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Call, 62, and Actress, 22, Refused a License A romantic pursuit of a marriage license, in which Miss Gladys Dudley, a vaudeville actress, aged 22, joined with her fiance, Thomas E. Call, 46 years her senior, was rebuffed in Bos ton, it was learned yesterday, when the rich New Hampshire lumber mer chant and his blushing bride-to-be, who was married originally at 15, and divorced at 17, were turned down by the city registrars. COULDN’T SHOW DECREES The reason for this was that neither Mr. Call nor Miss Dudley were able to show papers proving that they had been divorced from their former spouses. Miss Dudley was in private life Mrs. Gladys Turner. She married H. Clifford Turner, leading lawyer of Rochester, N. Jr., in 1907, and divorced him two years later. Became Social Arbiter Her fiance has also had his family troubles. He married Miss Mabel Cross of Reading some years ago. Fol lowing the wedding Mrs. Call entered on a social campaign which quickly established her as the society arbiter of Portsmouth, N. H., where she and her husband lived in magnificent style. Portsmouth people were shocked to the core when they learned that Mrs. Call was seeking a divorce. She ob tained it and piled on an extra thrill by promptly marrying Lemuel W. Pope, a veterinary surgeon and Spanish war veteran. Portsmouth folk had barely recov ered from this blow when they re ceived the announcement of Mr. Call's plan to wed the vaudeville actress. Haven't Given Up Call and the young actress will, it was reported from Portsmouth last night, seek to marry in New Hamp shire, now that they have failed in Boston. Call has a beautiful summer home at Alton Bay, but spends most of his time in New York and Boston. His young fiance has had innumer able admirers from the time she blos somed into womanhood. Her early marriage was a sensation at the time it occurred. Mrs. Turner, or Miss Dudley, is rich in her own right, and intimate friends of the coupe say ‘that her “marriage to the 62-year-old lumberman will be a pure love match, as she has not the slightest reason for wishing for his money. Her father was a prominent Portland, Me., lawyer, and her mother was a wealthy woman.
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Fri, Apr 10, 1914
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