Evening star., 1948-09-28
Capital Careers

Iso-groomed, right-out-of the pages
acknowledgements look
that seems so simple yet Is the hard
est thing In the world to achieve.
For a girl whose world revolves
about play concocting, turning out
fashion copy is Just fooling around.
It's so easy-just q matter of associ-
alton. For instance, you don't write
about just earrings. They're gypsy
earrings" Two little words that
conjure up an immediate picture of
cleaning metal, flashing eyes, ex-
element.
A dress isn't Just blue. It's "sky
blue" Makes you think of yourself
in it a heavenly, frothy cloud dream,
floating gracefully in q wonderland
of loveliness.
/ So how easy it is?
Looking back over Margo's life, it
seems everything has come easy to
her. Everything except success at
the one thing she most wants.
She was born in Bronxville, which
has no connection with the Bronx
Of Bronx Cheer fame, being several
hundred miles north of that locale.
Bronxville, population $500, altitude
100 feet, is an exclusive residential
village and the seat Of Sarah Law
renee College.
So it naturally follows that her
background includes private schools
and a coming out" After which
her story more individual and less
a typical Town and Country set
saga. Somehow Margo, who has as
previously reported been stagestruck
since grade three, journeyed South
to Charleston, S. c., where she did
some stage managing at the Dock
Street Theater, the Oldest theater
in the United States 0736).
She went next to the Pittsburgh
Playhouse, where she was a produc-
ton manager; worked for the Thea
ter Guild around Oklahoma! as an
assistant to the production manager.
Or as the holder Of such . position
is more commonly known, she was
bottlewasher. Probably so-called
because the bottlewasher does every
thing but.
Working for the Theater Guild
was exciting. She rubbed shoulders
with the greats Of the stage, almost
in Bankhead's Foolish Notion" and
one especially fine day politely held
open a door for Oscar Hammerstein
and then accidentally tripped him
up as he walked through 1t.
Still unable to write a salable
play herself, she next became play
reader for the National Broadcast
ing Co. in New York. Not A play
reader, but THE play reader, the
only one for the network.
Along about Pittsburgh she had
got married. He was in the Navy
he's q Commander stationed here
now-overseas and the ensuing jobs
were time filters until his return.
After that, the Phillipses headed
West to San Francisco for a While
where Margo did some radio work,
then back here where she entered
the world Of fashion writing as a
copy girl and now about a year later
is the head of all advertising copy
for said swank department store.
The Phillipses have Georgetown
address; both love to cook. Margo
had to learn to keep up with the
Commander who is gourmet and
chef par excellence. She speaks
French and Portuguese, the latter
learned in preparation for trip to
Brazil that has not yet come on
adores Gielgud's acting and modern
architecture (not modernistic, not
moderne, modern, seeD.
Also, she interior decorates,
sculpts, paints, loves to make beds
and wash dishes C'they are things
at which you see results so quickly)
and collects coffee pots, building her
collection on base of three received
as wedding presents. OF course. she
could have returned two OF them
but this is more fun!