Page 2, The Herald, Monday, December 24, 1979 Fears She'll Hatch An Ugly Duckling By Abigail Van Buren DEAR ABBY: I need an objective view of a complicated problem. My husband and | recently had our second child—a ‘realthy baby boy, We wanted a little girl because we already had a boy, se, of course, we were very disappointed. Now | want lo try for a girl, but my husband is opposed to the idea.-He says two children are enough tor the time being, but maybe later on, if we still want a third, he'd con- sider it. » Well, I'm 30 and have an infertility problem which gets worse as time goes on, so 1 think if we're going to try for a gir] we'd better do it now. , Also figuring in our decision is the fact that my hushund and I are both extremely tall and quite plain-loaking — even homely —and if we were to have a daughter and she in- herited our warst physical features it would break my heart. ERA and women’s lib not withstanding, a woman makes it or breaks It on her looks, Abby. Please help me make the right decision. My heart says to have one more child, but my head says forget it. C.IN BUFFALO DEAR C.: Listen to your head, H you'd be heartbroken with @ tall, plain-loaking (even homely| daughter, you'd be Wise to settle for two sons. : : DEAR ABBY: The letter signed BEEN THROUGH A LOT from a 1S-year-old girl who thought she had VD has prompted this letler, Sle suid oie suffered in silence fur Lome ~ HAM, THE f caieons eg M MISSIKG : , : is BUNG ; IM MISSING a "Seti 3S & HAVENT Ff acencichtINe A QUART OF | “ty, HERE Oe 2 BARON g TACHER 3M i oe a. einer NO Cae 3 ff weeks, then finally decided to tell her mother, even though her friends said she was “erazy" Lo tell her Mom, She wrote’ to say that telling her mother was the wisest decision she ever made, My story is a little diflerent. fm an 18-year-old girl whe. wus intu drugs and sex. Last June J discovered | was preg: nant. | wus scared and confused, but Liold my parents. Not only did [ tel! them about being pregnant, | told them about. the drugs, lies, drinking, ele. They were hurt and upset, but their main concern was my welfare. | decided to have an: abortion. It was MY decision. My Mom and E went away lor a little while afterwards to - help me forget. While | was away | met and fell in Jove with ‘a wonderful young man, ] was honest with him, and he was understanding, loving and forgiving. [ also prayed lo God for strength and forgiveness. Now I can sleep nights. “Thank you Mom, Dad, my fiance, and Gud. And thank you, Abby, for listening. ALSO LEARNED DEAR LEARNED: And thank you for assuring young people that in time of trouble their parents are their beat friends. DEAR ABBY: We, the participants of the Long Beach Senior Day Center, feel as you do that Mowers should be given to the living. We think this poem expresses our feel- ings well: “L would rather have a little rose from Lhe garden of a triend, a ; Than flowers strewn around my casket when my days on earth must end. I would rather have a living smile from ane I'know is true, ae" tears shed ‘round my