Completely cured from the breakdown which interrupted her screen career last summer, Frances Farmer was back home in Seattle yesterday preparing to essay a comeback at the earliest possible moment.

And she’s confident that she has a good chance – because, despite the fact she’s been under treatment in the Western State Hospital at Steilacoom for the last three months, she knows she still has a public. That was made clear by the stack of fan mail she found awaiting her when she arrived at her parents’ home at 2636 47^th Ave., S. W.

"It’s a little said," she said as she went through the accumulated letters, "to think that people are so lonely that they’ll sit down and write to people that they’ve never met. But, of course, fan mail is the lifeblood of an actress – if you stop getting it, you know you’re through."

In Glowing Heath

Miss Farmer appeared to be in glowing health and said she had never felt better in her life. She had put on 15 pounds at the hospital – but the added weight didn’t make her any less photogenic.

"I’m anxious to get back to work just as soon as I can," she said. "Of course my future is very vague, as yet – I haven’t anything definite in mind. It all depends on what opportunities I get."

She had a new "up-swept" hairdo, which made her look for all the world like a Gibson girl of a half a century ago.

"It just happened to fall that way," she said. "I like to try different ways of doing my hair. Sometimes if you get old-fashioned enough you find you’re modern."

To Go To Reno

She said she and her mother, Mrs. Lillian V. Farmer, plan to go to Reno as soon as they can arrange for transportation. She said she plans to spend some time there with an aunt before returning to Hollywood.

Miss Farmer, who is 30, is a University of Washington graduate. She was at the height of her stardom when she collapsed under the strain of overwork last year. She was confined in a California institution for a while, but was released to her mother, who brought her to Seattle.

Her mother, however, was compelled to have her committed to Steilacoom when she failed to respond to home treatment for what was diagnosed as a "split personality."