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Hers Is a Sterling —
Silver Anniversary |

DEAR ABBY: I will soon celebrate my silver wedding an-
niversary and consider myself the luckiest woman in.the
world té have been married to this wonderful man for 26

ears. . .
; 7 want to express my appreciation to my husband for all
his kindness and understanding, but I'm not very good with
words, A friend told me that you published a beautiful
tribute to your husband on your 25th wedding anniversary.
Please print it again. I could use some ideas. —_i
WILMA IN DENVER

DEAR WILMA: What s coincidence! Your letter reached
me on my 40th wedding annivercary, and because those
words are as true today as they were 15 yours ago, I repeat
them with pleasure: . ;

* July 2, 1964
Dearest Mart: oo /
Today is a very special day for me, It’s my 25th wedding

’ anniversary and I have this to say:

Thad a mother and father who really loved each other, so I

. know what love is. . ;
‘ two teenagers safely through the traumatic |

I've. a
teens, 40° Rlnow what satisfaction is,

I'veiptayed, and my prayers have been answered, so 1

know what faith is.

And I've had by my side for 25 beautiful years, the
kindest, gentlest, most considerate human being I've ever
known, so I know what happiness is,

And because I've known all these things, I know what
wealthis, ~~ .

I love you.

: Abby

DEAR APTY: My 3-year-old son and two neighbor boys
his age were playing in our small pool in the backyard. Since
I'm always within earshot when children are in the pool, I
heard my son say, “Let's play like babies without any
clothes!” Then they all giggled and todk off their swimming
trunks. It was a very hot day and I saw no harm in letting
them play in the pool for a while unclothed. _

Suddenly an older sister of one of the boys appeared, and
when she saw her brother naked she raised a big fuss. My
son 4 ickly admitted it was Ais idea. The girl ran home, hor-
tified, and returned with her mother who was practically in
hysterics, By that time I had already dressed her son, but
the mother dragged him home screaming that he was never
te play here again, and spanking him-every step of the way.

bby, is it wrong for small boys to play naked together?
e experts say about

CALIFORNIA MOM

DEAR MOM: The experts say that to make a big deal out
of nudity tends to give children the impression that their
bodies are “dirty” and something to be ashamed of. Further:
more, it's normal for children to be curious about the bodies
of thelr friends, and it's reassuring to discover that when
they've seen one, they've seen ‘em all. ,

DEAR ABBY: Your letter to INTIMIDATED BY SALES-
PEOPLE reminded me of something funny that happend to
my daughter and me last Christmas: * ;

We were leaving the house to go shopping and-I'decided
to take one of my plastic shopping bags. We had quite a bit
of shopping to do, so my daughter took one, too.

Ti you want to get waited onin a hurry, just carry a large
empty shopping bag into a department store! The sales-
people were coming out of the walls offering their
assistance, But when we had filled the bags, locked them in
the car and returned empty-handed, we were virtually ig-
nored.

Try it sometime. It's hilarious.

children and nudity?

DARING IN DENVER

—— Frances Drake ——-

FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1979

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Horoscope -

ters. C Optimism is justified.
(Apr. 20 to May 20) Oia

Domestic and family’ in
happily
highlighted. A friend may
have a helpful hint shout a
work or do-it-yourself project.
GEMINI

(May 21 to June 29) Mia

’ Tt may be difficult to con-

centrate on the job, but your.

mind is happily spinniig with

creative plans, You hava
much to be joyful about, ~
CANCER

“(Sune 21 to July 2) @EQ
You can make favorable .

strides now towards im-
proving your financial pio

ture,.Opportunity all around.

You have only to capitalize on

(July 23 to Aug, 22) SOGGR

Despite a miid home upset,
you're in total command. The
investment picture looks

: bright and your mariner at-

tracts admirers, . :

news about a
domestic matter brings joy.
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with some maments spent in
Brivacy or meditation:

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Accept invitations. Attend

social gatherings, Luck in the

company of friends, A touch of

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(Feb, 19 to Mar. 20) HEX
New projects begun now

meet with success, es

In connectlon with career, Co-

workers are helpful and health
shows Improvement,

Your Individual

HERMAN

_ the AMAZING SPIDER MAN.

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