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woman: Mrs. Anne
Weightman Penfield, who inherited a $60,000,000 estate from her father,
famed chemist William Weightman. In contrast to the moralizing Wendels,
it was Mrs. Penfield who backed with some $250,000 Earl Carroll's
production of Fioretta, and who was sued for the same amount by
Showgirl Dorothy Knapp when a dispute arose as to Miss Knapp's ability to
sing. Whereas the Wendels disapproved of bars on their properties,
Mrs. Penfield rejoiced to see them on hers. Last week she sued the
Government for $420,000 in tax refunds, claimed that Prohibition had
caused that much damage to the hotels she owns by "wrecking"
the goodwill and practical usefulness of the hotel bars.
