Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 318, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1920 — To Be Popular One Must Be Charming in Eyes of Men, Women and Children [ARTICLE]

To Be Popular One Must Be Charming in Eyes of Men, Women and Children

Probably you ire popular and probably you aren’t, but willing to be. The charming person.. like the poet. Is seldom made, but usually born. However; ■ popularity is ► not so dependent upon birth. It can be attained. It has been sffi* that'charm is the gift of responsiveness. It might have been added that popularity is the art of .forgetting oneself. Look around you at the popular people you know. Are they beautiful? Are they charming? Well, perhaps, you can say “yes,” but if yob can you are'giving'the unexpected answer. - The popular, girl .as a rule is neither charming nor beautiful. Yet she Is the delightful person who Js “wanted” at every party. She Is not only popular with men and girls, but also older folk, and wee Yolk consider her just about right. The-secret of the whole matter Is one which involves the passing of severalyears. It did not all happen over night. In fact, most of the popular girls had their popularity start, in their early-grade days in school. It is not only because she Is unselfish. She is far from being a doormat. She can play the piano, perhaps, play _ tennis well, converse Interestingly, and Is cheery, self-reliant, good natured and happy. But that Is not all. Those are merely surface qualities. The things you don't see In her are the things which you trust and trust absolutely. You know she won’t talk about you behind your back, you -know . she wouldn’t do anything underhanded or, mean, and, last of all, she is popular because she is a true sport!