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Outlook 01 Lifestyle POLLYS POINTERS Polly Fisher Familiar smells soothe an infant By Polly DEAR POLLY When traveling with our month old daughter I al ways take along our own receiving blankets Most motels will furnish a crib upon request put the receiving blanket down on top of the sheet The blankets have the smells of home w our child feels more comfortable and sleeps much better We too get a bet nights sleep and are more re freshed the next morning LINDA DEAR MEG Perfect mate is afraid to commit By Meg DEAR MEG Mark and I have been living together on and off for five years We love each other madly and everything would be perfect ex for one problem and I want to get married and have a family But every time we get around to setting a date for the wedding we ther have a huge argument or Mark lust disappears Last time he took a leave of absence from his Job left town and was gone for three months lie says he Just ready to settle down even though I the one girl In the world for him When we re so happy together why does he panic at the mention of mar riage HURT ABILENE TEXAS DRGOTT DEAR LINDA What a smart mom Infant are teniltJve to famll tar smells almost immediately after birth they learn to Identify Mom partly by ber smell so a familiar smelling blanket Is probably a great comfort to a baby in a strange lion Your helpful Pointer earns you the Pointer of he Week award a copy of my book Pollys Pointers 1081 Helpful Hind for Making Everything Last Longer Other who would like this book may order It for IS SO Make check payable to POLLYS POINT and tend to POLLY S POINT Box Cleveland OH POLLY DEAR POLLY I have many cookbooks from churches and other organizations whose recipes I tried and I know are good So I remember to make them again I put a gold star by those recipes This Is especially helpful when I make my many Christ mas cookies I know at a glance which like because they are starred HAZEL DEAR POLLY My family loves German with a custard top ping containing cream I find that va nllla Ice cream melted and cooked a bit with a few additional eggs and a DEAR HURT Mark sounds like a victim of commitmentphobla a term coined by Steven Carter thor of Phobia Free with Harold N Lcvinson M Evans Co new bicd u has pinpointed the grow lng problem of men whose fear of emotional entrapment triggers a fight or flight response when a tionshlp gets too serious To flna out If Mark is indeed com mi tm en t phobic and what that could mean to you read Carters latest book with coauthor Julia Its title tells all Men Who Can t Love When a Mans Fear Makes Him Run From Commitment And What a Smart Woman Can Do About It from Evans Co You could save yourself a lot of grief DEAR MEG I a yearold woman who has been waiting nine years for a little girl to become avail able for adoption My husband and I are working through an agency because we don want to risk direct adoption Nine years is a very long time and its frightening to think that I may never have the daughter I dream of every day So when I read about women who have multiple abortions I am sicken For someone like me who has gone through hell trying to get It is unacceptable that a woman little flour for thickening works well Since I add no sugar nor vanilla Its already in the ice cream this saves a bit of money A half gallon of ice cream Is enough to fill 10 to 12 ku or more depending on the amount of custard one puts on the fruit Also I keep the Ice cream In the freezer at all times and can decide to bake on short notice IRENE DEAR POLLY I have many sweaters labeled hand wash only Can these sweaters be drycleaned SHERRY DEAR SHERRY Almost all woolens can be dry cleaned The band wash label Is really aimed at revealing you from machine wash ig could shrink or otherwise damage the sweaters When you lake woolens to a drycleaner be sure you tell the cleaning personnel the causes of any tin Ins spots or unusual toil Also point out any areas of excessive wear or required mending will be able to give you able professional results I sending you a copy of my newt letter The Care and Cleaning of Wool which has complete directions for maintaining cleaning pressing and ttoring woolen plus tips for sew lng with wool fabrics Others who would repeatedly choose to create life and then destroy It There are choices other than lion I pray more women will be choosing to share the lives they cre ate SAN JOSE CALIF PS Another thing Why in this day and age cant a woman figure out that birth control is a far better choice than abortion DEAR FRANCINE Your sorrow over your inability to become preg is understandable So is your frustration over the long time you ve had to wait to adopt My heart goes out to you and I pray your waiting will soon be over While I agree with what you say about women who have repeat abor tlons a Canadian study on the subject shows that most women who have re peat abortions used contraception which apparently failed A good outlet for your energies and a vent for your frustrations would be to work for Planned Parent hood in educating people about safe contraception or in one of the volun teer adoption services Write to Meg care of this per Meg can only answer letters that contain a selfaddressed stamped en velope Questions of general interest will be discussed In future columns 1M ENTERPRISE To be safe avoid alcohol By Peter Gott MIX DEAR DR GOTT I took tetracy dine for an Infection The drag book I read stated that consuming alcohol and Using tetracycline could cause liver damage but the pharmacist and doctor both said not to worry Who is right DEAR READER Many drugs re act badly with alcohol In my opinion taking medicine with alcoholcon tain- log beverages is unwise The liver de toxifies both alcohol and tetracy so when taken together could in theory cause liver damage in susceptible Individuals Nevertheless this reaction would be very unusual and highly unlikely Therefore I believe that the advice small But in the future youcansim the Issue by avoiding alcohol when you take medicine This is the safest approach TRIO HOW AVAR ATOM HOME VHS MOVIE RENTALS Mm WW STEREO SYSTEMS ACCESSORIES FOR TOUR HOME AUTOMOTIVE RECORDS A TAPES ft CDs Silt ENTERTAINING THIS WEEK Jerry THE FLASHBACKS ROCk ft Roll SPECIAL THURSDAY FRIDAY mice SATURDAY THEFMESTOINMO EVERY THUHSOAV FRIDAY would like a copy of this issue should tend for each copy to POLLYS POINTERS In care of this per PO Box Cleveland Oil Be sore to include the tie POLLY DEAR POLLY Yes you can use fitted sheets on a water bed mattress as long as you buy sheets one size larger than your mattress For in stance a single water bed will take doublesize sheets a queensize bed will take king size sheets DEAR POLLY To remove a scuff mark from patent leather rub the spot with a cotton ball soaked In rubbing alcohol To revive the luster of worn work petroleum jelly into It DOROTHY DEAR POLLY Wearing shoes the same color as skirts or pants will make your legs and hips look 10 pounds thinner I do it every chance I get MARGARFT DEAR MARC An AND READ ERS Thanks for a great tip Wear hose of a similar shade as your skirt and shoes will alto trim off those pounds POLLY SPECIAL PRICE 12ep 3W 88 36 1198 FREE Double Prints or Double Size with this coupon yon prefer 5x7 you only man CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS 5k7 color lor low a per picture Including film developing Only at Sootera THE GEORGETOWN FIGURE SKATING CLUB PRECISION TEAM Presents GAIREY RICHARDSON AND From TV Ontarios POLKA DOT DOOR SATURDAY JANUAHY m AT THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETORIUM TICKETS ADULTS 50 CHILDREN TICKETS SALES AT THE GEORGETOWN MEMORIAL GORDON AlCOTT ARENA January 10th pm fM1 SAFFRON RICE WITH j RAISINS PINE NUTS cup chopped onion butter cup rice bouillon cubes chicken or beet Preheat the oven to 375 Saute the onion In the butter about 3 minutes Add the rice and stir cooking just long enough to coat It or 3 minutes Pour in cups water bring to a boll stir in the bouillon cubes dissolve and mix well Remove A cup of the hot liquid and pour over 18 tsp crumbled saffron let steep 5 minutes Mix with rice stir in cup raisins and 2 pine nuts and turn into a quart casserole Bake for 30 minutes Foodstuff mm