THE POWER OF WEALTH
£1,000,000 HOUSE,
Fortune has smiled upon a middle-aged Czech maid-sorveant, who, after marrying her employer, a wealthy New York stockbroker, has now inherited a vast fortune on his death. In the rambling gabled mansions, valued at £1,000,000, where for 17 years she made the beds and polished the floors as chambermaid, and where tier brother is still butler, this former Czech immigrant reigns to-day as mistress and solo owner. Anna Maria Sclileis was born on a small farm in Bohemia. 47 yfcars ago, and in 1.927 she married, as his fourth wife, her employer, Mr. Frank W. Sabin, a millionaire.
He died recently at the age of 78, leaving the built of his estate, valued at between £4,000,000 and £5,000,000, to his widow.
This ex-chambermaid, besides being the mistr&s of a palatial house and a large fortune, has eight Rolls-Kovce cars and a staff of 20 servants, at the head of whom is her brother, the butler. Ihe third Mrs. Sabin had also been a servant in the house, having acted for many years as Mi'. Sabin's housekeeper.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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182THE POWER OF WEALTH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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