1939-03-20 — Page 27

MAID MEETS HER

MILLIONAIRE

MR. Nusli Whaddià, 62-years-old rich. Parsee cotton merchant, who left Bombay on January 16, arrived at Victoria Station, London, recently, and was met by Mr. Downs, his legal adviser.

They walked to the Grosvenor Hotel, where Mr. Whaddia said he intended to make a statement about his position and that of Miss Phyllis Britton, who has been staying as a guest at Glyn House, his Epsom home.

"Until then I have nothing to say. I resent all this public intrusion in what is a very personal and private affair," he added.

Mr. Whaddla, who was smartly dressed in a grey "Eden" hat. wore a red carnation in his buttonhole. After waiting for 20 minutes in the lounge he was met by Miss Britton, who had been having her hair dressed.

"AT LAST"

A radiant smile spread over her face as she joined him. She said, "Oh, darling, here you are at Inst}"

They linked arms and walked quickly out of the hotel to- gether and got into a black saloon car.

As they were driven away towards Epsom they kissed each

other.

Mr. Whoddia's English wife, Mrs. Gertrude Whaddio, 121 actress, sald.

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Eurico Pentendo, left, financial attache of the Brazilian Em- bassy in Washington, and leading representative of the Brazilian coffee growers, meets the famed Oscar of The Waldorf, during a recent visit to the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Oscar ori- ginaled several coffee dishes, on that occasion, in honour of the distinguished visitor.

£5,000 Spent to Launch A Debutante

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SOCIETY mothers are spending as much as £5,000 on "I have no intention of arranging a meeting with my husband, launching their young daughters into the whirl of the So far as I am concerned, the matter is in the hands of my London "season." solicitors."

Dictionary Kept Wife

Silent For 20 Years

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my wife's silence,"

"That," said Mr. J. E. Mansion Coroner Questions

recently, "should be the dedication

of the French and English dictionary, which I have recently completed after a labour of 20 years,

"Fruin 7.30 to 11,30 every night, she has not been able to speak to me. And if she had, I wouldn't have heard her.

Faith Healers

Birmingham.

MRS. SYDNEY NIXON, wife of a chartered secretary, of Streetly, near Birmingham, consulted a specialist last August, and was told that she ought to bave an operation for

"Believe me, 1 haven't been to the theatre more than six times in 20 cancer. years, and never lo the cinema. Į

She decideri against it, preferring great lover of the though I'm dramo. But in the last three months, 1e put her trust in faith healing. since the book has been finished, She died without having had medi- I've broken out and spent three arcat treatment for some months. four nights a week in one or the A verdict of death from cancer]

other."

5,000,000 WORDS

Mr. Mansion, 68-year-old director of Harrap's, the publishers, held up a mussive quarto volume, with 1,500 pages, containing 5,000,000 works,

"If you start to edit a dictionary you will find there is no time anything clac," he said.

was returned at the inquest recently,

The husband told the Coroner, Mr.

March 20, -1939

Gas Masks For 1,000,000 Babies

SIR JOHN ANDERSON, Minister for Civilian Defence, informed MP recently that 40,000,000 gas masks had been issued during the last 12 months to the elvillan popula- tion at a total cost of £4,000,000,

During the last six months a satis factory device had been developed for years, and the production of all parts had been commenced except one, which was being pushed for- ward with all possible speed.

special type of respirator had also been developed for infants over two years, and the purchase was being arranged, The total number to be made available was 1,100,000. Sir John staled that the possiblil- iles of constructing underground car parks which would also give some shelter protection had received his very careful consideration, in con- sultation with the Minister of Trans- port. He was arranging for im medlate expert examination of cer- tain technical problems involved.

HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES

Mr. Elllot, Minister of Health, an nounced that plans had been made for finding about 200,000 beds in existing hospitals and institutions in the first 24 hours of an emergency by sending patients home and trans- ferring them to other accommodation and by putting additional beds and equipment in the wards.

Another 100,000 could be found Inter by using on ancillary part of

used hospitals not at present words.

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Local authorities were making good progress in securing the neces- sary transport for umbulance work. in London, for instance, 1,200 com-

This was revealed recently by Mrs. Horace Farquharson,mercial vehicles had already been silver-haired "social consultant."

on

From her bureau in Dover-street, Mayfair, she advises Court etiquette, coming-out balls, and clothes for all the big events of the debs' social season.

School Refused

To Sing "The King'

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NEWCASTLE (Staffs). MR. W. Greene, Secretary of Stoke colliery company, has protested to the British Legion because Brownhills High School, Stoke, refused his daughter the Eileen's request for National Anthem be sung at the end of the school's Christmas party.

is Eileen, aged, fifteen. #1 pupil there.

to

"Even if it means that my girl] Frank Cooper, that he had been a becomes marked at school and .I Christian Science student for ten have to take her away, I am going years,

to carry through with this matter." said Mr. Greene. "I am prepared to take my protest to the education committee."

After his wife decided against w operation Christian Science practi- tieners were called in. No medicine for or medical treatment was given.

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THAT IS WHY

"On the coming-out of each girl between £1,000 and £3.000 will be spent," said Mrs. Farqu- harson. "Some parents spend as much as £5.000.

