Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-07-08
The Broadcast
Smile
20, 1925. western Newspaper Union3
BY ANNE K. COLE

the galvanic Kind, dancing eyes and
sparkling teeth, animation every min
ute. Thai is Why When | saw the IA
perfect SO days playing above the
white robe Of Tie Unstylish Stout So
rority, l was moved to eXclaim
"What, you here, Mollie ODare|
"Sure Preserving my girIish figure
so my husband won't can me, came
her pat answer.
$50 You married the Scotch laird
after ali" When lost track of Mol
lie there had been newspaper talk of
the romantic wooins Of tie pretty
model by Scotch nobleman who had
fallen in love with her photograph.
"Hoot no, woman. What would |
be doing footing bagpipe all day in
a draaghty Old castle? But | might
be marrying Jim Graham, The perfume
salesman, you remember? Say, it's a
good story. Get little nearer.
There Well. you remember how we
used to fight? we always will, |
guess, but somehow I'd rather black
eye from jim than black pearls from
the Scotchman.'
"What was | doing? Well. wasn't
sitting under any weeping willow.
gave Scotty an inch of encouragement
and he took yards Of hope | didn't
have one dinner home for three months
straight Old Andy couldn't dance, so
we'd usually trickle around to some
chn oft baN.
Madame gives me straight-lne
duyetyn gown to put on for chunky
little customer to see what size
wouldn't look like in, and the darn
thing wouldn't meet at the waist. l
used few pins when Madame WASH
looking. but at lunch time / invested
a cent in Slot scales, and that night
| called off a dinner date with Scotty
at one of those places renowned for
food only.
Say, it's funny about this excess
weight Once you start on the up
ward path you can't put on the brakes.
Honestly, every day | could see the
old waistline creeping up to the fatal
thirties. Maybe Scotty saw my silhou-
cite was blurrng. too. Anyway, he
gave me last chance to jingle the
cupboard keys of Glenaire castle,
which | refused with my fingers
crossed for fear | wouldn't, and he
took the next boat home.
with Scotty gone, l got to thinking
about Jim again. l hadn't even seen
him on the street and | soon found
out he had a new territory, out of
town for good. Say, isn't it awful to
be out of perfume when you are only
used to the best? I'd have written
Jim. maybe, only L knew him too
well. | got to thinking what could |
do to get over to him out in Indiana,
that | was only fooling and that Ia
had his chrome enlarged and framed,
so | couldn't get another thing on my
dressing table. But outside Of per
sonal Come home, all is forgiven
was stumped.
Funny, too, the worrying didn't
waste my waist away. 1t wasn't long
until Madame got on to it. She said she
hated to lose d good model, but what
good was l if nothing fit me! Six
months from the day Jim and l had
our last quarrel, l. tlounced out Of
Madame's-I was out of job.
THAT night l looked in my mirror
mean with business eye. My face
wasn't so bad yet. If held my mead
just so, there wasn't a trace Of dou-
Bile chin. SO the next day l hied me
pnr,c orr al
studio.
ABE began with a feeble smile,
Have you any work for girl whose
face is her fortune and where the
waistline doesn't count?
"Abe gave me one long look. Hon
est, l could see the dollar marks dane
ing in his eyes. I got new contract
for a dental floss he begins, but
stops short when he sees the disgust
in my face.
Anyway, Molie, you don't need
get so fussy with your figure all Jumps
and no hollows,' he says. This here
means good money They got motto
something like, Are You Afraid to
Smile? and they want pretty heud
with an exhibition row of teeth SOS
they can set it up in cardboard in ev-
cry drug store in the country. Now,
grille, all you got to do Is think OF
your best boy friend"
81 am I says. I'm thinking so
blame hard. You're sure that goes,
that my face with it's winning smile
will be set up on all the counters?
"'Sure thing! says Abe rubbing
his hands.
""Then it's lights; camera, shoot!' l
whooped, taking off my coat and hat
and getting out my lipstick.
"WeD, it worked" Mollie sighed
deeply In retrospection.
"You mean you got the job" l
asked.
JOB? Sure l got 1t, and any other
one l might happen to want too.
They're asking for the Dentrox girl all