Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

- IME was when an to lS course dinner
was the smart thing in upper cinema
circles Now 1t Is the to ID menu
dinner.
Whenever Tom Mix was invited out
to dine in Hollywood he carried with him a
designed for him by his jeweler after he had
broken his right arm the fifth time. Arriving
at the home Of his host, the cowboy star
gravely presented the fork to the butler, who
as gravely returned 1t in its plush-lned box
at the conclusion Of the meal
Now dinner guests are apt to call the butler
aside and hand him hard-boiled egg or q
lamb chop sean which all the fat has been
chopped.
To come to the point, the 1s-day diet is
sweeping the film colony. So violently is it in
vogue that it Is . wise hostess who obtains
in advance Of her dinner party the individual
menus Of her guests for that particular night.
If two menus match she would count herself
lucky. The only course she could be sure Of
everybody's eating would be the grapefruit
course, which features every meal every diet
day
At q dinner party given by Monte Brice,
comedy supervisor ut Pathe, eight different
meals were served as many people. Each one
was on q different day Of the diet. One guest
had reached the poached egg stage. The most
IOEtuQate was On the SUeak Gay ana carried MS
half pound Of red meat proudly.
Dorothy Dawn was the unluckiest She was
at the unsweetened tea and sliced orange din
ner. The host Toasted on lamb chop slice
Of thin toast and half teaspoon Of tomato
catSup Robert Armstrong, who went on the
diet the same day as Brice, was the only guest
partakng OF the same food as the host. The
Pathe star and director compared notes each
day, exchanging kilograms as to lost poundage
when Brice went to New York in search Of
new talent for his Negro comedies
Millard Webb, screen glorifier of the Ameri-
can girl, who tested the diet to see what it was
all about, had reached the end of the list. At
the Brice dinner he partook Of one broiled fish
and plain spinach. .. ..
Mrs JAMES GLEASON Gucile webster)
dined sumptuously on four stalks of as
paragus and thin toast. Before Mrs Gleason
could become diet devotee she had to convert
hef marvellous old Southern cook, plump like
herself and quite an epicure.
Il knew I never would be able to withstand
Margarets cooking" she declares, 80 I per-
suaded her to 60 on the diet with me- I've
already lost eight pounds as result and am
feeling fine"
There is no use serving rich foods any mors
In the film colony. For lean days have fallen
upon Hollywood. Even the cafes are featuring
the 18-day diet.
Tourists who 60 to the famous Montmartre
to "eat with the stars" are apt to get an eyeful
of grapejuice while craning their necks for a
closeup Of some cinema celebrity. Last
wednesday saw Billie Dove being stared at
while gracefully nibbling a lettuce leaf EVELYN
Brent was toying with four slices of iced
cucumber. Winifred Westover was hungrily
munching cinnamon toast, so thin it crlmpled
in her fingers
To portray the hefty servant girl, Bertha. in
"Lummox" the former wife of Bill Hart had
to gain 40 poupds. The last shot taken she
went on the 1S-day diet, and already has lost
more than half her gain.
Henry Give, art director at the Chaplin
studios, has role in the comedians current
production, city Lights" The costume re-
quired was dress suit. Give tried the suit
on, bought six weeks before so there would be
no. danger Of delay, and found he couldn't
button it. The next day he started on the
18-day diet. In three days he lost three
pounds.
lula FAYE took of two and one-half pounds
In five days. She lays 1t mainly on the
grapefruit, which is said to be a great stomach
Ina Claire, Jack Gilbert's new wife. Il a
devotee of the diet. So Is Gilbert's new leading
lady, Catherine Dale Owen. Jetta Goudal is
following it-not to lose fat but to keen slim