THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG A PAGE OF ROGUE NOD CALLE LETTERS Five Thousand Epistles are Found in Don Juan's Homes MARRIED ELEVEN Three Hundred Women De- luded in Career of 20 Years At least two of the 11 "wives" of George Gregory Leslie, who is now serving a sentence of 10 years' penal servitude for bigamy and false pre- were present at the London Bankruptcy Court, when the first meeting of his creditors was held. Of the people in court when the official receiver of Leeds, Clifford Bowling, made his statement several were women who had, at one time or another, fallen victims to the wiles of a man who kept filed records of his "courtships," and who is sald never to have written a letter to + & woman without asking for an ad- vance of money. Leslie was sentenced at Leeds last December, but it was decided to hold the meeting in London for the con- venience of creditors who live in the South, and because most of the pro- the man claims as assets is in e Counties. ALL-WOMAN COMMITTEE. For the same reason a Brighton Sccountant was appointed as trustee to wind-up the estate. The committee of inspection which was appointed is probably the first 'fo consist entirely of women, two of whom had been bigamously married by Leslie. It was stated at the meeting that Leslie's former addresses were Marl- borough ord, and Finsbury ¢ London. His age was given as 62, although at the trial in De- comber he was stated to be but 48. In the words of the official receiver, Leslie "appeared to have had a chequered career" He joined the Army. at the age of 19 and became a ~ color-sergeant, but was afterwards reduced in rank. He was at one time & brewer's traveller and agent, and later carried on business at Devon- a8 a mineral water manufac- In December 1918 he began busi- ness as an estate agent at Forest Gate with a capital of £400. Then he . purchased property worth £3,100, and spent a further £1,000 on it. Leslie filed a statement showing flitles of £7,720, and assets of * £10,257, stating definitely: "I do not consider myself insolvent." ~ But the official receiver gave the ¥iew that the assets had been con- overstated, and that there 'would be a substantial deficiency. SLIFE OF ROGUERY." When Leslie unsuccessfully ap- pealed against his sentence of ten Janey ponal servitude, the Lord Chief sald the facts pointed to "a lite of SYstamatio roguery of a most kind." ce as a Don Juan was hi if only for the fact that A man of coarse appearance. years he deluded at least 300 To most of these he became g." From all he obtained hn he was arrested more than Jove letters were found at his in London, Bradford, iat the house of one of his "wives" Gloucestershire. DIAL BLISS BACHELOR JUDGE en Rules are Forgive- ness, Kindness, Comprom- ~ ise and Patience Four golden rules for married - were lald down Rein: Mr, Justice M . They any stration b; strikes and lockouts. TWENTY LIVE IN ONE SMALL HOUSE Sad Plight of Man With ife and Six Children WAR HERO Five Youngsters Have to] Eat Meals Off the Floor A painful instance of the plight of workingmen with jargé families in these days of housing shortage is sup- plied by a case at Deptford. Twenty people are living in a small six-roomed house In Abinger-road, off Evelyn-street, Deptford. An ex-ser- viceman named Winder, his wife, and six children rent two of the rooms for "7s. 6d. per week--Iiving in one dur. ing the daytime, and sleeping in the other at night. 'When called on the family were having dinner. The parents and the youngest child sat at a small table beneath the window, and the five other children occupied the floor. There was no space to move about, for the room measures only nine feet as it were, upon this scene, was a framed record of Mr. Winder"s gallan- try while serving in France. It is as follows : "I have read with much pleasure the reports of your regimental com: mander and brigade commander re. garding your gallant conduct and con- sistent devotion to duty in the fleld 1916-17, and have ordered your name to be entered In the records of the Irish Division. "(Signed) W. B. Hickle, Major- General, Commanding the 16th Irish Division." Mr. Winder, who is a carman em- ployed by the Deptford Borough Coun- cil, is an ex-regular soldier, who serv. ed 12 years in the lst Buffs. