gaily-colored apron on to protect her dress. Always in taste, MISTY seems to instinctively do the right thing at the right time. Visitors love her parties, and con- fess that their evenings here are "the greatest." Of course there appears to be a little" show-off" in MISTY'S nature, since she is liable to change dresses serveral times during the evening, to the evident de- light of her guests. Frequently, beautiful colored slides of outstanding TV events are shown on her screen like the Jewel Box Revue, Beaux Art Ball, Halloween Parades and Parties she attends. Very often MISTY is the Guest of Honor and Mistress of Ceremonies, all rolled into one. She not only talks about her T V life, but lives it as well, showing both by word and action that she loves her dual nature, is neither ashamed of it, not embarrassed to talk about it to any sincere and interested people.

Well, by now, by now, you can realize that MISTY is "quite a girl, which in truth she is. But it is always interes- ting psychologically to see how these situations began and how they evolvod. So let's go back to the begin - ing, fifty years ago. The youngest son of out-standing parents came along eight years after the older brother had proceeded him along the family path. The big- gest difference was that Mother had hoped for a baby girl in the second child. But along came little me.- I guess they thought I was especially cute and precious because they almost loved me to death with devoted attention, pretty baby dresses, Motherly care con- stantly, and even the full time services of a darling old "Auntie Stein" who was Governess and also baby sister. One of my prized possessions is an early photo of me on my Dad's lap, clothed in a freshly starched. little dress so stylish at the time. Our birthday parties on the lawn of our lovely California home, were things of delight, and darling little children (mostly girls) to play with. I progressed from baby dresses into rompers around three to five years of age, with no problems.

In 1915 our family moved from California back to Chi- cago, where I went through grammar school and then high school, with a minimum of effort and a maximum