NAUGHTY I IHA 1 HATES HA TES BEING A BLONDE BLO I Alice White Longs for OpS Opportunity Op Op- S to Pia Play Heavy Roles By ALICE WHITE HOLLYWOOD Cal Cat May 23 23 I 1 ha late hate being a blonde This may sound like ike a strange thing for me inc to say In Inan Inan inan an age when so many women worren who are arc not naturally blonde are becoming synthetically so because they think it adds to their attractiveness My objection ob- ob to it is that it has definitely typed me from the beginning I am always cast as a gangsters gangster's moll a pert young lady of hard veneer or in comedy roles I hope some day soon to be given iven a chance to do a dramatic part Not lon long ong ago I did a dramatic sketch on a aradio radio adlo program and received many nice compliments on it so I feel teel sure I can handle such a part in a picture It If f some producer will only give me mc methe the he opportunity Incidentally It Is the general opinion opinion ion on that my hair is naturally dark and nd that it was bleached when I went into pictures The truth Is that when as Alva Al White While I be became ame a script girl girlIn In n Hollywood I had blonde hair Several Sev- Sev eral ral persons in authority told me rae I would look more dignified in my line ot of f work if my hair were more sub dued So I had It dyed dark brown Then when I got into the acting end nd I changed my ray name to Alice and my hair back to Its natural shade That's Thais the story stor I shall never forget the first glimpse I had of myself on the screen I played a heavy In The Sea Tiger with Milton Sills At that time I weIghed pounds and as I am only five feet tall you can imagine what the he camera did to me mc I took one look ook at myself in the projection room and made up my mind I was going to change all that I got down to 98 98 pounds and have never varied from that hat weight I control my weight by dancing lancing swimming and massage The first thing I did after returning return return- ing ng from my vaudeville tour was to lease ease a house I who have never had the he domestic nor gardening spirit have lave suddenly acquired both My husband says he wouldn't be surprised sur to see me break out with a 1 S Sg g gI gI I I 1 Lt 5 1 Alice White Alice While White of ot the naughtiest type writes her first column and tells you just how how- domestic she really Is tatting talling shuttle any my day now About my gardening interest I have started a blue garden Every known species of blue flower and shrub eventually will have a place In it So far I have delphinium ageratum salvia me forget nots violets flax flowers plumbago lobelia and cornflowers So Ill I'll be begetting begetting begetting getting into the Latin terms And my blue garden will also be an education education edu edu- cation as well as a very lovely thing to look at Copyright 1934 b by the North American Ameri Amen can Newspaper Alliance Inc