Show t BY AMY ADAMS 2 1 READERS REMARKS SURPRISED AMY I Dear Amy No I am ass not going to tB demand equal time regarding the answer you ou gave Mrs Brown who like Old Mother Hubbard has so many children she ahe doesn't know what hat to do This is a point on which my husband and I have felt very vety strongly for lor many years and I would like like- to sound my I I ts s t Tin for c your jour Ul re ply to-I to Ideally I believe that children should come Into the world ONLY when they are wanted or at least not unwanted and when their 11 parents are both bolls willing and able to caro care for them adequately ade ade- Parents as so too many seem to should not expect other people to provide for children the other people havo have not pro pro- Mrs Irs e a e Dear Amy Mrs Browns s complaint about aboul cold school lunches because olno of ol no school cafeteria indicates to tome tome tome me that she needs a 11 bit of ot lice lico in fixing tasty cold lunches Even in coldest winter a cold cole lunch eaten calen in a properly heated room coons will never harm a 11 child It takes very little to convert a aroutine routine lunch into something a II abit abit bit more moio interesting Perhaps only slicing a 11 sandwich into fingers or giving a es n. n child instead instead in in- stead of ot a sandwich a 11 piece picco o of chicken chicken Is cheap or something like liko crackers and sliced wrapped separately separate separate- ly y which the child can assemble himself It If tho the children MUST have something hot tho widemouth widemouth widemouth wide wide- mouth insulated plastic jars jar dont don't cost much and they do keep things from getting cold There aro arc ways but it takes take a 11 ingenuity Bethesda Yd- Yd S C e Dear Amy I read with great Croat interest the letter from front Mrs Brown concerning con con- the tho fact that the tho two o of them had hall to work to make mako ends end meet I poso tho the following question ques ques- tion Would a II better education bring either cither Mr or Mrs Brown a be beter bet bet- ter paying ter-paying paying job Sometimes a an employer will help pay educational expenses One Ono ma man I know laboriously earned his Electrical Engineering degree in ten year years s or of evening study while untie adequately adequate adequate- ly supporting his seven children The he pay raise when he graduated at the tho age ago of ot 40 was substantial since he ho went from technician to o engineer It may even be bo that either Mr or Mrs Brown Bro is qualified for a better job even en without further training and they have only to k to o their current J t employers rJ or investigate the job market Mrs Brown does docs need to understand un that the situation is not hopeless but she will have to start tail where she is and with her husband decide how to use their energies abilities and Ingenuity to o best c fleet effect IT Anxious to help Heln e o I r e eDear Dear car Amy In your reply to Mrs Brown Drown there here lire are two points you didn't mention Is tho the Brown Drown family trying to keep up with the Jones Jones' or A Is their hf spending realistically within i their I means f I IFor For or example some somo communities have lave higher costs than others nearby for equal facilities I Ia Also some somo persons ps do o not shop a Uh oc as carefully e as they c could or should My best friend for example example ex ex- I ample spends perhaps 20 morGa morea more mora a week a-week week to feed her family of or 1 five ivo than I do to feed my family I of six and I havo have not noticed when we wo have been their guests that hat tho the food she serves is worth that much extra That 20 a 11 week saving is 1000 a 11 year yearl I Frugal a e e eDear eDear Dear Amy I am 17 11 years yearl old end and nd have havo been going with a 11 certain boy for fora 8 a months My mother liked himat him at first but now doesn't like him She Sho was going to let us get married mar mar- ried but she's mho's changed her mind I lovo love him very much and want to marry him Ho Ire wants to run rum runaway away and get married What shall I do my m mother or please him hum I Dear I Please your mother A year I from now your mother will iU change chango her mind UC U you rOil haven't changed yours e Address all letters to AMY ADAMS IS tie e TillS THIS NEWSPAPER For a personal reply enclose a S stamped self addressed envelope |