Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-16 | Page 18 | Girls Enumerate 'Pet Peeves' Against Offending Male

GIRLS ENUMERATE -PET PEEVES' AGAINgT OFFENDING MALE TTS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT 'ROUSE THE WRATH Br BETTY BLAIR Collecting "pet peeves" ii developing into hobby with me. At the rate these hve been drifting in verbally and by letter, they threaten to become an established part of thii column. However. if interesting to know just what it is in boys and girls that "peevei" each thermost. What is tour "pet peeve"? Tar Miss Clair: I am devoted to a man who has the best aggregate of qualities quali-ties I have found in men with whom I have gone. Tet he haa one fault that maddens me. On occasions when I know perfectly per-fectly well I am to have a date with him he falls to call to say he will be up. Neither does ha call on the evening of a date he has made previously to say what time be will come, or what the occasion is to be. He just arrivea without that preliminary. At such times I don't know whether to wear a sports frock or a formal dinner er dancing dress. What is a girl to do? I am ready t j-iT ilia throat yet be fore he arrivea flowera will come, and you just can't be cross with a man who thinks of lovely things to do and does them. "PROVOKED." e There is cause lor your exasperation. exaspera-tion. Try this method of teaching him the simple and easy lesson that every data should be preceded by a timely call telling the time of the young man's arrival and conferring about the kind and place of data. Keep Him Waiting Even though you know the occasion occa-sion la to be formal. If he haa not previously announced that fact, act as though you hadn't known It and dress for an Informal occasion. Then keep him waiting while you make the change. Or say It will be impossible im-possible for yon to go to the formal occasion as you are dressed for another. an-other. But if hs had only called beforehand yau would have been prepared both aa to time and place. Fail just once to be at home when whlrh ha haa not previously made explicit appointment Don't fail to let him know later that had you known definitely by appointment you would have loved to go. This will be punishment for you as well aa for him, but If It effects a cure, isn't It worth a little punishment? pun-ishment? CHOICE OF GIFTS Dear Miss Blair: What would you do about It If tha boy with whom you are going steady buys a gift suitable for the whole family when your birthday rolls around? My sweetie asked me what I wanted for soy birth-, day and ainea ha had ones given me a email rug to ge la front of the family fireplace, I aald that every girl liked girts that were entirely en-tirely personal. Family Gifts He then asked me how I would like a radio bench and I aaid, "Nothing doing. A radio bench la something for the family, not for me." So he bought tha radio bench and had It aent up for my birthday gift I heard of ona boy who bought his girl an electric clock for her birthday, ao I guens I'm no worse off than sha la. But why will a boy act Ilka that? "DOOMSDAY." as Tour friend Ucas a knowlsdga f the fineness of gift making. Hs hopes td satisfy his own sgo rather than to give you tha pleasure of the personal gift for your birthday. " Perhaps, too," be wishes to win the applause of your family by giving something all tha members can use. Malntasianirt Gifta Tha radio bench becomes a gift good book on etiquette with the chapter on gifta especially marked. of maintenance, and bee use this Is true ths young man la guilty of a breach In good manners. You should have returned the bench to him with a note aaylng. "Sorry, but I can't be guilty of accepting a gift of maintenance until after we are married." Ha should also be mada aware that even then maintenance gifts are aut of place for personal occa-siona occa-siona like birthdays. Let your next gift to him be a