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BRITAIN'S NEW PENSIONS

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THREE "JOY DAYS"

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When the Act which established the system of widows', orphans' and old-age contributory pensions was being discuss ed in the House of Commons last year, the spokesman of the Government de clared that the inauguration of it would be marked by three separate "joy days." The Arat would be on January 4th of this year, when the first widows' and'] orphans' pensions would be paid out; the second would be when the old age pensions of 103. week. would be paid to insured persons at the age of 70 without reference to their other means; and the third would be on January 2nd, 1823, when the pension would be payable at the age of 63.

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The working of the new pensions scheme has been so smooth since it came into operation at the beginning of this year that the public have almost for gotten the dire prophecies of disaster that were made by some of the critics when the Bill was being considered by the House of Commons.

REAL DRURY LANE TRAGEDY.

FRENCH ACTRESS'S SUICIDE IN THE THEATRE.

WHILE PLAY, PROCEEDED.

Mile. Regine Flory, the talented French actress, shot herself while in an office at the Drury Lane Theatre, London.

Behind this tragedy in the famous theatre lies the story of a temperamental woman who was overwhelmed by a sud- den disappointment.

Mile. Flory, who was 31, few from Paris to London on the day preceding the tragedy, with the intention of seeking

engagement at a West End theatre.

She took a suite of rooms at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, where she usually stayed when on visits to London. On the even- called at Drury Lane Theatre during the ing following her arrival in London, she

performance of "Rose Marie" and asked to see Sir Alfred Butt.

Alter waiting a few minutes in the see her in. his office on the first floor. foyer she was told that Sir Alfred would She was conducted to the room, and, taking & seat, entered into conversation with Sir Alfred, under whose direction she had previously appeared in London, regarding a possible engagement.

It is understood that the interview was disappointing to her and that she became when to his horror-she-produced a smati agitated. Sir Alfred tried to calm her, revolver from her hand-bag and, still sented, shot herself through the chest.

A fair criterion of the success of a State scheme is the number of questions concerning it which appear on the Order Paper of the House of Commons, where a member is always ready to ventilate the grievances of a constituent. There she sat mumbling a few words. Sir Mortally injured, she collapsed where have been so few questions concerning Alfred Butt at once summoned a doctor, the contributory pensions scheme that In a few minutes a motor-ambulance was ore cannot doubt that it is working on the way with the woman to Charing smoothly and justly for those who are Cross Hospital, where she died shortly entitled to benefit by it. One thing afterwards. which has impressed the officials in charge of the scheme has been the willing-informed the police. Several detectives Meanwhile Sir Alfred Butt's staff had ness to contribute to it. There has been visited the theatre and took a statement no campaign on the part of those who from Sir Afred regarding the tragedy, refuse to lick stamps, and the number which had greatly distressed him. of those who have expressed a desire to join voluntarily has exceeded the estimates which were made when the scheme was framed.

THE FIRST STAGE.

AUDIENCE IN IGNORANCE. While this drama of real life was tak ing place a great audience only a few yards of in the theatre was watching the play.

None of them knew what had happen-

The first stage of the scheine benefited two classes of widows: those with chiled, and an hour or so later they poured dren whose husbands were in insured out of the theatre chatting and laughing cccupations and bad died before the Act past the room where the actress had came into operation, and those, whether played the last scene of her life. with children or without, whose husbands have died since the beginning of the year. Up to date the total number of "pensions awarded in England, Scotland, and Wales is 158,000, covering, including

the

Ali, are a few of the actors, actresses and staff of the theatre were also ignor- ant of the affair.

A few of them knew that somebody lying on a stretcher had been carried

the children, 420,000 persons. Though out of the main doors of the theatre dur- scheme has now been in operation foring the evening and thought that a mem- six months, there are still many widows ber of the audience had been taken ill. whose husbands died before this year who have not availed themselves of the pen- sion which they have a right to claim Applications from this class of widow are still being received at the rate of about 200 a week, and there is no sign of the stream abating. Those who put in their claims within two months of the start of the scheme were entitled to draw pensions as from the beginning of the year. Those who claim now, and whose claims are upheld, are only entitled to receive the pension as from the date of the claim"

