Dear Ann Landers,
really enjoyed those traffic accident reports from the insurance company. We all need a good laugh now and again, and that column was mine. I am sending on some honest-to-goodness excerpts from letters written to a public assistance office by applicants seeking financial aid. -

Dear Janet,
The best humor comes straight out of the lives of every-day folks. Funny, you bet, but sad, too, in a way. Thanks for sharing. "Dear Sir: You asked me to forward my marriage certificate and six children. I had seven, but one died and was baptized on the half sheet of paper here." "This is to let you know that Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year and has been visited by her minister regularly." "I cannot get sick pay. I have six children. Can you tell me why?" "Please find out for certain if my husband is dead. The man I am now living with can't eat or do anything until he finds out." "I am very annoyed to find that you have branded my son as illiter-ate. This is a lie. I was married to his father a week before he was born." "I am forwarding my marriage certificate and my three children, one of which was a mistake, as you can see." "My husband got his project cut off two weeks ago, and I haven't had any relief since then." "You changed my little boy to a girl. Will this make any difference?" "In accordance with your instructions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope." "I have got to have my money as quick as I can get it. I have been in bed with the doctor for two weeks, and he doesn't do me any good." (Compiled by Connon Barclay, freelance writer, Holland, Mich.)