Show Th 0 Q ra r I Penalties Of a Movie Queen I d The Unceasing Attention of ofa a 0 r s I Curious Public fJ e Is the Boon r r I and the Bane v f w i of ofa a l m f i t I 1 I iy t Tt t i r 1 i t I s j jr r 4 v p Ip q 1 1 7 I IJ J Says ays Gloria Swanson I II Gloria Ioa S 'S Swan I on s shining shining star b of the Silver sheet and her husband Marquis de la laFalaise 7 lIEN HEN Stella the stunning ste- ste stenographer ste stenographer W stenographer ste- takes her place among amone the first view viewing ing that dar daredevil devil film Loretta Loose Among the the Lions Stella is filled with one one emotion and only one It is then she gives speech to a wish which for years has been surging through her keen foung oung mind Gee sas sa's says Stella what hat wouldn't I give to be a Glorious Queen of Shadow Shadow- Shadowland Shadow land land or to be an or a vamp or a dashing heroine or even a leading lady Id I'd be glad to risk being loose among the probably lions lions lion's probably they drugged them if anyway anyway if only I could get a chance to express what is in my soul soul- soul on the screen But they're not taking on any any any real talent these days So says or thinks Stella the stunning stenographer Almost every flitting flap flap- flapper flap flapper per pcr and aspiring chambermaid and pen pensive I s sive e young wife whose husband doesn't quite understand her thinks likewise Movie queens have lovers and limousines limousines limousines sines and castles in the country Wherever Wherever ever they go people stare at them in admiration and envy Chivalrous gentle gentle- gentlemen gentlemen men write them letters Diamonds and delights continually pour in upon them It is really better better to be a Queen of Shadow Shadowland land than to be the Queen of Slovakia Czecho Czecho Slovakia All the sweet young things think that aBut But all these sweet young things were sadly disillusioned tho the other day when Gloria Swanson moving picture star spoke a few well chosen words in a court action One S Alexander Cohen a big burly process server of New York City was suing suing Miss Swanson for damages because he said the tiny star had slapped shipped his face when he handed her hera hera a summons Miss Miu Swanson settled that question so far as she was concerned I didn't slap the mans man's face she said I dont don't do such rude things Be- Be Besides Besides Be Besides sides sides I 1 dont don't even remember seeing hIm MmA A woman must see a man before she can slap him He Ho may have been trying to get near me but I would hardly hardly remember that It happens all the time that people try to get got near me whenever I am about Mostly they want to ask me questions or sell me things This is just part of the natural routine ofa of a n woman In public life Thus l Miss Swanson began She blasted illusions right there Later she told the full story about the pains and penalties of being a moving picture star It seems all day long each day of the year cranks and anil crank letters and kind unknown friends and kind letters from fans and ringing telephones incessantly storm about the movie star tar demanding her personal attention Again swarthy gentlemen call otTer offer mg In tu to t paint the stats stars picture for noth nothing ing if sho ha w will l only give gi them the then the y swarthy gentlemen P and permission per per per- permission mission to sell the portrait to which which- whichever whichever ever er advertiser of soap bids highest Then arrive invitations to spend week week- weekends week ends ends in the Kentucky hills to get back to nature in a farm ho house se queries as to wh why she bobbed her hair or why she's letting it grow urgent behests to pay somebody's tax bill before the assessors do something drastic a request to sup sup- supply sup supply ply a lady who ho was goodenough good enough to view the stars star's last picture with a desirable touring car of standard make pleas for advice as to heart home for beauty secrets requests for the star to shop in Paris for somebody she's never neverseen neverseen seen Alf these and bizarre fake suits and poems and recipes and presents until the queen of the movies has just one favorite wish That's the wish to be let alone for one quiet hour one day a week Yet mingled with this is the wish that the attention keep up no matter how it trespasses upon leisure and gratitude to all the well wishers For when a star isn't besieged with attention its it's a sIgn she isn't pulling as once she did Thus the very pains and penalties are what she must pray will continue if continue if she is isto isto isto to continue a stellar attraction Probably Stella imagines that a movie star such as Miss Swanson at least starts the day in luxury having her breakfast in bed Nothing could be fur fur- further fur further ther they from the truth At seven o'clock each morning morning-at morning at six or even five fi when a big picture is being hurried through through- through Gloria Swanson steps her small feet upon the bedside rug and reaches for a sweater a mid arid d a pair of bl bloomers omers to pull on over her gymnasium tights In fifteen minutes at this unearthly hour she meets her conditioner a gen gen- gentleman gen gentleman formerly engaged in the wres wres- wrestling wres- wres wrestling wrestling business He lie puts the star through her paces She does at his command exercises to keep her fit for her strenuous strenuous strenuous ous life Next comes the masseuse who works over any bruises or cramped muscles the star has acquired in keeping fit Break Break- Breakfast Breakfast fast follows then the mail And here is a typical letter such a star as Miss Swanson receives daily dally It came from Alabama Dear Glorious Glori Gloria think it is awfully funny of me to be bc writing v but I 1 just had to tell you I understand you ou heart and soul You are not a cold snob as some of the boys say You are a darling little human lady Now I will tell you OU what I 1 want you OU to d do l for me I want want you to take two weeks off before you finish your next picture and come down hero here and have a vacation with me Daddy has just bought mother and me a beau beautiful bungalow We will have peace and happiness here and you need it after all your our sickness Everybody will think we are arc just two sisters instead of a great star and anda little nobody but at the end of the two weeks we will have a great ball and tell teU the world All the girls are strong for you