LAVISH EXPENDITURE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932, Page 10 (Supplement)

LAVISH EXPENDITURE

STARS' IDOLISED CHILDREN j LITTLE GIRL'S ESTATE Some of the stars recollect so acutely the poverty of their childhood that they go to the other extreme with regard to their own youngsters. Tom Mix, lavish in the entertainment of himself and his friends, spends eA-en more on the amusement of his daughter, Thomasina. On the child's fifth birthday a whole troupe of circos entertainers, complete with cowboy orchestra, trick horses, clowns and tumblers, amused the guests. The value of the presents ran ■ into thousands of pounds, and the money spent on food would have kept several families for a year. - Marv Hay Barthelmess, daughter of Richard Barthelmess, is another for whose parties fortunes are spent; but neither she nor Thomasina Mix is as expensive as Mildred Gloria Lloyd, daughter of Harold Lloyd. Mildred Gloria possesses an estate o2 her own, a regular fairyland, near her father's home. A - wall - runs * round her part of the land, and-on theentrancegate are carved the words,-" Come and Play wjth Me." Inside is a little house fully furnished and equipped with water,» gas, and electricity. All household arrangements/ are in exact miniature of those of her father's home. In the yard is a stable for her pony. The upkeep of this little estate is considerably more than that of •n ordinary home. Will Rogers admits that he pulled down • perfectly good house because his daughter was annoyed when she found that she had to share a bathroom with her . father and mother. No other bathroom could be fitted into the house, so it was demolished and rebuilt according to his daughter's plans. Lit* Gray Chaplin 'spent £2OOO on a gold cradle for the! first of Charles Chaplin's ■ sons. Winifred Westover hired all the side shows at the local zoo and amusement park when her son, Bill Hart, junior, recently entertained his friends at a birthday party.