JtSe ‘‘Kitchen Princess” “&*“
Eugenic Baby
She Smashed Tradition to Cook
for Little Charlotte—Now
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As a
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V PROUD
FATHER
Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium with
His Pretty 2-Year-Old Daughter,
Josephine Charlotte, Who Has Been
Pronounced “Eugenically Perfect.”
Royal Child’s Regime
7:00 A. M. Rising time. Cup of
warm milk.
8:00 A. M B eakfast: Orange
juice, cereal, rusit and soft boiled
10:00 A. M. Bath. __
11:00 A M. Nap out of doors."
2:00 P. M. Dinner: Beef broth,
small potato, green vegetable; lamb
chop or chicken or fish; pudding or
custard or stewed fruit; water.
Then playtime.
6:00 P. M. Sponge bath.
6:30 P. M. Supper: cereal, milk
rusk with jelly.
Bedtime.
LOOK at the "box” above and you
you will see how the two-year-old
daughter of the "prettiest prin
cess in Europe" spends her day. But
her mother doesn’t entrust one minute
of this highly eugenic schedule to
trained nurses or dieticians. Royalty
of the world may raise its eyebrows
and call her the "Kitchen Princess”
and the "regal nursemaid,” but she’s
going to look after her little Josephine
Charlotte all by herself.
Princess Astrid, beautiful wife of
dashing Crown Prince Leopold of Bel
hum, is perfectly qualified to raise
'■er baby according to the last word in
Aik! training and culture. If it
smashes tradition for her to take the
whole burden on her youthful shoul
ders, it won’t be the first time both she
and her husband have flow n in the face
of courtly shibboleths.
This amazing pair has always seemed
to be intent unon one thing: being
perfectly healthy, happy, loving mates,
preoccupied with the homely details of
a real love mar- \
riage, like their
lowliest aubjects.
First the slim, be
loved Astrid gave her
hand and heart to the
wealthiest prince In
Europe when he came
courting to her modest
Stockholm apartment,
traveling third class
and carrying his own
baggage. This was a
shock to the punctil
ious royalists; then
after ingratiating her
WIFELY SALUTATION
Princess Aetrld of Sweden Greet
ing Her Husband, Prince Leopold,
with an Enthutiaatic Kies on Hie
Arrival in Antwerp, Thereby
Smashing Another Dignified
“Royal Tradition."
self with her adopted Belgian*, rank
and file, she spurned the ceaseless
round of official functions and pitched
in to cook Hubby’a dinner at least
three day* a week. Here vu another
shock.
Now she’s abandoned the last vestige
of adherence to imperial custom by
being a passionately efficient full-time
mother. She gets up with little Char
lotte. and she puts her to bed with
almost religious efficiency. Unlike
many another royal child of the past,
this tot will never grow to look upon
a hired governess as “Mamma.”
The result of Astrid’s defiant indul
gence of her rich mother love is a baby
which the royal court physician recent
ly pronounced the most perfect, physi
cally and in disposition, he had seen In
all his extensive practice. He’s at least
one man in court circles who thorough
ly approves of the way the child is be
ing raised.
“If you want a baby who will take
the prize at every baby show, you can’t
‘let George do it.’ ” That’s the way
Astrid’s official physician replies to all
criticism of her. And there has been
criticism, because European populaces
have a perfectly human feeling that
their princesses should be a little dif
ferent, a little more ritzy than the
common run.
Astrid is aware of this, but she fre
quently says that it’s worth risking any
sort of public frown to make little
Charlotte into the kind of daughter her
heart crates.
Indeed, Astrid—
a niece of the King
of Sweden — and
Leopold have made
such a success of
their marriage —
from the stand
point of content
ment and bliss;
royal marriages
are not permitted
officially to “fail”
—that even the
oldtimers in the
royal families of
both Sweden and
Belgium have been
impressed by what
“love can do.”
Those intimately
connected with
court circles aver
that never have
they seen such
REGAL COOK
Princeta Aatrid (She'a a Capital Cuialniara) Preparing
a Meal for Little Joaephine Charlotte with Her Own
Handa. She Alwaya Doer.
quiet happiness
among the married of their rarefied
royal station.
Of course Astrid and Leopold quar
rel: they are far too much in love,
far too much like other couples, noi
to do that. Usually, when a prince is
married to a princess for reasons of
state, no pretense of love is made
When either displeases the other a
strained period ensues, as if two
strangers had jostled one another on
the street. Astrid and Leopold, on thr
other hand, are crazy about each other
Don l Kid Yourself—Admit
CHARLES E DENNEY
President of the Erie Railroad
CHARLES E. DENNEY’S success
as a great railroad president—he
is now head of the Erie Railroad
—has been phenomenal, but it has
never exhibited any spectacular turns.
Persistent work, with the ability to
handle any situation and responsibility
when it came have characterized his
career. His advice to young people is
tinctured with the calm wisdom of ma
turity. He says:
“First of all maka friends and ba on
tha level with them, No matter how
much none you have you will still be
a poor man if you don’t have friends.
And ramernber—any man who can ba
right mors than 50 per cent of the time
ia establishing a good batting average.”
It is evident that Mr Denney doesn’t
believe in human perfection at any job.
A man should strive as hard as he ran,
but trying to get away with the im
Mistakes
—Says Denney
pression that he’s never wrong: is
dangerous; he’s going to slip, sooner
or later, and if he’s been candid he’ll
probably miss falling hard.
“Keep busy, but don’t have the false
sense of pride that prevents people
from admitting they make mistakes.
Whep you make mistakes be the first
one to act and profit by them. A man
who has courage to tell his boss he has
make a mistake puts his stock up sev
eral points.
