<p>No spoilers, just humor: [A</a> Working Draft for the First Episode of Downton Abbey, Season 4 : The New Yorker](<a href=“http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2013/02/a-working-draft-for-the-first-episode-of-downton-abbey-season-4.html]A”>Downton Abbey: Season Four, Episode One | The New Yorker)</p>
<p>There is a move afoot to change the laws regarding inheritance of titles to allow daughters.</p>
<p>The dashing aristocrats lining up to lift Lady Mary out of despair in season 4…have been announced
[Downton</a> Abbey: the dashing aristocrats lining up to lift Lady Mary out of despair - Telegraph](<a href=“Downton Abbey: the dashing aristocrats lining up to lift Lady Mary out of despair”>Downton Abbey: the dashing aristocrats lining up to lift Lady Mary out of despair)</p>
<p>Booklady, thanks. That was fun!</p>
<p>Baby Crawleys’ name is apparently George. I was hoping his moniker would be a nod to those Greek and Gothic structures scattered around the Downton grounds. “Follies” they are called. The young heir could have been Folly Crawley.</p>
<p>Shirley is apparently returning.</p>
<p>[Shirley</a> MacLaine to Return to ‘Downton Abbey,’ but Others Are Leaving the Series - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/shirley-maclaine-will-return-to-downton-abbey-but-others-are-leaving-the-series/]Shirley”>Shirley MacLaine to Return to 'Downton Abbey,' but Others Are Leaving the Series - The New York Times)</p>
<p>King George was the son of Queen Mary. Make of that what you will.</p>
<p>I wasn’t impressed with Shirley MacLaine last time she was on. The whole time I watched her, I knew I was watching Shirley MacLaine - she didn’t seem to become her character. And her character was too obnoxious, unlike Lady Violet, who has some real wisdom with her wit and barbs.</p>
<p>“Worst Badger Counting Day ever”. Hilarious!</p>
<p>Thank you, Booklady.</p>
<p>Here’s a Downton-related Miss Manners (the whole thing is too long for me to post in its entirety, so go here to read the question and beginning of the answer: [Miss</a> Manners: Titles of nobility are source of confusion](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/miss-manners-titles-of-nobility-are-source-of-confusion/2013/02/15/58d03890-7794-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html]Miss”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/miss-manners-titles-of-nobility-are-source-of-confusion/2013/02/15/58d03890-7794-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html))</p>
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<p>Not sure if it is well known that another major character is leaving. I won’t list here but there are several interviews with JF online in which he talks about the ending of this past season and where he is going with the next.</p>
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See, this is why Miss Manners is so useful. I had no idea I shouldn’t wear my gloves to dinner at home. They’re coming off starting today. ;)</p>
<p>Theaterbrat: Sorry, but George VI’s real name was Albert.</p>
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This is totally unrelated to DA, but I was going through a drawer of my mother’s things and found a pair of long (12") white gloves with pretty buttons at the wrist from the early 30s. Your quote reminded me of this.</p>
<p>I didn’t much care for Shirley MacLaine either Lafalum. She didn’t seem like a rich American; she acted more like a boorish fake.</p>
<p>I wore long white gloves to my sorority formal in the Fall of 1966.</p>
<p>Did everyone see that Mary’s new love interest has been cast for Season 4? It’s Tom Cullen - I hope he fares better than Matthew and Pamuk</p>
<p>[Tom</a> Cullen on Downton Abbey as Lady Mary’s new love interest | PopWatch | EW.com](<a href=“http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/03/04/tom-cullen-downton-abbey/#disqus_thread]Tom”>http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/03/04/tom-cullen-downton-abbey/#disqus_thread)</p>
<p>We always wore gloves to church on Sunday. But not to dinner.</p>
<p>I had a birthday party when I was 6, and I remember one of my gifts being a pair of white gloves.</p>
<p>I wore short white gloves on dressy occasions like Easter when I was very young in the 60s and early 70s. The last time I wore gloves as an accessory was in 1988, when I wore long black ones to a military ball with my now-husband.</p>
<p>My sisters and I always had short white gloves for Easter when we were little girls in the early 60s. I wore long (above the elbow) white gloves to proms in 1969 but not to my prom in 1970. The times were a changin’ by that year.</p>
<p>I love the long gloves on Downton.</p>