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Show DISCIPLINED FABRICS DRIES 3 TIMES FASTER... COLORS: FASTEST EVER! BG J1 r r ir r mm They All EDo It ooo by Joseph N. Bell f it's any solace to you, your child isn't the only one who says, "Oh, no, not that again" in anguished tones as he sits down to a dinner you've spent half the day preparing; goes around most of the day with his shoelaces untied; never turns off a light, closes a door or window, or bothers to hang up his clothes; cookies to prefers dime-sto- re the ones you've Just baked; chews food with all the finesse of an elephant crunching hay; saves every stone, used envelope, piece of string, rubber band, box top, and candy wrapper he can filch out of the wastebasket; can wash his hands without wetting the soap or towel; brushes his teeth in just about three seconds flat; uses the back door faithfully when the weather is fine and the front door exclusively when his shoes are muddy; constantly confuses possession of facts with intelligence; letloathes writing thank-yo- u ters, kissing relatives, bathing, or taking long rides in the car; listens intently to a major Jec-tuon misbehavior, then asks cheerfully, "Hey, what are we having for supper tonight?" gets into a loud and violent argument with brothers or sisters when you're trying to talk business on the phone; is painfully, acutely, and often embarrassingly frank when asked a question by a visitor; would wear just an undershirt weather if left outside in sub-zere ro to his own devices; begins reading the Sunday comics ten seconds before you're ready to pick them up; sings loudly and consistently in an off-kvoice; draws pictures that are completely unrecognizable, but happily exhibits no hurt feelings when you don't know what they are; refuses to be impressed by your accomplishments, but is awestruck over the activities of a friend's parent, whom you consid- :J ' ; ey er a dullard; places his schoolteacher one slight notch below God in omniscience and believes her implicitly whenever there is a conflict in fact or interpretation between something you told him and something he learned in school; is convinced you never had a childhood and the things he is doing and the problems he is meeting are all cropping up for the first time in history; is irritatingly patronizing when factual matters of which he has a surface knowledge are being cussed by you; dis- New Oriental Opulence is inevitably, incorrigibly right all the time; converses in a voice that can be heard four blocks away, and persists in using the same volume when he asks you a question in the car with his mouth three inches from your ear; can warm your heart with a look, lighten your cares with a word, bring constantly rewarding joy and activity into your home, and revitalize your insight into life with his uncanny ability to brush aside the spurious and put his finger unerringly on the basics which all too often get lost in an adult world. fast to a mandarin's taste of fast-dre texture but color Bates Disciplined Cotton ... Kowloon Happi Swim Set amazingly robust! Terry-line- d displays a sea of sampans; its leisurely flowing coat is casually correct at beach or patio. $17.95. Lad's Kowloon y, d McGregor-tailore- silk-lik- Swim Set, sizes 4-1- 2, $6.50; 14-2- $7.50. 0, i ii .. if WE A R SPORTSfashions 'round the world Mc&tfGOt DONlGfl INC.. &1 FIFTH AVt . NPH VO I. N T "taOC mk GREAT FATHER'S DAY IDEA Family Weekly Magazine, June 3, 19S6 13 in |
