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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST

1938.

RICHEST BABY LIVES IN FORTRESS

Precautions Against Kidnappers

BULLET-PROOF WINDOWS OF

"GILDED CAGE'

In a gilded cage-safe in the heart of London—plays. a £9,000,000 baby, around whom centres the drama of the lives of its mother, the Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, and her husband, the Count.

Secrets which can be revealed of this the world's most-talked-of child, show that unprecedented steps have been taken to save it from kidnappers, though in fact no such danger has ever existed, says the London newspaper People.

Barbara Hutton's two-year-old baby, Lance, is safe, and meanwhile the domestic difficulties of his father and mother are being disclosed in the courts.

Winfield House, the home of the Countess, is the most luxurious home in London. Built on the site of St. Dunstan's, it stands in 12% acres of glorious gardens, as secluded us if it. were in the heart of the country.

Here tile Lance has a six-roomed dat of his own, with two bathrooms and his own kitchen.

of police and the bride's crown was swept off her head.

NAPOLEON EMERALDS

Then in November, 1034, on their return from a prolonged bridal tour around the world, Prince and Princess Mdivan gave a brilliant party in Paris,

Guests were provided with trans- His day and night nurseries seem portation by air from London, Rome, like fairyland. The former with Its Venice, Denmark und Madrid. Over pearltinted walls adorned with almost £2,000 was paid to the musicians Ilfe-size paintings of children, over- alone, The whole of the Ritz Hotel looks the boating-lake, where once was occupied.

The

lobby

which she

men blinded in the war were taught Italian garden and practically

was transformed into an to Tow,

nil The

wolle of the air-conditioned sleeping accommodation in the hotel and rubber-doured night nursery are was reserved for the guests. The padded

with soft grey silk. In his orly cost about £10,000. private bathroom warm air Offers Princess Midivant wore her famous through an aperture in the wall to dry Napoleon emeralds, for hlm

after his bath. This Bat within the paintiat man- slun, where every bedroom has a bathroom, that of the Countess with gold-plated taps, is on the top storey of the north-west wing, and is as Impregnable as a fortress.

pata

£240,000.

But she was not so fortunate in the purchase of a jude necklace, for which Alexis Mdivani paid £8,000. In court it was proved to be worth less than £500,

Prince Alexis two brothers, Princej There is one staircase to it, and David and Prince Serge, sued him for there are no drainpipes or coping £5,000, alleged to have been lent to stones on the walls outside. This one him by them at the time of his mar staircase is the only

rlage Nurses and

approach.

Thts under-nurses watch

marriage was dissolved at over this baby who one day will be Reno, Nevada, und the following day one of the world's richest men. Princess Alexis Mdivani, nee Barbara Nor are those his only guardians. Hutton, became the wife of Count Shave the day of his birth, a special Hurwitz-Reventlow, the father of agent has safeguarded this little heir

£9,000,000 baby. Lance, the to millions.

#n ounce.

When he was born in Marel.. 1936. be weighed 74 lb., and was worth nearly

£100,000

Even then he had a bodyguard and for the first year six nurses and two doctors were in attendance upon him.

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Enthusiastle concerning the great possibilities of ale travel between Hongkong and Manila, these Hongkong gentlemen returned to the Colony after a week's visit in Manila as guests of Pan American Airways. During their visit they were extensively entertained, and contacts toward furthering the

made many valuable volume of tourist travel to Hongkong. right: Mr. C. Crommelin, Manager JCJL Passenger department; Mr.

From left to E. Acting Chairman of the Hourkong Travel Association; Mr. E. L. Pan, Cresident of the China Travel I. Wynne-Jones, Service; Mc. E. F. Ceell, Far East Manager, American Express Travel Department; Lt. Commander A. D. S. Murray, Manager, Far East Area, Imperial Airways; Mr. Phil S. Delany, Trafflo Represen tative for China, Pan American Airways Company; Mr. E. A. Kinsey, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the N.Y.K. LINE; and Mr. G. Carey, representing the Booking Department of Jardine. Matheson and Company.

2,000

Miles By

Bicycle, But

Can't

Find Bride

Friends of Dale N. Kendall,

a 23-year-old Penn-

Count Haugwitz-Reventlow, un his sylvania youth, accused him of being woman-shy, so he lage, gave up to his brother, has just toured Europe on a bicycle to find a bride, and Count Heinrich, the rich Rosenbaud estate, and the Countess renounced prove that they are wrong. her American citizenship. ·

He is bearded, and has the

U.S. STORM RAISED

face of an artist. His bicycle was laden with bags and

This step provoked adverse sketches.

criticism in the United States, and a Bill was brought before Congress to

£9,000,000

from her

MOVE SIDEWAYS

His four-roomed nursery in Hyde lax by not pins et ly fra THE CAR THAT CAN Park Gardens where he first saw the citizen marrying a foreigner. light of day, was as near germ-proof Miss Barbara Hulten was not alone as possible. There was sun-attract ing glass in the windows, and spectat ut her generation in inheriting mil- Mrs. James Cromwell, former- lamps produced syntheile sunshinely Miss Doris Duke,

succeeded uver on London's loomiest day.

to IT MAKES PARKING AND tobacco king The secrets of Windeld House are grandfather, and Miss Mildred Yount,

GARAGING EASY known only the occupants and the now in her teens was left architect.