In normal circumstances it is estimated that a claim can be finally dealt with within a month of its receipt, but the widows whose husbands died before the scheme started present special difficulties, The necessary qualification is that the man must have been in insurable employ ment at the time of his death, and this obviously calls for a good deal of inquiry in some cases. But the policy has been, throughout, to give the widow the benefit of the doubt, and how far this has been etretched may be gathered from the fact that in one, instance the pension was granted to a widow whose husband died in 1919 but who, owing to illness, had done no work since 1902. But his last work was in an insurable occupation, and it was held that this was still his occupation at the time of his death; though ill-health had prevented him from following it for so long. The task of the outdoor staff of the Ministry of Health,

Officers of Bow-street conducted in- quiries" into the contents of the dend actress's luggage, which was taken to Bow-street police station. In the luggage were two small packages containing a whitish powder, which is being analysed. For 8 months friends of the actress had engaged a private detective to follow her about, owing to an attempt by her to commit suicide in the Seine in Paris in 1924.

REGINE FLORY'S PARTS.

Mlle. Flory made her first appearance December 29th, 1913, as 1 Babette in London at the Palace Theatre on "Paris Frissons. In April 1814 she in appeared in the The Passing Show," and later in the same year at the Empire in By Jingo If We Do

Two years later she had an important part in the play produced at the Palace played Kadouja in the "Beauty Spot " Theatre, "Vanity Fair," and lates at the Gaiety Theatre.

parts, including one in "Hello, Paris" 'In Paris she had many important

"Je t'adore at the Potinière in 1920. at the Gaiety Theatre, and as Elle in

SHORTS FROM COURTS. Willesden magistrate: Has this man. any documents of identity on him ?- Warrant officer: Yes; sir, the receipt for his previous "ña.

was young and insensible.

Tottenham magistrate to a man accused of drunkenness: Why don't you leave the bottle alone-Man: My mother brought me, up or the bottle and I have kept it up ever since.

Judge Cluer at Shoreditch County Court: If I were a judgment debtor I should pawn a suit of clothes the day before I had to appear and bring the ticket. It is an old trick.

in fact, has been to help the widows only twenty when I met my husband; I Wife at North London Court: I was substantiate their claims, and in many cases they have been able to obtain the additional information without which a claim would have broken down.

It was claimed that one result of the scheme would be a considerable reduction of the burden which is placed upon the local authorities. The general feeling was that when the complete scheme was in operation there would be a saving to the local rates of about three milliona a year. This now appears to have been an under-estimate. The Ministry of Health has received returns from the local authorities showing that, as a result of the widows' and orphans pensions, there has been a saving on the poor rate of £2,000,000 a year. There will be à fur- ther appreciable saving with the new section of the scheme which begica to-day, and a very large saving in 1923, when more than half a million people between the ages of 65 and 70 will become eligible for the old-age pension.

Solicitor at. Shoreditch County Court: if your husband has no work how does he spend his time at home-Wife: You can always make use of a husband, who can scrub,

The wife of an insured person is en- titled to a pension of 108 a week as from to-day if she is at least 70 years of age, and provided that her marriage, took place before April 29th of last year. If the marriage has taken place since then she must wait for five years unless she was in receipt of a widow's pension bef fore marriage

2,000. CLAIMS A DAY. When the acheine was launched it was estimated that the number of persons who would become entitled to, the old-

There still remains the third "joy age pension to-day would be 87,000. The day," January 2nd, 1928, when the in- only qualifications required are that the bured person who has been continuously, insured person is 70 years of age, was insured for five years, has paid 104 con insured when the Bill was introduced at tributions, has an average of 39 con- the end of April of last year, and has tributions in each of the last three years, had two years residence in Great Britain has resided in Great Britain for the immediately before the date on which he two preceding years, and whose last becomes entitled to pension. How employment was in Great Britain," will many claims will actually be made it is be entitled to claim his old-aga pension difficult to say. Notices have been die at 88 irrespective of his means and of played in the post offices and elsewhere whether he desires to remain at work for the past three months urging that i This third stage will complete the fabric carly application should be made, but, of the great schems of social insurance for a time the response was slow. Now, which the Government has designed, and however, the flow of applications has in which the State, the 15,000,000 insured creased considerably, and of late they persons, and their employers are all help- have bean coming in at the rate of 2,000 ing to establish as the greatest achieve a day.

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