The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-11
widow within Year

widow within Year
From Tahiti she came to Paris
where she married young French
count. After q year of happy mar
ried life in the French capital, her
husband died. Betty found herself
alone in Paris. a French citizen,
since her marriage, the possssor of
an imposing title but with little
money.
II was complteIy unframed to
support myself" said Betty, "and
I didn't have any money. I love
beautiful clothes and decided to
try my luck as mannikin although
ia never had any experience"
It was difficult at first because
she was not accustomed to making
herself conspicuous.
II used to blush tomato red"
she confessed, "but ! am used to
it now and don't pay any attention
when people stare at me. It is
pleasant to be surrounded by nice
clothes, nice things and nice people
and the pay is good. It is the best
living one can make in France IL
one has not received special train
ing in a. particular line Of business.
I don't want to be mannikin all
my life but want to learn all
about the fashion business and
hope eventually can start out for
myself doing something when can
express little more individuality.
Work in America Her Dream
"My greatest dream is that
some day shall be able to 60 to
America and perhaps live and
work there"
After six months of modelling,
the countess has made a name for
herself as one of the best manni-
kins in Paris and il particularly
noted for her skill and grace in
displaying evening clothes.
Betty is rather tall and has q
slim, but rounded figure. Her skin
Is fair, her eyes blue and her un-
bleached, golden hair is what she
terms Swedish blonde" Betty has
q slender face, q small, straight
nose and q shy smile which reveals
even, white teeth. She dislikes the
artificial appearance which comes
from too much makeup and uses
only q little powder. a light rouge,
rose lipstick and q little mascara.
She parts her hair on the left and
brushes It smoothly back except
for q short bang which is curled
up and allowed to fluff over the
right side of the forehead.
She guards her figure and
watches her diet carefully. For
breakfast she has only a glass Of
organe Juice and for lunch eats a
chop or steak with green vege-
tables and a salad or fruit. She
allows herself more generous pro-
portions for the night meal but
always takes care not to drink
liquids with meals. Later, she
drinks whatever appeals to her
fancy. She finds that alcohol does
not increase her weight and says
that at the end Of the day, she Is
often SO tired that she drinks
something alcoholic to relieve her
fatigue.
TITS pretty hard to gain weight
when you are on your feet from
ten until SIX" said Betty. I'm the
busy season when there are Amer
lean and foreign buyers here and
we are showing a new collection
four times a day, I sometimes
model as many as 100 dresses a
day. Then. there are photographs
and sketches to be posed for until
at the end Of the day I find am
exhausted and that my feet are ter
ribly swollen"
Betty's advice to women Is to
choose the clothes and the makeup
that suits them best rather than
go in for extreme fads. She thinks
that American women are the
most beautiful in the world but
that they make the mistake of
trying to follow a popular tyne.
too often chosen from the movies,
and thus standardize themselves,
Because she knows her own type,
Betty wears tailored black clothes
In the daytime and for evening
wears the Sari dresses with capes.
She knows what >colors suit her
and clings to black, white, grey
and blue, and occasionally wears
prints in which these colors are
featured.
She finds that she grows de-
pressed IL she returns from work
to her little hotel room and for
recreation prefers to be with
friends. She likes the theater and
Is q movie fan, but is not seeking
a career on the stage or screen. At
present she is not thinking OF an
other marriage but Is hoping to
learn enough about fashions to
start her own career. preferably in
America.
(Tomorrow: The Young ATanni-
kin With Siluar GArnaIrala YNns. 4