Zurich Herald, 1933-01-12, Page 2memmerem
Urremme
The Leader for Forty Years
'Fresh from the Gaidens"
Rerriiniscences
4.6.1111••••••M
The realm of Laughter is the oorer
by the passing on of Wilton Lackaye,
noted actor and wit, and one of the
shining lights of that fainous Temple
of Humor—The Lambs' ele.h, New
York. Lackaye was once invited to
address. an amateur dramatic society.
After listening to a two -hours' intro-
duction by the chairman, who would
up with: "The guest of honor will
now- give us his address," Lackaye
arose.
"IVly address is the Lamb' e Club,"
he said.
And that was all.
It was Lackaye who, having lost
one of a valuable pair of cuff links,
kiting u.p the remaining link on the
club bulletin board over this notice:
'aLOST—The mate to this cuff link,
Will buy or sell."
Dazing the "all star" tour of "Tre-
lawney of the Wells," in which John
Drew made his last appearance, Lack-
i.ye, a member of the company—which
also included Mrs. Whiffen, the
"Grand Old Lady of the Stage," then
82 years of age—was `button -holed by
two young lady reporters at Spring-
field, Illinois, who asked him to what
he attributed the extraordinary suc-
eess of the company.
* *
Somewhat floored by the question
—chuckles Peggy Wood, the actress,
in her little book, "A Splendid Gypsy:
John Drew"—Lackaye suggested that
they ask Drew.
"We did," they explained, "But he
seemed to be in a hurry. Do tell us."
ReluCtantly, and aftec due pause,
Lackaye said:
"Well, I'll tell you; it's • :Ars. Whif-
fen's sex appeal."
* .*
A lumen littlee'Story about Queen
Victoria, as the young mother of
eight children, is told in Hector Boll-
tao's fascinating biography of the
Prince Consort—"A115rt the Good."
One day, when the royal family .was
in Set,tland, little Prince Leopold was,
naughty, and the Queen threatened:
to whip him. The Duchess of Kent
—Victoria's nether, who was pres-
ent, pleaded for her small grandson
(as grandmothers will). and said that
it made her very sad 'Lc hear a child
ere
"Not when you have eight, 11,Litna
—that wears off," said the Queen.
"You could not go through that each
time one of the eight cried!'.
• *
Which recals the reply given by
a mother to a question put to her
b • a stranger who an across her and
Ler brood of nine children, romping
in L field.
"Is it a picnic, or are they your
ohildren; ma'am?" he inquired, af-
fably.
They're my children, and it is NO
picnie," she replied.
*
Soon after Tennyson's "Idylls of
the King" was published, the Prince
Consort wrote to the poet, "apologiz-
ing for intruding upon his leisuee"
—I love that—and asked him to write
his name in a copy of the book. Ten-
nyson paid his patron a graceful corn-
plinsent. Ile supposed that Prince
Albert's appreciation of the poems
arose from his seeing in them "un -
emulously," an image of himself.
* *
Mention of Queen Victoria reminds
me that Lady Duff Gordon, noted
dressmaker, says in her lively and
charming reminiscences "Discretions
and Indiscretions" that the old Queen
loved to have the leaves in her tea -
imp read, and had learnt to read them
herself from an old woman who lived
sear Bahnoral. Occasionally the
Queei would be pexele.cle.d to read the
teacups for some members of the
royal family, and this was considered
great treat,
*
And here's a stolen peen at King
Alfonso of Spain and his Queen: Al-
fonso would often accompany the
Queen to a fitting at Lady Duff Gor-
don's establishment and "took nearly
as much interest in it (the fitting)
as she did."
"One thing that I always found
very charming about that royal couple
was their great affection for each
other," chats Lady Duff Gordon, "and
titer many years of marriage Xing
Alfonso was still in love with his wife.
would often alb his arm
through hers in the showroom, elect
Mee of the saleswomen told me that
en one occasion, when the Queen was
Trying on a dress, King Alfcnso im-
pulsively kissed her.