So far

far Ettle Lance

VILZ- Reventlow has been the

immune from attentions

of kidnappers and eketeers: afthough a man was pro- secuted at Manchester and received sentence of four inonths imprison-

There are bullet-proof windows, sicel grilles' worked by hand-levers in the window-ledges,

in the basement there is a secret hiding-place for Jewels and valuables garded by the latest devices,

e grounds are patrolled tiny and

night. At all times it is impossible for any unauthorised person to gain entrance to the grounds. The gates are so constructed that un opening, bells ring in the house.

The

£8,000,000.

NEW INVENTION

By A Special Correspondent

I was given a ride to-day in;

My folks kept on kidding me about getting married, so I figured

had to try to find the right girl. American girls ro too modern in a flushy sort of way, so I saved up for a long vacation in Europe and left home on Apr 21.,

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landed at Nopics and toured Italy by train, but I found no one 1 Jilted much there. I figured I would see more of people if I travelled by bicycle, so in Milan I paid about £2 for a secondhand one. Now I have covered 2,000 miles of Europe on the machine.

"My travels hove

taken me to

ment for alleged threats contained in the "crab-car." fitted with a Geneva, Paris, and to parts of Ger-

letter demanding money. Except for a visit to Switzerland device that

it to be many enables

Luxemburg. Belgium and

and cycled to London."

last winter, Lance remains secure in driven sideways in either direc-Holland. Then I crossed to Harwich England within the walls which sur-tion. round Winfeld House, Regent's Park.

old House passes the large Best Pal My Wife' Less mur, zury fished

feld possesses pri- vale gardens in London, and a staff

of 28 gardeners look after them.

Before

her marriage to Count

Haugwitz-Reventlow, Miss Barbara

-Bertram Mills Bertram Mills, British circus Hutton was the bride of Prince Alexis king, whose will was published Mdivani.

recently left £146,574-all to his

H

Prince Alexis was killed in motorcar accident August, 1935. wife. He left a share of £600,000 to his former wife.

Here are his opinions of the girls

ITALY.-"The dark-eyed beauties Reem a bit on the fat side, and the age too carly."

Alter ve years of experimenthig, of Europe:--

London business man, bas work DA his invention, and it is shortly to be put on the market. IL is his answer to the parking dufcul»

among other motoring problems.

all sremed

HOLLAND "They very much alike to me."

We set olT

FRANCE. "I met a few swell act- from Mr. Berman's resses in Montmartre, but I haven't home in Shirchall-gardens, Hendon, found the right girl net. Perhaps in a ruther dilapidated 1931 saloon, I'm too particular.'

The will reads: "My wife has been the best pal a man ever had, and and turned into a cul-de-sac. The Hulton-Mdivori wedding in have complete confidence that shel

1933, was a scene of unparallel-will use my estate in the wisest and ed splendour, the bride wearing a best manner." crown of jewels valued at £5,000.

Estate duty comes to £20,037 and "Gate-crashers"

were ini abun-net personalty.,£100,528,

June,

dance, and tickets for the ceremony Mr. Mills, who lived at Pollards were sold for £20 and £30 each. Wood, Chalfont St. Olles; Bucks, died The crowd broke through the cordon on April 10, aged 04.

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Mr. Berman set the machinery going and the next ratnule two sur- prised-looking boys, just off to play Aug. 21: maybe before then I'll find cricket, almost dropped their stumps the right girl: maybe I won't." Jand buts as the car began to move slowly sideways from the crown of the road into the gutier,

now-we

After that-the young cricketers a Jittle less nabbergasted "edged from left to right, back to the centre of the road.

If there had been a few anore cara like this, WO could have formed fouts.

be gained if armoured equipped with the device."

cars were

of complete turns, revolving first on Next he got the car to do u couple the front auxiliary wheels and then on the back ones.

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The little boys by this time had All that Mr. Berman did was to brought their parents out turn a device at his feet and four street. auxilary wheels, operated hydrault- cally,, lifted the car off its road Mr. Berman hns wheels. Two

patents for all the wheels are these devices, and also for another driven off the gear box, and his which enables a car to revolve in its patenin also cover a device which own length on a central axis. makes it possible to steer while driving sideways,

of

MOVING IN SIDEWAYS

He pushed over another lever to

the left or the right, according to

the way we wished to go.

"No modification of the gear box is necessary," he explained, "and the device can be built into any private car 07 commercial- vehicle during or after manu- faclure.

"This is an. experimental

car.

Think how this is going to help When the device is finally fitted, all garaging," he said. that a driver will have to do will be

"No menoeuvring when there only push whole

in panting, and corgi fare is ely to put over a suitcy and the winds Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

Just room to get in. You simply operation from start to finish, includ- drive up until you are opposite the ing moving sideways for a distance, space and move in aldeways. You sufficient to get out from behind come out the same way, And," he another car, will be done in about remony | added, "think what advantage could half a minute."