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Show TIIE SALT LAKE TRIHUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1925. y J v h ' 1 1 H 93 2 A ora ut' W'. V i , v 1 , 1& cW 1T. ?' Droll Jungle Complex of the Roving Bridegroom, Divorced by His Mate When He ks Hh i , , Wouldnt Take Her on His" Oriental Jaunts i ? Mri. Nina Boardman Buck, Recently Divorced by the Illinois Court from Her Roaming Husband. Mrs. Buck with a Pet to be married to a d and Monkey, One of girl, implored au. not to flit to Hobble's Many the Far Eat quite so often, what would Animal Importations YOU do? Would you give in; promise to from the Orient. curb your wander-urgand settle down to the fireside slippers, the conjugal endearments and the rout.ne of domesticity? Or would you continue so beguiled with travel and adenture that you just couldn't accede to Wifiea wishes so much the victim of a wild animal complex that een the sweetest helpmeet paled beside the lure tf the beasts? Something like this, avers Mrs. Nina Boardman Buck, happened in the ca?e of Frank Buck, her husband, who, nomad that he was, got so fond of tigers that be tired of her society, even though she was and is one of the most attractive of Illinois young matrons So Mrs. Buck has divorced Mr. Buck, and venturesome, roaming Mr. Buck has men gone back to that dear India, are men and tigers are 100 per cent terrors.' But behind those simple and abovert board facts lies a story of personalities which every wedded couple might well ponder with profit, Frank Buck, m himself, is a unique character study, a great guy, but one w ho ought to have had sense enough to stay away from the allur, according to some of bis friends. Bom m Texas, he spent his boyhood there, but as a very young man the old wanderlust got him, and he rode into Chicago as one of the crew of a big cattle train. Even the most romantic disposition has to be sustained with food, so Frank cast his bright eye about for a job, the cattle no longer needing his careful ministrations. The Virginia Hotel wanted a young man, and, since Buck was spry, lively and ambitiously energetic, he got the job. Amy Leslie, the veteran dramatic editress, happened to run into the youthful Texan at the Virginia one day. They grew speedily fond of rne another, with the inevitable result of wedding bells. Buck drifted about from one position to Frank Buck In the another even in those caily days of his, Roughing-l- t Togs the mercurial temperament was beginWhich Ha Dona for to itself. manifest Wear ning in Burma, Java Just precisely what ki'led the romance and India. has never been divulged. Its collapse. however, failed to dim the high spirits of of the old wise crack : the vivacious Frank, who sallied forth and If Whiskey interferes got himself another job, this time with with your business, give The Shippers Guide, published for the up business. Buck be-- , Osaka Chosen K&isha Steamship Com- -, gan to find that the side pany. line was more That, for Frank Buck, was the turning amusing, infinitely pleasing and in descareer was which a point budding unusual than his man tined to convert him from a juvenile into a man with an Oriental job.So, five years ago, he fixation and a distinct complex on hade good-by- e to The wild beasts, particularly tigers. His duties Shippers Guide and, with the organization for which he without a qualm or a labored necessitated frequent trips to the embarked on his Par East. Thus it was that Bucks inter- quake, own fad aa a vocation. est in that romantic region grew to the Establishing his Eastern stature of an obsession. base of operations at For three years he continued to flit fabulous Singapore, he bsck and forth as a shipper. He took on, became one of the best sa a side Lne, the exportation from Japan known animal importers and China of birds, rich fabrics and the in the world. like and their Importation into the United v Mohkeys, snakes, gnp. States. Finally it got to be a paraphrase geously plumaged birds, beautiful IFyoung,v happened ho with a tiger or two thrown in now and then to gratify his most beloved foible what a lot of .hem he brought to Occidental these shores! A bit of a plunger by nature, he took chances on his wares being acat a ceptable proper f i g u r e and were. Thus, out of a mere whimsicality, he built up a substantial professional standing. It seemed the ideal position for him, since it necessarily entailed a series of jaunts to and from the mysterious Fast. you blue-bloode- e, i y & S- - for the-so- So, finding the social routine not particularly interesting, she applied to various theatrical managers. Her quiet earnestness won for her a place in a well known comic opera company, in " es -- A V) mes I H they--alway- pull-apa- - i' - India, Burma, Java, Sumatra-an- d the Malay States these were just a few of his temporary hideaways; hideaways he could pick up an amazing monkey later to be vended, maybe, to some rich old man with a fondness for animals, or a parakeet with a tail that would" make a rainbow look sickly. The personality of Frank Buck was such that it adapted itself perfectly