Life — April 27, 1922 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Only | last week. Madge was so tolerant, too. | Never said a word about Phil's flirta- tion with that actress, but then | trumped her ace three times in one afternoon and—well, you know, a hu- man being can stand only just so much, “The Franklin Curtisses are at the | breaking point, too, I understand. He objects to Mary’s having a cot in her bedroom for her Pom. the darlingest creature. tional dog, really. “T ran into Blanche Wendell only yes- terday. My dear, she has aged so that you would scarcely know her. She's had trouble. Lots of it. Her first husband—George Thomas, you know— stopped paying her alimony after she An excep- When Lovely Woman Stops | | thing legally, but as An achievement, my dear, | he | And it’s just | remarried. Stingy brut And he won't even answer her letters of pro test. Her lawyer says she can't do a 3 Blanche ‘Why, if George had married again he would have had to keep on paying me. I don’t see why it should be changed just because I do it.’ But what can you do, my dear? “Gracious, is it that late? Four o'clock. I shall have to fly. Promised to meet Jack at the Plaza at half-past says, | three, and you know how it irritates a “Did you know that the Grenvilles | man to be kept waiting. “It’s been a positive joy to see you again. And you really are looking splendid, my dear, Tremann’s you said? Au revoir.” JLK.M. »g = = = eo Have a complexion that everyone admires Dispel the blotches Restore skin health Soothing and Healing comicbooks.com