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“IF EVERYBODY admires your wife, she will be hard to
hold. If nobody admires her. she will be difficult to live with.
This is your lifelong dilemma, men.'* So stated the great
Seneca .... AGAIN AM ASKED how many hockey sticks the
average mqjor league hockey team will break in a season. Just
about 7 75, the records indicate .... WHEN A MAN fathers a
majority of daughters, it's claimed, that proves he’s an
extraordinary lover. There's a scientific explanation. But it’s
not fit to print, frankly.
HOW LONG does the typical widow grieve over her
departed husband? Or the typical divorcee mourn the absence
of her gentleman friend 7 So inquires a feminine customer. Not
long, not long at ail, says our Love and War man, wistfully. He
quotes the bitter observation of Thomas Fuller: ‘ Sorrow for a
husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.”
ADDRESS THIS, please’ to that family man under 35 years
of age. If he owes the equivalent of 81 per cent of one year's
income, his indebtedness is just about average .... IF YOU
LIKE TO CAMP on beaches, might consider this. Buy an
electronic metal detector. And make a hobby of searching the
sands for lost jewelry, watches, rings, coins. I know a fellow
who pays foi his vacations this way.
CUSTOMER SERVICE Q “How did that town of
Midnight in Mississippi get its name?" A. Understand a great
wisteria draped plantation changed hands at just about the
stroke of midnight in a pokei game there years ago, so
somebody started calling it the Midnight Place.
THERE WERE three of us, a policeman, a retired Army
man and I, sitting at the pool's edge. The Army man said he
had put in 20 years m the infantry. I mentioned the old
21-mile hike in basic training. He described in gteat detail a
long march in rhythm of this company, DO steps a minute,
not once nor twice but thrice across the river and into the
trees of beautiful Bavaria. The policeman questioned him,
gently, gently “Okay,” said the man, finally, “I wasn’t in the
Army. I did that 20 years in the wails.” For killing his wife, it
turned out. Swift as the sunshine, that officer of the law.
Soldiers never march in rhythm across rivers, he said later.
They break their stride when they hit the bridges, always.
YOU’RE AWARE, are you not, a horse has only two
knees? .... SO YOU CAN handle any tongue twister? Try this
twice. The clothes moth’s mouth closed.... DID I
MENTION every fifth moonlighter is a schoolteacher?
RAPID REPLY: Yes, sir, if you’re average, the clothes you
wear downtown today, counting your shoes, will weigh about
816 pounds.
Tour questions and comments are welcomed and will be
used in PASS IT'ON wherever possible. Please address your
letters to LM. Boyd P.O. Box 170'6, Fort Worth Texas
76102.
((c) 1971, McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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Almanac
For
Today
Today is Monday, July 12, the
193rd day of 1971.
The moon is between its full
phase and last quarter.
The morning stars are Venus,
Mars and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercu
ry and Jupiter.
Those born on this day are
under the sign of Cancer.
American poet Henry
Thoreau was born July 12,1817.
On this day in history:
In 1862 the U.S. Medal of
Honor was authorized by
Congress.
In 1933 a new industrial code
was established to fix a
minimum wage of 40 cents an
hour in the United States.
In 1941 German armies
cracked the “Stalin line” in
Russia and began what was to
be an unsuccessful march
toward Moscow.
In 1961 a Czechoslovakian
plane crashed in Africa, killing
73.
A thought for today: Henry
Thoreau said, “The man is the
richest whose pleasures are the
cheapest.”
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THOUGHTS
My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge; be
cause you have rejected
knowledge. I reject you from
being a priest to me. And
since you have forgotten the
law of your God, I also will
forget your children. —Ho-
sea 4:6.
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The life of the law has
not been logic: It has been
experience.—o liver Wen
dell Holmes, poet.
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Mystery Dissolves,
Tragedy Remains
The Soviets have announced that the three Soyuz II
cosmonauts died from embolisms, or blood vessel ob
structions, caused from sudden loss of pressure in their
space capsule through an improperly secured hatch.
