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That's swell of her !" Jimmy between munches. " 'Course we all like you a lot !" Olivia. Jimmy just grinned. Then, "You're my favorite actress, too." Olivia looked pleased, but she answered slyly, "Listen to him hand out the blarney !" Hurriedly, embarrassed, Jimmy added, "No, I mean that!" "Now about this interview," I began. "Oh, yes," exclaimed Jimmy. He turned to Olivia. "Now the first question is — " He stopped and looked at me. "What was the first question again?" "It's— it's— " "I know now 1 Was there ever any boy you were interested in when you were a kid?" Again to me. "That's it, isn't it?" "Yeah." Olivia smiled at both of us. "I liked all the boys. In fact, I was what is known as a first-rate tomboy. Between the ages of six—" "What was that last remark?" asked Jimmy. "I just said, 'Between the ages of six.'" "That's what I thought you said." Jimmy looked somewhat puzzled. "Now that that's cleared up," Olivia continued, "on with the story. I even went through the stage when I fought with the boys. I remember once when five different boys on bicycles heckled me all the way from school. When we got near the creek, I turned on them. With true de Havilland courage, I took them all on at once. When I left, they were all in the creek, surprised and somewhat banged up. I then rode home on one of the boy's bicycles." Jimmy just stared at her in amazement. "Gee ! That's wonderful 1 How do you think up such things?" "Surely you have such memories," said Olivia. "Nothing like that," answered Jimmy rather downcast. "Come on now," pumped Olivia, "think of something !" For a while, Jimmy just pondered and digested his past. Then, somewhat uncertainly, "Well, during the war, some chums of mine and I amused ourselves by playing war in my home ; made trenches in the back yard. Naturally, we were all generals. We had the girls in the neighborhood as Red Cross nurses. My dad sent me helmets from France, so we used those to advantage. I remember that my favorite girl friend at the time — the red-head"— he nodded in my direction — "was a nurse. I had it fixed so I would get wounded and have her as my nurse. While I was lying down in all my best acting agony, she gave me castor oil." Olivia started to laugh. Finally, she managed to ask, "And what happened to your romance ; "It just sort of did something to it, as I recall," answered Jimmy. "I've something to tell you," said Olivia after a while. "I saw you once before, you know." "Where?" "In a restaurant. I was eating soup. You were sitting at the next table and you gave me the giggles. I never did finish that soup." "Was I wearing something peculiar?" asked Jimmy, confused. "No. You covered me with confusion by staring at me. But I've liked you ever since that time." "That's a help anyway," Jimmy answered, grinning broadly. "Jimmy," I began — oh yes, I was still there — "what did you do on your first date?" "Oh, I took my red-head to the movies. I was about nine." "How about you, Olivia?" I asked. "Well, my first date was at 16. You see, I wasn't as mature as Jimmy. I didn't go out with boys at nine." "Well, maybe it was ten or twelve," hurriedly put in Jimmy. Olivia merely gave him a charming smile. "My escort was a boy I had known since we were six. We went to the movies to see Jeannette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.' I remember that was the picture because I tried to wear my hair in a braid like Miss MacDonald's in the picture." "What did you think of your escort?" I asked. "Oh, he was very charming. He used to throw rocks at me. He wore a canvas upside-down hat and he played a ripping game of Old Maid." "But, Olivia," continued Jimmy, "I worked in the theatre where I took my red-headed friend. She couldn't sit with me because I was in the projection room, and she wasn't allowed there." "I suppose you had pals too," I said to Olivia. "Did you ever happen to be a Red Cross Nurse?" "I was never a nurse, unfortunately. But a group of girls I ran around witn when I wasn't with the boys adopted the name, 'The Fearless Five.' We had it all planned to blow up a dictator. We were going to fill the furnace with gas — the furnace to his palace, that is — and put him to sleep." "By the way, Jimmy," I continued on my merry way, "for the sake of the record, where did you live as a kid?" "Indiana, Pennsylvania." A guilty look. "I beg your pardon?" commented Olivia. "I said, 'Indiana, Pennsylvania.' " "That's a new one on me," said Olivia. _ "It is on most people, except those in Indiana, Pa." "Back to the subject now," I went on, like a bloodhound. "Were you ever bawled out by girls, Jimmy?" "Sure." "What for?" "For forgetting things, such as not sending flowers when I should have. Forgetting to arrive on time. Forgetting to call when I was to be expected at the girl's home." "And yet girls are just as forgetful," commented Olivia in a more serious vein. "I've been scolded for that" and most everything else from men. And don't kid yourself, Jimmy, men are just as easily upset over little things as women." "Now that we're on the subject of what each of you has learned about the members of your own sex by association with the opposite clan," I began, "I think we can go into this further — if you don't mind." "Go ahead. It's getting interesting," said Olivia, as she took a sip of milk. "I'm getting in the mood to talk, so don't let me get out of it," remarked Jimmy. "Well then, Olivia, what do men dislike in women?" "Men like women to be neat, but they dislike women who are too personal. And, naturally, men can't stand catty women. As for us, we like to pretend the man is bossing us. We like the attention they give us at such times. "Speaking of catty women," began Jimmy, "I've known some pretty catty men. I've observed that at different times I've been out with women. Boy ! Some of the gossip men can dish out ! 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