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BY MAY MANN BAER
NO WONDER
GAVE UP!
The first year is always difficult but for two busy people like Arlene Dahl and Lex Barker there wasn't enough time for a life together
kFTER three weeks of trying, I finally reached Lex Barker on the telephone. "Where in the world have you been?" I asked. "I've been dialing your telephone ever since I saw you at the Marion Davies party and told you I wanted a nice, long interview!"
"I went out of town and I just returned today," Lex replied. Then, "Yes, I'll drop over."
It wasn't until an hour later when the afternoon paper arrived and I saw Lex's and Arlene Dahl's pictures on the front page — they had been divorced that -very morning — that I felt quite embarrassed.
"I didn't know," I apologized to Lex when he arrived a little after six. "I'm sorry — but you know my job is being a reporter. And you're probably in no mood to talk. Then, with a sigh, I added hopefully, "Or will you, now that you are a brand new bachelor? And besides, what's this about you and Lana Turner?"
"I don't like being a bachelor. I never wanted to become a bachelor," Lex replied with -an uncontrollable shudder. "I didn't want a divorce. I still don't. I didn't see any reason for it. But — if the one you are married to wants her freedom, then there's nothing to do but give it to her.
"Arlene's a wonderful girl. I wouldn't say anything to hurt her in any way. She just wasn't ready to get married and settle down," he said. "I still believe that two careers can work fine — but a girl has to take time to make a home for a guy. And she has to let him be the breadwinner or, at least, think he is. A man's pride can't let him be happy unless he is the man and is assuming the full responsibilities for his wife. It's tough when a girl makes equally as much money. It creates problems.
"When Arlene and I discussed her work before we were married, I agreed that certainly she should (continued on pace 64>
Arlene as she is in "Desert Legion." Her zooming career absorbs most of her time.