MAID MEETS HER
MILLIONAIRE
MR. Nusli Whaddia, 62-years-old rich Parsee cotton merchant, who left Bombay on January 16, arrived at Victoria Station, London, recently, and was met by Mr. Downs, his legal adviser.
They walked to the Grosvenor Hotel, where Mr. Whaddin said he intended to make a statement about his position and that of Miss Phyllis Britton, who has been staying as a guest at Glyn House, his Epsom home.
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"Unill then I have nothing to say. I resent all this public intrusion in what is a very personal and private affair,” he added.
Mr. Whaddia, who was smartly dressed in a grey “Eden" hat, wore a red carnation in his buttonhole. After waiting for 20 minutes in the lounge he was met by Miss Britton, who had been having her hair dressed.
"AT LAST"
A radiant smile spread over her face as she joined him. She said, "Oh, darling, here you are at last!"
They linked arms and walked quickly out of the hotel to- gether and got into a black saloon car.
As they were driven away towards Epsom they kissed each other,
..
Mr. Whaddin's English wife, Mrs. Gertrude Whaddia, an actress, said.
Monday,
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Eurico Pentendo, left, financial attache of the Brazilian Em- bassy in Washington, and leading representative of the Brazilian coffee growers, meets the famed Oscar of The Waldorf, during recent visit to the Waldorf-Astorin in New York. Oscar ori- ginated several coffee dishes, on that occasion, in honour of the distinguished visitor.
£5,000 Spent to 'Launch'
A Debutante
SOCIETY mothers are spending as much as £5,000 on
"I have no intention of arranging a meeting with my husband. launching their young daughters into the whirl of the So far as 1 am concerned, the matter is in the hands of my London "season." solicitors."
Dictionary Kept Wife
Silent For 20 Years
To my wife's silence.”
"That," sate Mr. J. E. Mansion Coroner Questions
recently. "should be the dedication
of the French and English dictionary, which I have recently completed
after a labour of 20 years,
"From 7.30 to 11.30 she has not been able
every night,
to speak
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Faith Healers
Birmingham,
MRS. SYDNEY NIXON, wife of a
me. And if she hatt, I wouldn't have charierei secretary, of Streetly, near
heard her.
cancer.
Birmingham, consulted a specialist Inst Augint and was told that she "Believe me. I haven't been to the ought to have að operation for theatre more than aix times in 20 years, and never
the cinema, to though I'm a great lover of the draina. But in the last three months, since the buck has been finished, I've broken out and spent three or four nights a week in one or ollier."
5,000,000 WORDS
the
Mr. Mansion. 68-year-old director of Harrap's, the publishers, held up a massive quarto volume, with 1,300 pages, containing 5,090,000 works.
She decided against it, preferring put her trust in faith beating. She died without having bad medt- cal treatment for some months.
This was revealed recently by Mrs. Horace Farquharson, silver-haired "social consultant."
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From her bureau in Dover-street, Mayfair, she advises Court etiquette, coming-out balls, and clothes for all the big events of the debs' social season.
School Refused To Sing The King'
NEWCASTLE (Staffs), MR. W. Greene, Secretary
of
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"On the coming-out of cach girl between £1,000 and £3,000 will be spent," said Mrs. Farqu harson. "Some parents
spend as much as £5,000. "Clothes are a big item. While I could dress a deb. for the season in good style for £250, It is sometimes overdone to the tune of £1,000 to
"At least seven evening gowns are essential.
Mosl expensive Is the Court presentation frock for which the lowest price is about £20."
One of the greatest problems of a hostess is the lack of eligible male partners.
£1,500, Stoke colliery company, has protested to the British Legion because Brownhills High School, Stoke, refused his daughter Eileen's request for the National Anthem to be sung at the end of the school's Christmas party. Eileen, aged fifteen, is 31 pupil there.
A verdict of death from cancer was returned at the inquest recently.
The husband told the Coroner, Mr. "Even if it means that my girl{ Frank Cooper, that he had been a becomes marked at school, and I Christian Sefence student for ten years.
have to take her away, I am going to carry through with this matter." After his wife deckied against an aid Mr. Greene. "I am prepared operation Christian Science praed- to take my protest to the education tuners were called in. No medicine committee." for or medical treatment was given.
"If you start to edit a dictionary you will And there is no time anything else," he said.
art
green.
We ex-
Litioners for 30 years.
THAT IS WHY...
DID NOT CALL DOCTOR We started 20 years ago,
"I believe that the monarchicu! pected to produce the finished Mrs. Elfreda Harries, of Wylde syslem is the basis of Britain's rticle_indive years. We were so Green, said she had been on the greatness. That is why I taught my official list of Christian Science prac-girl to be patriotic. That is why she asked for God Save the King' to be The Coroner: What are lie quall- . at the end of the party.
Shen she fold fications"!
she was Mrs. Harries: You have to pre- refused felt the matter ought to lon, U.S., that you have sufficient even though it means experience in healing.
possibly becoming uncomfortable at
" 15 years We In got the French-English part out. EL took Another five years to complete English-French part.
the
COST 160,000 "Sometimes long corresponlence was necessary with French experts.
"We filled up 300,000 cards, each; referring to some interpretation of a word un phrase.
"When I say we, I include my six or seven assistants.
