Evening star., 1942-01-30

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wardrobes are 20 extensive that
hound's-tooth checks have to bark
to get worn more than once . year,
took the news without q murmur.
Even those who are accustomed to
dressing like pages 23 to 46, in
elusive, Of Esquire Magazine. and
who make fashion plate look like a
tramp in q dust storm, were not
shaken.
When news Of the victory suit"
reached Hollywood, I was playing
golf at the Lakeside Golf Club with
Bing Crosby and Johnny Weismul-
Ter. Instead Of being depressed over
the thought Of having to sing . love
song in q vestless suit, or climbing
a tree in q cu1less pair Of pants,
Bing and Johnny were elated.
OF course. didn't take their re-
actions as typical Of all Hollywood.
because Bing and Johnny are not
noted as dressers. 1t Is q known fact
that Crosby has only four suits, all
Of which were given to him by his
grandfather when he (Bing. not
granpa) left home to seek his fame
and fortune. He has never added
to his wardrobe, although 1t is gen.
orally believed that he could easily
do 30 by watching his pennies for .
month or two.
Weisnuller's Plight Worse.
weismuller isn't as well Oh as
Bing, sartorially speaking, his
grandfather having given him only
three suits, and Johnny is rougher
on clothes than Bing. It is much
easier on the clothes to sing Pen
nies from Heaven" than 1t Is to
throw . monkey on the ground and
wrestle with him.
AS soon as we finished the round.
I hot-footed to the clubhouse to
study the reactions Of other stars to
the coming Of the victory suit"
There is no better place in Holly
wood to study the stars than at
Lakeside. Scores of them belong to
the club.
I was particularly anxious to see
how Adolf Menjou reacted to tho
possibility Of having to wear vic
tory suit" Mr.. Menjou Is not only
the best-dressed man in the world
but also has q first-1o rating ON
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. The
sightseeing buses that pull to stop
along the first fairway at Lakeside,
in order to give the tourists an eye
full Of the cinema celebrities. are
equipped with smoked glasses to
protect the eyes Of the customers
when Mr.. Menjou strolls along the
greensward, intent upon breaking
100. He looks like a rainbow with
poor backswing, the aurora borealis
with a shaky putting stroke.
Menjou was not shaken by the an
nouncement of the victory suit"
Standing before his lockers (he
doesn't Just have locker, he has
one for caps, of which there are two
types, back nine and front nine
caps; one for sweaters, one for shirts,
one for scarfs, one for belts, etc.
etcD, he periodically said he would
be glad to 60 vestless If 1t would
help lick the Japs and Nazis.
Noble In Remuneration.
II have hundreds Of cuffs and
vests to give my country" he said.
"and will even give my shirt II that
will help"
Guy Kibbee was delighted to hear
of the victory suit" The man who
plays "Scatergod Baines" says that
he figures he has wasted 10000 man
hours buttoning vests and that with
the victory suit" he will have just
that much more time being lazy. He
did regret the coming of the cufless
trousers, however, saying that the
cuff has long been the best ash tray
ever invented by man.
I didn't get to poll Enrol Flynn. I
was sorry about this, because I
wanted to find out If Enrol thought
he could possibly be as brave wear
ing pants without suspenders as he
has been in the past. More on this
later.
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