Silver Screen (Jun-Oct 1940)

Silver Screen for September 1940 85 bringing her other presents all the time, too, ranging from silly little trinkets to the diamond wrist watch he gave her for Christmas. And how can a girl get over loving a man like that? There wasn't any doubt Bob was Madge's life. And everything she did for him furthered his career. It was she who ordered the flowers for Bob's hostess of the night before, who thought of all the other little things to do for people that made everyone regard him the most thoughtful bachelor in Hollywood. They didn't come any more generous and sweet than Bob, but it takes a woman to think of all the little extra things that please people so much. Madge loved doing those things. But there were other things that came harder. The girls Bob fell for one after the other, the presents she bought for him to give them, the tete-a-tete dinners she had to plan. But Madge did it all with that easy grace that was so much a part of her. It wasn't in her to be anything but gracious and sweet. Yet, sometimes I saw her eyes as she looked at him and I knew what the effort cost her. Everyone in Hollywood was amazed when Bob built a house. That's usually one of the first things a new star does out here and it's always amazed me to see the deeply instilled yearning for a home of their own Hollywood people have. That's one of the things the outside world doesn't realize about Hollywood. How simple it is below its aura of glamour and sophistication. But it wasn't that Bob wanted a house that caused amazement. It was the sort of house he built. You see, Bob hadn't shown good judgment in the other things he'd done before Madge came out here. Good taste wasn't one of his virtues. His car, a long, low, dazzling white roadster, glittering with chromium, was the flashiest car in Hollywood and his personal wardrobe was on the flashy side, too. And when he was building everyone rather expected his house would be something of a monstrosity of bad taste, too. But it wasn't. Madge saw to that. Though Bob and I were the only ones who knew it. The house was more than a house to Madge. It was Bob. And so she planned the sort of house that would go with his personality. A casual, easy-going house, comfortable and unassuming, but so right in every detail that one of the best decorators out here said he wished that it I was he who had planned it. It was the farm house type, low and white and rambling and the chintzes _at the windows and coverings of the chairs ■ were the loveliest I'd ever seen. There were fireplaces in every room and low, long, bookcases and deep comfortable chairs and sofas. All the rest of the furniture was old American, and Madge scoured the countryside looking for them. There were antique highboys and genuine Savery pie crust tables that any collector would have been proud to own and a Paul Revere silver tea service that was the I envy of the rest of Hollywood. And then at the night of the house warming party that Madge had planned, the blow fell. Bob announced his engagei ment. Funny that we hadn't seen it coming, "There's Charm in Soft HANDS. Martha Scotf (Lovely Hollywood Star) A few seconds' care a day helps prevent unalluring rough hands Exposure to weather and use of water tend to dry nature's softening moisture out of your hand skin. But apply Jergens Lotion. It furnishes new refreshing moisture for your skin. And— remember— in Jergens you apply 2 ingredients many doctors use to help soften and smooth harsh skin. No stickiness! Quick and easy! Thousands of women keep the allure of soft, smooth hands by regular use of this famous Jergens Lotion. Get it today. "FREE! ■ Vour start toward soft hands MAIL THIS COUPON NOW (Paste on penny postcard, if you wish) The Andrew Jergens Company 3915 Alfred St., Cincinnati, Ohio I want to see how Jergens Lotion helps me have charming, soft hands. Please send my free pursesize bottle. Na/?ie — Address