FAMOUS HOSTESS
DEATH IN LONDON [FHOM OUR OWN COIIRKSPOXDKNTj LONDON, Jim. 25 Famous hostess, and one of the -world's most learned women, Airs. Flora Sassoon, died recently at her homo in London, after a long illness. Widow of the late Mr. Solomon David Sassoon, and a near relative of Sir Philip Sassoon, Mrs. Sassoon will be missed by members of the Anglo-Indian' community in London, for whom she kept open house. . Although she was unassuming she • lived in semi-Oriental state. To her, hospitality was second nature, and she constantly entertained a large circle of friends until illness ended those gatherings. Her meals were lavish Eastern banquets, and there was no greater crime in her eyes than to refuse the dishes which she pressed on her guests. : v: -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22352, 25 February 1936, Page 6
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