Evening star., 1933-11-05

~ ORN with gold spoons in their mouths
children of world-famous mothers
IL and fathers-but still unspoiled.
That in brief, is the history Of HOl-
- lywoods children-not the youngsters
you see on the screen, but the chill
dren of mothers and fathers who earn their
daily bread in front of the movie cameras.
It seems strange In way that these hddieS.
born Of parents who once had nothing and
who now enjoy every luxury, should be SO COM
pletely unspoied. One usually thinks OF the
Door little rich boys and girls as being very
self-centered and arrogant.
Not SO the movie youngsters, however They
are not taught that the sun and stars SHINE
only for them that children whose an
cestors did not come over on the Maynowef are
beneath their notice
The children of cinema celebrities usually
are well hammered and well behaved. Several
reasons might be given for this.
One is that their parents, having worked
for everything they have, want to see their
children grow up and make their own marks
in the world. Another is the manner In which
the stars themselves were reared. Most OF them
were children of poor parents and they are
bringing up their own children in the same
manner.
THEM too many of the movie mothers are
SO busy that they don't have time to spoil
their children And in a very few instances
a certain degree of selfshness turns out to
be the best thing for the children. Some screen
parents are quite interested in themselves.
They want their own way in everything and
won't let even their own youngsters stand In
the way.
1t is interesting TO compare sons and daugh-
ters of the film famous with the children Of
movie e-nad mothers who will go to any extreme
to put their "darlings' in front of the cameras.
On the whole. the celebrated mothers do at
least 100 per cent better job of rearing their
youngsters.
Right now Hollywood has a number of in
fants who still too young to give any in
dication as to how they will turn out in later
years However their mothers are pretty SEN
sible young girls who possess some sagacious
ideas on the subject Of rearing their children.
And q few of the newborns have older brothers
or sisters which means that their parents
have additional ideas cleaned from experience.
Mrs Harold Lloyd, who was known on the
screen as Mildred Davis, is in the latter classs-
fcation. Mrs. Lloyd has pretty much the same
ideas regarding little Harold, jr, she has
about her two daughters. Gloria and Peggy.
1.-The one important thing I try to impress
upon all of the children is that their father Is
no different than other men," Mrs. Lloyd de-
clares II have explained to them tnat he
works in the movies so that he can buy things
for them just as other men work at their Jobs
so that they can buy things for their children.
II never want any Of them to get the idea
that they are children of famous man and
that people should make fuss over them for
that reason. I also insist that they be mseH-
ish. When they are playing they must share
their things with other children believe that
If they learn that now, they will be conssderate
of others when they grow up.
"As far as their vocations CO. am going
to leave that entirely up to them. I win not
offer one suggestion as to what they should
do but after they have made up their cwn
minds both Harold and win do everything III
our power to help them.
Il won't even say that would like to zee
them in pictures that would prefer to see
them choose something else would be most
ungrateful to knock pictures. They have given
us a great DEAL but also know OF the heart
breaks that come from them"
lOBYNA RAISTON who is Mrs. Richard
~ Arlen in private life, feels qualified to ad
vance few ideas on how her young Richard
Is going to be reared However, Jobyna's ideas
apply solely to her own family. She doesn't
say that other mothers should DO likewise.
How they rear their children is their problem.
Treat your child like a grown-up and you
never will have any trouble" is the philosophy
advanced by Mrs. Arlen. "Dick and expect
never to have to spank our SON. We believe
that the first and most important thing Is tc
teach him that are his friends. This method
Is working already. He practically never cries
when he gets older and Is able to think
he will do lot Of things he shouldn't Just
as all children do. But don't intend to lose
patience or spank him. shall reason With
hun and point out Just why the thing he did
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