Elinor Faire’s Birthday Present

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 25

Elinor Faire’s Birthday Present

Elinor Faire and her hus--1 hand, Bill Boyd, recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary . Bill gave Elinor the deed to a new home in Beverly Hills. Elinor retaliated by digging up her first publicity picture, done before the camera at- the age of 2i. It was made in Seattle. A. man was seeking a fat, bright looking little girl to pose with a certain brand of condensed milk for advertising purposes and saw baby Elinor with her mother on the street. • The bargain for the child's posing was settled for one l dollar 15 cents! ]

about crimes, and go into the most gruesome details. It is amazing how different the English language can become in two countries. So many times the Americans look puzzled at us, and cannot understand what we are saying, and vice versa. Nearly all of them think that ‘Noo Zeland’ is part of Australia. “The stores are full of enchanting things, and we are spending most of our time shopping. We explored Chinatown at night, went into the Chinese telephone exchange, had tea in a Chinese restaurant, heard Chinese music, and visited one of their homes in a dark, narrow alley-way, where Chinamen had wild cats in baskets. We saw their temple, where Lon Chaney had one of his earlier pictures taken. Last night, we went to Pantages Theatre, and saw the Duncan Sisters in person on the stage, and Blanche Sweet in “Singed.” “On Tuesday we intend to take the train for Los Angeles, and then work begins. I get nervous when I think about it all, but whether I succeed or fail, it has all been a wonderful experience, and I wouldn’t have missed it for worlds.”-