Evening star., 1939-10-22
Tommy Manvi||e
Says Wedding Bells
Should Ring Soon
Asbestos Heir Tousts
His New Love With
Champagne, Orchids
Ry the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Tommy
Manville, ..he asbestos heir vino up
to this time had preferred. young
blonds and old brandy, entered a
new phase of his tempestuous career
today by toasting in champagne his
new love-raven-haired Elinor Troy,
the beauty whose fists once ruffled
the handsome phiz of Jack Doyle,
the Irish Thrush.
There were great doings in the
Manville suite on the 37th floor Of
the Waldorf Astoria whittier the
squire of bon repos had brought
his new lovey after she arrived at
Newark airport from California in a
chartered plane that cost Tommy
$3,000-not to mention the money
he spent on orchids, champagne,
automobiles, tips and long distance
telephone calls.
Tommy, having spent sleepless
night by telephone waiting for his
love to call-she. will be his fifth
wife, Tommy said today. reversing
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somewhat philosophical. He was
thinking Of the pastoral life and
heirs for the asbestos heir.
Yesterday he had denied they
would be married.
Time for the Stork.
It was time, he remarked today,
for the stork to visit him at his
New Rochelle, N. Y. home.
Elinor, too, he suggested would
like the pastoral life.
"Oh, sure" agreed the 23-year-old
lovely, "only I want to do my hiding
out in the Stork Club"
This all began couple of months
ago when the lovers quarreled and
Elinor went out to Hollywood to play
minor roles in a couple of movies
and live with her mother. Mrs. Elsie
Edmonston, formerly Of Washington,
D. c., where Elinor was born.
For several nights Tommy had
been burning up the long distance
wires. trying to get Elinor. Last
night he called his fourth ex-wife,
Mrs. Marcelle Edwards Manville
Carlisle. who was in Hollywood, and
asked for Elinor's phone number.
Then he called Elinor's home. She
was at movie. Tommy called the
movie and had her PACED.
"Sweetheart," he said, you gotta
come back to old Pappy Manville.
I'm chartering plane. You'll have
champagne and orchids for break
fast"
Shops for Makeup.
So Ellnor, alone, except for the
crew, in the 28-passenger ship, flew
out of the West to her Lochinvar,
but he had tough time waiting at
Newark for the plane which was
overdue because Elinor had wanted
to stop at Washington to put on
some makeup.
Once at Newark, Tommy embraced
her, hustled her into one of his cars.
told her to look at all the orchids
IN the other and. with a police
escort. they were whisked over to
the Waldorf.
One OF the first things Elinor did
was to call her mother.
Mama" she cried, how're vou
doin'. baby? I'm here safe, and he's
beautiful. Mama. He's sitting in a
corner grinning ike Cheshire cat"
To which Mrs. Edmonston re.
piled:
"You shouldn't talk that way
about my future son-in-law."
oh" said Elinor, Il can talk
that way about him. I love him so
much"
Said Tommy:
Somebody musta hit me on the
head with horseshoe"
Wants Children, Sincerity.
He looked at Elinor with a bright
eye.
She's tough,' he said.
He grinned.
She knows her way around.
But nobody can get her aWay from
Manville now. Elinor is going to
give me something I've never had
before in all my hfe-children, sim
cerlty and not divorce. That is
due to the fact that the old as
bestos heir is now fireproof.
Shes the most regular person
in the world
A moment later he yelled into the
telephone:
Mama, if she walks out on me
again III come and get you"
Over the phone came a laugh
Mama's laugh.
Tommy then opened another bot
tie.
After a brief rest, he said, they'd
start doing the town.