HOTEL OWNER'S TRIALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20766, 8 January 1931, Page 16

HOTEL OWNER'S TRIALS.

STORY OF VEILED PRINCESS.

"IN MY HUSBAND'S HOUSE."

TTolel proprietors liavp many trials anrl difficulties, hut they do not often find themselves in the position in which the owner of one of the most luxurious hotels in Paris lately found himself.

A few weeks ago the manager was informed by a man, who said lie was a secretary, that a foreign princess wished to stay there, but that her identity could only be disclosed to the Foreign Minister. On the following day the princess arrived. heavily veiled. She went straight to her rooms and the most magnificent dinner the hotel could produce was served there. On the second day, at both lunch and dinner, tlio princess entertained a large number of guests. On the third day, however, the manager, being curious or uneasy, went to see the great lady and begged her to tell him her name. "If is the name of the owner of this hotel," the woman replied. "I am his wife. We were separated seven years ago, but, I have now decided to exercise my right to live in my husband's house. Since he lives in this hotel it may be regarded as his bouse, and I am taking this opportunity to entertain all the friends who have been nice to me in the past seven years." The unhappy man told, his employer what had happened. The proprietor, having visited the "princess," had to admit that she was indeed bis wife, and that she was undoubtedly staying in his "house." For tlio time being she was still being treated as though she were really a princess.