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...first time, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt last week met the Baltimore girl who became Duchess of Windsor. President Roosevelt had finally got around to entertaining the Duke & Duchess at lunch-their first engagement, in September, was canceled after the death of Mrs. Roosevelt's brother...
...First Lady rode with the Duchess from her office (she is an Assistant Director of Civilian Defense) to the White House. But the hostess did not stay for lunch. After a brief chat, she flew off to lecture in Chicago. Wrote Eleanor Roosevelt in her column next day, in her best well-bred manner: "The Duchess seemed interested in our defense setup...
...year-old mare named Royal Wally, a habitual also-ran, was entered in New Jersey's Essex Fox Hounds race meet last week. The Race Committee expected Member C. Suydam Cutting's weekend guests, the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, to attend the races. So rather than scratch Royal Wally, Owner Thomas Tully changed her name to Glenside. Fulfilling expectations, she finished last, but, alas, her former namesake didn't come...
TIME cannot undertake to portray the Duke and Duchess of Windsor as shimmering dream children in order to spare the feelings of incurable romantics...
...Duke and Duchess of Windsor emerged sleepy-eyed from a train in Jersey City at 6:40 a.m. "You'll get your waving pictures later," said the Duke to photographers. "I've been waving all over the U.S." The Duchess managed: "Good morning. . . . Awful hour, isn't it?" Then off to the Waldorf-Astoria, for a week in Manhattan, they rolled in an air-conditioned limousine with a gold crown on the door...