European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Odds amp miss manners Judith Martin dear mlee Mann sri when i bring friends to mass Many of them being punks of the London underground Type although they do tone Down their appearance Many people in the congregation sheer and make rude comments especially during the ado ration of the eucharist a time for special Devotion. Many of my friends have never been exposed to the love and Joys of god and christianity and unfortunately do not experience these things at mass with me. A a a a a what can i say or do to the sneering people and How can i convince my friends that there is love inthe Church i plan one Day vows As a Capuchin franciscan priest. A a it la Reeders the people in your Church Are sneering during holy communion every time poor old miss manners thinks we be reached Bottom in the etiquette department she gets a new Surprise. You cannot pick a fight with other parishioners however they provoke you. Miss manners urges you to speak to the clergy about this they in turn should be speaking to the congregation. Miss manners is sure that some lessons about Jesus attitude might come to their minds. Doar miss Mannori i represent the third of five a dysfunctional Quot generations although i hesitate to use a term that is these Days the Label for almost. Everyone a childhood. No matter. In be sought coun scaling and done my Best to atone for the heartaches in be caused my family and myself and i now have a Good relationship with two of my three children. My Middle daughter has asked that i not communicate with her or her family f especially miss my grandchildren but in be honoured her request and stopped sending letter Sand gifts. Nevertheless she continues to Send Quot save the cows donations in my Quot Honor Quot each Christmas. I admit to having put animal Protection stickers on the children a letters when they were Young for their enjoyment primarily. But in be no idea whether the cows should be saved of not. My career has been devoted to helping people not animals. These donations Only Hurt and confuse my. Do i thank her even though she has asked me not to communicate and though i certainly do not feel any gratitude since she a making these overtures do i horoscopes Capricorn dec. 21-Jan, 19 communicate with your loved ones. You can work through a misunderstanding with the. Right words. Aquarius Jan. 20-feb. 18 Don t Rock the boat. For once subscribe to a More conventional Way of doing things. Pisces feb 19-March 20 you Are More socially Active. Partake in games or sports that draw your attention. Aries March 21-april 19 your chances for happiness and Harmony at Home Are excellent. Just Don t overdo it. Taurus april 20-May 20 this is a Lucky period for you ask for what you want and expect a positive response gemini May 21-june 20 keep an open mind about investment possibilities. Put up a moderate sum to be Safe. Cancer june 21-july 22 playing tug of War with your partners gets you nowhere. Give in a Little. Show compassion. Leo july 23-aug. 22 change on the do now commend her concern for the cows but let her know How i feel i do not wish to discourage any change of heart she May have had. Gentle Reader lets leave the cows out of this. They at least seem innocent and miss manners docs they deserve to be in the Middle if your daughter wishes to Needle you or if you Harbor Sone plan to cause further trouble. % the Point is that your daughter is making some sort of gesture toward you rather than cutting you off entirely from family Contact As she previously stipulated. If you want to encourage a change of a heart there is no sense air quibbling Over any symbolic a possibly but not necessarily sarcastic a intent. Why Don t you just thank her and Send your love to her and her family dear Mitt manner to my husband and f received a Christmas card addressed to us As Quot or. And and signed by my husbands first wife her new husband and my husbands daughter. We laughed a lot and i would like your opinion. The new husband who is somewhat crazed has called our Home on two occasions and threatened my husband. The sex wife cannot talk to him about child support checks insurance Etc. Alt correspondence which is endless and arrives on a weekly basis is done through an attorney. F have met the sex wife on one occasion at an Airport and we spoke briefly. I have never met the new husband other than from my vehicle while picking up the daughter. Gentle readers miss manners considered opinion is that you came up with the Correct re a a spouse laughter. We do not in. This past season of compassion toward others a season miss manners holds All year round question the motives of people who perform polite gestures. But that should not prevent us from having a Good Giggle in private. Dear miss manners i found the following message written on the inside of an envelope that my newspaper Carrier had addressed to himself and tucked inside the paper. Quot customers Are inquiring As to How to get in touch with me regarding the traditional tip or Christmas Bonus. For your convenience to enclosing a self addressed envelope. Thank while i had been considering tipping the Carrier this took me Aback and i did not respond. Is this request a Standard practice during the holidays gentle readers although miss manners loathes the tipping system she is in sympathy with the underpaid whose living May depend on such supplements. Outright demands for what is nominally a voluntary contribution arc rude but miss manners is going to allow this circumlocution by which the news Carrier a who has the disadvantage of being otherwise invisible to his or her customers a politely pretends to be responding to inquiries. United feature Syndicate no Mystic scene is a High probability you could move or simply redecorate. Virgo aug. 23-sept, 22 spend enjoyable moments with friends. You la run into Long lost pals. Reminisce. Libra sept 23-oct. 22 work efforts Are profitable As Well As fulfilling enjoy what you to. Show it with a smile. Scorpio oct. 23-nov. 21 avoid the school of hard knocks. Learning can be easy and fun. Take notes Sagittarius. Nov. 22-dec. 20 slow Down. As usual you re moving too fast. Take time to smell the roses. Copley jews service the likes of Elvis Erma Bombeck he Public loves dysfunctional families. They can to seem to get enough of them. When the Royal family of great Britain began to unravel the press was All Over it like ugly wallpaper. Details of its lives replaced literature and most Spectator sports. There is something about families who supposedly live charmed lives that begs for failure. Americans act Al though Royalty is a european thing. Some have even suggested How ridiculous it is to pay a group big Bucks to dress up in hats and feathers accept Flowers wrapped in plastic and wave for a the United states has had Royalty for a Long time a with one difference. The Public chooses who will occupy the throne. It Isnit a Bloodline thing. We can Crown anyone with attention anoint him with Power that far outweighs his talents and crucify him when he can to live up to it. Marilyn Monroe was Royalty. So was Elvis Presley. We loved them to death. The Jimmy Carter family did no to have a Chance. Neither did the Ronald reagans. We weren to Happy until we had them standing naked without so much As a veil of mystique to cover them. We put Rock singers in limousines set them up in s3,000-a-Day suites surround them with Security and arc disappointed when they punch out the lights of a fan who wants to take their pictures. We pay athletes seven figures a year pay them to sign cards with their pictures on them put them on private jets and wonder Why they pig out on excess. We create an atmosphere for our elected officials in Washington that includes parking anywhere they want cashing checks for Money they done to have in the Bank and indulging in free dinners and travel at the expense of lobbyists. Then we complain they be lost touch with the average Man. Most Royalty involves Ordinary people who Are thrust into living extraordinary lives in a fishbowl. There Isnit a whole lot of difference Between the royals and Woody and Mia Tammy Faye and Jimmy Madonna and Michaels Jordan and Jackson its just that we used to punish them for their imperfections in a humane Way we beheaded them. Universal press Syndicate a no kidding 23 Henry via s six 1. Age 18 a wed Catherine of Aragon age 2. Age 41 wed Anne Boleyn age 26 3. Age 45 a wed Jane Seymour age 27 4. Age 48 a wed Anne age 24 5. Age 49 a wed Catherine Howard age 17 6. Age 52 a wed Catherine Parr age 31 world features Syndicate what scared Alfred Hitchcock most 1. Little children. 2. Policemen 3. High places tha films of Alfred Hitchcock Page 10 a sunday january 10, 1993
