Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-09
Who Will Play the Groom to
Olga Petrova's Bride in Brief
Marriage for Convenience?

CoNCERNING actresses. here's a brand new one.
I Not actress, but a new angle on the
whole actress propostion-Olga Petrova needs
husband
Usually actresses don't need husbands-or If they
do, they're careful not to mention It, Managers have
prejudice against their lady getting married.
seem to think husbands unfortunate background
against which to display charms which really belong
TO the public. But
Olga Petrova needs husband for only six months
After that he may have mother to guide him. If he
wants to, but no wife He must be sx-months hus-
band, no more, no less.
At this writing there are exactly 4S7 male persons
pursuing Mile Petrova in ardent determination to be-
come her husband But alas! they all want the job
to be permanent Seventeen of them crazy about
her beauty, and the other 47O have heard that her
vaudeville salary is $3.50 per week.
But, mono. non nein, not nevar!" she de.
clares in several European languages Il will have
permanent husband; six months is the lmit-and he
shall be husband in only. I do not like men.
The only heart have carry my FACET is very
little one Of black court plaster And my husband
for six months he shall have not much that
little black heart on my facet"
We'll, what do you know about that?"
Something has to be done about it. A doce
six-months husband must step forward or-here's
the rub-Oga Petrova will have $4,000 less in
q. her vaudeville chest than looms aur.
# ngly on her horizon In order to make of
III those extra $4,000 fine round American dollars
she needs husband-for six months only Be
sure and note the statute of limitations.
Not to tantaze you further, the way of it is this:
When the Polish beauty with her enormous mass
Of red hair on her head and her heart on her face
came to this country year ago. she had In her pocket
London music hall contract binding her for three
years in Europe at salary OF $3.50 per week She
here on leave of absence with nermission IN an.
pear in vaudeville in the United States
After coming cropper or twice she made
good" She does not deny it. On the contrary she
conesses that American vaudeville managers want
for the next three at the comfortable stipend of
$3.50 Der week Figure that out at the rate of some
thirtvodd weeks for three wears, and if the
difference between this American offer and the Euro
contract doesn't total up something like $4,000
then the writer OF these lines will have to go back
to grammar school.
But What I do wat sail say? The Euro
pean contract est fat accomp-I am wat you call
stuck. Where is hole in European contract where
| crawl out of eet?"
"Allez vous en-. va ten" said her MAZDA wise one
from Paris run along, hurry, to a lawyer, an see
wat re lawyer say"
Done The lawyer reads that European contract
and puts his finger that astute antmarrage clause
If Olga Petrova marres it's all offno $3.50 per week
in English pounds or French francs.
Get married. the lawyer. That's all u
have to do. Why worry?"
Get married. says Petrova in Consideration. Mol
ia-me I who have no heart except the little black
one on my face? who do not like re men? at
would I do wiz-ugh-wiz husband?
->,ulun't you stand him, for few minutcs?' asks
Tho LAWYER Couldn't you get married in er, a PICK
- ~o inst incidentally fo~ an hour or two