Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage (1940)

48 Pauline Frederick gize for her outburst of temper, as was usually her way. She hastily finished her make-up and walked out of the dressing room. When she returned after the first act, the incident was not mentioned again and appeared to be closed. But it rankled with her for days and she talked of it in private. A wound will usually heal quickly on the surface but it takes a long while for it to heal underneath. Frank Mills Andrews was the first to marry Pauline. He was a well known architect, being responsible for the Hotel McAlpin in New York, the Kentucky and Montana State Capitols and other notable buildings. Andrews was sixteen years older than Pauline but the difference between twentyfive and forty-one meant stability to her. He was a very handsome man and together they made a striking couple. They were married in New York on September 8, 1909. Andrews wanted her to retire from the stage and she was willing to do so. It was not that he had any objection to the stage as a profession, but he did object to being known as " Pauline Frederick's husband." There is nothing that riles a man married to an actress so much as to be known as " Miss So and So's husband," or even to be addressed by the thoughtless as " Mr. So and So." Naturally, any man worth his salt prides himself on the fact that the woman takes his name. In this respect no man who married Pauline had anything to grumble about. She revelled in being called " Mrs. So and So " when off the stage and signed everything except professional matters with her married name. It was characteristic of Pauline that whatever she did she did thoroughly, with no minute detail overlooked. It was the same when she married. She kept the Pauline Frederick for the stage and, out of the theatre, entered wholeheartedly into her married state. She took the man's name even down to the detail of having every