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IN LONDON

The

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1937.

For 12 Years My

MRS.

Life Has Been

A Hell"

-SAYS FORMER H.K. RESIDENT

B

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 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" ease ended, said Mrs. Robin-

son, she has been forced to travel.

Besides Hongkong, she lived' in France, Germany, Australía, Bermuda, Japan and America.

"Everywhere, however, I was found out," she said. "The 12 years of my, life have been hell,

"Now I nm 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 DON'T LIVE

people pointing me out as the 'Mrs. Robinson-you remember the ease.."

'I have lost all my money, und,' to be perfectly frank with you, I feel sinashed.'

"When I was in New York I was very li with pneumonin. I have never really recovered from that i11- ness-I 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 Island. There Was some trouble about your permit, was there not?" she was asked.

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

1

of the Church of the Strangers

my permit allowed me to stay a year a bachelor who has performed

in the United States. Apparently 1 could stay only 00 days.

"As a result of this I had to spend

weary.

a fortnight in Ellis Island.

"Now I suppose I must start life; over again-broke and very But I shall find something. There is one thing I would like to make quite clear. I have not seen anyone connected with the case since it ended, except my husband."

PLOT ALLEGED

.

The Mr, "A" case was in November, 1824. Mr. Charles F. Robinson made a claim against the Midland Bank concerning two cheques for £150,000 signed by a Mr. "A" who subis quently was revealed as at Indian

prince:

800 wedding ceremonics and made most of them stick by his unique follow-up method.

The Rev. Paul Mansfield Spencer has just finished his yearly lecture al the "Bride and groom" ceremony- en inmul gathering of

persons

he has married in the odd little church on West 57th Street. Divorces are so rare among his fol- lowers that He had to dig back into dog-eared books to find what he enlls "a tragedy."

Two hundred persons attended this year, and there came

Jettera from all over the country and Canada saying little things like "Sorry we can't make it this year" and "the 15 baby is teething" and "Business" keeping us

here," Nevertheless. it

The bank alleged that there was plot to trap Mr. "A" with Mrs. | was a jolly occasion with everybody Robinson, and won the case,

#

in

Mr. Robinson is at present Jersey City prison awaiting extradi- tion to South Carolina, where he will free-u-charge of violating the Federal Stolen Properties Act.

Shell As She Used A Bed-warmer

FOR years Mrs. M. Jones, aged 73,

of Newhall, Ashley-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, has used i) 16- pounder shell as a bed warmer.

A war relfe, it had brought, her nightly warmth since she acquired it after the Armistice.

having sandwiches, coffee and cake. Spencer had married everybody in the room-ushers; organists, choir singers and those who just came to visit,

Spencer philosophized on marriage and explained his technique.

" is hard to lay down general rules about successful marriage, but

I will try," he said.

"Don't marry until you

enough money

have

to live comfortably. Love has got to have something green to live. on,

**llave your own home if it's only one room. Under no circumstances should young people. live with their in-laws.

"Marry young if you can afford it, because that allows you to adjust your lives to each other before it's too late."

Spencer writes an average of 40 letters a week, to persons whom ho has married, advising them oft Although it was complete to look financial matters, family quarrels and at, the careful donor had removed the powder.

Despite its emptiness, Mrs. Jones had never made it more than "Just warm."

But when she was tuiken ill she asked a neighbour, Mrs. Broad, to heat the shell for her.

A

Mrs. Broad put in In her oven. few minutes later there was a terrific explosion.

The oven door was blown across the room and much damage was

donc.

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 empty shell expanded and blew the cap off.

2 PEOPLE TO A

the set-up of the home. His mail is heavy and sometimes people travel to 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 keep it. Spencer gave the gun back to the man.

The Church of the Strangers is like no other church in the world. denomination and It belongs to no

primary purpose is to welcome lonesome people to New York. It was founded during the Civil war a place where Southerners then ostracized in the north-could meet, have social affairs and worship. Its doors are always open spends much of his time talking with pen and Spencer

strangers, Asked why he had never married himself, Spencer replied: "I am too busy marrying nice girls to other people."-United Press.

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