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of wire to make lampshades for our drawer-houses. "Even today I love collecting dolls. Allan brings me new ones from every trip he takes, even if it's just to Palm Springs. But I guess my favorite is the large French doll with the real hair that Sid Grauman gave me. This doll once belonged to President McKinley and has been raffled off and auctioned off for charities all over the country. I'm going to keep her from now on, in memory of Sid." Other sentimental touches are evidren in Marie's Wedgewood blue and rose kitchen. This room is as tiny and compact as a ship's galley. Wisely, Marie has arranged her stove, refrigerator and sink all together under the windows of one wall. Another wall is cupboarded and shelved to hold her fine collection of English Bone China and her Tiffany glasses. The third wall shelters a small dining-nook. Marie's kitchen, with its ceramic pots arranged on cupboard tops is a sunny spot. Visitors are apt to crowd into it to admire the hanging shelves, which are the setting for the hand-painted cups, the work of Marie's great-aunt. Here, too, are the delicately lovely dinner plates from Germany that Marie's mother gave her because she loved them so much. In return, Mrs. White has a set of Georgian silver that Marie presented to her. That's Marie's way. Giving presents is her delight. For instance, everytime she buys herself a dress, she looks around for one for her mother, too. And laughs off her generosity by saying: "If I didn't watch out for pretty prints for mother, she'd go around like a fuddy-duddy. She's much too cute for that." Marie and her mother have much in common. They window-shop, do each other's hair, and are terrific radio fans. Sunday evenings Mrs. White will be in her kitchen gossiping with Frankie as she wipes the dishes when she'll hear Marie call across the driveway. "Hurry up, Mother! You'll miss The Whistler. It's just coming on." Suspense is another mother-anddaughter favorite. They love nothing better than to crouch in their chairs, looking furtively over their shoulders, as their blood chills in happy unison. There is no television set, yet. There's simply nowhere to put it. Looking ahead to the future, Marie and Allan have just one serious plan. But it is a plan of such importance that it may mean moving from the quaint gingerbread house forever. "Unless we swung it from the ceiling — " Marie broods, her brown eyes serious, "Where else could we put a baby?" If and when that event transpires, look for a sudden upheaval in the whole tribe. They'll be packing up and they'll be looking for two more, slightly bigger houses — preferably side by side. And there will be a pink and blue nursery in one of them. And the life of Marie Wilson will be a song from morning to night, for a lullaby is all she needs for complete happiness. DO MEN EVER AVOID YOU? SEE PAGE 25 Paid Kotict Little Lulu You'll like 'em for hay fever, tooMister ! C/tt/e Lu/u says: to keep weepy eyes ano noses OUT OF THE REO NO OTHER TISSUE'S JUST L/KE KLEENEX* SOFT, STRONG, ABSORBENT KLEENEX T/SSUES SOOTHE SNfFFLE-SORENESS, CATCH EVEN JUMBOS/ZE "KERCHOOS"/ © INTERNATIONAL CELLUCOTTON PRODUCTS CO. *T. M.REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. easy to sleep with Here's your fast, easy, comfortable way to lovelier curls— Tip-Top Dream Curlers. Made of soft-as-rubber vinylite— comfortable to sleep on, not affected by hair preparations. Gives you soft, smooth, natural-looking curls — no frizzy ends! Can't catch or snag hair. Last longer. The only curler of its kind. Try Dream Curlers tonight! FREE! DREAM CURLERS America i Favorite Curler TIPTOP PRODUCTS COMPANY » OMAHA 2, NEBRASKA flavor imeri<M\. ' Jieese cracker! R M 89