GANDHI DISCIPLE
WOMAN'S ERRANT COURSE
ARRESTED IN CALCUTTA
CALCUTTA, December G
A wayward American disciple of Clgnhi, whose alleged worldliness caused her to be expelled from Gandhi’s ‘‘ashram” (retreat), caused a fresh hubbub to-day in Calcutta. At one time she stood second only L her fellow white woman, Miss Slade in the estimation of Gandhi. Recently she astonished India with a confession of misdeeds, but after she was forgiven, 'she return to the retreat at Ahinedabad. A few days ago she appeared at Delhi’s best hotel, where she said she was Janet Gaynor, the cinema star, and declared she Ir " been robbed of a thousand pounds sterling.
To-day she arrived at Calcutta by train, having discarded her saree for a coat and skirt. She declared she was travelling without a ticket, as she had no money.
The police called and she was seined with a summons, which she tore up, and asked to see the American Consul. He refused to have anything to do with her, and she is now detained under police surveillance.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1933, Page 5
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