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Pa~e Two Looking at Hollywood with Ed Sullivan Loretta Young Flashes to Fame as Foreign Stars Begin to Dim Hollywooa, oa. T HEATER managers throughout the country, who study the trends in movie popularity for economic reasons, point out that American movie audiences, which once preferred the Garbo· Dietrich pattern of European heroine, ap- parently have turned thumbs down on the continental siren in favor of home-grown products like Myrna Loy and Loretta Young. These two at the present mo- ment are the outstanding hero- ines of 'the screen, and support- ing them are Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Allce Faye, Kay Francis, Joan Crawford, Barba- ra Stanwyck, Jeanette MacDon- ald, Janet Gaynor, and Bette Davis. All of these are typically American, including Mis& Col- bert, who was born til France but reared here. The only foreign feminine star who stands high in American . favor is Sonja Henle. Lu1seRat- n~,GretaGaroo,Marl~eD~~ rich, Madeleine Carroll, and Si- mone Simon are exerting less and less intiuence at the box of- tice, though Garoo's European audience still is huge. The answer Js--and each shift in movie trends demands an an- swer-that American. audiences are fed up with the heavy dra- matics of the Gaxpos, the Diet- richs, and the RaiDers and prefer heroines who can hand them a laugh wit h their beauty, as Myrna Loy did in ••Thin Man" and as Loretta Young does in her series of tilms with Tyrone Power. That, at least, is the answer of theater managers. They say that Garbo's tragic reles wore out her welcome, that Dietrich's allure lacked comedy overtones, and that Luise Rai- ner's heavy reles have hurt her. Of the ••grown in America" brand of heroines non e has climbed so high so quickly· as Loretta Young. A year of en- forced idleness because of sick- ness held her back, but today she is about the hottest thing in pic- tures, and still spUrting upward. So let's go out to Loretta's hill- top Bel-Air home and apply the microscope which all grade A interviewers carry along with their typewriters and their curi- osity. ••I've been in pictures for twenty years," was the astonish- ing opening remark of the 24- year-old Loretta. II My ·tirst job in the movies was playing with Fannie Ward, as a child, in a pic- ture she was making. I was 4 years old, and the family had just moved to Hollywood from Salt Lake City. Not, you under- stand, that I recollect it; but my mother still has ' stUls ' of me in the rOle. You see, my Uncle Trax was working at Paramount for George Melford. They were shooting the Fannie Ward pic- ture, and they had a child actress to play the childhood sequences, but at noontime the child refused to work any more. She started crying. So Uncle Trax, at lunch time, came running home and told mother he could use me. That's how I got into pictures, in 1917. " About the same time I played in a Mae Murray picture that Bob Leonard was directing. I was one of the fairies; and I re- member what a kick I got out of the gauze-wrapped wire supports that were attached to my back. "By the time I was 14 I was really a mom veteran. I was borrowed from First National to play in 'Laugh, Clown, Laugh' with Lon Chaney. It was a grand part (I didn't realize it then, because I was too young to know the difference in parts), but it was in that picture that I got my tirst notices. Guess I was the youngest of the screen brides, because the script called for me to marry Nils Asther. "In the meantime I was at- tending Catholic Girls' High on 'Ptco boulevard. My elder sister, Polly Ann, was going with Bobby Agnew, who was doing a picture with Colleen Moore. So one lunch time the studio called on the phone for Polly Ann, and I answered it. Mervyn Le Roy, By ED SULIJVAN who was writing gags for Col- leen's picture, asked on the phone for Polly Ann, and I said she wasn't home. 