DEAR ANN LANDERS: That
man who wrote in and said

_ goats, both nannies and billies,-

who are well cared for don't
ame!l must either be crazy or he
smells like a goat himself and
doesn 't know the difference.

A. few years back I was
privileged to watch the
changing of the guard at an old
fort in Quebec. The mascot was
a billy goat. A prettier animal
would have been hard to find ---
mowy white hair, gilded horns

and hooves, But It happened to ~

be a windy ‘day and the spec-
‘tators were downwind from the
parade grounds. There was
never any doubt as to what that

_ animal was, especially for those

of us who had been ardund.
goatsbefore. _

That expression ‘‘to smell like
a goat” didn’t get Into the
Janguage by accident. It’s one
that is well-earned and you'd
better believe it. — Battling’
Bonnie . :

DEAR BONNIE: 0.K. You
win by a nose. I'm a city girl
myself, but my farm friends tell
me you're right. ow.

DEAR. ANN LANDERS: I
have a very unusual problem —
-at least it’s one I've never seen

~ in your column.

- Tam trying ta make a very
serious decision, one which my
parents oppose. My fiance
agrees- with me and my
minister says [I should decide
only after serious prayer,

Tam a young girl, considered
quite allractive, happy and
healthy, but I am crippled. 1
have worn a large built-up shoe
on my left foot since | was three

_ years old, My-leg is healthy in

- but itis five inches too short.

“

.- repeatedly
4 gpedifierence to him if | have'one *
fr leg or two. Please let me know
© what you think, — In a Quandry.

every respect, and actually it’s -
just as strong as the other one,:

On my 16th birthday I in-
formed my perents that when I
became 21 I was gaing- to have
my lower leg amputated so I
could be fitted with an artificial
leg the same length as the other.

They were violéntly opposed, .
saying such things as, “You
have no right. God created you
this way for a reason.”’ Every
time I mentioned it they tried to
shame me out of it,

Ann, it’s my leg and my life
and I can't see why it would be
wrong to rid myself of this ugly
shoe. My. fiance has: told me
that it makes no

DEAR Q.: I teok your letter to
Dr. Henry. Belts, head of the
Rehabilitation Institute in
Chicago on whose board I serve.
Dr, Betts referred me to one of
(he country's’ foremost.
authorities on amputees, Dr.

And keeps you i

Robert G. Thomoson, an. or-
thopedie specialist.
Dr. Thompson said, “It is now

standard practice in patients ©

who have a short extremity
(with that much discrepancy)
to suggest a below-knee.am-
putation. This is now being
suggested for the very young so
they will not grow up with a
psychological handicap. If the
young woman came to me I
would ‘recommend that the
operation be performed.” —

And now about your parents’
attilude. In my opinion they are
being unfair when they attempt
to make you feel guilty because
you want io have this surgery.

If you are certain your fiance
will not develop any hang-ups
about the result, go ahead and
have the operation. Please let
me know when you walk down
the aisle, looking the way
you've always wanted to. And
goodluck, dear, ;

DEAR ANN LANDERS: I am

28 yeargold, not exactly ancient.

‘T write this letter not to criticize
but to ask a question. It's about

. California teen-agers. Are they

different from New England

teens? The way California kids .

talk to their relatives ruined my
vacation. .

My 15-year-old cousin tells,
her mother to shut up, Her
brother, who is 14, says to his,
father, “You have rocks in'your
head.” He then says to his
grandfather, “And you arenuts,
too m

children ta do something, they
just sit. Tonight she asked the
hoy to bring the card table in
from the storage room. He said,
“Can't you see I'm busy wat-
ching my favorite TV show?’

. Shesaid, "Oh, [’m sorry, dear,”

and got the card table herself. I
sat there dumbfounded. .

Thave heard the same smatt-
mouth talk from their friends.
Is it regional? Where 1 was
brought up, such a thing is
unheard of. Please comment. —-
Near Walden’s Pond

DEAR WALLY: Geography has |

nothing to do with it. Show me a
smart-mouth kid and I'll show

you a home where the-parents

have abdicated their respon-
sibility. This happens in New
England as in California.
“Unfortunately, the kids. pay
the price for permissive up-
bringing. ‘Nobody likes, ‘ob-

These children take’ their
smart-mouth, disrespectful

By Lawrence €. Lamb, M.D.

Dear Dr. Lamb-- - How
much alcohol or beer is toc
much for a person to drink
over a weekend? My husband
drinks a case of beer from
Friday night until Sunday
night. This can't be good for
him. We have had several

arguments about it, He says it |

isn’t hurting him, and I say it
is, Ha can’t think clearly, and

‘the smallest thing really sets

him off. I'm telling you this
because these things: are
caused from his ‘alcohol, I’m

* sure. He is nervous, short

tempered and very impatient,
His mother drank a lot of beer

for a few years and now she ~

has'a liver disorder so ker
physician told her she had to
stop and she did’ ‘

My ‘husband is - always
catching colds and takes vita-
mins consistently. I say the
alcohal is keeping the vita-

mins from doing thelr Job. -
What do you say? : :

A few years ago he did go

to Alcoholics - Anonymous, -
now he will not drink a beer -

’ during the week. I know why,

When the ‘mother asks these -

- noxious, disrespectful behavior. *

attitude to school and have”

_trouble- with teachers, When °
they gel out into the real world.
the results are sometimes:

disastrous.

"But this address is a Chinese
restvurant,”

because he can't drink one or
two cans, He always has to
drink six*or eight in an eve-
ning or on a weekend. Can you
tell me what to do or what to
fay to him? [ve done every-
thing but tell him I’ll just
walk out. He is only 39 years
old, and it’s really ruining our
marriage. .

