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(Apt. 21 to May 21) Digg” Good ideas and efficient methods will be important factors in this day’s success picture. You can now make advances in hitherto - slow- GEMINI i” (May 22 to June 21). a If dublous about accepting a certain suggestion, it will probably be better to reject. But do weigh it sufficlently 30 aa not to miss any angles. CANCER (June 22 to July 23) @E9 Concentrated effort toward attaining worthwhile goals . should net fine results now. An unusual idea could prove profitable if cleverly carried oul “ LEO — . uly 24 to Aug. 23) JOE Planetary stimulate your knack for ‘handling matters which involve many persons. Especially favored: salesmanship, organizational | affairs, govermment work. VIRGO (Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) my ' A good day for trying out a new idea or method, You have the ability to turn the ordinary intothe interesting, improve the U1 it! wim 8, novel Use LIBRA (Sept. 24 to Oct. 23) ATS You could run into some _ trying situations if you speak out of turn or act unthinkingly, soatress good willand keep wits rp. Avoid a tendency toward: (Nov, 23 to Dec. 21) influences Frances Drake SCORPIO (Oct. 24 to Nov 22) MaKe ‘Mixed influences. Do not get' ‘into controversy which would only. lead to chags, but do discuss matters calmly. You CAN reach happy solutions. — SAGITTARIUS oe, fh Your personality should at- tract those who can aid you in : fulfilling ambitions, You will _ find that many are interested, coricerned. Just be sure that you express yourself in an ar- ticulate manner. CAPRICORN ‘(Dee, 22 to Jan. 20) Wat As with Sagittarius, you, too, should find cooperation in fulfilling needs. Personal rela’ under excellent influences. Romance also favored, 8 ~, oy, AQU. ON . (Jan. 21 to Feb, 19) et Whole. Both artistry and imagination should be. _ stimulated. Use both well.and results wil please. # ~* eh 2 ae 29 A fine pro. ‘gun will bog down unless you keep it in mind, mull over details, plan a more progressive way of _ following through. YOU BORN TODAY are one. your talents as would be the law or politics. In the legal field, your sense of the dramatic” would make you an outstanding _ trial lawyer.. Tralts to curb: arrogance, overd; riess. Birthdate of: George Bernard - Shaw, dramatist, novelist; Jean-Baptiste Corot, Fr. land- scape painter; Aldous Huxley, Brit. author; Jason Robards, Jr., Amer. actor. Anniversary The Cryptoquip is a simple substitution cipher in Which each _ letter used. stands for ariother. If you think that X equals 0, it ' by Addison will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words, . Boner’s Ark A COMMONER / HG THRONE TO MARRY, ME? BO YOU THINK DUKE, WOULD YOU GIVE UP vowels. Solution is accomplished by trial and error. £O DOANTIC OF THE DUKE MY PUKE WOULD YOUR BAR STOOL TO MARRY OF WINPSOR TO GIVE UP DO THAT FOR y PRISCILLA? Libis ieaanhs Satcuyts SY DEAR READERS: A woman signed BUDDY'S MOTHER wrote. to say that her 10-year-old son who hed taken ice skating lessons for two years had asked to take ballet lesson. She said that she and her husband feared that if they let — Doonesbury © ; him take up ballet he might turn into a homosexual. ‘ I teld her that it took a great deal of manly discipline for a hoy to.excel at ballet, and to go ahead and give the boy ballet lessona. : an . The reader feedback was interesting. Some samples: YUP! THE ITH TO ACTING AS DEAR ABBY: I'll bet BUDDY'S MOTHER lives in Dade 7 tb PRESENT THE MINORITY County, Fla, where they recently voted to deny ches pit bearecten ane * homosexuals their constitutional rights becauge of Anita yi DY GRYES*_- C Bryant's crusade to “Save Our Children.” I'd appreciate left ko APRICOT your comments. oe rill Faem is ead. STRAIGHT AND CONCERNED ~ we I P : . ; : awe gine 7 « , DEAR