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lave been a sterling idea. However,' on his particular night, it began to rain. It ;ame down in buckets and we couldn’t see i thing. My windshield wipers wouldn’t vork. “Want to leave?” I asked her. I felt like an idiot, a rat and a cad, in that order, Decause the picture we were missing was ane she’d especially wanted to see. We stayed. We operated the wipers by hand. It was her idea, and you’d have thought she’d spent most of her life seeing novies that way! Or there was the time Deb and I were Doming home from a skiing trip. We’d gotten as far as Pasadena when I noticed we were practically out of gas. “We’re going to have to stop pretty soon,” I told her. After a while, I mentioned it again, And we promptly went on with our conversation. Finally, the car sputtered and came to a stop. “Tab,” said Debbie, “we seem to have forgotten something.” There we were in the middle of the boulevard. And there we stayed until a kindly motorist gave us a push to a service station. Despite our good luck, I had cause to moan. “Deb, my credit card’s no good here and I’m fresh out of money,” I i told her. “Allow me,” she grinned. I allowed her to loan me the money for exactly one gallon. Enough to get us to a station where I could use my credit card. Deb thought the whole thing was just short of hilarious. Neither Lori nor Deb expects a nightclub tour when we go out. Neither drinks, except for an occasional sip of champagne Iwhich they both claim tastes like SevenUp. Marilyn Erskine’s one of the most wonderful girls I’ve ever known. And I believe that every girl could profit by her i’honesty is the best policy” theory, on a date. And her examples of thoughtfulness and kindness. I met Marilyn last October when I was called in to read for a part in the stage production of “Our Town.” Marilyn was to be the leading lady. She’d done the part before and was great in it, and she agreed to read with me. Later, when I was told that I’d won the role I’d read for, I thanked her for all her help. “Please don’t,” she grinned. “I have a confession. I didn’t think you could do it. And I apologize!” Despite this fact, she’d spent hours patiently working with me on the part. I was grateful for her aid and for her honesty. And I felt pretty proud of having won her respect. Her admission made me feel I’d i really accomplished something. I think you’ll find that when you level with a man (and I don’t mean level him right into the ground) you’ll both be more comfortable. And you’ll both know exactly where you stand with each other. The stage company of “Our Town” did a series of one-night stands. That means you rush here and you rush there and while you’re rushing, you have to take it all in your stride. That’s exactly what Marilyn did. She never got upset by the confusion. If there was a problem, she pitched in and helped solve it. She’s the ■ kind of a girl a fellow knows he can count on. 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