1937-08-15 — Page 8

FAITH BALDWIN discusses the three dangers in the upbringing of a movie-star's child, and asks

COULD YOU

B

noo, attention

They had delightf while Harold Lloyd

nners, and be a movie

star to most of us, to them he was

EFORE we decide the question, It is possible to see that they Daddy.

let's a look at the usual have a private life of their own. reasons advanced for not bringing!

children up in Hollywood Most It is possible to bring them up as of the objections seem to be premis- normal healthy children, to teach ed on the fact that you are a movie them values, right from wrong, hu

friends of Gloria Sw

a great deal

is with her and there are dozens of others.

As a matter of fact, while the stars lives are most exacting, while they must be working long hours and must spend hours away from the studio doing things which per- tain to the studio giving inter- She seemed just like any other views, seeing people and the like-

Previously I had met Leslie Ho- ward's brilliant little daughter.

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BRING UP YOUR CHILDREN

star. Well, most of us are not mo- mour, tolerance, and to give them an excellent education and a spiri- vie stars.

tual background.

Most of üs are plain, ordin-

I feel that many of our stårs have and women with jobs to do; we are plumbers and but succeeded in this.

ary men

chers, Civil Servants, lawyers, doc-

tors, engineers and what have you.

Let's look at it from the movie star angle first. The prime objec- tion to a movie star's bringing up children in Hollywood appears to be the publicity.

There is no doubt that the chil-

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child to me, except that she was their lives are not very different in touched with something which might that respect from other people's. be genius-

There are many working mothers The complaint often arises that who see their children as little stars see so little of their children. or as much as screen stars do

HOLLYWOOD?

I met the two daughters of Mr. I am sure this is not so and Mrs. Harold Lloyd.

Joan Blondell and her little son, They were attractive, nice, natur- Joan Bennett and her girl babies, little girls, who gave every evi- Glenda Farrell and her beloved Tom- for publicity, but for the most part dence of not being spoiled by bally my are very close.

dren of a public person are marked

it is reflected the mother, or fa-. ther, is publicised and not the child. ! except to a minor degree.

Of course, the public generally demands pictures of the children of famous people, and many of the movie stars comply.

Some do not.

them

THE

I know from

WORLD GOES BY By "ULYSSES"

Ask Mr. Stummock

mothers who must be at an office, who have to go out and nurse the sick for eight or twelve or twenty- four hours a day.

Then there are mothers who don't "work," hat who play bridge very [seriously or who have innumerable

social engagements.

They have governesses and nurse- maids for their children.

They see less of them, I wager, than the movie stars see of theirs.

Yes, the average woman can bring

The catch in all this is that

It isn't the place.

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It isn't the people those young-

Third Hole Loses his ball and up her children in Hollywood Some refuse to have their chil-

neglects to let all other players dren's pictures on display because

ADY V. WRITES: Recently I through while he looks for it. (Pro of fear of kidnapping, or of making the child self-conscious, or both.

gave a dinner-party to which bably eats peas with knife). woman can bring up her children. every guest had to come made up

Fourth Hole. Loses ball again, land bring them up well in Holly- Another objection is the money. as an animal. It was great fun calls players through, but finds ball wood, provided she can bring them

and quite a success until a gentle and goes on again in front of them.

up well elsewhere. Stars earn and spend 2 vast man who was supposed to be a lion (Equal to pouring tea into saucer.) Fifth Hole-At the green drags amount of money, and their chil-disappeared beneath the table with dren, it is argued, become money a roar, dragging with him all the his bag of sticks across it, instead conscious, so much is lavished upon food in sight. He crawled to and of leaving it at edge of green,

fro under the table, gnawing the while he putts. (A smoker in non-ster will meet. food, and biting people's ankles smoking compartments.)

Sixth Hole takes turf with It hasn't a darned thing to do The third objection is that, liv Naturally everybody was most an- ing in a household which derives noyed. He ended by pulling the mashie shot and does not replace with Hollywood. its support from make-believe, the legs off the table and smashing the or get caddy to replace the divot.

It has to do with the mother child or children become sophisti- chairs, roaring all the time. We (Type that wears tan shoes with

the mother and the father. It is up cated and wordly far too soon.

couldn't stop him, and when the black suit). angry guests went home hungry, Seventh Hole.-Dawdles instead to them. While all these objections have he was breaking up the pictures of walking smartly between shots, basic roots in common sense they and ornaments. What ought I to holding up other players. (If musi

cal, is surely programme-rustier at do not apply solely to the children do? of movie stars.

Mr. Stummock writes: You should celebrity concerts.) give ordinary dinners, without any animal nonsense.

The children of the wealthy are exposed to exactly the same dangers.

It seems to me that no more so- phisticated child can be found than that little daughter of the rich who recently became famous because of the contest waged in the courts over

her.

Some golfers are Awful People never making par in politeness:

Eighth Hole Walks on

to speak to another player. (Noisy with soup.)

better players behind, but won't let them through. (Does not stand still when National Anthem played the cad!)"

Ninth Hole Hits off before play- Sixteenth Hole After taking ers in front are out of range-pin from hole, throws it down, or (Would shoot sitting bird).

even sticks it in green. (Would Tenth Hole Gets in bunker; smoke cigar with band on.)

is gets out by walking up side of it. dis-(Swears in front of children).

Seventeenth Hole Stands be-

The Australian Golf Council greatly concerned about their regard of rules and etiquette.

Eleventh Hole-Lingers on green hind player who is making shot Here's a "Golfer's Progress," cit-after holding-out, while he recalls (Would drink champagne from tum- People not famous on the screening the Awful Example, hole by number of strokes and marks card. bler.) but famous in other walks of life hole, as he foozles the rules and (Would eat asparagus with fork)

stage folk, sportsmen, artists

;)

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gets out-of-bounds with etiquette. Twelfth Hole. Walks up to tee Eighteenth Hole Coming up last also expose their children to these His sins are lined up with other whistling blithely, putting player fairway, calls out to friends on perils, although in a lesser degree, sorts of faux pas and breaches of off drive. (Sort of man who care- clubhouse verandah, waves stick.

convention- no matter where they live.

as (Wears black and gold tie, but did lessly refers to "Chinese"

not go First Hole-Player, driving-off, "Chinamen)

At this short It is not possible to be a star in tops ball and it goes only few yards. Thirteenth Hole- Hollywood and not have your chil-He replaces it, has another crack hole, on reaching green, he does not dren know what it's all about, after (Very human, but it puts player signal following players to hit

in white-tie-with-dinner-jacket (Would they have reached a certain age.

class)

pay for drinks

Ninetee

cross

bar

equal

ring

frien

Eque

boots on,

But it is entirely possible to min- imise for them to

Second Hole-Player gets in bun extent ker, does not smooth out his foot the glamous and the tement and prints as he leaves. (Would

with worms for

turn

Fourteenth

(Probably sealed Christ Fifteenth Hole-Is-

When

ointed up golf, tak

golfer

ding