to these transitory travels. A likeable chap, with that vaguely described quality known as charm. he put up a good appearance wherever he went. He was fond of cards. He was popular with most men. Girls were drawn to him for hm capital sportsmanship. Nor did he disdain an occasional cocktail jnst for sociability. So far, fine and dandy! But a youngster with a bow and arrow was lying m ambush for Buck, jealou.s, perhaps, of his marked success in the business world and thinking that. little jolt r.nght shake his This person popularly alluded to as Cupid arranged matters Mrs. Buck so that one day Mr. Buck, having just got Astride rid of a chimpanzee, a wild goat and a Gigantic brace of birds of paradise, was thrown Tortoise, suddenly into the society of someone who Brought to seemed to him more important than anyHer from thing in the jungles of India or the underbrush of Siam. She was no less a person the Malay than Miss Nina Boardman, of Evanston, State by Illinois, the beautiful and accomplished Frank. daughter of a prominent real estate operator of Chicago. Miss Boardman was not the usual bored and boring debutante. No, she had definite ideas of her own and the about feminism, spiritual necessity of work as an outlet vat-- A r' hi! ;. 4 which she was featured as a dancer. Young, talented and comely, her appeal to the rovinstaning Buck was friendtaneous. Their ship ripened, with uncommon speed, into an engagement and then marriage. Ideal match, commented friends of the couple, wagging approving heads. They failed to see any significance in the fact that, after the wedding,- Frank Buck took the nf w Mrs. Buck on a honeymoon trip to The the Far East. was already complex beginning to work. But Mrs. Buck pect Owirts, ins, to ii didnt it yet. sus- r yy 4 There was supreme happiness ir the Buck household for three years. Frank continued his Oriental jaunts, which kept him and her away fiom home for a goodly portion of the time, but which were easily explicable, to even a wife who didnt care much for junketing, on the score of business. So, at least, thought Mrs. Buck for a while. She continued to accompany her mate on his Eastern expeditions. They were still very, very fond of one another. Suddenly Mrs. Buck found herself pulled up short by an ultimatum that Frank deI hate to nave to say this. livered. Honey, he remarked, one day, but the expenses of our travels are getting beyond my means. I simply cant take you with me any more. Would you mind staying home on mv next trip and all the subsequent ones? reason and certainly not Not without traces of bewildered resentment, It took Mrs. Buck heard this statement. a lot of tall pacifying on Buck's part, but so eloquent was he on the theme of economy that finally Mrs. Buck gave in; assured him that she would never again cramp his nomadic style, and that she would keep the home fires burning so that he might receive a proper welcome on his return. She was luxuriating in the satisfied thought that Frank had promised hr Never again!" if she would giant him just one jaunt; he was through with romping and gadding about, he vowed. But one more, please? To this she had jut acceded. Imagine her amazement and chagnn when he came back to find that just one more, like the drinker swearing off, wasnt enough. He contemplated another trip and another and another. Each time that he returned, says plaintive Mrs. Buck, he gave a fresh excuse. One time it would be financial worries; another, the necessity for a change of She air, and so on and so forth. naturally got a bit tired of being the wife of a man whom she saw only twice or thre- - time a year, confided a neighbor of Mig, Bucks, so she decided upon a When Frank got back last showdown. Summer, she put her cards face upward on the table. She demanded that he come Either get m some business to terms. that will insure you a permanent home, she (old him, or else take ma on your travels tigers or no tigeri. Well, sad and strange and, also, funny as it may seem, the tigrs won out. Buck flatly refused, says tV ifie, to fall in line With her scheme. So into tho divorca $. Mrs. Buck a Python, a Gift from Buck on His Latest Return from tho Fer East court she popped, and out she ran with her divorce decree, with the ink scarcely dry on it. No doubt Frank Buck has his-aiof the personalities tale to teller would have if he weren't so busy trotting back and forth. Perhaps he might even give a hint of the reason for his decision to make his trips solo affairs, with no loving wifie to wonder if he oughtn't to wear his rubbers into the swamps, and fret over some protracted absence of his while he was driving a bargain with some wily Oriental, expert at getting all the money possible for a new beast. Mrs. Buck's friends are one in declaring that he only has gotten what was Poor Nina they coming to him. chorus. Just think how lonely she must have been! And Buck? What became of him? Oh, thats an easy one. He got on a boat and embarked for the Orient and hia pet jungle joys. It may be, for most people, a curious life. But to Frank Buck it's the tigers whiskers 1 pull-apa- rt |