| Show I IBY 1 BY AMY ADAMS BUCKLE DOWN TO YOUR STUDIES Dear Amy I have a problem about my reo re port card carlI I brought it home and my father became angry because it had two Drand an F I was sick whim when I went to school and was sick when we had the test for those subjects lie He has stopped me from going to the tho skating rink and no more movies or visiting my boyfriends Do you think this is being fair fairy I am a boy In the grade and 11 years old Bruce Dear Bruce Druce If you were too sick to take those tests you should have asked permission to take them at an other time Your Your father father fair is-fair is fair Now stay home for a few weeks and buckle down to your studIes You know you cant can't use that sick excuse a second time Best wishes wisht's for a quick reco l ry I e e eDear Dear Amy I received a Christmas card from a girlfriend who Is Jewish and it said Merry Christmas The only kind of cards we had bad at home Were those which stated Merry Christmas So I crossed out Merry Christmas and in its place wrote Happy I haven't heard from her since so Im I'm wondering it I did the correct thing Miss X near Dear Miss 1 X Good friends dont don't usually get angry over such things She ably hasn't contacted an other reason Call her Your In ia t were good bu but next time buy Luy a card to suit the occasion If If ever In doubt a few lines on per note paper is always cor recto Dear Vear Amy I dont don't agree with your advice to Poker Widow I 1 think tile the men should take turns playing cards at each others other's homes Why should one wife get stuck with hem and the dirt week every When lIa have ve get re too considerate to expect to haVe all the work all the time Men are stupid In Intha that tha respect ct T They c 1 need a woman o 0 tell teU them what to do but you ou teU them themi 41 Lola Dear Amy The letter in your column from the Poker Widow struck home I too was getting the same deal dealas as she for years until I realized that a man has the right to enjoy his likes in his own home Now Im I'm no longer a poker widow As a matter of fact I enjoy hay hav leg ing the men over on Saturday nights They're a laugh a minute I have my husband and were we're happier than ever and I have a anew anew new philosophy for other poker widows Id I'd like you to print Life is like a game of cards You cant can't decide what hands you are going to have dealt to you but you can cin decide how to play your handl I X Poker Widow Dear Amy Im I'm in a quandary I have been beena a widow for live five years and have had many proposals of marriage But Im I'm Im I'm not sure I want to reo re marry Of course Im I'm very lonely and I look forward to the corn of men but my de ceased husband was so wonderful 1 a man that I believe anyone I marry now will not live up to tomy tomy my expectations and this second marriage could become a torture I just cant can't make malte up my mind Several of my friends have warned me against marrying a second time but I would like to hear from you and your many readers who have had bad this lem to fare face and how things turned out for them especially good sec and ond marriages if such a thing is possible A Lonely Londy Wi Widow ow near Dear Widow I know there are many success ful second marriages And Ill I'll give you living proof by devoting 1 In n entire column 01 on this subject in the near future My Illy files are bulging but additions are always alwa's welcome PERSONAl TO Luke bite The Bible proves that lint 1111 marts monkeys of but Hi Deb Debence enee ence proves that thai monkeys mane men of tIL themselves a II a Nease Ilease address s all letters to l IY clo do fills rm I For or a 1 reply t II a stamped seif III I |