Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

Dietrich Does a Strip ! [Continued from page 26] thoroughly interesting, she should not have dates with him. It is better for her to stay at home and read, knit, cook, sew, or listen to music. "I am," confessed Marlene, "personally suspicious of handsome men. They so seldom hold up. What a man thinks and feels is what counts. "Because of my roles I'm continually asked how to 'maneuver' men. My undressed-up answer is: be straightforward and honest and skip the attempt to maneuver them. Men have a keen instinct; they sense where they stand with a woman. What's more, men don't want suspense. They want to be sure of a woman. The woman who is temperamental is immature." "And you," she was interrupted, "are never temperamental?" Scorning evasion, Marlene retorted, "No! I am fatalistic about my life as a woman. But the opposite about my work; in one's work it is necessary to be always trying. I worry if everything isn't just right at the studio. I don't like half-way accomplishments there, and I tell them so. I work hard at acting and I want people's respect. "If I've seemed freakish at times, blame it on the press agent build-up. If I haven't gushed to interviewers, remember there are some things too close to the heart to be blatantly broadcast. Any reticence on my part should be credited to my notion of good taste, not to absurd temperament. I have had my share of bad hours." She shrugged her shoulders. "But today, with what we have to do-for America, why are we talking about me? There's work to be done — today, not tomorrow or next week. So let's all pitch in and finish the job in a hurry." ■ a Other Wives . . . fiearmy story' TO THE AMERICAN GIRL Your community needs your help Register now for Civilian Defense HOW A YOUNG WIFE OVERCAME THE "ONE NEGLECT" THAT ROBS SO MANY MARRIAGES OF ROMANCE I. Slowly, my husband's love and tenderness had changed to ... a frozen strangeness. Then neglect. I spent long evenings alone. One grim night, driven to despair, I left my unhappy home . . . 2. My ticket back to Mother's was in my hand when I ran into an old school chum, a widow a little older than I. I couldn't bluff her. I had to tell. And bless her, she opened my eyes by saying, "So often, my dear, a loving husband can't overlook one neglect . . . carelessness of feminine hygiene {intimate personal cleanliness). 3. "Many modern wives," she told me, "use a gentle yet thorough method of feminine hygiene— Lysol disinfectant." She explained how Lysol is so gentle it won't harm sensitive vaginal tissues. "Just follow the easy directions," she advised. "Lysol is a famous germicide. It cleanses thoroughly, deodorizes, leaves you feeling dainty." 4. "Well, I tore up that ticket. And just as she said — I find Lysol disinfectant easy to use, so economical. Wives, don't let "one neglect" dim your happiness! For new FREE booklet (in plain wrapper) about Feminine Hygiene, send postcard or letter for Booklet H-343, Address: Lehn & Fink, Bloomfield, N. J. Check this with your Doctor Lysol is NON-CAUSTIC — gentle and efficient in proper dilution. Contains no free alkali. It is nor carbolic acid. EFFECTIVE — a powerful germicide, active in presence of organic matter (such as mucus, serum, etc.). SPREADING— Lysol solutions spread and thus virtually search out germs in deep crevices. ECONOMICAL— small bottle makes almost 4 gallons of solution for feminine hygiene. CLEANLY ODOR— disappears after use. LASTING — Lysol keeps full strength indefinitely no matter how often it is uncorked. 61