The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-07

NEW YORK, June Tit was a
chilly day In Reno.
A Shiny. sliZzeling. slimmering sleet
drooEled down right into the main
street OF the little frontier town.
Along the slippery thoroughfare an
observing resident might have seen
the muffied figure OF our hero, his
neatly gloved right hand tucked into
the breast of his Sunday raincoat, as
he strobe the street with a command
ing stride.
he thought he was prancing on the
boards
Hist" said he. as he doomed into
the sight OF stunning beauty. Hist
then hist some more. | always was
a good hister. But no" as he cast
parting glance at the retreating figure
OF the beautiful maid no. And no
some more. Never again Never
again"
IL was Nat Goodwin. miner. actor.
the billion-dollar comedy idol
He had Just left the divorce court.
where that institution, in the record
breaking time OF IL minutes, has
ground once upon it's axle and releas-
ed him from his third love. Once more
our Nat" was free. and once more
he vowed to remain free. And Maxine
Elliott Nc ott-Goodwin was also
free.
The scene shifts rhe sun beats
down upon the dusty highways OF Bos'
ton. Once more our own Nat leads
10 the altar his fourth blushing bride
none other than Edna Goodrich. whose
name had been associated with his
on the play.bills-and otherwise
That was Nov. 8, 1908.
And now-ere two short years have
elapsed-Edna Goodrich-Goodwin. one
Of the most beautiful women the Am
erican stage ever saw, is living separ'
ate from Nat Goodwin In Paris, and
another trip TO Reno will be the sequel
say her friends. The grounds TINS
time will be-let's see. what Will they
be-oh. yes. happy thought-tempera
mental incompatibility.
why did four beautiful women
marry me-" asked Nat, when he con
templated his book dealing with his
matrimonial wees last spring.
why did these four beautiful wc
men marry me?" he repeated In III
impassioned voice. and paused TO al
low the weight of his words TO soal
In.
Who will be the goat? Why die
they marry him? This is what Ma
had 10 say In the first rough draugh
OF his book:
Il. Eliza Weathersby. the English
actress. married me for love. She wa
an angel She was one OF the mos
beautiful women ever knew. and on'
of the most self-sacrificing wives tina
ever blessed man with her devotion
and love. We were married In 1877
She died about 10 years later.
80. Nella Barker Pease | married IL
1888. She married me 10 get out o
society. and TO get into the Bohemian
atmosphere OF the stage. She was
society woman
30 Maxine Elliott. the actress. mar
ried me in 1898 She was a woman
with the ambition OF Cleopatra win
used me as a ladder to reach her goal
~ Edna Goodrich-well. why did yol
/ marry me. Edna he asked address
/ ing her.
lust for your own dear self. Nat
and yes. because you do not bore m
with your talk. dearie. For wheneve
you speak to me you say something.
| she replied with caress.
And so II was arranged that Edn
Goodrich Goodwin, with her own hand
should write the final chapter OF he
husbands book. why Four Beautifu
Women Married Me-
But the scene shifts some more, an
the dispatches from Paris say sh
WON'T do anything OF the kind. Sh
may write one chapter OF the bool
but--well who will write the really
truly. final chapter OF that book?
Who Is to become Mrs. Goodwin n,
Is? There Is some conjecture and
little gossip, but no one seems to kno'
the answer.
However. the scene may shift som
more, and
Once again II will be a chilly da
in Reno. but Cupid. crushed to eartl
shall rise again
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