Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1956)

YOUR COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR SFRHSTG tne RITE-FIT Dress of the Month Selection Ensemble fashion at its best . . . and all of it yours for around $1 1 V MORE than a coat . . . MORE than a dress — a Rite-Fit costume of importance to wear any day, any hour. The dress of rich rayon crepe ... a button-down sheath printed with gay confetti. The coat in Burlington's crisp acetate and rayon Pavalo ... a slender line all the way down to the narrow side slits. And it's such a pretty topping for just about everything you'll wear this Spring. The dress in Red, with white-and-navy print, or Navy, with red-and-white print. The coat in Navy only. Sizes 14'/2 to 24'/2. For the name of the store nearest you, write: Max Wiesen & Sons, 463 7th Avenue, New York City 18 "I guess I wasn't very much of a gentleman. I didn't answer the note. In fact I didn't kndw what a gentleman wafi; '"the insurance man came to our house about that time and I remember listening to him talk about policies and premiums. Well, as he was leaving, my mother said, 'Rusty, say goodbye to the gentleman.' I looked up and said, 'Mom, he's not a gentleman, he's an insurance man."* Russ ran his fingers through his hair. "Gee, mothers put up with a lot, don't they? I know mine did." Venetia laughed and took Russ' hand. "I'll remember that," she said. "There whb my older brother 'Warren," Russ continued, "and when 1 was nine, Larry Was born. Warren and I were real buddies. "In the old days there was a big, grassy field just outside of Inglewood where we lived. It's an oil field now, but then it was a favorite roaming place for Warren and me. "One afternoon we found a snake up there. Warren got an old box and we took it home. "I went in the garage and hid it in the trunk of the family car. Then I asked my mother how she'd like to have a nice, long snake for a pet. A horrified look came over her face and she put her hand to her throat, not daring to move or turn around. She said, 'Rusty Tamblyn, where is it?' "I said, 'Oh, don't worry, Mom, it's out in the car.' My mother shrieked, she can't stand snakes, grabbed me by the arm and called for Warren. We went to the car. Mother ordered us to take it back to the field. "Well, we looked all over the car and couldn't find the snake. He had gotten out of the box. We never did find him. "But for days my mother refused to get into the car. Even after she did, if anything touched her foot she'd jump up out of the seat and cry, 'The snake, Rusty, the snake!' She never did feel comfortable in that car again. Sink— and swim "And then there was the time my father took us on the fishing trip. "Dad loves to fish. But in those days we had very little money. For two years he saved to take us on a vacation up at Big Bear lake. He went without tobacco, lunches, lots of little things. "Finally Dad said we had enough saved to go up for a week. Well, he bought fishing tackle for himself and Warren and me. All the hooks and the lines and the poles and the reels. We had everything. Dad was very happy when we got to Big Bear. He didn't know that horrible things were about to happen. "We rented a boat. Mother stayed at the little cabin. Dad showed us how to row and after a while we got out to the middle of the lake. Dad had a big rock on a rope for an anchor. He dropped that over and got out his tackle, baited his hook and cast his line out. Warren did the same. I just sat there for a while. Then I said, 'I wanna fish, too, Dad!' "Dad said, 'Well, go ahead, son, throw your line out' So I very carefully gathered up all the tackle and threw it in the lake. 'Oh, no!' my father hollered, as he watched the pole, the line and the reel sink into the ' < water. He made a desperate grab and al "It most overturned the boat. He sat down «ar and glared at me. He was very angry. He * said, 'Now you sit there and keeo quiet, 0 sa\ pointing to the other end of the boat. "I sat for a while. Then I got bored. Warren and Dad were like two statues 'M and Tufty, our chow dog, was snapping at flies. or "My eye spotted the anchor rope and or 0 fflent Hen