'Are you Gretchen, the kid sister she's al- way s telling us about?' he asked. I told him yes, and he said to come out to the studio and he might give me a job. So I went out, and although I still think the whole thing started as a gag, it wound up with Mervyn giving me a real good role, ••When First National. was ab- sorbed by Warners I went to that studio and stayed there seven years. Just about the time Darryl Zanuck was leaving War- ners the studio asked me to take quite a big salary cut. I refused, and they refused to pick up my option, so I went along to Twen· tieth Century-Fox with Mr. zan· uck. Luckily, too, because he's been marvelous to me, as you know. ••My favorite pictures? You mean the ones I've made? I'd say 'White Parade' and 'Man's Castle.' I thought that in those I gave my best performances." •• So much for facts. YOU'dprob- ably prefer to learn about her as a girl. Well, my little chicka- dees, this Salt Lake City expatri· ate is just about the most stun- ning girl out here, and the friendliest. She has a natural and spontaneous warmth-noth- ing stand-offish. Her adoption of a 2-year-old girl was quite in Lor.«cz Young-today'. rag. lD pic. ture.. according to SulU .•. cm. Puah.d into the middle of a mud puddle by Tyron. Power in r.heralDg a lC.n. for" Lo.•.•II Newa." tore«a Young III1i1n. Power amil•• , too. .And .0 do•• Tay Gamett. the director (th. man with the wa1IdDg .tick). The famoua 1or.«a Young .y •• in the lDHt pictur •. keeping with what you'd expect from her, and I imagine no moth- . er will take greater pride or get a greater kick out of a baby than Loretta. She likes to play charades at her house parties, or guessing games. The picture colony agree that she is one of the best play- ers out here, with a lively intel- ligence, vast enthusiasm, and an amazing knowledge of the most outlandish places and things from which. to fashion her an- swers. In the midst of these games I've seen other girls star- ing at Loretta and heard them comment on her beauty. That happens all the time. Surpris- ingly enough, however, she's one eyeful who doesn't arouse envy in other girls. They're her big- gest boosters, which is the best index of her quality and charae- ter. If the mail of a Hollywood cor- respondent can be taken as a criterion, there is more interest in her right now than in any \".it:e .1 tl.e ~.~ie F•..• Dear Miss Tin6e: I read your column every Sunday and enjoy it. But as yet I have found noth· in g about Jean Arthur. Wo u I d youkindlytellme something about her? And, if there's en 0 ugh room, put in a picture of her. Her e's hoping this is printed. Sincerelyyours, ELIZABETH YOUNG, Lafayette, Ind. EtUtor'. "0 t e: I'm glad you read the. colum" Sut&- day. (1 al.o write m it on Monday.) Jea" Arthur wall bom in New York Oity, Oct. 17, 1908. She'. 5 feet ~ i~heB taU, weig'h.8 110 pou"da, and haa medium brOWtlhair and bZUeeye•. EducatedNew York City high school. Her hobbie. are BWimmmg,;lU"g, a"d golfing. Miss Arthur is married to Fra"k J. R088. l- JEAN ARTHUR Hobble' ere Iwlmmln<J. rldln9, end 901f. Dear Miss Tin6e: I am very much dis- appointed in the fact they think they should change Shirley Temple's hairdre8S for her next picture. It makes her look so very much older. I think that a one fault with movies. They make all child stars assume grownup rOlestoo soon. To me it is especially a crime with Shirley because it takes away much ot her childish charm -at least, in the picture I saw in the paper. other femme star, The mall is loaded with questions about her -they want to know where she comes from, what she is like ott- screen, is she married, was she married, is she as pretty in real life as in reel life, is she in love with Tyrone Power, where does she live? And fan mall at, the Twentieth Century-Fox studio is just as emphatic in the predic- tiOI1that Loretta Young is just what the public wants. ••• Fortunately, your scribe can answer most of the questions about her. I've ringsided with Loretta (her mother always calls her Gretchen) at two champion- ship tights, escorted her through New York's Chinatown and Bowery, and showed her the Bowery barber shop that guar- antees to cure black eyes in sixty minutes; I've taken her to the Aquarium, showed her through the New York Stock exchange, visited her at the Twentieth Cen· Letters published in this department should be written on one side of the paper. If ,ou wish a personal ~epl, please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. I am one ot her ardent fans and haven't missed one of her shows. Why make her grow up when she will fast enough any- waY? I have heard several others say the same thing. Sincerely, THELMASCHLOTFELDT. Editor's "ote: The idea, 1 beUeve,is to pick .torieB lor Shirley that win suit her aa she put, on years. The,e babies 'Win grow up, you 1cftow. Dear Miss Tin~e: A rather backward person about airing my opinionsIn the