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"Arthur is one of those men who likes to have his cake and eat it," she says. "I don't think bread has ever passed his lips. He even has cake for breakfast. He has a cookie tin on his desk that I keep filled." Whenever he tastes a new confection, he reports it promptly to Kathryn. She accepts the challenge, although she can't always predict the ending: "Arthur got back from Florida just recently and told me about a black-and-white cake that was striped rather than marbled. Well, I tried it, but all of the chocolate settled to the bottom. Of course, we ate it, anyway." (Cakes that don't come out right are termed "mistake cakes." They are sliced and put back in the oven with butter and sugar and/or cinnamon to be made into crisps.) Kathryn has been getting up at six since she was a child. Her father was on an afternoon paper and had to be at work by eight, so Kathryn awoke early to breakfast with him. "It's not easy to get early -morning companionship, but then early-morning privacy's rather nice," she says. "I have some juice and coffee and then the paper all to myself. After that, I do my baking and put my clothes in order." JVlrs. Murray is a conscientious housewife. Open a closet door, and you find boxes neatly arranged and labeled with contents. In general, however, the Murrays try to keep away from storage problems by saving as few things as possible. "We don't believe in letting possessions run away with you. When we get something new, we give something old away. A new sweater means giving away a used sweater. If I buy a black dress, then I give away something dressy. I really hate to part with books, though. But, in the end, we do." Her apartment is furnished in eighteenth century, and much of the furniture she has kept since her wedding. She is particularly fond of the fine Chippendale chairs in the living room. They are covered in yellow damask. The walls are beige and the carpeting is aqua. Aqua raw silk and gay chintz make the curtains and the upholstery. Little shelves over the fireplace hold porcelain dancing figures which the Murrays have been collecting over the years. Corner shelves are filled with plants, as is the window box. There are about seventy plants in the living room. The dining room is small. Here, Kathryn has a two -seated sofa, a small table and a television set. "We eat out often," Kathryn says, "for we are usually in the office late. But, when Arthur wants to watch television, we come home and we have something quick and easy, like hamburgers or chops, while we watch the shows." She has taken possession of the master bedroom and has the walls in charcoal gray. Two of the walls, however, are fully covered by pink taffeta curtains. The carpeting is moss green. As a dressing table, Kathryn uses a handsome antique library desk. Arthur's bedroom is smaller and looks like a sitting room, with its couchbed and a small TV set. "We sleep apart because of my early waking," she says. "In the morning, I thunder like a herd of elephants." After a couple of hours of work, she sits down to a full breakfast. About nine, she leaves for the office, wearing simple, dark clothes. She favors brown and navy; wools in the winter; shantung in the summer. What she puts on in the morning usually has to last through the evening. In cool weather, she wears a red coat. "Red is practical. It can be dressy in the evenings — and, besides, it gives you a pick-up after a day at the office." She makes one concession to fashion by wearing a beret-style hat, although she hates hats. For years she has been ordering the same style over and over in different colors. She got her first mink coat two years ago. "A mink isn't much fun when you know you can have one," she says. "I don't think I've worn it fourteen times. What I'm really proud of are my nightgowns and negligees. I think that I must have the most beautiful collection in New York. Arthur always gives me a nightgown and a negligee for birthdays and holidays. When he stops buying me black nightgowns, I don't think life will be worth living." At the Manhattan sudios, Arthur and Kathryn share the same reception room. Their offices are adjoining. They seldom have the opportunity to dance with each other, but each puts in at least an hour a day at the studio. "It's this way," Kathryn says. "During the day, if I feel a little tired or just want to walk away from my work for a while, I see if one of the instructors is free and book him for an hour of dancing. I come back to the office feeling refreshed." In a month's time, the Murrays spend a weekend with each of their daughters. One twin, Phyllis, is married to Edward McDowell, a high-school teacher in New Haven, Connecticut. They have three daughters: Kathryn, six, Martha, four, and Meg Adair, seven months. Kathryn's other daughter, Jane, is married to Dr. Henry J. Heimlich. They live in Rye, New York, and have two sons, Peter, two, and Philip Murray, three. The granddaughters call Kathryn "Grandma". The boys call her "Katie." "The children love Grandma for the way she tells stories," her daughter says. "She's good at pantomime." This is not a new side of Kathryn Murray. Daughter Phyllis announces that she is going to get a piano, for she says the warmest memories of childhood are those of Kathryn singing to her at bedtime. But she is not merely entertaining. Grandma Katie is also tactful. Whenever she phones, she always asks to speak to the grandchildren first. "It works better, too," she says. "It's impossible to talk to Phyllis or Jane when one of the children is begging for the phone." After the telecast each Thursday, Kathryn phones her daughters for their opinion of the show: "I'll have something on my mind, like a dress — the show is all over, and I'm still not sure whether it was right for me. I'll ask Phyllis, 'Did you like my gown?' — and she says, 'Mother, I was too busy watching you to see the gown.' She is critical, though. She told me that she didn't think I should do any more acrobatic dancing. She doesn't think it's fitting for a grandmother." But Kathryn Murray is an unusual grandmother. That's not surprising, for she is an unusual woman — all five of her.