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El Sueno /'The Dream" home of the Sills, is a transplanted bit of old Spain
Milton Sills' bedroom has a distinctly masculine air, in spite of the elegance of its furnishings and appointments. The dominant color is a rich, deep red, carried out in the bed spread of old Spanish brocade and Genoese velvet hangings. The arm chair is upholstered in gold satin
EL SUENO, which is what Doris K call their home, is the Spanish for While they were working together all the hours waiting between scenes planning their house. George Fitzmaurice sent his assistant for them one day. " Go and find Doris and Milton,'' he ordered. "They are probably building a house somewhere around the lot. Tell them to come back to earth and get to work." The assistant found them deep in an argument, sitting on the studio steps.
"Well, Milton, we have agreed on one thing," Doris was saying. " We will have to find a spot where you can have all the trees and flowers you want. We must find a place where everything will grow that can be grown in California."
"And, "said Milton, "if we do not find a spot beautiful enough to serve as a setting for you, we are not going to build any house."
It went on for months and months. In California they spent days looking for their architect. In New York they spent weeks haunting antique shops and galleries.
The result is that they got what they wanted for each other. El Sueno was rightly named. It is a dream come true.
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Typical Family Dinner at El Sueno
Avocado Cocktail
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Saddle of Lamb
Carrot Surprise
New Peas, French Style
Grapefruit Salad
Vanilla Ice Cream with
Hot Chocolate Sauce
Coffee
Formal Dinner
Caviar et Tomate Hawaii
Oil
Consomme Dame Blanche River Trout, California
Squab with White Wine Sauce
Broiled Sliced Oranges
New Peas
Onion Souffle
Endive and Grape Salad
Coeur Flottant aux Fruits
Crackers and Cheese
Coffee
But with all its beauty and charm, the thing that amazes me about that home is how' Doris manages it. She does it so perfectly and things run so smoothly that it doesn't seem like
management at all. That's the great secret.
The house revolves about Addie and Edgar, a colored couple who have been with Milton for ten years. Addie is general housekeeper. Edgar is not only the chauffeur but is general overseer of the sixacre estate. It falls to Edgar's lot to brighten and shine the two Rolls Royces, and to have the satisfaction of knowing that there is nothing quite like them when he gets through.
Alec is the butler. There are eight servants in all. Because all of them do their work efficiently, Doris' and Milton's home runs like a charm.
Doris has a personal maid. Her name is Irabella. A pretty heavy load for a colored lass of twenty, and with almost as few pounds to
Nuts
carry
make
Her one joy in life is to Miss Doris happy. Her affection is almost slavery.
MILTON'S garden is one of the most interesting and unusual in the whole country.
He has every form of cacti; a