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Show COMICS + TV * ANN LANDERS [D. Che Salt Lake Tribune FRIDAY breaktev 1996 JANUARY wT | THE GR GETA HORSE MUSINGS | JUDY MAGID Sometimes the Traffic In Town Is Enough To Drive You Buggy Tread somewhere that when the aute mobile became a viable means of trans portation, it was hailed as an enyiror mental and safety boon It figure Horse-and-buggy acei dents were frequent and often fata A train track runs around three of the four walls in the bedroom Ezra Mahler shares with his brother. Thereis a train on each wall Family Continues Time-Honored Mural Tradition show.” have longas walls and crayons have been in existence As any parent/homeowner can at test, a child has a compulsive needto fill a colorless empty space Why should children be any differ- ent? Prehistoric artists decorated caves with images of the animals they hunt ed. Murals in ancient Egyptian tombs show people and possessions that were important to the owners of the tombs and in the 15th and 16th centuries: Italian artists. including Michelangelo and Raphael. painted lifelike frescoes During the 20th century, Mexican painters, such as Diego Rivera, creat- showing scenes of Mexican history and legends. American artists. including Thomas Hart Benton, Philip Guston, Reginald Marsh and Ben Shahn, decorated gov ernment buildings with murals of Americans at work and at home During the 60s. American artists painted murals to express their view of a good community and to show their said Julie Mahler, themin her Murray-area lorses were me of my frien I mentioned that to one vhen she was frettin, gers it the of driving. She I sympathized. My Mahler has should on horse she and husband Brian are remodel- back The rest of the world had horse power Learning to drive a car we Ing. necessity She had an idea for what she want- One by one. they signed up for driver education clas The first two had the s company while using their learner's permits 1, howex ed. A jungle-themed bedroom seemed a good solution to a shared bedroom benefit of their father for two of her children, a 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. The pet iguana would be right at home. Mahler thought characters from Disney's “Jungle Book” would be ideal. She spent hours looking through wall, aper books. but was not happy with what she found The idea of hand-painted walls was appealing because of its uniqueness. She even called various artists. artists were expensive and had long Waiting lists,” When from she “The saw an advertisement vac Designs, offering mural result Mosquito netting drapes the corner is bae art. choo-choo trains onfloating children’s rooms The jungle room has giant. realistic animals at home in a dense green jungle. The pet iguana looks at homein an aquarium in front of the window that features a bamboo blind colorful and happy, Once featuring smiles on engine faces ponsible for te r my grandmothe In business less than a to influence my children’s behavior hind the the wheel hind wh year because it is painted with acrylic paint has done a baseball wall for a sport and can be washed just like r lar walls When the children outgrow the de. enthusiast as well as a border of roses to color-coordinate with a bedroom’s riving is not a comy furnishings ng SLEEPING SINGLE IN A DOUBLE BED Can Marriage Survive Different Bedtimes? Maybe, Experts Say By Lisa Faye Kaplan hus! d. itime ly another needs to be worked out two individuals one person \ order for the in dead to the world at 9 is Consequently. the couple have main tained different bedtimes throughout iown, they oth ttire amount er’s arms. Ir people ht good h oth does fine In eight years of marriage I have nev er awakened with him or gone to sleep says the New Yorker, who asks that her full name not be used. think it takes away lot A shared bedtime thing that makes or b “I of intimacy y is the one a marriage or relationship. But the decision to end the day together or at diffe t times can be tough to make. say marri. and divorce experts Bedtime “is an issue with a lot of cou ples who come into counseling.” says Mi chologist and author of Staying Together (Avon: $5.50). Art of "Whena re ) while ind down Blame it on ture. says Robert Turner sle searcherat the Rose Sleep Disord ter in Denver Separate of different j than trauma Turner, who i felt uncomfo: share the se Many people feel th chael Broder. a Philadelphia clinical ps) couple is dating. they tend to accommo: date [each other]. Once they are in the same house. times are The hour gether in the marriage hat.” that issue pops uy The issue is omplicated. ar perts don’t agree wt important or ear ld na perfect world at the same t cra of cuddling. a fall tc their marriage with him.” at Thev're § relationship, not the other in 0 work.” he Once the who awakes at dawn, ict thy couples learn that they have differenc to mature in Fran doesn't get sleepy until 11:30 p.m Her happen E 3roder, hov I that t d Turner s were those wh: off | had driven wit a policem tale toa younger sil Howcome he waited so lor At first. he couldn't believe it Ther work Mahler is happy about the wall art companion t-grandma for 7 violations offspring-still-home viewing prospective clien out their needs and then hiring artists to do the tracks high on the walls. The trains are unique I suffered in silence. Valery Bentin’s five children. Jon athon, 9; Anthony, 18 months: Blair. 6 Alexis, 2: and Cortney, 7 3entin runs Jabac Designs by inter On the Right Track: Two smaller parental my grandmother per Jabac Designs is named for owner boys share another bedroomfeaturing was the choice. That's because their father wa able to verbalize his terror Aieeet signs. you can just paint them out, It’s so much easier than removing wallpa above 5-year-old Mary's bed. Her bed is onthe side of her personal favorite creature, an elephant she said painting, she called The er, Photos by Tim Kelly The Salt L Mary Mahler,5, loves the elephant in her bedroom. With Mary is Valery Bentin, whose Jabac Designs created the colorful mural the rah efore slee you're let @ See SLEEPING, B-3 be children were competent and comfortable home, which dan incerel that the legal driver's age raised to 21. Or maybe 40. Her son is 15 Saw Them Everywhere: “I saw them everywhere at the last home used a blank wall as a canvas for as ed murals and diapers asid war, discrimination and poverty \s a new century approaches, mu rals are once again a favorite decorating technique By Carolyn Monson THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Children. clutching crayons. concern about suchsocial problemsas through the inte ent |
