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When the Roxy was temporarily closed in 1932, Mrs. Elliot transferred her allegiance to the Radio City Music Hall. There, a $45-a-week ballet dancer, Mrs. Rosalie Spatcher Kniskern, made a habit of sitting down for a chat with the old lady when she was not needed on the stage...
Fortnight ago, lonely, 70-year-old Mrs. Elliot died. When her will was filed for probate last week, it revealed that she had left a fortune of approximately $1,000,000, naming as chief beneficiaries William Reilly and Mrs. Kniskern. Reason: they "contributed a great deal to my happiness by their kindly and courteous acts. Neither ever expected anything from me for their many courtesies." Informed of her good fortune, pretty Mrs. Kniskern was too dazed to speak. Said William Reilly, now a $52-a-month hospital attendant whose luck has grown steadily worse: "Now that...
...BECKHAM KNISKERN...
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