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I For years I never gave romance a thought. I was too busy making a success of my little shop. But now, late each evening as I closed its doors a pang of loneliness smote me. I realized the truth: I missed the companionship of men. Why were they so indifferent to me? Nearing 30, why was I 'manless'?
2 "I began to take stock of myself. Age? Twenty-nine. Brains? Yes. Success? Yes. Hair and teeth? Good. Figure? Perfect. Clothes? Smart. Personality? Adequate. What did I lack? I was soon to find out — and it took my own birthday party to teach me the bitter truth.
"Mother had invited several eligible men — among them eorge Gray, whom I thought the most attractive man I'd rer seen. He had asked me to dinner once or twice, but at was all. Of course I had to blow the candles out. There ere 25 instead of 29 (thanks to Mother's tact). But hard as blew, not one candle yielded — you'd have thought they ere wired to the electric light circuit. Everybody laughed.
" 'Poor Mabel,' someone said, 'An old maid to the bitter id!' But I thought there was a little venom in the remark.
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I thought, also, that Ge away as I blew upon just sensitive?
"Later, I had to rur joining room Jay Jones and George Gray were talking. I couldn't help but overhear. 'Mabel didn't have any luck with the candles,' Jay was saying. 'Guess her breath wasn't strong enough.' 'Not strong enough!' George chortled. 'You don't know Mabel well or you wouldn't say that. It's too
strong. That's Mabel's trouble. She doesn't use Listerine. That's why I quit calling on her. Too bad, too . . . she's such a peach otherwise.' I never forgot the humiliating lesson I learned that night.
'From that day on I used uterine morning and night, and •tween times before social enigements. Instead of dodging e, people now began to seek e out. I gave less time to busies and 'went gay' indeed — and made up my mind that some3w I'd make George Gray want i 'see me again.
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6 "He's the most romantic man ever, and we're going to be married in June. And for that I have Listerine to thank. What a fool a girl is to be without it when halitosis is such a constant threat."
HOW IS YOUR BREATH RIGHT NOW?
5 "My chance came several weeks later at the country club dance.
"George cut in out of sheer politeness the first time. But the second and third time — and the seventh, it wasn't politeness. It was interest. The following Sunday he came to call — and he's been calling three times a week ever since.
For all you know, your breath maybe offending at this very moment. Halitosis (bad breath) spares no one ! Everybody suffers, at one time or another, without realizing it. Don't take a chance. Rinse the mouth with Listerine Antiseptic. It cleanses and invigorates the
entire oral cavity, halts fermentation, a major cause of odors, then overcomes the odors themselves. Your breath becomes sweeter, purer, cleaner.
For HALITOSIS (BAD BREATH)
LISTERINE