"'Yon looked so sweet in it 1 could
not help it,' was his anewer'when the
Queen reproached him. for teking all
the powder off bet nose."
"'X never thought, kiegs were as
tereantie that/ Vaaa The saleswom-
an's comment to me afterwards, 'The
Queen of Spain is lucky.'
st
Once, when.visiting in Washington,
Lady Duff Gordon was received by
President Roosevelt,
"I'm so pleased to meet you Lady
Duff Gordon," said "Teddy," shaking
hands warmly, "I've just been read -1
eig your "Memories."
"He. talked quickly," she recalls,
"asking me questions and never wait-
ing to hear my replies, and did not
listen when I tried to explein that
the 'Memories' he was talking about
were those of my husband's aunt,
Lucy, Lary Gordon, who had died in.
the early 'eighties!"
*
Lady Duff Gordon tells an amusing
,tory of how she was unexpectedly
called on to speak at an 'Economy
Dinner" In Pittsburg, during the
World War, at which President Hoo-
ver, then United States Food Admin-
istrator, was the principle speaker.
Mr. Hoover's subject was "Economy
in Food" and all the other speakers—
and there were many --had stressed
"Economy" in something or other. She
followed Mr. Hoover,
* *
"I fear I rather scandalizea the
audience, for instead of the speech they
expected ("Economy in Dress in War -
Time") I began 'Ladies and Gentle-
men, the first thing I am going to tell
ou is that I don't believe in economy
in dress at any time, and, above all,
not in war -time, * After all, the
men don't want to dome back to
frumps, do they? And just Lhink how
fascinating the French women are.
You simply can't afford to neglect
your appearance."
As she went back to her seat, she
apologized to Mr. Hoover for her un-
orthodox speeeln "He burst out
laughige; and patted me on the back,"
she chuckles.
"'Never mind, my dear, you have
done very well,' he said.
* *
By the way, Lady Duff Gordon is
a sister of Elinor Glyn, the novelist.
Both spent most of their early child-
hood, in Canada, on a.big ranch ---just
outside Guelph, Ontario—owned by
t :eir maternal grandparents, although
both were born in London, England.
And you may not know that Lady
Duff Gordon made dressmaking his-
tory by staging the first mannequin
parade. The first male visitor to a
dress parade, she recalls, was Mr. As-
quith (later Lord Oxford), who ac-
companied his wife, Margot Asquith,
and "sat calmly through the show,
though. I do not think he gave much
attention to the models."
•Newspaper Rivalry
In The Eighties
In the 1830's (says William Dodg-
son Bowman, in "The Story of the
Times"), William Mak_peace Thack-
eray, then a struggling and almost
unknown journalist, was on the staff
of the London. "Tines," whilst e.nung
Charles Dickens was "racing about
the eruntry" reporting for "The
Morning Chronicle"—chief rival of
"The Times." There was e. deadly
feud between the two papers. For
instance, on June 13, 1835: "The
Times" described the "Chronicle" as
"a disgraceful morning print," ete.,
whil$ in its issue of the same date,
t 'Chronicle" lamented that "the
poor old 'Times' in its imbecile ray -
h s," ete.
And, say, didn't Dickens "cash in"
on that row when, later, he immor-
talized the feud between the two local
Eatanswill papers!
* * *
Most of the Work Thackerey un-
dertook for "The Times" at that per-
iod was book reviewing—always poor-
ly paid. When his novels had brought
him wenewn, and his price had gone
up, he sometimes looked back half re-
gretfully at those early days.
"I turned off far better work then
than I do now," he said, "and I want-
er money sadly; but how little 1 got
for 3iy esetelel It makes me laugh it
v hat 'The Tiniest pays me now when
I think of the old days, and how much
better I wrote for them then, and got.
a shilling where I now get ten,",
Father had decided that he must ad-
minister a stern lecture to his .six-
year-old son. The boy had been
naughty, but did not seem to appreci-
ate the fact, and it was with some
reluctance that the parent undertook
a scolding.
