The Washington times., 1917-09-09
'MARBLEBR|DE'
SHE CAN
BE HUMAN IF
IS BOSS

Jean Havez, song writer. has sued
Coc=lie Cunningham. his bride OF a
few months. for divorce. charging she
Is a marble bride"
In her apartments In q local hotel
the bride Cthey have been married
less time than the usual honeymoon
takes t. wane) fairly spat out her
answer to a representative OF The
Times last night.
II may be a marble BRIDE but its
his fault" she said. Marble bride
can be made human-if:
The man loves his wife a lot, but
doesn't get too foolish about 1t;
when he doesn't let her work, but
gees out and hustles, and pays the
bills himself:
when he's the boss-and makes
her know IT,"
And then the little star. who used
to be q light opera prima donna. and
who has just finished q week as q
headliner at B. F. Keith's. went into
detail about her husbands suit.
She Likes Hin.
81 like JEAN" she continued. Hes
really awfully nice. Used to be a
newspaper man. But he got so foolish!
81 really believe he got Jealous.
Anyhow, he got very, very disagree
able.
so he left me. One fine morning.
a few weeks ago, he packed up his
suitcase and his trunk and departed
for parts unknown. / wondered
where he was.
Il found out. His lawyer told me-
He had sued me for divorce, charging
desertion as the big thing. And then
he added that / was q marble bride
I'm not. I'm Irish. And I'm a big
girl There's lots to me. So when 1
get good and mad It means q lot to
think about.
The one great. big trouble with
Mr.. Haven Is that he Is lazy. And l
just got tired OF supporting him.
Wanted TO Cook.
81 was making $3.50 q week when
married him. I've made more since.
And I've never wanted to work at all.
except at cooking. in my own fiat, or
something like that.
The big trouble with Jean, and
me. too, is that we ever hit New York.
Both OF US could have been satisfied
with the S25 a week he was making
reading copy on q newspaper In
Baltimore.
But l could sing a little-or at
least. people seemed to think l could
and we were both ambitious.
We weren't married then. l went
up to New York to study. and he
went up to get a job.
We both got away with it. /
landed in a grand opera chorus, at
the Metropolitan. After that I got a
lot OF other Jobs. I had the title role
In the Pink Lady'-it showed here,
four or fve years ago. at the Ma
tional. got $500 a week.
In the Mig Town.
After that worked in two or
three shows in the big town, and.
finally. while ! was working at the
Winter Garden. we married"
And then the headIiner, with ripe
corn-red hair. bit her underlIp and
grew femininely vicious
Ever since then I've supported
him." she declared. II made the
money; he spent It. I was crazy
about him.
Then he began TO brag-whiIe he
was spending my money. In that d.
vorce paper he served me with he
accused me OF a lot OF things. dare
him to take them into court.
Jean L. TempsPamentsI.
Another great big trouble with
Mr.. Haye1 Is that he's tsmperamentAl.
And as I've said. I'm Irish.
I'VE could have gotten along beau
tifully. perhaps. II neither OF US had
ever seen Broadway. and II he hadn't
instead OF coming home.
IF he had worked roaI heard, as a
bricklGyer. or q mAciniHt, or an arohI-
tsct. or even GrtiHt--or somothinE-
and we'd had a little four-room-and-
bath fiat. ! believe I could have wait
ed for him 30 mighty gladly he'd have
just naturally wanted 10 stay home
when he got thers-if no did. And |
know ! would have been tickled To
death.
THAT !s-I would have bssn, only !
he would have had To boss me!
But how can q man be boss. when !
no Isn't paying tho billsI II can't
be done.
He's Out OF the Lst
80 we're Through To use stage
stuff. he's out OF the act I'm going to |
open in one and 'oloss In the alley
mebbe, Anyhow, I'm through.
Csoslis bent one rounded knee Gov |
cred by a drsHs all ssquins and net. |
and all the sort OF thing, n mere man |
Is not supposed In know anything |
about, over another, and look cd |
drsamily out at nothing at all,
But" she Ehid, in dismissal, III 4
I'm a marble bride. then I'm a littls |
Galstea, waiting for her PygmaIion.
Honestly, believe Mr. HAve1 just /
coined that phrase to keep anybody |
else from marrying me. Because,
honest. I'm mott"
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