#robert bow

"Clara Bow's papa used to be a waiter in a restaurant at Coney Island. Things weren't very prosperous with the Bow household just then. The mother of the family was sick in bed, and Clara, a pigtailed youngster in high school, by right should have worked in a department store or a factory to help increase the family budget.

But Robert Bow dreamed of better things for his little girl. Ever since she was a child, Clara had shown unmistakable dramatic talent and he resolved that she should have her chance. To save her from the drudgery of housework he would hurry home after his work was over, wash dishes and scrub floors. His wife remonstrated, his relatives and neighbors scoffed and said that he was filling Clara's head with nonsense, but Mr. Bow went on encouraging his daughter to try for a foothold in the pictures.