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The young girl almost shouted, "There he is now. Do you really know him?" The boy got out of the car and started to walk over to where Bing had parked. The latter spotted him as he approached and called, "Hi, Bud." They exchanged greetings, and Bing got out of his car and came over to meet his fans. The girl could stand it no longer. She just had to tell him that she thought Bud was kidding her about knowing, him. Bing grinned and said, "Know him? Why, I practically raised the guy." It is highly probable that Bing might send his regrets to the King and Queen of England, if they were to request his appearance at a Command Performance, but solely for the reason that he doesn't honestly see where his presence or services could possibly create more happiness for them than that which they already enjoy. However, that same night he might sing himself hoarse in some pub for a lot of people who can't possibly afford the price of one of his records. The Robin Hood of entertainers. As far as anyone can discern, Bing is practically immune from censure of any sort. He has a routine by which he pro tects himself. A few years ago he was the subject of an attack by a babbling radio commentator. When his friends told him about it, he shrugged and said, "Oh, is he still on the air?" After all of these years he has learned that you can't please all of the customers. It is easy to see how a man of Bing's breeding, religion, and education could be the victim of a bad press. He just will not discuss his private life with anyone, which in my estimation makes him a real gentleman of distinction. It is for those who persist in snooping that he reserves his golden silence. There are those who feel that for some reason he has suddenly become more cooperative with the press and public. He certainly has. After all of these years they have begun to see his point of view, and are beginning to respect his wishes. He is the greatest copy in the world, and will spin yarns for the press until they are dizzy if they will confine their coverage to the things that are within their domain. His wide variety of interests will give them plenty to choose from, so from now on there should be some great Crosby stories coming their way. With everything that he accomplishes in a day, a week, a month, or a year, he can't possibly be as unhurried or as casual as he seems. If you could sufficiently penetrate that epidermis of his, I'm sure that you'd find that he has all of the component parts that go into the making of a pressure cooker. However, I like to think that he slows himself down with the admonition of a Spanish proverb, used by the early Californians, when it was still the land of manana. Namely, "Poco a poco se anda lejos," which means, "Little by little, one goes a long way." How Independent Should A Girl Be? Continued from page 23 firm but, I also believe that the primary purpose of a woman is to be a wife and mother and that anything, especially lowered moral standards, which jeopardizes her future status as a wife and mother is undesirable and should be avoided like a typhoid carrier!" said June with conviction. "Let's analyze independence. It's surely helpful for a girl to be self-reliant, to be able to take care of herself if the need arises. It's good for her ego, no doubt, to be self-directing. But with too much self-reliance and self-direction she can become overly dominant, the bossy type, so unattractive that eventually she'd be shunned. "There is also a big difference between 'freedom' and 'license.' Unfortunately many girls who break away from parental restraint confuse the two and go on a spree of doing everything they want; they refuse to admit that moral standards are still important. They are foolish, for men still find virtue more attractive!" It was amazing how well June managed to keep her trend of thought so well defined as she discussed this question of independence, for she was interrupted repeatedly. We were lunching at the 20th Century-Fox Cafe de Paris; June had returned to her home lot for added scenes on "I'll Get By," after her longsiege in St. John's Hospital. It seemed that just about everybody of importance stopped by her table to tell her how wonderful it was to have her back. Such a popular gal! She will be at Warners' too, after a good rest, to make "Just Off Broadway," the third of her threepicture deal at that studio. After a slight pause for a few bites of her chickensalad-on-rye she continued. It was perfectly obvious she had given the subject a deal of thought. "I think the young girl of today has a terrific problem in trying to retain her femininity and at the same time insisting on independence to compete as she pleases in a man's world. A girl needs lots of character to maintain balance under such circumstances. "The amount of independence a single girl needs and should have depends entirely on the individual, on her maturity. If a girl is lucky enough to go away