Thelma Lady Furness ( twin sister of Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt ) left Southampton aboard the liner Empress of Britain on her way to New York - Lady Furness is hurrying across the Atlantic to refute grave charges made against her sister's character in the New York Supreme Court where the cstody of Mrs Vanderbilt's 12 year old daughter Gloria is being decided on the grounds that her mother is not fit to have charge of her - photo shows Thelma Lady Furness aboard the Empress of Britain on departure from Southampton October 6th 1934