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Show the man who has never
been puxiled one of the moat per
plexinff of boy versos firl problems,
that of bidding a data good night,
and I win readily admit that we are .
still living in the age of miracles. It
is true that the manner in which a
boy takes fond leave of his date de
pends in no small manner on the
events which took place during the
preceding evening, hot nearly every
amorous gwle has wondered at one
time or another: “Should I kiss her
good night ?”
, Maftura^jr enough, this sort of
mental debate occurs more often on
a first date than at any other time,
but it must be admitted that there
are several other types of adieus, af
fectionate and otherwise, which are.
in universal use today., i
Among these different types is the
timid, bashful procedure—the Caspar
Milquetoast technique- After getting
himself and his date out of the ear,
this shy Casanova leads said date to
her front door with bold and purpose
ful heart. But, as the distance between
the car and the frost door grows
shorter, ad does Caspar's heretofore
venturesome hesrt grow UPUglnr. In
fact, by the time has his now
f trembling hands on the lovely one's
front door, It'* all he can do to weakly
mumble "good night" and then make
a reckless dash for the ear.
Then there is the bold, smooth type,
too. No Milquetoast tactics for this
intrepid soul. Here we have an artist,
one who is thoroughly and capably
skilled in the art of last-minute woo
ing, and one whose work inspires the
envy end admiration of all his male
aasadatab. One good night kiss is en
tirely unsatisfactory; only mass pro
duction holds good here. The point
being—give the girl a last minute
rush and, more often than not, shell
like it. At any rate, if she doesn't, the
resounding smack of her dainty hand
on your manly face will be likened
unto nothing quite so much as the
business end of one of Deppey’s rights.
Less frequent ia occurrence, but
considerably more speed-evoking in
nature >•'w highly undesirable "My
God, your father is waiting up" type.
The sight of an angry father (who
fails to see eye to eye with your
policy of bringing hts daughter in at
such an unsightly hour) waiting up
with shotgun in hand, goes a long
way towards encouraging a hasty de
parture from Miss Soandso. The blunt
truth ia, the conventional practice of
escorting the date to her front door
is usually thrown to the wind here and.
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instead,- she ia
leased at the car <k
escort “guns" his
very indigative of i
And what of th
someth ing-to-eat t>
of the art of
would be complete
to this mercenary (th<
individual. Having
evening’s financial
parable to the ns
prudent lad casts the fit
luctance an any
lead to further spend!
the matter of foodstui
in the collegiate motto
the-meal-is-free, and
fe's parents poses* a
male usually makes a
tion that a raid on the
altogether in line wi(
However, the i
sound and fury that
*34 such suggestion*
type of good night somewhat unfeasi-
bfe: but it's worth g chan, e, especially
when you're broke. •
And the indifferent type can’t be
overlooked. A rare fellow indeed, he .
just doesn't give a daruh. Girls often
look on such a man aa one unsaved, n
one who has not yet kpen the light; *
but such individuals do exist. Thia 1
lad’s friendships with womankind are
purely the platonic kind—not a pens
in a carload!
With understandable ; reluctance is
this paragraph on the ^disgusted type
written, but the truuh needs no
detaches, and it js true that occasion
ally'a boy and a girl, d . k a
! promote such a cordial dislike for
each other that the usually jMaanuti
task of bidding each other good night
j becomes, at its beat, g painful and .
strained formglityJ gveifthe moderatgl
practice of holding Hargis being gin-
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gferty avoided and i each cheerfully i
lying to the other about what a won-«
derful evening they have spent to-
gsther. T b
And not least in importance is the
iatoxicated type, wherein the male
has to carry, rather than lend, his date |
to |her front ^porch, lean her up
against the wall, and then run. Some- I
times, however, the affair is re
versed. the girl, after calling the
milkman or some other person to
assist her. conveying her soused es
cort to whatever place he calls home.
Nor is this type of good night to be
confused with anything romantic. It's
a mutual joy to everyone concerned [
when a parting at the ways is affect
ed.
< Probably the i nost comic of the dif
ferent forma oj good nights is the
prolonged type, one much drawn out
and lengthened n the time taken bo
do what ordina rily requires • only g j
minute or so, ahd one in which love
usually has a! half-nelson pn the
.hearts of those involved. The theory >
b "Just one more kiss and then 1*11
go home." But one more kiss doesn't
satisfy . . . nor do two more ... or
•ten more! Such a marathon usually la
tarried out in gga of two ways; the
boy either carries on a glib conversa
tion about ,tht weather, interminglod *
with an occasional “peck’’ at the suh-
eeptible one's waiting lips; or he ac
tually leaves her, only to discover
after he Is a few feet away from the -
door that there is something ho has
forgotten to say, thus necessitating
another short conversation, gnother
embrace, and another good night kiss.
The oM saying that tht best comes,
last still holds water aa far as this l
article is concerned, because a swart
good night has no counterpart in the
writer’s opinion. Indeed, what manner '
of good night could be more perfect
than the tender farewell of a lovely
■girl as she gently melts into your
arms and caressingly giUes her all to f
complete an already hehvenly even
ing? Love’s program is subject to
Change without notice, but it's a
truism which can hardfe' be dental *
.Mat no typical male, regardless of
how suave or indifferent
can form an unromanti*
girl after being the recipient of such ' j
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You can't kiss a girl aaexpectedly.
The nearest you can come to it b to
kiss her sooner than she thought you
would. Maybe this is the key to suc-
ijatrtrtfp gpiid lighting s first date.'
Don't wait uatil yon take her home—
he may be,
opinion of a
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IBM Mr JMu
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