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Show r'jt prf IMT hp "gpr-- ia - 'y- SHE OPENED A NEW WINDOW Paintina Fills Her Hours By TERRELL DOUGAN Open a new window, open a new door, travel a new highway thats never been tried before . . sings Auntie Marne in the current hit musical. True, it takes courage to try new experiences. It's easier to find excuses, and one of the best excuses, is, Im much too OLD to try that now. Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Allison opened a new window for herself when she began painting at the age of 79. The Now and then, I like a picon a ChiiMnns c, i.i or note paper and I copy that, it to suit too, changing ture nnseif. Just lately some of the woik Mis. Allison does is not a copy at all. but Iter own. small framed p.ctuie of the jeweled look ot Salt Lake at night seen thiough the snow on a hillside, or some or.gmai little floral imniutuies, done on very small cam as boards which can be displayed on tiny easels, have been quietly signed E.A. (Elizabeth Allison), or just Lizzie. Mrs. Allison still insists that her work is just for herself. "If any REAL painter ever saw' it hed tell you right away that my woik is very she says. h. Occasionally, I'll give small ones away to friends of my family. Each one she has given is proudly displayed in prominent places in Salt Lake homes. V only previous experience she'd had was sketching copies of the famous Gibson girls when she was a girl in Illi- nois. But as she grew up and moved to Utah in 1910, she put her sketches away in favor of other interests." She married Dr. Robert Allison amateuris and had three children: Rob-eit- , Bette, and Virginia (now Mrs. Richard S. Bennett). BUSY LIFE Her life was overflowing with family work, and she added to that volunteer efforts for the community. Everyone of my generation wi'l remember the old St. Marks Charity Ball, held every year at the Hotel she says. I was Utah, very involved with that. When Mrs. Allison turned 79, her husband died. Loneli-res- s could have taken over in her life. But it w'as soon after that, she recalls, that I heard from a good friend about some oil painting classes. Ninety-year-ol- happy hours each day at life, finds it to be enjoyable. Mrs. Robert Allison spends many d her easel. She took up the hobby of art late I didnt even know how to use paints, mix them, or anything. But I was interested, since I remembered I enjoyed sketching as a girl. So I joined the class, and in about six lessons I learned to mix the colors. But as winter came on, I stopped. What I wanted to do was copy pictures done by the art in She ists I really admire. into plunged right copying, not being about it since it was only for herself to see and take pleasuie in. She showed them to no one but her children. But one morning I came upstairs and saw that my son Bob had taken down all my NICE pictures (pictures done and reby professionals) placed them with MINE. I told him that was ridiculous, but my whole family insisled ARTISTIC SHOT Now her small cozy study as well as her living room, displays copies of Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, and Utrillo, all done by Mrs. Allison. Sear Abby five-fo- wildcat ot him. who has sent him to the hospital twice since theyve been married, and it hasnt been a Vi his skull. The next time she hit him with a bridge lamp and broke his nose. The big dummy refuses to bring charges against her. He man. I want to say this: widow I am a middle-agewho had to take to the highways in order to support my children, and of all the men in the world, truck drivers are the best. E d . 1-- 6 TV Highlights City, Regional News 7 8 V A Wildcat! How do I love them? car that looks like It needs me count the ways: help. If another car has pulled off Abby, when I see a truck the road (even to rest) its the driver, I see a host of angels truck driver who stops first to behind him all the way to heaven. see if theyre in trouble. God bless the truck drivers. Truck drivers are the most E.G.P. considerate and courteous drivers on the road. DEAR BBY may bt naartf al 10. t.m. wctrftdavs on KSL Radio. Trouoled? Writ to Abby, in care ot It seems to be an unwritten the Deseret New., p O. Box US7, Salt law of the road that a truck Lake City, Utah, M110 For a perenclose a stamped, driver will never pass up a sonal reply,envelope. letter DEAR ABBY: The from the young girl whos date got fresh so she started to walk home, and then hitched a ride with a truck driver, prompts this letter. She said her father got mad at her because she rode with a strange wont leave her, and he wont raise a hand against her. He Womens Pages HIS MOTHER DEAK MOTHER: They could both be a little crazy, but it your soj sticks around and takes this kind of punishment Lands down, he's crazier than she is. year yet. The first time, she laid his head open with a coffee pot and the doc took 22 stitches in SECTION Is says he loves crazy or is she? How can I get him to either defend himself or lock up this maniac. Im afraid shell kill DEAR ABBY: My son is 6 .feet, 2 inches, and weighs 220 pounds. He's married to a Evening Wear For gala occasions this fall and winter, select an outfit that packs plenty of fashion impact." Try an crepe dress a styled along toga lines hot pink sleeveless shift a skirt of chiffon pleated teamed up with a black turtleneck jersey blouse. ... ... Dairy Foods Vr.nvrvXWV success nigarnpiGe PHONE 328-933- ' " Avenue Plaza Shopping Center f ' THRU SAT. 10 WORK SCHEDULE Mrs. Allison works only when she feels like it, sitting at a small cardtable near her study window, using oils, canvas board, and several sizes and varieties of brushes. in .. your home. Great Decor Idea By PAULINE GRAVES A funny thing about getting going in sompihing like this. she says, is that 1 spend hours at it. I get interested and cant stop. As a ie.sult, I am never, NEVER bored. There s so much I want to do every day, 1 can't get finished. If you like to entertain, and lie in a small house or you apartment, piobably piovid-inseating for guests is one of your problems. g To oercicwd a room with many chairs of sofas is fine when guests fill the space, but threading your way through during normal living is like running an obstacle too From her copying of the Gibson girls to the painting she does today, Mrs. Allison has come a long way in reviving an old interest. To want to begin something brand new at 79 tells a lot about a person. couse. Decorator Robert Healey, N.S.I.D., had an answer. In this apartment, space was at wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Mr. Elizabeth Allison has probably spent some of today at her little easel, her soul as smooth and free as a soaring bird. And she is probab'y too busy to notice that today, tv the calendar anyway, she turned 90 years old. a premium. 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