S. AND C.: No straight boy ever became gay ey Al = because he took ballet lessons. Neither did a gay become Wan fe a straight because he joined the Marine Corps. No one vin Ctl ae N knows what causes some people to be gay and others to be ORY ta, straight. But it's, a fact that “our children” do not need to \ = be “saved” from homosexuals. (More children are molested = ae ane = by straights than by gays.) Toe A; na alin an rit To use “God,” “the American flag" and the emotionally ay Se, uy pai) charged ery to “Save Our Children” in an effort to deny. : : employment, housing and public accommodations to a i e Amazing SPIDE whole segment of our population because of their personal sexual preference is outrageous! Lo DEAR ABBY: I was shocked when Tread the letter in : your column from the mother who was reluctant to allow HAS ANYONE REACHED THAT POOR MAN YET? ANY MINVLITE NOW, MY DARLING! Lyjyyi! SPIDER-MAN JusT APPEARED ON THE h SCENE! , YOu SOUNG AS THOUGH-" HANG OA, | her gon to take ballet lessons because it might encourage’ YOU EXPECTEO Him! MAN! TH him to become a homosexual. How ignorant can some people be? . I have three sons. The two older boys excelled in football, but the younger boy favored ice skating and ballet. I made sure the two older boys did not ridicule their younger brother because of his interest in ballet. - As for ballet being for sissies, I'd like to see a sisay lift a 130-pound ballerina with one hand and hold her over his head. And all those strenuous leaps, turns and jumps take muscle contral, coordination and’ strength ‘the’ finest athlete would envy. ; ; Ballet does more for a boy's body than football. I'd rather see my son dance than see him carried off a football field on a stretcher with a broken nose or a broken leg! . ot ., POMONA MOM. sel . ey, Y ip , i MA and words using an apostrophe can give you clues to locating — Supplement Dear Abby... Coming Soon. ~ By Abigail Van Buren ' ©1877 by The Chicago Trbune-N.¥.Nawa Syd. tne. DEAR ABBY: Would you believe that before my son became a Golden Glove boxing champion he was advised to take ballet lessons to improve his footwork? He took them, . too, And when he waa kidded about it, he laughed harder than anybody because he knew that he was as much a man as the manliest.: : CHAMP'’S MOTHER DEAR ABBY: BUDDY'S MOTHER should realize how much masculinity and discipline goes into becoming a professional ballet dancer. He must be as fit as an Olympic. champion and possess the grace and rhythnvof an artist. I ‘think that any boy who is fortunate enough to show signs - -of talent.in the dance should bs encouraged in it—and not made to feel guilty or lacking in manhood. . toe DEAR ABBY: There is an old guy in our town who is driving everybody nuts. He's about 75 years old, and he MINNEAFOLIS MOTHER. - can’t keep his paws off women. No waitreas will get within — six feet of him. When he comes into the restaurant, the cashier hag to take his order, and the cook comes out of the - kitchen to serve it to him! This told me that if he ever came back, she was going to have a pair of handcuffs ready. Everybody in town knows about. him. 1 can’t. understand why the let a man like that-run. - loose, Yan’t he dangerous?" . PASO ROBLES . DEAR PASO: Probably nol. te everybody in town me knows about him, they're safe, It's the ones they DON'T - ay know about who are dangerous. CONFIDENTIAL TO “SOCIAL FLOP" IN LITTLE ROCK: Here's a helpful tip for the shy woman.'One very wise mon seid: “A beautiful woman ié the one I notice. A charming women is the one who notices ME." ” For Abby's new booklet, “What Teen-agers Want to guy went to a doctor-for a checkup, .and the nurse : Know," send $1 to Abigail. Van Buren, 192 Lasky Dr., Beverly Hille, Calif, 90212, Please enclose a long, a self-addreaved, atam ped (24d) envelope. | ae