Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-24

A YOUTH writes me that he greatly de-
II sires to be riot with the ladies, and
asks me to tell him some of the things
that girls like in a man.
Well, first, a girl likes a man to be nice
looking. This does not mean that he must
have a ,reek profile, and ambrosial curls, or
display any other mark of semblance to a
young Apollo
Women are not strong for the beauty stuff
in man. They consider they have monop-
oily on that line, and if there is any admring
to be done, they want the man to hand it to
them. They don't want to have to be telling
any male creature what wonderful eyes he's
got. Besides living picture man holds the
worlds record for self-conceit, and he makes
hit with no living human being but him.
self.
When a girl says that she likes man to
look nice, she means that she likes we'll
groomed man, one who looks as if he had an
intimate daily acquaintance with a tub. and
a safety razor, and manicure set.
Furthermore, a girl likes well-dressed
man. She likes the man who wears the right
kind of clothes at the right time and place,
who has sense, and taste, and Judgment
enough not to wear shirts and socks and ties
that shrek at each other, and who does not
get himself up in misfit clothes like human
scarecrow. A man likes to be seen out with
girl who is pretty and dainty and we'll
dressed. Women care even more for appear
ance than man does, and while girl
doesn't want a man to look like a magazine
illustration of ready made clothes, she does
like to go about with an escort who makes
the other girls sit up and take notice.
girl likes man who knows how to
dance without walking all over her feet, and
manning her for life; who can play good
game of bridge; who can play tennis and
golf, and swim, and row boat, and drive
an automobile. These are the small change
with which a man pays his way In society.
Everybody dances, and plays games, ana
whether a girl wants to play around with
man, depends on his skill. Ones form and
hands have to be educated quite as carefully
in these days as ones brain.
Girls like man who is a good talker, and
easy to entertain. They dislike the silent
chap who has to have every word cork
screwed out of him, and who leaves the
whole burden o. the conversation to them.
They also dislike the monopolist, VINO looks
glum if anybody else drops in on tete-a-
tete. and who never can join in and make
one of Jolly crowd. And they doubly and
treblv hate the self-conceited fellow who can
spend a whole evening blissfully monolegu1ng
about himself, and what he said to the boss.
and the boss said to him. and what grand
little bus his automobile is.
No. What girls like is cheerful, good
natured chap whL can chime in on any SUBJ
iect. and is willing to do his part in the talk
fest without having to have few opinions
coaxed out of him, or taking the floor ana
keeping it, They like jolly fellow whose
laugh is hung on hair trigger that is ready
to go off at touch on his funny bone, put
Heaven preserve him from being village
cut-up if he wants to win girls favor.
Women's sense of humor is not strong, and
il never extends to practical jokers, and other
clowns.
Girls like men who know how to do things.
There is nothing that appeals to woman
like sense of being protected, OF being with
a man who knows how to take care or ner'
That's where the man of the world invariably
scores with women. They like the man who
can get them through a crush without their
being knocked about, who can always get
taxi or a table at a. restaurant, ana VINO
knows what to order for meal, ana tney
loathe a man who is always having argu-
ments, and disputes with walters, and ushers
and street car conductors
Girls like man who spends money freely,
but not extravagantly. A lot of men think
that they have to buy girls liking, ana
that the way to make hit is to lavish now"
ers. and candy, and theater tickets upon girls.
This is mistake
1t is true that there are plenty of grating
girls who will work a man for all ne ID
worth, who will take all that he will give
and hint for more, but the man VINO lets
himself be played for an easy thing is a TOOL
who deserves to pay tn price of his folly.
| The right sort of girl hasn't a price tag
on her liking and a man doesn't win faVor
| in her eyes by spending more on her than ne
| can afford. If he does, she has contempt 1or
him. rather than admiration. She doesn
want man to have to eat at lunch coun-
| ter because he took her in taxicab ana
bought her American Beauty roses and gave
her twenty-dollar supper after the play,
instead of taking her on the street car, ana
| treating her to ice ere m; but neither does
she want a tight-wad, deadbeat beau VINO
eats her diners, and camps on her parlor
chairs and never makes any return.
girl likes man who remembers. Good
! ness knows why, but women test man
| regard for er by his memory, and there
| isn't a mothers daughter of them that
! wouldn't rather have a .en-cent bunch OF
sweet peas, because man remembered what
she said that they were her favorite flowers.
| than fifty dollars worth of orchids that were
| sent hit or miss. There is no shorter cut to
| popularity than for a man to remember the
| birthdays, and the anniversaries OF the Gays
| he first met women, and the brand OF choco-
| lates they like, and the book they expressed
a desire to read and the kind of dress they
wore on certain occasions. The average wor1-
an would rather have picture postcard
salved with memory than a diamond tiara
without it.
Oh, it's easy enough to make hit with
the girls, son. They are not over-critical.
and are wiling 20 give the Leneft of the
doubt to any nice, clean, manly young CHAP
| who tries TO please them.
| Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler Syndicate,
Inc.)
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