"Their salaries have accounted for most of the £60,000 that the dic- tionary has cost.
"You can call it my life work if you wish. But I don't, feel my life's
work is done.
me
"And that's where my ald is often enlisted," said Mrs. Farquharson.
"I have a list of well-bred young men who are ready to act as escorts at a moment's notice for a fee."
Says 'My
March 20, 1939.
Gas Masks For 1,000,000 Babies
SIR JOHN ANDERSON, Minister for Civilian Defence, informed M.P. recently that 40,000,000 gas masks had been issued during the lost 12 months to the civilian popula- flon at a total cost of £4,000,000.
During the last six months Batis- factory device had been developed for years, and the production of all parts had been commenced except one, which was being pushed for ward with all possible speed.
A special type of respirator had also been developed for infants over two years, and the purchase was being arranged. The total number to be made available was 1.100,000. Sir John stated that the possibili- ties of constructing underground car parks which would also give BOTTIC shelter protection had received his very careful consideration, in con- sultation with
The
Minister of Trans-
port. He was arranging for im mediate expert examination of cer- txin technical problems involved.
HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
in
Mr. Elliot, Minister of Health, an nounced that plans had been made for finding about 200,000 beds existing hospitals and institutions in the first 24 hours of an emergency by sending, patients home and trans- Terring them to other accommodation and by putting additional beds and equipment in the words.
Another 100,000 could be found later by using on ancillary port of hospitals not ut present ured as wards.
Local authorities were making good progress in securing the neces- sary transport for ambulance work. In London, for instance, 1,200.com- mercial vehletes had already been carmarked, and the work of ear- mariclag further 000 was proceed- ing rapidly,
Grew Beard, His Voice Returned
THIRTY-SIX years ago a inger
lost his voice completely, le grew a beard. Now, at 70, his tenor voice is stronger than ever.
Recently the stager, Mr. J. W. Leach, of Blackpool, now beardless, dinner of Blackpool Dickensians. sung at the birthday celebration
Mr. Lench started to sing when he was eight. When he was 40 his voice went.
"I had to change my method of breathing and grow a beard," Mr. Leach said. " persevered and my. valce returned--better than ever."
Party Was
Speck In The Ocean'
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A GAMBLING party hostess, known in the West End as "Madame Estelle," recently described the party for which she was fined £60 at Marlborough-street police court as "Just-a-speek- in the ocean of West End gambling."
"Madame Estelle" has been famous sure. I've been a gambler, a horse In Mayfair for twenty years for her lover, all my life. I love fun, I love psychic powers. In private le she parties, and I like to make people seven.
"The
seal evidence to directors In Bos- be raised for the sake of other girls, is Miss Frances Bergmun, aged forty-hapie biggest wins or losses at my
the school."
my child
Miss A. E. Wilmott, headmistress of Brownhills since it was opened seventeen years ago, sold that she remembered the incident.
Coroner: talte it you do not believe in calling in medical men?—| We keep the law of the land and call in doctors, when the law requires.
Dr. A. B. Hodgson, of Four Oaks, said arrangements were made for an operation, but later Mr. Nixon wrote "Eileen told me her father thought that his wife had decided against it. the National Anthem ought to be The Coroner: If this operation sung at the end of the party, but had been performed can you say she asked me only a few hours be- definitely that death would not fore the party. have resulted-No, The Coroner
police raided her West End fat In But I know places in the West End The police court story told how parties were never more than £100. the early morning last week and where people win and lose in £1,000 found twelve people playing roulette. units.
On IL inbic were chips worth "I wish I knew who told the police £97 10s. 6d.
The windows were of my party. heavily screened with curtains.
I believe it was either some Jealous woman or
some one Superintendent Cole said: "Mias who had played and test at one Bergman has been under our notice my parties and hoped to escape for for some time. But as the parties debt that way.
are held in different parts of the "You'd be surprised at the people West End, without previous notice in the gambling world. There's a
"I told her It was too late to alter except to the ellents on the day of diamond merchant's wife who owes said that before a jury the programme, which had beenplay, by telephone, It has given us me £100. I don't believe her hus "I've got to keep the dictionary up could return a verdict of man-arranged by the sixth form giris. a great deal of trouble to clear the band knows she gambles. to dale. Phrases are translated into slaughter It must be established The party ended with "Auld Lang matter up." current idlom, not into out-of-date affirmatively that death would not Syne. and archafe phraseology.
have taken place had medical treat- "I said that Eileen and the two "But you can be sure my wife and ment been given. In view of the other girls with her could sing the I are setting out to enjoy ourselves, evidence such a verdict would not be National Anther as an item at the
party, but they did not,"
Justifled.
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"You'll never stop people from That night Miss Bergmann, dress-gambling. A real gambler is Incur- ed in a turquoise blue ninon evening able. But I'm no professional. dress, six jewelled rings on her "For my living I run a riding Bngers, a glittering pendant of twelve stable with ten horses in Kensing blue brilliants around her neck and ton, and two eighteen-hole pultlag more than a dozen gold and sliver courses at Falmouth. And now I'm bracelets on her right arm, prepared off to a party. I love a good time, to go to a West End party.
horses, people and
. parties."
She
I LOVE PARTIES'
raid: "AJI those who ever attended my gambling parties were my personal friends. Gambling Is not my business, it was my pleu-
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