European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 4, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 11leners dear readers remember this it appeared in this space on sept 11 dear Ann i was surprised and flattered to discover my poem at the end of your column that appeared in the Washington Post. It was sent in by Sonja Lawson. Does this mean that Sonja clipped it and sent it in or that she wrote it if it is the latter i fear she is mistaken because i wrote it in 1985 and it was published in guide on aug. 15,1986.Marlen e. Neumann Bethesda my. Dear Marlen a sent Means she sent it in. Sonja did t say she wrote it. Sorry it was unclear. I regret the misunderstanding and am pleased to set the record straight. Mere s your Gem again with proper attribution be careful of the words you speak. Make them soft and Sweet. You never know from Day to Day which one you have to  by Marlen e. Neumann readers Are you still with me get a Load of what has been piling up on my desk. From Omaha maybe Marlen Neumann managed to get that Little poem about keeping words Quot soft and Sweet published in guide in 1986, but she certainly did not write it. My Mother has been reciting those lines since i was a child and in a in my 40s now. Mom said she Learned them from her Mother when she was growing up in Scotland. Strange he Joyce Barnes Chanute Kan. Marlen Neumann the author of that Little poem i seriously doubt it. I first remember seeing it As a pressed cardboard motto hanging on the Iron headboard of my mothers bed. That was at least 65 years ago i later discovered it in another part of the country framed and hanging in my dentists waiting room. R Ruth m. Smith Portland Ore in september 1967,1 stopped in a restaurant in Ontario ore., and there on the Wall was the framed poem about Quot soft and Sweet words i. Thought they said a great Deal and copied them in my notebook. How then could that woman in Bethesda possibly have written them in 1985? Ruth e. Knapp Tallahassee Fla. I am 57 years old. My Mother was a school teacher who was always quoting Little poems to make a philosophical Point one of her favourites was the one about keeping words soft and Sweet because one Day you May have to eat them. I transcribed it in the family Bible in about. 1945, which was 40 years before Marlen Neumann said she wrote it. A Melva Edwards Houston my great grandmother the daughter of a Cherokee Indian chief died in Texas in 1922 at the age of 84 she taught me that poem when i was a toddler about 1915. To Marlen Neumann who claimed authorship of a poem she did not write please take note of the old adage Quot Many things Are opened by mistake but none so often As the  a Lillie d. Peterson c creator Syndicate it a Parent urges special consideration As a Parent of an add attention deficit disorder child with hyperactivity. May i respond to a recent letter the Way i understand Why doctors Don t suggest diet As a Quot cure Quot for add children is because american doctors say they done to have scientific medical research to support this. Without conclusive research doctors cannot practice diet for add. But if you have a Good doctor he she will not deny you your wish to try diet and May even Tell you some parents see a positive change. On the other hand it does bring to mind again Why such research Isnit available to or by . Doctors and families with add. We the families live with the add situation often with hyperactivity and we need help. Presently in the Kaiserslautern area we have a wonderful support group that meets monthly. Sometimes we have guest speakers for certain topics. Other times we a a share the hard times the laughs the difficulty the successes. We have developed into a Circle of friends All of whom love our children and Are looking for help a some answers. In be done much of my two research but in a always looking for More medical news ideas and help. We in the add Community need our voices heard a to get teachers other school officials doctors friends neighbors colleagues and legislators to Wake up to the add and our children. Our experience shared by Many others is that school personnel and doctors share the same Persona which is they Are naive to add or Over zealous resulting in Over dosages to our children or they done to car understand and done to do a dam thing. To those few teachers and doctors who take time to learn about and spend time with our children a great big thank you. These children Are often of higher i.q., so very lovable can be great workers creative wonderful friends a they just Hay a More difficult time. So who a to say until we get confirmation from our doctors try a diet. There arc books and articles out there to help you get started. Let your doctor know what you re trying and the results. Maybe he she can enter it into research let us do our own careful research and share because we and our children Are the ones on the front lines. A name withheld Kaiserslautern Germany. A take a number listen up worker asks i am writing to you because i am an cafes customer service employee who is tired of being harassed cursed at and called names by customers who have taken a number and Are upset because they were not at the counter when their number was called or they did no to hear it. A a a a my fellow employees and i have All signed a training roster that states a when a customer pulls a number they May leave the area to shop. But upon their return if the number in use has passed their number they must select a new number and go to the Back of the line. It is the customers responsibility to be in the area when the number is called. Failure to do so Means that the next available customer is serviced in number sequence. No  pals i am s 20-year-old student nurse. My interests include singing and listening to most tows of music. A a a a a a a a. A Ann Canlon. A a a a a a. A. 2b Dicker House residential Village a Hovemo Roslane. Exeter Devon ex2 5dsa _ England a a a a a a a a a a. -. A i am 22 years old and looking Tor same pen friends. A Katherine n. Chua business and finance office West negro College. A. Burgoa Street. Bacolod City. Philippines 6100 a. I would like to write to anyone. A a Barb Ramiller a a a. A a a a a. 1227 Martoe St. Quot Bethlehem. A. 18017 1 work in Manila As a Saleslady. My hobbles Are writing seeing movies and going out with my Nenda. A Emma p. Be Studlo a a a. A 1244 pres. Quin have. _ Paco Manila a a a a a a a a. Philippines a 1 a a. A. A a a a. I am a 20-year-old cosmetologist who enjoys Raveling cooking going to the movies and dancing. A Sharon Warmington. 33 Madrid ave. A Quot Homestead Spanish town . A St Catherine Jamaica. West Indiee a. Not Only do the customers walk away from the counter before their number is called Many of them stand at the counter and talk to their friends. Two or three numbers later they Start ranting and raving that they never heard their number called. We have had merchandise thrown at us and have been cursed out in front of other customers and employees Only for doing our Job As we have been trained to do. I wish customers would stand Back and try to imagine How they would feel if they were in our shoes.  them would not last through a payday weekend if they had to put up with customers like themselves please give us a break. We Are Only human and we have feel Ings too. A Quot a name and location withheld. Anyone wishing to Quot write to the troops in saudi Arabia May do so at the following addresses ground any service member forces operation desert shield. 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