Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-24 | Page 4 | A Very Sad State of Affairs

A Very Sad State of Affairs SO Marlene will be leaving soon to join Papa k Rudolf in Paris because she will not have to pay 1200 1209 a month rent for a house with a i tennis court and a swimming pool for little Marie farie and her cook maid studio maid chauffeur chauffeur chauffeur gardeners tutors and six guards will be left flat Its It's a very sad state of affairs Paid for each of her pictures the lissome and to look star complains that excessive excessive ex cx 1 taxation high rents the high cost of living living or or is it the cost of high living living and and other depletions depictions of her earnings leave her lit littie little lit lit- tle tie or nothing to save Now tough as all that is it seems physically and emotionally impossible to shed a tear of pity If pity is to be felt in these circumstances it is best deserved by U the e Los Angeles chamber of commerce Fancy Ifancy anyone unwilling to en endure endure en- en dure any privation just so long as one may continue continue con con- to live in the California climate Hollywood hath no fury like a star on the wane Is it possible that the glamorous Marlene Marlene Mar Mar- lene h has s been looking at figures which tell teU her that her has been slipping Is she anticipating that she may have hayeS contract trouble trouble trou trou- ble the next time the party of the first part and the party of the second part take pen in hand I It II she merely giving a new version of Ay ClAy tank I go home t If the nation should be shocked into a great t clamor for reconsideration of her announced intention intention is it not possible that she might decide to stay on on a while little even at ata a great personal sacrifice Her press agent mig might t know all the answers