Show 4A Saturday June 15 1991 Big baby has lots FAMILY CIRCUS r Starda'd-Exanre- DRAFBLE EELKE B LAW AES of clothes SOU TELUNG UE?CAUTSOU1k£ CAEEaiTS0L25OF but nothing much to wear DEAR ABBY: Would you please do all the parents of small children (babies especially) a big favor and tell the manufacturers of infant and toddler clothing to stop labeling the clothes by age (3 to 6 months 18 months etc)? Nothing could be more irrelevant son is in the Our 95th percentile for length and weight for his age group His clothes labels read 12 and 18 months His pediatrician says he is in all respects normal — just big (every bit of 21 pounds) If clothes were labeled by weight andor length making an appropriate purchase without trying to wriggle an overtired infant into the outfit first might be possible As it is I have drawers full of sweatsuits given to my baby by friends who thought they’d be just right for next winter since the label reads “12 months" Most of these clothes fit him now well-meani- We live in Florida and the ther- mometer hit 90 degrees yesterday What a shame Had the clothes been labeled accoiding to weight since he was 9': pounds at birth and insulted by both Susie and her friend “Betsy" during the entire visit Neither woman offered to help with the meals or dishes — waited on they just sat while Dear Abby Universal Press Syndicate most people could have guessed he'd be at least three or four times that size a year later I imagine parents of “preemies” have similar problems PAT IN ST PETE DEAR PAT: Your suggestion makes sense Let’s hope the folks who manufacture infant and toddler clothing take note DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter “Susie" and her husband who live out of state and rarely communicate with us came to visit us last year Their visit was complicated by the fact that they invited another couple (whom we had never met) and their two children to join them We made special sleeping accommodations and fed all six of them for several days 1 was ignored talked down to to leave neither Susie nor Betsy said goodbye or thank you They simply disappeared into their van while I stood there with tears in my eyes and egg on my face! Now Susie is making plans to for use our home as a stop-ove- r several days next year — and she’s bringing Betsy and family along I told my husband that I could tolerate Susie and her husband if I had to but I would not have Betsy and her family as houseguests again Abby am I justified in my decision and how should this be handled without offending my husband’s familv? FRUSTRATED IN FLORIDA DEAR FRUSTRATED: You are indeed “justified" in your decision and if any of your husband's family are offended they need only be told that you do not wish to accommodate guests who come uninvited and leave without so much as a goodbye or thank-yo- u Madonna may be media mogul LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Michael Jackson cut his latest deal with Sony Corp he got his own record label So what’s Madonna worth to Warner? The flamboyant superstar and her advisers met in New York three weeks ago with Time-WarnInc chief Steven J Ross and Warner Bros Records head Mo Austin to discuss putting her at the reins of her own media company officials said Wednesday Bob Merlis director of publicity for Warner Bros Records said Madonna is “contemplating an entertainment company that might do business with Time-WarnInc” Additional meetings are expected Madonna spokesman Liz Rosenberg said Madonna signed with Sire Records unit in 1983 a deal since renegotiated as she sold 23 million albums in the er People United States and made several movie appearances Forbes magazine estimated she earned $39 million in 1990 placing entereighth on its list of high-pai- d tainers — the kind of performance guaranteed to toughen a negotiating stance “Warner is a very fair company but if you sign a contract early in your career it isn’t on a par with a superstar” said entertainment law- yer Jay Cooper high-profi- SEINFELD SPLITS: The Nation- er Time-Warner- ’s le Lentil Festival in Pullman Wash will have to do without comedian Jerry Seinfeld this year He canceled his Lentil Festival appearance and at least 60 others because his television series “Seinfeld” has been renewed said his al FATKICK5 KOOVU ILLUANLU ntORsa 5 Om Vtt oy Comm T7 9 “Wake up Daddy and see what you got for Father’s Day!" 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Garfield agent JP Williams Seinfeld was to be featured former Sept 20 at the four-da- y &GU6LS euG U4 TU15 16 LOUAT When it was time for them them Abigail Van Euren MOWTULEE5 A ouu£uuiGuee6 1 By jim davis perfes- tival celebrating the lentil the plant belonging to protein-packe- d the pea family Williams said Wednesday that Seinfeld will be busy filming “Seinfeld” which NBC has renewed this fall Seinfeld makes about 300 appearances in clubs concert halls and casinos each year HE’S NO ‘COW’ARD: Willard Scott weatherman on NBC’s “Today” show milked a cow during a promotional spot for a Nashville station “Hi dear” Scott said to the cow during the taping Wednesday “Kissy kissy kissy” The spot was taped for NBC affiliate WSMV-T- V BRIDGE the second club West shifted to the three of diamonds With every reason to believe that West dealer the three was a singleton declarer North-Sout- h vulnerable up dummy's ace and drew put NORTH three rounds of trumps When A J3 West turned up with three hearts the hand became virtually an ope AQ7 book A7642 West started with eight clubs 4Q5 three hearts and apparently two WEST EAST singletons This in turn meant that Q 9 8 7 4 46 East had the of diamonds and ¥106 ¥942 in all likelihood the queen of 8 3 KQ 109 spades Although one successful 4AKJ10 8432 49 spade finesse could be taken SOUTH against East declarer was still in K1Q52 danger of losing his fourth spade as ¥ KJ853 well as a diamond South’s knowledge of East’s hand J5 enabled him to circumvent the 476 spade loser At trick seven he The bidding: East North West South cashed a fourth heart bringing about this position: Dble Pass 44 4¥ — North king of clubs Opening lead A J3 The ability to utilize information 764 picked up during the bidding and East West is a to play primary prerequisite Q 987 good declarer play Admittedly it Immaterial entails extra effort on declarer’s KQ South part but the energy expended is usually returned with interest K 10 5 2 Consider this case where South ¥8 reached four hearts as shown and J West led the K-of clubs After East discarded the diamond ten on When South played his last By STEVE BECKER King Fealuies Syndicate K-- trump discarding a diamond from dummy East was a dead duck If he discarded a spade declarer -- Gifts for Dads fL cRoinGozs Gardens (Mouth of Ogden Canyon) Open Everyday 10 to 10 Earth Bags 30 gal capacity - ideal for yard clean-u- p These bags are strong moisture proof self-standi- com-postib- and HELP PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT BY USING A PRODUCT MADE FROM 50 RECYCLED PAPER 'ccllcclt vliliL 2958 Waihmglon 1358 Waihmgton 399 1)61 I By bill watterson could pick up the entire suit so he pitched a diamond instead South then led the diamond jack to East’s king forcing East to return a spade Declarer won the seven with dummy’s jack and scored the last three tricks with the seven of diamonds and the A-of spades to bring home the contract ISNT UL GREAT FOLKS7 LET ONE HIM A BIO RAND! 5 K CHESS QUIZ By SHELBY LYMAN 6-- FOR BETTER OR FOR VORSE I yj§ I '1 1 T tXi (I §01 a h c I f g RE PPRILSNOTUSEDIO A BOTTLE-UfeSrtOU- LD HAVE CALLED HOME-- j WE’PBBj 7 ” h oicui fqD I uoimios SHElLLBe FINE EL Michaels a Smart KtD-H- WAy BLACK MATES IN 2 Hint: Block out the queen 8n By LYNN JOHNSTON THOUGHT HA e d ITS AFTeK LfflfeR THAN X lit Lv-- t A Great Calvin and Hobbes Beetle Bailey By mort walker EU FIND fl To KEEP hrppi her |