Wives Worry About ©
Husbands’ Weekend
By Abigail Van Buren

"© 1978 by Chicago Tribuna-N.¥. News Synd. Inc,

DEAR ABBY: This year, as in previous years, my
husband has invited his sales team to our mountain cabin
for a weekend of fishing. , ”

This year, unlike previous yeara, his sales team now
includes a young, wnmarried woman who happens to be
very attractive.- (All the men are married and
middle-aged.) :

Abby, would you believe that some of the wives are
making a big fusa because they feel that it isimproper for a
aingio girl to sleep under the same roof with their
husbands?

Our cabin ig a sixroom chalet with sleeping
accommed ations for 12, and this trip involves five men and
one girl.

All the wives respect your opinion, so please tell us what

you think.
. D.M.'S WIFE

DEAR WIFE: The woman member of the sales team ia
entitled to the same benefits as the men, If your husband
excludes her in deference to nervous wives, he'll be guilty
of sexist discrimination. So relax. It’s a new, new world,
Ma'am.

DEAR ABBY: I have asister-in-law who really turns me
on. I know it's not love, it’s just a Physical attraction,
Every time phe touches me unintentionally, I go up the

wall.

My problem is I don’t know if I should go ahead and try
some or just lay back. If [lay back I'll go crazy, and if
I go ahead, I run the risk of having her refuse and then
telling my brother, and I sure don’t want that.

What should I do? I am 16.

See eC 2 eae

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CONFUSED

DEAR CONFUSED: Lay back. Lay WAY back. And in
self-defense, do your best to remain untouchable.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for six years and it
seems like 60. We have three beautiful children, 5,3 and 13
menths old. My husband is a steady worker, he makes a
good salary, and he doesn’t drink or run around. Those are
\ his good qualities. But when he comes home, he always
i eats our children with a slap in the mouth. He always

. Ends some excuse to hit one of them. He uses me as a
punching beg if he feels like it, too.

He tells the kids, “Don’t touch the car. It’s MINE?’
(Everything is HIS.) He doesn’t talk, he yells,

The kids are scared to death of him and so am I. He
hasn’‘t taken me anywhere in two years. I begged him to go
to the priest with me, but he refuses, He says if the priest
comes ‘hore he’ : I
churcli‘ad I pray’ ut hotnd, nit Ihave to hide when J pray or
he'll say I'm cracking up. Maybe I am, Am I?

‘ WORRIED

DEAR WORRIED:. A physician can tell you if you're
“cracking up.” See one immediately. Tell him what's
bothering you, and if he prescribes counseling, by all
moans go. If your community doesn’t offer a refuge for
battered wives and abused children, they ehould have one.

You don’t need your bhusband’s permission to see a
priest. And if you continue to live with this abusive man,
who [s probably sick, you are sicker than he is.

CONFIDENTIAL TO “RUNNING TO LOSE WEIGHT

IN SANTA MONICA”: Running alone won't do it. Diet is

. the most important factor. You will have torun three miles

to “burn up” 100 calories. In other words, for every hot

fodge sundae you consume, you will have to run 15 miles to
atay even. .

Who sald the teen years are the happiest? For Abby's
new booklet “What Teenagers Want to Know,” write
Abby: 182 Lasky Dr., Beverly Hilla, Calif. 90212. Enclose
iy and a long, stamped (28 cents), self-addressed envelope,
please.

JASPER, Canada’s Safety Bear

I ae ea aero heal

Don't chase a ball that Is floating away,
You could be in deep water, whal more can one say.

HERMAN

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“| bet your mother’s pie wasn't as soft as that.”

€htow' him “out. He won't take me to.

‘Your Individual
Horoscope

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Frances Drake .
FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST2, 1978

What kind. of day will
tomorrow be? To find out what
the stars say, read the
furecast given for your birth
Sign, ,

ARIES :

(rar. 21 to Apr. 20) °V2=n
Soine disturbance in career

matters c.uld cause you to be

unnecessarily abrupt with

loved ones. Don’t let this

happen or you will regret it
ter

TAURUS
(Apr. 21 to May 21) OAR”
If you maneuver skillfully

enough, you can gain some’

advantageous fringe benefits
in a business negotlation.
GEMINI
(May 22 to June 21)

