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...noticed that Mr. Simpson chose July 21, the eighth anniversary of his marriage, as the occasion on which to bed with Miss "Buttercup" Kennedy. It was also noticed that Mrs. Simpson, according to the evidence her lawyers introduced, suspected her husband of infidelity and was having Mr. Simpson followed by detectives at the time when Mr. & Mrs. Simpson dined with Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Baldwin and Colonel & Mrs. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, as the guests of King Edward at St. James's Palace (TIME, June 8). If there had not long ago been established in Buckingham Palace, both above stairs...
...further press attitudes on the Simpson Case, see p. 53. *Nisi: "unless." Meaning: the divorce is granted unless, within a probationary period, something turns up to prove the plaintiff unworthy of divorce. †Name: Miss "Buttercup" Kennedy...
...advance of opening of the case, Mr. Simpson was rumored to have committed the technical adultery required for divorce in England with a young woman nicknamed "Buttercup" at the fashionable resort of Maidenhead. A London florist revealed that the King sends Mrs. Simpson ?5 ($25) worth of long-stemmed red roses per day, or about 15 dozen in summer when they are cheap and five dozen daily in midwinter when they are dear...
...They gave away the secret of how Mrs. Simpson was to arrive by practicing elaborately in front of Ipswich Courthouse. Inside last week, plagued with a bad cough and a runny nose, was Mr. Justice Hawke before whom Mrs. Simpson was to accuse Mr. Simpson of carrying on with "Buttercup." It was considered a good sign for Mrs. Simpson when Mr. Justice Hawke, after emitting a loud sneeze, snapped at a lawyer who was pleading another case: "Don't talk so much! I have already made up my mind." Sporting Mrs. Simpson asked no alimony when she divorced...
From concerts by the Boston Symphony under Dr. Koussevitzky to those by the Works Project Administration's Orchestra, and from Bach's St. Matthew Passion as sung by the Glee Club to "Little Buttercup" as sung by the same chorus, Harvard offers a host of opportunities in the field of music. Not only does the University benefit from the artistic life in its own community but it also profits immeasurably from the numerous contacts with musical activities in Boston...