Dear Ann Landers, as it ever occurred to you that your advice may be getting a little moth-eaten? You ought to re-examine your antiquated approach to alcohol and tone down your insistent lectures on the "evils" of drinking. Recent developments are making you look pretty stupid, Ann. Just a few weeks ago, I read that a Harvard professor who is an au-thority on alcoholism believes that children should be taught to drink liquor at an early age. He claims that if children grow up to accept liquor as just another ordinary beverage and not a devil in a bottle, they will attach no special significance to liquor and their chances for developing an unhealthy craving for it will be greatly reduced. I agree with the professor that the reason there are so many alco-holics around is because liquor was forbidden to them and they never learned how to handle it properly. I hope you will be big enough to print this letter and your answer. If you can think of one. -The New Look at Life
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Dear Readers, , showering together has be-come a major bone of contention. My husband watches more TV than I do. He tells me that he has seen dozens of couples in the shower to-gether and they seem to be having a wonderful time. “Henry” thinks I am completely out of sync, because the few times we tried showering together, I didn’t care for it at all. We have a standard-size tub with a shower. There is no room for anything larger. We are both average-size people. When Henry and I shower together, he gets the warm water and I get the damp steam. Frankly, I do not think there is anything sexy about this sort of togetherness. I have always looked forward to a warm bath as a wonderful oppor-tunity to relax at the end of a hectic day. I love the solitude and don’t need any company when I’m in the tub. Also, showers wreck my hair. Am I alone in this? And please, Ann, one more thing: I already changed Henry’s name, so don’t change it to something else or you just might hit his real name, and he would kill me. -All Wet in Binghamton, N.Y.
