Gossip Friday: Strictly Informal

From March 1940: 

Carole Lombard admitted the other day that her attempt to keep life on a strictly informal basis at the Gable-Lombard ranch has been carried a bit too far. Nowadays when she calls home and asks to speak to Mr. G., the maid cups her hand over the mouthpiece and yodels to the butler, “Hey, tell Paw that Maw’s on the phone!”