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A 'LELIA W A LK ER , One of Country's Striking Characters
Loses .»-Hour Fi*»lit with
I t o o l ll
A photo taken V a H »ward
Lincoln LwCh.ill i.air.e.
A curlier of the Villa lewaro.
the custody of hi* father, a Chicago |
physician.
Four year* ago Mrs Perry after
divorcing the physician, eloped with
Marion R Perry, a Little Rock. Ark .
attorney, to Oreenwlch. Connecticut,
where they were married.
Silenre In Apartment
Silence reigned In the splendid
Walker apartment at SO Edgeconib
Avenue. Monday, when the announce­
ment of the death of Mme A'Lella
was announced.
Here green and orchid living rooms
In which gathered the mast Interest- ;
Ing people of New York, reflected Miss
Walker's love of music Here stands
a baby grand reproducing piano, j
nearby a radio and a vlctrola.
Her favorite seat, a studio couch Villa lew aro on the Hudson, the $500.00 »Iww plaça lurt lier bjr her mother, the laic Mme C J Walker.
i with attached book cases, occupies '
the center of one side of the room |
I lo g • D o n 't N r t d
and every where are elephants, one
large enough for a seat, others small­
M u d B a th »
- TT,
er. In Jade, china, velvet, metal.
Ivory and ebony.
There L-* it popular notion that mud
The Walker heiress who lived for
hatha are necritarj to happy and
a time at IrvIngton-on-the-Hudson
ron ten ted hog.*.. Some farmer« even
In the half million dollar palace with
provide tnudholea for their porker* to
29 rooms. !0 baths, swimming pool,
wallow lit. llut Uir flurraii of Animal
etc, her mother left her, preferred
this apartment for a home.
InduAtry of the Department of Agri­
culture Mty h that hog« can live with­
Three Husbands
out mud. What la more, this bureau
Three husbands she had were John
claims that your piggle« will ho
Robinson, married In early youth,
healthier and make more wholesome
when puppy love flamed, then I9r.
food for human consumer« If they
Wiley Wilton, New York physldlan,
do not have to Itvr In mud and flltlt.
whom she divorced and finally I>r.
rherefore, the bureau favors clean#
dry concrete floor.« for pig pen«.
J. A Kennedy, a physician on the
staff of Tu&kegee Veterans' Hospital,
who divorced h»r In March, 1931, a f­
ter she had advised him that she
| never Intended to spend as many as
! six minutes as far south as Tuskegee.
They had been married five years.
Left One-Third of the F.stale
Under the will of the first. Mme.
Walker. Mme, A'Lella was left one-
third of the net proceeds of the bust-
i ness and two-thirds to charity.
Villa
Lewaro, the magrufltrent
home on the Hudson, was left Mme.
A Leila In street costume.
A ’Lelia for her life, and at her death j
I to the N A A.C.P. or the organiza­
tion doing most for colored uplift 1
Efforts to tell the property at auction
recently failed. The highest bid was ,
$99,000 for property assessed at
$170,000.
Wore Lounging Pajama*
During an Interview, Mine A'fa’ lla
W hy continue to be a weak, ail­ cause o f St. Joseph’s (J.K.P. This
gave
a reporter several weeks
ing woman.
W hy drag yourself marvelous, vegetable tonic contains
ago she winc u arK slls lounging pu
roots anil herbs o f known medicinal
around and feel miserable all the value, which for years have been
jamas that trailed the floor.
An Inquiring reporter of the New
tim e 's o th at people pity you ami recognized for their merit and re ­
York Tattler ascertained that she tell you "how sorry” they feel for liability in building up run down
wore only specially made shoes at $40 you. Do you want people's sym ­ women. What this fine tonic has
a pair, and gorgeous dresses and en­
pathy or do you want their admira­ • lone for others, it will do for YOU.
sembles from a fi7th Street shop cost­
(le t busy today and a k your d ru g ­
ing hundreds. She drove her own tion ? Do you want to live a dull, gist for the big dollar bottle o f
shallow life without thrills or do
$0,000 Lincoln special,
you want to enjoy vigorous, robust St. Joseph’s G.F.P., sold on n
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health and all the pleasures possi­ money-hack guarantee.
ble? Give this m atter your thought
A Tippler's Whimsy
liecause it is o f utmost importance
Lawyer Then you say that this
to your future. Thousands o f wo­
man was drunk?
men who were form erly “ ran
Witness—I do not. I simply said down” , lacked pep and
earned
that he sat in his car for three hours
“ worn ou t" all tne time, arc now
In front of an excavation waiting for enjoying health and happiness be­
lie light to turn green.
It W.
A ’Lelia Walker, only dautfh- j
ter of the late
Madam I
Charles James Walker, and !
president of the C. J. Walker
Company of
Indianapolis,
Indiana, was buried recently
in New York.
Twelve years ago at the death of
Mme Walker, she succeeded to the
presidency to the company which her
mother had started In o n » room In
1905 and through her own genius
and energy built Into the million dol­
lar class.
Air* Mat- R. Perry, Mme. A Leila's
Only daughter, and second vice
president of the Walker Company,
will probably take her place as head
Of the large concern. Mrs Perry's
son, Gordon H. Jackson. Jr,, aged
six, representing the fourth genera­
tion of the Walker family. Is now In
Attend« School
Every Day Now .
"Every month I was forced
to stay in bed all day. Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Com ­
pound built rne up and hel|>cd
my nerves. Ir also regulated me.
N ow I can go to school every
day. M y classes arc bard to
Others but easy to me. I am
seventeen arid 1 will write to
any girl who wants to ask
about the Vegetable Com ­
pound.” — J Lila Lindsay, Box
68, Vado, hlew Mexico.
98 out of 100 Women
R E P O R T B E N E F IT FRO M
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
DO YOU W ANT P IT Y OR
DO YOU WANT PLEASURE?
S t . J o s e p h ’s
G.F.P.
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