The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-16
No Pretty Daughters of Aristcc~acy Making Their
 Bows This Year
MRS. PARIS SINGER
 DOES WAR WORK
Is Wife of Sewing Machine American. Lady DAbernOn, Wife of Lord Who Put Through the Liquor Restric-
 tions, Is a Lovely Lady

London, December 16.-(Special)-One of the most notable-and noticed-fair members of the American set in society who helped at the big Christmas m war tine'' bazar at the Royal Albert hail this week was Mrs. Paris Singer MIS- Singer sold fancy work, including ts said. some of her own, and at the finish Rad a goodly sum to turn over. AS the wife of wealthy American 1t IS gen. orally assumed that Mrs Singer is a na- tive of the Stars and Stripes, but as matter of fact she was born in western Australia though her ancestry IS Scotch.
 Mrs. Singer is tall and fair, with handsome face and charming manner dresses well, though rather quietly ana is the owner of splendid jewels. One Of these is diamond snake with ruby eyes, which is formed of the finest brilliants. If can he worn as a necklace or bodice ornament or coiled around the arm as a bracelet. Mrs. Singer is paSSlonately fond of music, and in peace times IS regular attendant at the opera, especially on Wagner nights. She reads great deal. too is a judge of good literature and has an artistic book plate. The de- sign of this is pretty and suggestive. It shows a wreath of lilies, a black swan for western Australia, her birthplace, and missiles to mark the family connections with Scotland. She has several children and is a most devoted mother
 Paris Singer, a member of the famous American sewing machine family, but a resident of England for many years, has an interesting personality. His abili- ties are many and various. lie IS a chemist an electrician, a clever amateur surgeon and also has working knowl- edge of art in most of it's branches. lie is extremely musical, sings well and plays on several instruments. Few persons are aware that the electric lighting arrange ments at Sandringham the royal country home, in Norfolk, were planned by Paris Singer, and carried out under his su pervision.
 Ever since the beginning of the war the Singers have been prominent in hu- manitarian work. When the American womens war relief fund was started, and the plan for a big Red Cross hospital rnooted, Paris Singer promptly placed Aldway house, his beautiful mansion near Paignton, Deconshire, at the disposal of the committee and it speedily became one of the finest and best equipped institu- tons of the kind in Great Britain No more delightful resting place for men worn and wounded in fighting could well be imagined. All the sunshine England gets seems caught and imprisoned in the Devon country, and the air that blows across the beautiful grounds is from a soft, bracing sea. So eXpeditiously was the work carried out that by September 27 of last year the hospital was ready to receive it's first draft of wounded. The Queen, who had taken an appreciative interest in the enterprise from the first made a special trip from London to in- spect the hospital and gave it warm praise, as does everybody that sees it. The full chorus of approval however, is only to be heard in perfection from sol diers who have been patients there. They can never say enough to please them selves of the excellence of the equip ment, the care bestowed by doctors and nurses, the quality of the food and the countless things that go to make up com fort for those in pain.
 At the end of it's first working year the authorities at Aldway house were able to say that nearly 2000 patients had passed through their hands, and that the results had been satisfa ctory in every case and even in some that seemed impossible A new ward, the St. Georges, recently has been added by the fitting up of the old riding school, circular building that holds 67 beds so that the hospital now contains 250 beds. The isolation huts, where 20 cases of epidemic diseases can he dealt with. are fortunately empty at the moment of writing