 Early in 1924, Gladys became involved with another man and the pair decided to separate.During the early 1920s, Gropper was a freelance contributor of work to such mainstream magazines as "The Bookman" (for which he drew caricatures of authors), the liberal magazine "The Dial", and Frank Harris' "New Pearson's Magazine".In the fall of 1924 Bill Gropper married his second wife, bacteriologist Sophie Frankle.