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Show u O ... i must he a middle-hai-r. don't understand the Fourth Opus from the 19th Symphony of Ladislaus Arpeggio and I'm afraid I don't dig bop beret well. It isn't that I don't try. I ve curled up like a treble clef trying to get the message from Mozart He never wrote to me. I've been along when everyone but roe was sent. I never went Everv time I hear Arkansas Archie yodel, I pack up my coyote and ride for the nearest stirrup cup. I think I could write a song myself, even though my jam comes straight from the jar and my cactus grows in a pot: "I love you when the moon is new, My heart sings like violin strings In the deep June night when the stars are bright, Baby." Or. "Paint, ole pal, in the ole corral, Let's you and me go to the rodeo 'Cause my heart is low. Yippy Yi, Yippy Yo." 1 ; wuMuir ... -- m i rf w hen x was young in my teens and 20's I used to pray like this: "Dear Lord, help me!" And he did. As I grew into my 30's, I realized I was thinking only of 4Dear Lord, myself in my petitions. So I began to pray: found help me to help others.w The years hurried on and I my 40's reminding me there was much more in life for me to do. So I added to my prayer: 'Dear Lord, help me help others to help themselves." Throughout the wonderful days, weeks, and years, God became more and more intimate in my life. I wanted others to know Him as I did. So today my prayer is: "Dear Lord, help me to help others to help themselves to know Thee more intimately." Mr. J. H. B., Tuscumbia, Ala. To Iot Loallass, WrrtoUHvrs Having recently retired, I hied myself to Florida, the land of sunshine. There was sun aplenty, but loneliness, tooat least, for me. I knew no one in Florida, and I was away from all my friends. Then it came to me. Never having been a great letter-writI had lost contact with some of my oldest and best friends. Susan had moved to another state, Helen was a nurse in the county hospital, and Meg probably decided I had gone "high-h- at er, So I sat down and wrote half a dozen letters to people I hadn't written to for years. To Susan and Meg and Helen and three others. A few days later the postman rang not once but twice, and twice more the next day. I was thrilled to hear from them and so were they to get word from me at last' We picked up the threads where we had left off. Then I made a list of all my old-tifriends and wrote them, too. It was like a correspondence course in friendship. And the most important thing I learned was that loneliness vanishes when you're in touch with old friends. L. K., Shady, N. Y. me have any time for fun with us." I determined then and there to find time in my schedule for "fun" with my kids. Now, even though the beds may not be made or the clothes ironed, you're likely to find us out in the back yard, having a picnic or swinging in the big rope swing under the trees. The housework can wait until we're through with the more important business. Children will soon forget whether or not a house was always shining and immacu-lat- e, but they will always remember that Mother had time to have fun with them. Which do you think is more important? Mr. R. T. Doyle, Port Arthur, Tex. How to Solve to Storo? Frobkw I used to have trouble getting my children to pick up their toys and keep them in then-owrooms. Part of the trouble was that my husband and I kept some of our things in thetrrooms. Behind the door in Daughter's room was my vacuum cleaner j and on her shelf my large hatbox. Son's room contained my sewing machine, and Dad used part of his closet to store fishing tackle. Though the children were not actually resentful, we all knew it was not quite fair." One day we put it this way: "We know it isn't cricket to expect you to keep the kitchen and living room free of your toys when we use your rooms for storage. But the truth is, you have a little extra space and we don't have enough. How about renting us space?" So, wherever we lived (four houses during the last three years!) we "rented" space from the children, the small amounts we paid them supplementing their allowances. The children got a great kick out of receiving their rent each month, and we felt we could be more firm about their picking up things now that we had a business deal with them. Julia C. Eddy, Sarasota, Fla. n What's Mor Work or laportaat: Faa? As a busy mother of two young children, I often found myself too hurried and harried to pay much attention to what I considered ' the i r less important demands. Then one day my little girl said to 'me, her chin trembling, ''Mommy, you never - We welcome your views on any subject of general interest, If toe print your letter, you will receive $10, Letters must-- be signed, but names will be withheld on request. We reserve the ss right to edit contribution. Letters Editor, Family Ad-dre- An ClMCa I.! III. Leonard S. Davidow, Publisher Walter C Dreyfus, Awociate Publisher t Director Melania De Proft. food Editor William A. Fetter, Art Director Ben Kartman, Editorial i Associate Edirori Robert Fitzgibboq Hal levins FAMILY WEEKLY ' MAGAZINE Regina Grwss Jerry Klein JUNE 26. 195S SNOW-COVERE- VOLCANO" D "PRIVATE EYE- S- j. Oppenheimer...ll ...M ...U II E 21 21 PATTERNS...... RECIPE FOR SUCCESS by Jerry OWN .(' Ewing Galloway Don't laugh. You may be investing a nickel on something similar in a jukebox before many more moons (tunes,, spoons) have passed. But here I am, caught in the middle of a muddle, in the bedlam between Bach, bop, and bilge. 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