Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
'G|on0our Set Has Its Whin1s
When tCones toLuncheon
Kaye Eats Salads for Breakfast,
Andrews Just Sticks to Steaks
By Harold Heffernon

oysters, ordered some lemon slices.
crackers and a bottle Of catsup,
making his meal of that.
II have repeatedly pointed out
to Mr.. Mature" said Janios. that
while this cafe is a non-profit In
stitution. 1t would be impossible
to keep its doors open If we had
many customers like him."
Milton Berries arrival a few
weeks ago on the Warner Bros
lot really upset all eating habits
in that studios famous little
Green Room. According to Grace
Inns, hostess there for nearly 20
years, Berries luncheon routine Is
in a horrible class by itself. He
walks IN v,eh from 6 to 10 guests
daily-nSising no reservations in
advance-and then proceeds to
table-hop all over the place. In
variably. Miss Inns points out. he
returns to the set without touch
ing his order-usually two kinds
of meat served on the same plate,
with nothing else. In midafter-
noon the hostess often gets a
hurry call from him to send over
a quart of buttermilk.
Other oddities in the luncheon
section include Danny Kaye who
eats eggs at every noon meal be-
cause he likes salads for break
fast; Jimmy Stewart, who has q
standing order at every commits
sary in town for hot dogs; Ste
phen Mentally, who drinks clam
juice and eats fish five times q
week; Elsa Manchester, who sleeps
instead Of eating at noontime be-
cause her double duty in pictures
and on the Turnabout stage every
night shortens her slumber period:
William Holden, who eats ham
burgers with barbecue sauce three
times a day; Sonia Henie. whose
alternating luncheon favorites
are tartar sandwiches (made from
raw meat or baked fish. and
Jimmy Cagney. who tap-dances
away his lunch hour in . dual
effort to take of that middle-ags
spread.
If Van johnson were an un-
known, folks might rate him just
another day 1aborer As he walks
through the MGM gates every
NOTWITHSTANDING one Of those
old-fashioned, black, galvanized
metal lunch boxes. In this bat
tered container. which has his
name family inscribed on the side.
Van carries his lunch from home.
The Johnsons have a first-class
chef and Van likes home cook
ing-that Is. Of what little he eats.
He's on a rabbitlike diet. As for
the box he'll never replace 1t with
a modern, plastic affair. It's q
memento from those days when he
had to punch factory time clock.
And Some Don't Eat.
In Hollywood's no-lunch-at-all
department are William Powell,
Irene Dunno and Maureen O'Hara.
The lovely ladies are fighting
weight. When Maureen gets too
hungry she eats sunf1ower seeds.
The oil contains a certain appetite
killer which is mountaineering.
Maureen is quick to point out.
however. that this diet should
never be followed unless pre-
scribed by a physician. Powell's
reason is medical. He must sleep
through the noon hour and, later
in the day. for energy's sake, eats
a sweet roll and drinks q cup of
tea.
There's q plot against Shelley
Winters. who knows she must not
gain weight. Still, she likes to
eat. 80 all mattresses in the COM
missary have been warned. When
ever Shelley comes In she auto
matically gets only half Of what
she orders despite protests and
brides,