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The lean years are over for Jason, Shirley and "Duchess." "We were broke lots of times" Jason admits, adding, "but we were never poor."
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Broadway in "Fair Game." "We were both making good money, but we were unhappy with the play and I guess it affected our nerves. We should have been sitting pretty and fattening our bankroll, but all at once, we couldn't bear to be together. So there we were, shelling out for two apartments, two phones, two everything. But even when we were down to our last dollar, Shirley and I never quarreled over money matters. We felt it was beneath us."
Too much family trouble, "in fact, too much trouble . . . period," is caused by the overemphasis on material things, Jason argues. "If you find money is looming up too big in your household and that it's beginning to become a worry, you should try spending a little more. Spoil yourself, spoil your wife and, if you have kids, spoil them. You'll find you're feeling better and worrying less about the norma] budget you're living on when you stop getting into debt. It's the old saw about beating yourself on the. head with a hammer because it feels so good when you stop."
Jason now considers that he has reached the end of the "lean years." He believes he is now on the way to a sound financial footing with the apparent success of "Channing." But what if the series should fail? "That's always a possibility, no matter how good it seems while you're making it," he admits. "But even if I lose my contract at Revue and become an unemployed actor again, I'd still manage as I did before and find ways to spoil myself now and again by living beyond my means. This goes for Shirley, too, who holds pretty much the same philosophy I do. I realize there are some who feel this is an irresponsible attitude. I don't. It's been my experience that people who are generous with themselves are generous with others. (Continued on page 60)