DOMESTIC TROUBLES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1938, Page 4

DOMESTIC TROUBLES

STAN LAUREL’S SAD PLAINT. “WIVES THE RUIN OF ME.” To Stan Laurel, mournful half of Laurel and Hardy, the noted film artists, life in no joke. Stan has been married three times and that is the cause of his troubles. "My Wives are the ruin of me,” says he. Wife No. 1, Lois, has just sued him again. She's getting £5O a month, but wants £271. Wife No. 2, Virginia, has just received a settlement of 5 per cent of Laurel’s £32,000 a year, after about a dozen court battles. Wife No. 3, Vera Illeana, whom he married recently, has just smashed up her car, broken three ribs, and been arrested on a hit-and-run charge. Bail was fixed at £loo—paid by Stan, who has taken her to hospital. The accident occurred just after the court hearing in which Lois told the judge that she needs the £271 a month to keep her daughter, Lois jun. Wife No. 1 listed some of her daughter’s financial requirements as follows: — A mqnth Governess £2O Car and chauffeur £2O Hair curling £ 3 Amusements £ ? Restaurant meals £lO Outdoor exercise £2O Emergencies £ 10 Presents to school-teachers £3 In addition, she said, little Lois needs £4OO a year for holidays. Laurel says that his third wife, Illeana, has no driving license and can’t drive. She says she could drive all right if she wasn’t so worried by Wives 1 and 2. Laurel told the judge: “All I have left out of the thousands I earn is the income from an endowment policy paying me £43 a month. “My wives can sue all they want but they can’t touch that.”