There was more to the 1950s than just James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and poodle skirts. It was also an era that stressed minding your P's and Q's with the help of a whole slew of etiquette books and guides to living. Enter: Betty Cornell's Teen-Age Popularity Guide, a text from 1958 that reveals tips and tricks to becoming popular. For the last week, New York City teenager Ella Epstein decided to resurrect the vintage text and live by its guidelines. The brave 14-year-old changed the way she dresse...
There was more to the 1950s than just James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and poodle skirts. It was also an era that stressed minding your P's and Q's with the help of a whole slew of etiquette books and guides to living. Enter: Betty Cornell's Teen-Age Popularity Guide, a text from 1958 that reveals tips and tricks to becoming popular. For the last week, New York City teenager Ella Epstein decided to resurrect the vintage text and live by its guidelines. The brave 14-year-old changed the way she dresse...
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