May 29, 1979

Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 to May 29, 1979) was one of our earliest, and prettiest, actresses. In her last decades she became a recluse, as do many former beauties. Doris Day, for example, only lets herself be photographed from a distance. That is how ineffective the older technique of photographing the great faces through gauze will become, for us all. Women at some predictable but always unexpected point, realize they had a great treasure. Beauty is a currency and buys access, attention, and other items beyond a financial calculation. A treasure that we throw away. But this is the way it is meant to be--- thrown away. And women are beginning to grasp there are more durable resources.

Cats are not the durable resource I meant, -- I meant brains. But, you could consider the feline species itself, another durable resource. And now back to Mary Pickford.