The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-20
popULAR INFERIoRITY COMPLEX

My dear Doctor Brady, runs beautifully written note in green ink on blue paper, If l am not confused, am penning this note to you with hope of obtaining some advise Probably the ordinary correspondent pens his note to mo with a hope of setting me back a peg or two or maybe telling me how griev- ously wrong I am about the subject. For some time now have the obsession that have a body odor.
 Not more than two guesses to a person. now. which magazine does the unhappy correspond ent read?
 I have absolutely no foundation for
 oh, I don't know about that. child. Every body who Is healthy and alive has a body odor It is characteristic, too, not only of race but | of family and in many instances of the indivi- dual Not to the ordinary sense of smell, but to the well developed olfactory sense-such as that of your dog.
 .. have friends galore
 We are not denying the boast, but 1t sounds q trfe exaggerated. doesn't It? Just such ex- | aggeration as one with inferiority complex would naturally make. Actually the unhappy | correspondent believes he or she has few | friends none, as we shall sec presently, but | 1t would be too humillatng to admit the truth. Now take me fair example. ami reason ably certain have as much body odor as the next fellow, if not a whin more. so seldom | wallow in n bath tub. And I'd wager that In an | unbiased tabulation or investigation of q thous- and doctors chosen as they happen along I'd have as few friends the lonesoncst dozen out of the thousand. Candidly l doubt very much whether We could muster q complete | ] l | morrow-we'd have to hire professional car | riers and announce q list of hypothetical names as honorary bearers. But that doesn't take any of the joy out of life. for I'm going to get around all that hocus-pccus anyway. '. friends galore and all that is necessary | to be happy, yet cannot rid my mind Of this | thought. dare not inquire of anyone for fear | they will elth.r lie or think me foolish. The truth Is out now-the unhappy corre- | spondent really hasn't a friend-or perhaps we | should say isn't real friend to anybody
 
 | . . Should 1 ask my doctor or is there | some chemical test to discover if my suspicious
 Truly yours A. Blank.
 Don't ask your doctor Let me be your | friend.
 | can tell you even at ths distance that you | have n body odor. What of it? If you think there k excessive odor from any part of the body. write and tell me, and we'll see If we l can't rid your mind of that dirty low feeling | You know you can always confde in me wheth- CT you can get my sympathy or not. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Three Little Girls in Mascara | We three. Gertrude, Kitty and Helen, work as extras in the movies in IL. l. and California and in line it is the beautiful ones that gel the jobs. and beauty is 9s per cent make up Can you give a formula for mascara whicl
 VIC can make up ourselves? We can't afford the more expensive mascarns, and the kind wt can afford leaves particles on the eycIashes Also is there anything that will improve tht growth of the cycIashcs? e. K. and H. l crease the growth of the eyelashes. I wish could give the information you seek. but know nothing about mascara or makeup. do know q young actorine who would give hel ole man the merry ha-ha If he tried to tell hei how to make up for her part.
 | Hygiene fin School
 If you were designated to teach vital. help | ful hygiene to eighth grade pupils what would you include in your course? ! am facing thI | problem and I need authoritative advice. CT SD | Answer-If had anything to say about ! | there would be no attempt to teach such chl dren hygiene until they had received suitable | elementary course In anatomy and one II physiolopy The trouble with most school au thoritles is they think anybody can teach thes' trivial subjects without special training for th' ! work. That is why most so-called 'health edu 1 cation" in the public schools is n farce and silly waste of money. I'll never outline | course or write a textbook or advise what tn | hygiene teacher should teach. until am oil cially placed in charge. Not only the prepara | ton of tho course. but the choice of textboess
 iH n political racket, with backRround of pa | tronage and graft. I'd rather Hlt and Rohsil ] than waste my time trying to get hygiene nd mitted t0 school.