The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

of young Bob Savage IN the front row. 1hey met
next day, he proposed, and they were married.
But Cupid chose the solemn background Of
Woodlawn Cemetery as the stage setting for the ro
nance Of pretty Mariiyn Miller and young Jack
Pickford Marilyn had lost her husband, Frank Car
ter, and Jack had lost his wife, Olive Thomas. Wis
ting the tombs each had erected to their dead, they
met in d common sorrow and sympathy which rip
ened into love-there in that solemn cemetery
In previous chapters havereferred to the nom
chalance employed by show girls il getting rid OF
their husbands Husbands are commonly regarded as
irnpersonaly as Clothes and discarded with about
much ceremony From my own observation should
say that the marriage Of typical show girl usually
lasts six months # ! show girl remains married
longer than year there is talk Of golden wedding
anniversary BY her friends
Brief are these show girl romances! know Of
q dozen that have lasted week and some that were
over before the ink on the marriage certificate US
scarcely dry.
lies to young Jack Montgomery, Of Bellefonte, Pa.
one Of those episodes that seem to involve twelve
hours Of romance and twelve years Of litigation.
Mr.. Montgomery met Mss Udell last Winter in
Philadelphia. Peggy says that he courted her for
thirteen days before they were married. Jack
gwore that he met and married her on the same
Of what had happened until he woke up in q taxicab
two hours after the ceremony.
One thing is certain, and that IS that Peggy and
two other little show girls from the Follies' and
Jack and three Of his prep school friends cruised
III night long through the States Of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Maryland in taxicab, and when the
journey was over Jack was married good and proper
as he discovered when he tried to have that strange
marriage annnlled not long ago. and the court re-
fused to do so.
It was Peggy's testimony that inspired this learned
decision, / repeat few excerpts from it here to
show with what delberation snow girl enters the
sacred state of matrimony:
81 was introduced to my husband by very good
girl friend Of mine in the show" said Peggy when
she took the stand 7 guess it was Of love at
first sight"
Right here tear moistened Peggy's big blue eye
and was some time before her sympathetic lawyers
were able to persuade her to continue with the sad
Jack started in telling me how much he thought
ofme, she wept He thought was the most won
derful girl he had ever seen and had the most
derful eyes and hair and lips and everything 49,
-"Yss s?"'A y D~"'s' -" 'A''O'nes i0' 'essS'
''Well," Peggy replied ''he really proposed to me
the first night met him. said jack called him
Jack because he asked me to. and then, in turn, /
said you may call me Peggy said, Listen, Jack,
let's wait three weeks So then Jack told me that
of blushed-he wanted to know if he could see me
ri really did want to see him. So saw him the
next day. Then he proposed again. He says. You
are going to marry me before the show leaves this
town He said that the very next night would
go out and get married. So this night we had the
engagement. During the show Bobby Berger.
friend of Jacks, wrote a note asking to get two
other young ladies for Mr. Gardner and John
Sloan. got MISS feggy Nally Adele IOFuOn was
going, so there were three girls and four boys
AFTER the show Jack took my arm and assisted
in the cab, and he also kissed me- and if he had
been drinking | certainly would have smelled the
liquor when he kissed me. He afraid he would
lose me then, and now he says he don't want me- and
/ know why he says that
At this point Peggy fairly melted in sea of
tears and her lawyer soothingy asked her to try to
hold herself together minute and tell what hap
pened.
Jack said to me, You are going to marry
tonight He said, If you love me really and
truly you will marry me- | said OF course.
Jack, will marry you. You know how much
| love YOU So he was simply tickled to death.
Paul Gardner said Jack, come over here, and he
spoke rather loud. He said DO you mean to tell
me you are going to get married to common old
chorus girl? None of those girls are any good. OF
course, felt awfully hurt about it. When we got
back to the cab said, Jack, are going to take
Paul Gardner and John Sloan home, because do not
like their company When we got to their hotel
the chauffeur opened the door and we let Paul and
John, out. They dragged Jack out. too. and in
sisted on talking to him. He says. All right I'll
talk to you if you want, but am gong to marry
Peggy tonight heard Paul say. She is nothing
but a common chorus girl: your mother wouldn't