Evening star., 1954-05-09
Glon1our Is Their Business
By Lydic Lone

HOLLYWOOD. = Gene Tier
ney is back in HOLLYWOOD after
two years in Europe, where she
made two pictures. When she
wasn't working her constant es-
cort was Prince Ally Khan and
she Is now wearing his ring.
Gene has darling little house
ia a canyon in Beverly Hills and
when I visited her there the
ether afternoon she was wear
ing black slacks. Q beautiful
hand-embroidered peasant blouse
afid no makeup on her beautiful
skin.
We chatted about European
women and Gene said: II hnd
that they spend much more time
on themselves than we do. The
woman who can afford it would
never think Of doing her own
hair or nails. In fact she goes
several times a week to have
her hair dressed.
Sometimes a. woman prefers
o manicurist in one shop and
q hair stylist in another and 1t
would never occur to her. In
order to save time. to have her
nails done while her hair Is
drying.
"You see more chic women in
Europe, but they almost make
q career Of this. They are
dressed by a famous couturier
and are very conscious Of what
is going on in the world OF
fashion.
''The American girl has many
more duties because it's more
difficult and expensive for her
to get domestic help. In Europe
they are more class conscious
than we are and take a pride
in carrying on their family
tradition Of being good cooks
Or nursemaidS.
"The American girl tries to
be all things in one and Is more
of a comrade and friend with
her husband. We think nothing
of it if a girl is a mother. dresses
very attractively and has a career
at the same time," Gene ex-
planned.
1.-THE European woman doesn't
have our drive or initiative. She
is much less independent and &C
cepts her husbands decisions
and lives within his income with
out thinking about augmentlng
It with a job of her own.
Better Manners
"We're brought up so differ
entity" she went on. "One time
I was on a bus in New York and
was pregnant. No man got up
to give me his seat. thought
that this was the new era-the
price we pay for our independ-
ence.
"I know Ally used to say to
me, Won't you let me open the
door Of the carp But if you'd
sit there with an American he's
liable to say, What's the mat
ter with you? Can't you open
the door?' You can't live IN
Europe very long without realiz-
Ing that they have better man
ners than we dots matter
Of training"
We chatted about the lipStick-
less vogue which the young girls
In italy and France are affecting.
IF you have good skin and
high coloring it can be very
pretty" Gene said. But that
scrubbed look is not attractive
at night and I'll tell you how
the rumor started that I was
not wearing lipstick at parties.
] like to take time with my
lipstick. I have a full mouth
and to get it even and well
filled in I can't hurry. In fact.
I can't do anything when I'm
rushed. One night Ally called
tor me and he seemed terribly
upset that / wasn't ready be-
cause it was important to him
to be prompt. So rather than
put my lipstick on badly I didn't
put any on at all until after
we got there"
We talked about the following
fashions and Gene said she was
not quick to follow a trend.
Dressing yourself is some
thing so personal" she explained.
Zone of my best features, I
think, is that I have slim hipS.