Harriet Eaton continues her story of Gail Russell...She now lives in a four-room apartment in Beverly Hills with her parents in the midst of a continual skirmish between herself and her mother, what might be called the Battle of the Dolls.Gail, you see, has one of the largest collections of dolls in the country-dolls of all sizes and shapes, from all lands.It is her idea to lovingly litter the apartment with them, from one end to the other.But nothing is further from her mother's mind; and every day when Gail leaves for the studio, Mrs. Russell carefully puts all the dolls out of sight.Every evening Gail drags them out again! Aside from this discord, all is peace among the Russell's.Every dawning Gail rises (in midriff pajamas, of which she owns eight pairs in every color and print), and gets into a blue or red peasant skirt and blouse, and pair of bright playshoes.Then she fastens on one of her four pieces of jewelry-all of them gold-consisting of a baby ring, an anklet, a cross, and a St. Christopher medal.Then she does not eat breakfast-she's never hungry until sundown.She arrives the studio, and does not eat lunch.By dinner- time, after an exhausting day's work, she finally has worked up an appetite; and her mother usually puts before her roast lamb, mashed potatoes and creamed broccoli, Gail's favorite meal. (Unless it's hamburger steak smothered in catsup sauce, which she can also eat by the plateful).After that, Gail is ready to get into her lounging outfit-those blue jeans, that plaid skirt.And off come her shoes! She's ready to listen for hours to her huge collection of records, most of them Jean Sablon songs.While she listens, she works at her drawing board, with her Maltese terrier,"Corny", lying at her feet.She seldom reads.The last book she read was "Ramona", and she read it eight times-but that was in honor of her pet actress, Loretta Young, whom she's seen dozens of times in the movie of the same name.After "Ramona", her favorite story is "Seventh Heaven"; she read that as a syndicated newspaper story years ago and doesn't even know if it ever became a book.Mornings and evenings she grabs the newspapers feverishly, only for two reasons: the crossword puzzles and the comic strips "Lil Abner" and "Prince Valiant". "I like the way those two funnies are drawn", says she.Nights when she goes out, which are several a week, she usually moves in herds-her favorite herd being made up of Barbara and Sonny Tufts, Sue and Alan Ladd, Diana Lynn and Carmelita Lopez.To their homes she goes to their parties; and when she isn't going to parties, she loves bowling, ice-skating or moonlight horseback riding-usually with Carmelita, whose her best friend, and a couple of soldiers.(She's met a lot of soldiers by long-distance introduction through her brother George, who's a corporal on a remote Aleutian island).But best of all, she likes to sneak out to a movie and sit alone watching the film.(To Be Continued).Song "Some Enchanted Evening" By Mantovani and His Orchestra.Color Portraits By Chip Springer(Legends Of The Silver Screen).
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