SON—NOT HUSBAND

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 September 1934, Page 2

SON—NOT HUSBAND

actress to adopt manager. LONDON, July 23. The marriage arranged between Miss Violet Melnotte, owner of the Duke of York’s Theatre, and her manager, Mr Archibald Patrick Moore will not take place. Miss Melnotte gave her .age yester(lay as 72; 'Mr Moore is 01. The marriage was to have taken place at i wp-fend register office this month. a Both X ami Mr Moore announced that the engagement had been broken off. Miss “I am going to marry another man. Mr Moore said: “The reason-for out engagement was that Miss Me n desired to keep Theatre in the family. Theie has, however, been a public outcry agains 4 the marriage, and some evilly disposed persons have been writing letters to us denouncing us. Miss Mel-

notte, not wishing for any stigma to attach to the theatre, is now going to place me legally in the position of her son. in other words, she is going to adopt me.” Miss Melnotte was indignant about statements that her age was S2, 83, or 86. “You can take it from me,” she said, “that I am only 72—and that is the first time I have ever told anybody. I am going to marry another man, but that is not the reason whjr I am not marrying Mr Moore."