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, TSAR ° ANN LANDERS:
Recently') you saki the way
things are going it wouldn't'
surprise you if a fella showed u p
as a bridesmaid in a wedding
ceremony, Well, my father was
the bridesmaid at his best
friend's u wedding thirty years
ago -and there is nothing fruity
about my old man.
.My father's buddy and his girl
Mend decided to get .married on
the spur of the moment, The
bride-to-be asked her dad to be a
witness,,' My dad's friend asked
• hirn tow, be his best man. When
they arrived at City ' Hall, the
Justice of . the Peace suggested
that the .girl's father -be the best
man and he asked my dad to ,be
the bride's maid of honor. So,
that's the way it was And
they've been laughing about it
ever since.--ASTORIA,
OREGON
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Those gorgeous eyes with extra -long lashes belong to
George, nine months old. This baby of Greek background is
•-a healthy, solid boy with black hair, olive skin and the dark
eyes that show so well in his picture. r
George was born slightly prematurely. but seeins to
have made up for that and is developing well. He is alert
• and interested in everything going on. He isn't crawling yet
but he foils over and gets up on hands and knees, almost
ready to take off. He .can say the names of the people in his
foster family.
-George is fond af_.music, especially the theme song -of,
his favorite=program, Bob Barker, He- starts to rock back
and forth as soon as he hears it. He loves children ,.and
,• household pets and makes friends quickly with adults.
This baby needs' loving parents ,who will weleome a
splendid, appealing little boy without concern that informa
• tion on his background is limited. o
To inquire about adopt' it ' George please 'write' to T
day's Child, Department of • ,Social and Family Services,
Parliament 'Bpildings, Toronto 182.
DEAR ASTORIA: Your dad's
story is hard to top but the next
letter does it. '
DEAR ANN LANDERS:
Apparently : o it struck you as
unusual that a man would be a
bridesmaid. Nowhere does it say
this • is bad form. We know
because when our only daughter
was married three years ago, she
wanted her five brothers to be
her bridesmaids. The minister
was shocked at first, but he'
couldn't turn up a single valid
argument against it. So, the five
boys stood -Up for their sister, .
and it was the talk of the town.
If you doubt my, story, check
with the Cleveland
papers --OHIO MOTHER • ,
DEAR MOTHER: I believe
DEAR ANN 'LANDRRS: My
sister, Ella, and her husband
e,6
adopted a baby after, ten years
of waiting, hoping and praying.
They named the child . for her
husband's • -brother who was.
killed in Vietnam. .. Ella's
sister-in-law• became furious and
refused to go to . the christening,.
She said the , name was the olio
She had picked out for her child,,
(She isn't even pregnant yet, but
has announced to the whole
,world .that they are"trying,")
'
Furthermore, she claims . ' the
h
honour of ,being..named after a
war. hero should go to a blood
HEALTH & SAFETY"------•
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relative and not an 'adopted
child.
I pointed out that She could
still name her child .after her
deceased brother and there
would be no confusion since the
boys would not Have, the same
last name. Shp was. adamant and
said unless they • change 'the
baby's name (he's tree month§
old now) she will °never set foot • .
In their house again: What would
you . say to a .pelrsun who
behaved so -unreasonably?--
BINGHAMTCN '
DEAR BIND: .I'd sa
"Good-hv."
Mainly for Mothers
by Carol Hart
.Ask Doctor's help For Mental Illness
It's as outdated to be embarrassed or to hesitate about seeking
professional help for mental illness as it is to cling to tin washtubs,
drip -pan ice boxes and wood stoves:
There have been such great advances in the treatment of mental
illness, says the Council on Family Health, that a business .man today-
can go about his job, and a house-
wife can carry on .her life as a
homemaker while they are under-
going treatment. In fact, the med-
ical routine fox mentally ill pa-
tients is very•much like that of a
heart or diabetic patient who
leads a normal life even though,
he 'requires regular medication
and checkups.
This does not mean that mental
illness is not one of our great
medical problems. What it does
mean is that,remarkable progress
hasbeen made in recognizing,
diagnosing and treating certain
kin`d's of mental illness. New
drugs are available which enable
the mentally ill to benefit from
psychiatric care.
you. After all• today is George vat stepscan one take if
one.susPects mentalillne�s in the
�farni -lie-Cgtrncil on -Family
Health, a non-profit organization
sponsored as a public service by
members of the drug industry to
promote home safety and family,.
health,makes a few suggestions:
water; if fresh, it will sink at Consult the family -doctor: He
once;.,if it stands nearly upright, ' can guide you to 4Turther expert
professional.
it is not fresh, but can. still be l help if it is ne.edec3.
