COMICS The Wizard of id. the daily herald ON THE LIGHTER SIDE by Brant parker and Johnny hart MY JOB IS GETTING To ME, SIRE, ['P LIKE To GO ON A TWO- WEEK RETREAT. OA} WHATS THE CONDITION? A Boner’s A I FEEL SORRY FOR CAPTAIN BONER. DAY AFTER PAY Ke PUTS IN LONG, TENSION- FILLED HOURS AT THE HELM OF THIS SHIP! THATS NOT SO TOUGH - He'S BEEN DOING IT SO LONG, HE COULP PROBABLY GO IT IN HIS SLEEP! by johnny hart Co yu SELL. SHEET Music? . _.. 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Inc. PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Thursday, sop.s sun. Your individual —Horoscope Frances Drake " FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER#, 197 . ARIES (Mar, 21 to Ape. 20) eS Happily , this day favors the completion of new plang, revising procedures for the balance of the: week and ‘completing ‘all ‘unfinished business.” TAURUS (Apr. 21 to May 21) OCA Shrewd analysis before starting day’s program will peevent errors, wasted time. Don’t just accomodate; rather, be choosey, selective in your endeavors. GEMINI (May 22 to June 21) ne You may receive several unusual suggestions. Accept only those worth their salt, Be careful, however, not to overlook something helpful through miscalculation. CANCER (une 22 to July 23) GED There will be nothing dazzling about this day, yet it offers you ai multitude of benefits if you look in the right places. Use your fine know-how. LEO (July 24 to Aug. 23) RE Fine solar influences suppart your best endeavors, stimulate your talents. Some excellent opportunities indicated. Go ‘forward confidently. VIRGO (Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) mp thy ' Watch expenditures of time and assets. Know why you are doing what you ARE doing, and its consequen with the crowd; neither ignore its influence. LIBRA (Sept. 24 to Oct, 23) art Allow for some delays in carrying out your program but don't create them needlessly yourself, Crisp, consistent action needed to top the com- ces. Don’t run. and.gee” attitude could only atifle enthusiasm on this somewhat problematic day. SAGITTARIUS of (Nov. 23 to Dec. 21) Continuing good influences favor original ideas, advanced methods and clever strategies. A good period in which to put over unusual ideas, CAPRICORN ; (Dec, 22 to Jan. 20) Votan To be successful now, ideas and plans need not be on a large scale, A series of well done “Hittle jobs” could add up to a very important whole. AQUARIUS {Jan. 21 to Feb. 19) Stellar aspects indicate a day of successful moves and plans, but all will require know-how, diligence and painstaking care. Don't launch into uncharted seas, PISCES (Feb. 20 to Mar. 20) MEX ‘ Here is a time for reevaluating, “pulling over to the side’ to determine if you can improve your . situation through new ideas or methods. Be eager to meet new challenges. YOU BORN TODAY are intellectually inclined, affable by nature and a born producer, You have a strong drive and, if you choose business as a career, would make an outstanding success in banking, manufacturing, rallroad en- terprises or promotion. But you are extremely versatile, and may fit yourself for a career in the theater, where you could shine as actor or producer. If you should take up the law, you will probably wind up in the world of politics or statesmanship. In the arts, the best outlets for your talents are writing or music. No matter what career you choose, however, you will always be trustworthy, diligent and meticulous in handling details. Birthdate of Lodovico Ariosto, Ital. poet; King Richard I (The “Lion-Hearted”’), of England; Peter Sellers, film star. times of the day. If be does what he’s supposed to do where he's supposed to do it, reward him with a treat. And if he messes in the house, scold him in a hareh tone and “show” him why you are displeased. He'll catch on. — DEAR ABBY: Thank you for trying to educate the public concerning the handicapped. My wife and I are both deaf and mute (please, not “deaf and dumb} and we use sign language to communicate with each other. The reaction of some uninformed people we encounter in places of business would astonish you. I'd like to repeat a very old, but true story to make my LACEY? Hi ITS QUELL, DEAR, ITS JOANIE, SORRY Tit CRAY BY ME, BUT =I KNOW, MORNING. IT 3 HAPPEN au E UNIVE RIAL ORES 59; CATEIGH, L HOPE YOO) DONT MIND MY AN AWFUL. LOT LATELY. mm ot BOT L THANK YOWE BEEN SMOKING qe G @ 3 je i 5 Z ry bar Ore (ee i C i 3 y i un) Co Alle 4 . Lf a \ Ly Ke le ee by Rog Bollen: fray TES JAMESON PROM FURNISH PROOF THAT | THE eee iG STL = Boss ORGANIZED crime! THAT PokS iT! JAMESON MUST PICER-MAN ON HIG SIPE! va OAS ULL POOLE LTO OE PILED ECT EL “EZKYYS Xmas Tree Marks Day Dad Left DEAR ABBY: A reader wrote in asking what you thought of people who still had their Christmas tree