Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1936, Page 5

Mprs. Simpson’s Witand Dancing Attracted King’s Notice First Pair Met After Baltimore Woman Was Presented .at Co,urt—Tl_wreafter ‘She Was Frequently Member of Parties. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, Deceinber 10.—The for- mer Baltimore belle, born Wallis War- field, center of the British crisis, has been friend and companion of King Edward VIII since long before he took up the imperial burden from. his late father. The couple first met after she, the wife of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, ships’ broker and former officer in one of the King’s own regiments of guards, ‘was presented at court before King George and Queen Mary. Wallis Simpson, admired in society as a sparkling conversationalist and a graceful dancer, soon attracted the King, a connoisseur of both. They began to be seen in public tqgether, often accompenied by Simpson. The then Prince of Wales and. his test friend appeared at race meet- gs together, hung over the same rail at Alntree, Liverpool, watching the thrilling finish of the grand national. They danced together; attended par- ties at the homes of court and high society friends. Talk of Edward’s new love was slow in trickling through to the general public, which, even when it heard, appeared to care little, for he then was not yet King. On the misty January morning when Edward was proclaimed throughout the city as new King and Emperor after the death of ‘his father, watch- ers said they saw her look out from behind a curtain at St. James’ Palace, where Edward shortly before had met and been presented to his “accession council.” Gossips’ Tongues Wag. Gossips’ tongues wagged a little one of England's wealthiest women, placed her yacht, Nahlin, at his dis- posal. 2 Wallis Simpson was among the guests who boarded the luxurious craft after it had been provisioned with rich stocks of food and ample supplies of liquor and had sailed .to awalt its passengers in the Mediter- ranean. ; Other Guests on Yacht. Edward’s guests also included Lady Diana Duff Cooper, former actress wife of Alfred Duff Cooper, Britain’s minister of' war. The minister Ywas aboard for part of the cruise. Lord Brownlow, gentleman-in-waiting to Edward, who has' handled arrange- ments for Mrs. Simpson in her retreat at Villa Lou.Viei, at Cannes, during the present crisis, and Lady Brown- low, were other guests. . Friends of the Simpsons confirmed that Wallis never returned to their London flat after the vacation cruise was ended. It was known that she sometimes occupied a suite in a fash- ionable London Hotel. > The flat two months ago was closed, the Simpsons breaking up house~ keeping. The Husband moved to the Guards Club and Wallis leased a home in Cumberland Terrace, near Regehts Park. Her friends said she took it because it conveniently was arranged “for en- tertaining during the coronation sea- son.” The house is only.a short auto- mobile drive from Buckingham Palace. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936. before the hearing of the suit, and only the bare facts thereafter. No mention was 0 be. made of the King. ‘One London ‘afterncon néwspaper, it was reported reliably, was ready to word was printed in the British press| lation enabling him to wed Wallis linking the monarch and his friend. | gimpson morgsnatically, peint the story of the impending | Bishop divorce when orders came through canceling. it. Simpson Divorce Hearfhg. ‘The suit was docketed for trial at Ipswich, provineial market town. , Mrs. Simpeon went to a nearby home to await the hearing. { Newsreel camers and soubd men moved' equipment to Ipswich. At the request of & Buckingham Palace ofl- cial they were withdrawn. October 27 a decree nisi of divorce was granted after Mrs. Simpson, sit- ting with her back to the court-room spectators, had laid charges of adul- tery against her husband. The name of the co-respondent was not given in court, Justice Sir John Anthony Hawke, & stickler for court-room procedure, ob- viously did not relish his assignment to hear the case. At the end of a short hearing, during which he plainly showed irritation at his task,’he decree, remarking shortly as he almost petulantly tossed the documents on his bench: “Well, then, decree granted.” The London press, still under orders, printed shoft accounts of the court room procedure. Mrs. Simpson was identified, only as a “London society woman.” There was no mention of the King. There was no account of tl.:e testimony. This is forbidden by W, A few weeks later Mrs. Simpson's _|aunt and former confidante, Mrs. D. B, Merryman of Washington, D. C., arrived in London to join her. Priends of the family later disclosed that Wallis was by this time perturbed by public interest in America over “the Simpson case.” Rumor continued to beat about the Cumberland Terrace home of Mrs. Simpson—where Edward was known In mid-October it was learned that Mrs. Simpson had filed suit for di- vorce, the grounds being misconduct, the only charge possible under English faster then, for Edward now was|law. King—and the conduct of the leader of the dominion “on which the sun never sets” must be impeccable. ‘The British court had been in poor grace with its people in previous reigns, but not during the quarter century tenancy of George V. He was a family man—a trait much admired by the Englishman. To whisper against the King was frowned upon. Belvedere, Edward’s favorite home, often was his week end retreat after he came to the throne. It became known that the black-haired Amer- ican woman had been a guest at the rambling country mansion. Friends said that, among other things, they were mutually interested in gardening, Wallis Simpson helping as Edward, sleeves rolled up, puttered about his flower beds. Edward, an admirer of the French Riviera, was photographed there on holidays with Mrs. Simpson while Prince of Wales. Last Summer he had planned to go there again for a break from his of- ficial duties during the warm months. ‘The Spanish crisis arose, and his ministers advised him to' change his plans. Arrangements for the lease of a luxurious seaside villa ‘were canceled, and Edward decided upon a Mediter- ranean cruise instead. 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