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PAY AND I AIN'T A MOTHER!

DOLLY HAS: JUST ANWOUNCED THEF | SHE'S TAKING OVER JOHN BRAXTONS ORGANIZATIONS AND NOK,

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—IF-TAIS ISTHE SHORTEST OF

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by Brant Paker and Johnny Hart

Premec We fe es Ae : h CHIPS

~. 1 have: been writing

.. this letter in my head for - five years. Now It is -. | pins on paper. and I pe I ha

Tit it bay comelalrt: 7 col eneral P

lieve the number of: men who wear. -Biece suits but: doen't carry a pen or a pencil. It always amazes me the ’ way-women will walt in Une for 16 minutes but it. never occurs to them to take their bills. and -. money.out 0 lore they

geiee g E

‘ books or money and often end up dumping

everything on my com- ter: — flve pounds ‘of ; y @ customer didn’t

Beli eel ' a ring and tye mashed

this stuff Honey,” 8 ou 9 a apd ie. meys

_ for her money and . Pouldn't find it. Sucttenly :

town have a lot more

sense and better. man-

ners than the adults. I

. gm, thinking of going pack to teach “fifth. iéSized

Eraers. —~ Mid lé-

.. Terrible, isn’t it? There is a demand for teachers who really Ilke. teenagers -~ and appar- ently your experience with adults has made you like young people even more. Please go back to Yeaching, "| -

-. Dear Ann Landers: . Ten years ago my son stopped talking to my daughter. She did ‘some- thing he did not approve of. Both were adults at

the time. Shewas una *'

ware.uf what caused his anger because he would- nit (ilacugs It. ‘tefiking'to £2" ” rom tefusing to’. stietk 10 tier he! avoided

family funetions!to! -

which she had been ~

- lnvited. Tf she: happened to drop in to visit a rela- - tive and he was present, he would leave immedi- vately, making no effort to mask his ‘reason for the hasty departure. He went so far as to change churches to avoid run- ning into her. Since the estrangement our family has been unable to get to- gether for birthdays, anniversaries or holi- days. His stubbornness has been the source of many discussions.

Two yearsi:agu my daughter decided ‘she had had enough of her brother's hateful treat- ment and decided io con- front him. She wanted to know exactly why he was so furlous with her, hop- ing to talk it out and reconcile. He flew into a rage, cursed, carried on' like a maniac and ran out of the house, slam- ming the duor behind

m. Lo. : We recently learned _ our daughter .has a

‘" ferminal illness. The doc-

“tors. give her’ three -months at the most. When her brother heard

- the news,.he went im- --: mediately lo his sister's - home, apologized for his unspeakable behavior

nd begged to be forglv-

7 en. She told him his

friendship would have ° meanl a great deal to her

0 duerin the past 10 years,

. .bul. she does nol want >, him to make amends be-

: ~.. cause he pities her. She

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‘flatly refused to accept his apologies and asked

that he nat hang around °* during the last. days of her life.

- The family feels she should forgive him, or he ' will be tortured by guilt - forever. Please struggle _ ‘with thig one and give us - ‘your answer, Ann. — , ely Mother . Dear Mother: It was tio struggle. I have

. always come down on the aide of forgiveness and recomm it for

everybody. I hope your daughter will forgive! her brother, not only for his sake, but for hers — and the other members of

hope 0.

receive ae ue for the

children's upkeep and

every dime goes for that But I'm resent-

‘al and Vil tell you why.

- his

“entitled to somet

wore patched and bras with no elastle.

IT had two skirts, one dotses atid

Within eight years 1

had two children. Ed had

a tucratlve job, a brik»

liant future and. guess’ ‘what else? A younger woman.

He pays child support ‘ deal. Why : are |

regularly. di reeatdnt bof These kids,

about me? Am1 not enti- something for my contribution to his ca- Teer? What do you say,, - Ann?.— Ex-Wife —

The word you are look- Ing for Is “alimony” and, In my: opinion, you are ing for the eign years you ~ scrim o put your

husband throuth achaal

was

‘My brother, Jo manied at 20 an

dren every : weekend. loved him

too. But what

dearly .

and he was devoted to + them. When he was 36, .

‘John met a not-quite-i- vyorced woman and they

. pose our children to such

banned him from our |

home. (To this day wife blames our son's di-

vorce on the example set -

by John.) -

Six months ago moth- £

er. died. John and his. wife were at the funeral.

] went aver to him, feel- -

ing that at such a time two brothers ‘should

night, T thought it was my mother’s death. Ni I'm not 50 gure. I

Wife. is impatient with

: "he. Please. advise. ' Any Name *° ;

our: myopic, stiff-neck- Wife” :

‘. Dear Ann Landers: My

. husband died at the age

of 46 of lung cancer.

_.. ¢¥es, he was a heavy

smoker and: we had

nt foany. arguments about "During the final stages —

. es -of his ilness‘he Rnow he. was dying, and we dis- - gussed plans for his - |, funeral. He asked me not “to wear black and Sue.

in

wo “gested a very pretty p

comfort oné another, He .

turned to me and sald,

“It's too late. Mother was .

the only reason to. {or-

give you and she is gone. | My wife and I will com- ©

fort each other, I- hope pour principles will com- ‘ort you.”

.I know I did the right -

thing but I can't sleep at

s

ress that he always ad- "mired. He also asked me "fo go out and buy a . per y new hat. I told him -.T would ablde by his .. Mishea,andidid. . | ‘+s. When I entered the :. minister's study, where _. the family gathered. be-

‘> fore the. services, my

mother-in-law walked u to me and said, “A pin ' dress and a new hat with a flower on it! How could .. ‘you? If. you, have no re- spect for your husband's memory, you could at least have considered the family.” ~ : ‘When | explained that John asked me to. wear his favorite’ dress and. buy a new -hat, she screamed, ‘He must have been out of his mind from the pain-kill- ers — you. shauld: have _ , known: better! You have disgraced usalll’* ' Need I tell you I am crushed? Alt never got on very well, ‘we were clvil and decent - to one another. After this * incident I don't know what to‘say or do. Please advise. — No Signature In Ohio Dear NS.: Continue to be civil and decent — even if she wasn't. At- tribute her. unconscion- -able insult to grief — which is probably better than she deserves, but do it anyway. Peace is bet- ter than war.

Should she clear the air?

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