: ANECDOTES FOR A DISCUSSION ON USE OF A DEODORANT

let me tell you of a girl I heard about
recently. She was in a certain young crowd
where. she had met a new man. She unfortu-
nately had not overcome the problem of per-
Spiration odor and her friends wondered how
her new friendship with the boy could last.
Pretty soon she began telling them what a
wonderful chap he was --- that he kept bring-
ing her different kinds of perfume! She must
have been an unusually attractive girl for
that boy to try ---even though ineffectively
--- to solve her problem for hert

The other day a friend of mine told me
of visiting an executive in his office and
finding him vigorously smoking a pipe. She
commented upon the fact thathe had never been
@ pipe smoker before. He rather laughed it
off until his secretary stepped out of the
room and thentold his visitor that he smoked
as self-protection because of the aura of
perspiration which hovered about his office
when his secretary was present.

The pleasant effect of her attractive
personality and her efficiency had all been
counteracted by a little carelessness on her
part. Yet this girl would have been surprised
to know how people felt about her.

Another girl. She worked in a large
department of a business firm and was well
liked by the other girls. Her work often re-
quired going over figures at the desk of her
department head. He soon began to be bothered
by the unpleasant odor which hovered about
her desk and remained with her when she came
to his desk. He became so annoyed that de-
spite her good work he decided tolet her go.

Fortunately, the woman head of a nearby
department learned of the situation and know-
ing the girlto be a good worker asked to have
her transferred, certain that by correcting
the girl's one difficulty she would be a de-

Sirable worker. Now she has not only become
@ valued employee, but has been advanced in
position several times.

* *K *

Not long ago, the head of a large em-
ployment agency sent a girl to fill a position
in a firm headed by men friends of hers. The
girl's perspiration problem had not shown up
when she was first interviewed, but did soon
enough. Well, whenever that woman placement
head went dinner~dancing with her executive
friends, they teased her about the girl she
had sent them. How embarrassed the poor girl
would have been if she'd known she was being
joked about by her employers!

*k * aK

Don't let anyone think that perspiration
odor is only a woman's problem though. I
heard of a man making a yearly salary of
$5,000, whose employer says he could have
commanded $10,000 if he had just done some-
thing about the unpleasant aura of perspiration
Which he carried about with him. Instead,
he had lost his job.

he ike
This letter was recently received from

one of the more exclusive New York employment
agencies:

"One of our most delicate problems is
just howto convey to applicants who otherwise
would be desirable, the fact that they offend
by perspiration odor. They seem to be unaware
of this failing, and itis impossible to send
them to the type of client to whom we cater.

"ZT have often felt the need of something
in the way of a small booklet or pamphlet
which could be mailed easily. Would you have
something of that sort, and if so, would you
be willing to send me a small supply to be
used at my discretion? It would save me much
embarrassment, yet’ would help many who other-
wise would havé no difficulty in qualifying
ror a position."

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