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r” ' This was one fact about Mitzi of which wasn’t completely aware, when we were irst married. So, shortly after our mar■'iage, I came home one night, to be 'reeted by Mitzi with great exuberance. ’ It had been a tough day at the office, and : was delighted by the sight and sound of ny bride. But not by the voice on the ■adio! I couldn’t hear myself think above hat din. “Yummy,” I said, “can’t you turn off he radio in the kitchen? It’s piercing my eardrums.” She obligingly turned it off. A second later, I noticed that the very ;ame voice was coming from the bathroom. Ln fact, the voice seemed to be coming rom everywhere! That was when I discovered my bride’s predilection for having ave radios on at a time, j I think she still likes to have them on, all five of them, when I’m not at home. But she obligingly turns them all off when she’s expecting me. ;■ Not that I have anything against radio. 1 like to listen to certain programs when we can concentrate on them. But I can ilisten to only one thing at a time. Mitzi I aan do four or five things at once, and all kgainst this background of blaring radios. Another problem that came up between Mitzi and me was the question of What is a messy drawer. Mitzi is a great housekeeper. She loves :leaning closets and drawers. I have my Dwn system of putting away things. The system may not be entirely logical, but I can always remember in which drawer I have placed something. ' One morning, I couldn’t find my cologne, ft probably wasn’t put away in an orderly fashion, but I remembered where I had iput it, and looked there for it. I couldn’t lifind il I “Where in the world’s the cologne?” I ijasked. “Just pull the drawer out,” said Mitzi. ‘The colognes are where your handkerchiefs used to be.” “But why, Mitzi?” I “It’s more orderly that way.” It probably is, but I could find what I wanted more easily under my own sloppy [System. At least, that’s what I thought at first. Now, Mitzi practically has me converted to her ideas on the arrangement of 'drawers. I’ve heard a lot of people try to describe my wife, but it’s difficult, since she’s at least three different people. For instance, if she is being interviewed by a reporter, she knows she’s expected to perform, and she will give the best story she can. She won’t show any temperament, even if she is asked exasperating questions, as reporters sometimes ask, to stimulate conversation. Then, when she’s on the set talking to a director, she’s doing business, and she’s Mitzi Gaynor, the business woman. At home, she’s still another woman. There’s a very nice comedy writer who lives next door to us. He’s bright and witty, but a little shy. He first met Mitzi sitting in the sun near the swimming pool, being beautiful in the sun — which, of course, is no effort at all for Mitzi. They got to talking. Several times they met at the swimming pool, and always Mitzi was her beautiful, immaculate self in a gorgeous bathing suit or sun suit. One evening, when she met me at the door, she said, “Jack’s a nice fellow and very intelligent. Why don’t you ask him to come up?” So I did. I didn’t tell him we were going out later that evening. Mitzi whooped open the door when he came. There wasn’t a bit of make-up on her face. It had all been washed clean, and her hair was in curlers. Jack looked startled. “Mitzi!” he said. “What’s this? You knew your husband had invited me to drop in, didn’t you? Is it all right to come in?” Mitzi smiled her serenest smile and said, “Of course.” Later, Jack said that he had never been more complimented than by Mitzi’s willingness to greet him when her hair was in curlers. “This girl is really a friend of mine,” he said. “I was completely unprepared to find her so relaxed at home. 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