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iff @y DR JOYCE BROTHERS (Copyright 1863, by Or, Joyes Brothers) NEW YORK (NANA) Andre} But—Cinderella notwithstand- vrumbeanu may or may not be a! ing—the nuptial knot which’ srtune hunter, and his estranged’ attempts to bind partners from, Me, Gamble Benedict, may or|radically ditferent social classes 4y not be a spoiled ‘and silly|rarely holds test. The simple, “ung woman. I've never met reason, too often lighted by ‘her of them, and frankly, { democracy-loving Americans is wnt know. But even assuming; this, upper-, middle-, and lower- ¢ best will and sincerest inten-' class persons usually make mar- onson the part of both parties, | Kedly different sssumptions about 2 Porumbeanu-Benedict marri-| the nature of marriage and family| © was earmarked for early fail-| fe, and these unconscious differ- ences are #0 profound, The typical working-cless for example, has been! man. Marriages involving any or all of these drawbacks do some- times succeed. The family oppositioh which ‘rounded this union could have is ell ad NANA Prete an international track meet at Budapest, Mary Bignal snd of Britain was leading in the 80-meter hurdles when hit the last barrier. She got up to place third, after Anna~ «rie Kovacs of Hungary and Mary Peters of Ireland. How- er, the spill upset her and later in the evening she started » soon in @ relay race and disqualified her team. »oo0fs Sicilian Amour, ains Their Gratitude \LTABELLOTTA, Italy +)--Pietro Germi, the Itallan ‘© who won an Academy d poking ironic fun at Sicil~ ittitudes on marriage, divorce eduction, has been presentde naissance monastery by the + whose eustoms he spoofed, cigar-chewing director je four filma in Sicily, ‘| who share certain key tastes and dusty roads meandering over! scorched hills to the main piazza of Caltabellotte, Presented Keys “This is a gesture of our affec-| tion,” the mayor said in giving| Germi the keys to the monastery, “We wish to express the apprecia- tion we Sicilians have for your, films, even if apparently they, Doke fun at certain aspects of our customs. Now do what you will with this renowned editice: You may trans(orm it into a rest home or a gay hotel” Local legend says the monastery was once the home of a dragon who ale a baby for breakfast, A saint, San Pellegrino, slew it in ing here for the flrat time 18, £ age. Germi won the Hol vod award for aceeen play He Riverce—italian Style. aun marriage. pherds and peasants came to! ceremony from around and ring Class Views. Often D. 2m Marriage ‘Ie her spouse were to devi passion for modern paintis a little disgusted. artistic natural ‘standard. Money, Pleasure, Or Duty simple meal ticket A women belonging to this socio-economic throwing over his fob for one th pay. But the upper - middle (protessions}). class views work as fillment, ‘The established upper classes take stitl a third view of work. They see it a8 an obligation to the community. A eotidly upper. clase citizen takes res} tt Calle hie wa And now let's take a running| Jook at some other rarely men- tioned, but marriage-making-or- breaking differences in social-class attitudes, eee Infidelity: Lower-and upper- class women feel that even the best of men may lapse occasionally, and that a wise wife knows when to look the other way. eae Middle-class wives are much ‘more moralistic, Money; “cdhepicuous consump- tion” was once deemed a middie: class falling, but these days the lower classes are equally devoted to its pursuit. ‘The middle-class emphasis has switched to “taste- ful” consumption. A securely wpper-class woman will dismiss over-concern with furniture as a symptom of vulgarity. Permissive Parente Child-rearing: As with infidel tty, we find both ends splitting against the middie. At the ex- tremes of the social scale, “spare the rod and spoil the child.” is still a respected maxim, The middle-classes have always been more permissive. Lelsure-time pursuits” The Jower classes like to relax and “put their feet up.” Lower-middle men and women enjoy keeping on, the go, physcially. ‘The upper-. middle class seeks personalized self-expression. eae Fricnds and Relatives: The Jower-middle class sociglizes with neighbors and business associates, while the upper-middle selects an assortment of far-flung intimates foclinations. ‘Upper-class men and women are, socially Joyal to relatives (even black sheep), childhood compan- ions, and & handful of carefully selected friends. fm light of this knowledge, we can easily predict the Problems mott fIkely to ariee when in inter-claes marriage takes! place, when, far Instance, Elooded prince churming wede nal fower-middl Conflict OF Attitudes ‘She will be astonished to find him watching pennies quite closely, and conclude that he is elop a lness with nelzhbors ing, or to take up cello playing as