Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1954)

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So Haila's furnishings are not only striking, but wonderful mementos as well. There are a pair of handsome antique sconces and two antique chairs from the 1951 production of "Glad Tidings," which she did with Melvin Douglas. From "The Rivals," there is a beautiful antique dresser and mirror. Two porcelain poodles are a reminder of "Blithe Spirit," when she shared the stage with Clifton Webb and Peggy Wood. From the revival of "Springtime for Henry," with Edward Everett Horton, she has several massive oval and square gold picture frames. She made one into a coffee table. The other she backed and "sed as a mounting for a set of Degas prints. "The periods are so mixed up, it would drive a decorator mad," she notes. In addition, she has a theatrical library and a large record collection which she and the children particularly enjoy. And Haila is no stranger in the kitchen. "I can be modest about everything but my children and cooking," she says. "I've really studied cooking everywhere I've lived, and I enjoy it and think I know something about it." Some of her recipes have been published in books. She generally favors simple French cooking. Her recipes couldn't be easier or more delicious. In cooking scallops, for example, she puts on a little lemon, salt and pepper, rolls them in heavy cream, dredges ever so slightly in flour, then sautes them in butter. In the case of chicken, she starts out by coating the parts in heavy cream, rolling them in finely crushed cashew nuts, then sautes them in butter. Another homely virtue of one who has led a rather glamorous life is her sewing. Matter of fact, Haila earned her education from the time she was sixteen by designing and making clothes. "That has come in handy in the theater," she says. "I'm forever helping out with last-minute repairs to seams and rips. More than once, I've helped to patch up a curtain or remake slipcovers for stage furniture during an intermission." ohe hasn't had time in many years to make her own clothes. Her schedule is demanding. Morning starts at seventhirty, when she gets up to make breakfast for the children. Robin must leave very early to commute to school, and Chris has a chore walking a neighbor's dog before school. About nine, when the children are off, Haila herself heads for the railroad station and by ten is in her office, where she is a producer. At eleven, she goes to the CBS studio and becomes an actress. During the lunch hour, she meets with her assistant, Felice Bauer, to pick up her duties as a producer. Then back to the studio for The Secret Storm. After the telecast, she may stay on until six, rehearsing next day's chapter. Otherwise, she goes back to work in the office. She gets home about seven-thirty to have dinner with her children. "They don't mind waiting for me," she says, "and it's the nicest time of the day." Robin, the oldest, is a very pretty, teenaged brunette. Chris and T.J. are very blond, like mother. All together, they are an easygoing, genial crew with a flair for the imaginative. Haila had to work on a recent birthday and thus didn't get home until well after midnight, when the children were asleep. She knew the kids had cards and gifts for her, but she didn't see them in any of the obvious places. She was just getting a little perplexed, when she went to the ice box for her habitual glass of milk. There, on the refrigerator shelves, were her greeting cards and gifts, nicely wrapped and very, very, cold. "And, of course, the kids are exactly the opposite of what you might expect," she says. "Because they were raised in a very unconventional, theatrical home, they are the most conventional children I've ever seen." Robin, for example, has turned down juvenile parts in plays, for she considers her formal education more important than an early career on the stage. When she recently began dating, Haila sat down with her for a girl-to-girl talk on different situations which might be provoked by males. Mother told daughter how she had handled similar situations, and Haila thought she was being fairly instructive in an illustrative way. But, at the end, Robin said, "Mother, just what kind of a girl were you?" "The point is," Haila says, "girls are smarter socially today, and that's mainly because we raise them more sensibly. But, you know, it's kind of heartbreaking to have all this advice stored up when no one needs it." Robin confounded her mother and practically silenced her for all time when she recounted an incident at a dance. One of the most popular boys had kissed Robin early in the evening and she in turn had socked him. "I guess you had to do it," Haila said, "but didn't it ruin the rest of the evening for you?" "No, after I socked him, we got along fine and had almost every dance together." Haila's sons adore her. Chris is usually at the railroad station in the evening to wait for her. "He kind of paces me," she says. "The station is at the bottom of a hill and it's seventy-two breathless steps to climb." It has never been Haila's way to shelter her children from ordinary problems, and that was true even when her income was on the low side. Once, during the winter holiday season, she had put off buying a Christmas tree, hoping the price would come down near Christmas Eve. Chris, about seven, knew what was going on and solved the whole problem by going out and chopping down a handsome fir tree. "There it was in the living room, and it was beautiful — though I couldn't help thinking it might be the most expensive Christmas tree in the world if the owner wanted to make trouble and I was short on money, anyway." She didn't make an issue of it with Chris. "After all, it was Christmas and they didn't do anything to Washington when he chopped down the cherry tree." While no disciplinarian, Haila is strict with the children in certain ways. She is demanding about such things as manners and courtesy. She thinks children suffer only from extremes: either too much or too little discipline. While Haila has never neglected her responsibilities as a dual parent, every once in a while she has the feeling she is being treated like a child. "The children will discuss how much sleep I've been getting or how long I've worked or ask me what I had for lunch." She smiles and adds, "You never realize how closely children observe you. 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