GRADE SCHOOL "CUTE"

IN GRADE SCHOOL, IN THE 1950S-60S, SOME GIRLS USED TO COMPLAIN THAT ANOTHER GIRL "THOUGHT SHE WAS CUTE." INEVITABLY THIS WOULD LEAD TO CONFRONTATION, IF NOT A FIGHT. "DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE CUTE, TOO? WHY NOT?" MIGHT BE ONE WAY DEFTLY TO DIFFUSE SUCH A COMPLAINT. NOW THAT FIGHTING IS A "FELONY" EVEN IN GRADE SCHOOL IN MISSOURI, IT IS WELL THAT PARENTS PRESCHOOL KIDS!