Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

TONI TWINS Discover New Shampoo Magic Soft Water Shampooing Even in Hardest Water "We found the magic of Ton i Creme Shampoo the first time we used it," say lovely twins Charlotte and Antoinette Winkelmann of New York. "Our hair was so delightfully soft ... as if we washed it in rain water. And that marvelous softness makes it lots easier to manage, too." You, too. will discover Soft Water Shampooing. . . the magic of Toni Creme Shampoo! Even in hardest water you get oceans of creamy lather that rinses away dirt and dandruff instantly. Never leaves a dull, soapy film. That's why your hair sparkles with all its gleaming natural highlights. And it's so easy to set and style. TONI CREME SHAMPOO • Leaves your hair gloriously soft, easy to manage • Helps permanent* "take" better, look lovelier longer • Rinses away dirt and dandruff instantly • Oceans of creamy-thick lather makes hair sparkle with natural highlights Enriched with Lanolin 78 by f oan evans You a teen-ager? Then read thisa monthly feature especially for you. T 'm just plain mad. And I hope I stay * mad until I get what I have to say off my chest. There are thousands of teenage boys in this country I'd like to shake. It's the necking situation or, as most of you kids call it, parking. I've had hundreds of letters about it from nice, sensible, intelligent girls and I've been wondering how to get the message across. Then I decided that I'd devote this month's column to speaking directly to you boys. Here's how one girl wrote, "I'll go out with a very nice boy. We'll have a good time at the movies or skating or something. Then the boy will park the car and try to kiss me. This embarrasses me and I don't like it. But I don't want to be a prude. I wish you'd tell me if parking is necessary to a nice evening." Well, the answer is no, it is not necessary. And you know what I think? I think you boys try it just to be smart, so you can boast about what great big men you are to the other boys. Or maybe you think the girl expects it. Well, take my word for it, she doesn't. She would be a lot happier and like you a lot more if you would take her home after a date, walk with her to the door and say good-night. And while I'm on "walking to the door" subject I'd like to say that I had ten letters this month from girls who asked, "Shouldn't a boy walk you to your door after a date?" Well, of course he should ! It's just plain rude for him to let you scramble out of the car by yourself, find your key, maybe on a dark front porch and let yourself into the house. I had that happen to me — but just once. We live on top of a hill. The garage is below the house and there are thirty steps leading down to it. Well, the boy I was with just pulled into the garage, said, "Good-night, Joanie" and let me get into the house as best I could. Know what happened? I've not been out with that boy again. TD ut back to the parking situation. Look *^ at it this way, boys. Sometime you'll get married. Will you want a wife who has been kissed by every kid she ever went out with ? A lot of girls have written to say, "If I don't let the boy park I'm afraid he won't take me out again." And one girl wrote, "I had a first date with a boy who seemed very nice. We went skating and had a lot of fun. At least, I had fun and I thought he did. too. Then he wanted to drive out on a lonely road and when I told him to take me right home he never asked me for another date." All I've got to say to that boy is, "Shame on you." A girl puts herself out to be charming and gay and just because she doesn't like to drive out on the lonely road you don't see her again. You know how that makes her feel? It makes her think, "Why he doesn't like me at all. He doesn't find me attractive. He wants just any girl he can neck with. So what's the use of trying to look nice and be attractive if I sit at home while the girls who will park get all the dates." Just for one minute put yourself in the girl's place. When you stop seeing her because she won't park you have given a cruel blow to her ego. Or — and this is worse — you have made her say, "All right. I'll play it their way. I'll make a trade. I'll string along." And that makes for bitterness and toughness. The word "nice" doesn't mean "stuffy." Nice means "kind, friendly, considerate." So the nice girls stay at home knitting while the tough, wild girls get all the dates. This just isn't fair. Take my word for it, bovs, vou're not