Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
re-beGuty Of her young

Paula was no problem to Won Stroheim for two
reasons: The great diva was too occupied with
the intricate problems Of her famous self and
30 subtly had the eventful years slipped by
that Won Stroheim had no conception Of the
fact that her daughter was an adult.
"Pet-cat, my darling-cums, come sit ON yoxlr
mothers lap. "Pet-cat, angel, come rub yoU1r
mothers head, "Pet-cat, my baby, wake uD
and talk to your mother. can't Sleep" And
always the talk was Of the diva: her triumphs,
her defeats her hopes, her chagrinS, her ten1+
pers, her loves, her hates. And of all Of them
there were aplenty, because as time went oIiS
and her position became more and more secure
Won Stroheim became more and more the tens
peramental operate star.
That was why, when love came to Paula
strangely, shyly secretly, 1t was something she
could not find the voice to impart to her
mother. It was sufficient in the beginning
just to stand of and secretly adore, and SEE
cretly, oh, so secretly hope and hope and hope.
A ND out of the hoping was to come this:
One evening, entering the hotel suite m
Detroit wrapped in Sables, blazing with gems
laden with long stem roses the odor Of which
perpetually surrounded her, Won Stroheim
rushed up to her daughter, catching her tights
ly and ecstatically in her arms.
my darling cums pet-cat, will you forgive
your bad naughty mother, who loves you2 Shau
went and got herself married. You have q sweeS
new darling pet-boy for father"
Precisely that had happened. Won Strohefn1
and Gluck had been married by a local magiS-
uate. thunderclap had descended upon the
life Of narrow, pasty-faced little person
known as Paula Won Stroheim thunderclap
that was to reverberate through lifetime.
Strange, that neither Won Stroheim nor young
Gluck were ever to have an inkling of this
secret catastrophe in the heart and soul %
Paula. She was the same unobtrusive, willing
little soul she had always been. Won Stroheims
II possible, was more flercely, relent1eSSly, MAJ
ternal after her marriage than she had ever
been before. The terrible part to Paula W.
that Gluck was so gentle, so considerate of heN
Wel-being; so eager to successfully serve in his
fantastic capacity as stepfather. After all, he
was only eight years the senior o. Paula.
What happened subsequently came so grade
ually that it Is doubtful If Gluck was conscious
of it until it is doubtful II Gluck was too well es4
tablished to be remedied. It Is doubtful If he
even desired remedy, so all-embracing, 50
powerful so poSSeSsive and so sedative was the
claim OF Won Stroheim upon his heart and mind.
She showered him with the magnifcence OF
her affections, just such as she had sl1owered
Paula. She smothered him with indulgences
with endearments and with a quality that
transcribed his own, and just as it had
transcribed Paulas.
A the end of the second year of this strange
Aid1AAdSe bAlcES was serving the great VOu
Stroheim, not only the daughter who walked
quietly in the wake of her magnifcence, but
the young utonic-looking husband, who haN
receded by this time, In what was to be the
permanent role Of accompanist and member Of
the diva's retinue.
From city to city, from country to country.
wanders this magnificent caravan-de-luxe the
extravagantly personable prima donna shedding
efulgence everywhere she goes, and In her
wake, adoring her. the little daughter named
Paula and the little husband named Gluck.
(CODyTight. 1920 =