Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

girl would prefer to stay home with her mother. "In all the years I knew her, I can't remember a single wild party that Mae ever attended, and in this neighborhood it's pretty hard to do anything like that without having someone know about it." "Sure she was popular," Jack said with a shrug of his already wide shoulders, "but she stayed home. Girard and me were too young to go out." Then Mae wrote and produced Sex, the play that all Broadway still remembers and still talks about in awed tones. The first year of its run, nothing much was said against its being bad for public morals. Suddenly, public officials swooped down on an evening performance, closed the doors and arrested the performers. Public indignation was at its highest. Mae West was painted as gaudy and publicity seeking. Those who knew her only through her acting were spreading stories about her. But her neighbors, those who knew her private life, stuck by her! "I went with my baby one afternoon to see Mae," another neighbor recounted. "It was while Sex was running without interference from the city. When I saw her in her stage costume, my eyes nearly popped out of my head. "Then Mae showed me how she had padded her shoulders and hips. When I told her she was no more like her stage part in real life than I was, Mae laughed and agreed with me." Jack and Girard weren't quite certain just why the show was closed, but they did know that Mae had to serve ten days in jail. If they had known where to go, they would have been glad to take on the warden and free their idol. The Saddest Day in their young lives came at this time. Mae told them she was moving. Success was hers at last and Mae needed living quarters closer to town. No, she confided, she wasn't selling her house. Just renting it out to someone. Although Mae was no longer just across the way, the two boys were not without her friendship. She made frequent trips back to the familiar old street to see them and give them advice. Even the distance between New York and California failed to end the courtship. Mae came back to New York as soon as she could, and hurriedly took the long, tedious journey out through Long Island to call on them. Mae appeared anxious when she visited her two boys. "What neighbor is having a hard time of it?" she asked them as soon as they had greeted her. "Who hasn't enough money to live on?" When they told her of a needy case or two, Mae took immediate steps to see that their suffering was relieved Right now Jack has a cousin who is just past the three-year-old mark Mae has only seen him once or twice, so Jack and Girard don't consider him a real rival. There is another thing that worries them, though. As yet Mae has not sent Theodore, junior, any boxing gloves. Is Mae weakening, they wonder? Has Hollywood finally won her over and reformed her with its softening influence? The question will have to wait until next Christmas when Mae's gift box arrives, unless Mae comes to New York sooner than that. When she does, Jack has a new left to the jaw he'll use on her if he thinks she has changed any! JUNE, 1934 plan for a glorious Summer here. ..at little cost. RATES DOWN THIS YEAR The standards of this cool resort among the North Woods are high as ever — but rates are amazingly low! The coupon brings pictorial booklet, rates, full details. JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY, BY NORTH COAST LIMITED Leave Chicago. . . 10:30P.M. Arrive St. Paul . . . 8:20 A.M. Leave St. Paul . . . 8:35 A.M. Arrive Staples . . . 12:05 P.M. Sreezy Point Bus Meets Train COUNTRY CLUB LUXURY NORTH WOODS FREEDOM Breezy Point Lodge has always been smart, exclusive, envied — a mecca for the kind of people who know and can afford the best. It still is . . . but this year rates at the big main lodge and cozy shaded cottages are lower than they have ever been — in reach of the most moderate budget. The cool depths of Big Pelican Lake invite canoeing, swimming, excellent fishing. And there are dancing, riding, archery, golf on a splendid course — every sport that helps cram a summer with fun! Don't choose your vacation place blindly this year. Write today for rates and all information. PICTORIAL BOOKLET, INFORMATION ON BREEZY POINT Get ready for a glorious vacation I Mail this coupon to Capt. W. H. Fawcett, Breezy Point Lodge, Pequot, Minnesota, for pictorial booklet, rates, all information about Breezy Point Lodge. Same Address 55