He spoke judiciously but severely;
he recounted the lad'misdeeds, and
explained the whys and wherefores ot
• soleranarebuke, while his wife sat
by, duly impressed.
Finally, when the father paused for
breath and, incidentally, to hear the
culprit's acknowledgement of error,
the lad, his face bealning with admi-
ration, turnedlo his mother and said:
"Mother, Ian% father intereetingr
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Juanita sewn is Murdered at brftlge,
Suspicion rests on Lydia Carr, the mo,id;
Flora Miles, In Nita's closet at the time
of tb q murder reading a note to Nita
which she thinks is from her husband,
but which is from Dexter Sprague. prob-
ably NI ta'e lover and wirtner in black-
mail, and on Ralph {ammond, engaged
to Nita. Dundee learns there is a secret
hiding place in the 7 ousb and finds It
ting their things. '
the guest eleset. Any one of six Pe0;1:
atthe bridge party could have hidden
the gun there, and removed it when get -
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CHAPTER xxxn. •
Having • ticketed the big beepzs
lamp, which he had brought with him.
from the Selim house, and locked it
away in the room devoted to "exhibits
for the state," Bonnie Dundee hute
ried into Penny's office, primed with
the news of his discoVery cf the 'ke-
ret hiding place and eager to lay his
new theory before the district at-
torney.
"Mire gone," Penny interrupted her
swift typing to inform hirn. "To Chi-
cago, He had only 15 minuteeto
make the three o'clock train, after he
received a wire saying hismother is
not expected to live. He tried to reach
you at the Selini house, but one of
Captain Strawn's men said you had
left."
"But what in the world do you mean
too, in case another murder seems A.
be expedient—or amusing," •
with it, in pain view of the
and still has it. . . Very convenien.4,
chanically. "I'd dashed off witl
bite to eat," Dundee explained': -
lunch, you know."
cer?" Penny asked.
afternoon walked. out of, the hottae
"Don't joke!" Penny shudder4.
Briefly Dundee told her.
"No. Whoever tised it Saturdag
"I stopped on my way in to get
"Did you find the gun and silee
'ee
"I see," Penny agreed, her husky:
voiee slow and weighted with horretes
She sat in dazed thought for a minutei
"That rather brings it home to intY
crowd—doesn't it? . To think that
Dad—I . Probably everyone at the
party—except mee-e-had •• heard av
about Dad's arrangement for hiding
the securities he sent on to New York
before ho ran away,' . . And no
siders—riebody but us—had a legiti-
mate excuse for entering that closet.
Not even Dexter Sprague:. It's oneeof
his affectations not to -mere:lie:leen-1 e
"Is it?" ,Dundee pounced. "You're.
sure he wore no hat that afternoon?
Did yeu notice him when he left after
I had dismissed you all?" '
"Yes," Penny acknowledged honest-
ly, "I paid attention to him, because
I was hating him. so. I believed then
that he was the -murderer, and I was
furious with you and Captain StraVen
for not arresting him. . . Ile was the
first to leave—just walked straight,
out; 'wouldn't even stop to talk with
Janet Raymond, who was trying to get
a word with him. I saw him start
toward Sheridan Road—walking. He
has no car, you know."
"Did you observe the others?" Dun-
dee demanded eagerly. "Do you know
who went alone to the guest closet?".
Penny shook her head. Everybody
was milling around in the hall, and I
paid no attention. Lois said she would
drive me home, and then I went in. to
ask you to let me stay behind with
you—"
"I remember. . Listen, Penny !
going to tell you something else that
nobody knows yet bat Sanderson,
Lydia and me. I don't have to ask
you not to tell any of your friends.
You know well enough that anything
you learn from either Sandersen or
me is strictly confidential." '
Penny nodded, her face very white
and her brown eyes bigwithmisery.
