Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1954)

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For evening, it’s my theory that a girl can’t go wrong by wearing a simple dress with, perhaps, a strand of pearls. And be certain you’re dressing for comfort as well as style. Start the evening right. Don’t keep your man cooling his heels in the parlor — you’ll be saved the trouble of wondering all evening whether he’s secretly rebuking you for being late. If you’ve a good excuse, he’ll understand. In that case, say you’re sorry — but don’t spend the rest of the evening apologizing! Go out with the idea of having fun. After all, this fellow wants to be with you or he wouldn't have called in the first place. Let him know that it doesn’t matter where you go. It’s who you’re with that counts. If a man realizes that you feel this way about him, the feeling will very probably be mutual. I remember the time Lori Nelson and I attended a party. It was an elegant party. Very formal. Very social. Very dead. It seemed as if rigor mortis had set in all over the room. “You know,” I whispered, “if it weren’t so sad, I’d feel like laughing.” Lori gave me a shocked look. “Out loud?” she said, and we both laughed. Quietly, of course. A few minutes later, we ran into Marilyn Erskine and her date and we managed to find a table together. Pretty soon we were oblivious to our surroundings and having a whale of a time. I guess we looked it. People kept drifting over to say hello. One hello lasted for nearly an hour before the couple went back to their own table to finish a bored discussion on the outrageous price of Cadillacs. When Lori told me that she’d had a good time that evening, I believed her. I already knew. She’d been telling me all evening long — not in so many words — just by her laughter and the way she entered into the spirit of things. A real dream date. That’s Lori. She isn’t bothered by the fact that she looks like a regal, fragile doll. Lori will tack'e any sport you can name. (Most recently we’ve gone in for aqua-lung-ing!) She swims like a fish. Waterskis like a whiz. She plays tennis, rides horseback and she’s a gun enthusiast. Speaking of the latter, Lori and her father go out nearly every Sunday for target practice at a near-by range. And the gal shoots as well lefthanded as she does right-handed. We’ve always done a lot of swimming together, and our water fights are getting famous. I remember one time when we took a trip to Palm Springs. A lot of photographers were down and they were snapping a few dozen pictures as we played around by the side of the Racquel Club pool. Then, all of a sudden, Lori gave me a shove. Into the drink I went. “Now that was a large-type mistake,” I shouted when I got to the surface. But after that, 1 switched to a more subdued tone. “Here,’’ I said, “how about helping me out?” Lori sat down at the edge of the pool, despite a shout of warning from one of hei girl friends. “I trust Tab,” she said sweetly. “He’d never pull me in.” But there was a gleam in her eye. What could a guy do? I pulled her into t the pool, of course. That’s where we spenl the rest of the morning, while spectators) placed bets on who would win the battle, i The photographers stayed with us, bu( the fact that her hair was soaking wel didn’t spoil Lori’s good time. She never thought to worry about it as some girls might. And I might add, she never looked cuter. But what if your date goes in for sports and you’re not exactly the athletic type? Would it completely wreck your idea of fun? It shouldn’t. Most guys don’t insist that a girl be an expert at sports. But she does have to be willing to give them a try — and forget to be embarrassed because she doesn’t happen to be a champ. Any man will appreciate her efforts. I can still recall the first time Debbie Reynolds and I went ice skating. Debbie has the grace of a dancer, and as long as 1 did a lot of lifts with her, she looked like a dream. Once on the ice again, however, she had a bit of trouble staying on her feet All the same, this spoiled no one’s evening and I mightily admired her bravery. Deb isn’t the world’s greatest skier, either. But there again, she gives it her all. A friend accompanied us on our initial ski venture and when we struck out, Deb started in the opposite direction. “I’m going over and take a lesson like a sensible girl,” she told us. “You guys go and have some fun.” We took her at her word. I’m ashamed to say that it was hours before we returned But there was Deb — still plugging away as if learning to ski was the most important thing in the world. Since then she’s tackled i a few slopes with me, and I’m proud of the fact she went to the trouble to learn so that we could go skiing together. And now I come to life’s little tragedies and the importance of a sense of humor on a date. Calamities do happen to anyone and when they do, a fellow’s first inclination is to curl up and die of embarrassment. Take the time — long ago — that my date and I went to a drive-in theatre — in my old Ford coupe. Ordinarily this would _l PSORIASIS (ENEMY OF BEAUTY) no longer limits my activities WRITES A GRATEFUL SIROIL USER: “Now I can face people in my sport clothes without feeling an object of pity ... thanks to Siroil.” For 21 years, psoriasis sufferers have discovered that Siroil tends to remove external psoriasis crusts and scales. Will not stain clothing or bed-linen. Try Siroil on 2 weeks satisfaction-guaranteed-or money-refunded basis. w„,e fof Ffee Boofe/e, Siroil Laboratories, Inc., Dept.M-74# Santa Monica, Calif. WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITES? 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