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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

LITTLE COUSIN, WHO HAS COME VISITING, FOR A NICE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WA'K, AND

TO BE SURE AND INTRODUCE HER NICELY IF YOU,

MEET ANY OF YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS

(Copyright, 1930, by The Ball Syndicate, Ine.)

GWYDS WILLIAMS

DIVORCE FOR DEAD MAN'S SECRET. |BEAUTIFUL HEIRESS.

£50,000 A YEAR' SINCE SHE WAS SEVENTEEN.

THE WHITNEY "MILLIONS,

The Hon. Mrs. A. T. Wilson Filmer, the daughter of Lord Queenborough, and part heiress of the great fortune left by her famous Amerienn grandfather, Hr. W.. C. Whitney, was recently granted a divorce from her husband, Me. Arthur Thomas Wilson-Filmer.

MEMBER OF GOOD FAMILY WHO WORKED AS LABOURER.

A romantic story of a member browery of a well-known, London family, who had worked as a farm labourer, was revealed by the death of Scott Kent Charrington: (63), who was the subject of an inquest at Lewes last month.",

Charrington was knocked down, by a motorcycle ten days ago and died a low hours later..

member of the His identity as a Charrington family, and the fact that he had been in receipt of an income that would have enabled

Mrs. Wilson-Filmor is young, beautiful, and a noted hostess. She was only geventeen when she in- inerited through her mother A

fortune said to be worth £50,000 him to live in comparable affluence, were not revealed until after his year.

death

She was first married, when she was twenty years of age to the Hon. C. J. F.. Wian, the second son of the late Lord St. Oswald. Six years Inter she obtained a divorce, and in the same year contracted the ma". ringe which was dissolved when a decree nisi was granted in the Divorce Court by the President,

Lord Merrivale.

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Mrs. Wilson, Filmor is a corsin of Mr. Jock" Whiteney, tho young Amorican sportsman million- aire, who in 1928 came into more than £30,000,000 as his share of thr fabulous fortune founded by Mr. W. C. Whitney.

TO ONE BANQUET One of the minor expenses which PRINCE CAUGHT IN A FOG. The Whitney fortune is one of the

£2,000.

LORD MAYOR ON THE RISING

COST OF OFFICE.

Is £10,000 a year a sufficient -salary for the Lord Mayor of Lon- don or is it too much?

Alderaan Harry E. A. Twyford, of the Cripplegate Ward, is to move a resolution that the Lord Mayor's salary be reduced by 10 per cent.,

La Lord Mayor has to meet is the stang of the Mansion House, and there are many small items which in the aggregate run into a great deal of money,

largest in America, Mr. W. C. Whitney, who was once Secretary of the United States Navy, and pop Prince George, travelling into larly known as the Father of the

Loadon by car recently, becano fog- Į American Navy," was one of the bound at Golders Green and had to most powerful figures in finance.

Political Figure.' complete his journey by tube rail-

He was, mentioned for nomina. He and an attendant entered the tion to the Presidency as

The Lord Mayor described how some of the one-time small gather-way. in.gs associated with the Mansion House have grown into compara- tively large affairs. He added:

"I will give you one small exon ple. Duce a year we hold what is entled Plough Monday dinner, It was instituted 50 years ago, and was then attended by the men of the Lord Mayor's household--eight people. For some time now, those

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Golders Green Station of the Lon-didate of the Democratic Party. His business intereste covered un

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don Electric Railway at 8.45, and enormous field. He was at the head took tickets to Marble Arch. inspector recognised the Prince and offered to arrange special facilities.

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Relatives then arranged for his burial in the family vault at Brook wood Cemetery, Woking.

Lodged With Swoop.. The dead man was & twin son of the late Mr. Harry Charrington, of Pank-crescent, Brighton.. For years he had lodged in a small tonements in one of the back'stroots of Lewes with a chimney sweep...

He had never said anything of his past, and the only indication of his former life was the fact that his clothes were superior to those usual.

ly worn by men of the class to which he was supposed to belong. He appeared content with life.

He was walking home from work on a farm three miles from Lewes when the accident happened.

A verdict of "Accidental death " was returned at the inquest.

Brother's Story.

The story of the life of Mr. Scott Kent Charrington was told by his

of many of the most important rail-brother, Mr. Harry Robert Char man, living at Hotspur Street, Ken way, real estate, and life insurane ringtoe, an ex-Metropolitan, police. companies in the States. Ho had. vant holdings in banks and great nington, S.E. The Prince, however, said he was commercial enterprises. in a hurry,, and accordingly travel.

