Screenland (May-Oct 1938)

because she thinks they look like brown velvet then and are prettier than when they were white. Old people sometimes are like that — more beautiful than when they were young." "Mother picks the pansies and puts them in her dress to prove we grow such big ones," smiled Sonja, her eyes on the huge yellow bloom on Mrs. Heme's shoulder. She led the way to the living room, a spacious place done in the deeper shades of blue, just now lightened by the chintz covers on the heavier furniture. Her blue dress added another blue note to the room. "Next to white, I like blue," she remarked, her fingers fluttering lightly over a bowl of blue larkspur. "When I first came over here, I was so crazy for white, I had them do over my dressing-room at the studio. I did not feel I was myself unless I had lots of white around me." "Her car was white, too," recalled her mother. Now, however, the little blonde star has discarded the white car, for three blue ones ; the discarded motor hums through Scandinavian streets under the guidance of her brother, and azure, indigo, and navy tints and shades have been added to her wardrobe. She thinks it's the sun that brought on the blue phase — white is so very white in the sunshine. "But I love sun. I can't get enough of it. I like my sunroom and eat as many meals as I can there, because it is like being outdoors." Little glass tables in the sunroom are set where Sonja can get a view of terrace and garden — a great sweep of green lawn sloping to an oval swimming pool, a turquoise-tiled jewel set in brilliant flowers. Yellow-upholstered garden furniture makes a brightly cheerful decoration on the nearer terrace. "When I work, I never eat breakfast," confided Sonja^ "and I take a cup of tea or soup for lunch. Never more. I must not feel heavy when I skate. Then I have a big dinner at night. These are meals for skating sequences, you know. When it is dialogue, I can eat what I like, for I lose weight always on a picture. I am always hungry. "What I like most in America is ice cream ! As I came home today, I saw a sign that said: 'Ice Cream' Week.' I do not know what you do on Ice Cream Week, but I would like it very much, I think. I ate seven dishes of strawberry sundae on the set yesterday, when we had the 'College Sweet Shop' for the picture, and it was good!" They do not go in for ice cream so much in Norway, because it is cold, but Danish pastry is the common dessert. "Denmark and Norway have much the same food," explained Mrs. Henie. "In Sweden, it is sometimes different. For Danish pastry, we use always the best butter; that is the real secret. Sonja's pet dessert at home is custard tart." Phoning Richard Greene or Cesar Romero or some other lucky lad to come to one of her famous dinners? CUSTARD TARTS Combine 2 egg yolks, 2 teaspoons flour and 2 tablespoons sugar in a double boiler. Beat two minutes, then gradually add 1^4 cups rich hot milk (half cream). Cook until thick and smooth, then remove from heat and continue to beat until partially cooled. Add 1 teaspoon Burnett's vanilla. Combine 2J/& cups flour, 2 eggs yolks, 5^ cup butter and 3 tablespoons sugar. Line small fluted tins with this mixture and fill with the custard. Cover with dough to fit the tins and press edges together. Set on baking sheet and bake in 375 degrees F. oven for fifteen minutes. Allow to" cool slightly before unmolding. "When we stuff poultry — turkey, chicken, (Continued on page 84) HAIR THAT THRILLS! Here's the Hollywood* Way to Beautiful Hair i noHyw°od — «ntty«°°„t survey spapet ^shattv 1 HQ|B jf WHAT a thrilling surprise awaits you the first time you use Drene — Procter & Gamble's amazing shampoo discovery. For you will find, as millions of women already have, that Drene leaves hair manageable, radiant, beautiful beyond your fondest dreams. Drene performs this beauty miracle because it magically removes dulling film left on hair by previous shampoos. Drene is not a soap — not an oil. Contains no harmful chemicals. It cannot leave a beauty-clouding film on hair to dull natural lustre; nor a greasy oil film to catch dust. Drene actually makes 5 times more lather than soap in hardest water. Lather so gentle, yet so active, that dirt, grease, perspiration — even loose dandruff flakes — are washed away with a single sudsing and thorough rinsing. Hair is left sparkling clean this mild, safe way. Gloriously brilliant without the need of lemon, vinegar, or special after-rinses. Today, you can give your hair a shampoo specifically designed to bring out its full individual beauty. For there are now two kinds of Drene; Special Drene for Dry Hair — Regular Drene for normal and oily hair. Get Drene from drug, department or 10c stores. Better beauty shops everywhere feature this shampoo marvel. A single shampoo will both amaze and thrill you. SCREENLAND To Remove Dulling Film That Clouds Hair Beauty — d rene Shampoo SPECIAL for Dry Hair REGULAR for Normal or Oily Hair Trade Mark Rea. U. S. Pat. Off. 11