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How Marie Lloyd Helped To Catch Crippen
MARIE LLOYD
Real Miss
De Luxe What's Her
CHINA EMPORIUM BUILDING
MAXAM CHEESE
Eggs With Cheese
INGREDIENTS.
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
Salt and pepper to taste
NO
WASTE
DIRECTIONS FOR USE,
Name
Paris. Apr. 30, TN Lauterberg, Marin Morgan is Fraulein when she gets up in the morning, and Mademoiselle for the rest of the day.
The
Franco-German
door is in
GOOD MEMORY AND “PRETTY
THE
FANCY" FOR JEWELLERY
MIE Inté Miss Marie Lloyd had night is wearing all-Belle's jewels,
wonderful memory.. What does that mean? enabled her to memorise the many "Tongues began to wag, ques- songs in her repertoire. It also ons began to be asked, and the played an important part in bring-machinery was set in motion for ing about the urrest of Dr. Hawley Crippen's arrest." Crippen, the murderer of his
THE BLACKLEG [actress' wife.
Miss Marie Lloyd knew Belle The story is told by Naomi Elmore well. She had been one Jacob in "Our Marie" (Hutchin-of those who had taken part with her in the strike of 1907, when sun, 18 »).
Marie Lloyd had very little time for Belle Elrore, the wife of Crippen, as or artist. She was valgar, florid,, loud-voiced woman, with no claims to fame, but Marie Lloyd had a certala liking for her and resented the sight of another Woman allenating a man's affec. tion from his wife.
Belle Elmore disappeared, and Crippen told Mrs. Charles Coborn and Miss Lottie Albert first that she had gone to America, then that she had rone to stay with her sister at Torquay, and thirdly that
Bella had died.
artists rebelled against a theatre
matinee racket.
Belle Elmore "had once topped: the bill in some provincial music- hall, but she was no great artist, and was weak enough to be blacklog, As. persuaded to be a
he entered the stage door Millie Payne called out: Belle, don't ben blackleg. support your own. people. Stay out and help the strike.'
"Marie cried: 'Go on and let her work. She will do the atrike a let more good by going on and singing than by stopping out. You go and work, Belle,"
Shortly after he had made these
Of Dr. Hawley Harvey Grippen. different statements to his friends Naomi Jacob writes that he was there was a ball at the Horns an unpleasant little man who Hotel, Kennington, given once blinked at you from behind very In year by the famous music-hall thick-lensed spectacles, and wore society known AB "The Water red waistcoats with brass buttons. Rate," and attended by the lend-He was fond of asking people to ing lights of variety.
+
HER JEWELLERY
have a drink. with him, and the same monologue followed:
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"Yours? Whisky and abda? Mrs. Egerton, one of Maric'a frontier greatest friends, was one of the have the same. Two whiskies cuts through her two-roomed guests, and among others was Dr. and split, mias.' Then the fun- bling began. His hands. dived Her bedroom is in Crippen, who attended with a wo into every pocket, and each time cottage. Germany and her living-room in man.
drew a blank. Finally he would Alsace.
"Now Marie had an admirable giggle nervously and say:
for certain things," afraid that I have come out with- memory writes Naomi Jacob, "and having out any money. Could you lend
pretty fancy for jewellery herme half-a-crown?
"Marie said of him: When self, had often noticed and ad- mired that worna by Relle Elmore. Crippen naka you to have a drink,
"She watched Crippen's com- pay for your panion for a few moments, and cheaper." then went over to Mrs. Egerton. You have heard that Crippen told Mra, Coborn and Lottie Albert that Belle bad gone to America? Well, the woman with him
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UNDERFED
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London, May 1.
representa-
AUSTRALIAN
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SALESMAN SAM
BRITISH
WINS FREEDOM
Testimony that her husband, Frank Woody, quarrelled and erented scenes in the presence, of others, won Helen Twelvetrees a divorce in Los Angeles courts. She's pictured on the witness stand.
I SEE YER KINDA INTRESTED) YEAH! IN A WAY,
I AM! IN HOSSFLESH, MY FRAN' [
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HER SONGS Nnomi Jacob gives another story of Marie Lloyd's life.
Years ago a fuss Was made about her songs, and she Was ordered to appear, in London be- fore a committee of men who were to decide whether her selections' were fit for the cars of London or the provinces.
ACROSS
I What makes the Dee so pretty, though monotonously regular? A sphere of amusement, indoor or outdoor.
10 Though there's nothing in bad habits they may be raised in protest.
11 In tracking down these vile criminals the arsenic poisoners -- riddle was solved at last (hidden).
10 There's nothing in beer?
about bitter?
What
"Marie arrived furious," the author writes. "She sang her 13 Many were Roman. songs, Wink the other gye,' 'Mr. 15 Aspire in parts. Porter, There they were, the two of them on their own,' "The land of King Alphonso, and many 17 One for the Lance Corporal, eh? more. She sang without the in-2 Tense. troduction of a single nod, wink 27 An average sounding air.
23 The fairy who made 17.
or movement, and the songs and the singer were dull.
"The chairman rose and inform ed Miss Marie Lloyd that she had their permission to continue to sing her songs, as they had found them perfectly harmless.
HER SPEECH "And then the famous Marie Lloyd temper snapped. She ad- dressed them as follows.
"You have had me here for over an hour. I have had to sing more than a dozen songs, and now I can go. Thank you for nothing. It's my turn now.
20 The root of this weed is quite
unmistakable.
20 Linen.
32 Hidden in Clue 11.
33 The stuff to write your name in. 34 Panestaker? 35 1 lead on
a cut that embraces teaching.
- DOWN much for Frenchman.
2 Too
3 Say a picee.
the averoge
4 Will shortly be out of season, 5 When Christmas comes, pretty
carly.
Hidden in Clue 11, I am going to
7.Thatiks, I make a hit in the sing to you a couple of songs
interior of this place. which your wives sing at home in the drawing-room after dinner. See what you think of them."
"Sho Hang 'Come into the garden, Maud,' and 'Why should we wait for to-morrow when you. Are queen of my heart to-night."
"She put into those songs every- thing she kngw: her little twists
8 Concealed in cleaned tins. 12 Polite nome for plate. 14 Swap hens Sls? (anag). 15 Hurt.
10 Put back in the dump of the
Royal Engineers.
19 The up and down protector.
20 Fifty per cent. escape.
22 Give out anti-clockwist time. 24 The most mature form of 23. 25 Dosc.
20 How 23 became a cleric.
27 Noted for its bank.
30 Measure,
31 This city is no figment of the
imagination.
Yesterday's Bolution
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Help Kidneys CANTON AGENTS
Don't Take Drastic Drugs
Your kidner hare nine million tiny tubes ur filters which new endangered by neglect or
and turns, her nods and winks-drastic, irritating den. Beware! If Kidney
in
fact, she did everything to make those two most respectable songs the most improper, the most impossible musical productions
trouble or Bladder weaknem zankes you suffer from Getting Up Night, Leg raina, Nervousness, Dizziness, Suffiness, Rheumatismo,
Itching, Neuralgia, Burning. Lumbago,
for.
OME
Thongkong Griegraph.
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(Sics-tex). Soothes. tones, elentik,
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and
man was sitting there before her tex with a scarlet face, she gathered and heals sick kiineys. Starte work in 15 jup her gloves, her bag, modded totally in 48 hours. Cralex costs life and the pianist, wished the whole com Ja guaranteed to end your troubles in 8 days mittee a very good morning and for money hack. At all chemists. made her exit."
Meet the Ol' Booter-Inner
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