Evening star., 1954-09-23

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they are told: well. must says
you're hard one to find" J
Who in his right mind. for ex-
ample. would sit at his desk
waiting to be found when he could
be lost, so to speak, with Pat
Cow, Olive Henderson and Jack
Foxe at breakfast?
The Misses Cow and Hender-
son are the Scots lassies, the
bonniest watch those ms"
boys), brought here to spice the
promotion of MGM's "Briga-
doom" musical. They are
from Ayr, heiresses to the at
mosphere that inspired Bobby
Burns. When they are home,
Of course. They work at
nearby Prestwick airport, as
hostesses for Scandinavian Air
Lines. :. Ground hostesses who
make life pleasant and uncon-
fusing for passengers at interna-
tional airdromes.
They are dazzled by America.
-. We paid them the return
compliment of our best early
morning dazzle. There's no
town Of Brigadoon in Scotland.
they said, but there is a Doom
river and a bridge across 1t and
1t is known as Brig o. Doom.
That's how it came about. the
name. Il
The Ayr girls are collecting
endless souvenirs Of their flying
trip, "serviettes even." Miss Cow
said, "and swizzle sticks" added
Miss Henderson. Naturally
this inspired the question: What
do you drink here? -. ".Orange
Juice" they chorused. is. Its
timed at home. Everybody
told them Washington would be
the most beautiful place. g. s. :.
Everybody was right, they said.
They'll, never forget the
Lincoln Memorial at midnight.
Or having to go home when
there is SO much to see. !. ;.
Both speak crisp, tidy. unburred
English. =. Only touch OF 100
proof Scotch in the whole con-
versation was Miss Cows re-
ference to "the wee boy" in a
movie, 1.-THE Kidnappers." e.
We must come to Scotland some
time, they said. -. We must.
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CELESTE HOLM: She found
us. see? . Right at the drama
desk where we might-were in
deed-have been waiting for a
call from Celeste Holm. -. Miss
Holm, bubbling. intelligent girl,
was in town for the Community
Chest kickoff in the Govern
ment departments. Pro-
fessionally, she's bubbling over
the prospect of her upcoming
CHS Sunday night television
show.
Full-time job? we wanted to
know. "This season, at least"
she said. "The ideal. thing.
of course, would be to have 1t on
film. Then. I'd be available
for a play, musical, film. or club
date. . I'll do one of the latter
at the Plaza. some time during
the season. I'll be in New
York and where could a girl be
happier than at the Plaza?" =.
Or an aristocratic hotel find Q
girl easier to be happy with?
This, you see, is where tele-
vision columnists are wrong lr
their clustering about shows that
are not Give" :. Why shouldnt
television, which is a picture al
best, be a picture Of a picture
and leave at least the gifted
girls free to provide live enter
tainment for the living people
in the living theater? Hunh:
Besides, the Government car
use the additional tax revenue.
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IRVING FIELD: He found us
too, and vice versa. For lunch
con. Over which he vouch
safed the intelligence that th'
summer season at Carter Barron
amphitheater ended happily il
the black. Not very far int
the black, but comfortably. >.
And the first time such a thinl
ever happened. Most profitabl
attraction: 1.-THE Golden Apple.
=. It could have played twic'