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DR. SMOCK Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Vedr.ssdry, April 17, 1974 Page I7C OH WB HAVg A SfgClAU SOBSI61V TBST The Ann Landers Column FO you CHAPS Thai $40 bill from doctor doesn't sound unreasonable I BLOW OP THIS A RciBBgR GUC-ve, sic. have ce couase- VOO 0gN I J'AA A FUNKY WINKERBEAN ing are not the least bit self-conscious. Please, take my advice and see a counselor.

It could make a big difference in your life. You have a problem, Son. TODAtV 15 A RED LETTER DAV FOR VOU' VOU GOT ANxFj ON VOUR TERW PAPER Jfeil DEAR ANN LANDERS: I know how you try to protect the medical profession, hich is understandable since your husband is a physician. But I will ask you this anyway because I don't know who else to go to. Our 23-year-old son had a very minor procedure performed in a doctor's office.

(He had a Planter's wart removed, to be specific.) The doctor did a few other insignificant removals and sent my son a bill for $40. The boy has made a sandwich board saying "Dr. charges very high fees. Stay away from him." He plans to march in front of the physician's office during his lunch hour every day next week. My husband says the doctor can sue our son if he does this.

Can he? NEED TO KNOW DEAR N.T.K.: Your son can march in front of the doctor's office with that sign all day and all night if he wants to, and the law will not touch him unless he causes a traffic jam or creates a public disturbance. P.S. A bill for $40 to remove a Planter's wart and other "insignificant" growths does not sound unreasonable to me. And, just to keep the record straight, my husband is not a physician. DEAR ANN LANDERS: With aU we hear these days about "invasion of privacy," I say the worst example is what is happening in our public schools, and not one darned thing is being done about it.

I am a 15-year-old boy who is forced to strip down naked and shower with dozens of other nude guys. I would like to quit gym and take a flunk, but in order to graduate we need gym credits. No one asks us how we feel about displaying our bodies in this manner. It is forced on us. Why couldn't they let us wear bathing trunks? Isn't it possible that communal showers have contributed to the increase of homosex-uality? SPEAKING OUT DEAR SPEAKING: Sometimes what people term an "invasion of privacy" is a cover-up for something else.

I suspect this is true in your case. You need to talk to a school counselor and learn why you are so uptight about being seen naked, or more to the point, seeing other boys who are naked. If you look around you'll find the vast majority of the guys who are shower MISS PEACH DEAR ANN LANDERS: I am 10 years old and have jeen reading your column since I was nine. I don't understand some of the things you write about but what I DO understand has helped me a lot. Especially about marriage.

I used to think my parents were the only married couple who yelled at each other. Now I know it happens in lots of families. What I am writing about has nothing to do with married people. It's about snakes. We learned in school last week that snakes are deaf.

If this Is true why do those Indian snake charmers play the clarinet to put the snakes in a good mood? Will you please answer this question for me? Thank you. ARTHUR S. IN BOSTON DEAR ARTHUR: Snakes ARE deaf and they can't hear the music. But the weaving motion of the musician (he plays a flute, not a clarinet) pleases the snakes and they are "charmed" by the graceful gestures. 00 BTTEIT WITH MulC, 9iATHMlA4tC "I N6V6IT V01A A 3AKDN.

TO CULTIVATE WEEP L0H6 Hg WEEP Mg, VAYv OF WINE ANP RUSSIAN KNAPWEBP, 66T A N6Ze 0WT OP III it mniyiiii' II ii aii mm j. hum iMrurtww, anu Muuur wb why nlm ry a iT- At lie 7n pars fltiW yr nnes I U' WIZARD OF ID Karpin on Bridge YOUR IS Vif KEiY A CP SOME 6JU" FEE.LW&. I YOU DONE tCRRY FOR, LATELY? CTHEKTRAM a. a. -I I I I I 1 iy Failure to bid can be as costly as bidding too much East-West vulnerable.

North deals. NORTH Q4 9AJ10 0 AQJ 10 764 17 BLONDIE 5 WEST WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOUR TEACHER WILL LIKE IT'S 1 I A LIVE I'M TAKING A P2ESENT TO MY TEACHER, A LIVE v-: EAST 978 -98532 0 AJ 10 96 2 WELL, SHE- DIDN'T LIKE THE DEAD I BROUGHT HER Hi13 LAST WEEK y' 1 9974 0 K9852 K8743 SOUTH suit. As is evident, East would have ruffed the opening diamond lead, after which his ace of clubs would have taken the setting trick. East's failure to double can be attributed to one of two reasons, the first of which can be justified, but not the second. Either (1) he was not familiar with the convention that a double of a slam contract demands that the doubler's partner Bhould lead the first suit bid by dummy, or, (2) he was familiar with the convention, but he had no guarantee that his ace of clubs would win a trick.

Actually, if East had given thought to the North-South bidding, he would have known that his ace of clubs almost surely would win a trick. The reason for the "almost surely" is this: South had bid four no-trump as the initiation of the Blackwood Slam Convention. Blackwood is just about never employed when one is void of a suit. Thus South had at least one club in his hand. And so unless North, by some freak of chance, were void of clubs, a double by East figured to defeat the contract.

All bridge players, at one time or another, have overbid their hands, with the consequences of their actions being costly. But there have been times when the failure to bid has been just as costly as bidding too much. Today's deal is submitted in substantiation of this latter point. The North-South bidding was very sound, with an excellent slam contract being reached. As the adversely-held cards were distributed, the slam could have been defeated.

But the defenders slipped. On the face of it, the play appears to be perfectly normal. West, in a guessing position as to what to lead at trick one, elected to open a heart. Declarer now romped home with his contract. East erred when he passed south's six-spade bid.

He should have doubled. Had he done so, he would have been commanding West to lead a diamond, dummy's first-bid AK 1086 52 9KQ6 03 Ps 4 The bidding: North Kast 1 0 Pass 3 0 4 Pass 5 Pass Pass Pass Sofllh Rest 2 3 P.ra 4 NT Pas. 6 Pass BUZZ SAWYER KNOCKS. NO AN5WER. MY KEY.

PLEAE.l VEgTAlMLVW: 1 1 Opening lead: Nine of 9. MR. SAWYER DOESN'T AW5WER IN ROOM SIR I'M GETTING- A REACTION. I'LL CONCENTRATE I THINK SHE'S BUT IT'S JUST BUBBLE GUM BUT IT'S JUST Riirri maa ON HIM TO BUY ME 7 HINTING FOR SOMETHING ifc A CONE; cc-r- ANDY CAPP I A 5rVl ITTTI 1 wnen 1 was a dov "3ft 1 By.Jim Hausman hcr MsMMsiMaM.T-n msmmmmm IV. 1 'l Back INASEC, Mixwwz-zxr1- never thought) If always 'as I BARUXJUSn 'EO LIKE A .1 LOOK want A word I ftm-P) wmatsheA -vs 1 -s fKl 6 When I was a boy I had a brother Bill who was two years older, and a great friend, Ralphadams, a year older than that.

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