Show Caricature ©f Th Second Mrs Somerset Edith Day as She Appeared in "Irene" Popular '1 it " mm t & iu vn t ! ri £ tj v'-- v o v-y-a-uu y liiifi! I'Arfieiirfffififin 11to the u5 s ii i i 4 Musical Comedy J h U ft ! li - ! Handsome Wine Mirth and Song Mark Sheik's Fhird Wedding to an American Beauty but When the Irate Neighbors Sent in a Riot Call an d the Shriek of the Siren Sounded—! 3 4' 4 ft- £ - ' v ' I inJtM'i'— lIIHrlf ' - At Left: Composite Jail and Study of portrait r "Pat" Somerset English Actor - Who "Ha rfeen Called "A National Institutidu' Cecaosi of Ilia Process as a Sheik i V 5 i ft- ' - ft '''? -- ft'" 11 - 11 r i Y OU can't keep a good man down and seem- - o£ ingly you can't keep a real sheik out matrimony Some there are who fall by the wayside and collapse intoia state of conventhe altar tion after but two or three! strips to These are not entitled to mention in the same breath with such inveterate! warriors as Pe??y Pat Somerset The Joyce Mrs Jean Nash and has "done it again Somerset Mr redoubtable realbeit with some humorous and surprising to the title his clinched has mits and thus him a few term "a national institution!' given whose wife -husband ago by a disgruntled Searsfound the English actor more interesting than her more conservative spouse Mr SomerThe tangled matrimonial career of set has leaped from peak t$ peak with never a dull moment and formed interesting gossip from Interested observers Piccadilly to Broadway have followed it through three marriages and contemplated with sympathy the trail of startled homes which is part of the stale a sudBut Somerset's latest venture came to accomwife third hisj and den issue when he were taken panied by a number of actor friends three hours bungalow a just from Los a in after the actor's wedding ind lodged a honeybrief where they spent Angeles jail moon Somerset whose real name is Sumner and who is the son of a British sba captain struggled and graduated to minor along in the two-a-droles in "legit" without attracting any particular attention from the blase group of cosmopolites publics of New York forming the theatre-goin- g Mr Somerset got then And London and Paris his chance the lead in the musical comedy the fascinat"Irene" Here he played dpposite ' was sent Fate of shuttle the Edith Day ing of the woof and humming through the warp beand of dreams things fabric actor's young unknown gan to happen For if Pat Somerset's of that background was not interesting J was decidedly A comparatively few months before Miss Day had been a theatrical extra glad to work at a day and with nq particular prospects Then came Carle E Carlton producerand He recognized in the' vivacious Miss Day the attributes of stardom and took her under his theatrical wing She throve on this patronage rose from the ranks until her salary was $1000the story ended happer week and presumably were married It Carlton Mr when she and Eily however only begun t The show went to London where the ews York success was repeated and where Miss Day a week After the persalary jumped to $2500 the cast were ina one fewof formance night vited to the estate of a lively English nobleman for a little party And one of the fascinating entertainments arranged for the guests was the little game of "beaux and bottles!" Although the is not particularly! English in flavor it fame great popularity among bored society across the ocean and the players were instructed In the following rudiments of this sprightly diversion said cable disThe guests were "shuffled himself with found no husband so that patches wife Then each couple was given a his own straws and sent off bottle of heart-to-heachampagne two talk according to the dicto have a tates of their respective hearts It was not surMiss Day found prising that Mr Somerset and evanescent moonthe themselves strolling through: bethe bottleland a with evening single light ' ' fore them l Of course it was very bad form for any husband or wife to question Jthe other spouse regarding what happened during a game of "beaux and bottles" but Mr Carlton was not exactly" satisfied with the amount of attention being paid his wife by her leading man - He mentioned it to her but the reply was so heated that the subject was dropped Time dragged Mr Somerset and Miss Day rode along on the crest of a wave of popularity and Mr Carlton watched and waited Finally he became convinced that" his wife's affections were no longer centered on himself Carlton in the meantime had returned to New York but his London attorneys advised Somerset and Miss Day of divorce proceedings