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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1937.
THE
Official Notice Of
WORLD Ex-King's
GOES BY
ONCE more has an outcry been
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Marriage
THE Duke of Windsor's engage- | raised in France against the
ment to Mrs. Wallis Simpson pernicious "tipping" system, which
is to be publicly announced in the is the bane of everyone who visits “London Gazette" shortly, if the
that fair country.
Duke's wishes are met. All royal marriages are announced in the of- ficial "London Gazette," and the francs of one's hard-Duke is anxious to conform to this
practice.
In town and hamlet one is greet- ed with outstretched palm, presum- ably itching, and one is mulcted of a few more earned gold.
Now no less a personage than the Premier of France is taking action in this matter of the distribution of largesse, which, be it noted, Il Duce
has banned in Italy.
A draft of the announcement has already been compiled and submit- ted by the Duke to King George for approval, although the Duke's mar- riage does not require the King's approval and consent.
M. Blum is demanding that the Several ways of making the an- Bill suppressing tips be included în nouncement-for which there is no the agenda of the next session of precedent are being considered by
the Chamber.
Court officials.
It will not be made in the name of the King, as were previous royal engagements. Three likely forms
are:
It has been announced that
All honour to you, M. Blum. But what will the host of chauffeurs, porters, waiters and other flotsam and jetsam think of the measure? Addition of the usual ten per cent». to the bill will not make up for
The betrothal of the Duke of the over-large sums they have Windsor to Mrs. Wallis Simpson is squeezed out of tourists from time announced; or immemorial.
The King learns with pleasure of What will the taxi-driver do, he the betrothal of his brother to . who follows one even up the stairs Mrs. Simpson's divorce decree is and into the privacy of one's bed-due to be made absolute early in room if the tip is not generous? May, and if present plans are ad- And the theatre ushers? Almost hered to the announcement will be unknown in England, French cus-made immediately afterwards. tom makes it obligatory to slip The Duke has moved into something into the palm of those Villa Appesbach, near the village of beings who guide one to one's seat St. Wolfgang between Salzburg with unfailing accuracy. I foresee and Bad-Ischl-famous for the ori- considerable interruption of plays gina! White Horse Inn. The twenty- and films if they don't get their five-roomed villa, once an hotel, has rake-off.
been secured by the Duke from Dr. Ortner, b
Waiters, who at present merely bow stiffly and inform monsieur that he has made a slight mistake. forgivable of course, monsieur, and easily rectifiable, monsieur, will probably give way to that Gallic fury which Englishmen think is the outstanding characteristic the French race.
of
the
The village stands amidst magni- ficent mountain scenery in the Aus- trian lake district.
Here the Duke intends to stay un- til his marriage.
Wedding In France
The system might, however, be As soon as Mrs. Simpson's decree introduced with advantage in Hong is made absolute he will leave Aus- Kong. Have you ever seen the tria and join her in France, where diner (generally a Yorkshireman the wedding will take place. or Scot) who furtively slips ten He will return to Austrian again cents under the plate and scurries in the summer to spend his honey- for the exit followed by the scowls moon at the castle he has leased in of the "boy"? Tack on ten per Carinthia, on the Italian frontier. cent. to the Bill and everyone will
be satisfied.
There is, of course, the gent who
deliberately hands out a munificent, STEEL WORKS
if not fantastic tip. He may be the most miserly soul alive but the deep bow and the "Thank you, sir". in delighted tones of the "boy" re- compense him for any emptying of his pocket. The "boy" won't wel- this come the forcible closure of man's purse-strings.
tion of what is a most embarrass- ing custom
Perhaps, on the other hand, he may not. Who knows?
EXTENSIONS
IN SCOTLAND £2,500,000 Scheme Announced
London, To-day.
Plans to cost two and half million pounds.
of steel works extensions
Perhaps one of these days one of our august Legislative Council members will stand up before the world and imitate the praiseworthy. M. Blum in his advocacy of aboli- were announced yesterday by Col- villes, Limited, Scottish Steel Co., with
a capital of six million pounds. The scheme is that the company should erect coke ovens to produce about seven thousand tons of coke per week also two additional blast furnaces capable of producing about 3,500 tons of pig iron per week, along with plant for the handling of ore extensions in the shape of plate mills and smithing furnaces.
a
ends
Professor Einstein has found new type of gravity. This our puzzlement over a friend's re- mark, "Don't forget to drop up."
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When carrying out. his behead- ings, Germany's professional exe It is stated that when these plans cutioner is required to wear som→ are completed the output of steel bre formal dress. Probably a cuta in Scotland will be increased to the history-British
way.
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