"Clothes are a big item. While I could dress a deb. for the stason In

earmurked, and the work of car marking a further 800 was proceed- ing rapidly.

Grew Beard, His Voice Returned

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kond style for £250, it is sometimes THIRTY-SIX years 150 inger overdone to the tune of £1,000 to

£1,500.

"At least reven evenlig gowns are essential. Most expensive 13 the Court presentation frock for which the lowest price is about £20,**

One of the greatest probfcins of a hostess is the lack of eligible male partners.

"And that's where my aid is often enlisted," said Mrs. Farquharson,

“I have a Est of well-bred young men who are ready to act as escorts at a moment's notice for a fee,"

Says 'My

Ho lost his volce completely. grew a beard. Now, at 78, his tenor voice is stronger than ever.

W. Recently the singer. Mr. J. Leath, of Binckpool, now beardless. sung at the birthday dinner of Blackpool Dickensians.

Mr. Leach started to sing when he was eight. When he was 40 is voice went.

celebration

"I had to change my method of breathing and grow a beard," Mr. Lauch said. "I persevered and my voice returned-better than ever."

'My Party

Party Was

Speck In The Ocean'

"I believe that the monarchical / A GAMBLING party hostess, known in the West End as

We started 20 years ago. We ex- pected to produce the finished Mra Elfreda 1erries of Wylde ystem is the basis-of-Britain's

We article in five years.

were so Green, said she had been

the official list of Christian Science prae- green.

"In 15 yearn We had Kot Che! French-English part out. 11 took another Ave years to complete the Engilsh-French part.

COST £60,000

titioners for 10 years.

greatness. That is why I taught my girl to be patriotic. That is why she asked for God Save the King to be sung at the end of the party. "When she told me she

was

The Coroner: What are the quali- flcations?

Mrs. farries: You have to pre- refused 1 felt the matter ought to sent evidence to directors in Bos-be raised for the sake of other girls, ton. 1.5.. that you have suffelent) even though it means my child experience in healing.

possibly becoming uncomfortable the school."

"Sometimes long correspondence Coroner: 1 take it you do not was necessary with French experts.

belleve in calling in medteak men?--| "We filed up 300,000 cards, enchy We keep the law of the land and call referring to some interpretation ofis doctors when the law requires. a word or phrase.

"When I say we, 1 Include my six or seven assistants.

"Their salaries have accounted for most of the £60,000 that the die- tionary has cost.

"You can call my ite work if you wish. But I don't feel my life's work is done.

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Miss A. E. Wilmott, headmistress of Brownhills since it was opened seventeen years ago, said that she renmbered the Incident

Dr. A. 13. Hodgson, of Four Oaks, said arrangements were made for na

"Eileen told me her father thought uperation, but later Mr. Nixon wrote that his wife had decided against it. the National Anthem ought to be The Coroner: If this operation sung at the end of the party, but had been performed can you say she asked me only a few hours be

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party.

"Madame Estelle," recently described the party for which she was fined £60 at Marlborough-street police court as "Just a speck in the ocean of West End gambling.”

"Madame Estelle" has been famous sure. I've been a gambler, a horse in Mayfair for twenty years for her lover, all my Me, I love fùn, I love psychle powers. In private life she parties, and I like to make people

Miss Frances Bergman, aged forty-happy.

"The biggest wins or losses al my seven.

The police court story told how parties were never more than £100. police raided her West End fat in But I know places in the West End the early morning last week and where people win and lose in £1,000 found twelve people playing roulette. untis.

On a Lable were chips worth "I wish I know who told the police £07 165. Gd. The windows were of my party. I believe it was either heavily screened with curtains. some Jealous woman or some one

Superintendent Cole said: "Miss who had played and lost at one of Bergman has been under our notice my parties and hoped to escape the for some time. But as the parties debt that way.

are held in different parts of the "You'd be surprised at the people West End, without previous notice in the gambling world. There's u

definitely that death would not for her it was too late to aller except to the clients on the day of diamond merchant's wife who owes The Caruner said that before a jury the programme, which hind beenplay, by telephone, it has given us me £160. I don't believe her hus- "I've got to keep the dictionary up could return a verdict man arranged by the sixth form girls. a great deal of trouble to clear the band knows she gambles,

of

"You'll never stop people from to date. Phrases are translated into slaughter it nfust be established The party ended with 'Auld Lang malter up."

That night Miss Bergmann, dress- gambling. A real gambler is incur current idiom, not into out-of-date onirmatively that death would not Syne, and archaic phraseology.

have taken place had medical treat- "I said that Eileen and the two ed in a turquoise blue ninon evening able. But I'm no professional.

"For my living I run

a riding "But you can be sure my wife and ment been given. In view of the other girls with her could sing the dress, six jewelled rings on her I are setting out to enjoy ourselves, evidence such a verdict would not be National Anthem as an item at the Bngers, a glittering pendant of twelve stable with ten horses in Kensing

blue brilliants around her neck and ton, and two eighteen-hole putting justified.

party, but they did not."

mare than a dozen gold and sliver courses at Falmouth. And now I'm brucelets on her right arm, prepared off to a party. I love a good time, to go to n West End party.

horses, people and... parties."

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