Neither of them made any bones about the " matter but instead annbunced that they loved each other and that 'they would further any plans Mr Carlton had to release his wife Ac- Los-Angele- f V rhe First Mrs Somerset Margaret Bannerman Talented Canadian Actress Who Lived Before Fate Took a Hand in Things and Mixed Up a Tat" Ilarmoniously with ' ilall-Uozj uosbands ana wires f en Carlton-Bannerm- found Mr5 Somerset in California wher6 his euave temperament might be caressed by salubrious breezes and nurtured by the warm radiance of a Western sua Thus it" happened that Richard Mr rumors reached disquieting' ("Skeet") Gallagher "hoofer" who bad danced himself Into a fraternity and out of college and at the moment was engaged in dancing himself to popularity via a new Broadway revue His wife Irene Martin was in California and Id the zone of Mr Somerset's observations The rumors became so insistent that "something" Skeet felt had to be done and as Mr Gallagher Icould not leave Broadway a good was dispatched friend Mr Albert to Los Angeles to reconnoitre the situation He departed equipped after the most approved fashion for budding and ambitious young detectives and his arrival in the land of eternal sunshine Although was followed by a burst of action Mr' Hockey did not actually disguise himself as else a salted peanut he did about everythingsbrub-bery Night after night he lay concealed in thei before a little bungalow at No 1337 Orange Drive with a pair of field glasses trained upon ' doors and i windows f At other odd moments he would strolV nonenjoying a chalantly past the house apparently bent upon Constitutional but' really morning i 1 ! X s i ay i his-co-eta- man-about-to- If - L r ' ! tangle and January 1927 an - M 4 II - - wn ' - A i Y' He was unmarried enjoyed for years and seemingly didn't like it for ha started Immediately to look for some new bride-tshare his little love nest Who would be the next beauty to fall Into the meshes of the Gallagher Martin along the Rialto tangle? Wiseacres waited with smiles of anticipation and the attention of all the former principals was focused upon the keystone of the arch— Mr Somerset But few were prepared for the news when It arrived Mr Somerset was in jail! And was there a woman in the case? Ohi assuredly there was! In fact it was unthinkable that Mr Somerset should be associated with any case in which there was not at least one But the male star of "Irene" had woman tot gotten so far upon his tempestuous way with out having made a few enemies There was one actor who boasted he had administered a beating to him In a New York cabaret and this actor smiled at the latest news And then there was another man a popular star who had taken similar action when Mr Somerset beamed upon his daughter It is not recorded that Mr Carlton or Mr Gallagher or Miss Day or Miss Martin or Miss Bannerman shed any tears over the plight of the dapper sheik But grins of amusement grew Into hearty chuckles and laughter when more of the details been married Mr Somerset-hawere known AGAIN Everybody expected that But he was of his honeymoon in jail! That spending-partwist' which set Broadwas the way agog and made subject for light conversation in many a smart supper club Yes Mr Somerset had taken unto himself a new bride Miss Shelby WorralL by name" Miss Worrall was only twenty-thre- e years old and had won laurels as a beauty queen at the Mardi Gras at Galveston Texas The versatile actor who had hobnobbed with and charmed British royalty was trying his hand at socially cultivating Southern roses so his associates said Presumably the state "of single blessedness had irkproved considerably some to Mr ' Somerset for he decided to celebrate his new wedding in appropriate style After the ceremony a group of friends accompanied the Somersets to a Hollywood bungalow and the celebration started "HEY HEY!" A little black bottom and a little Charleston a little tango and 6ome insist a dash of Highland Fling The plainv tive wail of the saxophone M and the rattla of drums Male voices uplifted in merry song or dwelling in the depths of sonorous crescendi High - pitched and hysterical feminine of laughter the crash thud of and the dishes Little Pat Holmes overturned furniture Sumner Son of These neighbors insist Edith Day and were the mediums which Somerset Who Mr Somerset employed to Recently Came to to a waiting announce This Country ha had again world that from England matrimonial the entered He Wa Where the ' For lists1 "marrying - Born actor" had dispensed with - - ' o Somerset-Day-Carlton-Bannerm- an