“WHY ALL THIS FUSS?”

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 456, 18 May 1932, Page 1

“WHY ALL THIS FUSS?”

Mother Defends Bankrupt Daughter. LONDON, May 0. “ When a man goes through £IO,OOO in six weeks or months the performance passes almost without remark. Because a girl spends £12,000 in three years going everywhere, and seeing the best of everything, the event is recorded as notorious.” Mrs Anthony, mother of Elaine Margaret, a young Australian girl, who related before the Registrar in Bankruptcy during the week how she had spent a fortune in three years, is surprised at the fuss that has been made about the case. Herself extremely youthful in appearance, with golden hair, poise and charm, and living in a flat at St James, close to York House, home of the Prince of Wales, she vigorously defended her daughter in a special interview with a “ Sunday Sun ” representative. Elaine, a beautiful blonde with a flair for attractive clothes, is staying with friends at an undisclosid address, having left the luxurious service flat in the vicinity of the exclusive Ritz, Greenpark area, which cost her fifteen guineas a week, according to the porter, who reminiscently described splendid parties, of which she was the hostess. The street, he said, used to be full of rich cars, and many bright young people. “ After all,” said Mrs Anthony, " the money went purely and simply in extravagant living, induced by the richness of her surroundings, including presentation at Court in 1930, visits to Royal enclosures at Ascot and Goodwood, balls, garden parties, dinners, theatres, and so on. Naturally all these take a lot cf money, necessitating an extensive wardrobe, cars, and reciprocal entertainment. That’s all there is to it.”