South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-04
A SCREEN IDOLS
WIFE TELLS HOW
TO HANDLE HUBBY
Adele Rowland Explains How
to Get Along With Hand
some Husband.

Conway Tearle's Wife Believes;
1T is part OF my Job 10 keep him
looking and feeling up TO his htho-
graphs"
1T is part OF my Job TO under
study a valet. I darn my husbands
socks Il the darling woman fails"
II must be the conscience Of my
screen lord idol I must know what
he owes the public and see that he
carries out his duty OF amiability."
II help him answer letters from
the movie goers. read them first.
II is we'll for the maid who pours out
her heart 10 know this"
Some think that a screen idols
wife is Jealous OF the attention he
gets from the public. Nonsensei She
is delighted, for It spells success"
"AIl girls who write 10 my hus-
band do not make love TO him. Some
lsay they like me-"
In the earlier years of the motion
picture, the producers would not even
reveal the names of their players.
Then after a while the casts of char
acters were introduced. but the play
ers became bashful about their hus-
bands and wives. The feared that
having a mate would handicap their
race into the hearts Of the movie
goers.
But today that superstition is done
away with. II an actor is married, he
/ boasts Of his family. And II he re-
ceives a thousand letters a month
from his screen worshippers, why,
! hs ,Ic IN, 70 n al n n - %
and asks her 70 help him read and
answer them. That is the way Mr..
and Mrs. Conway Tearle handle the
correspondence thing. according to a
story in August Photoplay Magazine,
written by Adele Rowland, the song
stress and wife Of Mr.. Tearle.
Being the wife Of a screen idol is
one long fight against his insensi-
bility TO his state of being idolized, "
she declares.
! zone must be valet, conscience and
memory 10 such a spouse. Valet be-
cause he may be of real man-Stuff
kind. like my husband, Conway
Tearle, who won't have any other
valet about him"
Il wont have some fellow around
TO lay out my one sock. Or my other
shirt. 1 won't says Conway Tearle,
whom at home l call Freddie. His
first name is Frederick. SO there is
but one thing TO do. 1 lay out the one
sock and the other shirt and say.
| Now get into them. There's a dear!
at is the part of Conway Tearle's
wife to understudy a valet. and do.
Why not? An actress once sighed
for a return to good, old dom. site
times. She wanted TO darn socks. /
hope she has had the chance.
darn my husbands socks If the darn
ing woman fails. And as 1 say lay
them out we'll within the range Of his
vision. If I did not he might follow
the example OF the Kansas statesman
and eschew them. He might become
the sockless Jerry Simpson OF the
screen. One never knows what an
absent-minded hero may do. My life
is watchful waiting for frayed collars
and instant confiscation Of them.
lone must be the conscience of
her screen idol lord. That is, she
must be his mentor as to what he
owes his public. 1t is not enough
that he does we'll his work in pic
lures. He has a certain duty Of am
liability and constellation a cour-
tesy, a quid pro quo'for its support Of
him. He must answer its letters.
help mine in his task. first read
them. 1t is as we'll for maids who
pour out their hearts in letters 10
know this. Some feminine eyes are
sure 10 read the outpouring before
they reach the man for whom they
are intended, If only those Of the sec
rotary. II is a devoted wife who
reads all her husbands appreciauve
letters 1t happens that am de-
voted and that 1 do.
For instance. this: Adorable Con-
way Tearle Of the midnight eyes and
the hair like the ravens wing; I am
the girl in the pink scarf. I stood
close 10 you when you came out Of
the theater where you made your err
sonal appearance this afternoon. I
reached forth my hand and timidly
touched the sleeve Of your coat 1
thought your arm vibrated in an
swer. I hope so. Did It?