The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-07
JUST TOLD
STORIES AND
PAID BILLS
Nat eoOdWIn Chiefly Played .
Thinking Part while Maxine
ElIIOlt's Husband

Los Angeles, cal July Mat Good
win discusses Maxine Elliott, his
l'wife No. 3, publicly in giving ont
h part of his book about his matri-
monial experiences, parts OF which
follow:
Hers was the ambition of Cleo
patra She used me as a ladder to.
reach her goal ami found her crown.
ling glory IN the binding glare OF a
myriad of incandescent lights tnat.
spelled her name over the portals OF.
u New York theater She was one of
THE cleyerest women ! ever met Her
dignity was that OF Joan OF Arc;
her demeanor Nero-liRe in the asser-
tive qualities ana yet with channels
of emotion that manifested Woman
hood IN the truest sense of the word
During. the early days at Jack
wood, my English home, when | Was
busy hiring guests to come and par
take OF my board and rooms q mean
the professional diners ontl ! found
great ditficulty In hiring patrons \
had plenty at my command SO far as
professional friends and visiting
Americans were concerned, but the
fair Maxine had the English bee in
her Ameidcan bonnet and insisted
that we must try and get together
some of the impecunious nobility and
d few army men as guests.
Il knew of no one who represent
ed those particular branches of so
ciety. and had no desire TO know
them, but being under her hypnotic
influence, | sought a woman, the wife
|of a friend OF mine, an American min
Zig man, who, | found, knew all the
swagger members of the Guards
one particular one, and through her
influence one OF these 'sapheads was
persuaded to visit out humble home
from Saturday to Monday. He came,
accompanied by one of the present
dukes OF England tWhosc father, by
the way died, owing ME paltry So
600 borrowed on the race course at
Deaubille, France)
lney all came down this particl-
lar Saturday In conjunction with
Nine, Melba, Hadden Chambers, the
then POO Bah of the house on the
Thames. We had lovely time
fthat is, ! presume they did, as
Maxine insisted on my entertaining
the guests between courses with sup-
posedly funny stories. Generally aF
ter the telling OF each one which oc-
|eupied some little time, my portion
|of the feast was either cold or con,
fseated by the butler Little atten-
ton was paid to me anyway, only
when reciting anecdotes, and the first
of every month when the bills be-
came due.
However, finally this particular
evening the guests sauntered into the.
drawing room expecting to hear Mel
ba sing. She didn't even talk and the
party, IN groups of twos, went
through the house and Inspected the
grounds /, being on particular good
terms with the butler, selected him
for my companion and quietly stroll
cd through the upper rose terrace.
discussing the menu that would ap-
peal to the next influx OF England's
dilettaute. (Ry This time all the Amer
lean friends were barred as Maxine
considered them extremely common)
THE butler and were figuring out
the expense OF the past month as the
pale moon cast It's rays oyer my
memoranda before an open window
of the drawing room We quite cas-
ually heard the remark How could
you possibly have married such a vul-
gar little person.