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Page 6A—Crossroads—Deet. 11, 1985
it's end
by Erma Bombeck
It's the Christmas Season!
1VG FASHIONS!
CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
EyENI dresseses e Lingerie,
Sequinned Purses
. Scarvs
Evening
Rhinestone
Earrings
Velvets.
Sweaterso
oats. ••
On a trip out of town
recently, Mother and I were
sharing the same hotel room.
As I walked across the floor
dressed in a towel, my
mother smiled and said,
"You're richer than I am,
better known than I am and
have a better job than I have,
but you sure have more cell-
ulite."
I was shocked.
It's not the uncharitable
comment you'd expect from
your mother. A mother is
someone who always thinks
you're right. She thinks
you're beautiful when you're
bloated and pregnant. She
thinks you're clever when
you blow up a balloon. And I
always see them in movies
pleading with the governor
to give their sons another
chance. They're always so ...
loyal.
"You don't have to look so
pleased about it," I said. "I
caught it from you."
"Since when is cellulite
communicable? You grew
your own, Missy."
"You know what they say,
Mother, the apple never falls
far from the tree."
"You must have hit your
head on a rock on the way
down. You're built like your
father!"
It's not the first time the
genetic scoreboard has come
up. Who was responsible for
the hair that wouldn't curl,
who took the blame for the
sloppiness and who tookthe
fall for stubbornness and
pouting?
You'd think parents would
get together before they had
a baby and figure out with
some degree of accuracy
what they could (excuse the
expression) conceivably
produce and consider all the
options. Could they have a
daughter with Daddy's nose
and feet on Mama's 5 -foot -2
frame? Could Dad leave his
business to a son who in-
herited his mother's two
strong points: good skin and
shopping?
I always used to listen to
my parents assign my traits
to one another likg a card
game. I finally figured out it
all came down to semantics.
If I lost my temper, my
mother blamed it on my
father's side. If I lost that
same temper and my mother
agreed with it, she called it a
spark and a spirit and put it
in her family's column. Stub-
bornness was his; deep re-
flection. was hers. Mouthy
was his; outspoken was hers.
My dad did the same thing.
Moody was her side of the
family. The same moodiness'
when he liked the quiet was
thoughtful. Selfish was her
side. Standing up for my own
rights was his.
Some things didn't even
make any sense. "She has
my mother's long fingers."
(How many calls do you get
for that!) "She has my
mother's deep-set eyes."
(Do they fall out or what?)
Throughout the years, I've
learned I don't have a single
piece of equipment, trait or
emotion that is not a legacy
from one of my parents or
my grandparents. Well,
maybe one. I have vowed
never to wear a towel in front
of my mother again. I have a
low threshold of pain. It's not
a genetic trait. I figured it
out by myself.
SHARES COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of
Man shared its collections
with other institutions
through an active loans pro-
gram. Pieces from the
Ethnology Collection were
displayed at the Art Gallery
of Ontario in a bicentennial
exhibition, at the opening of
the Science North Museum
in Sudbury and in the. Mc-
Michael Canadian Collec-
tion's travelling exhibition
Patterns of Power. The Ca-
nadian War Museum, a divi-
sion of the National Museum
of Man, loaned copies of Lt.
Col. John McCrea's medals
to his birthplace society in
Guelph.
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GARDEN ATMOSPHERE—Bright grass green combined with shadesof purple
and white in fabric by Woodson provides color in this garden room, enhanced by
white wicker furniture, some of which is covered with solid color Naugahyde for
easy care. Designed by Phoebe Davidson of Sudbury, Mass.
Decor &ore
Summer look for
a winter climate
By Barbara Hartung
Q. I grew up in a warm,
sunny climate that I miss
terribly: I want to enclose a
sun porch in my Mid -western
home so I can reminisce
about warm weather when
the snows come.
Please give me\ some
decorating ideas for creating
this kind of room. — R. Y.
A. You can create a light
and airy garden atmosphere
through materials and ac-
cessories.
For your walls and win-
dows use a lattice theme,
either in wallpaper or paint
with wood slats applied to
colored walls in a con-
trasting white.
!Choose a casual rug to add
warmth to whatever your
base floring may be.
Use white wicker furniture
with a bright and colorful
floral print.
Accessorize with potted
palms and other plants that
will prosper indoors during
your winter.
'Q. I have moved into an old
apartment that I am fixing
up. Luckily I have a friend
who is good at carpentry
work who will help me.
The ceilings are quite high
and I want to capitalize on
that, particularly in the bed-
room, where I'd like to
fashion a canopy bed. -- B. S.
W.
A. You are truly fortunate
to have high ceilings because
you can create a very regal
look with a few boards and
lavish use of fabric.
Decide which is the most
important wall for your bed:
Our from the wall along the
ceiling fittach 3/4 -inch pine
,boards nailed to square
molding. Finish off with 'a
crown molding, all of which
you can find at a lumber
store. This will give you a
four-poster
swag a drop e.„t':WA:*J
don't require seaming are
good) at each of the four 'cor-
'ners. At the bedheight
gather the fabric together
with a tieback. '
Top the bed with the same
fabric, perhaps quilting the
spread for extra wear.
You could repeat the use of
the fabric at windows with
tieback treatment, with Ro-
man shades that are tailor-
ed, or a bouffant shade this is
more feminine: V
Q. We have converted the
basement of our home into a
family room that ii' get tng
lots of use. Because it is all
one space and so many pro-
jects are going on there, the
room 'sometimes looks a bit
messy.
I would like to shut off
some parts of the room from
time to time but there are
other times when we like the
open space.
I had thought about some
room dividers so I can' close
off my sewing area and my
son's corner where he works
on his photography.
What ideas can you sug-
gest? — J. J,
A. I've seen large rooms
divided through the use of
mini blinds — the same type
used at windows.
You can hang a blind from
your ceiling in various parts
of the room. The blinds can
be lowered and closed to
completely screen off an
area or they can be raised to
open the entire space.
The blinds are attractive
and look natural, expecially
when they are repeated at
windows (if you have any).
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