DOMESTIC TROUBLES

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 17 (Supplement)

DOMESTIC TROUBLES

"WIVEB THE RUIN OF ME” STAN LAUREL’S SAD PLAINT To Stan Laurel, mournful half of Laurel and Hardy, life is no Joke. Stan has been married three times and that Is the cause of his troubles. “My wives are the ruin of me,” savs he. Wife No. 1, Lois, has just sued him again. She's getting £SO 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 Uleana, 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. How It Goes Wife No. 1 listed some of her daughters financial requirements as follows: A Month Governess .. .. £2O Car and chauffeur .. £2O Hair curling .. £:j Amusements .. £7 Restaurant meals .. .. £io Outdoor exercise .. .. £2O Emergencies .. ~ £ls Presents lo school-teachers £3 In addition, she said, little Lois reeds £4OO a vpar for holidays. Laurel says that his third wife. Tlleana. has no driving license and can’t drive. She says she could drive •II right If she wasn’t so worried by Wives 1 and 2. “They Can't Touch That ” Laurel told the Judge: “ All 1 have left out of the thousands I earn la the Income from an endowment policy paying me £43 a month* “My wives can sue all they want but they can’t touch that.”