European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 9, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 21 enrich children by Reading to them today a crossword dear Ann Landers i wonder How Many mothers of Young children who read your column realize the importance of Reading to their youngsters. I was fortunate in that i had a Mother who read to me. When i came across this poem i thought a a this is something Ann Landers should  will you a Woodland Hills Calif. Dear Woody with pleasure. Thank you for asking. Here it is a As relevant As if it were written yesterday when in fact it was written almost 100 years ago. The Reading Mother by Strickland w. Gillilan i had a Mother who read to me. Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea cutlasses clenched in their yellow Teeth a blackbirds a stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me lays of ancient and Galent and Golden Days. Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe which every boy has a right to know. I had a Mother who read me things that wholesome life to the boy heart brings stories that stir with an upward touch of that each Mother of boys were such you May have tangible wealth untold caskets of jewels and coffers of Gold dear Abby my husband and i have very different backgrounds upbringing experiences interests a and thus a very different selection of friends. We have very few friends in common. We Are just now finishing building a new Home and i am expecting the usual onslaught of Well meaning acquaintances and friends wanting to see it. My question if the visitors Are his friends am i expected to accompany them on their tour of the House a or can i carry on with what i am doing without appearing too rude i have no intention of socializing with any of his friends Many of them Are work associate Sand i do not want to encourage anything i May have to get out of later. _ my husband feels the same about my friends so your opinion would help us both. Too tired to do the grand tour dear too tired a too uninterested would have been a More appropriate signature. Proper etiquette dictates that when dear Abby Richer than i you can never be. Had a Mother who read to me. Dear Ann Landers Many years ago my husband and i enjoyed the Friendship of several couples. We got together for various social occasions. Over a Long period we noticed that we were the Only ones extending invitations so we stopped and waited for invitations from them. They never came. We run into these couples occasionally and we arc still on Friendly terms. But it ends there. How can a couple in their Early 50s develop new friends we Don t belong to any Church. We considered inviting our old friends but since they have not called us in Many years we feel it would not be appropriate. Sometimes couples can get so wrapped up in work children and families that they fail to think about the future. One Day they will wish they had friends and a social life. Any ideas just the two of us in Providence  dear . Almost always its the women who make the social plans a so Start there. Concentrate on one or two couples whose company you really enjoy. Invite them to a simple dinner or take them out and done to feel uncomfortable if they done to reciprocate immediately. If you treat them twice in a Row so what its no big Deal. Its perfectly of to be generous if you can afford it. Enjoy letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chicago. Iii. 60611-q562. It a  c creators Syndicate. ,. Guests Are invited to a Home their Host and hostess try to make them feel As comfortable and Welcome As pos Siulc. Accompanying them while they walk through the House would be the gracious thing to do. Dear Abby can you stand another letter about smokers i have an answer for the smokers who keep whining because they re being treated like second class citizens. Tough toenails now you know How it feels in a 40 years old and for 30 years i was considered a whiner because i did no to like the smoke in restaurants other Peoples Homes the teachers lounge at school and blowing in my face at the Ballpark. Their attitude was a if you done to like it a move a now that smoking is being banned from Public build mrs transportation and restaurants the smokers Are complaining. Smokers who Are trying to quit have my sympathy. Its one of the hardest addictions to kick. The rest of them can shiver outside the office building get wet in the drizzle while huddling under the overhang and fidget on the air plane. In 30 years Well talk and if you re still alive Well Compromise. Its my turn Guys. Susan Decker letters Lor this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris i. 61054. A c Universal press Syndicate a. Across 1 on the a malfunctioning 6 overwhelming bombard a ment a 11 Bel shaped hat 12 wild West shows 14 spoke of wheel essentially 15 Quot monopoly Purchase 16 Mamie s Man 17 Franklin invention 19 Margery of rhyme 20 fix 22 one of us 23 Budge 24 kiddie lit author Eleanor. 26 dressed carefully 28 sister. 30 the whole Ball of Wax a 31 prosperous slave 35 distributed 39 unaltered 1? 40 Rocky Pinnacle 42 Slang suffix 43 Peak abbr. 44 earned a Tony perhaps 46 altar const Ell at Ion 47 Sermonie 49 saw the. Sights. 51 origin 52 gov. Cuomo a Home 53 pomeranian or. 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