Evening star., 1938-10-02

word-or what?
There's Myrna 10y. On the sore,
ried to. She has all the virtues-none
OF the vices. How about her private
life rendition Of "wife?" BY . strange
coincidence, Myrna gives as great q
performance Is Mrs. Arthur Hornblow
as she does screen mated TO Clark
Gable or William Powell. Myrna is
the dream wife. whichever way you
look at her. She is that strange prod
uct-a thoroughly domesticated film
star.
I wonder how many Of you get up
early enough for breakfast with your
husband. Well, Myrna does-even
when she is not working. She's a
pretty good cook, too. Her preserves
and jams are something. She knows
lot about gardening, too, and works
side by side with the man paid to do
it. She is very proud Of her lime trees
and loves nothing more than sending
boxes OF this fruit to her friends. She
has four servants, but Myrna handles
her own shopping at the Farmers
N4oA hCo oll + dll ldA avenue.
Miss 10y does not make the mistake
OF putting her home-or even her ca
reer-before the interests of her pro-
ducer-husband-who, incidentally. is
boss OF this menage. They both talk
great deal Of shop" reading scripts
together--he advising her-she advis-
Ing him. The keynote OF their attrsc-
tive house in Hidden Valley is infor-
mality-they eat outdoors a great deal
-Myrna's favorite home costume.
slscks
Mr.. and Mrs Hornblow always va
cation together-their favorite place,
Ensenada. Maybe its because she Is
such a good wife in real life that
Myrna has such success with her screen
wife portrayals. Don't you think?
JEANETTE MAcDoNALD's home
life with Husband Gene Raymond
IS more formal, but jeanette does all
right with her role of wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond usually breakfast alone
'they have separate Suites), but take
coffee together before jeanette leaves
tor work. On Sunday Miss Mac
donald. who is an expert wafIie maker,
cooks the breakfast.
They have three servants, including
A housekeeper. but Jeanette checks
over all the bills. and has a grand
,lme with her linens. Chief topic of
home conversation is music-they have
Two and
graph. They make recordings togeth-
Greene composes. Career converse
ton is not encouraged
jeanette likes giving parties and
makes a point of being particularly
gracious to her husbands friends,
She believes that the best way to
keep . man happy is to leave him
alone. But they take whatever vaca-
tions they get together, usually on a
dude ranch.
Sunday is the only morning on
which Claudette Colbert sees her hus-
band, DR.. Joel Pressman During the
week the doctor has left for his surgery
before Claudette's eyes are open (ex-
cept when she is toiling, Of course).
Claudette is typical French wife.
She is very economical and a trife
fussy with her servants-who run her
house with clocklike precision. She is
not the domestic type Her chief
and I think sole-culinary achieve
ment is coffee.
Her career is the first love of her
life, but she is very interested in that
OF her huSband-listens to him atten.
lively this is good tip to every
wife) when he talks shop. Except
when she is working, the doctor and
his lady dress every night for dinner.
a CROSS the way from the Press
mans are their closest friends
another doctor and his film star wife
Irene Dunne-Dr. Francis Grifith.
1rene's mate practices in New York,
but he comes out here frequently.
There is happy understanding be-
tween the charming brunette actress
and her craving mate He is OF quiet
temperament. So is she.
There are never more than four
guests at dinner. You can't do JUS
tlce to yourself or your guests if there's
a crowd says Irene. She is very
home-loving, runs her house charm
lngly, fond of music, golf and antiques.
Talks about everything-except pic