Washington telegraph., 1927-05-06
QUESTION AND
ANSWER FAD TRIED
ON STAR IN AFRICA
Alice Terry is Trailed to Dark Con
tinent with List of Questions. She
Answers All Correctly

Somewhere on an oasis in Africa,
where Rex Ingram and his company
are now encamped for The filming
of the exterors of "The Garden of
Allah" for Metro-Goldwyn (sic), a
secretary or script girl burst into
Alice Terry's tent with a paper con-
tanning twenty questions.
The questions, an accompanying
letter explained, were compiled by n
well-known motion picture editor
who acting upon the suggestion of
the popular "Ask Me Another" book
had taken this means Of interview
ing Miss Terry by long distance.
Here are the questions Miss Ter
ry was asked, and her answers:
What kind of skin food do YOU use ?
''No water, only Ponds cream"
What kind of powder and rouge?
"Caron's Mutt de Noel, Rosincs
Mutt de Chine and Coty's powder
for street makeup"
What kind of shampoo?
coil shampoo. Cheap and efrec-
tive
What do you use on your hands?
"Pond's cream again."
What is your diet?
81 eat lightly, continental style.
That is, a coffee and toast breakfast,
light lunch, tea and dinner | pre-
fere clear bouillons white chicken,
lamb chops and all fruit fresh and
stewed particularly grapefruit I
like, but dare not eat, Russian dish
es and Indian curries and chocolate
cake. | don't care for wine. ]
drink chiefly bottled French water"
What are your favorite colors?
"Old rose, powder blue and black"
Which is your favorite sport?
Golf, with preference Cor driving
to and from the links in a Voisin in,
France and in a Cadillac in Ameri-
ca"
What is your ideal type Of man?
Well, six years ago, before ! was
married TO him, it was Rex Ingram
and six minutes ago if you had asked
me it was still Rex Ingram and if
you mean now-this minute-it's
Rex Ingram. His looks, mentality
tastes are everything a wife can
ask"
What was your childish ambition?
"That was so long ago! | don't re-
member ever having any. You see
started in motion pictures when l
wac sixteen"
Where did you first meet Rex In
gram?
"When working for Universal"
What lid you think Of him?
81 thought he was great and | was
littl, afraid of him; and, MS a mat
ter Of fact, still am"
Was it love at first sight?
eyes, and both Of us Irish"
What kind of perfumes do you
ace?
"Any anybody will give me, with
preference for Coty's."
When did you first sense ,hat Gen
tlemen Preferel Blondes?
"But do they? The world IS peo-
pied with both types. Depends on
personf, taste"
How much do you think Petrovich
has improved as a screen lover since
you last played with him?
"At least one hundred percent. In
foreign companies he acted toomuch
Now he is natural He has as fine
a part as ever was written in "The
Garden of Allah" and | think peo-
pie will be crazy about him when they
see the picture"
Do you like living on Che Riviera? ?
eyes, | should like 20 10 two pic
lures a year-one IN Hollywood and
one in Nice"
Can you do anything especially.
good?
mo. But like to make a certain
fudge"
What of your family?
81 have a mother, a brother and a
sister in Hollywood. Ny father was
killed in traffic accident years ago
when | was in High School,"
Are you the only one in pictures?
eyes, though an older prettier sis
ter, now married, did act for
while"
Have you signed for your next
picture?
mo"