The Washington times., 1923-05-16
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Roy Cummings, Of Broadway
Fame. Living Happily With
Two Mates

DERBY, Conn, May On the
bank Of tie woed trimmed Hongss
tonic ten das AGO tVp etty
younc II stood a. axfng
hue allf red penis I, c.lsg
pennant Of blue and white. IhIse
college crews esre51 Suddenly
the nose Uf IN oil blue shell forged
out IN front, and the little fIAIzs
becknae limp in tapefed fineeE4
suddenly relaxed
Jokes with WIVES.
Not word passed the wcraensa
lfpA. They fIiattered like .rnAted
guns to haIf.finished bungaloW
thirty feet from the river bank.
There sat Roy Cummings. acroh4tlc
dating performer Of difficult 1eakA
Say. all three Of those crews
were blue" he remarked. Lostug
serves you both right. You know
the blues don't 60 AROUND heres
How about q little support?
Everybody Happy
And two pretty women again set
about to make one man happy and
themselves too at the same time in
the actors colony three niles up
river from here. So today WAS
revealed love triangle a. daring
in real life as the widest author
could be In a book.
There two women are living iu
one love nest with one man. both
contented, satisfied with things -
they are. The law OF God and man
IL being lived up to. all three cone
- = -, II h
cast to the wind.
Cummings. who Jumped into naas
steal fame on Broadway five years
ago and il now thirty.four, married
Helen Gladyngs in Brtdgeton, N. J.s
nine years ago. She became his
dancing partner In vaudeville. She
Is twenty-eight, and they have .
a girl, Edna, five. As Cummings
''she was dark, Of the spanisi1
type. with fiery disposition. and TIM
red-headed, so we naturally both
crashed
$1,000, 900 Baby.
They separated amicAbly. and In
1919 Mrs. Cummings obtained .. di.
vorce In .Freeport, L. L, Cummings
doing the manly thing.
''I gave her. $1,000, $780," he said.
Count 1t up-a $4,000 home IN
Freeport, a $500 car, a $1.00O.O00
baby and 500 dog"
To that should be added $3.50 .
week alimony. ss..
A year later Cummings met Irene
Shaw, a blonde, who was playing
with Fred Stone In Jack, o. Ian.
tern" They were married in Orange.
N. j., her home. She il twenty
five.
''I didn't realize at the time that
both came from Jersey" said Cum
mings, adding that he had taken
ing q swing on q rope over the
Garden.
But It turned out all to the good"
Cummings added, casting an adorihg
look at wife No. Q, who sat In the
glow Of an open fire In the living
room Of the bungalow and SMILED
back an approval. mo 9 and I went
to Long Beach for q swim summer
before last and we met No. /. Were
we downhearted? We were not.
was lovely. The next
day No. telephoned to No ! and
asked her to 20 for Q dip. They
turned out the best Of frienda. Blonde
and brunette won't clash. but. nevax
try to play the red and black to
gether.
Sensible Woman.
This spring we all came to, tlivs
ing agreement. With the summer
season approaching and no paysday.
no alimony, No decided to rent the
home in Freeport. No. 3 and ] had
decided to build bungalow anc
spend the summer on. the Housatonic.
Then No. 1had a bright idea,
she figured two women could
live as cheaply as one. If they went.
about 1t in the right way, each
pitching In land sharing tie work.
She invited herself to spend the