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Third Marriage — Return to Stage 119
point in publicly contradicting this at the time, and so it had been allowed to remain.
It is, unfortunately, natural for the public to pounce upon a piece of scandal relating to a well known person, and after this clause in the will had been made known, life became insufferable for a time. Actually there was nothing to it, but those extraordinary rumors which masquerade as facts soon had all sorts of unpleasant reasons as to why Richard O. Libby had disinherited his daughter. In order to still these, there was only one thing to do — to air the whole matter publicly and to contest the will. The estate had been left to Mr. Libby 's second wife, but as she had predeceased him, it now passed to nieces and nephews of this second wife. Early in 1923, the case came up at Norwich, Connecticut, and though Pauline lost the suit, as she had expected, it at least cleared the air and closed the mouths of the busybodies.
Pauline returned to the stage in March of 1923, under the direction of Al Woods. This was in accordance with a promise which she had made to him many years before. At the time she last appeared on the stage, in " Innocent," she was under a five-year contract to Mr. Woods. Her contract guaranteed her $400 a week for the first year, $500 a week for the second two years and $600 for the last year. Then came the film offer from Mr. Zukor at $ 1 000 a week for a fifty-two week year. Pauline discussed the matter with Al Woods and he was willing to release her from her contract, but advised her to, " Tell Zukor that you want $2000 a week for the first year, $3000 a week for the second year and $4000 a week for the third year." " He'll never pay it," Pauline exclaimed, but after some argument agreed that it was worth trying. To her surprise, she got her terms from Mr. Zukor. Out of gratitude, she went at once and asked Al Woods what she could do for him in return. " After your contract