European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Liz Takuor at 55 thin again and Wiser  a w York times Liz Abe the t Aylor swirled a Cairns stick in a Rjay coloured dip made of Yogurt. Hoque Clorel Chreso and spices in Elizabeth takes Oil. The newly published Diel Book the  Hei live  Haltli with Fried Chicken and Lancy pcs sets ohm a stars and so rips bookstores at age 55 she said she is now trying to cultivate g a my tic has always been lived at the  she explained nut it s fairly moderate Al Iho  Saliny at dusk in the living room of her mansion in Bel air Cam. Taylor looked smashing she was wearing Btu jeans and High heeled Black ankle length Bools. Her Black hair was delicately spiked her Mouth a heart shaped ribbon of Crimson alter seven marriages she said she is enjoying being single " i Loci very adventurous she added there Are so Many Coors to be opened and i m not afraid to look behind them " Elizabeth takes of deals with doors she did not want to open How the Beautiful Violet eyed child a movie St a at ago 11 in National velvet became a Boom a Pill taking. Iso Pound 50-year-old woman. Bui the doors Are Only opened partway. The alcohol and pills arc Diric Cutry left untouched. I was almost 5d when Lor Tho first Lime in my to i lost my Setse of Belt Worth she writes of her Gnu Lonous  she was lonely and bored Sho Tell thai her husband John w. Warner a Republican St Nalor irom Virginia did t need her. Nibbling on some raw Zucchini she said we Fidan l been mar cd to each Olshef Long enough Lor him of go olt and gel married to the Senate always before i had had work i could t slay in bed " at Itiat she has termed the worst moment of her life when her husband Mike Todd died in an air plane crash she had had children to raise work to do and i had to stay alive Bui m Washington she said. I was in a House will books a television set and two maids who loved to spoil to and no  when she Foa Chod 1 to pour ads she slopped f.  if " " or Taylor with italian director Franco  won Battle kith Fried Chicken Ana fancy desserts. Weighing herself but she did t Start dieting i was searching for a replacement Tor Alt the Ihms that wore making me lonely she said then added but i Don t want to get too specific. My privacy is mine to Prol ocl the Media iry to Lake everything away irom you. But you Don t have to give it  she shudders at the idea of writing an autobiography. The past is past. Doing an autobiography would bring up so Many loads and Worms and snakes and  the present holds no such creatures of the night. Al the end of last year Taylor returned irom Italy Theio Sha starred As a russian opera Singer in a now movie about the life of Arluro Toscanini. The director. Franco Zeffirelli who Atso directed Taylor in taming of the shrew in 1969. Insisted that she gain 10 pounds to play the role. At Lisl i said. No absolutely not " Taylor said. Bui in 1875, women were very  ample is so much nicer a word than  she continued with a laugh displaying her healthy sense of sell mockery. I tried on some of the costumes irom museums and i would have looked like  she agreed to Zeld Relli s request and wont irom 122 pounds to 132 by eating exquisite italian food while on location including Mozzarella cheese made irom Cream. This time however gaining weight did not mean a loss of sell Worth Sho said because i knew i would lose the weight  Taylor began her Diel i 1982 alter she stood naked in Iron of a Lull length Mirror. Several months later and thirty pounds lighter she turned Lotha theater starring in Tho Little foxes losing 30 pounds logo on Broadway was my Lisl a Templ Al  she sad. But she gamed the weight Back during a disastrous Lour in Noel Coward s Pavale lives in which she starred opposite Here husband Richard Burton. When i had pneumonia and the play closed Down for two Days he won olt and Gol  she said. The pain in her voice seemed fresh. She had Boon sober on stage Bui a Botello of Jack Daniel s whisky was waiting in her dressing room. She stared out Al the lights of los Angeles visible beyond her kidney shaped swimming Pool. Tho room smelled of cinnamon bark and her 3-year-Ctd grandson Andrew Wilding ran around in Rod Corduroy pants her son Christopher Wilding. Andrew and his brother. Caleb. 5. Are staying in the rambling 10.000-foot House which Taylor bought a Lew years ago. Ii look to a couple of weeks of being at the Betty Ford Center to realize was an alcoholic because i never Gol  she said i could drink enormous quantities of booze because i Havo the Constitution of  her children bullied her into entering the Center in Rancho Mirage calil., which ideals people with drug and alcohol dependency. She said she Tost 11 pounds of float and. Alter leaving the clinic gained Back "15 pounds of solid  i craved the sugar the alcohol had been supplying she said i m not an elitist. I ale Mars bars snickers and Godiva chocolates. Al the Center they Don l encourage you to diet or give up smoking or Slop drinking Toftee Only to gel Oil the addictions thai brought you there. I got myself cleaned up inside but my outsides did t match my insides hooked Al Mysell in the Mirror and thought 1 have she wrong Slipcover on she wailed Throe months to make sure my addiction to Booza was Over Belore starting to diet again. Although her Book recommends sane and sensible dieting Over a Long period Sho loss 60 pounds in about two months. For somebody like me who is obsessive it s amazing i was never a Gambler she said i could have become anorexic. I got to a site 4 and said Why not a size 27 then i slapped myself and Well irom 118 to 122. Which is the right weight Lor  her eyes Are As Luminous As Ever. I really do Hope thai the Book helps people Sho said. On her Way Oul 10 dinner she paused and added. But maintaining your weight is the pits " Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday february 21,1938