Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

What Should I Do? ( Continued, from page 76) begging her every night to go out with them. Of course, she would be broken hearted if I took her away and I hate to change schools in her senior year. In addition to that, I know that housing is simply impossible anywhere and no matter where we went she would soon make hosts of friends. (Mrs.) Edwin M. You might approach the problem in this way: You might explain to her that because she appeals to so many people she has an extremely happy life beckoning, if she herself does not spoil it. One can have a good time only when one is in excellent health. Any doctor will tell her that she is jeopardizing her welfare in the future by not getting enough rest. I imagine that she is an attractive girl so you might further appeal to her through her vanity. It is a well known fact in Hollywood that an actress, to be her best before the camera, must have ample sleep. While I am making a picture I plan to be in bed no later than nine o’clock every night. I do hope that by gentle means, and without making too important an issue of it, you can encourage your daughter to spread her good times over a longer period. Certainly you shouldn’t resort to changing your residence, since I am sure the problem can be solved by far less drastic means. Claudette Colbert Dear Miss Colbert: I am a miserable girl of nineteen who has never had a date. This is the reason — I am six feet tall in stockings, and men simply do not go for tall girls. I love to dance and I think I would be a good dancer if someone would just ask me. I have tried everything I can think of to make myself look shorter. I wear flat heels, two-piece dresses that are alleged to cut my visual height and I wear my hair quite long, but nothing seems to help. Have you any suggestions as to what I can do? Jane V. As a personal favor to me, will you stop trying to look short? If you are six feet tall, face the fact, be glad of it and extract every iota of drama that is possible from your height. Walk straight with your shoulders back and your head held high. Wear three-inch heels if you think the shoes are pretty. Don’t close yourself in a miserable shell of self-pity. Try to be friendly, self-possessed and assured. Mrs. Victor McLaglen is six feet tall. Bunny Waters, one of M-G-M’s Glamazons, is six feet tall. In Southern California there is a society called the Tip-Toppers, to which no girl can belong unless she is six feet tall or over. I have heart-broken letters from girls who can’t endure themselves because they are under five feet tall. I receive letters from girls who stumble around in a fog because they refuse to wear glasses. Never a day goes by that a letter from some girl bemoaning her unchangeable physical characteristics arrives. Yet, any intelligent girl will be able to look around her and find dozens of people with the same problem who have achieved great happiness. Claudette Colbert Dear Miss Colbert: I am a man of thirty-six. Twelve years ago I married for the first time. For two years we were very happy until my wife was selected to double for a movie star in an adventure picture. After three weeks of this exciting life she changed completely. My small salary as proof-reader simply was not enough to keep her happy. She left me and three years later I agreed to a divorce. I was awarded custody of our daughter who was taken by my mother to be reared. While I was carrying a torch for my wife I met a very nice girl who was my steady companion for two years. Because of my previous failure I was disinclined to marry again but, upon the insistence of this girl who was sure she could bring us both happiness, I agreed to marry. For five years we were very happy and were blessed with a son, who is now four. Three months ago I noticed a change in my wife. She became very cool to me and, upon questioning, I learned that she believed herself to be in love with another man. Naturally I was heartbroken. After talking all night, during which discussion she cried incessantly, we decided to work out our problem together. She agreed never again to see this man and insisted that she loved me but had somehow grown confused in her thinking. I have agreed to start over with her and I am trying to go on as if nothing had happened, but the past is in my mind constantly. I have thought of divorcing her and getting a housekeeper to care for my son. Certainly I can’t burden my mother with a second child to rear. Kline L. C. Your experience has been unfortunate, of that there is no doubt, but mulling over these things will not change them, and looking back will only bring you grief. In your town I am sure there is a t vise benevolent family doctor. 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