Mrs. Hart was elected to the board four years ago in a contest that attracted few voters.

"Next to getting married, that was the greatest thing in his life," Mrs. Hart said.

Mrs. Hart and myself are just visiting each other.

The $700 check would make life a little easier, Mrs. Hart said, but that was not her reason for going to court.

Mrs. Hart believes she has thumbed death in the eye by giving her dead husband a daughter.

Mrs. Hart said they had hoped that he would recover.

Mrs. Hart, for some reason, told everyone what her husband had done, and the poor man was an outcast for many months.

Mrs. Hart was born in London, the daughter of a corporation lawyer.

Mrs. Hart, who has known practically everyone of importance in the theater, offers an insider's report.