"I heve every reason to believethat
Nita Selim was a blackmailer, that,
he carne to Hamilton for the express
purpor,e of bleeding someone she had
known before, or :sonieoaa oa whom
she had She goods from some under-
world source or ther. At any rate,
Nita bareted 10,00e mysterioas dollars
--$.5,000 en April 28, and .35,000 on
May 5. I talked tb .)rake last night,
and I have his word for it that the
money was in is of varying de.
nominations—none large—when Nita
presented it for deposit. Therefore it
seems clear to me that Nita got the
money right here in Hamilton; other-
wise it would have come to her in the
fern , of cheques or drafts or money
orders. And it seems equallynclear to
me that she did not bring thatvlarge
amount of cash from New York with
her, or she would have deposited it
a lump sum in the bank immediately
after her arrival."
"Yes," Penny agreed. ''But why
are you telling me? . . Of course I'm
interested—"
"Because I want you to tell me the
financial status of each of your
friends," Dundee said gently. el
• know hovi" hard it is for you—"
"You could find out from others,
so I might as well tell you," Penny
interrupted, with a weary shrug,
"Judge Marshall is well-ttedo, and
Karen's father—her mother is dead—
settled $100,000 on her when she mar-
ried. She has complete control of her
• own money. . . The Dunlap s are the
richest peeple in Hamilton, and have
been for two �r three generations.
Lois was 'first family' but poor when
she married Peter, but he's been giv-
ing her an allowiince of $20,000 a
year for several years—not for run-
ning the house, but fore her personal
use. Clothes, charities, ,hobbies, like
the Little Theatre She brought Nita
here to organize—"
"I wouldn't say she spends a great
deal of it on chess," Dundee interrupt-
"' with a grin, as vision of Lela'
Dunlap's comfortably dowdy figure
rose in his mind.
"LoiS doesn't give a hang how she.
looks or' what anyone thinks of her—.
which is probably one reason she is
the best -loved woman in our crowd,"
Penny retorted loyally. "The Miles'
money is really Flora's, and she has
the reputation of 'being one of the
shrewdest business 'then' in town.
When she married Tracey neariy
eight years ago he was just the sales -
manager in her father's business—the
biggest dairy in the state. . . Well,
when Flora married Tracey, her fa-
ther retired and let Tracey run the
business for Flora, andhe's still man-
aging it, but Flora is the real head...
Now, let's see.. . 011, yes, the Drakes!
. . . Johnny is vice president of the
lieenilton'• National Bank, as you
know, and owns a big biotic of the
stock. Carolyn has no mon nr except
what Johnny gives her, and I lathe):
think he isn't any too generous—"
"They don't get along very well to-
gether, do they?",
A Musical Romance
Love will find a way. Will Osborne, Canadian orchestra leader
who made goed with the big-time crowd over the border, is going to
Y:411 jean Helmee, contract or no centred,
a
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•
The Royal, Bank of 'Camas,"
General Statement
300.November, 1932
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid up . ,,,, ,,„,. SK ,000,000.0
