Miscellany: Hedi & Rollo

Some months ago 15-year-old Betty Blanchard, whose parents were estranged, introduced her father Rollo, 50, to Mrs. Hedi Heusser, 28, ex-wife of a Swiss ski manufacturer. More recently, pert Hedi has lived with her two children, 10 and 6, in an apartment in Scarsdale, N.Y. for which, she says shyly, Mr. Blanchard pays the rent. She also says that the wedding ring she sports was given her by Rollo as a token of their engagement.

Four years ago before New York outlawed breach-of-promise suits, she might have sued him. Instead, one evening last fortnight, she tied...

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