Picture-Play Magazine (Jan - Jun 1931)

of th< Kitch en make-up boxes for wedding rings and cookbooks, they wil keeps and — but let them speak for themselves. Jane Winton is no more, but Mrs. Horace Gumbel is very much on the job of interior decoration. Ruth Taylor, nee Lorelei Lee, finds contentment in the preference of Paul Zucker man for a blond wife. Duk« off the elevator, your eves meet a decorative panel proclaiming the domain of "Sky Hye Farme." The spacious drawing-room gives onto balconies overlooking the narrow streets of the Village, with a view of North River. Mrs. Seeman is very proud of her view and also of her new handball court. As for hobbies, she is taking up golf and tennis, but most of her time is engaged in planning menus and managing her home. Although the apartment was completely furnished before her arrival, she amuses herself with a little rearranging to carry out her own ideas. One of her most prized ins is a pencil sketch of Mr. Seeman which their friend. James Montgomery g, dashed off one evening after dinner. "And don't you ever have the faintest desire to resume your career?" "None," she answered emphatically. "You see. I made a solemn promise to Billy when we were married that I would give up the screen. And I'm so glad I have no desire for it any longer, for I can imagine how unhappy one would he in keeping a promise and yet nursing a secret yearning for self-expression." She made a grimace and laughed. "Frankly. I haven't a remnant of ambition beyond being just Mrs. William Seeman." There's another young matron with a studio "past." Although she hasn't made any rash promises, her career i of secondary importance to Mrs. Horace Gumbel, otherwise Jane Winton. Of first importance is her lovely apartment in East Sixty-eighth Street, just off Fifth Avenue. Tt is charming — and she did it all herself. Interior decorating has long been a hobby of Jane's. She supervised in a casual way the decorating of her Spanish home in California a few years ago, although her picture work prevented her devoting much time to it. And that's why she has enjoyed decorating her new home in Xew York so much. With nothing else demanding her attention, she has reveled in period furniture and gay draperies and what not. "It's all finished except the eighth room and we can't decide whether to make that a cardroom or a gu room," Jane declared as she proudly displayed the drawing-room with its colorful chintzes and wide, low windows, the dignified dining room. Mr. Gumbel's English chamber and her own French boudoir, with its peachand-blue taffetas and frilly draperies. Miss Winton has truly planned the furnishing to the tiniest detail, without the aid of a professional decorator. Some of the furniture, including the bow-end bed in her boudoir, of walnut decorated in gold carving, she designed, and she also designed the luxifrious blue taffeta bedspread. There are several lovely antiques, including a Cashmere shawl which can be traced through ten generati and a number of jade pieces, many of them wedding presents. Rut one of the trea-ures Jane displays with m<>st pride is a mounted fish that hangs alxive the dining-room door — the Gumbel's first catch on their honeyin Maine last July. Mrs. Ciumhel has several interesting hobbies. Something more than a hobby is her enjoyment in planning menus. While she conf mplcte ignorance as actual c she enjoys finding new recipes for the cook to prepare. She and her husband have two dinner parties a week and hold open house for their friends on Sunday nights. And every Wednesday evening is a Continued on page 112