FATIGUE --- often we are overtired.

EMBARRASSMENT --- The other day. during
the opening session of a Personality Course,
each member of the class was asked to appear
before the group and answer a few questions.
When the first girl had taken her place again
after answering the questions, the teacher
said consolingly, “That wasn't so bad, was
it?* The girl replied, "Well, I'm perspiring
& little.”

NERVOUSNESS --- The head of a large em-
ployment agency sent a girl to apply for a
job. Unfortunately she was forced to wait
for two hours to be interviewed. She had be-
come so nervous that an unpleasant odor ac-
companied her and she lost her opportunity to
be considered for the opening.

EXCESSIVE HEAT --- A warm room or tight
clothing especially the smart woolen
dresses we've been wearing these past few
years --- can cause us to perspire more than
we would ordinarily.

Try to recall any day when change of
temperature, nervousness, embarrassment or
becoming overtired doesn't occur! ~

WHERE LIGHT AND AIR DO NOT PENETRATE,
as underarms and between the toes, disagree-
able odor occurs. The daily bath, while es-
sential, does not prevent unpleasant odor
later for dust combines with the waste matter
from perspiration and the oil from the seba-
ceous glands forms an unpleasant odor. Even
when no moisture is evident, odor develops.
The way to keep from offending is to use a
good deodorant, making its use a part of the
daily routine just like the bath.

"But | Don't Perspire!"’

HOW OFTEN A PERSON is heard to say that,
and so frequently the individual whose company
is not pleasant because he or she offends is

just the one who thinks he does not perspire.
What is meant is that the person himself is
not conscious of perspiring because there is
30 little noticeable moisture under the arms.
As explained above, however, the amount of
moisture does not determine the odor for fre-
quently the person who experiences no visible
moisture is just the one whose perspiration
is particularly odorous.

Unpleasant Odor Rarely Noticeable
On One's Own Body.

THIS IS THE REAL REASON why so many
who offend are not aware they do. The
olfactory nerve which governs the sense of
smell soon wearies of one odor or fragrance
and ceases tofunction. As an example,a drop
of perfume is placed on the skin beneath a
woman's dress. Before long she has ceased to
notice the fragrance ---whereas someone else
encountering her is aware of the perfume at
once. Unpleasant odors operate in the same
way.

Underarms Need Special Care

UNDER THE ARMS the perspiration glands
are particularly numerous --- 900 of them to
the square inch. Perspiration does not evap- —
orate easily here because air cannot readily
get into the shut-in hollow under the arn.
Fatty acids are formed which ferment and be-
come the source of extremely unpleasant odor.
Even when no moisture is evident, odor devel-
ops, particularly in moments of fatigue, ex-
citement, or nervousness. —

Needed Summer and Winter

THESE FACTS are true summer and winter.
Many people make the mistake of supposing
that a deodorant is not needed in cold weather.
While there may be less noticeable moisture
in winter, tighter sleeves and heavier mate-
rials keep air away from the armpits. Indoor
life is apt to result in disagreeable odor
that is all the more noticeable.