Evening star., 1937-03-11
INTERVIEW GIVEN
BY MRS. SIMPSON
Appears Contented and En-
joying Self in Touraine
Chateau Country.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTS, France, March l1.-Mrs.
Wallis Simpson received three Ameri-
can reporters today to tell them she
was enjoying to the utmost her stay
in the Touraine Chateau country.
She is likely to stay at the Chateau
de Cande at least a month. She is
looking forward to some golf as soon
as the course dries out.
Mrs. Simpson received the press on
The. condition that questions asked
would be agreed upon in advance and
that she would not be quoted directly.
Inc neWspapermen met her in the
library OF the beautiful chateau
reached through twisting stone cor
rioor with small banks Of hydrangeas
and pink roses in the corners.
Appears Contented.
She looked very well and very con-
tented.
she was dressed simply in a tight
hitting navy blue two-piece wool dress.
There were two gold flower clips at
her neck and she wore earrings to
match. Her only other jewelry was
sparkling sapphire and platinum ring
on the third finger OF her right hand
Mrs. Charles Bedaux, who owns the
chateau, and Mr.. and Mrs Herman l.
Rogers, Mrs. Simpsons Riviera
friends, also were in the library
which was surrounded by q gallery
stocked with rare old books.
Ihere was an electric organ at one
end OF the room and bowl Of orchids
on small table in the center. A loo
flre 1ickered cheerfully.
Mrs. Simpsons accent appeared
more British than American.
Sympathy for Spain.
She asked former war correspon-
dent about conditions in Spain and
expressed deep sympathy for the
people Of that country.
AS she spoke she slipped a glass of
sherry, but declined a cisaret.
she was particularly eager about the
golf, although she said with 4 little
laugh that her game was none too
famous.
She remarked that her bed room
was lovely; that the sun streamed in
Wnen she awoke this morning.
Rogers wanted to clear up a nisun-
derstanding about Mrs. Simpsons oc-
cupancy Of the chateau. He said
neither he nor Mrs Simpson had rent
ed it, but that the owner, Bedaux, had
placed 1t at her disposal for Is long
as she desired to stay.
Just now, he added, Mrs. Simpson
mas no plans to go to Paris or to buy
trousseau for her wedding to the
Duke OF Windsor.
MIS-. simpson, guest in a pre-ren-
aissance castle on a l,ooO-acre estate
IN Monts, has circular tower-roon
boudoir.
she could ramble, If she chose,
through = thirteenth century under
ground passage, play golf on a course
Wnere the last hole requires q lso-
yard drive across 80 yards of water
or visit a tiny chapel In a forest of
ancient oaks and pines.
whether the Duke of Windsor
former King OF England, would ioin
Mrs. Simpson, the woman for whom
ne gave up his throne, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rogers at her new retreat, the
turreted Chateau De Cande, was un-
known
Property of New Yorker,
Charles E. Bedaux, New York in
dustrlal engineer who with his wife
owns the estate on the River Indre
and invited Mrs. Simpson to it, said
one thing that prompted them to ex-
tend the invitation was the fact that
MY wife and I are still in love with
love"
In Spring, wild flowers star the
grassy slopes of the estate. Anemones
and violets bloom in late March and
later, wild Strawberries.
Here are some of the castles at
| fractions:
A library with several thousand
books and little gallery.
Sixteenth century reception rooms
with stone floors and freplaces.
beamed ceilings and oak-panelled
walls.
A big, stone-floored, leather panelled
dining room with long table that
will seat rs.
Most of the chateau has simple
gothic furnishings and few pictures.
Occupies Hostess Apartments"
Mrs. Simpson is occupying Mrs.
Bedaux's apartments, second-floor
suite Of five rooms. From them she
can see the broad graveled upper ter
race, on which cars roll UP to the en-
trance, and in the distance meadows
with cattle grazing by the river.
Guests have lunch in the tavern"
which formerly was a great kitchen
| 1t still has sixteenth century meat
hooks in it, stone floor, caribou
heads on the walls, and long re-
fectory table with wooden benches.
The old tunnel connects the castle
| with smaller building
BedauX said that "the longer Mrs
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