Fortune at Stake
GIRL’S CHOICE OF A CAREER Mr Charles Richard Steele, of the Drive, Belmont, Surrey, a city solicitor left a large share of his fortuno of £153,9.10 in trust for his' daughter, Betty Muriel—but she will receive nothing if she 'becomes an actress. Mr Steele stated in his will that his daughter had intimated her intention to go on tho stage, which was altogether contrary to his wishes. "Should sire,” lie wrote in a codicil, 1 "give in public any performance by way Of acting, singing, dancing, playing any musical instrument, or giving any performance with a view to its being broadcast or reproduced by cinematograph or gramophone process, the life interest given to her shall cease, and during the residue of her life the income of her sharo shall bo paid to the British Home for Incurables, Putney.”
Mr A. Leslie Smith, partner in the firm of Francis Miller and Steele, stated in a recent interview that Mr Steele had no antipathy to the stage, but made the codicil when his daughter, at the age of 17, told him she intended to go in for a stago career.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 75, 30 March 1936, Page 11
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191Fortune at Stake Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 75, 30 March 1936, Page 11
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