The Washington times., 1937-01-04
JADE GODDESS,
THIS ACTRESS
IN FILMS
BY LYDIA CALVERT
Special to The Times.

She's not very well known to the
movie-going public, but when you
speak of Marguerite Churchill in
Hollywood enthusiasm runs wild.
Single men, married men, women
and girls with an ounce of taste
all bow down to her as sort OF
jade goddess.
She is one of those people whom
you can describe as exquisite"
She is one of the few people in
Hollywood who doesn't place her
self in the hands Of Irene" at
Bullock's Wiltshire and say: Dress
me-"
Fashion Lesson
Everything in her house, every
little detail of her clothes Is eX-
quisite. She, Of all the glamorous
beauties of the film colony, Is the
epitome Of good taste. An hour
with her is a lesson in fashion.
You can count the women of the
world on your two hands whose
elegance can be pitted against that
Of Marguerite Churchill.
How and why does she reach
this enviable state of exquisite
ness? She's beautiful to start, but
there are plenty of beautiful
women who are sloppy or merely
meat" She has money, but there
are myriads Of rich women with
rotten taste at whom you'd never
look twice. The answer is this:
Take a lesson from Marguerite
Churchill:
She says quietly:
"T always know exactly what
I want before 1 buy it. I will
not compromise: 1t may take
months to find it but / would
rather do without than substi-
tute something that doesn't
quite click"
Like Work of Art
She knows what she wants. She |
Of her dresses is poem of per-
fection. They prove point that
I have never before been able to
put into words-that good taste
when achieved is like a work of
art the excellence of which every
one has to admit.
I defy anyone with even smat
tering of style sense not to go
absolutely haywire over every
single item of Marguerite Church
ills wardrobe, from the Chinese
silk negligee that she is wearing
today to the little leopard skull
cap she wears with a matching
cape.
She calls them "timeless
clothes" She says she is too
thrifty to buy clothes indiscrimin-
ately. She doesn't brag about de-
signing. -.,--
"Of course, you say you de-
sign them. But you really work !
with the person who makes
them, the fashion magazine and
your. own particular preference
and take little from each"
In her bedroom, the walls of
which are done in ivory satin bro
cade. the bed of which is low
with a quilted satin headboard,
we sit by the fireplace and have
tea. Miss Churchill's robe is in
pale lime green. Chinese silk,
very clinging and revealing of her
perfect figure. Nile green silk
mules are on her small bare feet.
Feet, incidentally, that are as ex-
quiSite as her hands for she has
her pedicure along with her mani
cure. Her toe-nails are tinted pale
pink.
Her hair is done in the latest
fashion with a bunch of deep au-
burn curlS like cockade, short
in back with an upward sweep.
She has dark brown eyes ano
beautiful peach-like satin skin
tones. She has the air of bliss
full contentment that comes of be-
ing happily married, for she is
very much in love with her huS-
band, George O'Brien, and so is
he with her They have a TO-
months old baby.
Her Clothes
But let's take a look at her
clothes. between bites of cake and
sips Of tea.
She says:
Here is my leopard cape.
LeOpardS are hard to get now
because Of the Ethiopian busi-
ness"
It's full street length with a
high standing collar, full flared
back and a box shoulder. With it
goes an amusing little skullcap
also Of leopard. She brings out a
dress.
"ThiS is shartclOth-it's heav-
Ter than SharkSkin."
It's a grey wooden dress with a
faint herringbone weave, full
skirted with cumberbund of Jade
green chamois and a high plain
neck-with narrow band of the
chamois edging it. With it she
wears precious little jade green
chamois skull cap.
She has a black silk crepe coat,
beautifully quilted all over and
just the right weight for the Cali
fornia climate, that is trimmed
with tubingS of mink which tie at
the neck. Very elegant but com.
pletely transformations.
She has hit Of black velvet
that is made exactly like the head.
gear Of the Sphinx that she wears
without any hair showing to COM
plete gunmetal grey satin ankle
length frock.
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