Susan, Be Smooth - 1940 'Good Grooming' book for girls!

"A handbook of good grooming for girls, especially girls under twenty who want to be seen and heard. As you know, Susan (for all of us are potential Susans), smoothness is good grooming, and good grooming is neatness. It need not be dull because it is neat, but it must be in good taste, depending on the person or the occasion... It is the quality which makes you liked by women and loved by men. This brightly written book will give you your lines but you must apply them to your own personality, for smoothness is making the most of 'you'. Miss Giules tells you how to do it in fifteen minutes a day. She tells you the right implements to use, the right methods to follow and the best times to do it." A fascinatingly earnest look at social expectations for women's appearance in 1940. Remember -- "only soap and water will give you the dewy, fresh, scrubbed look." - Susan, Be Smooth! - Nell Giles. Illustrated by Winifred W. Coffin. Published 1940, Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston Hardcover. Approx. 6.5x8.5in. 103pp. Dustjacket has wear and missing chunks; has been placed in mylar cover.