Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-05-02
Hearts Desire
BY THAYER L
g by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service

big scene. Was | gladl STANDING
around for three hours In a mob
wearing a big hot Bohemian peas
ant costume. Isn't exactly fun.
started to push my way OF ths
set, heading toward the dressing
rooms and wondering what lunch
could get for twenty cents tina
would stop my empty feeling.
AS reached the stairway, a maj
came elbowing through the CROWD
and grabbed my arm. He was one
OF the assistant directors.
Hold on a minute. grille" he
said; there's somebody over here
wants to see you"
couldn't imagine who II would
be. or why. but | followed him. And
then, suddenly, my heart gave the
big leap. There was Mark Mans
held, the big star of this picture.
standing apart from everyone else
and smiling right at me-the most
wonderful smilel He came forward
and made a little bow. saying:
MY dear young lady, all morn
In I've been watching you and hop
Ing we might meet. VIII you give
me the pleasure OF your company
for this afternoon and EVENING""
was so thrilled | felt dizzy, but
just dimpled my 4 eeks at him
and answered:
why, how charming. Mr.. Mans
field. I'd be delighted"
splendid; that makes me very
happy" he said, In that glorious rich
baritone OF his. "Will you join me
In half an hour at the west gate?
I'll have my a waiting"
"Yes," | told him. still being light
and casual. shat will be quite o
venient, thanks"
The next thirty minutes don't
seem to remember much about.
must have been In a sort of dream
or something, | guess. Getting an
invitation like this from the n man
I'd always wanted to know and new.
er even seen from closer than across
a sound stage, was so marvellous.
When | came out of the dressing
rooms, | could see his tall, broad
shouldered figure by the gate across
the lot. | walked toward him, but
not with too much hurry that would
have made 1t look as II his waiting
for me upset my poise. AS | came
up he gave me his arm and said:
My dear, you look even ~lovelier
now than In that costume, II I may
say So"
THANK you" | replied. tucklng
one hand under the soft flannel that
covered his strong arms. "You com
pliment ~adorably..
We stepped out onto the sidewalk.
BY the curb Just ahead was his big
dark blue Duesenberg limousine. A
man who wore a uniform of the
same shade stood by the back door.
holding 1t open. | remembered hav.
Ing seen him lots of times, driving
Mark-Mr. Mansfeld-around, some
times alone. sometimes with various
lady stars.
Then on the opposite side of the
street | saw another cara tan
R~olls-Royce with black trimming. l
knew that belonged to Grace Mon.
roe, and she was the actress who
went most with the man | was with
now She'd just got In and was
staring RI toward us. I tried to
make my smile friendly and not too
triumphant as | let Mark help me
into his car.
Il thought" he said, that 1t might
be pleasant to take a short drive
somewhere, then go to the Biltmore
for dinner. and perhaps dance later
at the Coconut Grove. Does that
seem an attractive planf"
| murmured Perfectly I" with
just the proper touch Of careless
ness. We were stopped for a traffic
signal by the studios north end, !
glanced out to see O bunch of the
girls who had worked In the mob
scene with me, standing on the cor
ner waiting for a bus. | waved and,
oh how they gapedi
Pretty soon we were going up a
winding road into the North Holly.
wood hills. Mark slipped his arm
around me and | nestled close to
him.
Sweet little lady," he said, talk.
ing In a kind of soft dreamy voice,
you have no business Shaving your
youth away at an EXTRAS Job.
Wouldn't you like to throw 1t all
over-to travel, to see the far, mys-
terious places of the world, and to
have romance? Those are the things
| really long for. You know, my life
is a lonely and dreary one, too.
Don't you think 1t would be splen-
did If we could find such happiness
and adventure together7"
/ don't remember exactly what |
answered. We'd come to the top
Of Crescenta Heights and there at
our right lay Hollywood, looking like
a fairyland as 1t stretched off into
the mist that hung where the ocean
vas. Dear Mark bent down and laid
bis cheek against mine.
Darling" he said, waving n
hand tcruord Pho ot4y hoto.r pAls~ ~