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Dear Readers,
, 1974. There, for all the world to see, was the advice goddess (literally in the flesh) luxuriating in a marble bathtub with nothing between her and all those bulging eyes but a zillion blue and pink bubbles. How did you find the nerve, Ann? Were you really naked? Was the photographer a female? What reaction did you get from the public? Did you receive many complaints? Dare you print this letter and re-spond to my questions? -Sightly Square in Newark Dear Slightly: That color photo by Elliott Erwitt on the cover of The New York Times Magazine section created quite a sensation. I was wearing a strapless bathing suit and used three bottles of bub-ble bath. The first reaction was from Clifton Wharton Jr., then presi-dent of Michigan State University in East Lansing, and his lovely wife, Delores. They thought the photo was smashing. My readers, family and friends were delighted, not only with the photo but the splendid interview by the late Judy Wax. The only neg-ative comment came from Father Ted Hesburgh, president of the Uni-versity of Notre Dame. My friend, the Reverend, considered it “out of character and inappropriate, but not indecent.” Once in a great while, something truly momentous happens in my life and I feel I must share it with you, my readers. You have been my loyal friends for forty years. The IIesi in Ah Laniieiis Here are a few of the special columns where my personal and public life came together: