Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-17 | Page 4 | Villain Husbands! They Are Best Kind, Film Star Says

f VILLAIN HUSBANDS! THEY ARE BEST KIND, FILM STAR SAYS A mi- mi mi' i i- A i M f 5 Sj M ra ; - - -- - -vL-jh IEIsi Ferg uton and hor huaband, Frederick Warlock (left) in hi . . , makeup aa villain . . . By B41RITK ftKHI.K. -ftK herrte fltalf WrSrff GRKAT NUCK, N. T.. Hay IT. If you must hav a villain in your life, marry him! You may bin th bewhlskered srent all you wish In the theatre, but accept th word of Ktsie Ferguson, beloved fcf all tha- ' atregoera m America, ths stage VllUins make the beet husbands. Miss Ferguson's marriage to Kred- i erlck Worlork. the villain of her last play, "Th Moonflower," still Is making Broadway buss. Th marriage waa a Quiet one, with only a few intimate friend present. It took place in Mlaa Kerguaon a home tn thfe ultra-fashionable New York suburban town. And hers the vll- : lain snd his bride ar passing their I honey nrvn the happisst couple la ! Ureal Neck. I "And why shouldn't stage villains make good huabanda?" aaks Miss Ferguson. "It seeme to me there is every reason for them to make the best af husbands. They make no pretense of beltig perfect on th stage. They are thoroughly human. It woult be verv difficult indeed for the stag hero to be ao fault lea in private life. ' "Mtage villains have a broader viewpoint of life because of th very nature of their pans. And while, of course, there Is utterty n connection connec-tion between aa actor part n th stag and his conduct In privat Ufa, still, geaerslly apoakiag. It i at rang that many vtag he roe with apparently every virtu have proved rather villainous husoanas, and that villains on the staare, roundly biased, wr most lovable husbands one they took off their whiskers and left the stsge door. Besides, warns Mis Fer-guson, consider the temptation that confronts con-fronts the sleek matinee-lsol. Most of them hsv fire or sis secretaries nswerlng mash notes from Infatuated Infatu-ated women. And how about th villahn? m h bothered by stags-1 door Henrietta? He most certaiu-ly certaiu-ly Is not! Miss Ferguson 1 good-naturedly peeved at the anexpected prominence promi-nence of her marriage to th villa vil-la I none Worleck. She believes that an actress private life Is entirely j her own and that ft doesn't coacsra the public In any way. She laughed heartily when look-ling look-ling one mor at th picture show-I show-I Ing Worlork and hla crop of stag , whiskers and she confidently be-1 be-1 Uves many will think that he failed I to discard them when he left th stags of "The Moonflowsr" when I Umt show closed. The beautiful star Is reluctarnt to 1 talk about her private life. Rut she did ssy that In her opinion th only lasting relationship between any , two people must be based a a firm oompanlonahlp. Worlork is an ffnrllsh actor. His only American appearances have been In "Th Whel of Uf" and "The Moonflower." both of which starred Miss Fygusfen.