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SECRETS OF POPULARITY
By Karen Smith
From "Intimate Story," November 1960, Romance Publishing Group
How are your dating manners? If you're in any doubt, read on
For a girl to rate as a date she must avoid these pitfalls:
1. Don't keep the boy who is calling for you waiting longer than ten minutes.
2. Take along a handbag to hold your own cosmetics. Don't fill his pockets with them.
3. When you're in public, don't hang on his arm.
4. And nothing will embarrass him more than noisy talk and loud laughter.
5. It goes without saying that you will respect his allowance limitations.
6. And please don't break a date at the last minute.
7. Most important, give him your full attention. He won't appreciate your table-hopping or eyeing other boys.
If you're in doubt about conversation you can always talk about school affairs. True, it's like the weather, but it's a good subject to start on until you find out what his interests are.
This is what a boy should do for the girl he has invited out for a date:
1. He must call for her - and that means going into the house, not just sitting in the car and honking the horn.
2. He should help her on with her coat.
3. He should open the door for her and then let her go through first. He should seat her if they're eating together and help her when she rises.
4. He should stand in line for movie tickets, but she can stand with him if she wants to, and if the weather is good. Otherwise, he should suggest that she meet him in the lobby.
5. He shows respect for her when he brings her home on time, and he must take her right to the door. She's under his protection when she's out with him.
Since he asked for the date, he should give her extra courtesy and attention. She'll appreciate it, and in return he'll be rewarded with her special consideration.
As you can see the rules are simple - really just basic manners - but they set the tone for a very pleasant and smooth-going evening.