GREAT BRITAIN RULE PHILLITANNIA WHEN THE BANK OF ENGLAND ISSUED A NEWLY 
DESIGNED P 5 NOTE LAST WEEK, TRADITION-MINDED ENGLISHMEN WERE HORRIFIED TO 
FIND THAT THE 1963 MODEL BRITANNIA LOOKS MORE LIKE MISS BLACKPOOL 
THAN THE DUMPY DOWAGER WHO HAS TRADITIONALLY RULED THE WAVES FROM 
THE NATION'S COINS AND BANK NOTES . STRIPPED OF HER ROMAN 
HELMET AND A GOOD DEAL OF HER HEFT, THE PERT NEW 
BRITANNIA HAS A BECOMING SHOULDER-LENGTH HAIRDO TO REPLACE THE SAUSAGE CURLS 
SHE HAS WORN SINCE VICTORIAN TIMES, EVEN SPORTS A TOGA THAT 
LOOKS AS IF IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED BY EMILIO PUCCI RATHER 
THAN THE EMPEROR HADRIAN . A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OLD LADY 
OF THREADNEEDLE STREET GROPED FOR THE RIGHT WORDS TO EXPRESS THE 
BANK'S OFFICIAL COMMENT, CAME UP WITH, " SHE'S A GLAMOUR PUSS 
. WE ARE REALLY WITH IT . " MODEL FOR THE 
NEW BRITANNIA WAS PHILLIDA STONE, AN 18-YEAR-OLD ART STUDENT AT OXFORD 
WHOSE FATHER, ARTIST REYNOLDS STONE, WAS COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN THE NEW 
MAUVE, BROWN AND BLUE FIVER (WORTH $14) . AT A LOSS 
FOR A MODEL, HER FATHER DRAPED PHILLIDA IN A SHEET, SAT 
HIS DAUGHTER DOWN WITH A STICK IN ONE HAND TO REPRESENT 
BRITANNIA'S SPEAR . HER TRADITIONAL OLIVE BRANCH WAS SKETCHED IN LATER 
. SOME FOUND THE NEW DESIGN AN AGREEABLE CHANGE FROM THE 
BUXOM FIGURE ON MOST OTHER MONEY . OTHER BRITONS THOUGHT PHILLITANNIA 
" CLUMSILY DESIGNED, " / LIKE SNOW WHITE " AND " 
TOO MUCH LIKE A BATHING BEAUTY . " EVEN PHILLIDA WHO 
MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO WELCOME HER NEWFOUND FAME OBJECTED TO 
HER FATHER'S DRAWING . " IT'S NOT, / SHE POUTED, " 
THE REAL ME . / 