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Great last week were expectations when Chancellor Chamberlain closed his current budget. He more than fulfilled them. Today the Kingdom is lofting out of Depression at such a rate that the reduced income tax brought in almost exactly as much revenue as did the higher tax last year. Chancellor Chamberlain closed with a surplus of ?7,562,000 ($36,297,600) last week-best possible "window dressing" for the general election the National Government must fight soon after the Royal Jubilee...
...Ambassador to France, was presented in what her dressmaker called "a gown of ice-blue silver lame of streamline cut." At a hint from the Queen most debutantes and dowagers omitted lipstick, mascara, rouge. Since Buckingham Palace was distinctly chilly, some of them grumbled at the Lord Chamberlain's requirement that they appear in decollete. Not to be intimidated, several elderly English ladies harassed the Lord Chamberlain into permitting them to be presented in high-necked creations, cozy and warm...
Like many biographers of more or less obscure public men, or men prominent only in their own profession, Chamberlain has included pages of genealogy which are interesting only to members of the family and has magnified the virtues of his subject without placing his faults in the proper strong light. He presents the familiar case of an artist too close to his work to gain perspective...
...Chamberlain has not the ability to narrate the story with sufficient life to make the book interesting for its many live situations, but he has devoted much time to the preparation of his material. It is unfortunate that he has not restricted himself to Osborne's approach to what is still a live situation and allowed a clear view of the work remaining to be done...
Osborne changed with years and it is easy to understand how Chamberlain might have fallen to such sentimental depths. There was a fair for adventure in his make-up that made the mayor of Auburn dress as a tramp, ride the rails and visit music halls. For balance there was an unobtrusive charity that helped dozens of now prominent actors, business men, and artists...