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for service in France, and went out in 1915, being demobilized in 19189, when he wis a sergeant. In the bedroom I saw three beds, close up together, and in these the family sleep. '"We have three rls and three boys," he said, "and the eldest is a ORDERED TO LEAVE. A serious difficulty which has arisen is that Mr, Winder has to quit the two rooms in 28 days' time. Last Thurs- day at the Greenwich Police Court the tenant-occupler of the house made ap- plication for the rooms, as their own accommodation was severely taxed. He said that he and his wife and nine children, and an orphan nephew of 19, had to live in three rooms. y In one of the rooms occupied by the tenant there are two beds for his six daughters, the two eldest of whom are 20 and 18. Mr. and Mrs, Winder told me that they could not really blame the tenant of the house for g his 1 tion to the , 'His case In as bad as ours," and he 3 '""We have searched all over for a Clerk of Deptford has written to Mr. Winder promising to Sxpadive his application for an L.C.C. NAWAY EMULATES Jumps Six Foot Hedge Trailing Milk Lorry Behind WOMEN ANTI-STRIKERS A hs of Edinburgh fishwives who went up to London to take great demon 25,000 women, in protest against the suf ring by eir efforts, however, have not prevented the calling of a general strike, with its consequent suffering among all classes. On 'one of the walls, looking down |Writes a correspondent,--at 6.40. FAMOUS 'CHASERS=: EE ina | OLD AGE PENSIONERS TEMPT FATE AGAIN WITH CUPID'S AID Much interest was taken In the wedding at St. Paul's Church, Darlington, of Car- ningham Harker, aged 83, and Isabella Naisbett, aged 76, the church being crowded. Harker has been twice mar. ried, while this was his bride's fifth matrimonial venture. Both are old-age pensioners. COO OOOU0 On BO fogogegeletel RoR RoteloRoteel TOURISTS "RUSH" ENGLISH SIGHTS Description of a Trip with a "Keep Moving" Slogan NO REST Ingenuous Visitor Wanted to Write on Shakespeare's Ceiling What a day! It began at 9.30 and ended for me, In that time I have learned, in company with 270 exhausted tourists, ail that there is to know about the art of hustling. 'We have seen so much that I was not surprised to hear one dazed hotel proprietor ask a guide, as we returned to London from Reading, Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon, "Just what have we seen?" Members of the International Hotel Alliance, who were guests of the G.W.R,, had just settled down to read their morning papers when they were invited to look at Windsor Castle from the train windows, and no sooner had they finished talking about Windsor than they reached Reading. "TAKING THE BISCUIT." Here our special train stopped, so that dozens of the girl workers at Huntley and mer"s factory could present us all fwith boxes of biscuits. And then to Oxford. The order of the day was "keep moving."' We moved. We were whirled from the gracious beauty of New College to Christ Church, where some of us wanted to linger in the great dining hall, whose benches and tables of Irish bog oak have been polished by the use of 400 years, But our guides seized us, and as we ran through the grounds some of the hustled gathered leaves from the trees to paste into their scrap-books We looked at Magdalen, the Shel- donian Theatre and the Bodleian Library, and then our motor coaches hurried us back to the station, and we had lunch at lightning speed be- tween Oxford and Stratford-on-Aven, NAME ON CEILING, The peop gave us a great welcome, and we saw everything that one ought to aee in Stratford, but I doubt if many of us could pass an examination on our ex- periences. One Ingenuous person asked permis. sion to write his name on the of Shakespeare's room. He was politely invited to sign the visitor's book, but there was no time for such a leisurely ritual, for we had | cottage. yet to see Anne Hathaway's ANNE'S "COURTING SETTLE." And the little thatched house where £20,000 ROBBERY OF JEWELS FROM KILKENNY HOME Key Left on Hall Table Had Not Been Touched DOOR UNLOCKED Manservant Detained by Civic Guards But Not Charged Jewels worth £20,000 have been stolen by thieves, who broke into Mount Julet, the house of Major and Lady Helen MecCalmont, about eight miles from Kilkenny. The missing jewellery included: Two diamond necklaces; three strings of pearls, one containing 188 gems, another 108, and the third 97; y | rubles and sapphires; gold and silver cigarettes cases, and large quantity of other jewellery. Major McCaimont and his wife had left Mount Juliet early in the morning for the Carlow point-to-point races, and {it was only after their return, about 9 o'clock in the evening, that they dis- covered that the house had been rob- bed. The door of the room containing the safe had been unlocked. It was Major McCalmont's custom to leave the key of the safe every morning on a table in the hall. he key was still there when he re- turned to Mount Juliet, and there was nothing to indicate that a robbery had taken place. It was only when the safe was opened that the discovery was made, A manservant employed by Major McCalmont was detained by the Civic Guards, but no charge was preferred