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Show THIS PETTY PACE By Brown Lee Yates A READER WRITES: "Should a husband be attentive to his wife when they're out In public?" Certainly! That he remain by her side all evening isn't socially necessary, but he should favor her with certain courtesies to indicate he is aware of her presence. It costs him little effort to shout across the room, "Hey, Gert, you still here?" or to throw a canape her way every now and then. UNFORTUNATELY, many married mar-ried men park their wives and direct di-rect their charm upon other women. wom-en. It is commendable that they divide their allurements among several women, but it induces in their wives only boredom. The considerate husband will carry a deck of cards so the wife may pass the time at solitaire until he is ready to go home. Or he can chock her with the coats so the merrymakers merry-makers won't stumble over her. Many a wife is ill at ease in a crowd. She wants her husband to Dolster conversation. The thoughtful thought-ful hubby will keep the chit-chat steered in channels familiar to her :o give her confidence. lie can teep. asking her to tell how she changes the baby or to relate "The Three Bears." This cultivates her social graces until pretty soon she learns to keep her big mouth shut. AN ATTENTIVE HUSBAND causes people to become interested in a woman. He makes his wife attractive to others by showing lhat he is attracted by her. Flowers nlways show a husband cares. An endearing gesture is snatching the tiostess' corsage and pinning it on the wife. This has to be done af-ably af-ably or it can create embarrassment. embarrass-ment. A husband dances first with his fvife if he dances at all. (So many tiusbands don't dance at all.) He takes a couple of steps with her before be-fore consigning her to the deserted wives. He returns to her throughout through-out the evening to present another man if he can find any freaks, tie reports interesting occurrences "Darling, my suspenders have thrown a button." And he cuts in on her when she's dancing if Gregory Peck has asked her to dance. These gestures win the wife's undying un-dying vigilance. They aren't necessary neces-sary if you don't have to take your wife along in the first place. |