One of those days when a

snap decision could turn out:

surprisingly well. You ors
dinarily deliberate carefully
in all situations, but right now
a hunch will pay off.
CANCER .
(June 22 to July 23) DED
Some misleading in-
fluences. Watch out for any
attempt to break or default on
contracts, other agreements.
(Suly 24 to ug. 20) 00EoR
Accent is now on travel, A
trip taken in connection with a
business issue could have an
especially fortunate outcome.
VIRGO
(Aug, 24 to Sept. 23) my
Some unpredictable
associates need watching now.
One or the other could try to
“muscle in” on one of your pet
solo ventures.
LIBRA
(Sept. 24 to Oct. 23) At
Without giving up present
undertakings, study what are

possibly good new offerings.
Give careful thought to

. decisions you must make

soon. Qutcomes could be
extremely important to the
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24 to Nov, 22) mae
A day to test your mettle.
Take up the reins where
others slacken: renovate,
improve where you can, Lend
your fine constructive talents
freely.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 23 to Dec. ge?
Neither charge with great
force nor sit back doing
Aothing, in the hope that you'll.
win over the opposition af
others. The innate good
judgment of the Sagittarian
should show you the way.
CAPRICORN .
(Dec, 22 to Jan, 20) Vo
Direct your enthuslasm for
worthy causes into
progressive channels. You
may have to revise previous
plans, however. Especially
favored now: travel, social
interests, .
AQUARIUS
(Jan, 21 to Feb, 1 G0
Awareness will ward off
many problems. Vigorous
action may not be necessary,
but thoroughness and sure-
footedness will be. Control
emotions. .
PISCES
(Feb. 20 to Mar. on MEX
Good influences! Activities
should be handled evenly so as
not to lap over too far in any
one directlon. Start with a
tempo you can keep — and
maintain it,

YOU BORN TODAY, like’

most Leoites, present an
outward appearance of self-
confidence and self-assurance

~ but, unlike most others born

under your Sign, this often
masks an inner feeling of
timidity and insecurity, Try to
curb this self-doubt for you
have been endowed with so
many fine characteristics and
talents that, properly
educated, of course, there are
no helghts which you cannot
attain, Surest avenues toward
success: the stage, literature,
science and the law. If at-
tracted to business,

’ manufacturing could be your

best bet but, in such case, be
sure to have some artlstic
outlet for contentment and
fulfiliment. Birthdate of: John
Tyndall, Brit, physician; John

’ Ketran, journalist, author;

James Baldwin, author; Peter
O'Toole, film star.
©1978 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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>. MATTER!

The young bride nervously

passed the cocklails at the first
formal dinner. party she
hosted. "I do hope these mar-
tinis will hit the spot. We ran
out of olives, so I had ta pour a
spoonful of ollye ofl inte each
glass.”

In Georgia, two prisoners on
the rock pile suddenly started
slugging each other. A guard
pulled them apart and asked:
“Why did you attack this
man?" The prisoner answered
surly: “He called me a dirty
number.”

A Chlieago doctor recently
treated a young girl for an
angry, infected insect bite on
her tight iower leg. She phoned
the mext day lo say that the
pata and itching were gone,
ul the calf was purple. The
dactor promptly told her, “I
never saw a purple calf..."

Ala children’s camp a little
girl fished for awhile, then
threw down her fishing pole
ard yelled, “'] quit!’ Asked for
an explanation, she said, ‘']
just can't seem to get waited
on.” .

LAMNOT SQUELCHING
WER INITIATIVE

JUST DION'T HAPPEN
7O CUT MYSBLB!

In upper New York state lhere
is a medical student who
spends his summer vacation
working ag a butcher in the
daytime and as a_hospilal
orderly at night, Both jobs in-
volved wearing similar white
uniforms. One evening he was
instructed to wheel a patient
on a stretcher into surgery.
The patient, a very nervous
and frightened lady, iooked up
at the student and let out an
unearthly scream. “My God!”
she yelled, ‘‘it's my
BUTCHER."

Q. What is it that goes Up and
never gocs down
A. Your Age.

In an ancient custom in Samarkand, whichever warrior
could hit a gold coin with an arrow could be king for
one day.

HERAAT

F338 ys cen! Deas Syeteote

4 can't see any sense in this! We parsed about 10
fish markets on the way here.”