Screenland Plus TV-Land (Nov 1952 - Oct 1953)

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THE CONVENTS OF PARIS TURNED A TOMBOY INTO A LADY. NOW, LESLIE CARON LOOKS BACK GRATEFULLY I WAS A CONVENT GIRL By Peer J. Oppenheimer Tenaciously, eight-yearold Leslie Caron held on to the side of the eight wheel truck which lumbered through a busy, cobble-stone street of Paris. Her feet, wearing a pair of shiny new roller skates, sometimes barely touched the ground, but her eyes were gleaming with excitement. Suddenly the truck made a sharp left turn into a narrow alley. Leslie lost her grip and sailed straight into a sidewalk vegetable stand, spilling fruit and vegetables all over the street. Fifteen minutes later, clothes torn and smeared liberally with the juices and saps of tomatoes, bananas, squash, and a few other "legumes," Leslie meekly confronted her mother. "I am very sorry, mamman, I . . . I . . ." Mamman was "very sorry" too. More than that! "Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, we cannot go on like this. We'll have to make a lady out of you somehow . . ." Two weeks later, Leslie reported to the convent school in La Rue Des Dames. The truck incident was the final link in a chain of happenings that made Mme. Caron decide that an (continued on page 60) Her early teachings instilled in Leslie what the prime functions of a woman really are.