Modern Screen (Dec 1937 - Nov 1938)

MODERN SCREEN a race horse.) But why can't he face himself, face his work, face his past and have society too? If he did he would be a happier and saner person. No matter how much money he earns and how many clubs of The Racquet caliber accept him, he is not (thank goodness) a banker. And no matter how he looks at it (and it is the very result of all that hard work which he won't admit, and of the boyhood to which he won't refer) Fred Astaire is, for all that, the best white man dancer in America today. That should be ample satisfaction for anyone. SHE WANTS TO STAY MARRIED (Continued from page 35) a longed-for toy," he observed, "laughing one moment, crying the next, as she slipped it on her finger." And a month or so later, Randolph Churchill, son of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had been visiting the couple, was quoted as saying, "I am not at liberty to quote Mr. Chaplin directly, but I can definitely say they are married." Then Gregory Bautzer and Bentley Ryan, her attorneys, said they were certain she was married. And her business manager, Arthur Taylor, who handles all her business problems and takes care of Paulette's investments said there was no doubt of her marital status. BUT some time last spring, differences, which were kept as secret as their marriage, separated the couple. Charlie went to Pebble Beach to remain there several months in seclusion, while Paulette, after re-decorating the house to her own taste, went in search of a job — in the movies. Always, until that time, she had planned to make another picture with the comedian. But, as all the world knows, it is a long time between pictures for Hollywood's most famous star, and it was a long wait for ambitious Paulette. Too long, she evidently decided, for she accepted the role of Leslie, Janet Gaynor's younger sister in "The Young in Heart." Whether or not her acceptance of this part served to further estrange the couple is still a matter of conjecture. Certain it was that about this time divorce rumors began to fly, followed by whispers that she had been ordered to liquidate her personal possessions in order that they would be in negotiable state to put on the community property block. Paulette, herself, spiked the first of these stories by saying that _ she would not file suit. "If Charlie wants a divorce let him get it," she told her attorneys. "But I am too grateful to him for everything and love him too much to cause him a moment's anguish. Besides, I am satisfied with my present status." Then Chaplin's friend and attorney for twenty-five years, Lloyd Wright, laid the second in ashes by labelling the rumor "preposterous." "I don't know Mr. Chaplin's plans for divorce," he stated coldly, "but I am certain he would never ask his wife to sell her jewels and furs in order to make a community property settlement." This chatter had started following the admission that she had put up the boat, "Panacea," for sale, although she is reputedly worth a quarter of a million dollars in her own right and Chaplin's wealth is estimated at more than ten millions. Who's right? The gossipers? Probably not, for they seldom are. What's ahead for this couple? Reconciliation or divorce? Ecstatic wiggling of fingers and toes marks the arrival of Frances' supper, which now includes Clapp's Baby Cereal. Like many of her young neighbors in Westfield, N. J., Frances is having pictures taken and growth records kept, as part of a study in infant feeding. Her meals will soon be further enlivened by Clapp's Strained Vegetables. And she's gained an average of more than 1 Vi pounds a month. She gets Clapp's Soups and Fruits now— loves 'em like all her Clapp Foods. Their texture is exactly what baby specialists recommend— finely-strained, but not too liquid. On Clapp's Foods, a baby makes real progress toward the handling of a more solid diet. Curly Hair, more teeth and added weight aren't the only things she has to brag about. She can walk, and she can feed herself (a trick that Clapp-fed babies, with their eager appetites, often acquire early). And just one look at Frances tells you that her pressure-cooked Clapp's Foods have been chock-full of vitamins and minerals! 16 VARIETIES of Clapp's Strained Baby Foods — Baby Soup Strained or Unstrained,Vegetable Soup, Beef Broth, Liver Soup; Apricots, Prunes, Apple Sauce; Tomatoes, Asparagus, Peas, Spinach, Carrots, Beets, Green Beans; Baby Cereal. FREE BOOKLET! Photographs and records of 12 Clapp-fed habics — and valuable feeding information. Write to Harold H. Clapp, Inc., t^ept. QSO,777 Mount Read Blvd., Rochester, N. Y. NEW I... for young children Clapp's Chopped Foods Doctors asked for them . . . even-textnrcd foods wirli all the advanta^csof Clapp's Strained Foods, but more coarsely divided. At dealers' now — remember them when your baby outgrows Clapp's Strained Foods. 81