MRS SIMPSON.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 116, 26 February 1937, Page 5

MRS SIMPSON.

ITALIAN VILLA LEASED. QUIET LIFE AT CANNES. ROME, February 14. Mrs Simpson’s secretary stated on arrival at Rome to-day that Mrs Simp™ son would spend the spring and summer in a villa which has been leased at Formia, on the Gulf of Gaeta, between Rome and Naples. She is expected to go to Formia in April. 1 The wedding of Mrs Simpson and the Duke of Windsor, it is reported, is to he postponed until after the Coronation.

According to a message from, London, Mr Herman L, Rogers, at whose house at Cannes Mrs Simpson is staying, says she takes no prominent part in the' social life of the Riviera. She rises early and spends the morning in the garden. After lunch she motors and walks in the country. She. is greatly attached to three Aberdeen terriers, Jock, You-You and Moko, which she takes out for long rambles. The “Daily Mail’s” Nice correspondent says Mrs Simpson is taking French lessons.

RADIO PERFORMER.

SEQUEL TQ INTERJECTION.

LONDON, February 14. Mr John Rorke, the British Broadcasting Corporation performer who interjected “Mrs Simpson” during a broadcast in which an allusion was made to “sex appeal,” is to lose five weeks’ salary in consequence. He will not be heard again in wireless performances before St. Patrick’s Day. “It was ‘Mrs Gibson’ I intended to say’,” remarked Mr'Ttorke. “It is impossible to explain how I came to slip in ‘Simpson.’ “I shall take my punishment, which I consider most lenient, with resignation.” ' ,

Mr Rorke has been broadcasting for 13 years.