Show THE BOYS ON THE BUS A LESSON FOR PARENTS Next “Mom Dad I can't figure this out" is a common cry when kids tackle homework But how much should you help your child with his assignments? “Absolutely don't do the work for him This only makes an intellec ? w TONGUE TEACHER His name is but Robert Easton circles in show-bithey call him “The Henry Higgins of z m m £ Hollywood” or simply “The Dialect tual cripple of your child" says Sara Davis professor of elementary education at the University of Alabama and formerly a teacher for 22 years “Instead ask questions that will draw out the answers from him" Parents should also provide a well-li- t quiet work area keep materials handy and be available for help if needed And decide on a homework time “Before dinner is often best" says Doctor" “Accents Cured — Dialects Strengthened" his shingle reads and for 17 years he's coached some 2000 actors on their p's and q's He taught a Texas twang for Middle Age Oozy a Transylvanian tongue for The Cheap Detective He smoothed out Ann-Margr- et LUCKY LUCIANO The life of a classical musician need not always be a struggling lot Published reports claim artists like tenor Luciano Pavarotti can now command to the tune of $40000 per performance Of course this still pales in com rt 27 B FAMILY WEEKLY May 3 19S1 Rx FOR VD press DC area increased 158 percent in the past 10 it the second-mo- st but don't know how to go about complaining or are too lazy to try Try calling “Rent A Kvetch" New York’s fledgling Rent A Kvetch (from the Yiddish word for complainer) is the brainchild n of BL and for a fee (a simple prevalent nt complaint quiring letter re- one costs $25) Ochman will hassle the phone com- company anyone you have a legitimate gripe against “One woman asked me to write a letter to her husband telling him he's a lazy slob” says Ochman laughing At the risk of rendering herself who's also a veteran actor of radio TV and films does his job too well: “The producers of Dallas told Linda Gray to tone down the accent I taught her because the rest of the cast couldn't match it” obsolete Ochman Good news though Doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washreport preington DC liminary success in producing an antigononrhea vaccine After two or three vaccine doses volunteers developed immunizing antibodies The doctors stress however that the vaccine is still in the early shared her two top kvetching tips us: SUCH A FUSS? about 10 percent of those who contact Ochman eventually follow through Sfil die says 1 never realized how many people are disgruntled The only problem is it’s just me here I need more kvetches” You're steaming You think you've been ripped off Photo Editor Gan Gitliu Asst Art Director Susan Pereira Art Barbara Jawon Mrnoy Stanton Roving Editor MAfcKiy The Newtpeper Uogulne letmgw Ate New VM N Y 10O17 President end Publisher Exec VP-Sai- A Assoc Publisher Patrick M Lininey Execudve Editor A'tnr Coooe- - jan Art nor sen Peer Opoenheimer Writers Gibson Contributing Shirley Sioan Fader john Norman Lobsenz Anita A Dir ol Operations RicnardVii'en Makeup Mgr fiooeria Conns Prod Mgc Cnnstne Kraemer Planning M cnae1 Montemurro Typographer Deb's Rose yP-A- d Manager Gerald S Wroe Eastern Mgr James B Powj’S VP-Mf- g Morton Fran Food Editor Mamyn Han- Assoc Editor Eit kapia' —Eliot Kaplan BIRTHDAYS (All Assoc Eastern Mat Rcnard K Carrol J' Mgr Jos etron Mgt Lawrence M Finn lif Perkins Steonens von der Cow Photo Taunts) Sunday — Frankie VaDi 44 Pete Seeger 62 James Brown 47 Mon— Audrey Hepburn 52 Roberta Peters 51 Tuesday — Tammy Wynette 39 Pat Carroll 54 Ann B Davis 55 Wednesday — Orson Welles 66 Bob Seger 36 Thursday — Janis Ian 30 Anne Baxter day your And go complaint straight to the top Things have a way of filtering down to the appropriate person” Interestingly only OVER THIS IS 41 with “Doc- ument all the facts stages of testing Easton correspondents (newspapers magazines TV radio etc) in Washington a decade ago Today there are 3153 — a jump of 66 percent Och-ma- steadily Kate Jackson's Southern accent before she took on Charlie's Angel s And for the thriller Magic Easton gave Anthony Hopkins voices for both the ventriloquist and the dummy Shy as a boy and burdened with a stammer Easton now 50 used to read voraciously collecting details on the world’s dialects His personal library now contains over 26000 volumes and any new contact with an accent brings notes scribbled on envelopes index cards even toilet paper He can now teach 100 dialects from Chicago to Chicano years Meanwhile Hudson's Directory fists 1896 media pany the gas Last year over one million cases of gonorrhea were reported in the US making the disease emerged in 1976 ami has been increasing Occasionally parison to the estimated take of such pop performers as Kenny Rogers ($150000) or Bruce Springsteen ($175000) Able to pinpoint any slight accent Easton is die life of the party Hosts introduce him: “This man can tell you what block you're from” And Easton tells this story on himself One day a traveling salesman came by his Pasahome The dena Calif man said a few words Easton paused a moment and asked “Do you get homesick for Pittsburgh?" “It Hew him away” he laughs disease after the common cold Gonorrhea can be treated with antibiotics but a penicillin-resistastrain of Davis “This allows some playtime right after school which relaxes the child" Check the youngster's work periodically adds Davis who warns not to be too negative in your criticism: “Use encouraging phrases like ‘I know you're much better than this Are you satisfied with your work?' Otherwise you could destroy the child's the ton ? be time criticizes the Federal Government for continually expanding perhaps it should look homeward first Government statistics show that Federal employees in the Washing- V Toni Tenflle BUy Joel i 58 Teresa Brewer 50 Darren McGavin 59 Friday — Don Rickies 55 Ricky Nelson 41 Toni Tenille 38 Melissa Gilbert 17 Saturday — Mike Wallace 63 Candice Bergen 35 Billy Joel 32 Glenda Jackson 45 Albert Finney 45 Lth and Hayward Dir Stanley Hosenteld Marketing Mgc Kent DAnessandro: Mating Mgc Margaret Alexander Newspaper Relations: VP£enpral Mgr Jonathan Thompson VPs Robert D Carney Lee Eiiis VPNews- J Christian James oft Joseon C - Mgr Can TrOrbutionDir MSr’ Pinero Promotion Jen MePhyins Roberi Simulation Promoifion Services Linda Mount Admin Asst Barbara Shawm VPlnance Allan Rabmowtz Controller James Enright by J P LaffonvSygma inset by Wide VWsrtd wm |