Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1936)

PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE FOR NOVEMBER, 1936 9] Script Girls Prefer Husbands [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 65 ] The next few days were like a fantastic dream to Sue. Everybody was exceptionally nice to her. A new confidence began to surge in her veins. She was beginning to believe that these happenings, seemingly out of the "Arabian Nights," were actually true. She saw Paul Elsmere every day. He was busy, he said, on the new script. She was thrilled beyond words and excited. She frequently sat by her window, at night, dreaming over what lay in store for her; and it was then that she saw Paul Elsmere and Alma Allen. They would meet and disappear into the night, to stroll back hours later. A faint contempt for both of them grew within her. It made her obscurely angry. She gradually convinced herself that she hated Paul Elsmere. She was grateful, of course, for the future he had opened to her; but as a man — her lips compressed fastidiously. Nightly, in the living room below in his gold brocaded mandarin robe, with the awestruck guests fawning around him, he held the center of the stage dramatizing himself. He had an amazing brilliance of wit, a facile tongue, a wide, arrogant learning. His sensational success had made him the oracle of the theatrical world, and his versatility was little short of genius. 1 ATE one night, after Sue had gone to bed, '—there had been some disturbance below, audible in the country quietude She heard Paul Elsmere's voice, Alma Allen's, Kessler's, Bill Lederer's, and the angry tones of Ricardo De Soto. It sounded like violent quarreling. Later still, there was the sound of a viciously driven motor, the whining of abused gears, then silence. She wondered what it was all about, and then fell asleep. In the morning she asked Bill what had happened. He evaded the question. "I heard a quarrel," she said. "You were in it, Bill— " "Me?" he denied indignantly. "I should say not! I — well, if you must know — Elsmere and Ricardo had a little too much Scotch on board. They had a row — and I stopped it." "I see," she nodded. Elsmere, the skilled boudoir tactician, had probably been discovered by Alma's husband; perhaps called to time. It gave her a faint nausea to contemplate. She found that Ricardo had returned to town. That, she concluded, must have been him driving away so furiously last night. THE next day, Alma too, left for Holly' wood. Subsequently, Paul Elsmere and Sol Kessler held innumerable conferences, and both of them were grave with a noticeable portent. Swift undercurrents, Sue felt, were flowing beneath the casual surface of conversation and banter; some quality of unrest filled the place. Even Bill was brusque and silent. The next afternoon he announced that he was leaving. "Got to get Peggy started," he said. "The script is ready and I can't loaf here. Sorry I can't have you in the cast, Duchess, but I guess you were meant for better things than second parts. Hasta la vista, kid!" There was a beach party that night on the +"** tue**6 for TkiPLB Protection The sides of Kotex are cushioned in a special, soft, downy cotton to prevent chafing and irritation. Thus Wondersoft Kotex provides lasting comfort and freedom. But sides only are cushioned — the center surface is free to absorb. £&s*t Kotex has a special "Equalizer" center whose channels guide moisture evenly the whole length of the pad. Gives "body" but not bulk— prevents twisting and roping. The filler of Kotex is 5 TIMES more absorbent than cotton. The rounded ends of Kotex are flattened and tapered to provide absolute invisibility. Even the sheerest dress, the closestfitting gown, reveals no tell-tale wrinkles. 3 TYPES OF KOTEX ALL AT THE SAME LOW PRICE — Regular, Junior, and Super — for different women, different days. WONDERSOFT KOTEX A SANITARY NAPKIN made from Cellucotton (not cotton)