Evening star., 1940-04-16

She was baby then. But she does
its aftermath, the poverty and dis
tress in Vienna, whose people were
too brave to give way to despair.
That is kind of knowledge OF war,
the remembered pain on faces in
city that had been one of the worlds
more gay and happy places.
Miss Lamar was remembering
and, without being dramatic at all
about it, said 1t gave her an empty
feeling inside.
In the way of all foreign-born
players in Hollywood, a way that
makes one conscious Of the glory Of
a peaceful country, Miss Lamar
finds her greatest satisfaction in
living in America. She is on her
way to becoming an American citi-
zen.
The movies, her marriage to Gene
Markey and their ranch in the
mountains are Miss Lamarr's major
concerns in this quiet, pleasant
part of the world, but she would
not be averse to playing on the
stage should the right play ever
lift its pretty head. 1t is not gen.
orally known, so great has been the
focus on her screen career, that
Miss Lamar was of the theater in
her native Vienna. She was, and
she would like 1t known that it re-
mains one of her loves just as it
does every one else who left it be-
hind to come here for a picture
career.
Most pleasant sideline OF Miss
Lamar, who, with her husband,
leads one Of the quietest lives in
this part Of the world, is her
"menagerie." It consists at the
moment OF Great Dane, two SCOT
ties, some chickens and ducks.
Miss Lamar gives them her per-
sonal attention, finding animals a
considerable consolation in a world
filled with SO many vicissitudes.
She plans to increase the stock as
rapidly as possible. She may rep
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glamour ever devoted to so much
livestock, but Miss Lamar prefers
1t to the gaudy life.
One of the more impressive things
about her, part of the admiration
which she evokes across a piece of
chocolate cream pie, is her almost
complete absence of accent. On
very few words in her large Eng
hsh vocabulary does the slightest
trace Of Austrian intrude. It is the
result not only of a natural apti-
tude for languages, but of very in
tense study on Miss Lamarr's part.
One Of Miss Lamarr's most
pleasant regrets for discussion with
a Washington newspaperman is her
inability to attend the last Presi-
dents Birthday Ball. She was in
vited, and is proud of that. She
regrets that work kept her from
attending for she has heard that
Washington is one of the most
beautiful cities in the world.
When do see it. really want
to do it properly" she says. How
long will that take?"
We thought. honestly we hope,
that anything less than a week
would be ridiculous. And, usurping
the prerogatives Of Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen. we promised Miss
Lamar the keys to the city, and
the largest, most dexterous corps Of
guides in Washington history, hav-
ing specifically in mind Carter
Barron, Bill Hill, Harry Macarthur
and dozens Of other specialists in
Washington lore.
Even without the keys of the
city, and in spite of the failure Of
one or two guides to show up, Miss
Lamar promises to see what
Washington is like on her next
trip East. Chocolate pie inspires a
man to 60 "all out" on the subject
of inviting movie players to visit
the National Capital. It must have
been the chocolate pie.
That's about all we remember of
what Miss Lamar said to us and
we said to her.
Any one who thinks it is not
very much is welcome to try remem-
bering more.