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Show an rcr -- THE SUNDAY HERALD, .EUNDAY, AUGUST 3. W2Z:: A f 'x 'j : .... it; .. K. t'OT nifty W.- - IT V UP. ,. 1 vvNKy IV V JT.fs : I , w v. ; v jjt-- - . ... Surprising :Gase ihc; FainoSs : V v r .'-- v til ii- l art i irv w i ? & ' r t 1 - Playvriglit;Whtf ;,Fl Victim to.the vSajne r Simster Web of Circumstances That HejUsed to Weave , 1 :- ; ' -. :- '!' i vAv?. - - rv ' VJS I . ; ..; , - Ik- : ' I . - vy 4 j ri"' r " i 1 - v 1 I Um Dutu. l tkt A, I . taMotar. -- . . - I j -- a nTMtyi ."It '). k JiJtoodplay-o- i course," she said, to "The .Glas Blippor." .1But the easting is nono ' too intelligent" LI1H Darraa had no trouble in --overhear ip? This and the turned to get a better view of thj Heaker. lime.Teia.'k rfued her yolce and continued! ' "It was well enough to cast a baby-- f aco cs the lead in 'Heavenly and Earthly Love,' for that , character wa supposed to be and at the last, artfully "insane. and. put her in But to take the same baiy-fac- e th9 Glaaa Slippei,' wi almost idiotic." s - ; scatter-brained- weak-minde- I . - 7 1 , ' ' t x - rr ' . -- d, - , ' s h .V j ' l j H W till. t - Molnw It. n . il fm 7, ! ' - P-- T for; 0 .wii the-Characters in His Plays. That !s indeed reniarkable," said Mi3s Darvas, getting to her feet "In view of the fact that the olay was written for iu 3." ' Mme. Fedak turned white. "i)o not speak to me!"' she Cried. "And keep away fiom n.y liuiban!." are "'foa keep awav." Bhouted Darvas. not wanted and yoir know it." "And then, according to the statements of reputable onlooker, the wo women literally leaped at each uthux.- - Thoro was an eruption of combs, hairpins, necklaces, rings, slivers of silk snj. strands of hair. Wonwn screamr-d- , Waiters shouted to each other and finally two mon soparaten the combatants car- and . ried tliem out. - - This bromrht the Molnar mix-o- p out into the open and since some sort of declaration from Molnar seemed ealletl-fo- r, he frankly admllted to his friends that ho was in " love with Dav- - "Tj ' if r 1 ,1 i v f I t - f' , f v (:' j - - j v 'Is- - Wjp!v N Tji . K.V. sions about matrimony the pkyvrlght may ' reacnea. ' , vj , The poetical and satirical gifts of Frans Mol-- -nar have been known throughout Europe and America tor many years. His early play "Thai ' Devil" increased his purely local reputation to' international dimensions, and since that time hs has buttressed his 'fame with such plays ash ' "Liliora." "The Swan." "The Guardsman," I "Passions for Men." "Launzi" and many others. Throughout all the early and middle period of his career Sari Fedak was an influence in hit life that one could hardly overestimate. Must of his plays were written at starring vehicle lor her and those that were not profited greatly ft from the stimulating, effect of her companion- - i Mol S shiD. Molnar, of course, would have-beenar under any circumstances.' But his closest nd best friends agree that he might not have gone nearly so far If it hadn't been for Fedak. Under the circumstances a marriage between them would have caused no surprise. But for. '' reasons best known to themselves they withheld from the final step and compromised upon an arrangement that left out nothing except the legal and clerical sanction. This lasted for four- - . teen years and it was generally agreed that no couple in, all of Hungary were so faithful to each other, so sentimental and so considerate. But finally, much to the surprise of all their friends, they decided to Sanctify, their relation-"- " ship by a legal marriage; And not long after that event they becan tctraarreL," The extent of their differences) was not w veateduntil ayear. later when a ?ourt action, brought by a third person, disclosed tne lact ' other- : that they were: not hSring . Then; as now, the housing problem in Budsvj pest was acate and the local government was perpetually wreeCing with the problem 6t keep--ti-g its population under cheher. ' One of the vie-- ; tims of this souse shortage was a well paid vrvft . servant named Slexak, who had been forced- out V of the flat he and hi family, ecupied, Slesak jeminded' under the law that elthe y. Molnar or Sart Fedfek . 60 .compelled to vacate . .an apartment since they were married and might 1 CO1 Ihf ' hftI " .... 