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Ernest Simpson's Simpsons ' life . tl'A4d tlA4d Plp tl'A4dPlp 7 7J J 1-"Wally 1 "Wally Wally - " " as a student at Arundel . 2-In 2 In - her first bridal gown , as asA A . G , , { she became Mrs . Spencer . 3-During 3 During 3Duringa - n a cocktail party in Mayfair . F n4 " 4-King 4 King - Edward VIII of England . 5-Earle 5 Earle - Winfield Spencer , ' Wally's Wallys ' first husband . 6-Ernest 6 Ernest - Simpson , her second husband . By WILLIAM C . UTLEYC UTLEY C ( " C ( TT'S TTS T'S TS ' colossal , it's its ' the best news story anyone WItIever willever will WItI ever see seein seein seeI "IT'S ITS in our time . It's Its ' ' the biggest Cinderella CmderetIa story you couldImagme couldimagine could - imagine Imagme . It's Its ' a double Cinderella CmderetIa story . " That's Thats ' what H . L . Mencken , the sharp tongued Baltimore Baltimorewise Baltimorewise Baltimorewise wise man , said of the romance of his Ills Baltimore neighbor nCIghbor , Mrs Mrs.Wallis MrsWallis . WatIis Wallis WatIisVarfield Warfield \Varfield Varfield \ Simpson , and King Kmg Edward VIII of England . She used to be Mrs Ernest Simpson Simp < son when her name appeared m in the theItst thelist thelist Itst list of guests at some social socJal func func- functIon function - tion , , but now that she has crowded crowdedthe crowdedthe crowdedthe the war in m Spam Spain and the commu commu- communist communist - nist fist scare off the thc front pages pagcs , that thatamJable thatamiable thatamiable amJable amiable if 1.f 1f . slightly slJghtly informal institu inshtu- inshtu institu- inshtubon institution institution - tion bon , , the American Amencan press , embraces embracesher embracesher embracesher her as simply "Wally Wally " . . " Almost any anyday anyday anyday day now you can expect it to be- be become become be become - " " come "Pally-Wally "Pally Pally Wally - The "Wally Wally " , " of course , , comesfrom comes comestrom comesfrom trom from her middle name , Wallis Wallls Walls , al although although although though her first name is actually actuallyBessie actuallyBessie actuallyBessie Bessie Wallis Walhs was the middle nameof name nameof nameof of her father , , Mr . Warfield , , who whodied whodied whodied died when she was three years old oldIt oldIt oldIt It was the name mime he liked and the theone theone theone one by \ which \ hlch he \ was as known And Andno Andno Andno no noonder \ wonder \\onder onder \ . His first name was wasTeackle wasTeackle wasTeackle wasTeackleWally Teackle TeacklePally { Wally Pally Packs a Wallop Wallop.Wally WallopWally . Wally , for a poor American Amencan lass lasswhose lasswhose lasswhose whose Ma once ran a boardmg boarding boardinghouse boardinghouse house ( although the family hasnever has hasnever never knownlant known \ want \lant lant grant , this is actuallytrue actually actuallytrue true as a technicality techmcal1ty and mahes makes mahes"swell makes"swell makes"swell makesswell "swell swell " cop cop3 copy , } " ) , , is something somethmg of a adouble adouble ! double barreled wow . . She is only five feet tour four , a slIght slIghtand slightand slightand and soft spoken spohen little person , but to tothe tothe tothe the readers of the tabloids she IS ISpackcd ispacked ispacked packcd packed with wlth dynamiteShe dynamite dynamiteShe She has won tvon the heart of themost the themost themost most popular royal figure , perhaps perhapsin , in history . She and her royal sweetheart sweethearthave sweethearthave sweethearthave have held in their hands the destiny destinyof of nearly 500 000 000 people . . For Forthe Forthe Forthe the crown cro\\n cro n \ \ Is the symbol that unifies unifiesthe unifiesthe unifiesthe the far flung fiung British