Reserve Ftind $3$,000,000.09
Balance of Profits carried forward . — „ „ .. , ,,,,,,,, 1,164,954.95
________.—.
$36,166,954,95
Dividends Unclaimed 14,096. ee
Dividend No, 181 (at 10% per annum), Peyable Ist
7,056,451.24‘
1)eceinber, 1932 *75,000,00
, ------------ 3
Deposits not bearing interest. ,
Deposits bearing interest, including Interest accrued to
date ot Statement
Balances due to other Banks in Canada
Balances due -to Banks and •Banking Correspondents
elsewhere than In Canada
Notes of the Bank in circulation
Advances under the Finance Act
Bilis Payable
Liabilities not included in the foregoing
Letters of Credit Outstanding
ASSETS
Cold and Subsidiary Coin on. hand
Dominion Notes on hand
Deposit In the Central Gold Reserves
United States and other Foreign Currencies
Notes of other Canadian Banks
Cheques on other Banks
Balances due by other Banks in Canada
Balances due by Banks and Banking Correspondents
elsewhere than in Canada
•
Dominion and Provincial Government Securities (not
exceeding market value)
Canadian Municipal Securities and British, Foreign
and Colonial ,Public Securities other than Cana-
dian (not exceeding market value)
Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks (not
exceeding market value)
Call and Short (not exceeding thirty days) Loans In
Canada ea Bonds, Debentures and Stocks and
other Securities of a sufficient marketable value
to cover
Call and Short (not exceeding thirty days) Loans else-
where than in Canada on Bonds, Debentures and
Stocks and other Securities of a sufficient mar-
- ketable value to cover
Current Loans and Discounts In Canada (less rebate
of interest) after making full provision for all bad
and doubtful debts
Current Loans and Discounts elifewhere than In
Canada (less rebate of interest) al ter making full
provision for all bad and doubtful debts
Non -Current Loans, estimated loss provided for
$128,983,165.53
468,.591,153.26
662,918,70
,056,908.m721
619,094,143.2e
2%733,752.74
25,000,000 00,
199,352.87
3$5,768.3T
20,092,95gm
M5,312,920.14
$72,056,a51.24
528,168,913.49
38,046,090.25
3,000,000.00
16,012,894.92
2,087,242.18
18,667,993.61
2,232.25
58,645,357.92
5252,380,972.62
*85,227,898.60
79,402,825,90
89,448,844.13k
26,7e0,444.41
e,748,496.47 ,
28,951.243-41
36,400,142.54
5355,929,915.58
104,167,441.69 ,
4,013,872.16
360,662,286.47
7,194,887.80
2,431,601.64
870,947.78
20,092,951.71
6,326,569.08
•1,600,000.00
503,760.08
Bank Premises at not more than cast, less amounts written off
Real Estate other than Bank Premise.'
Mortgages on Real Estate sold by the Bank
Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit as per contra
Shares of and Loans to Controlled Companies
Deposit with the Minister for the purposes of the Circulation Fund.
Other Assets not included in the foregoing
$765 512 920 14
NOTE—The Royal Bank of Canada (France) has been incorporated under the twee
of France to conduct the business of the Bank in Paris, and the assets and liabilities of
The Royal Bank of Canada (France) are included in the above GeneralStatennene.
H. S. HOLT,
M. W. WILSON,
President
General Manager
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE
To THE SHARBROLDERS, THD ROYAL BANN OF CANADA:
We have examined the above Statement of Liabilities and Assets at 30th November, 1982,
with the books and accounts of The Royal Bank of Canada ret Head Office and with the certified
returns from the branches. We have verified the cash and securities at Head Office at the close
of the Bank's fiscal year, and during the year we counted the cash and examined the securities
at several of the important branches.
We have obtained all the information and explanations that we have required, and in our
opinion the transactions of the Bank, which have come under our notice, have been within the
powers of the Bank. The above statement is in our opinion properly drawn up so as to diecidse
the true condition of the Bank as at 30th November, 1932, and it is as shown by the books of
the Bank.
A. B. BRODIE, CA.,
of Pribe, Waterhouse 5t Uo, Auditors.
JAS. G. ROSS, C.A,.
Montree , Canada, 28th December, 1932. of P. S. ROSS & SONS.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 30th November,
1931 . ,,,,, $4,155,105.61
Profits for the year ended 30th November, 4,861,849.34
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS:
Dividend No. 178 at 12% per annum
Dividend No. 179 at 12e, per annum
Dividend No. 180 at 10 per annum
Dividend No. 181 at 108 per annum
• 1,050,000.00
1,050,000.00
875,000.00
875,000.00
Contribution to Officers' Pension Fund,
Appropriation for Bank Premises
Reserve for Dominion Government Taxes, including
'Fax on Bank Note Circulation
Transferred to Investment Depredation Reserve
Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward
S. HOLT.
President
Montreal, 28th. December, 1.932.
$3,850,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
600,000.00
3,000,000.00
1,166,954.95
89.016.954.95
69,016,954.95
IC W. WILSON,
General Manager
"N -no!" Penny agreed reluctantly.
"You see, Johnny Drake was simply
not cut out for love and marriage.
