The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-08
The Lou Tellegens Again

OJuRELY nothing in the wide world Nis sacred from the public view IS and ridicult in these parlious times.
 I've been avidly interested in the unfortunate "detdcle" of Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen, and I couldn't refrain from having my say so" on the subject, and now I'm com ing back with an encore" but this time because of something which I recently read about La Geraldine" which rather "straightens out" things for me in a way.
 I happened to think of this be- cause of a little incident which came up yesterday. when friend of mine Just back from a lovely trip to New York was telling of the "burlesque" in the "Ziegfeld Follies" on the Still man case.
 Imagine being held up to ridicule about any thing as sacred and as inn portant and as distressing and as ter rible as divorce!
 Any way, New York doesn't mind for the piece de resistance" of the 'Follies" is the courtroom scene pre- senting a buflesque of the Stillmans
 The judge propounds questions mer- cilessly to Mir. Stillman, while six perfectly stunning looking girls are seated around the courtroom. lady friends of Mir. Stillman, all dressed in the most ultra style and are beauti- full and fluffy and extravagant and foolish.
 MT. Stillman never says a word. He never answers a question and this drives the judge to drink. and after each question he reaches for his Dot 4 IL rr drink and quaffs it joyously.
 Presently Mrs. Stillman appears and walking around the six stunning looking co-respondents:," and giv- ing them the "once over," says, quietly, as she leaves the court room:
 Well, hope he treats you better than he did me-
 Terrific. isn't it?
 But that's what such people as the Stllmans get for the notoriety they gave themselves, airing" their ''soiled linen" in public.
 Still further at the Greenwich Will lage Folles" another "burlesque" is done of the Stillman case, when a clever actor rushes in and says he went to masquerade ball" the night before and somebody asking him what he represented, he promptly replies:
 "An Indian Guide and then adds, but there were seven others as In- dian guides already ahead of me-"
 Which brings me to say that while I don tknow either of the Stillmans from the side of house. I do know the Lou Tellegens, and l like them both, and I'm Just hoping that when their divorce comes up that they won't drag their names in the dust and mire, and have the Broadway shows 'burlesquing" them. for they are mighty fine material for such a stunt--better than the Stillmans ever dared to be. and just with half a chance the jig will be up with them.
 The story I read about La Geral dine,' which I referred to at the be- ginning of my story, was written by my good friend Mir. John c. Freund. editor of Musical America, who knows musicians from A to z. world without end. Amenl
 Says MT. F'reund (writing under his nom de plume of "Mephistoi):
 '"The papers have recently been full of the reported trouble between Ger aldine Farrar and her husband, the well-known actor and movie star, Lou Tellegen. Lou, it seems. has brought suit against Geraldine, which | h,ls caused her to state that he put one over on her as she was just about | to start one against him. This is probably the only time anybody ever | put anything over on La Geraldine.
 "One of the results of the embrog lo. which temporarily deprived Lou | Tellegen of his clothes, he having been locked out, Is that the papers have been reprinting some of the bizarre statements the lady made with regard to marriage, matrimopy chill dren. You may recall that on one occasion, when it was rumored that she was about to marry Lou, she de- nied the implication and added that she had never met man who could interest her for more than 30 min