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St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 45

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3E ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991 ELAINE VIETS THANKS A MILLION I ,) A Tour Of St. Louis With Cheap Food And Fun Foundations Put Boy On Path To Learning By Percy Ross Dear Mr. Ross: My 4-year-old boy, Justin, has an 80 percent hearing loss due to an early childhood sickness. Until now, the child has been unable to talk, except to say two words, "mama" and "dada." His grandfather took him to an "audiometrist" who recommended a hearing aid so that Justin could start hearing and thus learn to talk. Unfortunately, the aid recommended is way beyond our means.

I am only earning U.S. $107, while my husband earns U.S. $133 a month. (We live in the Philippines.) With rent, transportation and food, plus the other children's schooling (we have two other children), my husband and I cannot make both ends meet, much less buy the hearing aid. We do not qualify for public assistance.

I have spent countless hours praying to the Lord God that he would help me find a way to secure my son's need. Call it divine intervention if you wish, but a small earthly miracle is about to happen. After I presented Justin's case to the Miracle Ear Children's Foundation, they agreed to donate the necessary hearing aids. That, coupled with the services of the Childing Foundation in Cebu City, Philippines, will help Justin on his way to a better life. Perhaps the next two words he learns to speak will be "thank you." I know that would be the greatest reward both foundations could receive.

Dear Mr. Ross: I'm the wife of a grocery clerk turned full-time college student. I'm also the mother of four adopted children with special needs. When my husband decided to go back to college, all of us made the commitment to cut back on spending and stick to the essentials. We have all done so, willingly, but have been hit with some frustrating surprises.

First, the dryer stopped and could not be repaired. I told myself: That's OK; I can line-dry our clothes. Next, the large family car broke down. I told myself: That's OK; we'll use the small car and travel in shifts. That worked fine until the small car broke down.

I told myself: That's OK; we can walk and take the bus. Sometime between the dryer and cars, the oven stopped. I told myself: That's OK; I'll use the stove top and crock pot. Bur now the refrigerator has died. I cannot tell myself that's OK.

It's frustrating and inefficient, and we run the risk of food spoilage. I'm stumped this time. Even if my husband quit college and started working again full-time, it would take forever to save up for a new refrigerator. Besides, his dream of being a youth worker would be rendered impossible. I hope you will consider our request.

The check I'm sending will purchase your family a refrigerator. You're doing one heck of a good job by getting along with just the essentials, so before this last straw breaks the camel's back, please accept the help I'm offering. You may write to Percy Ross in care of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, P.O. Box 35000, Minneapolis, Minn.

55439. Include a telephone number if you wish. All letters are read. Only a few are answered in this column, although others may be acknowledged privately. And Nobody Asks, "What's Your A real city saloon isn't a place to get sloshed.

It's a social club. If you love those old places, here are two: Hodak's Restaurant, 2100 Gravois. When Hodak's put up its new bright blue awnings, regulars worried it was going yuppie. But its draft beers are still 75 cents and it continues to serve "merchant's lunch." Fried chicken is about $4. Hodak's has a good bar burger, too.

You couldn't drink in safer surroundings. City coppers eat here. Another cute place is Dino's Bungalow, 5623 Leona Street. Dino's beer is a dollar a stein. Don't expect a young crowd.

Dino's regulars have been going there for years. Look for Matt, with his bow tie that lights up. Pie country: Ray the Cab Driver swears this Is the best pie in St. Louis, and I won't argue with him. It's Country Girl's Pie Shop, 3330 Union Blvd.

From the outside, this city shop looks like humble pie. But the fruit and sweet potato pies are rich indeed, and homemade by the family. A 10-inch pie is $4.75. You may -want to call first. These pies go fast.

Tough cookies: Some connoisseurs believe a good cookie needs backbone, so you can dunk it in milk or coffee. For these people, there's Dad's Oatmeal Cookie 3854 Louisiana. Dad's has been making its "secret recipe" cookies in the back room for 55 years. And cheap? This stuff is cheaper than your cousin Charlie. A pound of Scotch oatmeal, chocolate chip or pina colada cookies is $1.79.

If you want the high-priced spread, peanut butter cookies are $2.29 a pound. You May Have Noticed a Lot of Food in This Guide: St. Louisans like to eat, and I'm no exception. But after a day of fried chicken, pie, cookies and a few local brews, you might want to try another St. Louis product Turns.

ST. LOUIS gets about 7,000,000 tourists a year. They come here for business, conventions or just to look the place over. This means there's a good chance your long-lost relatives won't stay that way. They'll find you and want you to show them the city.

After they see the Arch, the riverfront and the museums, show them the spots where the tourists don't go. These places are so charming. And so cheap. This is, after all, a French and German city. Those two groups were never known for throwing their money around.

Here's another edition of city sights for under $10: Viets $10 Tour of St. Louis When You Walk Upon a Stan You can step on Vincent Price, Josephine Baker, Tennessee Williams and other stars on St. Louis' own Walk of Fame. Some 30 St. Louis names are on big brass stars.