casket when this world J bid ROO. Bring me all the flawers Luday whether pink or while or red, ‘ | would rather have one blossom now than a Leuckload when I um dead.” ; Author Unknown PARTICIPANTS DEAR PARTICIPANTS: Thanks for a poem whose author speaks for many. Does anyone out there know who wrote it? 5 p.m. 10 midnight By Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. | TT enw See vere Wl | GUN, LIEUTENANT, . rr “| iy 4 ee) 0 1978 dy Crleago Tete HY. i Pikd Emtarponn, ht, 875 uit. DERN! TUCSIN' oh ALL THESE NOTCHES, YAMUSTA J. POT AWAY A:LOT NAW..T OSEIT A LOT FOR HANGIN By Johnny Hart (see wu NEXT MONTH al Pt By Garry Trudeau Ue. “AFSHAR, WHAT 15 THE STUDENT | | THISWE WOULD DENOUNCE AS THE MORALE 19 HIGH, FRIS- REACTION To PERSISTENT REPORTS CIWS LIES OF THE SHAH'S * THAT THE LONG EMBASSY SIEGE AGENTS, MOST OF USHAVE HAD + 1S CREATING ENORMOUS ACA- NO PROBLEM ATALL IN KEEPING UP HTH OUR. STUBIES. [irs Too eAeLy To sPuT! LETS DO THE TOWN! SNe, li. f LATE! LET'S WE'LL WEVER \ YOU'RE SONKERS, |; - GET A CAB THIS ER? Two : GRAB A BUSS dS, C'MON, MJ-- THANKS, BLS SFENTER ! I WORE /T FEEL SAP "1 EOR FMS BUST , ° | MY BEST THREACS! EMPTIES JUST CRUISEP By / ne [oe 1, “@ xers caUFT KING =i. CFTK . acTy 1 | 2 ihecr 3 icc i & icrvi D crass = > ster La Femme ge to | Cont'd | Specth A six M Iqu 1S | Cont'd ‘| Wonsierment © 'Milllon Preciric coar'd . 30 | News Hout glass . Dollar Company Cont'd. a5 4 Cont'd i] Cont'd Man P . : ' f Ce Solr 00 | Cont'd (f SHLP.s.. hares eon t ; 6: Cont'd - if ars 1 cont'd Over Gustave 30. Con?’ M 1 f : rn is tera f Cont'd | Cont'd Easy . ee 7 . A . 300.7 Gallina WT Fantasy Christinas MacNeil Conitrepolds 115. Dragon island Special Feat .| Lo. Fine 30-1 Tie Tac ‘| Cont'd i] Lennon ae verd Colaine _ om 2481 Dough Cont'd Sistera Forwar p ™ . re * Terre :00 | Little while 1A xmas 115. { House ‘Shadow Git, Eve Humaine QF J on ine ay cont'd of ere Selection 14 | Prairie ‘ | Goat'd Love Sireat mee apes Cont'd 100. | Cont'd i} WKRP ‘| Cont'd Hollday ' 18 [Conta | Cone Cont'd Concert pat [Cont'd oT Star : Cont'd Joan: Cont'd ™ 4) § Cont'd - | Bathtehem 2} Cont'd Baez = = Cont'd 300. F Christmas "| Coad "| Christmas Christmas. . 18 |Special © - | Conta Special Song fond 3 fwith. Waison- - Cont'd Cont'd Taletournal 145 love Report Cont'd Cont'd 00 ’ rf The News Cont'd Luclano 5 vine National Naws Cont'd Foveroti 190 Sve Night - Hour Christmas ante 43° | Cont'd Final” Final Herliage Noel 200 | Cont'd Spacial “|: Show: A 118 | Conta “Cont'd |] Bells Mass oe ault 20 Cont'd Cont'd are bad Cont'd ww dS F Cont'd Cont’d Ringing Cain ont'd . 4, \ an 00 | New High Camera Bear who Electric Masse . :15 | Rollers Twalve Slept Company de 230 | Wheel of. ... Ar... Grinch Stole Christmas Noal ro 45 | Fortune: | Dressup Chrisimas Song Cont'd :00 | Mindreades =|] Star Sang of Cont'd Cont'd 15 | Cont'd | |, Over Christmas Cont'd . Cont'd 0 | Peasword - Bethlehem Stableboy’s } Cont'd Enfants 45 ff Plus: Conf'd- Chrisimas Cont'd du 47 100 | Days of * [ehristmas About The ua ‘18 Four Gives ‘ig X'mas Long Natl vite 30 | Fiesta A Gift of | Alan Search Gala de 3 F Bowl. Winter _ | Hamel Cont'd Vunion 00 | Cont'd Today Cont'd Christmas des “B15 -| Cont'd ‘Fram Cont'd Heritage Artistes 130 | Cont'd Cont'd ‘Movie Cont'd L'Hiver _ 3 | Cont'd . ‘Cont'd ‘| Cont'd Cont'd Enchanteur i. rire ern ° rr 1 t 100 | Cont’¢ ‘Sitcjaly, rr Child's Petite, oo. . 