Adele Ray
Acting
Biography
Known for her eccentricities, in 1913 Adele Ray attempted to start fashion trends--once, by promoting the wearing of long split skirts in the winter, protecting the legs by wearing fur anklets; it failed to catch on. She moved to Nyack, New York after her first marriage ended, and scandalized the locals by building a house constructed of glass, where she undertook what she called "the sun cure," in the belief that a massive bombardment of ultra-violet rays would lead her to a healthy life. She also went about barefoot, wearing "perforated clothing" in order to let the sun in. She also had the local tailor outfit her carriage horse with trousers, to "keep the flies off." The horse repaid its mistress's kindness and concern by running away with the carriage, with Adele in it; the carriage was wrecked, and Adele was thrown clear, but without physical injury. After her second marriage ended, her house was vandalized, and her long-suffering horse was rescued by the local chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mrs. Evelyn Word Leigh, as she called herself, after complaining that she would request the services of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to find the culprits because she wasn't convinced of the effectiveness of the Nyack Police Department, left for Miami, where, among other things, she headed a religious cult devoted to moon worship.
Known For
Madeline De Valette is betrothed to her father's cousin, Raoul De Valette, arrangements having been made when she was but a child. Valette requests his cousin's presence at his home to be presented to his fiancée. Raoul has been carrying on a love affair with L'Acadienne, a beautiful Creole who loves him devotedly. Much against his wishes, he is compelled to leave L'Acadienne. In spite of her pleadings and threats, he sets out for the Valette home.
Springtime
A bride who discovers during her wedding ceremony that her husband-to-be has fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman.
The Moth and the Flame
The greenhouse proprietor did not take any heart in his work, for he firmly believed he was destined to be a great painter. The result was he neglected business for his easel and customers gradually fell off until the inevitable happened, he went into bankruptcy. His wife, who had faith in her husband's ability with the brush and a deep and abiding love for him, supported the household by her skill as a dressmaker. One day, unexpected good fortune came to the couple, a distant relative of the wife's died and left her $1,000 in his will. The woman made all sorts of plans, but finally decided that she would pay off the mortgage on their little home. Then she noticed for the first time that her husband had left the room, and following him she demanded to know what was wrong. At first he would not tell her, but he finally explained that he wanted the money himself, for it would pay for the art course in Paris.