Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

Jack Meuchner and Girard Thompson captured Mae West'' heart and for ten years she has been their sweetheart! Mae West, The Glamorous, the alluring, whose fan mail of love letters from men all over the world reaches new heights every week, has promised her heart to two boys back home. They're only twelve now, but Mae has agreed to wait. For nearly eleven years, Mae has watched the growth of two neighborhood children under her tutelage. She has trained them, taught them, counselled them. Their lives have been inextricably entwined with hers Near the corner of a wide street, miles past Brooklyn on Long Island, stands a freshly painted green and white house, so similar to a block of other houses on either side, that dark nights mean hopeless confusion to owners whose eyesight is poor or partially blurred. This was Mae West's home until four years ago! Mae has moved, leaving Long Island for California and a new, richly furnished apartment in Hollywood. But her closest neighbors back home have remained, and her two boys are marking time until she comes east again. Jack Meuchner and Girard Thompson, aged twelve, when interviewed, agreed on just two things: That they run their neighborhood together, and that Mae West is their sweetheart. In fact, she has been for ten years. At Easter two huge baskets arrived at their two modest homes on Long Island. They were filled with all those delicacies which appeal most to young boys, but the only thing that thrilled Jack and Girard was a white card with Mae West's name engraved on it. It was further proof ta them that Mae is keeping her promise. I'leiiKe turn to page fifty-four JUNE, 1934 The Men in Mae West's Life! Diamond Lil's true romance revealed in the most appealing story ever written about her! by NED WILLIAMS 41