crit- Icaleyeofthe public,I shouldlikethis once to take that risk regardless. I should like to do so to express my ap- preciation for the splendid, true perform- ances of a not too noted actress-Karen Morley. For qulte some time I watched her working valiantly in mediocre plots, and I took little notice. Then" The Girl trom Scotland Yard" appeared. Still a rather poor story, but there was something different. There was Karen Morley look- ing and acting and speaking with the dra- matic convictionof-eome one-and I real- ized suddenly-Garbo! ("Let the public eye burn; such is Its privilege.") Actually I caught that resemblance; a natural one, not feigned,it seemed. Now there a "The Last Train trom Madrid." Karen Morleys rOleas the bar- oness (regrettably a small part) could not have been more suitable to her so striklng- ly unusual personality. And here she is Karen Morley,not a " secondGarbo." This Is better, surely. Mas Morley appears to be a woman and an actress of fine qualities- intelligent, well bred, and possessinga fiery, not over- bearing pride which perhaps places her among the aristocratic and those who are lightly scornful of unimportant things. I like MissMorley; I am ot the opinion that she deserves more" breaks." Well, I can only hope. But It seems a pity that some big producer doesn't teel the way I do. Yoursvery truly, W.H. CHURCH. Editor's note: 1hope Miss MorZey 86e8 this! near MissTin6e: If you wouldonly tell me how old Fred Astalre a and print a picture ot him I should be very happy. Fred Aft. talre gets hardly anypUblicity,but I think he's swell. He has such a pleasing person- allty, and I think he's the greatest dancer that ever was. Thanks a lot! READER. P. S.- Astaire may not be the handsome.t man onthe screen,but at least he looks like a man. Editor's" 0 te: You bet! He tIJa4 bam i" 19()(). FRED ASTAIRE M.y not be hendsome, but he'l• Iwell dencer. Dear MissTin6e: I am anxious to know the entire cast ot players and which char- acter each portrayed in the motion picture "Lost Horizon." . Please answer my re- quest in one of your Voice of the Movie Fan columns. Isn't RolandColmana won- derful actor? Thanking you, I am Yours sincerely, ~UAN OSWALD. Editor's "ote: Here's your cast-and you're 106Zeome. Robert Conway Ronald Colman Sondra Jane Wyatt Lovett Edward Everett Horton George Conway John Howard Barnard Thomaa Mitchell Maria Margo Gloria Isabel Jewell Chang H. B. Warner High Lama sam Jaffe Prime .MInister David Torrence Lord Ga1nstord Hugh Buckler Talu Val Durand Fenner Mllton Owen Bandit Leader Victor Wong Engllshman John Burton Englishman ......•........... John Mlltern Englishman '" John T. Murray Englishman Dennis D'Auburn Leader of Portera.'" Noble Johnaon Montaigne John Tettener Pottery Maker Matthew Carlton candle Maker Joe Herrera Missionary Margaret McWade MlssIonary Ruth Robinson Missionary Carl Stockdale Missionary Syrley Birch { Richard Masters servants ....••••..••••• Alex Shoulder G. Kallll Dear MissTin6e: Couldyou please tell mewho ·theharmonica player was in "The SingingMarine"? Thank you. ROSELYNRICHTER. Editor's note: It WII3 Larry Adler who made the harmonica roZZover, talk, a"d pZaydead-80 to speak. You're welcome. .. Only 14 y.ara old and dre••• d in on. of the ItUDnlDggoWDI that lb. wore th.n in Lon Chan.y. famoua hit, ••Laugh, Clown, Laugh," tury-Fox lot, and played guess- ing games at her Bel·Air home. The net result of this is that your reporter commends the movie audiences on their prefer- ence, because this Salt Lake City stunner is what the collegiates would rate " a swell dish." Hol- lywood, which would rather rap than praise, agrees that Loretta Young is the nicest girl in the tilm colony, and if you don't think that is high praise, then you ought to go to a HollywoOd party some night and hear the boys and girls rip each other up the back. Far be it from me to convey the thought that she is a Polly- anna, going about the world with a wistful smile on her face and waving her hands with the be- wildered helplessness of a Zasu Pitts. But she is the natural ally of the under dog. I recall that at the Max Baer-Braddock tight she rooted for Baer because the crowd almost unanimously rooted against him. At the Joe Louis-Carnera tight she rooted for Louis because Camera looked so huge, and then rooted for Carnera when he crashed to the canvas. I mean to say that she's really a swell person .

