Foreign News: Scarlet Simpson

A scarlet evening gown, high-necked in front, sleeveless and backless was completed by the Paris House of Worth last week to the exact measurements of Mrs. Simpson, rushed to Madame Tussaud's waxworks, London. There dextrous British Mr. John Theodore Tussaud, great-grandson of the original French Madame, was personally finishing up a wax head of Mrs. Simpson while four trusty Tussaud modelers made the rest of her.

Next morning Londoners queued up early to gaze at waxed Mrs. Simpson who was placed in the niche occupied previously by George V. Her brilliantly blue glass eyes...

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