The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-27
81 CAN'T; HAVE TWO LOVES
Winifred Hudnut Says Valen-
tinO Opposed Her Desire for
a Career, Hence She and
Rudy Are on a Marital
Vacation"
BY GENE COIN
SEA Service Writer

New YORK, Aug. 27.-Ihe little
domestic comedy IN which Rudolph
Valentino and Winifred Hudnut
Valentino are now starring cuts
back TO II time when a young girl,
her heart set on "self-exprcssion,"
overturned the plans OF wealthy
family and defiantly set out to be an
artist.
In This gesture the girl anticipated
by some time the vogue tor free
dom and careers for women" and
"seIf-ehpres DJn" and all those things
! that now are commonplace.
The difference was that this girl
was deadly serious. This was no
mere pose. Though she readily could
have chosen a ieIsureiy social li-
She actually went TO work and has
been working ever since.
what is WOrSe--She came TO love
work; TO demand it as part Of her
life.
SO when you read Of the separation
Of the Valentines, or the "marriage
vacatlOn.' or whatever they choose
to call it, please bear this in mind
for it has everything in the world to
90 with the temporary or permanent
parting Of the ways
1t was the analysis that Winifred
Hudnut, lovely in Il white turban
and clingy silk morning dress. gave
Of the background of their problem.
you see" she began. las wife
! probably was perfectly satisfactory
to Mr.. Valentino"-she refers TO
him at all times as Mr.. Valentino"
but as an Independent artist
well that was something else.
Nov as an independent artist !
| was perfectly satisfactory to my
! self, but as complete wife we'll
| that was something else.
And as ii husband Mr. Valentino
| was perfectly satisfactory to me,
but as a lord of the ROOSEVELT, that
was something else.
''lf you will digest this tangle for
moment you will begin to visualize
something Of the problem in our per
fectly happy, yet perfectly discon-
tented menagc. 1t is such tangle
the lives of artists. both bent upon
work.
And in that word work lies the
whole crux Of the story. 1t goes back
to my girlhood. My family strongly
protested my career seeking, but my
mother finally saw there was no use
blocking me so l went to Europe and
studied. And ] have worked ever
since, though from the financial
standpoint there was no necessity.
| You have to understand that | want
ed to.
up to the time of my marriage
with Mr.. Valentino ] had felt that
! would never let romance interfere
with the things ! wanted to do. And
at first it seemed that this would
work out. For l worked with him.
But recently he has been engaged
in work that ! couldn't share and he
doesn't want me to work for any
one else. He would be away at the
studio all day and--well-I just
can't sit in the house all day wait
ing and playing wife. And SO the
difficulties began.
perhaps back of it all, so far as
he is concerned, is the Continental
viewpoint regarding wives. You know
haw so many Europeans feel about
the place of the wife. And, if it is
there. it surely isn't anything he
can help. But, however liberal they
may wish to appear it crops out
that is, they don't mind artistic
wives, but they want to have some
thing to say about it. And want
to be Independent.
"Of course, this has nothing to do
with my affection. In the clash of
viewpoint ] jIst went ahead and did
what it seemed ] had to do--which
was carry on work as l wished. You
just can't have two loves---at the
same time-without dome conflict
One or the othe- has TO give way.
"And | do want my artistic indie
pendence. Pm young enough to feel
that way. Later these things might
not seem so important.
But in this day we don't seem to
sit down and analvze little problems
that might be settled by study. We're
all too busy. The whole country is
that way. In the film business we
do get terribly self-engrossed. It's
the thing we are doing personally
that takes out time and attention"
So, it would seem, the great
"sheik" and perfect lover"-what-
ever his spell over others-has found
that he cant WOO his wife from work
And that's that.