Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

gradually we were getting away from the old group. We live very informally in a one-story house, with a pool out in the back yard and as I discovered listening, I also discovered who were our friends. I learned that if you had cynical people around you became cynical too, and couples who quarreled made you want to quarrel. And as I quieted down, they began to go. And that was good. For the real friends gathered around then, the people who, like Ted, don’t care about my being Betty Hutton, but like me for myself. WHEN the baby came, she looked just like Teddy, meaning perfectly beautiful. I named her Lindsay, after Lindsay Durand, who was bridesmaid at my wedding and is my best friend anywhere, but we nicknamed her “Buttercup.” My mother said, “How can that be our baby? She’s not blonde.” But I’m so glad she has dark hair like her daddy, though she’s gradually beginning to resemble me. Her eyes are absolutely black like Ted’s and she’s personality plus. She’s crazy about her daddy. He drives back from the plant every day to have lunch with her, and on Sundays when the nurse is off, we take care of her. Teddy puts on old dungarees, gets out a pipe and looks like heck. But Buttercup swings on his pipe and has a wonderful time. I am so happy she is going to have a little brother or sister about April. I want to have my first two children close together and then we won’t worry about the rest too much — though we want four at least. I hope Buttercup wants to be an actress when she grows up. I think being in movies is a wonderful life for a girl. You can get mixed up — sure — but you get unscrambled when you meet somebody like my Ted. You see, I’ve come to appreciate the guy. There’s not a lazy bone in his body, or one frightened thought in his head. He’s always calm and he has courage. I never can respect anybody who isn’t smarter than I am — but he is — so I look up to him. We go out a lot, because we both like a change of pace. But most of the time we just go by ourselves to corny little places, small restaurants with terrific food, or to look at the beach in the moonlight, or the movies and a drive-in. And it’s such fun! I love our silly little evenings together, Ted’s and mine, but I guess I really appreciate Ted best when we get to a big brawl. For there’s never any question of making me jealous. He’s a family guy, who loves his wife and child. How square can you be? And how corny? And how utterly wonderful? Teddy is my present and my future. Being married to him has given me security in my heart. I used to make a picture and worry, “If this picture is bad, how am I going to eat.” Now I’m not afraid. I know whatever happens we’ll be together in it, with Buttercup, and what more do I want — but more Buttercups? The laugh is, too, that now that I’m relaxed about my career, it’s coming easier and I’m much better. 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