorful. Just cover pie with instant ready-whipped cream from an aerosol container, and drizzle molasses on top in a thin stream. Council Session Set in Portland A group of members of Mili tary Order of the Cooties and Military Order of Lady Buss will go to Oregon City Satur day to attend a meeting of the Council of Administra 1 1 o n February 9-10. Attending from Roguette circle, Medford, will be Mrs. Ben Allison, royal lady gold bug; Mrs. O. O. DcBerry, royal secretary; Mrs. R. E. Schulz, royal treasurer; Mrs. Con Rost, assistant royal lady firefly and Mrs. Ivan Lusk, Veterans' Adminis t r a t i o n Volunteer service representa tive for the domiciliary at White City. Representing the local pup tent of the Military Order of Cooties will be Mr. Lusk, de partment hospital representa tive for the White City domi ciliary. J i m Wederick, McMinn ville. Ore., chief of staff for the order, recently visited the local group. Roguette circle will hold a meeting Tuesday, February 12, at 8 p.m. in VFW hall. 42 North Front street. Plans will be made for celebration of the 15th anniversary of organiza tion. Mr. and Mrs. Lusk and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sutherland of the two groups recently visited the domiciliary and passed out cigarets to the veterans. Gfassfop Burners May Replace Grates New York - IUPI1 - Glasstop surface burners may some day eliminate top burner grates on gas ranges, says the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. A heat - resistant Quartz used to produce infa-red The announcement was made by Mrs. James Basker, Grants Pass, state fellowships chairman for the AAUW. "This is the first such award made," Mrs Basker explained, "and is in addition to the $6,500 contributed by Oregon members for fellowships the past year." Dr. Newman Gordon I s working at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris where she is studying the works of two poets, Tristan Corbiere and Jules Lafoigtie, and a novelist, Jules Rcnard, in relation to the theme of "smile." Corbiere, Laforgue, and Renard lived during the years 1845-1912, a period which saw France's disastrous defeat in tliu Franco-Prussian war and the coming of the First World War. The life and works of these writers reflect the dis appointment of their times: their wounded sensitivities are expressed in the "laugh ter" or "smile" in their liter ature. The study will explore the psychological subcon scious escapes of the three au thors and will be submitted for publication. Dr. Newman Gordon grad uated from Hunter college in 1947, has a master's degree from Columbia university and a doctorate from the Sor bonne. She published a book on Marcel Proust and Exist entialism in 1953 and one on Eugene Leroy in 1957. The two publications have been A 9 received favorably by leading critics in the U.S. and by wide segments of the French press. . Dr. Newman - Gordon is the 1957 recipient of the Hunter college award for outstanding achievement and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. YaMTiNes Thurs., Feb. 14 217 E. 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Lull was honored at a birth day party Friday, February 1, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mildred Bray, 1830 North Riverside avenue, Med ford. The birthday luncheon was served by the hostess and her sister, Mrs. Don Long. Guests included Mrs. L. H. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fixen. Mrs. Ted Brusha and Merle Hughes. Parentage Credited For Longer Living St. Louis - (ITIi - Dr. A. Ed ward Melsenbach, who retir ed recently at age 92, says he performed what he believes was the first cmboleclomy In St. Louis in 1909 - removal of a blood clot from an artery. Asked to account for hit longevity and good health, the doctor said - "choose your parents." 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But almost ss economical to serve. To make it even nicer, Armour offers you the siicer! Stainiess steel hollow ground KUTMASTER HAM SLICER only 50 with a copy of the raised serial numbers from the front of an Armour Star or "Ham What Am" can. (To make copy, place paper over numbers end rub with t pencil.) Just mail your 50v (coin or money order) and copy of the serial numbers (PLEASE DO NOT SEND CAN TOP), together with your name and address to: Ham Siicer, P. 0, Box 527, Utlca 1, N. Y. CSr 0m V "WA ff i f- r- 1.
