Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

did, they never bothered me again. I'll always appreciate that. "People are nice up there. They know there's a war on and that this is no time to waste adulation on a film actress who has moved into the community to be with her husband. I became friendly with our nextdoor neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Milane, and we visit each other often. They made me ■realize that I could never become so famous that I couldn't get bowled over by real people. Johnny and I are plain. We never did go in much for hoopla even in Hollywood, so it was no problem for us to get used to simple living among nontheatrical people. "I wasn't due back in Hollywood for several weeks so I thought I would have lots of time to be with my family. But one day I was asked if I would go on a bondselling tour throughout the country. Of course, I accepted prqmptly. There isn't much sense in asking our men to fight for us unless we can provide them with the guns, planes and ammunition with which to fight. I was proud that I could have some small part in the Hollywood contingent sent all over the country to raise more money, and I never regarded it as an intrusion upon my private life. Ifs exhausting work, going from city to city, talking to many different groups of people every day, but the satisfaction you get from doing your part makes you feel like a million dollars. If all of us pitch in and do the job that presents itself, no matter how small or insignificant it may be, the war will be won a lot quicker. "As soon as the tour was over, I made quick tracks to Seattle again to spend eighteen days with Johnny and the baby until I had to return to Hollywood for So Proudly We Hail. "The war has taught all of us a lot, and most important it has shown us women that we can crowd many things into our lives. At first, I thought my main adjustment would be to keep my home in Seattle and my career in Hollywood without losing either. But I expect to go out on many more bond tours, so that's another job to be taken on. But it doesn't frighten me at all. I know I can do all three. "This isn't smugness or conceit. These are days when almost every American woman has her normal pattern disrupted and is rising to the changes in war-time living. So many women are setting up house in strange cities, are raising their children and assuming besides war jobs in factories or in volunteer organizations. They've learned to be several women in one and I'd be lacking their spunk and ingenuity if I couldn't meet this emergency in my own life. "If I can be three women in one — Army wife, actress and bond salesman — I'm not doing anything extraordinary. Some sacrifices are involved, true enough. I can't be with my husband and baby all the time, as I'd like to. There are long separations and there is little time for rest. But we'll have all that back later, when victory is ours. "In the meantime, I'm only trying to gear myself to the present tempo and do my best to keep intact my family life and the freedom to work — and these after all, are the American principles for which we are fighting." ■ 'at/ NO DISHES? You have just bought a piano, a livingroom rug, a fine watch, or some similar, substantial adjunct to your home or your scheme of living. What extra inducement was "thrown in" to influence your choice? The answer, of course, is — nothing. In fact, you'd be suspicious if something extra had been offered! You are satisfied the article itself is worth the price you paid. Most Fels-Naptha Users feel the same way about laundry soap. They know that a bar or box of Fels-Naptha Soap is worth every penny of the purchase price — in extra washing energy. They don't want any other extras "thrown in." As one woman aptly puts it, "the soap that's cheapest at the counter isn't always cheapest when the washing's done." 37