| Show UI 11 U Henry McLemore LOS ANGELES Cal This movie e capital took the news new of the victory suit with admirable able calm There was wu littie Uttie little lit Ut- tie tle or no hysteria hys hy- 1 teria when word came in from New York that the tailors tailor of the nation have designed a astre tre streamlined a m 11 n e d I wartime cloth cloth- I saving a v I n g suit ault which will be bem m minus I n u vest vet trousers trouser cuffs cutt pIe pleats at belt I loops loop or sus- sus pender buttons bulton McLemore Male movie stars tars whose wardrobes are so 10 extensive that hounds hound's tooth checks check have to bark to get worn more than once a year took the news new without a murmur mur mur- mur- mur mur Even those who are accustomed accustomed ac ac- ac- ac to dressing like pages page 23 to 46 6 inclusive of Esquire magazine and who make a fashion fashIon fash- fash Ion plate look like a tramp In a adust adust dust dut storm were not shaken haken When news newl of the victory suit reached Hollywood I was waa playing golf at the Lakeside Golf Golt club with Ding Bing Crosby Croby and Johnny Instead of being depressed over the thought of having to sing a love song Ina in ina ina a suit or climbing a tree in a pair of ot pants pant Bing Ding and Johnny were elated Of course I didn't take their reactions as aa typical of all Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood because Bing and Johnny are not noted as aa dressers It ila is il isa isa a known fact tact that Crosby has ha only four suits ulta all of ot which were given gi to him by his grandfather grand grand- father tather when he Bing not grandpa grand grand- pa left lett home to seek eek his hI fame tame I and fortune He lie has haa never added to his hI wardrobe although it is t. generally believed that he could easily eully do so 10 by watching his pennies pennie for a month or two Isn't as aa well off oft as aa Bing sartorially speaking his hi grandfather having given him only three suits and Johnny is I. rougher on cloth clothes than Bing It is I. much easier euler on the clothes to sing Ing Pennies PennIe from Heaven than it is fa to throw a monkey on the ground and wrestle with him As soon as we finished the round I hot footed to the clubhouse clubhouse club club- house to study tudy the reactions of other stars tara to the coming of the victory suit There is I. no better place in Hollywood to study the stars tar than at L Lakeside Scores Score of them belong to the club I was particularly anxious to see ee how Adolf Adolt reacted to the possibility of having to wear a victory suit Mr Men Men- jou is I. not only the best dressed man in the world but also allo has a first 10 30 rating on Mars Mar Jupiter Saturn and Pluto The sightseeing buses that pull to a stop along the first fairway at Lakeside in order to give the tourists an eyeful of the cinema celebrities are arc equipped with smoked glasses glasse to prot protect t the eyes of the customers custom custom- ers era when Mr r strolls along the greensward intent upon breaking He looks like a rainbow with a poor back- back swing the aurora borealis with witha a shaky putting stroke was Wal not shaken baken by bythe bythe the announcement of ot the victory victory vic tory suit ault Standing before his hf lockers he doesn't- doesn't just doesn't-just juat have hue a locker he has one for tor caps ups of which there are two types type back nine and front nine caps up one for sweaters one for shirts one for tor scarves one for belts belta etc ele etc He patriotically said Mid he would be glad to go if it would help lick the Japs Jape and nazis nazla I have hundreds of ot cuffs and vests eats to give for tor my country he said and will even Rive give my shirt if It that will help Guy Kibbee was was was' delighted to hear of ot the victory suit ault Theman The Theman Theman man who plays play Baines says say that he figures he has wasted WAIted man-hours man buttoning vests and that with the victory suit he will have just that much more time being lazy He did regret the coming of ot the trousers trower however however however how how- ever saying that the cuff has long Jong been the best ash tray ever invented by man I didn't get to poll Errol Flynn I was sorry about this because I wanted to find out If It Errol thought he could possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly be as 88 brave wearing pants without suspenders as he ho has been in the past More on this later |
