European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 24, 1992 Cowboy s hat covers lot of territory cad amm i an cd. A dear Ann Landers much has appeared in your column about the Cowboy and his hat. As a Cowboy a student of Cowboy history and something of an authority on Cowboy protocol please let me respond. A cowboys can be found in every state of the Union most City dwellers think cowboys and Texas Are synonymous. Wrong. If you gave a a Howdy text greeting to a Nebraska Cowboy you a better be on a fast horse heading out of town. Before any european Ever touched our shores cowboys were either Spanish or Black. After the slaves were freed Many of them became cowboys. Their descendants still ranch in the deep South. The common denominator was the hat. It was the cowboys protector from the wind Snow rain and cold. So important was the hat that in the hardest of times a Cowboy might sell his horse his Saddle or his gun but his hat a never. It is his badge of identification that signifies Honor and courage. The custom of hat removal by the europeans who came later does not apply to cowboys. Cowboy protocol dictates removal of the hat when honouring god the dead the Flag and the military. A cowboys remove their hats on first introductions. They tip their hats to acknowledge the presence of a lady. Hats Are left on for All other occasions except those for which it is prudent to remove ones boots. When making love hat and boots Are optional. Alan l. Thober Beatrice neb. Dear Alan Thober thank you for serving As my authority on the Cowboy and his hat. You educated a great Many people Ann Landers today a including me. You be made it Clear that cowboys attach a great Deal of importance to their hats. I respect that. You then stated that when making love hats and boots Are optional. Any Cowboy who would Wear a hat and boots while making love deserves to be run out of town pardner. Dear Ann Landers in be been Reading your column since i was in High school and in a now in my late 40s. You Are like my own personal Counselor. My husband and i have a 28-year-old son who still lives at Home. The Cost of living Here is sky High and i d like to see a a stand on his own for his own Sake As Well As ours. Stan has been dating an 18-year-old girl for six months. He bought a new car last november. A a Andrea likes to drive his car which is perfectly of with me. About three months ago she started asking to use his car for the entire Day and then for overnight. Last month she borrowed his car twice and kept it for several Days. In the past two weeks in be had to drive Stan to work three times. Stan pays no rent. I do All the cooking cleaning and laundry. When i say anything to him he says a mom in a 28 years my husband and i think Andrea is using him. What do you think san Jose dear . I think a 28-Ycar-old Man who lives at Home should be paying room and Board. I also think his Mother should not be driving him to work while his Girlfriend uses his car. Its time Stan was introduced to the real world. Show him this column and Lay the blame on me. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at Box 11562 Chicago Iii. 60611-0562. A c creators Syndicate thinning out the party guest list dear Abby the letter in your column about the woman who wanted to eliminate fur coat wearers from her party because she was anti fur struck a note with us. We re planning an open House and it caused us to take a closer look at our guest list. We plan to invite 70 people. Since we re staunch republicans we decided to eliminate the democrats. That left 36 people. Since we believe in working hard at marriage we eliminated the divorced couples. That left 17 people. Since we re Catholic we eliminated non catholics. That left 13 people. Since we re against abortion we eliminated two women. Dear Abby since we re against homosexuality that left nine. We eliminated couples living together that left five. And we certainly did no to want any foreigners so that left two. Its going to be a Small party but the two of us wont have to be worried about anyone offending us a unless my husband sips too much punch. Abby All kidding aside of All the things in this world to worry about if fur coat wearers Are her main concern she has too much time on her hands in the spirit in Illinois . Abby this is True a we re going to have our open House anyway so done to use my name or everybody will be looking at each other trying to figure out a a who a letters Lor this column should be addressed to Doar Abby at . Box 447 mount Morris Iii. 61054. C Universal Pross Syndicate the stars and stripes today a crossword across 1 Bridge coup 5 White House nickname 8 Skelton s or. Kadid dle Hopper 12 famed Kansan Pooch 13�?o�? 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