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Pa~e Two

Looking at Hollywood with Ed SullivanLoretta Young Flashes to Fame as

Foreign Stars Begin to DimHollywooa, oa.

THEATER managersthroughout the country,who study the trends in

movie popularity for economicreasons, point out that Americanmovie audiences, which oncepreferred the Garbo· Dietrichpattern of European heroine, ap-parently have turned thumbsdown on the continental siren infavor of home-grown productslike Myrna Loy and LorettaYoung.These two at the present mo-

ment are the outstanding hero-ines of 'the screen, and support-ing them are Claudette Colbert,Ginger Rogers, Allce Faye, KayFrancis, Joan Crawford, Barba-ra Stanwyck, Jeanette MacDon-ald, Janet Gaynor, and BetteDavis. All of these are typicallyAmerican, including Mis& Col-bert, who was born til Francebut reared here.The only foreign feminine star

who stands high in American. favor is Sonja Henle. Lu1seRat-n~,GretaGaroo,Marl~eD~~rich, Madeleine Carroll, and Si-mone Simon are exerting lessand less intiuence at the box of-tice, though Garoo's Europeanaudience still is huge.The answer Js--and each shift

in movie trends demands an an-swer-that American. audiencesare fed up with the heavy dra-matics of the Gaxpos, the Diet-richs, and the RaiDers and preferheroines who can hand them alaugh wit h their beauty, asMyrna Loy did in ••Thin Man"and as Loretta Young does inher series of tilms with TyronePower. That, at least, is theanswer of theater managers.They say that Garbo's tragicreles wore out her welcome, thatDietrich's allure lacked comedyovertones, and that Luise Rai-ner's heavy reles have hurt her.

• • •Of the ••grown in America"

brand of heroines non e hasclimbed so high so quickly· asLoretta Young. A year of en-forced idleness because of sick-ness held her back, but today sheis about the hottest thing in pic-tures, and still spUrting upward.So let's go out to Loretta's hill-

top Bel-Air home and apply themicroscope which all grade Ainterviewers carry along withtheir typewriters and their curi-osity.••I've been in pictures for

twenty years," was the astonish-ing opening remark of the 24-year-old Loretta. II My ·tirst jobin the movies was playing withFannie Ward, as a child, in a pic-ture she was making. I was 4years old, and the family hadjust moved to Hollywood fromSalt Lake City. Not, you under-stand, that I recollect it; but mymother still has ' stUls ' of me inthe rOle. You see, my UncleTrax was working at Paramountfor George Melford. They wereshooting the Fannie Ward pic-ture, and they had a child actressto play the childhood sequences,but at noontime the child refusedto work any more. She startedcrying. So Uncle Trax, at lunchtime, came running home andtold mother he could use me.That's how I got into pictures,in 1917." About the same time I played

in a Mae Murray picture thatBob Leonard was directing. Iwas one of the fairies; and I re-member what a kick I got out ofthe gauze-wrapped wire supportsthat were attached to my back."By the time I was 14 I was

really a mom veteran. I wasborrowed from First National toplay in 'Laugh, Clown, Laugh'with Lon Chaney. It was agrand part (I didn't realize itthen, because I was too young toknow the difference in parts),but it was in that picture that Igot my tirst notices. Guess Iwas the youngest of the screenbrides, because the script calledfor me to marry Nils Asther."In the meantime I was at-

tending Catholic Girls' High on'Ptco boulevard. My elder sister,Polly Ann, was going with BobbyAgnew, who was doing a picturewith Colleen Moore. So onelunch time the studio called onthe phone for Polly Ann, and Ianswered it. Mervyn Le Roy,

By ED SULIJVANwho was writing gags for Col-leen's picture, asked on thephone for Polly Ann, and I saidshe wasn't home. 'Are youGretchen, the kid sister she's al-way s telling us about?' heasked. I told him yes, and hesaid to come out to the studioand he might give me a job. SoI went out, and although I stillthink the whole thing started asa gag, it wound up with Mervyngiving me a real good role,••When First National. was ab-

sorbed by Warners I went tothat studio and stayed thereseven years. Just about the timeDarryl Zanuck was leaving War-ners the studio asked me to takequite a big salary cut. I refused,and they refused to pick up my

option, so I went along to Twen·tieth Century-Fox with Mr. zan·uck. Luckily, too, because he'sbeen marvelous to me, as youknow.••My favorite pictures? You

mean the ones I've made? I'dsay 'White Parade' and 'Man'sCastle.' I thought that in thoseI gave my best performances."

