Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

Advertising Section 103 One unconscious offense which is no longer necessary. This remarkable sanitary pad deodorizes* completely and is superior in comfort features as well as ease of disposability. Tkis Tking Called Lo\>e Continued from page 74 Crawford. But this new steadiness and strength of character seem permanent. "Like all cynics, I am a sloppy sentimentalist," Joan mused, as we talked in her orchid-draped dressing room. "I can be hard-boiled and believe in Santa Claus at the same time, with the least encouragement. A cynic knows that ugliness isn't pretty, and yet weeps inside, because he can't convince himself it is. "Every girl goes through the pretending stage — trying to make herself into her opposite. When she is old enough to be told, to understand what you mean, she will know of her own accord. "I was simply 'every girl,' exaggerated by circumstances. I was doing what was expected of the Heyhey Girl and what, mostly, I wished to do," she explained, rather than defended the Joan she has thrust aside. Her voice tingled with a touch of defiance. "Horrid things were said to me. Oh, yes. Don't lie politely. Fortunately, I had a few friends who would tell me the truth. Such friends are rare. I got a rotten reputation, though I really wasn't quite as black as I was painted. "I do things that I wouldn't have dared do these past three years. I used to buy expensive clothes, even when I couldn't afford them. Now I examine a gown and copy it for less than half the price. I made the window curtains for my new home. The Hey-hey Girl couldn't have done that ! There would have been," she grinned, "something distinctly wrong with that picture. Nor did I have the impulse to be domestic or practical. "I've dumped the sophisticated magazines into the wastebasket. Such a racket over nothing ! I find that biographies of interesting women like Duse and Rachel, Bernhardt, and Isadora Duncan are engrossing." The candor of this Crawford girl is amazing. There is no camouflage about this new Joan. She doesn't do her life history up in tinsel, nor does she spare herself the whip. Accustomed to the pretty pleasantries of most actresses, one is momentarily shocked by the brutal truths that curl from her lips, and instantly appreciative of the thought and analysis and self-discipline back of them. "I had a rotten childhood and young girlhood. I wanted brightness and fun and pretty clothes. Most of all I wanted to dance." Her life has been episodic. Anecdotal, one might even say, so brief and of such contrasts were some of its phases. Continued on page 111 TN the world of business, in society, women 1 often find themselves embarrassed at certain times. Sometimes they offend without knowing why. When they learn, miserable self-consciousness follows. Make-shift efforts to counteract the difficulty seldom succeed. Now a discovery made in Kotex Laboratories ends all these fears and worries. Science has discovered a way to counteract a serious offense. Kotex now deodorizes* completely Kotex has brought a new idea of feminine hygiene to women all over the world. In the past ten years they have learned new comfort, new ease-of-mind through this sanitary protection. Now, after years of work, a process has been perfected that completely ends all odors. The one remaining hygienic problem in connection with sanitary pads is solved. Shaped to fit, too Because corners of the pad are rounded and tapered it may be worn without evidence under the most clinging gown. There is none of that conspicuous bulkiness so often associated with old-fashioned methods. Kotex is easy to adjust to suit your individual needs. Cellucotton absorbent wadding takes up 16 times its weight in moisture. 5 times more absorbent than cotton itself. It is easily disposed of, no laundering is necessary. A new proc ess makes it softer than ever before. Buy a box today— 45c for a box of twelve. On sale at all drug, dry goods and department stores; also through vending cabinets in rest-rooms, by West Disinfecting Co. *Kotex is the only sanitary pad that deodorizes by a patenred process. (Patent No. 1,670,587, granted May 22, 1928.) KOTGX The New Sanitary Pad which deodorizes Use Super-size Kotex Formerly yoc—Now 65c Super-size Kotex offers the many advantages of the Kotex you always use plus the greater protection which comes with extra layers of Cellucotton absorbent wadding. Disposable in the same way. Doctors and nurses consider it quite indispensable the first day or two, when extra protection is essential. At the new low price, you can easily afford to buy Super-size Kotex. Buy one box of Super-size to every three boxes of regular size Kotex. Its added layers of filler mean added comfort.