Show 7"11771" I SA 411 Jit "Ir'"1""6"9110PyT AI 4451F N A4k- - 7 J a t IC e ' ' t 1") ' - 00-:-"o 1y4 It i pt i tap0 dir )b go ' v7tt 144 4' A ''''''- i - i 4 ‘ t tii IP 4 A1 )r Aor 'r "- 1 tt Alto J tto ''''' i vie 41 - igrdav 1 I glIN' ti "1) I ' tJot :4 tittrio t 1 otite"7 mrlosAlmumml s'N (11 H ' 4 1 "' — 4A4 ' 3 41 4 f Sall a Man' rP I 4 2') Oelf:ir - Y T sii 4" A il 0 L7 '41 -A V ci 1 """"--"6- "- - 47-- What does it mean in terms of everyda hying when American women become as emotionally wrapped up as all that in roya: across the sea To find out I called goings-o- n on half a dozen psychologists and anthro pologists who make a business of explaininc why people behave as they do "For the first time in our history the women of America have found a heroine who makes them feel superior to men" one prominent psychoanalyst told me A lady analyst put it morebluntly "In the royal household Philip takes orders from Elizabeth At the Coronation ceremonies he will have the honor of being the first to kneel at his wife's feet and swear to be faithful and true "What wife doesn't secretly wish she had the same authority?" WarlAt ACcORDING to all the psychoanalysts women envy men their greater freedom and harbor a good deal of unconscious resentment as a result of the frustrations they have to put up with in their feminine roles of wife mother sister daughter or old maid In America women have gained many rights which are denied them elsewhere 'even in But it's still a man's world and England most women are still dependent on men and hence "inferior" to them With Queen Elizabeth the situation is reversed — it's a woman who commands The idea of a husband taking orders from his wife makes the American male a little uncomfortable especially when the husband in question is a type and the wife is the very picture of femininity This just doesn't fit in with the masculine notion that men are intended b he-m- e nature to be masters I 1 1 L e' ) - 0 41 )1114Figet)1111er ':' 410 41 -- vow fI J‘SX 1 A7 - N -- 16 —4---- -- - 44 14 -- 04 odU -- -0- 411601444 iiii 11611111 WASHINGTON LADIES turned out with nags and smiles to welcome Elizabeth during her 1951 American tv e : - AMERICA'S 1t(kklD visit a II i 1 1 HEN-CRAZ- Y WOMEN "One method men use to keep the 'weaker sex' down" said the lady analyst "is to reject as 'mannish' any woman who tries to compete with them in exercising authority" Most women play according ty a man's rules by acting demure and helpiejs even when they don't feel that way Elizabeth suffers from no such restrictions She can be as imperious as she pleases A anthropologist gave me another reason why the Coronation interests women more than men Elizabeth is the member queen of queens the highest-rankin- g Of "society' not nierely in Britain but in the world Women generally believe in social climbing as a way of life and are' far more interested than men in distinctions of class and rank The persons they admire and seek to imitate are those who point the way up the social ladder Naturally this affects the nature of their daydreaming n t remelts Daydream '' N monarch ATURALLY the accession of a British it a historic event —quite Queen Elizabeth's personal charm Besides everybody loves a parade and this will be a pretty spectacular one even though a bit subdued by royal mourning So no wonder Coronation has stirred up considerable interest here but nobody on either side of the Atlantic was prepared for its terrific impact on American women "They've bowled us over completely" says an official of the British Travel Association which still hasn't recovered from the way women's dubs responded to its offer of literature on the Coronation "TV and radio are loaded with everything we can dig up about the Royal Family" a network official told me "but the women keep writing in for more" apart from 12 Why are they so obsessed with Elizabeth? Science explains it with some psychological facts that may surprise the ladies by John Kord Lagemann In a big department store which has given a Coronation twist to eyerything from antique armor to zircon tiaras a sales manager told me: "If it makes ''em feel closer to the Queen they'll buy it" The publishers of "Jeweler's Circular-Keystone- " trade journal of the jewelry industry got out a special Coronation issue to list about 60 new items specifically designed to satisfy "the deep unconscious yearnings of every American woman" The other day a neighbor of mine with a teen-ag- e daughter complained: "When she was Doris Day or even Elizabeth Taylor I still had something to say around the house But now that she's become Elizabeth II with a queen mother to back he up how can a mere male like me do anything but obey the royal cornmand?" IN CENTRAL men yearn for relief from social pressure — hunting fishing poker playing and whisky drinking — all symbols of good fellowship and what the sociologists call "downward mobility" Women on the other hand daydream of moving in high society of cutting a dazzling figure at balls and receptions of being able to snub or condescend 'to their social rivals or superiors Formality etiquette convention and appearances— these are feminine symbols and the very Menu of royal pomp More and more America is departing from the dignity of our past At the Inauguratiom the Homburg replaced the high silk hat and the new President actually allowed himself to be lassoed by a parading cowboy However much these notes of simplicity may appeal to some men most of the ladies would prefer more pageantry and glamour Contintitd an POO I Mk !6 SA |