7 an! ee Hg ihe Confess Contd tere iFistinest Filte Se eetlea. - Ds > he ‘con 28 senile Chestnes 1A ve rebah A 145 | Conltd Cont'd” Cont'd Wales Cont'd ‘gy | Cont'd ‘T Robinsgn” Movie Speciat Cont'd 115 | Cont'd Crusoe Charictte’s Christmas Cont'd 1D | David _ Pantie! ‘Web Time : Cont'd 145 1 Coppertiald — ‘Delow's Cont'd | Mister Rogers Cont'd _g 00] Cont'd - Weon''a * | Cont'd Sesame Cont'd 215 | Cont'd Contd t Cont’ Sirent Cinema 10 [Cont'd Con‘ : Cont'd Cont'd Cont'd 345 }- Cont'd Cont'd : Cont'd Cont'd Boblno 00 [oevid | “El that * [sx ‘Mister les, 115°" | Coppertield Falled X’mas Mltllon Rogers Plerratay 30s World - | Satvation Dollar Electric L'Arbre 45 fof Magic Army Man Company de Noel 00 | News-” Movie ‘] News Zoom Rossi NS | Cont'd Chrtatirias . | Hour Cont'd Flim 1 I Cont'd eee Over Hockey 45 E Cont'd Remamber . | Cont'd Easy (‘Histoire @p 200° TOnce Upon Cont'd ‘| Different MecNell Monde ce p15 [a Tree Cont'd Strokes Lehrer Disney 130 [Tie Tac Cont'd f Stars on World of Cont'd _ 48 | Gough, _| Cont'd ce The Sea Cont'd 10 F shor Special * | Alice C'bration Race de 15 | bobo Otter’s . || Conta of Monde 20 1 Cont'd Jugband 4 Celebrity Strauss Jamals 4S | Cont'd Christmas’ Concert Cont'd Cont'd | Movies Tesch Me | Cons'a ‘Upstairs Telamag i115 | Suddenly fo Dance Cont‘d Downstairs Cont'd aE Love The Taxi Cont'd Cont'd 45 | Cont'd Raes Cont'd Cont'd Cont'd :00 | Cont'd Aan Hart Twe LEatance ‘V8 I Cont'd Alive to Ronnies Le 130 | Cont'd 4 Cont'd | Hart Stringer Telejournal . ™ 14% | Coni'd Cont'd Cont'd Cont'd Cinema 100 | News: The crv Polk Un ‘15 | Cont'd National News Cont'd " homme “B90. | Tonight Night Hour Cont'd mon m= aS 1 Show Final Final Cont'd fits ‘Christmas . Late Late Cont'd Carol; Show Movie Cont'd Cont'd Pink Quo Cont'd Cont'd Panther Vadis Cont'd 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Camera ‘T Webster Electric Passe Twelve Cont'd Company Partout Mister: Creative Library of Magazine Drassup Conking Congress Expres Sesame Mad Cont'd Au fll de La ‘Street, Desh Cont'd Semaine one Deflaition Cont'd Madame " Cont'd Cont'd & Fantome News Noon Erreurs Cont’d- | News ae \ Judictaires Country Alan Prize ee ‘Joy Hamel 9. Coqueluches ; Teas : gg 1 The iy 4 Coni'd . Cont'd 115 | Doctors From Cont'd mae Cont'd +90 | Another ‘Ontario | Another Foreman Le mas World Cont'd Worfd Went to Telejournal 00 | Cont'd The Edge Cont'd France Femme 15 | Cont'd Ot Nighi ‘| Cont'd Cont'd d'Aujourd &® | ania Take Cont'd Freestyle Hul 148 | Cont'd ‘Thirty Cont'd Cont'd * Le Temps 00 T Movie: Bob Movie Stri ‘d 18 1 The | Mclean Matinee conta on \ 90 T'voung Show Tom Rene Cont'd 143 T Lions Cont'd Sawyer Dubos Cont'd 00 Cont'd The: Cont 15) Cont'd Filntatones