Evening star., 1954-05-31
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orous singer to you, but she was
being a haraSSed housewife one
day last week. This was made
fairly clear when she called from
New York to make sure that
Washington friends knew that
she would be here tonight to
start a weeks engagement at the
Casino Royal.
: This is a habit of Miss Car
Son's. She is a nice girl who does
not need any press agent to tell
her how to make and keep
friends. If the movies took life
time option on Mindy (Which
the movies would be smart to do)
she would remain through the
years the least likely of all fe-
males to be even nominated for
that "least cooperative" award
of the Hollywood press gals.
Even so, her good humor
could not hide a certain edgy
quality in her voice when she
called. 1t was Friday, the after
noon before the evening when
she was to be visited by Edward
R. Murrow'S Person to Person"
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Eddie joys frau can be just as
wary as any housewife you know
would be if a pack of strangers
Invaded her home and began
pushing the furniture around.
You ought to see my apart
ment!" said Miss Carson, some
how sounding like Nicaragua.
Its full of equipment and wires.
There are four cameras here, I
think, and about 20 men. They're
crawling all over the place,
around the terrace and in and
out the windows. They've taken
over the children'S room COM
pletely. It's now a TV control
room"
When that man Murrow calls
on a girl, he makes an impress
sion.
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THE HACKSAW-A number
of girls we know drool at the
mere mention of Eric Sevareid's
name. We hope, for their sake,
that they missed the CBS-WTOP
commentator the other night
when he got around to the
latest in feminine hair styles Cf
style is the word. Mr.. Sevareid
was doing anything but drooling
tight back. He was, in fact, con-
tending that this popular distaff
haircut "raises again the ques-
ton whether the female sex is
here to stay, or even wants to
stay"
Fashion experts hold" said
Mr.. Sevareid, that it was started
by Audrey Hepburn in 'Ondine,'
with an assist from the French
dancer, Jeanmaire; or by Miss
Anita Loos, who presumably tore
her hair out in patches while
perfecting the book, Gentlemen
Prefer Blonds;' or by Miss Carol
Charming, star of the stage ver-
sion. There is a certain splendid
irony in the whole development,
fer Miss Loos wrote about
bonds, Miss Charming was a
blond on the stage, and yet. so
the experts have informed me,
the new hairdo has reduced
blonds to wretch ednesS. It
simply does not do for blonds.
The rusty hacksaw hairdo is
just fine for brunettes," he
added. This resulted in the
further irony of brunetteS-dyed-
blond now having to dye them
selves back into their natural
shade. The whole thing is
already raising havoc with the
peroxide business and the hair
dressing business. Most BARRIERS
can't charge more than a couple
of dollars for the new operation,
which takes only about seven
minutes.
Moreover, straight haired
women have spent vast annual
sums for curly hair, and this
thing, am told, is no good with
curls. After centuries of pre-
emlnence. the curly haired blond
has had it,"
For Mr.. Sevareid's information,
Miss Charming became a red
head to replace Rosalind Rus
sell in Wonderful Town" We
know because she recently baf-
fled an interviewer by saying,
without ad ded explanation,
"Henna is good for the hair, like
Fuller'S Earth for dogs" Miss
Charming. Furthermore, is a Won
derful girl and we will take a
rusty hackSaw to anyone who
tries to blame this thing on her.
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