Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
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demnedW the actor demanded.
The most terrible tortures.
DO YOU remember once-when we
were in love. you and u"
DO I Etretat 1907. ! was
young. but beginning to be
known. son of Lucien Guitry,
most famous actor of the day.
And ID written plays-ever
since the 9ee of fifteen-six
plays. ana some OF them had
been quite successful l saw
YOU on the beach You were not
as We'll known as l was. at the
time. but you were beautiful.
You were witty and you were
clever about keeping me at a
distance when l wanted to kiss
YOU. You were immensely at
tractiVe
You remember all that. And
do you remember that you met
me on a Monday night and
the next day. Tuesday, yo,f asked
me To marry You, do you re-
member? And then, when l asked
you to go to the city Hall with
me. you said: ! hate all these
formalities. And. besides. aren't
We married already in the sight
Of God and man - And then 1
replied. Connected! You think
you are God and mankind all in
one"
Then" he said, do you re-
member what we did, We didn't
want to wait the necessary fiji
teen days after putting up the
hanns. so we decided to take adj
vantage of a very special de-
vice provided by French law.
You put me to bed-or, rather, l
merely stayed in bed and a
physician. a good friend of ours,
stated that / was at the very
point of death. Then you went
to the Mayors, and you told him
I wanted to marry you because
I was dying. The Mayor arrived,
very sad, and performed the
ceremony. I was in bed and l
didn't move. And you-actress!
you wept. Then. as soon as
the Mayor had declared that we
were man and wife, I jumped
out of bed This happiness I
said, has cured me- l brought
forth a bottle of champagne
from the night-table. And the
poor Mayor didn't manage to get
away before drinking toast to
the happy couple while the ex-
dying man took the bride en-
Enthusiastically in his arms"
The recital of these memories
did not leave Charlotte and
Sacha unmoved. They were hold
ing hands. now.
You were a model husband,
Sacha, for nine years. You wrote
your best plays for me. Jealousy
The Scotch Cape The Capture
of Berg OPP Zoom.' Everything
was perfect, until one day :"
"Shh. Let's not talk about it."
II can't think of anything else.
I'll forgive you. On one condi-
ton. You must come every day
and be attentive to me, the way
you used to be. And you must
take me out, you must let me
be seen with you everywhere"
Darling. l accept the prop
osition. 1t must be narrowing
experience, ordinarily, I should
say, to watch a woman whom
one has loved grow old. But to-
day l have seen you grow young
again"
And don't forget, Sacha. that
I hold your destiny in my hands.
You can go ahead reopen the
Theatre de Ia Madeleine But
you will do a play without any
of your wives. You will do
dignified play as is most ap-
propriate under present circum-
stances"
"I'll revive 'Pasteur.'
When oacna had gone. Char
lotte called DR.. Dietrich on the
telephone. I've already accom-
plished something" she said.
"Sacha Guitry is back in town.
He's going to do a revival of
'Pasteur,' and the first perform
ance will be for the officers of
the Army Of Occupation"
Vengeance" as the old phi