A Husband, for a Secret

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 38

A Husband, for a Secret

FORMER mannequin who has recently married a wealthy London business man discloses one of the means adopted by dressmaking firms to advertise their confections among wealthy residents and visitors at English seaside resorts. She declares that she was one of many girls, mostly about 18 to 20 years of age, chosen for their beauty and dignity of carriage. Sworn to secrecy, they promenade the seafronts, dressed in clothes that a princess or millionairess might envy, and get into conversation with other women. It is then their duty to mention, quite casually, the name of the dressmaker who supplies their clothes. This late member of the secret service met her husband at an hotel while displaying her employers’ dresses. She states that even he did not know her secret at the time. All her clothes, including hats and shoes, were supplied by the firm and were changed every day. All she had to do was to walk along the seafront on fine afternoons and look into the better-class hotels. There it was easy to. make acquaintances and easier still to turn the conversation to the subject of clothes in general and her own clothes in particular. Arrangements were also made for her to attend balls and dances, where she was expected to do similar work.