Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1939 — Page 26

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Women Want Beauty

By LOUISE HOLMES

CAST OF CHARACTERS SUSIE LAMBERT—She served waffles and dreamed of being beautiful. DICK TREMAINE—He liked Susie’s waffles but he couldn’t see Susie, JEFF BOWMAN—His chief concern

‘ was to make Susie as beautiful as she

wanted to be. Yesterday: Susie balks at going through with her beauty program. But Jeff convinces her she must try.

CHAPTER TWELVE

EFF felt helpless. Knowing that Susie’s reaction was that of any well-bred girl, he could think of no convincing arguments. He started at the beginning again. “you must have had some reason for answering Mr. Harker’s ad,”

he suggested. : “ves.” Susie twisted her cotton gloved hands. Dick—to be the kind of a girl Dick admired—to get away from the drab nothingness of her life—it had seemed worth any sacrifice. “The reason still remains?” he went on, noticing the change in her

“defiant attitude.

' “Oh, yes,” she answered for-

lornly.

“Then give it a try. A little publicity won’t hurt you. The movie stars lie awake nights trying to think up ways to attract attention.

Tet Mr. Harker tell an interested

feminine public what you didn’t eat to drag off superfluous pounds, let him tell the kind of shampoo that

brought out the gold in your hair—” |

“Gold in my hair—,” she looked up disgustedly. “Let him publish your picture now—and later. Listen to the envious gals gasp when they see Suzanne—" “Suzanne—?” creduously.

Susie started in-

“Yep. That's what the Chief said. | |

Susie it is. when we finish with her she’ll be Suzanne.” Jeff mentally patted himself on the back. At handling women he was a wizard, positively a wizard. Parking the car in the company’s garage, he ushered Susie through the store to an elevator. A buzz followed them, subdued laughter brought the purplish flush to Susie’s round face. Once before she'd heard a buzz like that, laughter like ‘that. It was in a fraternity house dressing room.

o ” 2 T the door of Mr. Harker’s office, with the switchboard girl staring, round-eyed, after her, Susie almost turned and bolted. She dropped her head in shame. It was a humble, disciplined Susie

who walked into Mr. Harker's office. Rising, he came around the desk, holding out his hand. Jeff said, “This is Susie Lambert, Mr. Harker.” He knew, from the Chief’s controlled expression that he hadn’t expected anything quite so bad as Susie. Mr. Harker shook her hand and led her to a chair close to his desk. Jeff, his mission accomplished, went to the outer office and Mr. Harker followed him. “She's pretty bad,” he said thoughtfully. Then he brightened. “But that’s what I wanted.” Jeff said, “Be a little cagey with her, Chief. She bolted once, said she wouldn't be a guinea pig.” John Harker’s eyes lighted with a laugh. “That's good—swell. I was afraid she didn’t have: spirit. Anything else I should know? What did your mother say?” “Edna likes her, she sees possibilities. Susie has a nice sense of humor, she’s repressed and inhibited —it’ll take a lot of doing.” Jeff felt very proud to have the Chief ask his advice. But that was like the Chief. The swellest man a guy ever worked for. 2 ” 2

R. HARKER went back to Susie. He met her hurrying toward the door and pretended not to notice the flight. “Sit down, Susie,” he said. “I'll call you Susie because we're going to'see a lot of each other in the next several months. Let's talk things over a little.” : She sat down, nervously smoothing her gloves. “I—I don’t think I can do it, Mr. Harker.” She spoke as one who was about to have her tonsils removed. «ell me why,” he said gently. In truth Mr. Harker was of the same opinion at the moment. Susie bit her lip to curb the threatening tears. “Be-because I won’t be a success, because I'm impossible,” she said chokingly. “Because you are doing it for publicity and failure would be bad for your business.” Saying this Susie raised her eyes and Mr. Harker’s doubts vanished. Her eyes were mistled, they were the most desperately unhappy eyes he had ever seen.- He leaned across the desk. “you want us to try, don’t you, Susie?” “Oh, yes. It’s been so—awful.” What had been so awful she left to his imagination and he nodded understandingly. “Perhaps we can’t make a ravishing beauty of you; to tell the truth, there are very few raving beauties in ‘the world. - But you can have charm, Susie, you can attract with-

‘out startling beauty, we can help

you make the most of yourself.” “Can you?” she inquired, leaning toward him wistfully. “Yes indeed we can,” Harker assured. After: a hesitation she said, “The picture in the paper, Mr. Harker— I don’t like it. People don’t seem to realize that all girls are the same inside—they’ll laugh at me—" ” 2 = R. HARKER nodded sympathetically. “No picture shall be published unless you are willing. I have a photographer—he’s tops in his line. We have in mind a picture that will suggest your bad points without emphasizing them. Will you let him try? You :chall see the proofs and decide.” He was so kind that Susie’s defense went down in disorder. Susie was photographed from every angle. . At first furiously conscious of her-

_gelf, she gradually accepted the im-

personal treatment. With tbe deof the cameraman other people were called in consultation, including Miss Fleming, head of the

Beauty Salon; a middle-aged woma. with skin like a girl. :

gequinited at Susie, making

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sunning. Skin—shows faulty diet, needs bleaching, massage,” nourishment. Eyes—very good when face is thinner. Teeth—excelient. Mouth—interesting—much improved by proper use of lipstick. Brows— Pluck. She underlined this. She wrote, “Nose,” and put a cross after it. Obviously Susie’s nose was to be the stumbling. block. Susie looked dazedly at Mr. Hark-

er, at Miss. Fleming who was|

of her campaign, must know every step of the way. /They kept talking together as if she weren't there.

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