Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section How They Manage Their Homes [ CONTINUED FROM PACE 36 ] How about its human rulers? Well, Mary picks the colors, orders the redecoration, chooses the furniture, but every penny of Pickfair's sizable bills is paid for by Douglas Fairbanks! Not a cent of the opulent Pickford income goes toward the expenses of the menage. Doug believes that it is not only the duty but the privilege of the master of a household to pay its running expenses. Here is data on the staff of servants who keep the manor going smoothly and hospitably. A T the head of the staff is Albert, major■' ^domo extraordinary and head of the household. For $300 a month he supervises the home, Nvith a first and second man under him at S150 a month apiece. But it is .-Vlbert's great joy to see that Doug is ever well turned out. Albert sees to the pressing of the master's immense wardrobe — that his shoes have the daily shine and that no fragmentary socks are in danger of being worn. And when a fancy luncheon is ser\-ed at the studio, Albert takes pride in seeing that it is all handled in the height of good taste. Over the kitchen reigns a chef-cook. Her salary is S200 a month, and she rules the culinary arrangements. The Fairbankses have found that a woman buys more economically than a man, and can be had for about $50 a month less. As her assistant she has a kitchen maid, who does all the scullery labor and cooks for the help. An upstairs maid does all the chamber work, at $90 a month, while the first and second man look after downstairs. They also clean, dust and tend the fires. There are two chauffeurs, one who receives $150 a month for driving and $50 extra for operating the motion picture projector. The other receives $150. Over the grounds presides the head gardener, at a salary of $200 a month. He has four helpers at $4.00 a day, but only on fair days. The laundress receives $80 a month, and does all the washing, including Mary's personal things. The mistress' maid sees to most of the mending. Young Mary's governess is on the roster at $80 a month, while Miss Pickford's personal maid receives $125 a month. And there is one watchman at $35 a week who lives out. Last, but far from least, is CharKe Daugherty, general roustabout and handy man. /^'HARLIE came with the property, and '^-'seems to be a bargain at $35 a week. One of his chief duties is to go to Film Row and bring out the pictures that arc privately shown at Pickfair, and he is a familiar sight chugging through Hollywood in a dilapidated and grunting flivver. Charlie, in short, is Lord High Errand Runner. Pickfair can't be run on a budget. There are too many unexpected demands. Any minute a duke may drop in. Green stuffs alone sometimes cost the family $14 a day, as it is difficult to grow one's own things, even in California. One of the first things Doug did, when Pickfair was purchased, was to strike for water. His brother, Robert, an engineer, supervised the boring of a fine, deep well. Whatever happens to the Beverly Hills water supply, Pickfair will never lack for a good cold drink of water. Pickfair is at once one of the most democratic estates in the world, and yet one whose charming privacy of life is most jealously guarded. Doug believes that his home is his castle, in the good old English tradition. Tremendously friendly and hospitable, he still feels that 133 WHEN THE KING COMMANDS PROVOCATIVE red heels in a than in the land of castanets and swirl of silken skirts . . . lace mantillas, where standards of mantilla enhancing the charm of feminine beauty are so high," coral lips and starlit eyes . . . and _ . ^ .1 .iL 1 • 5 1. UemandTangeeloday! One lipstick and then ... the kmg S own COmpll ^ouge for all complexions. On sale every ments ! where. Tangee Lipstick $1. Tangee Rouge This was the triumph of our own ^?"P?'=' '^^^ Tangee Creme Rouge $1. A„ • J T-» • ivT-i Also Tangee Face Powder, clinging, frag American danseuse. Dons Niles, „nt, $1. Tangee Night Cream $1. Tangee commanded to dance before King Day Cream $1. Twenty-five cents more Alfonso of Spain! in Canada. Such conquests do not depend Beauty ... for 20 Cents! upon skill or grace alone. Miss Twenty cems bring, y„u the miniature Ta„g„ Beauty N*l 1 . r t ^^* — i*l' *i^ items and the "Art ofMake-lIn " AHHrt^o lies makes no secret of her re r>ept. p. p. 5, The ce„rge w. i:„ft coX-y iLT !• rr, ^ <• 1 417 Fifth Avenue. New York. liance upon 1 angee to perfect the charm of her personal make-up. ^°""' Says she: "Never was I more Addres, grateful for Tangee's perfect help /' '«\ if the name Tangee iloea not appear on the package it is not Tange* When you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAY MAOAZINR