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THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
1937.
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-SAY'S FORMER H.K. RESIDENT
TRS. FLORENCE MAUD ROBINSON, wife of the central figure in a famous. Mr. "A", case in London in 1926, has returned to England from the United States. Before going to America, Mrs. Robinson was a resident in Hongkong. She was here for six months be- fore continuing her travels, said she was happy here until the news got round that she was Mrs. Robinson. "So I
had to pack up and go to avoid publicity," she said in
London.
Ever since the famous Mr. "A" case ended, said Mrs. Robin- son, she has been forced to travel.
Besides Hongkong, she lived in France, Germany, Australia,, Bermuda, Japan and Amerien.
"Everywhere, however, I was found out," she said. "The 12 years of my life have been hell.
"Now I am home in Britain-my own country-I have definitely finish- ed with roaming. All I ask is to be allowed to settle down and not have people pointing me out as the 'Mrs. Robinson-you remember the case...
'I have lost all my noney, and, to be perfectly frank with you. I feel 'smashed.'
"When I was in New York I was have very ill with pneumonia. I
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ness-1 feel like an old crock. Now
I am home, I am going to rest and get my strength back.
ON ELLIS ISLAND
"What happened to you at Ellis trouble Island. There
some was
about your permit, was there not?" she was asked.
DON'T LIVE
WITH YOUR "IN-LAWS"
MARRYING PARSON'S
ADVICE
New York, Feb. 15. Marry young and don't live with your in-laws is the formula
"Yes, that is true." she replied.given by the "Marrying Parson"
"It was all a mistake. I thought that my permit allowed me to stay a year in the United States. Apparently I could stay only 60 days.
of the Church of the Strangers
a bachelor who has performed 800 wedding ceremonies and
"As a result of this I had to spend made most of them stick by his
unique follow-up method.
n fortnight in Ellis Istand.
"Now I suppose I must start le all aver again-broke and very weary. But I shall find something, "There is one thing I would like to make quite clear. I have not see anyone connected with the case since it ended, except my husband.",
PLOT ALLEGED
The Mr. "A" case was in November, 1924. Mr. Charles E. Robinson mode a claim against the Midland Bank concerning two cheques for £150,000 signed by a Mr.
"A", who subse quently was revealed as an Indian firince.
The bank alleged that there was a pint to trap Mr. "A" with Mrs. Robinson, and won the case.
an
annual
The Rev. Paul Mansfeld Spencer has just finished his yearly lecture at the "Bride and groom" ceremony- gathering of persons whom he has married in the odd on West 57th Street. little church Divorces are so rare among his fol- dowers that he had to dlg back into dog-eared books to find what he calls "a tragedy."
Two hundred persons attended this year,
and there came letters from all over the country and Canada saying little things like "Sorry we can't make it this year" and "the baby is teething" and "Business is keeping us here." Nevertheless, it was a jolly occasion with everybody having sandwiches, coffee and cake. Mr. Robinson is at present in Spencer had married everybody In Jersey City prison awaiting extradi- the room-ushers, organists, choir tion to South Carolina, where he will singers and those who just come to face a charge of violating the Federal | visit." Stolen Properties Act.
Shell As She Used A Bed-warmer
FOR
has
Spencer philosophized on marriage and explained his technique.
"It is hard to lay down general rules about successful marriage, but I will try," he said.
"Don't marry until you have enough money to live comfortably. something has got to have
Love
green to live. on.
"Have your own home if it's only one room. Under no circumstances should young people live with their in-laws.
on
OR years Mrs. M. Jones, aged 73, "Marry young if you can afford it, of Newhall, Ashley-de-la-Zouch, because that allows you to adjust Leicestershire,
used a 18your lives to each other before it's
too late." pounder shell as a bed warmer.
A war relle, It had brought her Spencer writes an average of 40 nightly warmth since she required letters a weeks, to persons whom he
hus married.. after the Armistice.
advising them Although it was completo to look financial matters, family quarrels and at. the careful donor had removed the set-up of the home. His mall is
heavy and sometimes people trave the powder.
New York especially to consult him. Once a woman came in and put a gun on his desk, explaining that she was afraid for her husband to ic cep it. Spencer gave the gun back to the
Despite is emptiness, Mrs. Jones kad never made it more than "Just
warm."
But when she was taken ill she asked a neighbour, Mrs. Broad, to hent the shell for her.
A
Mrs. Bread put in in her oven. few minutes later there, was a terriflo The oven door was blown neross the room and much damage was
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Luckily. Mrs. Broad had just gone out of the room and so escaped Injury.
The explanation of the explosion was that the air inside the emply shell expanded and blew the cap off.
2 PEOPLE TO A
man.
The Church of the Strangers is like no other church in the world. It belongs to no denomination and it's primary purpose is to welcome lonesome people to New York. It was founded during the Civil war as a place where Southerners then ostracized in the north-could meet, have social affairs and worship. Its doors are always open and Spencer spends much of his time
talking with strangers. Asked why he had never married himself, Spencer replied; “1 am too busy marrying nice girls to other people."-United Press.
SQUARE MILE FREDDIE MAY GO TO
OXFORD
12,000 TO A Or Maybe Cambridge; SQUARE MILE
USTRALIA, with a population of
He Has Not Decided
Freddie Bartholomew, twelve-
6,709,139, has an area of 3,000,000 year-old British flim star, may
square miles,
Greater London, with a population of 8,250,000, has an tirea of 693 square miles.
go to Oxford or Cambridge.
University days are still five or six years away for him, but he 's making These figures illustrate an Empire preparations.
contrast.
"The Australian total of population mew, revealed that Freddie has al His aunt, Miss Millicent Bar, hole- estimated by Dr. Roland Wilson, the ready written to Oxford and Cam Commonwealth statistician, shows an bridge and three American unive increase of 30,025. in nine months.
The total is made up of 3,138,403 stics, asking them for particulars a males and 3,350,070 females.
Tasmania was the only Slate to
qualification.pleas
Harold them that he wanted to
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