Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1952)

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MY WAY TO HAPPINESS Arthur Murray's Party gave me a new lease on life gave me Jerry, the man I love By IDA GEFFIN Now, in our own home, we often drop everything to whirl around the room in each other's arms. 42 Ilike to believe that even if Jerry and I had never learned to dance and had not met on a certain evening at an Arthur Murray Party, still our paths were fated to cross somewhere, somehow. I like to believe this is so, because not knowing Jerry and not loving him is unthinkable to me now. Everything good began for me when I decided I was missing out on most of the fun a young girl should be having, because I didn't know how to dance and was shy about trying. Like all girls, I was looking for more social contacts, as well as for ways to improve myself. In school I had been more of a bookworm than anything else. I had worked in the school library and had gone in for sports like tennis and horseback riding for recreation, but when it came to the parties and proms I always managed to find some excuse for staying away. I never felt at my best with large groups of people. I was too shy. I refused to dance. I said I didn't like, dancing, but I realize now it was because I didn't dance well. Jerry, too, was self-conscious and shy. Yet he, too, wanted to meet young people and have a good time. Completely unknown to each other, we were both {Continued on page 74)