The Washington times., 1936-10-06

The stage itself was so magnifi-
cent, any star less brilliant than
the sparkling Eleanor would be
overwhelmed with its splendor.
1t was glistening white battle
ship against an infinite blue,
studded with millions of twinkling
stars. When they said begin"
she appeared at the side and
pirouetted across the mirrored
deck to the music of navy band
made up of glorified admirals all
in white and silver.
To tell you of the beauty of this
young miss is like trying to de-
scribe a sunbeam on water
fall. There are no words quite
adequate. We have never seen
such exquisite harmony and per-
feet coordination of motion as
she expresses in her movements.
After a little time with Eleanor
we went to sit down in the dress
ing room with her mother, Mrs.
Powell, to try to gather some first
hand information about this
gifted daughter.
UNTIRING WORKER
To begin with: Mrs. Powell says
she does not think Eleanor is
gifted with any unusual ability
except a determination to work
at everything she attempts until
she masters it.
We must tell you, however, that
she has perfect features and fair
skin, with blue eyes and chestnut
hair.
She is very slender and rather
tall-five feet five and one-quar-
ter inches is her height-and she
weighs 1872 pounds.
In this scene she was wearing
a costume of black silk and black
palette trimming. Her hat was
a round military style with a
white cockade in front. The tights
were of black silk, and the span.
gled trimming was combined with
rows of diamonds across the front
of the jacket,
There is a new freshness about
this young girl that few beauties
have ever possessed. We have
never met anyone who expresses
so much life and animation as
she does.
It was interesting to hear about
her personal routine of living, as
her mother calls it. She has a
system of her own to which she
adhereS as carefully as she per,
forms her work on the stage.
When her work at the studio
permits, she goes home at a Ger,
tain time every day, and then if
there is anything new in her
dancing she works on that for
a while before dinner. After that
she reads and plays with the
dog and then practices her dane,
ing again, often for two hours,
before she prepares for bed.
Her beauty treatment is always
the same. Mrs. Powell says:
81 tell Eleanor she is just an old
maid, with her system. Everything
about her dressing room and table
must be just as she wants it. There
is a box or case for everything,
and it must be ready any time.
Her gloves, handkerchiefS, hose
and lingerie all have smart cases,
and then her cosmetics are kept
in a special dressing table,"
LIQUID CREAM
She likes a thin liquid cream the
best, but has quite a variety of
creams; every night she uses the
same amount of cream and rubs
it on with the right hand while
she holds the jar in her left hand,
After she has enough cream ap,
piled, she continues to massage
it with both hands-not a deep
massage at any time, but just
enough to keep the skin nice and
soft.
"She gives her teeth more care
than any teeth ever had" said Mrs
Powell. 81 know she brushes them
for Is minutes, or maybe a hall
hour would be more like it. First
she uses salt, then a paste, and
after that powder. If good care
means anything, she will Away.
have perfect teeth"
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even her beauty is the result o.
the system to which she holds her
self. Nothing but perfection eve1
satisfied her.
When we heard that she wen
to the studio in the morning anc
has frequently played as late a.
9 or 10 o'clock, and working al
the time, we asked if it is pos
Sible for such young, slender
girl to do so much without being
exhausted, and we were told tina
she is untiring when she has any
thing to do.
She has frequently caused many
of the veteran piano accompanies
to cry quit" while she continued
on with her dance. She is up a
6 o'clock and goes to ged at $50
Eleanor is always sure Of her
self and thinks success means be
ing ready.
Tailored clothes are her favor
tie style both in gowns and Stacks
but she likes to wear Stacks mos
Of the time and has them in al
colorS and materials. The flame
ones have her name embroidered
across the pockets, and her spor
dresses are done in the same way