Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

worst mistake l ever
made and all I want is 20 be sure III never
see him again
When a woman walks around with mil
lion dollars worth of graces and talents ana
no money in the bank she is obviously suf-
fering from some kind OF bottleneck. Lya
thinks that her bottleneck has been caused
simply by bad luck.
In fact. what makes her optimistic today
is not so much faith in her own potential
assets as the amount Of misfortune she has
already weathered.
The way she fgurcs, If she has survived
80 much she ought TO be able 10 take Fate's
latest buffets with her chin up
'T'n get back on top" she says confidently
''hecause you just can't keep me down. In the
darkest moments Of my life think OF myself
as A KIND or tact-tn- tho box You press down
the lid but the puppet always pops out again.
Some Of her creditors may take comfort
from her spirited attitude. II may hll them
with the hope OF being paid back some day
on the other hand it seems TO have irked
a few Of them. who evidently feel that the
least an insolvent debtor can do is preserve
a decent melancholy
, Helen De Frcce. well.known New York
business woman who is down in Lya's books
for a loan OF $500. remarked: I'm very much
perturbcd about this"
And Kay Guinness. business gal and cafe
socialite-down for $452-threatened 'to raise
"A rumpus" at the first creditors meeting
Iva was apparently quite discriminating
about whom she put the bite on. some Of the
others on her list being: Isabel jewell, the
Hollywood actress $75; B. p. Schulbcrg, pro-
ducer, 81 900; and New York's Mayflower
Hotel. 1852
Iva got her first taste Of bad luck in
attempting TO realize her theatrical ambitions.
She comes Of tradition-steeped White Russian
stock, her father a banker, and her mother,
a distinguished children's doctor. did not well
come the idea of having an actress in the
family
Finally. she outmancuvcrcd them, wormed
her way into a French producers office and
landed what she believed 10 be contract TO
star When IL turned out 90 be only an
extras part she hounccd off the lot in disgust
six months later another producer, i'm
pressed by a mere glimpse Of her in the pic
turc she had walked out on, gave her her
chance and soon afterwards Metro brought
her over to Hollywood to make French yer.
sionss She fell promptly in love with America
and took out citizenship papers
She also fell in love with a screen star
named Charles Morton They were married
in 1881 divorced after the birth Of daughter.
two years later.
1T was bad luck" she says today TIA
basco sauce and corn flakes would have got
along better And afterwards, the bad luck
kept after me. I had nervous breakdown.
Then went back 60 Europe TO convalesce and
nearly got caught by the Nazis When 1
finally escaped on a Norwegian freighter 1
was broke, and my aunt and daughter who
were still in this country, depending on me for
support were also broke
Il tried to get any sort of job at all to
make money: in a department store, five
and-tcn. as a waitress. No one would have
me- they said was not the type. Too we'll
dressed and superior-loolSing And there l
was on the verge of starving.
Il went TO sec a banker, who had once
told me he loved me and would do anything