"First of all, I should ke to make it plain that my brother was browing firm of the same name " said Mr. Harry Charrington,

on the ground that the cost of invited having included the risitised as an ordinary passenger to/Sportsman, and in 1901 ho won the not receiving an allowance from the

it

living has gone down, and that is time a reduction was made.

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Phone Neal, said to a representa- tive of a London daily:-

"Don't frighten me! I have only just begun my year of office, and I do not know at all what I may have to spend."

Sir Phiene raised his hands in mook alarm, and added:

"I must not suggest that a bro ther Alderman does not understand the circumstances which make up the life of a Lord Mayor, but there Fre a few things which might be

pointed out.

To

Bixty Years Ago.

The sum of £10,000 was fixed

co years ago as a contribution to the expenditure which the Lord Mayor might be expected to have to meet.

"If this wore a fair sum in those days, I would not care to say what ought to be a reasonable amount in 1930-31, when the cost of everything that has to be paid for is double what it was 60 years ago. I should

be surprised to hear that there had been any Lord Mayor who had not spent at least double the sum the City allows.

To begin with, the annual ban- quet on assuming office costs £4,000. Half of that is defrayed by the Sheriffs, leaving £9,000 for the Lord Mayor to find.

Then there are during the year at least a dozen other elaborate fanquets and luncheons, in addition to innumerable, smaller functions Some of the more important allaira may mean the entertaining of from 200 to 300 people, and the cost may run into "bundreds of pounds.

Entertaining.

The Lord Mayor is expected is entertain the Bishops, the Judges, the Corps Diplomatique, the mem- bers of the Corporation, the Court of Common Council, Trinity House, the Fruiterers' Company, and numerous other representakiye bodies and notable people,

"There may be important. State www.t member of

a Royal House visiting this country; or to mark some other unusual event. There may also be spocial functions 'attendant on the granting. of freedoms or some other occasion out of the ordinary run of things."!

officers of the Corporation at the Guildhall and the Mansion House. The company which used to number eight now. totals about 10

"It might be as well to point out that the salary which it is evidently proposed to discuss is not, strictly speaking, paid out of the rates. It is paid out of the privy puree, or what is more generally, known as the City's cash.❞

Tottenham Court Road Station, where he changed to the Central London Railway.

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At the Marble Arch Station he was met by a car to take him to Buskingham Palace.

Unrecognised.

There were plenty of passengers on the train at the time the Prince

passenger.

Inquiries among other aldormen and prominent members of the Common Council showed that travelled, but the busiest rush was over. No one in the comparment has been no uncommon thing for n Lord Mayor to spend several thou-appeared to recognise the Royal sands of pounds beyond his allow

It was estimated that Sir anes. William Treloar spent bearly 225.000, and Sir Rowland Blades now Lord Ehbisha) nearly 90,00 during his year of office.

Later Prince George's car groped its way slowly through the fog and arrived at the Royal garage long after the Prince had reached the

Palace.

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He was also world-known .ns English Derby with Volodyovali.

His daughter Pauline married Mr. Almeric Paget, afterwards Tord Queenborough, in 1895. It was their first child, who is now Mra Wilson-Filmer.

In 1527 Mr. and Mrs., Wilson- Filmer bought Leeds Castle, Kont -one of the most romantic feudal. buildings in England. The pur- chase price was small, but the re pairs and decorations represented an immense expenditure.

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The castle was built in the twelfth century and was used as a residence by Henry II. Mrs. Wilson-Filmor is a sister of Miss Dorothy Paget, who is algo extremely wealthy, and has been prominent as the owner of British racing cars in which spood records have been made by Captain H. R. S Birkin during the last yeaT."

It is true that he bad indepen dent means-sufficient for him to live without having to work as n farm labourer but his allowance came as interest from a gift lelt by an aunt 34 years ago."

His Life Savings.

The money which he managed to earn on the farm he backed at Dhe Post Office. I do not think his life savings amounted to more than about £200 or £300, As far as I know, he left no will."

Mr. Scott Charrington was dis tantly related to Mr. F. N. Char rington, the wellknown East End wonder who founded the Tower Hamlets Mission in Mile End Road and whe renounced & fortime of

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