Of course a brutally tough effect can be achieved by letting the cigarette dangle loosely from the mouth, especially while you talk. But best not to bother. You don't have to mimic Humphrey Bogart to look like a man, and in its own way a dangling cigarette can attract as much attention as a limp.

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Exhaling smoke, by the way, should be a simple, quiet matter, with the lips barely parted. If you can exhale at least part of a draw through the nose, so much the better. If the smoke is blown through the lips, avoid the prolonged jet effect-which is effeminate. If entirely or partly through the nostrils, let it be a steady but slow and easy expulsion, lest you merely caricature a masculine trait. Above all, leave it to handsome models in the TV commercials to tilt their heads back, purse their lips, and rid their lungs of smoke with all the magnificence of an Old Faithful eruption. You can be sure that this posturing is nothing more than an innocent miscarriage of ecstatic. salesmanship.

For some reason grains of cigarette tobacco seem to have an annoying affinity for the tongues of many heterosexual women and homosexual men. This may be because so many females and gay guys never quite learn to "dry smoke" their cigarettes-to hold them between the dry outer surface of the lips where saliva can't weaken the paper and loosen the tobacco. So practice the knack of dry smoking. Meantime, don't ever stick out the tongue and fish for a dislodged grain with thumb and forefinger (or still worse, the second, third, or fourth finger!). Try licking the side of your fist-an awkward and inelegant gesture, but usually effective-and far less lady-like than using the fingers as pincers.

It is neither a crime nor a special mark of feminism to tap a cigarette with the forefinger while holding it above an ashtray. But the typically masculine way of thumping ashes is to hold the cigarette between thumb and forefinger while flickering it sharply with the tip of the second finger. Whether flicking or tapping, however, the longer you prolong the action, the more of a "nervous type" you appear to be. It is masculine to use a single tap of the forefinger to knock the cigarette against the rim of an ashtray. Never employ the entire arm to bounce the cigarette gently against the tray. Avoid, too, any hand bouncing in ducking your smoke. Rather, press the tip firmly against the bowl with a slight twisting movement. Continued pressure will suffocate the fire. Repeat the routine if necessary-but again, don't overdo it. Never put out a cigarette with a single crushing jab or by grinding it to shreds with the thumb. Such forcefulness is anything but effeminate, but the needless onslaught can suggest an angry state of mind or a vicious nature.

next, Johnnie, learn the upright posture of masculine males. When stand-

ing at ease, under no circumstances allow the weight of your body to rest on a single leg while the knee of the other dips inward. This is the pose of a manikin as she models a gown. Rest your weight equally on both legs, knees rigid. Another solid stance is that of folding the arms and standing with legs apart. Try always to hold your shoulders back, your spine straight, and your head up.

It would be safer to avoid the hands-on-hips position altogether, but if you want to try it there's a thoroughly masculine way. Never rest the backs of your hands on your hips. The fists, yes; though better yet, grasp the hips between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, two to three inches below the

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