up in May. He suggested that perhaps the men in the white coats carrying butterfly nets should be called. I'm glad you didn’t join in and ridicule the people whose tree wag still up because ours has been up longer than theirs. My husband disappeared on December 22nd, 1975, and no one hag heard a word from him since: He helped me put up our Christmas tree on the 20th of Decamber, and our kids (now 6, 9 and 10) keep begging me not to take the trea down “until Daddy comes home.” - It's still up. My hopes are fading, but you mow how kids are—they nover give up, God bless them. ALLCRIED OUT DEAR CRIED: If prayers will help, be assured you have mine. DEAR ABBY: Seeing that you answer everything from A to Z, I'was wondering if you'd stop at “D" for dogs. I have a problem with mine. He's an &month-old shepherd —a terrific dog, but I can’t seem to housebreak him. =. ; - He is not dumb, but I can't seem to get the idea across to him that he has to wait until someone lets him out. Abby, I heve read dog books and followed every _ suggestion in the book, from rubbing his nose in the mess to spanking him within an inch of his life, but nothing has worked for me. ; . _ Fhope you'll print this because there must be a way to housebreak a dog that works, even though it's not in a book, ; DESPAIRING DEAR DESPAIRING: My canine consultant suggests that you establish a “routine” by walking your dog at set ‘Gryptoquip VKZZCT TPLRVONTZ PEEV ON NTELEPTS ZLVCTS Yesterday’s Cryptoquip—RAUCOUS CROW CAWS AS TEN- ANT SWEARS. . ©1977 King Features Syndicate, Inc. Today's Cryptoquip clue: S equals Y The Cryptoquip is a simple substitution cipher in which each letter used stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words, and words using an apostrophe can give you clues to locating vowels, Solutfon is accomplished by trial and error. penmanship: “CAN YOU READ?” point. One afternoon two fine Boston gentlemen were hanging onto the straps of a trolly. Below them were seated two deaf-mutes, conversing in sign language. One of the straphangers whispered to his friend, “I'm curious about something,” whereupon he took a note pad and pencil from his pocket and wrote, “CAN YOU WRITE?’ Then he handed it to one of the deaf-mutes, who, after studying it carefully, slowly drew from his pocket an elegant, expensive fountain pen, emerald in color and trimmed in gold. Then, with a grand flourish, he penned a few words on the note pad and handed it back to the standing gentlemen. . Imagine their chagrin when they read in exquisite AXEL WINTERLANE DEAR AXEL: Beautiful! DEAR ABBY: After years of reading your column you finally pushed the “write” button. To PUZZLED IN FLORIDA who can't find anyone to do her repairs or remodeling, here are some reasons for the shortage of good professional craftsmen. Many people have the idea that people who wear work clothes should work for peanuts, I charge $12 per hour and do top-quality work. After I pay the expenses of my truck and tools, license fees, insurance, etc., I'm lucky to have $9 left. And considering the time [ spend, without compensation, making up bids, talking to customers and material suppliers, and doing paper work, I might net $7 per hour before taxes for the 2,000 or so hours I spend . working hard in a year's time. People who ask for estimates on remodeling or repair jobs are sometimes slow to make up. their minds. They think my time should be free, but they gladly pay $30 to $50 per hour to talk to a doctor, lawyer or accountant. When people learn to treat professionals in work clothes ° with as much respect as they treat professionals in suits, and ties, .pood craftamen will be easier to find. TIRED OF PEANUTS DEAR TIRED: Hooray for your side. I couldn’t agree more, ‘DEAR ABBY: My wife's widowed mother has made her ‘home with ua for the past 22 years, She was not a built-in _ babysitter for our children or a servant. (Fortunately we have always had help.) Lately my mother-in-law haa become difficult to live with, and even violent. Her health is failing fast, and she constantly accuses us of trying to do away with her for her “money.” (She doesn’t have any.) : She hag made such a madhouse out of our home that our teenage children can no longer have their friends over. My wife and I have discuased putting her mother in a fine rest’ home, but my wife’s only worry is, “What will people say if send my own mother away to be cared for by strangers?” If you have a comment on this, I would like to see it in print. ; : NAMELESS, PLEASE DEAR N.: Elderly people who pose such problema in the homes of their children should be cared for in a rest home, if possible, for their own sakes and those of their children, Df all the reasons for refusing to send her, “What will people say?”.is by the far the poorest.