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brother BING” /hat’s it like to be the “little brother” a walking legend like Der Bingle? jead what Bob, another famous mem•r of the Crosby Clan, thinks of the an behind the voice that thrills mil ons in February RADIO MIRROR magazine On All Newsstands d, stories and pictures on such radio I 'vorites as: Groueho Marx Phil Harris and AUee Faye Hobert Feivis IjiHi 9i*? Abner ie voices you hear and love come to life the pages of February RADIO MIRROR Get your copy today! to sleep. It couldn’t be more romantic. However, it wouldn’t be half so romantic to me as it is now if I didn’t understand about the gunite used in building the pool, or the underwater lighting system I watched being installed. Once I wouldn’t have had these plus values. And I’m sure Paul gets more appreciation, too, of the contrast of the delicate flagstone colors against the water, and the value of the blue-green shadows than he ever did before he read my art books. I believe it is learning to appreciate more and more things all the time that makes life continually exciting. You don’t get in a rut. You are never bored. There is romance in everything, once you find out where to look for it. It was fun when I came to realize that Paul’s eternal lateness was due to his trying to accomplish too much every day. He had to tolerate my procrastinating because I go “pink clouding,” as he calls it. One day he said to me, “Do you realize that pink clouds, even, don’t just happen? There’s a weather reason why they appear and why they evaporate.” That really helped me come down to earth more than anything. Similarly, he’s discovering if he tries to crowd ten hours into eight, he loses time instead of saving it. So he’s gradually straightening out there. THAT’S really what I mean by the seventy-five-seventy-five basis. If always you want to give more than you expect to get, then you’ve got a plus value in the middle that makes your whole life sing. You don’t have to ask one another to “forgive” even the most trivial thing. The forgiveness is always there. For instance, Paul had to be very understanding during the making of my latest picture, “The Fan.” I was carrying this newest baby, but on the set I had to wear old-fashioned corsets and it was an awful strain. I tried hard not to let the day’s mood of the picture carry over into my private life, yet I had a mood to sustain on the set, and it was difficult to just cut it off at six o’clock. It wasn’t until the heaviest-working days were over, that I became aware that during these, Paul had worked extra late. He always phoned me, and was thoughtful and attentive, but he wasn’t home till seven, giving me time to come back to myself. I’m paying him back by telling him to go on a hunting trip as soon as I get home from the hospital with the new baby. And that, I assure you, is a real concession on my part. Even when I have to go on location, unless Paul arranges his business so he can go with me, I suffer. I’m awful. I love to travel — but not alone. I never went away to school. Hotels depress me and I’m strictly a family type. I feel lost if Paul is not near. But Paul is an outdoor man and he has always hunted. However, because I felt so very sentimental about animals, he hasn’t once gone hunting since we were married. Now he’s made hunting sound so logical, I’ve given in. He points out the statistics that every year thousands of animals are destroyed by disease, fire and accidents, so why shouldn’t he shoot just one deer or bear? I doubt if I’ll ever get myself to the point where I can shoot anything, but at least I am learning to handle a gun. I’m learning skeet shooting and beginning to be a pretty fair type of outdoor girl. You see how it is with us? We never have a dull moment. Married romance, I know now, isn’t walking around with your head in the pink clouds. It is giving and sharing and working to make every day better than yesterday, which was as nearly perfect as humanly possible, anyhow. The End Avoid underarm irritation . . . ACTUALLY SOOTHING Looks bad, feels bad, when underarm skin gets red and irritated. That’s why more women every day turn to Yodora, the soothingest cream deodorant. Yodora stops perspiration odor quickly, safely... because it is made with a face cream base, with no harsh acid salts to cause irritation. Yodora helps soften your skin, just as face cream. Tubes or jars, 10(Z, 30(t, 60$. McKesson & Robbins, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. P 107