Screenland (Nov 1941-Apr 1942)

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She loves to "discover" items in antique shops, but she is almost as avid a gatherer of unusual modern pieces. Fair hair done in a modified pompadour of her own styling, her wine red autumn dress made an attractive color note against the old blue of a fireside couch in the living room. The topaz clips in the dress repeated the topaz lights in her brown eyes. "It's such fun doing a house !" she cried. "I enjoyed it so much that as soon as I'd finished this one, I wanted to begin all over again. Not that I'm ever quite through — there's always some change to make or some addition that gives a room a new note." A collection of tiny Dickens figures, picked up last winter in New York, march on the mantel beneath a huge mirror ; twin ruby-red Venetian vases recently bestowed by a cousin make a vivid glow in the pastel and white of the room. These are newest notes here. A grand piano is silhouetted against a succession of French windows that overlook the brick terrace and highwalled garden where even in winter Claire's gay garden furniture invites a bask in California's sun. The newest thing in the dining room, where blue deep piled rug matches the blue brocaded seats of the Duncan Phyfe chairs, and tapestry wallpaper makes an appropriate background for the beautifully set table, is Claire's modern American glass. "Most of our wedding presents were antiques, like that silver coffee urn on the side table (Edward G. Robinson gave us that), and the silver tea set on the serving table over there," said my hostess, "but the glass is completely modern. I'm mad about my flat crystal ashtrays and low flower bowls. My flower arrangements can be low enough so that no one is dodging them to see the guest across the table. "Speaking of seeing guests, that concave mirror on the wall — another of my antique prizes — used to be the hostess' joy in Colonial days. She could glance up at it and see her whole table in miniature, note whether or not there were wallflowers and do something about them, see that each guest was properly served and so on." The sitting room is full of quaint items, ranging from a stuffed doll rabbit to a model ship with silver sails, mainly because Mr. Andrews seldom comes home without a gift for Mrs. Andrews. The master bedroom is the only French room in the house. It's a suite with big dressing room and equally big bathroom, done in soft rose tones and pale blues. The walls are blue, the heavy rose satin drapes match the satin-headboarded bed whose long skirts lie in graceful folds on the pastel rug. The chaise-longue is done in paler rose and lighter blue, and there's a white satin couch. Claire's Dresden collection has its own inlaid French cabinet. The Andrews' guests usually love to talk, but occasionally they play charades or any of the acting games. "One of the games we plan for Thanksgiving is something new to us that we tried out the other night," Claire remarked. "We had so much fun nobody noticed the time until 2 :30 next morning. We call it hide and find. You take ten small objects, like a wedding ring, a rubber band, a bobby-pin, a button, and so on, and somebody hides each one while the others are out of the room. The things must be hidden in plain sight — you could put the ring around the top of a silver lid, for instance, where no one would see it in a casual glance. A score card is drawn up, the name of each guest heading a column and the name of each object opposite a little square for each guest. As a guest finds an object, he makes a cross against that item under his name. Of course you mustn't see an item, give a shriek and rush over to make your cross, or everyone else will look where you looked. Be more subtle. The one who sees them all first, wins the prize." A knoll in Bel-Air set high so that it has a view of the Pacific is the site of the Andrews' future home. "We intend to build a house on the pattern of those we saw on our trip to Hawaii," planned Claire. "They are arranged so that it's almost like living outdoors, with lots of windows and panels that can be pushed back to enlarge a room, bring in the garden or close yourself in. We will use glass block for greater strength but use the Hawaiian general idea. "I want the low-slung furniture you sink 'way down into, with plenty of small low tables to draw up to chairs and couches. I'll cover the stuff with attractive materials but nothing so delicate that guests will hesitate to draw their feet up under them. I love to curl up in chairs, and I want my guests to feel free to do the same." In her new house, Claire will go in for informal entertaining, something on the htan style of Hawaiian parties, with guests serving themselves at well-stocked buffets and eating at the low tables. Pineapple drinks would be especially appropriate for such an affair. A delicious new one can be made by floating pieces of fresh pineapple in tall glasses of orange or lemon Kool-Aid. Canapes will be a feature at Claire's parties-to-be. Some new ones are : Smoked salmon on rye bread triangles with a cross slice of red-stuffed green olives. Black caviar on pumpernickle bread with a square of raw onion on top. Cheese and olive spread — ■ two parts Kraft's American cheese and one part chopped stuffed olive, on whole wheat circles of bread. White bread rolled into "lilies" and filled with sandwich paste. Brown bread circles spread with anchovy paste, topped with a smaller circle of white bread on which is a flower design in colored Kraft cream cheese. Stack's Up! Continued from page 34 how it hurt to have to tell the insurance agent that it wasn't done by a hit and run driver. That it was done by a girl named Gladys who was honest enough to leave her name and phone number. And when I confessed that I had destroyed it, that agent gave me a look that clearly indicated that he personally considered me the most conceited sap of all times." Since this little episode it has been completely impossible to persuade that nice, attractive Mr. Stack that any girl might fall for him. He is without a doubt the most un-conceited movie star in Hollywood. Helen Ferguson could hardly believe her ears when she called him over the phone to invite him to the Red, White and Blue Ball and told him that she wanted him to bring Olivia de Havilland if Olivia could come. "Oh, gee, babe," said Bob, "you know Olivia won't go out with me. She goes with Jimmy Stewart and 76 SCREENLAND