Bnhsh empire upon uponwhich uponwhich uponwhich which the sun never setsHer setsHer sets setsHer Her romance has put to work workgoodness workgoodness workgoodness goodness knows how many persons personsin personsin personsIn in the manufacture of hot waterbottles water waterbottles waterbottles bottles to soothe the nerves of un- un unstrung unstrung un unstrung - strung British cabinet cabmet members . : Effects IfIccts Far-Rcacbmg Far Rcacbmg Far-Reaching Reaching Far-Reaching.It FarReaching.It Far Reaching.It ReachingIt - . It has made front page news in ineven ineven ineven even the New York Journal of Com Com- Commerce Commerce Commerce - merce and its Chicago namesake . It brings bnngs fat and venerable print prmt- prmt print- prmters printers printers - ers wearing wearmg green cycshades eyeshades and andtwo andtwo andtv/o andtv o two / coats of ink , , up out of the bow bow- bowels bowels - . els of the plant to the editorIal editorIalrooms editorialrooms editorialrooms rooms to get a peek at the latestbulletins latest latestbulletms latestbulletins bulletms bulletins . 'That That ' That Wallyl Wallyle Wallylethey " they say saychuckling , , chuckJmg chuckling "What's Whats " ' the latest dope dopeabout dopeabout dopeabout about her and the king ? " It even evenbrmgs evenbrings evenbrings brmgs brings our pert little red headed headedsWItchboard headedswitchboard headedswitchboard sWItchboard operator , whose hair isusually JS is JSusually isusually usually marcelled marccllcd marcellcd a la In Nell Brmk- Brmk Brink- Brink Brmkley Brinkley Brink-ley Brink ley - ley , down to the office with witb a new newstraight , straight back coiflure cOlfIure coiffure , , gathered be- be behind behind be behind - hind , after the manner of the lady ladyof ladyof ladyof of the hour . "This This " This Wallyl Wally ! " shesays she sheSdYS sheEdys SdYS says "What's Whats 'What's " ' ' she got not ot I ain't aint am't amt ain"t ' " got gotI'd gotId , , . I'd Id ' ' like hke t ' ' knoiv7 know " ? " ( Editor's Editors Edltor's Edltors ' Note ; : ' I'd Id ' like 11ke to know , , too ) The Simpson ca'e cae cave ca " ' e undoubtcdly undoubtedly undoubtcdlyreached undoubtedlyreached undoubtedlyreached reached its provocative provocatlve peak pcak whenat when whenat whenat at the crisis cr1SlS of the deadlock between be- be between be between - tween the king and parliament parlJament , It Itkept itkept itkept kept Mr . Sinclair Sinell1r : Lewis LeWlS , the thc hus hus- husband husband husband - band of a newspaper columnist columnistnamcd columnistnamed columnistnamed namcd named Dorothy Thompson , pacmg pacing pacmgbach pacingback pacingback bach back , and nnd forth all night mght in ill his room roomwithout roomwithout roomv/ithout roomv ithout without / a wink wmk of sleep After Aftermany Aftermany Aftermany many cups of ot black coffee cofIee , count count- countless countless countless - less cigarettes c1garettes and the insistence InSlstence of ofachmg ofaching ofaching achmg aching arches , Mr Lewis Lew1s wrote Edward Ed- Ed Edward Ed Edward - ward VIII a vibrant and forcefulletter forceful forcefullettcr forcefulletter lettcr letter which whlch started " "Sir Sir "Slr Slr " . . " and the themes themessage mes message agc of which was neatly sum sum- summarized , summarized urn- urn urnmnr1zed - marized mnr1zed in one of its generous Ben- Ben sea- sea cn- cn - : - - - fences tences ' . "David David " , , come over here here"Mr hereMr " Mr Lewis , it 1t will be recalled , wrote wrotea a book called "It It " Can't Cant ' HappenHere Happen HappenHere HappenHere Here , " although this is JS generally generallyregarded generallyregarded generallyregarded regarded as merely a comc1dence coincidence coincidencem comc1dencem m the