60 "Why I support the SILVER LINING Savings Campaign" by Dame Sybil Thorndike, D.B.E. "Although I have been fortunate enough to have a very busy life, the Stage does not provide an income for each of the 52 weeks in the year. So I came early to respect, even if not always to carry out, the idea of personal savings, both as a moral and a physical support, and as a valuable exercise in self- discipline when things were going well. Since those early days I have toured many countries and I have learned to see Britain—and understand her greatness—from the outside.