a hobby, she would feel perplexed and even, doty relatives her hi The upper-{ class wite, on the other hand, views, Or, take the subject of employ- ‘Among the so-called “lower” classes, work is a pure and class would be dismayed if ber husband announced that he was, “interested him more,” at lower; ‘@ major source of emotions! ful- asa violation tere hands of governestes and She will be tutors. some of the| Many paychologists and sociole~ wusband erpects) gists are now beginning to feet her to entertain frequently, that the odds for happiness are He will regard his casual flirta-/ actually greater when two neurs tions with other women as ineigni- | otics of similar social background {leant and natural, She wilt feel/enter a marriage, than when twe betrayed. : more stable persons “from dis- ‘She will wish to be close to and| similar classes foin. ’ The moral indulgent with the children. He|is that the holes in your heed wilt instst that they are better pre-/ should fit the bumps in your Dared for life if place in the aus-spouse's, Skyli : , Outspoken -Veronica Lake Retains Beguiling Voice By WARD MOREHOUSE NEW YORK (NANA) — Ve- ronlca Lake left Hollywood tm 1951 and hasn't been beck, ex- cept briefly to pick up a divorce. ‘She got out, she says, because “I wanted to be » human being in- id of the walking dead. They said I'd be back in six months. ‘They were wrong.” of taste and privacy. bored and insulted by fob. If choose to wear stacks, and T do, that’s nobody's business. I wanted to be left alone in my ‘own life.” ‘Two months ago Veronica made her New York stage debut in the Off-Broadway revival of “Best Feot Forward,” playing a movie star. She has been fered two Broadway roles and is now reading the scripts. She can be choosy. “John Van Drw. fered me ‘I Am a Camera, turned it down.” it came a hit for Julie Harris. kind picture star ofth e 19405 Small, slender, detinitely nonvoluptuous, she did not fit the Hollywood mold. Yet something—her insouc- Jant alr, perhaps, or her seductive Veronica can be dismiayingty~ plainspoken. She is scornful of most gossip columnists and the other day told one of tham where he could go in an outburst that must have shattered his ego. She _ ‘doesn’t reliah the ectorish atmos- phere of Sardi's — “I don't need it" AS she says, she does not like shar. Famous Bronds Forelock As a star she weighed 9¢ pounds; today her weight is 103, Her blonde hair ("It’s natural") stilt is way of falling across the eye and her voice retains its beguiling quality. Her blue-eyed Gaze {s direct and challenging, She was born Constance Kean in Brooklyn, and grew up in Sar- anac Lake, N.Y, in Miami and Montreal. ‘She went into motion pictures at the age of 17, soon acquiring a new name. “Arthur Hornblow eve me the name. He sald Verenica expressed my classic featuree and Lake the coolness in my tyes. | was accused of breaking Mp Hollywood's model marriage (Hornblow and Myrna Ley) but it simply wasn't true.” A still photograph made at Randolph Field for “I Wanted Wings,” showing her caught in the prop wash of a plane, -was widely published. “People began asking who ¥ was and suddenly the studio had @ star on its hands, T think the public named me the Peekaboo Gift. It was an accl- dent, the way my hair fell across my eye. It wasn't planned.” She has three children, all born in California, The divorce she picked up out there set her free from. Andre De Toth, the Hun- garian-born director, “Having been married to him for seven and a half years, I know what they "mean when they say if you have @ Hungarian for a friend, you don't need an enemy.” BIKINIS COVERED * MUNICH, Germany (WNS) — ‘Sign over a bathing-suit display voice, or the cornsilk lock falling, across the right eye — incited a ‘warm response. And so the public made her a star, She's lived in Now Vork for the past 12 years, and loves It. through @ tun- over a bridge, 1b @ national tour in “Peter Pan” and has filled a number a recent month five mation pic tures starring her were shown Jon television here. People recog- nize her on the street and ask for photographs. Bhe Hates Sham “I'm not bitter about Holty- ‘wood, not cynical,” she said. had @ contract with Paramoun: when I left there, but I wasn’t! doing what I wanted to do. Every time they had a lousy script, they said, put Veronica in it; when they had a good one some visiting fireman got it. “There's another thing. I don’t like sham, and I never have. When cheap. He wilt accuse her of extravagance, or even gold-| digging. by donkey, cart adn foot on! the monastery's “grotta del drago.” He will view her casual friend- at's students’ dress shop on Aka: demiestrasse: “Our bikinis cast §5 plus a written authorization signed, by one of your parents.” > 1 do a job I do it to the best of my ability, but I don't think I owe anybody anything outside my.