present case . Father Bequeathed Little . Who is 1S Mrs Simpson ? ' She Jsn't Jsnt isn't isnt Jsn'tlIsted isn'tlisted isn'tlisted isntlisted ' lIsted m In ' Who's Whos ' Who m In Great Brit BrIt- BrItam Britain Britain - ain am " But then neither is Gov . Alt Alf AlfM AltM AltM M Landon of Kansas . The newest pearl in BaltImore's BaltImores BaltImore'ssocial Baltimore'ssocial Baltimore'ssocial Baltimoressocial ' ' social oyster was born there June June19 19 , 1896 Although , , as a little lJttIe , blue- blue blueeyed blueeyed blue-eyed blue eyed - eyed girl glrl with dark darh hair , she could couldnot couldnot couldnot not remember remembcr her father , she was wasalwlYs wasalways wasalways alwlYs always : to have his name "I I " wlnt want wlnther wanther wanther : her to , , even though she is 1S a girl glrl : , " ' . , her mother had hld : said So the chJld child chJldwas childwas chjidwas was called Bessie Wallis Wllhs Walks : WlrfieldDeath WarfieldDeath Warfield Wlrfield WarfieldDeath : Death prevented Wallis Warfield Warfieldfrom Warfieldfrom Warfieldfrom from seeing seemg his daughter dlughter : grow up upHIs upHis upHis HIs marriage with WJth her mother , the theformer theformer theformer former Alice Allce Montague of VIrglma Virginia Virginiahad , had been a true love match He Hewas Hewas Hewas was of fine family faml1y , but comparatively compara compara- comparahvely comparatively - tively hvely poor . He left little llttle for the thewidow thewidow thewidow widow and her childTo childTo child childTo To make mal.c malc . ends meet , Mrs War War- Warfield Warfield Warfield - field ran a boarding bOlrdmg : house m in Balti Balti- Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore - more until unhl 1908 Then she mar mar- married married married - ried again agam , her second husband dy- dy dymg dymg dy dying - ing mg two years later . Little Llttle Wally Wallyhowever , however , had an uncle who was waswealthy waswealthy waswealthy wealthy . He looked loohed out for her herand , and sent her to the Arundel school schoolwhich , which she attended for four years yearsInherits yearsInherits yearsInherits Inherits Mother's Mothers ' ' Wit W1t . In appearance , Wally was all allWarfield allWarfield allWarfleld Warfield She had the high cheekbones cheek- cheek cheekbones cheek-bones cheek bones - bones admired by artists arhsts . . Her Herbroad Herbroad Herbroad broad forehead was well - proportioned pro pro- proporhoned proportioned - - portioned porhoned Her rich , medium medmm brown brownhall brownhair brownhair hall hair " ( now raven black , incidental mC1dental- mC1dental incidental- incidentally mC1dentally - ly ) was parted m In the center and anddrawn anddrawn anddrawn drawn back in soft waves ( It still stillIS stillis stillis IS ) . . She has blue eyes and creamy creamypale , , pale tan skin shm , but perhaps the most mostattrachve mostattractive mostattractive attrachve attractive feature she has are her herhandsome herhandsome herhandsome handsome teeth , of perfect white wb.1te- wb.1te white- wb.1teness whiteness whiteness . - ness . Her native wit and gracious graciousmanner graciousmanner graciousmanner manner , Wallis Simpson SlInpson is said to tohave tohave tohave have inherited mherlted from her mother . Wally's Wallys ' ' first love came to her m in mPensacola inPensacola mPensacola Pensacola , , . Fla FIa , in 1910 1916 , , in the form formof formof formof of one Lieut . . Comdr . Earle Winfield WinfieldSpencer WinfieldSpencer WinfieldSpencer Spencer . . He was a dashing aviatorand aViator aViatorand aviatorand and a graduate of the United Uruted States StatesNaval StatesNaval StatesNaval Naval academy . He conducted a awhIrlwmd awhirlwind awhirlwind whIrlwmd whirlwind courtship , with w1th the re- re result resuit re result - sult suit that they were married in Bal- Bal 13a1 Baltlmore Bal.timore Baltimore . - tlmore timore on Nov . 