WEALTHY WOMAN'S TRUNKS
One thousand pounds duty >vas paid to the English Customs by Mrs. Wichfield, a millionairess, of Washington, D.0., who arriv»d in London from Paris recently. The luggage of herself and her party comprised eighty largo boxes, and it took tile Customs otileials a long time to appraise the perfumes illul other dutiable articles the-y contained. This is probably a luggage "record" fpr truiis-Atlantic visitors. A largo motor lorry was necessary to transport the boxsfc from Victoria to the Ritz HotoL whers Mrs. Wichlield and her party of four, including the Duchess do Chaulnes (also an American), togeihnr with six servants, were staying.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 19
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105WEALTHY WOMAN'S TRUNKS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 19
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