The Washington times., 1936-10-20


day every day they are working on
a picture, with a 6 o'clock rising
hour to 6 or later in the evening.
They have their sports and So
cial activities on the week-ends
and, of course, an occasional party
during the week. Then when they
are at leisure, one might think
they would put in time resting and
with complete relaxation, but not
these young ladies.
They come out to the studios
every few days for all manner OF
things, such as fitting of costumes,
arranging for new pictures and
being photographed in the new
commercial or advertising pur-
poses.
They talk about lots of rest, but
they get very little of it except for
the morning hours; up to about II
in the morning, when they are
not in a picture.
They spend some time in the
late afternoons and evening for
their trips and parties with other
players, and then their personal
maids guard them from intrusion
during the morning hours, so they
can have some undiSturbed sleep.
PATRICIA ELLIS
1t was on one of these business
visits to the studio that we met
the pretty Patricia Ellis last week.
She came in to Warner Brothers
First National to try on some Of
the new smart costumes Milo An
derson had just designed for her,
and was just as thrilled with the
pretty things as the girls who have
only an occasional new dress.
The costume she was wearing
when we saw her was what Mr.
Anderson calls a Nanny Dress"
because it was combined with a
bandana handkerchief, and she
wore a real nanny bandana on
her head. The color and design
was some kind of a rich material
with rows of glistening black Spen-
giles outlining the pattern in the
bandana.
There was a point down over
the forehead, and above that was
the perky bowknot. The gown was
backless with wide black straps
around the neck and down in front
with a bodice of the red bandana
and spangles. The skirt was black
and fitted the hips closely with a
finish in a short train.
Patricia's figure is so smart with
her five feet six inches and lis
pounds that she is always in de-
mand for showing any costume to
the best advantage.
She was born in and grew up
in New York city. and ever since
she was able to talk, she has been
associated with the theater. Her
father was a producer of dramatic
and musical productions, and little
Patricia read script and under
studied the leading ingenue in
many of his shows.
She Is a very unusual girl, but
her screen career was not in any
sense a piece of luck. She was well
schooled for the theater, and be-
sides her dramatic training, she
had five years training with one
of the best dancing instructors in
the country. She also plays the
piano and Sing8
HOURS IN SUN
Patricia is as brown as she can
be all the times. She loves to stay
out for hours at a time stretched
out in the sun and with her
face unprotected except with lit
tie Suntan oil. She told us she
found the California sun to be a
health guaranty, and she says
that whenever she is not feeling
her best, whether from disturbed
digestion, skin irritation or just
fatigue, a few hours in the sun
will restore her energy and cure
her skin. She has a beautiful
smooth Skin-not the delicate
type, but a healthful, sturdy quail
ty.
Soap and water are necessary,
she says, and she also uses lot
of mineral oil and almond oil to
keep it smooth. 1t is something of
a treat for her to put in a few
hours at the beauty salon She
loves it, but never wants to give
up a trip to the beach just to in
dulge in a beauty spree, as she
calls it.
Her neck is perfect-the kind of
a neck the painters and SculptorS
rejoice in. Nature has favored
her with this natural beauty, and
when we asked what she thought
would help others to develop such
a slender, beautiful neck as she
has, she said she thought one
could improve the neck a great
deal with. a few regular exercises
and iced congresses after a daily
The exercises she recommen,
are the same as 1 have outlined
and explained in my face and
neck treatment. The neck is
first as high as the head
can be held with q tense pull on
all the neck muscles; then rotate
the head slowly at first and follow
with a number of turns to either
side as if one were putting the chin
on the shoulder. The next move
Raent is to drop the head forward,
then back. Do each movement 10
or IL times a day and the neck will
be graceful and slender.
Plenty of cream or oil is neces-
sary to keep the skin on the neck
smooth, and the neck molding
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