FRANCE: Essence of Good Will

France is aware that its prestige has waned; last week in Paris a Franco-Allied Good Will Committee tried to find France's way back to the world's heart through the world's nose. TIME Correspondent Joe Weston was among 800 U.S. civilians and soldiers who attended a good will lecture on French perfumes. His report:

Tall, nimble Lecturer Marcel Labourdette began:

"American girls do less with perfume than any white woman in the world." A soldier asked : "Do you mean that American women use too little or too much or do not use it judiciously?" Replied...

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