European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the Tarsan stripes february Hemingway confess dropout for whom the Belle toils by Hugh Mulligan a the door of Dinos diner opened and a Man and a girl sat Down at the both were in ski they ordered cof no anything else Dino asked i need a the Man draw ing a meaty hand across a three Day stubble of said the Why do you go on hurting me youve got to think of the con you cant keep throwing your Talent she was at least 10 years younger than the the tears ran Down her face like the noiseless Rush of skis on the Snow blotched Mountain outside the Nick Adams watched them from the other end of the the girls sudden smile was a giant Marlin breaking the surface in a soaring splash of he Felt the taut line of her emotions go screaming off the she pleaded with the you might we could have dinner together in harrys bar and american Grill in like the old just you and and May be the press entries must be Post marked by for my for our enter the fourth annual imitation Hemingway Competition sponsored by harrys bar and american Grill in los the Man poured his Coffee into his Saucer and drank noisily through thin tight love is a he so Are con Dino turned to pass some dishes through the Slit into the but the Man called out to whisky Letti dui whiskey soda Dino told we dont have a Tell it to the i need a the girl moved Over to the in her skintight ski Slacks she had the controlled Grace of a great Broadsword sounding with a test me Sahib need a Nickel the Man taunted he hated her wealth As much As he de Pended on its a dime three for a Nick corrected who asked you the Man then backed off when Nick Rose from his Stool with the Panther menace of a club fighter an swering the in a Hasty peace he Drew a leather flask from inside his Parka and offered every one except the girl a a huh its like i told poor old Scott contest winners Are different from you and they got they can feed dimes All Day into a Kate Smith and a scratchy Needle wailed a beatles All my troubles seemed so far the Man went Over to the picture window and watched skiers Flash Down killing tons expert Trail in a sudden burst of soul searing in special Voe do the Toug Rrt the shoes of the Man then he began to he knew now he would never enter the fourth Hemingway last year he had meant to enter the but that potato faced kid of an office boy didst even know How to change a Type writer he haunt rebuked him be cause he never wanted to Hurt not even the who loved their like his had turned Flat As the 1968 Dom Perignon he bought at be drug store in la Rue de la Petite Chat qui Peche when they dreamed about his entering the second imitation Hemingway but he had stuffed the envelope Down the sewer and spent the stamp Money on rather Ordinary Vin Ordi it was her idea for him to enter that first Why do women always love you for the Talent you squandered he asked himself that question every time the advertisement for the contest appeared in the literary magazines like oui and of la he took another pull on the his Mouth was full of the taste of Lincoln head he was a Long draught of Vichy he knew he would never write that because this this destroyer of his would beg him but he not any not since the Drifting and the drinking and the Security she provided drained him As a but Why blame her for the betrayal Loyal As a she had brought him the Only night of self knowledge he had Ever they had camped out together in the California and she had surrendered herself com did the Earth move he was it my fault it was the san Andreas he knew he would never write that because the gag had been used in last years imitation Hemingway and they didst want Send your the Man to 2020 Avenue of the los an then he went out the across the River and into the across 1 actress Freeman 5 the urial 8 mail 12 toward the Mouth 13 craggy Hill 14 musical work 15 travellers need 17 Avis 18 highest note of the Gamut 19 period 20 Clear sky 21 Beaver edifice 22 in Calais 23 lowest Point 26 schemed 30 Kimono sashes 31 tree of the Beech family 32 part of a Pedestal 33 moisten 35 prolific author 36 be in debt 37 support for a Topmast 38 Steeple 41 storage place 42 helium 45 English Painter 46 Hong for one 48 Strong feeling 49 River in France 50 Inland sea 51 require 52 communist 53 san Italy solution Down 1 be gloomy 2 kind of exam 3 space 4 paid notices 5 rage 6 Lively dance 7 skill 8 presaged 9 Brilliant coloured fish 10 certain 11 russian once 16 pome fruit 20 greek letter 21 frolicked time 210 answer to yesterdays 22 Wapiti 23 Cains land 24 sleeveless garment 25 obscure 26 dance step 27 negative vote 28 Netherlands commune 29 John Passos 31 undivided 34 lambs Mother 35 cattle archaic 37 evil spirit 38 keep away from 39 Chaste 40 English theologian 41 Region East of Paris 42 Vidal 43 ancient Syria 44 French town 46 the country 47 common value 12 Tif of 23 33 38 48 39 25 40 21 36 16 19 34 13 31 46 49 26 41 22 37 20 35 14 17 32 47 50 53 27 42 10 28 43 11 29 44 210 Cleo Onn tend ers dear Ann Landers four months from now we were to Cele brate our 50th wedding Annivera they have been Good i was 16 when we married and my husband was we operate a Small but successful manufacturing a few weeks when the intercom broke i wandered through the Plant looking for my husband to Tell him he had a Lon distance i found him and a homosexual employee in the storage engaging in a sexual the Ini tial Shock has worn but i am very my husband had a serious operation 15 years ago that left him for 15 years i remained celibate rather than be i am thinking seriously of mov ing to another Community be cause 1 cannot live under the same roof with this i am also considering cancelling the plans for our anniversary Cele of would leave him to do the i confided in my closest who advised me to pretend that nothing shattered and dying inside dear crushed what i am about to suggest will require tremendous strength and saintly a but do fifty years together is a Long time and you said they were Good the Man is you say he has been impotent for 15 years he is Able to achieve some measure of satisfaction with a Tell your husband what you witnessed and suggest that the two of you go together for it is important for you to learn the nature of the anxiety that drove him in that i Hope you can find a Topnotch therapist who will work with you both until this hideous problem is Good Luck to dear Ann Landers i am a who reads you every you must know that Mil Lions of people take your word for i Hope you will let me use your column today to save some eight months ago there was a 22yearold Guy from out of town who had a car he was close to death and needed blood to stay people came through for and he made it thanks to Many generous do i was one of the this Guy found out my name and sent me a letter thanking me for contributing blood that saved his he also sent me his on the picture he to a Good Guy i Hope to meet some i have your blood in my veins and your love in my thank his letter set me up for its a fantastic feeling to know youve helped someone stay that fellow did As much for me As i did for we Cor respond and he has be come like a brother to i Hope every person who reads this will go at once to give blood if he hears it is its a wonderful thing to feeling Good dear feeling Good Why wait blood donors Are always in Short i Hope several thousand readers will Call the american red Cross immediately for details of where and bless you for