Evening star., 1941-01-20
| Susan
| Be Smooth!
Br Nell Giles.

By Nell Giles.
This article is on how to make
people stop and listen. 1t is about
your mouth without llpStick.
There is no need to tell you,
Susan, that good teeth, straight,
sound and white, are the basis OF
many a girls heart-breaking charm.
You've seen it done.
But there is need to say that YOU
can have teeth like this if you start
early enough.
Naturally you know from a few
doses of physiology that diet builds
strong teeth. That YOU must drink
orange iuice and milk and eat spin
ach and not eat too much candy
to furnish the calcium that teeth
are made of. This is a simple fact
which will save many a dentist S
bill.
But teeth must be straight as we'll
as sound and white :. and no one
can help you here but your dentist.
Today the dentist is 2 beauty eX-
pert rebuilding chin lines, as
well as Strengthening teeth. II he
asks you to wear a band around
your teeth, please do! The slight
feeling of fullnesS it gives you now
is nothing compared with the in
feriority complex you can develop
later because you have a mouthful
of crooked teeth that won't fit in.
+oo ,,,I1olo about
Importance of having a sweet
breath. 1t is absolutely abominable
not to have. If you have the slight
est doubt about yourself, do some
thing about 1t Don't imagine
that your charm will smooth over
this insult.
Sweet breath comes from clean
teeth and a stomach in good work.
ing order We are, of course, not
talking about what happens when
you eat onions. That's up to you.
Teeth must be brushed at least
twice a day with an alert brush
which is dry when it receives the
powder, paste or liquid you like to
use. That means you must have
two brushes to be sure there Is a
bone-dry one waiting.
Take pride in the color of tooth
brush handle you choose; buy both
brushes in the same color This is
not hokum; this is all a part Of
Smoothness a sense OF color, a
fastidious pride in everything you
buy and own. Don't make a point
of it to other people. But other
people will notice Susan al
ways has a turquoise toothbrush;
Susan has red hair.
But brushing your teeth we'll is
more than a choice of bristle and
paste. 1t is a fve-minute job, 60
ing in and out those crevices and
doing it the hard way, which is up
and down. But a minute of extra
care will save your breath. 1t is
the tiny pieces of food which fer
ment and cause bad breath.
Which takes us to the third ques-
ton on this oral exam How
is your smile? 1t can be sweet,
sincere or sudden. This last is a
trick. You meet glamour girl
with a great lack of anything in
her face except smoldering eyes.
Sudden as the sun in Bermuda, she
flashes a smile. Most often it falls
fiat the second or third time, because
now you've caught on. But if you
plan to 60 to June Week you might
practice UP on this. It's good when
you seldom meet the same man
twice.
The sweet smile is nice if it's not
overdone Be careful that it has
none of the I'm polishing an ap-
pie for teacher" feeling about it.
The sincere smile is the only kind,
of course, but that doesn't mean
that you only bestow it as a reward
for some good deed. Even a CLAM
orous smile can be sincere. And
you can smile often if you really
are sincere about each one. The
point is that a constant smile gives
your face silly lack of poise and
character, just as no smile at all
makes it eXpressionless. Our favor
ite smiler is Browning's Last Ouch
ess, who, you remember, was killed
because
heartLhow shall say9-too soon made
Too easily impressed: she liked whateer
She looked on, and her looks went every
where
Without doubt the duchess had
charm and died for it. She smiled
from a delighted heart, and she
meant every smile she gave.
About your voice we'll say little
more than Susan, be smooth. u
Even the sound of these three words
will tell you just what we mean
This is a sound of saxophones play
ing the after-dark part of might
and Day" You see . :? 1t can't
be harsh or nasal; 1t can't be loud
to attract attention. 1t has music
and it will get what it asks for
Practice
Tomorrow-DON'T MENTION IT