Talk to your religious leader.
used; if it floatS on the surface, , - Consyour
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In. the case of children, discuss
the problem with members of the
school staff.
'In many cities, advice 'may be
sought from the courts,. social
agencies and community centers.
The problems of mental illness °
need not. be. faced alone. Help
Should' be sought when the prob-
lems become apparent, without
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Can you whistle a Bach prow
lude and fugue without a mem-
ory Slip? Can you hum a 'Bee-,
thoven .sonata Without sliding
into falsetto or basso profun-
do
.Dark. right .ybti can't;" But, 1
can" Almost. And: it cost me
only about $12,000.
r ' Trouble is,. • and this is a
touchy point in April, none of
it is' deductible., That's what it
has cost ane, over the years, to
provide a musical, education
for my family. •
After .all that, - I, 'can whistle
and hum, both of which I.
could, do before. There's some-
thing wrong here, but I can't
quite 'figure .out what it is,, . .
I•wish I had the 13 G's
in bonds at eight per cent. But
my wife doesn't' - agree. We
could have taken a trip around'
the world for that, but she still
doesn't agree.
As ar as I'm concerned, `1
could have taken that $12,-
000, thrown it off the end of
the dock, and been just as far
ahead.. Once 'again, • the only
one who agrees -with me is I.
- °Both my kids have degrees
in piano. Both were talented:
Near, but not quite at, the° con-
cert pianist level. Both es-
chewed (I like that word) a
career in music, because they
wanted to be first. ' And they
wanted to -bile free,
Well, they're free. Hugh
broke his middle finger," and
can play. I Went. Down To St.
James _Infirmary, with only a
few bum -,-notes: •- I think =Kim
,could play The Happy Farmer,
with a couple of days' practice.
But' perhaps it's • all been
worth , it. They've learned
something. Hugh -has realized
that you can't ' ,practise the
piano when you're waiting
table at the Chateau Frontenac
or selling. vacu cleaners in
Calgary And -.Kim has realized_
that ",her" piano won't quite
fit into a three-roeni pad in
Toronto, Unless you • want to
,sleep on top of it.. '
• What brings all this 'te mind,
• and without bitterness,, is the
_fad that- rnywife, a former
piano" :, teacherft has become
Booked once again, after a
lapse of• .a couple of years, on,
the local music festival. She's
going ..every, day °and' listening
intensely • to her former stu-
dents. • ' (Though ,she's a bit
iniffed that some of them are
doing extremely well, despite
the fact' that they don't take
lessons from her any more.)
But her reports have
cheerod, me. Things are ,just
the same ''as they always were.
I went through years of them,
and I know the scene intimate-
.ly, 'The festival mothers are
still as friendly as an. R.C. bish-
op and a Mormon. lay preacher.
• The adjudicator is still rot-
ten, giving the first -place cer-
tificate to the girl who played
worst. Except when it's your
daughter, ,or your pupil. Then
he (or she), shows an insight
into music that is superb.
The kids are still- sailing into
their pieces at • breakneck
speed, which they can't possi-
' • bly maintain, and breaking
down in, the middle, while
their mothers. and teachers
turn purple as the .youngsters
•
hs
middle finger
fumble, and throw up their
hands, and burst. into tears.
But perhaps the Old Lady is.
right. Those moments 'at the
music festival, in , ether years„,
were the ,closest to heaven ani
hell that I've ever 'experienced,
with the possible, exception of
shooting at a concentration of.,
German tanks, Vila, were fir-
ing back at you .with '`bagger
guns than y►, had.
I've stopped breathing for
as much as a•.dangerously long
two minutes while my son or
daughter weaved through a so-
natina. 1 have gone .out after-
wards and smoked a complete
cigarette in two drags:
I have called . the adjudicator
a slob, a cretin, moron, and,
sometimes, a"'brilliant judge of
music..
Maybe the Old Battleaxe. is
right. Maybe it was worth
$12,000. Apyway, I can whis-
tle three bars of Tschaichov-
sky's something or other.
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