1 Jrans ' fiIC Molnar,. Hungarian Playwright, Whose Mix-U- p Has Fashionable Budapest by the Ears. ilatximonial . . T THE v .1- " : BUDAPEST. , weaver of webs has been caught in pne ' A In such a manner, at least, has the love plight of Franx Molnar, the playwright, appealed to his Budapest public and to literary and fashionable circlets generally throughout Central Europe. Tot years these people have'watched him at $is! favorite game of dangling the of his draifta amidst the tangled fabric of their own misdirected lives. Now they are on edgor like a first night audknee at a play1 awaiting the grand third typical Moln act of a drtuna in which Mplaar himself is play ing the central partx A certain part of the rioty which has heen aroused by the Molriar mixuo may of course be clous-puppis- ts -- But reserved and discriminating peftsons are 5ffl Jol- - 'J"JJSffH little relish and the reason; no it seems to be shot through withall jUieirony playi 1 "usually" associated vltSTIomaf Ttf was ironic enoueh that Ftanif Molnar ana hi3 actress-wi- f e, Sari Fedak, after years of idyllia love, should have separated a soon as they were But the situation becomes a1mot ' marred. farcical when it begins to appear that Molnar,"' after having convinced himself that lSve ttid -- : rom havi r - if I . " ...... . - r . T ; m r. "It is the exclusive right of a married pair to arrange thehr manner of living in accordance with their own wishes." There the matter might have rested, with the llolnars maintaining a peacelul trrouga separate Darvas. taan t Deen lor married, lire, 11 This talented young actress was perhaps the most brilliant and certainly the most beautiful of all the Central European artists that rose to prominence following the war. Unlike Mma. . Fedak, who is a worn- an of bold and compelling charm, the Darvas girl was a fair and melting girl with violet eyes and sera-sU- si vr haliv , cr ....- n r H x f J that .vas,- . a ..'. ,L'vig -- I ohe, PParently m lov i with fiim and that his latest plryg had hocn written ewcci- - Jlly for her. ' '8,J he-ca- known that; Molnpr had practical-- r ly taken over the " ejection of Muss Darvas' , l 1 f e. Throno-- "C- - hi ... sne was prevented Budamwt dnpite offSr that hegan t come in all over the world. A few later Darvas and Fedak are said to have attacked each other again in the of a theatre and the policelobby had to be called. As a result of what r.8d become" an open scandal, the gossips allnped that Dr. Darvas lather f Ijlli, and a prominent physician, killed hlm.i "The next development came when San Fedak filed suit for recently diVorcU jutr. ne win not contest and ""' moreover, encode is free it is generally he will fulfil the beltoyed proper ?.C0TOflete lover and make Darvaa ha wife. But Molnar the lover is frequently in conflict with Molnar the thinker, for the is the reason why the outcome of the Mol- - fr , nar nnvitn liV l n onu . ...u.i; m vlle plays w'll settle nothing bo for jnomur as the - central character is concerned. . ' - wrth-each- - A, - , . mSZSX . ' . .. t. 'was jmctlcally the Wtefnrmed 1.-- 1 V that." deaoiU a $.'-2"frirndahio'of long landing, the Motnars had Iwwvini found the maintenance of a' domestic . Kh vanclated t4r. to botJa." with IHnlrmr when sha was Each was an artist, each was accustomed to an east for the trading role in. ttnbiidldd expression of hU particular eccentric-ties.- .: Heavenly ana tartniy uve. could no not only hich was Molnar pla uaI , forfeited aU tranquil- ed in the United States ; fee, wh other, -- sjorjbr the name of TLannzLZtZA. ) ;. v W.'i. So, they X whilB later h(i wait iriven this "Oiht ih Court 'WkntM'teoWmiO'j - estahlish--tnenfr-Tidert- h- WW t0Sly'i 1 H. tlt . i thrtheLsJu ;e j! d tJlaJs-Uwill robably-g- et thr mamageargLwranipatihlp, life tbgether so trying."-;.- ; 4. . f 'gossip began to murmur a bit at this married again as soon as the courts have freed . - The playwright stiffened at tnis,; it was ex-ana tne murmur grew to a roar alter an him from his first wife. n episode in a Budapest cafe. actly what he didn't want because being mar-(I The peak of the Molnar triangle is Lilli DarThe episode was described by an eye-of the actress, considered by many; marriage possibility , ried he was kept from vas, the angel-face- d fOUOWf f 6 Vritnesl flip SSffiB thnk ... inv- ' ni else. " mme. VpdAV. ... the most beautiful woman in Hungary. The . ....aime. titw eaaK , , . 1 . was seaita at a taoie wan view. The court thereupon ruiea uiai we not- i passion that she and Molnar feel for, each other .. Darvas one beautiful the when late friends v nars were within their rights. night is an open secret in Budapest, and, as she wants X came in accompanied bv two omcers. n trot mprripd their marriKire will nmhahlv ijlrA "No one has a rurht to demand that a nusoand iiw wo women did not declared. speak but Darvas. was hardl7- place regardless of .what philosophical conclu. -- .U and wife shall live together,", the judge 'VI wfc.....F The-foun- well-know- ... V ... bcyi iS, u iflolnata Sari Fedak, Popular nungariai. rriie, Who U now Suimt for uivorce. - ...A.l-jr..44- . ..... f |