against him. OWNER OF TETRARCH. The only strangers seen 'near the house were two men and a woman, but no particular notice was taken of their presence, as Mount Juliet, which is one of the beauty spots of the county, is frequently visited by tourists. Mount Juliet was formerly the seat of the Earl of Carrick, and was bought some years ago by the McCalmont family. It is the centre of the hunting dis- trict for the Kilkenny Hounds, 'of which Major McCalmont is master. The house itself stands in the midst of beautifully-wooded country, through which the River Nore flows. Major McCalmont owns the famous race horses The Tetrarch and Tetra- tema. Lady Helen McCalmont is a daughter of the fourth Marquis Conyngham. DRIFTING BOAT IS KEY T0 TRAGEDY Manchester Man Sailed to Doom With Flour Sack and Broom A small boat, with an oar for a= mast, a flour sack and a sheet for sails, and a broom for a bowsprit, was brought into Manchester Docks. It had' been picked up off the Irish Coast by a Norwegian steamer, In the boat were two letters. one, addressed to the coroner, written: Please don't return whilst tempor- arily insane. I am quite sane, but troubles and want have driven me to this. Have slept in the fields during the last 14 nights, and have not had a meal for the same time, and I don't care to beg. Good-bye, all. An address in Rusholme, Man- Shatter, was given. The second letter read: In was To whom it may concern. Friend, will you kindly hand these to the dis- trict police? They will see to any details which may require attendance, and oblige, J, Le Centaur. All par- ticulars will be found in the ac- name, and originated from Birming- ham. It had apparently been pre- sented at the Bolton Labour Exchange March 9 or 29 of this year. FOUNDER OF TOC H WANTS HI WALLET Fire Brigade Rescued At- tache Case Floating in River Don nuch a part of London as Westminster Wednesday, May 26, 1926" as being as 1 SOOOCOOOL CONSTABLE WHO MADE OF C. PEACE 1S VERY ENFEEBLED. Ex-Constable Edward Robin- son, who captured Charles Peace after being shot in the arm, is lying very enfeebled in Greenwich Infirmary. The capture took place outside a large house in St. John's- place, Blackheath, on 10 Octo- ber, 1878, 'HOME SWEET HOME IS FAVORITE SONG Gets Double Number of Votes Accorded Any Other Ballad ANNIE LAURIE Is Second Favorite With Killarney Fourth on List '"Home, Sweet Home,'* is still the most popular ballad among Britons. More than twice as many votes were cast in the Royal Free Hospital £10,- 000 ballot for this song than for any other of the famous ballads. "Annie Laurie'" and "Auld Lang Syne' were the next two favorites, SOOUOUOR OORT Miss E. M. Larken, a woman of in- "hn dependent means, living in a flat in Nevern-square, 8. W. 5, has won £5,- 000, the first prize by putting the 14 ballads in the most correct order. The second prize of £2,000 has been won by Miss M. A. Wild, of Stam- ford-road, Waterhead, Oldham. Miss Eva Davies, of Glenhice-road, Black- heath, S.E., wins £1,000 for third best The Royal Free Hospital gets about £5,000 out of the ballot. HOW VOTING WENT. Order of popularity of the 14 bal- lads selected proved on analysis to as follows: 1--'"Home, Sweet Home." 2--"Annie Laurie." 3--'"Auld Lang Syne." 4" Killarney." 5--'*Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond." 6---'*Alice, Where Art Thou?" 7--'"The Last Rose of Summer." 8--"Sally in Our Alley." §--"Kathleen Mavourneen.' 10--' 'Hearts of Oak." 11--'*The Minstrel Boy." 12---"Men of Harlech." 13--'Come Into the Garden, Maud." 14--'"Tom Bowling." Miss Larken is gecretary of the Chelsea branch of the Charity Or- ganization Society. She is a Lincoln woman, a keen motorist, and holds French and British medals for Red Cross 'work. : ARABIC PROFESS LEAVES £166,167 Gifts to Cambridge Univer- sity for Study of Languages Professor E. Granville Browne, Pro- fessor of Arabic in Cambridge Univer- sity, left £166,167. Bequests include: £2,000 to Pembroke College, Cam- bridge, if possible for a scholarship In touring | Oriental learning, especially in Arabic, Persian or Turkish Masters the | wilection of the Duke of Ru WOMAN'S RECORD. AT PHONE 12 YEARS Never Beyond Sound of Bell Night or Day WINDOW CHATS Tiny Office Has All Calls for Pulham Aero- drome Mrs, Mary Anne Petty, of the small town of Harleston, (Norfolk), must surely hold the record among the tele. phone attendants of England---possibly of the world, For over 12 years she has never been beyond the sound of her tele- phone bell, neither by night nor day. "'Once or twice,"* she said "I have run downto the shop at the corner to buy something, but I can hear the telephone bell from there quite easily. ""Apart from this, I have not left the house for 12 years last March, when