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in Hollywood and reported to me. He said, “I've got my expense account made out. It's a whopper, too, but I actually didn't spend a cent in Hollywood.” I said, “What do you mean?" He said, “I spent the first week with Greta Garbo and the second week with Charlie Chaplin.” I said, “Truman, I know what a liar you are after knowing you for several months, but this one's too much.” Truman indignantly said, “Check for yourself.” It was absolutely true. He got to Hollywood. He had a letter of introduction to someone who had a party that night. Greta Garbo met Truman Capote there and took him right home with her! She said, “You're not going to a hotel. You're going to stay with me.” After a week, at another party, he met Charlie Chaplin, who kidnapped him from Greta Garbo, and he spent the second week living with Charlie Chaplin.

This is a typical story of Truman Capote. He met Mrs. William (Babe) Paley in similar fashion. Babe immediately invited him somewhere they were going. When Bill Paley met Truman for the first time, he reacted like a lot of men do. He was rather startled by this strange little fellow, but it took Truman about three hours to make Bill Paley his life-long friend and admirer. Today, Babe Paley considers Truman her greatest friend, and this is true of one famous person after another.

At the moment, his great protege is Lee Radziwill. Nobody knows what's going to happen. We think that it is even possible that they'll get married one day. She is