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I n ' rjns pi 4- f - aerosol afr deodorant I ? jff v 7ni ji J " i J-- til St ' - 1 Yf3S1f I I BA OOM OOM BAays SICK ROOM ' D STALE SMOKE KITCHEN rcTS n" Tlu'?CEL?ARIIIL iff If X r"v any parent doubts the lntluence ot tne bcout movement I'd like to share this incident with them: ld son was returning from a Cub Recently my Scout meeting and still full of energy he and a companion match Some of the stones engaged in a landed on a neighbor's lawn and brought him over to our house to complain Before my son would go and apologize— and promise to pick up the stones the following morning— he took off his uniform and put on some old clothes Then he went not as a Cub Scout and all it represented but as just mother boy who had erred— Mrs J L Widaman Wichita Kas stone-throwi- flower-fres- h in fragrances: floral r Yi x spice mint) ng Too much credence TOO USEFUL TO RETIRE is placed on the theory that a person who has reached retirement age is no longer useful to society I retired last year after 35 years as a civil employee and not wishing to remain idle I tried to get part-tim- e employment As is so often the case I met with failure Unwilling to accept the verdict that my usefulness was at an end I offered myself as a candidate for the state legislature I was elected and today I am happy in the belief that the service I am rendering my fellow citizens is vastly iand pine No wick it eight-year-o- Makes air smell f W5D0" t Buy two or more you'U love all four No watt No wait GOOD NEWS FOR ALL yffc L I let my years of experience go to waste —H L member of the House of Repre- greater than it would have been had sentatives South Carolina At one time or another every housewife has received coupons through the mail You know the kind— each coupon can be redeemed at the grocer's saving from 5 to 10 cents on a particular product nt Recently ! received a set of coupons that were quite In a big bold childish scrawl was printed "This Coupon Good for Dishwashing!" There were several others for bedmaking sweeping cleaning running errands etc daughter I was They were a gift from my amused to see that the coupons also had an expiration date I inquired why and was told "Oh that's your birthday You'll be getting a new book of coupons then"— Mrs Edwin Bobbitt Middletown O COUPONS OF LOVE dif-ere- 10-year-- old We Pay $10 for Your Letter We welcome your views on any subject of general interest If we print your letter you will receive $10 Letters must be signed but names will be ttntJiJield on request We reserve the right to edit contributions Letters cannot be returned Address Letters Editor Family Weekly 179 North Michigan Avenue Chicago 1 III LAXATIVE USERS! Now your constipation need not be a problem or interfere with normal activities Here's help toward your normal regularity— in the gentle way nature wants Take gentle-actin- g Ex-La- at x night It won't disturb sleep Next morning enjoy the closest thing to connatural action Gentle x at itr Brtiiili mriiiianiiffiniiirTiMTiawtf Ex-La- " tinues to help you toward your normal regularity Seldom if ever is it needed next day Get the modern laxative more families use chocolated Ex-La- x taitla in Spain or a ginger-brtahoutt or whatever land and ita and the unlimited imagination of childhood can make it it's a world all alona but a world almoit every adult would lova to (Roy Pinna from Photo Library) COVEtilft d WEEKLY FAMILY North Ava 179 Michigan Chicago I III Publisher- - Walter Leonard S Davidow C Dreyfus Associate Publisher Ben Kart-ma- n Editorial Director- - Patrick O'Rourke Advertising Director Melanie De Proft Food Editor William A Fetter Art Director Robert Fitzgibbon Managing EdKevin V Brown itor Associate Editori Jack Ryan Honore Singer Jerry Klein N-York after I was born it took me roughly two years to get on my feet where I haven't spent much time since It is entirely possible for me to fall down while standing still I proved it again recently when I stopped by a friend's parked car for a chat While passing the time of day I suddenly collapsed in the street I can still see the look of awe on the face of my friend gazing down on the wallow of arms and legs I never fall down steps though I fall up them Usually I am rising out of the basement with my arms full of fruit jars Apparently the fact that it is necessary to elevate the foot each time one ascends a step is no more than theory for me As a tomboy I played baseball in the vacant lot The only time I made a home run I sprained my ankle on the rock pile which served as home plate The day the doctor told me I could stop using the crutches I was standing in the neighbors' back yard doing nothing I fell down and sprained the other ankle I have fallen on dance floors having first carefully hooked heels with my escorts to be sure they joined me I have fallen on basketball and tennis courts As a result of the former I have a hole in one knee and as a result of the latter I threw my tennis racket away When I took riding lessons and the horse ran away with me I stuck by him until he stopped Then I fell over his head When I went bowling with the handsome man I yearned to impress I caught my finger in the ball and sailed away down the alley When I was 3 1 fell on the back porch hooked my front teeth over a milk bottle and watched them plunk neatly down the side I know what the trouble is though I was bom in the Fall I took it literally Address all communication! about editorial feature! to Family Weekly 179 N Michigan Ave Chicago I III Content! 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