Evening star., 1940-01-14

sponsive subject nor more natural
or helpful one. He would admit
that the actor was bit high-strung
but in no sense was he poseur.
The portrait is three-quarter
length, showing the classic Barry
more profile; the Byronic turn of
the head and the open collar show
an almost perfect throat and enough
of the nuque to make the contour
of the profile strong and we'll cut.
The costume is Shakespearean one
which is worn in My Dear Chill
dren," and the sittings for the por-
trait were given out in Chicago while
the remarkable run of that play
was taking the Windy City by storm
and the topic of conversation in
drawing rooms and night clubs was
what John Barrymore said and did
and it was a-plenty.
The portrait is to hang in the
Barrymore house at Beverly Hills.
Barrymore's Hobby
Collecting Cook Books.
1t may not be generally known,
but Mr.. Barrymore's hobby is COL
lecting cook books, and he prides
himself on tossing up salad that
would do credit to the wearer of the
Gordon bleu. He possesses a large
and varied assortment of cook books
whose margins are annotated in the
most original manner, and so keen
is he about any false note in recipe
that if he finds one he Immediately
writes the author of the book and
calls his attention to it.
And this reminds us that we
would like to own a copy of Merle
Armitage's The Merle Armitage
Book of Food" which Edward La
rogue Tinker wrote such delightful
review of in the New York Times
Book Review some time ago.
Mr.. Armitage is an impressario
living in Los Angeles who signs con-
tracts with dancers, opera singers
and symphony orchestras, among
other things, but whose prediction
for the culinary art causes him to
compile recipes tried out by the
great Of the world in art, literature
and even poetry-and, by the way,
there is no poetic license permitted
in the Armitage cook book, for his
wife, Elise-who made the drawings
printed in color in this book-tries
out the recipes in her own kitchen
to be sure that they are practicable
The Culinary Art
Appeals to the Great.
Able Diminet, who charmed all
those who met him when in Wash
ington few weeks ago. wrote that
charming book, Conversation at
Dinner" and Mrs. Lawrence Town
send will describe some delectable
dish she is fond of until ones mouth
waters; and Representative Mary
Norton will tell you how to make
beaten biscuit such as Southern
nanny would envy, while the
French Ambassador, Count de Saint
Quentin, is said to make a dressing
for artichokes that would tickle the
palate of Lucullus himself. If we
are not mistaken his excellency,
Count de Saint Quentin, was with
Gen. Allenby when he entered Jeru-
salem after the World War, but we
are told by the Department of Agri-
culture that the Jerusalem artichoke
does, not derive from the old Pales-
tinean city, but is grown in the
northeastern part Of North America.
Just one more, from Ogden Nash:
"Some singers sing of ladies eyes,
And some of ladies' lips.
Refined ones praise their ladylike
ways,
And coarse ones hymn their
hips.
The Oxford Book of English
Verse
Is lush with lyrics tender;
A poet, I guess, is more or less
Preoccupied with gender;
Yet I. though custom call me
crude,
Prefer to sing in praise Of food"