He's a born ascetic, would have been
a monk two or three centuries ago,
but he cares as much for Carolyn as
he could for any woman. .,The Ham-
mond boys have some inherited money
and Clive has made a big financial
success of architecture: . That leaves
only Janet and Polly, doesn't it? . .
Polly's an orphan and has barrels of
money, and will have barrels more
when. her aunt, with whom she lives,
dies and leaves her the fortune she
has always promised her."
"And Janet Raymond?"
"Janet's fathee is pretty rich—owns
a big wire fence factory, but Janet
has only a reasonable allowance,"
Penny answered.
Dundee remained thong -ea -ally sil-
ent for a long minute. Then: "All
yon,girls are alumnae of Forsyte-on-
the-Hudson, and Nita Selim come here
immediately after she had directed a
Forsyte play. . . . Tell me, Penny --
was any of the Hamilton girls ever in
disgrace while in the Forsyte school?"
Penny's face ..lamed. "I'm sorry to.
disappoint you, but so. far as I know
there was never anything or the sort.
Of course we all graduated diifferent
years; except Karen and me, and I
might not have heard—But aol" she
denied vehemently. "There wasn't any
scandal on a Hamilton girl ever! I'm
sure of it!"
But her very vehemence convinced
Bonnie Dundee that she was net sure.
He looked at his watch. Four o'clock.
By this time Nita Selirri was nothing
more than a little heap of gray ashes.
"I'm going out now, Penny, and 1
shan't be Fick today," he told the
girl who had returned to her typing.
"I% -telephone in about an hour to
see if anything has come up. . By
the way, how do I get to the Dunlap
house?"
"It's in the Brentwood section, You
know—that cluster of hills around
Mirror Lake, Most of the crowd live
out there—the Drakes, the Mileses,
the Beales, the Maraballs. The Dun-
lap house stands on the highest hill
of all. It's geay done, a little like a
French chateau. We used to live out
there, too, in a Colonial houseny
mother's father built. But why do you
'ant to see Lois?"
"Thanks much, Penny. I don't know
what I should do without you," Dun-
dee said, without answering her ques-
tion, and reached for his hat.
After 10 minutes of driving, the last'
mile of which had circled a smoothi
silver coin of a lake, Dundeestoppedi
hie car and let his eyes rove appre-1
ciatively.
1
Georgian "cottage," Spanish . ha-;
cienda, Italian villa, Tudor mansion—;
that was the Miles home; Cokniall
mansion where Penny had once lived;
.ray stone chateau. . Not one of
them blatantly new or marked with
the dollar, sign. Dundee sighed a little
enviously as lie turned his car into
the winding driveway that led up the
lighest hill to the Dunlap home. ;
Lois Dunlap betrayed no surprise'
when the butler led Dundee to the
flag -stoned upper terrace everlooking -
Mirror Lake, .mhere she washaving
tea with her three children and their
governess.
"How do you do'IVIr. Dundee? This
is Miss Burden. . My three offspring
—Peter the third, Eleanor'and Bobby.
. . . Will you please take the children',
to the playroom now, Mi ee Burden? .1.
Thank you! n. Tea, Mr. Dundee? Or
shall I order you a highball?"
"Nothing', thanks," Dundee answer-
ed, grateful for her friendliness but
nonplussed by it. Not for the first
time he felt a sick distaste fer the pro-
fession he had chosen,
"It's all over," Lois Dunlap said MI
a low voice as the butler retreatecid
"Lydia made her look'veey beattifel.,
She looked as sweet and young andl
innocent as she must have been when!
she first wore the royal blue velvet."
"I'm glad," Dundee said sincerely.?
Then he leaned toward her across the'
tea table. "Mrs, Dunlap, will you!
please tell me just how you persuaded
Nine. Selim to come to Hareilton—sei
far from Broadway?" •
"It really did not take inueli per-,
suasion after I showed her Sone
group photographs we hadmade when
we Forsyte girls put on 'The Beggar's'
Opera' here last October."
With difficulty Dundee controlled
his excitement. "May I see thosq
photographs, ple,ase?"
• (To be continued)
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