“You can’t kid yourself and get
ahead. It may be possible to kid othei
people for a little while, but not your
self. While you are aiming to be on
the level with others, don’t neglect to
be on the level with yourself. Find out
what the facts are and face them. As
a matter of fact, it’a often all right to
kid tha other fellow—occasionally it’s
necessary and perfectly bonest—but
it’s amazing how many people, and as
pecially young men, kid themselves too
in the process. They never get away
with it for long; then comes tha crash.”
Mr Denney believe* in the highei
education He tried desperately to
work his own way through college by
doing odd jobs and soliciting boarders
for his boarding house, but after three
years he saw he couldn’t make the final
grade financially. So be quit school
and got a job with the Union Switch
and Signal Company at Rochester.
N. Y. His rise from that point was
steady and sure A succession of posi
tipns of greatei and greatei responsi
bility followed until he reached his
present eminence as president of the
Erie.
“Work is the touchstone of happi
ness end success—as all the advisers
agree But by work 1 mean two things:
Education and experience. Get an edu
cation if you can. if you cannot get
an education in school or college, get it
the next best way—in the school of ex
perietice. You’re sure to go up, if you
really have your heart set on it—and
if you’re honest with yourself."
—and the mlta, Charlotte—and a lew
healthy spats take place now and then,
providing how near together they ar<^
The sharp divergence of this couple'#
relationship from other royal alliances
was vividly illustrated by an occurrence
not long ago when Astrid returned
from a visit to her family in Stock
holm. Her boat docked at Antwerp
Prince Leopold and his father. Albert
King of the Belgians, were on the pier
together with other* of the royal
family. Leopold, tall and very mili
tary-looking. fidgeted from foot to foot
like an impatient schoolboy as the houi
the boat was due approached.
Finally the liner slowly drew Into
port. The Crown Prince’s face was a
study in eagerness as he scanned the
rail for his beloved. He made her out,
between two of her companions, and
waved joyously. Those who had an op
portunity to witness this touching scene
declare that King Albert turned to his
The ABC’s of General Knowledge
Only 4 of Every 100 Automobiles Have
8 Cylinders or Cost More Than $2000
Interesting Facto About Motor Car Production 1928.
Sowed 1929 Statistical Issue of Automotive Industries.
Chart By FREEING FOSTER
OIW
Number of Cars Produced
by Retail Price Classes
Of Every 100 Can Made,
Only One Retails for More
Than 83,000.
Under
Under *1.000 . .3,932,800
ll.000-S2.000 .. 918.100
*2,000*3,000 .. 133,300
Ora (3,000 ... 39.200
4,023,400
Under (1.000 , . . 72.9%
*1.000*2.000 .. 22.8%
*2.000*3.000 ... 3.3%
Orer *3,000 . 1.0%
100.0%
•1.000
*2.000
Number of Cars Produced
by Size of Engine
Of Every 100 Cars Made,
Only Four Have Eight
Cylinders.
Four*
**»“■ Slu.
1.800.
000
1.200.
000
Four. . 1,955,400
She. 1,891,000
Eight. . 177.000
4.023.100
Foot.
SUe. .
Eight.
.48.6%
. 47.0%
.. 4.4%
100 0%
•on and whispered •
few admonitory word*.
Exactly what he said will never
He known, but it was something
like “Wait now, son, in a digni
fied fashion. Don’t run up and em
brace her; I see that's what you’re
bent on doing.’’
Astrid’s party began to descend the
gangplank. The young Princess’ face
beamed as she made out her waiting
husband—an easy thing to do since he
and his father noth stood head and
shoulders above the crowd. She waved
—and Leopold could contain himself
no longer. He broke away from the
crowd and rushed to meet his lovely
wife, embracing her with an ardor that
would do credit to a screen hero. It
just happened that an alert cameraman
was on the scene and, suspecting what
would happen, he had his camera ready
The result was the charming picture oI
a royal kiss, which appears on this page.
Perhaps no other married pair has
ever so captured the imagination ol
Europe as this one has. Belgians and
Swedes alike point with pride to the
■’handsomest bride and groom of all
royalty.” And Astrid immediately
ingratiated herself with the people of
her adopted country. Tndeed, she be
came so popular a person from the
start that controversies arose about
her. a sure sign of a big following. One
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PrincoM Aitrid with
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Belgian clerical newspaper. "La Vlng
tieme Ciecle,” printed an article by a
priest which suggested that Princess
Astrid would serve as a better example
to the young girls of the land if she
let out the hem of her aldrt a few more
inches. Her frocks, in his opinion,
were a trifle too modern and fashion
able.
No sooner had the criticism appeared
*han a rabid admirer of the fair girl
from the North issued a curt challenge
to the cleric, offering to meet him
"with any weapons he might choose,"
on the field of honor. Brussels was
more amused than stirred up by this
furore, and needless to say the vast
majority was on the side of Astrid.
It’s a couple that’s defying the an
cient rules as to how a prince anr
princess should behave in the marrie<
state. The first shibboleth Leopold
and Astrid have kicked over is tha
royal pairs can never be in love. The;
have also done away with the idea tha
a Crown Prince can’t achieve a real
home, a real wife with a wife's duties,
a "self-raised’’ baby and all the trials
and happiness of Mr. Everyman.
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rE world is full of springt
So why should 1
Go thirsty if, the water in the
well
Runs dryt —
My mill must grind its corn
So if the wheels stand still.
I must resort to piping power
Down another hill.
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l care not where ite source it,
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How strong its force is.
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straw
Can keep my fire from burning low,
1 never lament the lack of fuel
But worm my hands in the biota's
glow.