DUCHESS CONSUELO HELD UP.
HER READY WIT AND COOLNESS FOILED A MAN WHO EYED HER JEWELS. * When Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, arrived at Alfred De Rothschild’s dinner to the San Carlo opera stars, recently, she thrilled the company with her account of an adventure she had had on the way. When turning out of Park lane a roughlooking man ran into the road and held up his hand, telling the coachman something was wrong with the harness. Simultaneously another desperate-looking character appeared at the open window and demanded alms, menacingly fixing his eye on the Duchess's diamond and emerald necklace. . The Duchess instantly opened her purse and gave the man a sbvereign, saying : “Take this ; I hope you will have a good dinner ; tell the coachman to drive on, as I am rather late for mine.’’ The man obeyed, but the Duchess felt certain it was a plan to snatch her jewels. An inexpensive all-round denser j can be made as follows : One part j pumice powder to three parts soap | powder. Mix these two well together. | Take an old baking powder tin, | knock holes in the lid with some- I thing sharp, put your mixture in, [ and sprinkle a little on what you ! irtob tgjrtewi, £ ■:
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 8, 25 September 1906, Page 8
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