18 of the same year year.Eight yearEight . Eight years later Wally secured anuncontested an anuncontested anuncontcsted uncontested divorce from Mr Mr.Spencer MrSpencer . Spencer , . charging chargmg him with deser deser- desertIon desertion desertion - - tion tionRecalls Recalls Wally's Wallys ' ' Pcrsonauty Personality Personality.The PersonalityThe . The three years following followmg , our ourherome ourheroine ourheroine herome heroine spent traveling travehng between betweenV1rgmia betweenVirginia betweenVirginia V1rgmia Virginia and nnd Europe It was in ill Lon Lon- London London London - don that she became acquunted acquainted acquuntedwith acquaintedwith acquaintedwith : with Ernest Aldnch Aldrich Simpson . , a aBrltish aBritish aBritish Brltish British citizen of American Amer1can birth birthHe birthHe birthHe He was a graduate of Harvard Unt- Unt uni- uni university Untversity um.versity umversity . - versity , a prosperous shippingbroker shippmg shipping shippmgbroker shippingbroker broker and a former tormer ofnccr officer in m the theColdstream theColdstream theColdstrcam Coldstream guards , crack Enghsh English Englishregiment Enghshregiment Englishregiment regiment . . . This courtship was likewise hkewise swift swiftThey swiftThey swiftThey They married marr1cd July 21 , , 1928 , , and andwent andwent andwent went to live l1ve in a fashionable apartment apart apart- apartment apartment - ment in Maytair Mayfair . They wera were lead IC3d- IC3d lead- - - ers m in the smart society set Mrs Mrs.Simpson MrsSimpson . Simpson , . , especially espec1ally , , was popular . Mrs George Mosely of Geneva Geneva,111 Geneva111 , Ill , a sister of Wally's Wallys ' ' first hus hus- husband husband husband - band , recently threw light on her herpersonahty herpersonality herpersonality personahty personality , , which gives indicationof mdlcatIonof mdlcatIon indication of how favored Wally must have havebeen havebeen havebeen been m In Mayfair society . ' 'She She * ' She was very intelligent mtelhgent , , smart smartand smartand smartand and attractive attrachve , with a very sweet sweetside sweetside sweetside side to her nature , " Mrs . . Moselysaid Mosely Moselysaid Moselysaid said 'She She ' She was very attractive attrachve to tomen tomen tomen men She could no more keep from fromfhrtmg fromflirting fromflirting fhrtmg flirting than from breathing bre:1thmg bre1thmg : She Shecould Shecould Shecould could come into a room full of ofwomen ofwomen ofwomen women and you wouldn't wouldnt ' pay anyattention any anyattentIon anyattention attentIon to her . , but the minute mmute a aman aman aman man came in m , she would sparhle sparkle sparhleand sparkleand sparkleand and turn on the charm " It did not take tnke long for Wallyand Wally Wallyand Wallyand and Edward to become fast fnends friends friendsIt friendsIt fnendsIt It is said S:1ld S1ld : that she early supplanted supplantedThelma supplantedThelma supplantedThclma Thelma , , Lady Furncss Furness , , one of thebeautiful the thebeaut thebeautiful beautiful beaut ul Morgan twins twms , as his h1S favorite fa- fa favorite fa favorite - vorite . It was not until unhl August 1 , , 1934 1934however , ho\\cver ho cver how \ ever , , that Mrs Simpson was wasfirst wasfirst wasfirst first mentioned in American Amencan news news- newspapers newspapers newspapers - papers as a friend fncnd of the prmce prince princeand , and then only her last name was wasgIVcn wasgiven wasgiven gIVcn given It \ was as not un until hI a yearlater year yearlater yearlater later that her full name , then un- un unknown unknown un unknown - - known to American |