•• •So much for facts. YOU'dprob-

ably prefer to learn about her asa girl. Well, my little chicka-dees, this Salt Lake City expatri·ate is just about the most stun-ning girl out here, and thefriendliest. She has a naturaland spontaneous warmth-noth-ing stand-offish. Her adoptionof a 2-year-old girl was quite in

Lor.«cz Young-today'. rag. lD pic.ture.. according to SulU.•.cm.

Puah.d into the middle of a mud puddle by Tyron. Power in r.heralDg alC.n. for" Lo.•.• II Newa." tore«a Young III1i1n. Power amil•• , too. .And.0 do•• Tay Gamett. the director (th. man with the wa1IdDg .tick). The

famoua 1or.«a Young .y •• in the lDHt pictur •.

keeping with what you'd expectfrom her, and I imagine no moth-. er will take greater pride or geta greater kick out of a baby thanLoretta.She likes to play charades at

her house parties, or guessinggames. The picture colony agreethat she is one of the best play-ers out here, with a lively intel-ligence, vast enthusiasm, and anamazing knowledge of the mostoutlandish places and thingsfrom which. to fashion her an-swers. In the midst of thesegames I've seen other girls star-ing at Loretta and heard themcomment on her beauty. Thathappens all the time. Surpris-ingly enough, however, she's oneeyeful who doesn't arouse envyin other girls. They're her big-gest boosters, which is the bestindex of her quality and charae-ter.If the mail of a Hollywood cor-

respondent can be taken as acriterion, there is more interestin her right now than in any

\".it:e .1 tl.e ~.~ie F•..•Dear Miss Tin6e: I read your column

every Sunday and enjoy it. But as yet Ihave found noth·in g about JeanArthur. Wo u Idyou kindly tell mesomething abouther? And, ifthere's en 0 ughroom, put in apicture of her.Her e's hoping

this is printed.Sincerelyyours,ELIZABETHYOUNG,

Lafayette, Ind.EtUtor'. "0 t e:

I'm glad you readthe. colum" Sut&-day. (1al.o writem it on Monday.)Jea" Arthur

wall bom in New York Oity, Oct. 17, 1908.She'. 5 feet ~ i~heB taU, weig'h.8110pou"da, and haa medium brOWtlhair andbZUeeye•. Educated New York City highschool. Her hobbie. are BWimmmg,,;lU"g,a"d golfing. Miss Arthur is married toFra"k J. R088.

l-JEAN ARTHUR

Hobble' ere Iwlmmln<J.rldln9, end 901f.

Dear Miss Tin6e: I am very much dis-appointed in the fact they think theyshould change Shirley Temple's hairdre8Sfor her next picture. It makes her look sovery much older. I think that a one faultwith movies. They make all child starsassume grownup rOlestoo soon. To me itis especially a crime with Shirley becauseit takes away much ot her childish charm-at least, in the picture I saw in the paper.

other femme star, The mall isloaded with questions about her-they want to know where shecomes from, what she is like ott-screen, is she married, was shemarried, is she as pretty in reallife as in reel life, is she in lovewith Tyrone Power, where doesshe live? And fan mall at, theTwentieth Century-Fox studio isjust as emphatic in the predic-tiOI1that Loretta Young is justwhat the public wants.

• • •Fortunately, your scribe can

answer most of the questionsabout her. I've ringsided withLoretta (her mother always callsher Gretchen) at two champion-ship tights, escorted her throughNew York's Chinatown andBowery, and showed her theBowery barber shop that guar-antees to cure black eyes in sixtyminutes; I've taken her to theAquarium, showed her throughthe New York Stock exchange,visited her at the Twentieth Cen·

Letters published in this department should be written on one side of the paper.If ,ou wish a personal ~epl, please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

I am one ot her ardent fans and haven'tmissed one of her shows. Why make hergrow up when she will fast enough any-waY? I have heard several others say thesame thing. Sincerely,

THELMASCHLOTFELDT.Editor's "ote: The idea, 1beUeve,is to

pick .torieB lor Shirley that win suit heraa she put, on years. The,e babies 'Wingrow up, you 1cftow.

