Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

kX lady n very much alive. She's neat at'
tractive, blonde. not too smart She says
she's lsA She's actually %. She looks 26
Imogene works for one Of the bigger Holly
wood studios. She earns $65 week, and WORKS
forty weeks year. She's actually chorus gni'
although she calls herself starlet. Wnat the
dance directors call her Is something else again
She's good enough kid. but she's in racket
that breaks heart minute. or your money back
She isn't able to save quarter. and her job may
end at any time. Her future Is only slightly
brighter than that OF by.passed Jap on Bougain'
yille--but she always has smile on her ksSer'
Oh, well Maybe she's just a gal who won't
take woe for an answer.
Some months ago, new romance popped INTO
rmogenes life. Or, II you wish to say II anotner
way. a new pop romanced into Imogenes lie. he
was he told our lassie, big business man from
81 Louis II wouldn't have made any difference
70 Imogene II he had told her he was small busi'
ness man from Hoboken. She liked him. and that
was that.
The romance blossomed like the tip OF w. c.
Fields. nose. Imogene and her pal were seen at
all the Hollywood spots where photographers are
likely 10 turn up They did the town neatly.
Came the night. then that the gentleman from
ST. Louis made generous gesture. He drew
jewelers. box from his pocket. extracted $1,000
ring from IT, and handed the ring to the little lady
Honey" he announced. you've been won
derful little pal want you to have this. BABY
and think of me whenever you wear 1t"
Imogene kissed him tenderly. She said he was
the finest man she had ever known. He SAID sne
was his itsy.bitsy dream girl. and that he wished
he could give her q ring ten times as valuable.
and that he hoped they'd be together forever
The next day. they had juicy fight-and he
went back to st. Louis. Imogene wept bitter tears
She felt so badly. in fact. that 1t was almost
twenty.four hours before she was able to go night
clubbing again..
Several weeks later, Imogene brought the ring
20 the jeweler who had originally sold II. stone
had worked loose and our heroine wanted 1t fixed
The jeweler nodded and told her to drop back.
Imogene dropped back-and then almost drop
ped dead. Because the jeweler refused TO return
the ring to her!
"I have my orders from the man who origin
ally purchased the ring" he told Imogene. He
told me that, IL you ever came back with it, was
20 hold II for him. have already wired him.
Well, brothers and sisters. I've already pointed
out that Imogene is an easygoin' gal. She doesn't
mind taking a beating for Arts sake, but this
guys name wasn't Art. And she made up her
mind she was going to get that ring back.
She raced around to an attorney. blurted out
the horrible truth and ordered him to get her ring
back at once The lawyer nodded and assured
her that justice would triumph.
And so Il did. The lawyer prepared his papers
and took the case 10 court. In due time the deci
sion was handed down. The jeweler was ordered
TO return the ring 20 Imogene.
II you read your papers closely enough you'll
remember that portion Of the case. Imogene's ring
didn't exactly shove the war off the front pages,
but her picture did get nice play.
Around her studio. OF course. the story was
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