This report is the only encouraging thing to come out of
the tragedy.
First, it makes more sense than earlier speculation
that the men had died from “gravity shock”—heart fail
ure brought on by the abrupt return to gravity after more
than three weeks of weightlessness. (Even if this had
happened, three different men would hardly succumb at
the same instant and without any sign of death throes.)
More important, it means that the cosmonauts did not
fall victim to some inherent limitation to man’s ability to
function in space (and return), that they were not killed
because they overstepped some barrier past which men
are not intended to go, but that like America’s three
Apollo astronauts in 1967 they simply died in an unfortu
nate—and preventable—accident.
The tragedy will delay Russia’s program of putting
men into orbit for extended periods while a full investiga
tion of what happened is conducted and steps are taken
to see that it cannot happen again in the future.
And questions still remain unanswered as to how long
men can stay in space and still return to earth’s gravity
without undue difficulty and aftereffects. It may be that
the cosmonauts have reached the limit beyond which it
is dangerous to go without some means of creating arti
ficial gravity in a space station or some as yet unknown
way of bringing men more gradually and gently back to
earth.
But this limit is only an obstacle, not a permanent block,
to man’s continued exploration and utilization of space.
Forgetful mother poses
problem for family
By JACKIE STEFANICH
Copley News Service
Dear Nana:
My mother is 76 and quite
well but she forgets easily like
most of the elderly.
She’s in a rest home which is
very nice and I’m sure she’s as
happy as any of them are when
they aren’t living in their own
home.
My only problem is she for
gets so easily whenever I’m
away and she can’t get me by
phone. I write notes for her and
put them in her purse and
drawers. But, she still can’t
seem to remember where
we’re at or when we’ll be back.
Consequently, she makes a
pest of herself telephoning and
bothering the rest of the family
while we’re gone.
Can you help with my prob
lem? My husband travels a
great deal for his company and
I try to go with him whenever
possible.
Now that our children are
married and out on their own,
my husband doesn’t think I
should let anything else hold
me at home.
Away
Dear Away:
As your mother is in a rest
home, why don’t you confide
your itinerary to the owners?
I’m sure they’d appreciate
this courtesy as it’s difficult to
handle this type of a situation if
you don’t know dates and
times.
Then maybe your mother
won’t bother the rest of the
family as the owners of the rest
home can answer her questions
whenever she forgets.
"Touche!"
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DEAR NANA
Dear Nana:
Although I’m a senior citizen,
I’m still very well physically
and able to work every day.
In fact, my husband and I
own a preschool nursery and
have 15 little ones to care for.
My husband and I are always
looking for ways to entertain
these children and educational
hobbies to help them with.
I’d like to thank you for the
Christmas card basket you
sent. The children had a great
deal of fun making them for
gifts for their parents even
though it required a lot of help
from my husband and me.
Last month, I saw a calendar
clock that would be wonderful
to help preschoolers to learn to
tell time, days and months of
the year. But the one I saw was
far too expensive for our
budget.
Do you know if there are in
structions for this type of a
hobby in this new stitchery that
people are making?
I haven’t been able to find a
calendar clock in any of the in
struction books I’ve seen. I
wouldn’t mind making one as
we have an old-fashioned
chime clock that could be
mounted with a calendar.
Thank you for your coopera
tion in this matter. I know the
children would enjoy a project
of this kind.
Preschooler
Dear Preschooler:
Sorry, but I too ran aground
on this same project.
I was going to buy a clock
calendar like you mentioned
for our guests because they
have difficulty in keeping track
of dates. But I agree with you,
they are rather expensive.
Although I’m not too familiar
with the patterns available for
the new stitchery hobbies, I
haven’t seen any instructions
for making a clock-calendar by
any method.