Dear Miss Tin~e: A rather backwardperson about airing my opinionsIn the crit-Ical eyeof the public,I should like this onceto take that risk regardless.I should like to do so to express my ap-

preciation for the splendid, true perform-ances of a not too noted actress-KarenMorley. For qulte some time I watchedher working valiantly in mediocre plots,and I took little notice. Then" The Girltrom Scotland Yard" appeared. Still arather poor story, but there was somethingdifferent. There was Karen Morley look-ing and acting and speaking with the dra-matic convictionof-eome one-and I real-ized suddenly-Garbo! (" Let the publiceye burn; such is Its privilege.") ActuallyI caught that resemblance; a natural one,not feigned, it seemed.Now there a "The Last Train trom

Madrid." Karen Morleys rOleas the bar-oness (regrettably a small part) could nothave been more suitable to her so striklng-ly unusual personality. And here she isKaren Morley,not a " secondGarbo." ThisIs better, surely.Mas Morley appears to be a woman and

an actress of fine qualities - intelligent,well bred, and possessinga fiery, not over-bearing pride which perhaps places her

among the aristocratic and those who arelightly scornful of unimportant things.I like MissMorley; I am ot the opinion

that she deserves more" breaks." Well, Ican only hope. But It seems a pity thatsome big producer doesn't teel the wayI do. Yoursvery truly, W.H. CHURCH.Editor's note: 1hope Miss MorZey86e8

this!

near MissTin6e: If you would only tellme how old Fred Astalre a and print apicture ot him Ishould be veryhappy. Fred Aft.talre gets hardlyany pUblicity,butI think he's swell.He has such apleasing person-allty, and I thinkhe's the greatestdancer that everwas. Thanks alot! READER.P. S. - Astaire

may not be thehandsome.t manon the screen, butat least he lookslike a man.Editor's" 0 te:

Youbet! He tIJa4bam i" 19()().

FRED ASTAIREM.y not be hendsome, but

he'l • Iwell dencer.

Dear MissTin6e: I am anxious to knowthe entire cast ot players and which char-acter each portrayed in the motion picture"Lost Horizon." . Please answer my re-quest in one of your Voice of the Movie

Fan columns. Isn't RolandColman a won-derful actor? Thanking you, I amYours sincerely, ~UAN OSWALD.Editor's "ote: Here's your cast-and

you're 106Zeome.Robert Conway Ronald ColmanSondra Jane WyattLovett Edward Everett HortonGeorge Conway John HowardBarnard Thomaa MitchellMaria MargoGloria Isabel JewellChang H. B. WarnerHigh Lama sam JaffePrime .MInister David TorrenceLord Ga1nstord Hugh BucklerTalu Val DurandFenner Mllton OwenBandit Leader Victor WongEngllshman John BurtonEnglishman ......•........... John MllternEnglishman '" John T. MurrayEnglishman Dennis D'AuburnLeader of Portera. '" Noble JohnaonMontaigne John TettenerPottery Maker Matthew Carltoncandle Maker Joe HerreraMissionary Margaret McWadeMlssIonary Ruth RobinsonMissionary Carl StockdaleMissionary Syrley Birch

{Richard Masters

servants ....••••..••••• Alex ShoulderG. Kallll

Dear Miss Tin6e: Could you please tellmewho·the harmonica player was in " TheSingingMarine"? Thank you.

ROSELYNRICHTER.Editor's note: It WII3 Larry Adler who

made the harmonica roZZover, talk, a"dpZaydead-80 to speak. You're welcome.

..

Only 14 y.ara old and dre••• d inon. of the ItUDnlDggoWDI that lb.wore th.n in Lon Chan.y. famoua

hit, ••Laugh, Clown, Laugh,"

tury-Fox lot, and played guess-ing games at her Bel·Air home.The net result of this is that

your reporter commends themovie audiences on their prefer-ence, because this Salt Lake Citystunner is what the collegiateswould rate " a swell dish." Hol-lywood, which would rather rapthan praise, agrees that LorettaYoung is the nicest girl in thetilm colony, and if you don'tthink that is high praise, thenyou ought to go to a HollywoOdparty some night and hear theboys and girls rip each other upthe back.

• • •Far be it from me to convey

the thought that she is a Polly-anna, going about the world witha wistful smile on her face andwaving her hands with the be-wildered helplessness of a ZasuPitts. But she is the naturalally of the under dog. I recallthat at the Max Baer-Braddocktight she rooted for Baer becausethe crowd almost unanimouslyrooted against him. At the JoeLouis-Carnera tight she rootedfor Louis b e c a use Cameralooked so huge, and then rootedfor Carnera when he crashed tothe canvas.I mean to say that she's really

a swell person .