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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936

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LOVE AFFAIR

Why She Never Married

DAME ETHEL SMYTH'S STORY

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Dame Ethel Smyth, the poser, talked about her love affair of 50 years ago, which she has described as a "mad essay in three-

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volume of memoirs, "As Time Went On....”

It was in Florence in 1992, as she tells in the book, that she met Henry Brewster-a man “half- American, half-English," and by education and affinity, a French- man,"

He was already married, but his wife died not long after he had met Miss Smyth, as she was Ithen.

Mr. Brewster fell in love with Miss Smyth. Then, after he had visited Africa to shoot lions and! get over his infatuation, she fell in love with him.

But she has remained unmarri- ed. Now she has told the reason why

Disliked Idea

"I always disliked the idea of: marriage," she said. "I have not

because remained unmearried

that episode.

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"I would not live with the man or woman that I love best in the world for anything in the world. Some people, like me. have one primary desire in life. With me.

White Angel and

Her Harlem *Messiah'

"I am living proof that a strong faith in Father Divine can surmount the greatest obstacles," said "Gloria Illumination," so-called White Angel of New York's coloured Father Divine cult. She is shown in the “kingdom" of the Harlem "Messinh” after her release from a hospital, where she had been treated for gunshot wounds inflicted by a mysterious Negro. She refused to admit her identity, but officials of the “kingdom” said she was Henrietta (Snowden, z. Boston debatante.

VOICES COMING FROM THE PAST

(Continued from Page 6)

Very different would be the

it is to be alone with a big dog, voice of Elizabeth, that voice I should have been worried to which could rate Ambassadors till death by the presence of a hus-they quailed, and make soldiers

and sailors, as we say, "jump to] band.

"I made up my mind about mar-[it.” But there must have been riage when I was 12. and that times when that fierce red-head was that no artist ought ever to could talk in tones that seduced marry. Marriage for a creative some of the most brilliant brains artist is quite intolerable.

Sudden Death

that ever played the game of poli- tics. Boadicea would be a terri- ble gamble: maybe she would screaming "Mr. Brewster died at the com-merely sound like a paratively early age of 57. It was harridan, but the lady had quality quite sudden. He came to stay of some kind, or we should not with a daughter of his in the coun-have her statue in London to-day try who happened to live quite and her name in all the school- 21st July near me. When he fell ill I was books.

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with him every day. In 10 days Joan of Arc, too, is one of those! he was gone. I was with him at who probably never learnt ans- the end and I am thankful to say thing but country speech and yet that he did not suffer.

did more with it than most of those who could place añ properly and phrase

"He always wished to die young, hating the idea of living to great and useless old age.

I

live

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Cleopatra

"I am quite different. [from day to day and if I live to the age of my grandfather, who died at 96.. I shall certainly make would be Cleopatra. 4th July the most of it. 8th July

was

PITY THE POOR RICH

They Are Not So Well Off Now

Since 1921 higher incomes have fallen steadily and lower have risen.

unes

Sir Josiah Stamp said this at a meeting of the Royal Statistical Society last month.-

Taking all the people with said. incomes over £5,000,” he "the percentage with incomes ex- ceeding £100,000 was highest when the price level was highest, and the percentage with incomes between £5,000 and £10,000 was lowest. The highest incomes change in a rough general cor- respondence with changes in the price level.

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opposite is the case

with the average of all incomes Over £10,000.

-Whenever the price level is at

its highest the higher income " gains on the lower; in proportion, and when it is low the position is reversed."

What Englishman, at any rate, But the lady for my money

How many would not hear Wellington вау if he

of the books about her would sur-Up Guards and at 'Em,"

Was "the voice ever did. At any rate, there was

Preachers

"I come from a long-living fami-vive her voice?

of a Nile" the kind of sound which enough bluff vigour in the man to 1y."

worth to their make his voice

hearing. "Did you never discuss marriage ought to have led men with Mr.

doom? Would it bear the weight Drake and Columbus, too, were Brewster?** she

of all the romance which has been men of action who had to use their asked

17th July

"We did discuss the matter after piled on that dark head? I should "oices well. Did their voices help

or hinder them? his wife died but I was adamant like to know.

There are voices. I should de- 7th July in my reply to his proposals of

marriage that I did not think we finitely choose not to hear, and The preachers clamour to he should make a success of it" Shakespeare's is the first of them heard, Savonarola first of them,

No way of saying them could match (the man who could make the Flor the marvellous things he wrote.jentines come out and burn their He was probably an actor, and treasures in the public square. He possibly a bad one, and he would, would speak in beautiful Italian, no doubt, pat on the professional too, but there is John Wesley, who

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