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Show 12A The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, February 7, 1986 Who was that unmasked stranger in gray sweater? basket case. I had just learned that my father, who had just recently been diagnosed as having colon cancer, had suffered a severe stroke, probably caused by the cancer breaking loose into the bloodstream and lodging itself in the brain. s Drive I prepared to set out early that morning for the city, some drive away, where my father was hospitalized, when I realized that the registration sticker on the license plate of my car expired that very day. I would have to go down to the Motor Vehicle Department and go through the hassle of long lines and bureaucracy in order to have a legal vehicle on the road. When I walked into the Motor Vehicle Department, my worst fears were realized. There were 15 to 20 people in the line that I needed to be in. I said to myself, Til never get to my dad in time. So, I took a deep breath and pushed my way up to the front of the a Editor's Note: The Lilettyle deportment of The Solt Lake Tribune welcomes Iree lonce material from Utah writers. Each Friday, one column will be selected based on scope of interest of subtect motler ond writing ability. Material should not ettceed 750 words. The Tribune will pay regular space rates for Ihoee articles selected for publication. If work hos been published in Free-Lanc- e Corner, do not submit new work for six months. The views expressed in selected columns are not necessarily those of The Solt Lake Tribune. Please include address and telephone number on your story ond moil to: Free-Lanc- e Corner, The Salt Lake Tribune, Box 067, Solt Lake City, Utah 84110. Two-Hour- two-hou- By Gale Turnbow It started out as a very bad day. . . daughters were My two teen-ag- e fighting boisterously about who had taken the hair spray out of the bathroom and who should put it back, when I broke into tears, yelling, Your grandpa is ill in the hospital and all youre worried about is who should put the hair spray away? I began to sob uncontrollably. I was Celebrating the tuxedo Continued From Page A ll the world like a royal footman. Despite some protest, the new dress ,coat was a sensation. As the new formal looks popularity grew, it became available in two styles. One was a shawl collar with satin-facelapels. The other was a d style. peak-lap- 1 The year 1903 marked the birth of S. Rudofkers Sons, Philadelphia. It was this company, later called After that in 1924 made the tuxedo available to every man. The company d was selling two versions of the tuxedo for $16.50. It's interesting to compare that price to todays tag. A polyester version sells for about $150. A designer tux of wool goes for around $400. During the Great Depression, The Daily News Record suggested that slovenly dress contributed to general pessimism. As a result, a group of social leaders formed an organization called, "The Committee on Attire to Fight the Depression." Their slogan was, Dress well at all times and wear evening clothes in order to combat depression. Movies of the era did their part to celebrate evening dress as well as combat depression. In 1935, Fred wore traditional black full dress with white tie for dancing Cheek to ,ix, silk-line- As-ta- ir Cheek." The Swing era brought midnight blue to vogue, featuring extra wide d or versions. The 50s brought new colors such as French vanilla. The me generation of the 60s focused on style and color. Black sharkskin, black silk with red pin stripes, black traditional tuxes with lapels and either double-breaste- single-breaste- d extra thin lapels were popular. Bigger is better was the watchword of the 70s and black velvet, brocade and extra wide lapels were worn for celebrations. The attitude that formal dress is special prevails today. When a man wears a tuxedo, it is almost always a happy event, celebrated with gusto. The year 1986 will be no exception. The president is likely to wear one a lot more than 25 times, if 1985 is an indication. Americans are expected to spend more than $500 million renting formal wear. Modern American man can wear his tuxedo with confidence that he line, telling the tall gentleman next up at the window that my father was very ill in the hospital, and I was in an awful hurry to be on my way Then my luck began to change. I could see only a single man in that line. I went up to him and said, Are He said, you in an awful hurry? Well, yes sort of. . . And I said, "My fathers had a stroke and Im in a hurry to get to the hospital. Would you mind if I went first? He looked at me Luck Changed He looked at me like "Sure, lady, Ill bet, but he grudgingly moved aside. I and perceived that I was very upset and said, Sure, go ahead. quickly, went to the window and shoved a handful of forms As I stood biting my fingernails, and waiting for the woman at the window to finish her business, the gentleman looked at me again and said, Are you all right? When I turned to him, the big tears welling up in my eyes gave him my silent answer. Then, without another word, he slowly reached out and put his arm around my shoulder and hugged me I and papers at the clerk. I made out the required checks, and then she directed me to another across where I line the room Ms. Turnbow was to receive my sticker! other window had opened up. As I crossed the room to leave, I waved waved and said, my thanks to him. He be OK. And to going Everything's I the had feeling that he somehow was right. I stepped into my car and pulled effortlessly onto the freeway as I though on automatic pilot. sat back and relaxed while my car headed toward its destination. "By the way," I thought to myself Who was that unmasked man with the silver sweater?" Gale Turnbow originally wrote about her father to share with her family. Her bobbies are keeping up race walking, with her and cross country to his side. I held very still for a mo- ment feeling the warmth and strength that seemed to flow from his soft gray sweater. He said, 1 know what youre going through, I have a daughter who is very ill." Hushed Voice And then, in a hushed voice that only I could hear, he began to say a prayer for me (right in the middle of the Motor Vehicle Department, you ask?)1 This total stranger voiced my needs in a prayer that I, in my nervous state, was unable to offer myself As he finished, I felt a calm come over me that I had not felt all day. I moved up to the window and got my sticker. When I turned around, the man was not there, and I could see he had moved down the line where an teen-ager- Babies often spit up a little after being fed are caused by the aging process and are influenced by heredity. However, By Dr. Neil Solomon Dear Dr. Solomon: My new nephew always appears to be spitting up a little after he has been fed. His moth- these changes may also be accelerated by abuse of the skin such as by overexposure to the sun as well as by smoking, the excessive use of alcohol and a nutritionally unsound diet. er doesnt seem to think that this amounts to anything, but I would apMae, Chicapreciate your opinion. Dear Dr. Solomon: My family has always had the habit of sharing food at the table. Ive even encouraged it at times because it seemed to bring us closer together. But now Im a little worried that they might do this with their friends or when they are away at school. Could this practice of sharing food at the table cause a person to become infected with AIDS? Mrs. L.T., Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Mrs. T.: Sharing food does not seem to involve any risk of transmission of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDs). It is unlikely go Dear Mae: Babies often spit up a little after being fed. If it occurs only occasionally, it is not a cause for concern. Dear Dr. Solomon: I know that everyone gets older, but not everyone shows age in their faces the same way. Why is this? Is it just heredity that makes some people get .more than their share of wrinkles, while others seem to remain much more Mrs. K.L., Topeka, Kan. youthful? Dear Mrs. L.: Changes in the skin of the face and neck, such as wrinkling, and they do not appear to pose much threat to people who tend to eat out fairly often. who are infected with AIDs, such as waiters and other food handlers, work in restaurants, that some people CPSlJO of a PEHRSONS CLOSEOUT SALE! T)B() TORO SNOW THROWERS! 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