the Harleston exchange was first installed in my house. I do not say, of course, that it has been impos- sible for me to do so." The small switchboard looks strangely incongruous in Mrs, Petty's parior, among the pictures and orna- ments, Sitting before it, she is near | the window, and by, lifting a latch, can enjoy a brief chat with a passing neighbor, NIGHT CALLS. She is assisted by Miss Dorothy ipperfield, a young woman who played in her house as a child and af- terwards learned to "put in the plugs." Both women slesp in the house, and on the rare occasions whan a call comes at night, one or the other has to get out of bed to answer it. "My husband was an auxiliary postman before he died," Mrs, Petty explained. "I had a room to let and was looking for a lodger. The last thing I expected was to let the room to the Post Office, but the district inspector came and asked for it, at the same time offering me the post of at- tendant, and I was glad to take it." All calls from and to the aerodrome at Pulham pass through the RCH CONECTONER LEAVES 518.360 Pays Nearly Quarter Mil- lion Pounds in Death Duties Samuel! M. Johnson, of Sheffield, founder of the Don Confectionery Company, left £818360. The death £245,000. Mission Hall, Royal Infirmary, and Sheffield Royal H % bulk of his property is left to his two sons. MORE OLD MASTERS 60 UNDER HAMMER Second Sale from Duke of Rut- . land's Collection is Made 'More Old this time from the been at BRITISH NEWS FOR THE READERS OF THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG IS IT GOOD-BYE TO COVENT GARDEN? This ancient fruit and vegetable market, hitherto regarded Y SORNESS "HAD BAD EFFECTS ON JUVENILES One Youngster Puts Jam in Boots of Exhausted Parents MIDNIGHT PRANKS Doctor Thinks Disease is Due to Germ Entering the Nose Startling Instances of the after ef« fects of sleepy sickness on juvenile patients were given by Dr. C. P. Symonds in a lecture at the College of Nursing, Henrletta-street, W. It had been discovered in many cases, he sald, that sweet-tempered, tractable children became transforms ed after suffering from the disease, in. to "perfect little demoniacs." They took to stealing, lying, swearing and every form of spiteful and mischievous activity. A typical case was that of a boy who, when other young people were retiring to rest, would emter upon a night of activity, which included singing, whistling, swearing, attack. ing his brothers and sisters and pulling the bedclothes off the sleeping forms of his parents. Another youngster showed great ine genuity In devising fresh pranks. JAM IN BOOTS, His crowning effort was to tire out all the other mémbers of the house. hold so that they fell asleep from shees exhaustion, and then to collect their boots, take them to the pantry and till them with jam. Sometimes the misdeeds of the juvenile sufferers led them to the police court, and thence to the re- formatory, but, of course, that did not produce a cure. Reasonable moral treatment, however, occasionally had most encouraging results. A certain lad who had had an ate tack of sleepy sickness was so for- tunate, sald Dr. Symonds, as to have for a, mother some 15 stone of solid, purposeful, placid womanhood. She neither spared the rod not spoiled the child, and, thanks to her firmness and good sense, the boy today, at the age of 15 years, bore a good character and was holding a regular job. A NOSE GERM. That was an unusual instance, and he regretted to have to say that, hav- ing regard to the present state of medical knowledge, the deterioration in character of children who had sut- fered from sleepy sickness must in a number of cases as pers. manent. Dr. Symonds sald there was evi. dence, but not absolute proof, that the disease was caused by a germ which entered the human body through the nose. Every drug known to have bactericidal properties had been em- ployed, but so far without definite curative results. OLDEST WOMAN IN ENGLAND IS DEAD "Granny" - Turner Passes Away at Age of 109 SL The death took place in Oldham Workhouse, where she was the pet of the institution, of Mary Ann Turner, tiny | aged 109 Reported to be the oldest woman in the country, she had been in the work house nine years. In 1923, when the master of the In- stitution took over his duties, he saw 1816 as the date of her birth on the bed card, and had it crossed out, thinking there must be an error. On investigation, however, the date prove ed to be correct. "Granny" Tumer, born the year after Waterloo, thus yay through Chartist mlevement, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Famine Cotton . In 1023 the old woman broke hes leg, but made a complete recovery, Carrier Pigeon for Doctor On the lonely 1sie of Alisa Craig, 13 hire aged £ "