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Wed. Dec. 10,1969 - Plaindealer - Sec.2Pg.3 T)he lAJowiy, Cli i rue Lena is in the same boat with Eleanor Roosevelt, who said she, too, was a shy teenager, lacking conversational skill. Mrs. Roosevelt started with the Jetters of the alphabet to open fields of conversation, as "Do you like apples?" But the formula below is much more effective, so memorize it and practice in advance of your dates. By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE L-575: Lena S., aged 18, is a college freshman. "Dr. Crane," she asked, "I am tongue-tied when I meet a new boy so what can I do to keep up my end of the con­ versation? •'For when a long pause oc­ curs, I feel so embarrassed that I can't think of a thing to say. "I've lost a couple of boy friends already because I am too quiet and they also don't know how, to carry on cover- sation, so we are both miser­ able." "H-E-L-P" FORMULA In such cases, the victim feels like crying out, "Help, Help." So use that very word "Help" and you can thus develop easy conversational skill. Break it down into its 4 letters and employ each one as the opener for a new field of discussion. "H" thus stands for "Hob­ bies," so casually veer the dialogue around to the collect­ ing of stamps, autographs, old coins, etc. But the best way to enlist your companion in dialogue is to throw him a cue in the form of a question. "Bob," Lena can begin, ""did you ever try to collect the auto­ graphs of famous people, such as baseball stars?" Usually this "H" topic will enlist his eager participa­ tion for most young fellows have been collectors of match pads or marbles, bottle caps, trading cards, etc., in their ear­ ly grammar school years. Remember, launching a con­ versation is much like starting an automobile in cold weather. There is much inertia at the ornset, so the auto requires that you get the car into low gear, then shift upward to 2nd and high. Applied to gay dialogue on a date, the first speaker should start the coversational imach- inery by a question. Then his companion should pick up her cue and finally turn the discus­ sion back to him with another question. By the time you figuratively get Into high gear and reach a momentum like the 40-m!le speed of a car, it will roll along without much effort. If that letter "H" doesn't prove adequate, then shift over to "E", which stands for "En­ tertainment", including mov- <!>„.*«»« ofthr (£urrPltry wmwmwm mmzmmm w r Washington. St.. tDhfrpaS MrZcj^/rtZsry /tvsZytsrAa) Zm*/t/rjr*ZrfZ//>Z4r />/ff^>4v>Z/v/^*f'/strm/y ZA/rZ " T H E F I R S T N A T I O N A L B A N K O F M c H E N R Y " , • "AhZr// Illinois, A/t) rry/̂ A/yZz/rMtwhJ Z/¥vrZrrZ/» f/Mr.jAr/r/Zt/ sjZ/As /Zh/ZtsZ //v/r) r*p////rrZZf/r /rv/t/tZ/r/Zr/vZA Zvfarr Zv*iny w/ZAsvyrtZ //' rrv/t/H/wnr Z/tr /viM/tr.A) '/ /*>r/tZoty /srv ft 'ZS/rZ/wr/• ^////Av/*y - NotD thPfrforf. 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Also should the Electoral College be reformed, and ought men past 65 be in Congress when other workers are forced out of their jobs in civilian life at 65. So send for my booklet "For­ mula for Being an Interesting Conversationalist", enclosing a long stamped, return envelope, plus 20 cents, for it also con­ tains a longer formula I taught my college students at North­ western University. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, en­ closing a long stamped, ad­ dressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) LOOKING AROUND City traffic being what it is, Scott Hamilton claimed he could run the 12 miles from Pearl Harbor to the Honolulu Zoo faster than Bob Krauss could make it in a car. Rich­ ard Morgado beat them both on a bicycle. Motorcycle Officer Gene Werberbaugh chased a small bull through the streets of Hialeah amid screeching brakes, finally pulled his gun and shot the critter as it crossed a Miami Springs golf course. Said Officer Werber­ baugh to amazed golfers: "Sometimes a little bull goes a long way." Doug Madsen of Minneapo­ lis and his bride slipped away from their wedding reception. Madsen, still clad in his wed­ ding tuxedo, had to sit be­ hind the wheel of a city dump ti^ick and finish his Civil* Service road test. °o s iinmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiii What's so hot about an Electric Range? It's cool. <D©@)®<iXD©<D Any cook knows that heat belongs in the oven, not in the kitchen. And the electric oven knows how to keep it there. Because only an electric oven is insulated on all six sides. So the heat stays inside... roasts come out juicier, cakes moister... and your kitchen stays cool. You do too. What's more, the electric oven bakes faster. Be­ cause it's insulated on all six sides, less pre-heating is needed. Even the surface units keep your kitchen cool, because heat is transferred directly into the pot and not out into the air. The handle stays cool... and so does the cook. Time to replace the range at your house? Then take a look at the only one that knows how to keep its cool. The electric range. Commonwealth Edison Company The bright new ideas are Electric'.̂ FROM TIE FARM INDOOR GARDENING Now is the time for the home gardener to bring the joy of summer flowers indoors by growing house plants. In mid^x"1 winter, the pleasure of live, colorful plants can be immea­ surable. • '" House plants are usually easy to care for if properly selected. All plants need light. Plants that do well in 2 to 5 hours of direct sun are as follows: Fibrous-rooted or wax be­ gonia, caladium, coleus, Dumb- cane, ree ivy, rubber plant, Fiddleleaf fig, English ivy, im- patiens, aluminum plant, artil­ lery plant, mother's-in-law ton­ gue and Australian umbrella tr _'e. The following plants require more than 5 hours of sun per day: painted copper leaf, tu­ berous-rooted begonias, shrimp plant, caladium and pe­ tunia. Many of the plants that do well in 2 to 5 hours of sun­ light do even better with more sun. Some plants tolerate no direct sun but just bright light. A good rule to follow when watering house plants that are grown in a clay pot, with a soil mix that's 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 sand, and 1/3 soil, a humidity of 40% and temper­ ature of 68-72 degrees, is to water when the surface feels dry to the touch. Allow water to come through the bottom of the pot - but do not let water run-off remain in the saucer more than an hour after water­ ing. Fertilizing house plants should be done every other week when the plants are growing actively, and only once a month if the plant is not active. Fer­ tilizer should be soluble in wa- r and applied when the plant requires watering. FOR A BETTER LAWN You may have a few final chores to do if you want less work and a nicer lawn in the spring. Remove al! of the leaves from the lawn. Disease prob­ lems are greater if leaves are left to get soaked and matted on the lawn. The matted leaves prevent air circulation, which creates a humid condition for several grass diseases, espec­ ially Snow Mold. If you have powdery mildew you can get effective control by applying Karathane at the rec­ ommended rate. cylinder and valves. Replace the1 spark plug. Clean the air filter and shar­ pen the blades. - 4970 INSECTICIDES Planting time insecticide ap­ plications for rootworm con­ trol for 1970 will be landrin, Btixten, carbofuran (Furodan), Dasanit, dyfonate, and phorate (Thimet). 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