Dear Reader—- Anytime
that a drinking habit becomes
a prablem for a erson, either
on the j or at home, it is.an
alcohol problem. Accepting
your statements as made, if

‘your husband has ‘already

een to A.A. for help he must
realize that he has an alcohol

roblem. It is true that same
individuals are particularly
prone to have a personalit

_change with even a small

amount of alcohol. Some indi-
viduals with mild brain disor-
ders may get along perfectly
well until they have had some
alcohol, In. them, even one
drink may cause a marked
change in their personality
and cause difficulties:”

I wish there was a quick

‘Consumers’ Association of.-

Canada reminds. grocery
shoppers that soybeans are an
economical, nutritious source of
protein, vilamins and minerals.
Soybeans increase three times

in volume when ‘scaked and °

Our“Fleet Commander”
2 Onetoughtaller, -

ee PBR,

“That's right, Everybody loves my Pizza

‘It’s a rugged radio telephone that lasts —
and lasts. Fits in just about any vehicle.
| n touch. You should use

Beer drinker
needs help

them and see if

:.,, SOYBEAN NUTRITION

 geTHL ©

» "You can talk with,us.”

THE HERALD,

DR. LAWRENCE E LAMB

and easy answer for you, but —
there isn’t.one that can be :
‘readily accomplished. A “sig :
g

nificant alcohol problem
something that the mate
usually can’t do. much about.
The individual has to. seek
help on his awn. This is true
whether it’s a man or a Wwom-
an. You should talk to your
family doctor about it and see
if he has any suggestions, or if
there is an A.A, chapter close
by, since he has been to one
before, you might contact
ey could be
of any help to you. They
night, through his previous
organization connections: be
able to establish some form of
cantact with your husband and |
see if they could help him.

I must teil you that thé al-
cohol won't necessarily keep
the vilamins from helping -
him, but the vitamins will not
keep his body from being
damaged by aleohol, Exces-

- sive use of alcohol can dam-

age the liver, the brain and
even the heart. This is true
even if a person has an ade-

- quate vitamin intake.

If the-alcohal problem can't
be solved, it’s up to you to |
decide what to do with your
life. There is-nothing that

_ requires a mate to live with

an alcoholic mate (male or™
female). You might need to
ask what you have done to
deserve an alcoholic mate.
There is an organization
called Al Anon for mates and
families of the alcoholic. They

‘;might be of help to you. Some- ,

times the mate (male or fe-
male) contributes to the alco-
hol problem. By learning what -
the dynamics are, the family.
can help — literally by help-
ing themselves and changing

. the dynamics within the fami-

ly. This, however, often re-

quires professional help for

both mates. :
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in core of this newspaper, P.Q. Box

1551, Rodio City Station, New York,
BLY. 10029. For a capy of Dr. Lamb's

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‘TERRACE, 3.C.

Campin

Summer ‘camping. seems a.

‘long way off right now and is -

probably mare alluring as we
look oul of the cool spring into
warmer summer days,

Camping conjures. up a lot of
images: beating, swimming,
hiking, archery, arls and crafts,
and of, course, sing-songs
around a night time fire. Years

_ago -disabled children could

dream about all of -thal and
never expect it lo come true.
However, theB.C. Lions Society
for Crippled Children operates

‘three Easter Seal Camps, and-

.this-summer as in past.sum-
mers, aboul 700. ‘disabled
youngsters will be al those
camps having fun just like any
boy or girl, _ Cont

The Sociely owns: and
uperates lwo. of the. camps,
Chehalis Camp- near Agassiz,
and Winfield Camp near

Winfield, B.C,, and: leases.
Cowichan Camp on Vancouver *
Istand, from the. Kiwanis Club, .
._ Disabled children from all over ;
B.C. and the. Yukon come to ~

these camps. every year, for a

camping .experience designed-.

especially for them. _
‘the programs which are not

very different from those taking |

place al other summer camps,
are. directed by‘ specially
trained recreational personnel
and supervised by ‘senior high
school.and university students
‘whem ihe Society employs:
every camping Season.

The -Society,. which is
presently conducting ils annual
Easter Seal Appeal, assesses a
sinall fee lo pareiits, or Lo other
‘ugencies which. work with the
children, However, should a
parent nol be able to afford even
the smail set: fees, (he Society
will subsidize the child oul of the

Easter Seal Fund, Last year. .
the -program .and operating ~

costs were over$i00,000 and the

fea ‘assessments amounted Lo -
* .-less than’: 25 percent of that, —

The -camping service, like
many- cther-.of ‘the Sociely’s
services, is beginning a phase of
growth. and expansion.

Chehalis Camp is’ presently _
- undergoing ao
redevelopment and a new camp ~
- Awhi¢h looks as though it will
4, nn

major

i

»

Eaton’s.sh

happy to help you.

be:

; op catalog
| phone or in person. {f you do
’ not have an Eaton's account.
be. sure to discuss the. —
benefits of opening one taday ~

- anyone of our staff will be

for th a
“Handicapped

camping for the handicapped, -
Part of this

will be evolved.
redevelopment. - is being
financed by a L.LP, grant, but
the Sociely, is loaking ‘ta. the

government and to lhe public

for financial support of the

- additions and modifications to -
‘and

the camp . | sile
facilities. .

" ‘The Society is also seriously

considering building a new
camp in the central northern

Interior, because of ali: of its -
. existing campsare being usedio . FF
n an -

capacity. ant ° eager
-dieapped youngsters are having
lo be turned away. This project,
100,; Will have ta be financed
through public support,

The camping season al the

“Easter, Seal" Camps will be
getting. underway "very soon,

_ Applications for altendance can
be acquired through. the
Society's. main office in Van-
couver, or its Branch Offices in
Vidtoria and Sorrento.

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