The Washington herald., 1922-02-01
STARS WHO WE'D
AMAZE N'YORK,
SAYS MTNTYRE
Some of Them See Their
Husbands Suite Often
And Are Happy.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

NEW YORK. Jan 31.-Stage
wives! a star marries and I'M
mediately New York begins to wag
Its head and scan the divorce
columns. 1t seems to be an as
! sured fact that the honeymoon will
be brief. And in the majority OF
cases they live op and on in perfect
content, going their separate way:
yet loyal and devoted.
I 1t Is true that many ladies Of the
| stage drop a little belladonna into
their eyes, trim their eyebrows TO a
| thin line, darken their lashes with
lotion and sally forth to meet a
bridegroom-and in a few weeks
they are demanding alimony from
the rooftops.
Elsie Ferguson is married to
| Thomas Clarke. Wall street
banker. Now and then to the sur
face OF gossip's stream rises the
story that they are separated. The
| truth Is that Miss Ferguson believes
that too much routine smothers
genius. Her husband agrees with
her-and they are happy.
Another of the seif-educated free
wives is Irene Castle fireman. Her
latest marriage is a success, but be-
cause they are not seen constantly
together and because she dances In
a Broadway grill-the tongues wag
furiously. Each weekend Mrs
Castle goes to Ithaca where she and
her husband have their nest.
Ina Claire Is another intensely
modern woman who amazes the
mediocre by not constantly rattlinG
the marriage chains. She is not the
wife OF a rich man. Her husband
is newspaper writer, rich only in
talent and amiability. His working
hours are irregular and he canno,
arrive at the stage door nightly.
The truth is that these women Sc.
| cured the e-matrimonisl promise
to do as they liked and their hus-
bands were confident that the idols
| OF their hearts would never humili.
I ate them. The husbands believe in
the adage of the paddock: "a
thoroughbred does not need a bit"
Perhaps they would be happier
with ties more closely knit but il is
only fair to say that to the casual
observer they seem supremely con.
tent-and in New York that Is
something about which to boast.
Al Jolson says he used to live in
a very tough neighborhood. It wa:
so tough. he says. that the residents
! played fiddle -de-winks with man.
hole coverings.
| Tick, the Hopper. has left Chat.
| ham Square for good. He was one
OF the familiar figures in this cos.
mopolitan block on the fringe OF
Chinatown. Like all the East Side
characters he was given an odd
ntckname-for no reason at all. lie
was a strolling pawnbroker and
would always exchange money 70,
| jewelry along the streets-especial
iy watches In the old days sailors
| who were done for their roll in
Bowery resorts would walk to Chat.
nam Square and get so cents or
| their dollar watches. That was
good enough for another drink
| Tick the Hopper was Frenchman
He had little goatee and elegantly
curled mustache. Since prohibition
his business has-not been so good.
| At every entrance OF the chair
! cigar stores group Of ragramuf.
FMS awoit customers to beg tht
| premium coupons. 1t developed tn,
other day that the boys were no,
working for themselves. but for j
man on Fourteenth street who hat
made a fortune buying the coupons
from the boys. redeeming them fol-
| premiums and then selling tneIs a,
a fair price in a shop that he con.
| ducts.
Miss Peggy Hoyt is known in so.
ciety as New York's best-dressec
woman. She is herself a society
girl who stepped from the dazzling
butterfly life of the debutante into
the marts of trade. and losing
thereby none of her social prestige
She conducts gown and hat shoI
in a magnificent private dwelling
Few steps from the avenue. Moth.
ing is on display. and customers ar,
received in the same manner a.
guests. 1t is Miss Hoyt who dc,
signs the dazzling gowns and hat.
Tor the ntmble-footed Irene Castle
and she also fashions the costume.
for members of society who are t,
be presented at European courts
She is a slender, Eirlish brunett,
in her early eos. Her husband i.
A. L. Eads, who acts as her genera
! manager. He is a member of ar
! aristocratic st. Louis family.
1t isn't the White Way any more
| 1t is becoming colored. There ar,
more light bulbs, but not the white
dazzkrs. Blue and gold. red ant
green. are the colors in the Iates
; big electric sign, and there is Z
! new clock in mauve and thick pur,
| pie. and over a burlesque hous,
there is live and shrieking
screaming magenta sign.