Above: Richard Skeet" Gallagher Comedian and Dancer Who Divorced Irene Martin After the Bungalow Episode Y t The Third Mrs Somerset Shelby Wbrrall ot Galveston Texas Who Had the Surprise of Having Her Honeymoon Start in Los Angeles JaiL cordinclVi Droceedines were instituted by Mr Carlton and a few months later another shadow fell athwart the case Somerset's wifej the well-knoCanadian actress Margaret Bannerman started suit for divorce naming Miss Day While the suits were in progress 'Somerset tried to return to the United States but government officials decided to take a harid in the matter and the actor was held up at Ellis Island while charges of moral turpitude lodged against him were being investigated' The chief witness in this new development was Mr Carlton and from every indication it looked as if Somerset would be denied entry into this country The situation changed suddenly however when Carlton withdrew from the case and jSomerset entered the country — by the skin of his! teeth In time both suits were granted and IMi&s Day and Somerset found: themselves free They married a guard of New York i were immediately motorcycle police being furnished the party which motored to Greenwich Conn! for the ceremony and there was general - rejoicing among stage folk But Old Man Fate still had a few surprises In store for the principals la the Some'rset-Day- - -- Is" ng - wn Irene Martin Formerly Mrs Richard "Skeet" Gallagher Who Was Left "Holding the Bag" Whed tier Husband Divorced " Trailing "Pat" to Her Cottage ' I f ' I close scrutiny of the doings Inside t He followed Loa with consulted Angeles automobile parties detectives and finally decided that he had all Mr Somerset whose the evidence he needed was growing was sheik a as "already reputation Martin and Irene to attentive highly proving Mr Hockey thought he had ample proof of It The former Then came a new development Edith Day" announced that 6he would 6ue the charging marrying Mr Somerset for divorce was The suit and crueltyduly filed and the decree granted But the machinery of the law works 6lowly and by the time Pat was again a free man the former Irene Martin had decided that as a sheik he was something of a washout She had been left "holding the for "Skeet" had secured adi- bag" however was his entire energies to rorcaand t devoting -- ! j - non-supp- i I " -- I -- t I ort Kmnptpw rtttur Serried - -- mirth-provoki- -- rt So thii dancing and forgetting her latest conquest of the fascinating Mr Somerset settled down with a sigh of resignation to await the day when her former husband would want her back That day hasn't rolled around yet In the meantime Mr Somerset found himself In a position which he hadn't n At Right: Carle Carlton Broadway Producer Who Discovered and Sponsored Edith Day Only to- Have Her "Stolen- - by Somerset He Claimed - the formality of wedding announcements Pre sumably he knew the news would leak vout and he had no time for trimmings Thus it was that Los Angeles who turn a cold eye and a deaf ear to thepeople blatant "shindigs" of movie stars people who are used to seeing parties "wander all over the lot" and who know the kind of party which once thrown STAYS thrown were unable to Etand this latest wedding celebration of Mr Pat Somerset They were charitable and some were even in favor of But they quickly trying gentle remonstrance changed this opinion upon approaching the e bungalow from which weird "sounds issued" For-thre- hours they debated possible courses of1 action and all the while the party it was said grew hectic Finally the neighbors were frantic ' and united in an appeal to the police There followed the terrifying scream of tha siren mounted on the swift car of the Los Angeles "Flying Squadron" and a detachment of cops swept down on the party They were uninvited but as Mr Somerset had not bothered with announcements they didn't stand on formalitiea In a few moments they were all in the bungalow and watching neighbors saw the "black maria" pull up to the door The party had become strangely silent and when the front door opened a greatly subdued file of wedding guests issued therefrom passed over the pavement and started for the police station This was the first inkling Hollywood had that Mr Somerset had married again The party Included the Somersets and a few stage friends'' All were taken to the "hoosegow" where the principal was fined and his wife pleaded not guilty to a charge of being drunk After a few uncomfortable hours behind iold bars the party was released but Broadway is wondering what will happen next |