Now dont don't forget to answer this let let- letter let letter ter as soon as you get it Thus wrote one little girl a request which could not possibly be granted Young and aud restless wives send in other and perhaps peppier letters One was as Dear Gloria You dont don't mind in me calling you by your first name do you Well I want to congratulate you on your our choice of a husband Theres There's nothing like being a titled lad lady Besides I think hes he's hand hand- handsome some hand some and probably will use you all aU right if you OU start firm from the first Now what do you think I 1 ought to todo todo todo do My husband has put me on a 5 weekly allowance to go to the movies and have my hair cut Gloria any girl knows a girl cant can't live on that if she's a real fan even if she lets her hair grow Lately Ive I've been helping myself from his pants pockets after he dozed off But this cant can't go on forever So I got an idea Couldn't you get me a place near you OU in your our company I have real talent talent and would consider almost any small part but really wouldn't care to tobe tobe tobe be an extra Now do your best for me and re- re remember re remember member Im I'm with you always Probably two of the most importunate letters were requests for financial help The first was from a woman in Maine My dear Gloria the woman wrote Tote you OU have a great deal of this worlds world's goods as I see by the papers almost daily and what seems a big bill of ex- ex expense ex expense pense to a woman like me is nothing at atall atall atall all to you So I wrote to you to please pay my tax bill this fall They are pressing me for tor settlement and it if I pay it I 1 wont won't have anything left for com com- comforts comforts com comforts forts let alone going to the movies to see you and Mary Pickford once Ins in-I while in-while while I 1 know you ou will give this matter mattel your personal attention But probably some of the what might be called hand to encounters with certain insistent members of the inter inter- interested ested public are ev even n a bit more strenuous strenuous strenuous ous than letters which after all can be laId aside For instance there was a tall gaunt man in a black Prince Albert which looked as though it had been bought along in those days when debonair Ed- Ed Edward Edward Ed Edward ward VII set the fashion This taU tall gaunt black clad black clad gentleman pushed through the curious and held out his hand to the little star My dear he said feverishly I want to convert you youl I Its It's my philosophy the tho thing 1 I have given my whole life the to-the to Oneness of the One This philosophy explains everything It brings riches to poverty It brings happiness to discon discon- discontent discontent discontent tent It leads to success in art industry m In in in in in As the limousine door closed the gen gentleman was explaining Ill send you my books The whole set One Ono hundred and fifty dollars for the ten four four ten days dayson dayson dayson on Ill approval approval Ill I'll One of the events in a stars star's lire life which she enjoys more than many others is the view pre of her picture After three or four or five months of hard work doing a moving picture any womans woman's c curiosity be she star or extra C 1924 1821 H br h j r 61 I I 4 t I e t a t r rr r F Fj i I iI s j zi tv r w d e f e i iy y pr x 4 t x et etY Y v e L i i iA r 4 I 1 A recent photograph of the popular movie queen who has found that her coveted place in the public eye has its drawbacks as well as its advantages is keen to see just how she looks on on on the screen Once in a New York state smalltown small smalltown smalltown town a rather interesting little change was made which saved the star some som embarrassment Miss Swanson drove drove out to the town In the late afternoon taking with her two of her advisers who purposely had dressed In saggy Baggy business suits in lieu of the evening clothes they generally effected for a pre view Miss Swanson went in a smart cloth coat and little turban turban-l turban something something that would not attract at- at attract at attract tract attention to her The three separated when hen they reached the theater and took obscure seats in different sections of the audi audi- auditorium auditorium audi auditorium The picture began It went well but toward the end of the sh showing wing a restlessness seemed to stir through the audience It happened that a shrewd little flap flap- flapper flap flapper per with a comfortable mouth mouthful 1 of of r lac gum had sat next the star all evening Sall off Gloria she whispered I knew you OU the minute you came in Gloria Swa Swanson son looked at the girland girl and she she felt she was kind She whispered back with a chattering of teeth Im bashful I don dont don't t want to tor be dis- dis discovered dis discovered covered My friends they friends they are seats and rows away I- I I Come with me to the ladies room said the girl The great star followed Drop the curtain ill Let us tell that as the result of what happened in the ladies room room a perky young young thing in a avery avery avery very nice cloth coat and Swanson hilt hat bowed and smiled her way to a limousine limousine sine where two astounded men waited surprised out of their lives until they heard the girl whisper gee Shuh Shuh gee she's gone home In a taxi taxi-In in my best coatI coat 7 J JI I did this for her beca because sc she got stage struck Pile in I pile in-pile pile The Tho bodyguard piled Probably the most painful part tf cf being a great moving mo picture star is the grist of fake suits which constantly beset the lady People charge charle that the 1 t I star or her agents have cribbed scenarios people who never were wore heard of before they filed suit People charge charge that the stars star's poodle has bitten though them them though she never had hada hada a poodle and poodle and that her automobile has ruined them for life One such suit Miss Swansons Swanson's agents speedily disposed of when they proved that her Rolls Royce was miles distant in the coun- coun country coun country try the day a victim charged it had knocked him down These are arc some of tho the penalties of being a queen of the movies Stella the stunning stenographer will read and and perhaps change her wis wish l But perhaps and again again and most probably she will decide that shed she'd be willing to bear all the penalties in return for tor the lovers and the limousines |