So being a do-it-yourself per
son and not one to give up
easily, I made a day, week and
month calendar with a clock
mounted on the side.
It hangs in our dining room
and our guests would be lost
without it. They take turns
changing the days and months
on the calendar.
I’d be more than happy to
send you the pattern I used. I’m
sure it could be scaled up or
down according to the wall
space you have available for
your clock calendar.
Dear Nana:
Just where does one get a
“Writer’s Market Book?” I’m
interested as I like to write
poems. I would appreciate your
help in this matter.
Mrs.J.H.
Dear Mrs. J. H.:
Although I’m not familiar
with techniques of writing
poetry, I’ve sent you a list of
books on this subject and where
you can purchase a “Writer’s
Market Book” from one of the
writing trade magazines.
However, I’m sure your local
public library will also have
these magazines and books
which will be quite a savings
for a beginner.
Questions on problems of the
elderly may be sent to Copley
News Service, P.O. Box 190,
San Diego, Calif. 92112.
BERRY'S WORLD
© 1971 b, NEA,
"So you're a member of the 'oppressed sex.' May I ask
which one?"
ANSWER
The happy marriage
A friend of mine says her
husband has no faults and that
their marriage is perfect. Do
people have to be perfect to
have a happy marriage? C.T.
The happy marriage, I
believe, is based not so much on
the perfection of the partners,
but in the acceptance of each
QUOTES
It’s my pleasure to remind
the audience that if you see
one FBI director you’ve seen
them all.
—Martha Mitchell, joking
with J. Edgar Hoover, the
nation’s first and only FBI
director, at a dinner in
her honor.
We just tinkered with the
problems of health, educa
tion, jobs and housing. You
get justice when you really
have a passion for it; you
get equality when you really
work for it.
—Ramsey Clark, former at
torney general, in a com
mencement address.
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Girls and Boys
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point
37 Lampreys
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41 Frozen water
42 Florida city
45 Cougar, for
instance
49 Harsh censure
51 First woman
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month
54 Unit of
reluctance
55 Care for
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57 Arid
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the girls
4 Girl's name
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salt tree
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Margaret
4 Knight's wife
8 Actor King
12 Cutting
implement
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13 Passage in
the brain
14 Crazy (slang)
15 Metal
16 Unselfish ones
18 More exacting
20 Diminutive
of Patricia
21 Letter
22 Consumes
food
24 Miss O'Brien-
Moore,
actress
26Larissan
mountain
27 Depot (ab.)
30 Pertaining
to verse
32 Meat spit
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others weaknesses and faults,
and an abiding affection despite
all handicaps. In a study by a
sociologist, unhappily married
women tended to exaggerate
and dwell upon their husbands
faults, while happily married
women, though they recognized
their husbands faults, tend to
overlook them and excuse
them. The New Testament says,
“Love suffereth long and is
kind.” When two people are
married they actually know
very little about each other.
What they do know about each
other is usually good, for in
courtship one naturally shows
the best side. Then, when the
irritating traits of each is
‘revealed, the real test of love
comes. If it is not superficial it
will abide and deepen, but if it is
based upon fantasy and not
reality, it will dwindle and die.
As the Bible says, “Love
beareth all things, and endureth
all things.” The happy
marriage is not a union at
perfect partners, but the
triumph of love over im
perfections.
Answer to Frerioui Futile
6 French
measures
of length
7 Stray
8 Otherwise
called
9 Misplaced
10 Parts of
dramas
11 Inquisitive
17 Compre
hension
19 French annual
income
23 Onagers
24 Epic poetry
25 Steals
26 Singing group
27 Keeper
of hogs
28 Put on a
golf mound
29 Arrivals (ab.)
31 Peaceful
33 Construct
38 Biochemical
substance
40 Rectify
41 Lifeless
42 Masculine
nickname
43 Arrow poison
144 Shakespear
ean stream
46 Miss Gardner
and
namesakes
47 Always
48 Depend
50 Faucet
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