European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 20,1994 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers when Mother s 96th birthday was approaching we wondered How we could possibly top the previous year s party. My sister came up with an idea that turned out to be fabulous. It was the Best birthday Mother Ever had. And it did t Cost Nickel. As our parents downsize their residence from the big family Home to a smaller place then an apartment and finally a retirement Home they gradually distributed most of their be longings to us children. By the time Mother was 96, she was a widow and had Given he daughters and daughters in Law All her household possessions which included of course All the Lovely things she used for entertaining. Imagine Mother s Surprise when she came to our Home for her birthday dinner and saw the table set with her own Tablecloth and napkins her Silver her Stem Ware and her candlesticks. In the Kitchen she beamed with Delight when she saw the vegetables being cooked in her old familiar Steamer and the meat cooking in her chipped enamel roaster. When dessert was serve Din the sherbet glasses that had been a wedding gift in 1913, she could hardly contain herself. Mother died last fall at 99. She never stopped reminiscing about her 96th birthday party which required Only a creative idea and the Loving cooperation of All her children. Blessed family in Spokane dear Spokane you sound like a great group blessed indeed. Brightened by cooperation dear Ann Landers out of sync in upstate new York who wrote about her friends entertaining in the garage really hit Home. My husband and i cannot believe that so Many of our neighbors Are doing the same thing these  ple have Lovely Homes decks terraces and patios yet they entertain guests in the garage. To what depth shave graciousness and hospitality fallen out of sync in the Midwest dear out of sync Rock Bottom i guess. What Are these people saving their living rooms for the Wake maybe dear Ann Landers i. I be got a problem. I am a 15-year-old male and Iam already losing my hair. I Don t want to sound like the typical teen Ager who moans i be got a zit and my life is Over but. Watch ing your hair get thinner and thinner while you re Stillin High school is pretty darned hard on a Guy. Could you please give me some advice my social life is just beginning and i see a big problem Here. Young Bald y in Vancouver dear Vancouver i try to avoid using Brand names in the column but the Only hair grower approved by the food and drug administration is Romaine available by prescription Only. Transplantation is another alternative although it s expensive and time consuming. However i suspect you Are going to end up with less hair than you d like so you d better get used to the idea. After All is said and done what really counts is what you be got in your head not on it. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to Henat . Box 11562 Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562,. A c creator Syndicate. Sourpuss mom drags daughter Down dear Abby i be started this letter a Hundred times but Tore up All of my beginnings. This one i will  love my Mother i really do. But nothing i do or have Ever done is right. I can be in the Best mood when we go somewhere together or even talk on the phone but by the time it s Over i am so upset and de pressed i feel like crying. My Mother is Down on life Down on men Down on every thing. She can t stand to see others have it better than she s had it and if they do she find something wrong with them. If i be heard this once i reheard it a million times i be had to work two jobs to support you your father would t do anything. No matter How Good person you Are if you Don t have Good Luck you can t get anywhere in this  Abby she never smiles. She wrinkles her Mouth up. Quibble dear Abby like a prune and never has a Good word to say about anybody. She is so negative and sour on life that i hate to be around her. I would like to make her Happy but i Don t know How. Please Abby if you or one of your readers can help me you could make two people very Happy. Maybe other mothers and daughters could Benefit fro this. Depressed daughter dear depressed first your Mother s problem May be physical or emotional. Insist that she have a Complete physical examination if she has t had one recently. And perhaps psychological evaluation would be in order. If neither examination explains your Mother s negativity then instead of letting your Mother bring you Down try to bring her up. Take her. To a movie if you can find one that s an upper even if you have to seethe sound of music or my fair lady again. Letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447,mount Morris 111.61054. 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