FORTUNE AT STAKE
GIRL’S CHOICE OF A CAREER. Mr Charles Richard Steele, of The Drive, Belmont, Surrey, a city solicitor, left a large share of his fortune of £63,319 in trust for his daughter, Betty Muriel —but she will receive nothing if she becomes an actress. Mr Steele stated in his will that his daughter had intimated her intention to go on the stage, which was* altogether contrary to his wishes. “Should she,’’ he wrote in a codicil, “give in public any performance by way of acting. singing, dancing, playing any musical instrument, or giving any performance with a view to its being broadcast or reproduced by cinematograph or gramophone process, the life interest given to her shall cease, and during the residue of her life the income of her share shall be paid to the British Home for Incurables, Putney.” Mr A. Leslie Smith, partner In the firm of Francis Miller nnd Steele, stated in a recent interview tnat Mr Steele had no antipathy to 'he stive, but made the codicil when his daughter, at the age of 17, told him she intended to go in for a stage career.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 356, 10 February 1937, Page 8
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191FORTUNE AT STAKE Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 356, 10 February 1937, Page 8
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