A bronze plaque explains their careers and connections to the area. The Walk starts in the 6500 block of Delmar Boulevard in University City. This area is more fun to explore than the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The original Walk is filled with hustlers, panhandlers, shabby lingerie and leather shops. The St.

Louis version has boutiques, gourmet delis, new and used book stores, galleries, sidewalk cafes and offbeat restaurants. Write on: The best bathrooms (yes, bathrooms) on the Walk of Fame are at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar. The co-owner, Joe Edwards, started The Walk for the famous. But unknown philosophers make their mark on his restroom walls. Ponder this after midnight: "I may have been born yesterday, but I've been downtown all afternoon." It won't cost a thing to join these anonymous wits, although a beer or two might provide inspiration, not to mention motivation.

Look for "What if there were no hypothetical questions?" in the women's restroom. That's mine, unless it's been painted over. You can buy the second edition of the off-the-wall Blueberry Hill graffiti T-shirt for $11.50. Global Tour: It's another world at Globe Drug. There are three locations, but my favorite is at 1900 South Broadway in Soulard.

Globe sells everything from kerosene to grave decorations. It has good values on nuts, dried fruit and hand-dipped chocolate (heavenly hash is $1.98 a pound). But Globe fans really love the place Chuck GrothPost-Dispatch to the future, they check out St. Louis. People in radio tell me two places to try are Now Then Records, 6921 Gravois, and The Record Exchange.

The Exchange has six stores. Some think the one at 5840 Hampton is the best. The Record Exchange always lets you know the record's condition. I once needed a Bobby Darin song. They offered me two albums scratched $5, and unscratched $20.

for its oddball selection of beer, wine, mixers and weird liqueurs. This Monday, Lowenbrau Dark was $2.75 a six-pack. Soho Ginger Ale was four for 49 cents. A big bottle of rootbeer schnapps was $2.98. By today, it may all be gone, but there will be other bargains.

For the Record: When West Coast collectors look for old comedy classics or vintage records from the '40s back A VO1 II 1 If 1 1 Ml I II II 1 Amoiino ERMA BOMBECK Lowl Saw Now With These Special Fall Fares On American Airlines And American Eagle. Just Buy Yoiir Tickets By October 31 CallYour Travel Agent Or American Airlines At 1-800-433-7300. Getting Fax StraighfNot Worth Effort "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, "Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope Art Buchwald is spreading rumors that I still use carbon paper. He assumes this only because I do not have an answering machine, a car phone, a word processor or my own phone credit card.

For the past two years he has nagged me about a fax machine and how it could enrich my fife. I surprised him recently by buying a fax. With the help of my secretary, Norma, I sent my first message to him: "Mr. Buchwald. Come here.

I need you. Alexander Graham Bombeck." The phone rang the next morning. It was Jeannie, Art's secretary, who said, "Turn on your fax machine. I want to send a response to your message." When I didn't hear from her, I called Jeannie back and said, "There's nothing coming." She said, "Hang up and I'll try again." She called back in a few minutes and asked if we had received it. I said, "No, try again." When nothing happened, I called her and she said, "Check the machine." I dialed her in minutes and told her the paper was jammed and to give it another shot.

She asked, "How will I know if you receive it?" I told her I'd call her back. In minutes, Art called and said, "I don't think you have the hang of it." I said, "I do too. Try again." When nothing was received by the next day, I called Jeannie and said, "Norma, my secretary, will be in Monday and she'll straighten things out." On Monday, Jeannie called Norma four times to try to figure out what was wrong with our reception. It had something to do with manual and automatic. They finally gave up.

On Tuesday, Norma faxed Jeannie a message instructing her to send her message and she would let the fax ring nine rings instead of six. On the 1 1th ring, a message came through the fax from Art reading, "If you receive this fax, I will be amazed. Art." Art called Thursday to see if we had San Francisco $169 San JoseSilicon Valley $169 Santa Barbara $169 Sarasotaradenton $109 Savannah $99 SeatdeTacoma $169 Shreveport $79 Syracuse $109 TampaSt. Petersburg $109 Tucson $129 Washington, D.C $109 West Palm Beach $120 Mobile $99 Nashville $59 NewburghStewart, NY $109 New Orleans $86 New YorkNewark Long Island MacArthur $109 Norfolk $109 Oakland $169 Omaha $69 Ontario, CA $169 Orange County $169 Orlando $109 Palm Springs $149 Philadelphia $109 PhoenixScotLsdale $121 Pittsburgh $99 Portland, OR $169 Providence $129 RaleighDurham $99 Reno $179 Richmond $109 Rochester, MN $69 Rochester, NY $109 Sacramento $169 Salt Lake City $129 San Antonio $78 San Diego $169 re on ip ici. Each way, based on round-trip purchase from St.

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