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especially as we were having his favorite steak-and-kidney pudding. But Edmund only said that he wasn’t very hungry, and as far as he was concerned that was the end of the discussion. It wasn’t until later that I learned from his sister Babs that he’d joined in a contest with a group of older boys to see who could eat the greatest number of sausage rolls. Well, it was no wonder he hadn’t wanted any dinner. He’d won the contest by downing twenty!” There were always plenty of dogs around the Purdoms’. An Alsatian and a black chow, plus the dachshunds, Max and ! Dimas, which were Edmund’s special pets. “I was always a great one for being neat,” said his mother, “and the sight of dog hairs on the furniture or clothes used to annoy me. Then one day Edmund read in a book on dogs that a dachshund made a very good house pet because it didn't shed. ‘That’s the sort of dog for you, Mummie,’ |j he announced. I protested that we already had two dogs and certainly didn’t need another, but in a day or two, Edmund arrived home with Max tucked under his arm, and I knew it was no use protesting any further.” “That was probably the only time in his life,” Mr. Purdom chuckled, “that Edmund ever thought about being neat. For the JJ most part, he was the untidiest boy in the world.” Even as a youngster, Edmund had no sense of the value of money, and his father brightened when I assured him that as a Hollywood star Edmund would have a business manager to look after his finances for him. j “His library books were always long I overdue,” Mr. Purdom recalled, “and by the time he’d get around to paying the fine, he might as well have bought the book. And when he got older, and I knew he could occasionally use an extra pound or two, I didn’t dare give it to him. Because, knowing Edmund, the first friend he ran into who looked like he could do with a bit of cash would undoubtedly get the money, and that would be that.” Edmund remained at boarding school for seven years, and it was during that time that he first showed any interest in the play acting that was to become his career. He took the leading roles in many of his school plays, but it was all done strictly in the spirit of youthful fun and probably, his father feels, to get him out of more monotonous after-lesson tasks — and cer Color portraits of Carlos Thompson by Apger, Kathryn Grandstaff and Marla English by Paramount, Jeff Richards by M-G-M, Gordon MacRae by Blackwell, Tab Hunter by Smith, Van Johnson by M-G-M, Robert Wagner by Smith , Jeanne Crain by Stern, Edmund Purdom by Powolny, Ann Blyth and family by Apger, Leslie Caron by Apger. Audrey Hepburn by Fraker, Mitzi Gaynor by Kornman, Ursula Thiess by Jones, Debra Paget by Stern, Jean Simmons by Powolnyt Elizabeth Taylor by Stern, Jane Powell by Apger, Cyd Charisse by Apger, Ann Miller by Apger, Virginia Mayo by Six, Rita Moreno by Stern, Taina Elg by Apger. Colleen Miller by Jones. Fashion photographs, p. 75 by Christa, pp. 76-80 by Richard Litwin. Now— a pressed powder for dry skin! New*Puff Magic” is rich in lanolin ! New make-up clings longer, softens skin— comes in 5 flattering new shades Mv dear friends, S«me of my friends powders -they don' too pale. These won puff Magic. This p COmes in five radiant Natural Magi, Honey Fai Honey Brunette Bridal pink Tan Magic Ifyou have dry skin, ti your skin look youn^r PRESSED POWDER WITH LANOLIN FOUNDATION Mirrored case. • Scroll case. 59*1 Tax r ALSO AVAILABLE IN CANADA 89