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Look at me now . . . Lily of the 5 & lO
Is IT really me? . . . here in a lovely house, with a car and servants . . . and the nicest man in the world for a husband? Sometimes I wonder . . .
It seems only yesterday that I was one of an army of clerks — and a very lonely one at that . . . only yesterday that Anna Johnson gave me the hint that changed my entire life. Maybe she told me because I was quitting and she wanted me to have a good time on my little trip to Bermuda that I'd skimped and saved for.
"Lil," she said, "in the three years we've been here, I've only seen you out with a man occasionally. I know it isn't because you don't like men ..."
"They don't like me" I confessed. "That's what you think . . . but you're wrong. You've got everything — and any man would like you if it weren't for . . ." "If it weren't for what?" "Gosh, Lil, I hate to say it . . . but I think
I ought to . . ."
And then she told me . . . told me what I should have been told years before — what everyone should be told. It was a pretty humiliating hint to receive, but I took it. And how beautifully it worked!
On the boat on the way down to the Islands, I was really sought after for the first time in my life. And then, at a cocktail party in a cute little inn in Bermuda, I met HIM. The moon, the water, the scent of the hibiscus did the rest. Three months later we were married.
I realized that but for Anna's hint, Romance might have passed -me by.
For this is wha.t Anna told me:
"Lil," she said, "there's nothing that kills a man's interest in a girl as fast as a case of halitosis (bad breath).* Everyone has it now and then. To say the least, youve been, well . . . careless. You probably never realized your trouble. Halitosis victims seldom do.
"I'm passing you a little tip, honey — use Listerine Antiseptic before any date. It's a wonderful antiseptic and deodorant . . . makes your breath so much sweeter in no time, honest.
"I'd rather go to a date without my shoes than without Listerine Antiseptic. Nine times out of ten it spells the difference between being a washout or a winner."
And in view of what happened, I guess Anna was right.
* Sotnetinn's halitosis is due to systemic conditions, but usually and fortunately it is caused, say some authorities, by fermentation of tiny food particles in the mouth, Listerine quickly halts such food fermentation and then overcomes the odors it causes. Your breath becomes streeter, purer, less likely to offend. Always use Listerine before business and social engagements. Lambert Pharmacal Co., St. Louis, Mo.