New-York tribune., 1922-03-11
Savage's Pogo
Bride Back in
Midnight Frolic
Lost Track Of for Day, Girl
Who We'd Rich Yale
SUDDEN; Turns Up at
Theater With Husband
\, Word From Family
Report of Unrelenting IN
Laws Causes Bride to
Open Blue Eyes Wide

last track Of for a day, Geneva
vtehel, lhc pretty poso girl whose
sracefrl appearance IN the ziegfeld
sy;sn,~ht Froiic" landed her wealthy
-.,nc Yale student for husband, re-
.,,oared in Tic chorus Of Sally" and
IN the pogo race on 'he roof of the
ysw Amsterdam last night. She wore
-. nlain gold hand put on her finger
,.st Saturday hy Robert Savage. twen-
.r.one wears Cd. son o. the late John
Savage. wealthy steel manufacturer
=. Duluth. Mimi. Neither congratulate
IONS nor blessings have yet been re-
..;ved from any member of her hus-
hands family, she said.
Ms. Savage. who is only seventeen
and LOCKS younger. stood in the wings
os the New Amsterdam Theater last
ojeh. swinging thc poke bonnet she
rsars in the dishwashers' chorus of
Sally" ard smilngly confessed to be
.oc happy and a l1cky girl.
Onlv Appear for Thcater
ooh. yes. we lost ourselves from all
~ou reporters she admitted THAT
wss my husbands fault. As soon as
the show was over last night we
checked out from the Bitmore, but that
mss none Of my doing. He did it..
No. can't tell you where we are
We're in hiding. We only appear for
tho theater. He brought me here to-
night. Yes, and left ages ago. He said
ali he had to say the day before
When young Savage summoned re-
corters TO announce his wedding he
ssd that he and his week. old bride
would not be discoversble outside Of
the thcater He is keeping his threat.
Mrs. Savage. who still is Geneva" at
the theater, is one of Teddy Royces
best girls A clever sole dancer, fetch
ingly youthful and the daughter of a
former Folles principal. she is con-
sidered one Of the promising products
Of the year, according TO the stage man
ager. In "Sally" she is understudy for
ssthlyn Martin, who has one of the
rincipal parts. This is her second
eason on the stage. She was warmly
relcomed when she arrived at the the
s,er last night, all the girls crowding
around to wish her luck.
"Im perfectly happy. of course" she
srd. Give known Robert almost since
ha Froi'c opened last December He
ssV- nc fall in the pogo dance ard was
sorry. want to go right on with my
~ors. love it. We scarcely know
wat re will do yet"
When shown a newspaper clipping
7aich said that dispatches from San
Disso, Cal, quoted Mrs. Savage, mother
If the youth. as saying at would
take long time FOR her to forgive
him. Miss Mitchell opened her blue
eyes wide, shook her head and said
size did not know anything about it.
Sent Wire to Mother
a will say this, however" she added.
Robert wired to his mother. But,
IS far as | know, he has had no word
rom her. And we have not heard
rom any of his brothers,
With hip of her poke bonnet she
vas gone, saying the chorus was wait
ing.
Tom and Benny. stage doorkeeper
and elevator man, supplemented the
telling of a long series Of notes they
Savage who called at the stage door
nearly every night and the dark.
bobbed-hair Geneva. 1t was no sur
pyise to them, they said, to read in
the papers Of the wedding. Since the
svent took place Mr.. Savage has been
bringing his wife to the thester and
calling in again about II o'clock, when
she moved upstairs to the Frolic. He
LAS been regular visitor at the
theater for nearly three months.
Mrs. Savage was born in Chicago
and IS the daughter of Vera Mitchell,
who formerly was in the Follies. After
the announcement Of the Wedding, Flo
Ziegfeld jr, wired yesterday from Palm
Beach to Sam Kingston. his general
manager, ordering that in future all
girls who sign contracts for appearance
N the Midnight Frolic. Ziegfeld Fol-
lies and other Ziegfeld productions,
must agree not TO marry during the
term OF the contract.
Edward Savage, of 315 West Ninety
eighth Stseet, the only brother Of the
yyoung bridegroom, who lives in New
iork, declined yesterday to make any