Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio • 16

1 6 DAYTON DAILY NEWS Sept. 4, 1980 Clotheslines Captive audience Teen resents being asked to play the piano for parents' guests Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: I'm 15, and I've been taking piano lessons since I was 8. I guess I'm pretty good, but I'm far from a concert pianist. Whenever we have company, my mother asks them (right In front of me) If they would like to hear me play the piano. Well, what can they say? Then they all start coaxing me and, of course, I have to play.

I've asked my mother not to do this to me, but she does anyway. I know she's proud of me, but the company Is probably bored stiff and I'm embarrassed. Please print this. It might do some good, but don't mention my name or I'll get killed. COMPANY SHOW-OFF DEAR SHOW-OFF: Appeal to your mother again.

In the meantime, 111 help from this end by printing your letter. P.S. Your company Is lucky. Ours had to listen to my twin and me play violin duets until we were 17. DEAR ABBY: When my husband I an-nounced our plans to adopt a baby, here are some of the comments we received: "Are you sure you really want to? I've known people who have adopted a baby and then had their own." And: "Aren't you afraid? What If the baby's retarded? Will they take it back?" Abby, please tell your readers that by the time a couple announces their plans, they years.

It was given to me as a gift, so of course it can't be exchanged. How should this be handled? EMBARRASSED DEAR EMBARRASSED: Tell her that It was purchased years ago (it was) and cannot be exchanged. DEAR ABBY: I saw red when I read that letter from "84 In S.C.," complaining because her children moved her out of her old familiar home and away from lifelong friends because they wanted her in a better climate in a "cheerful apartment" near them. "84" should consider herself lucky. Some elderly folks find their old familiar neigh- borhoods unsafe.

My mother fought relocation until she was mugged, then she couldn't move fast enough. My husband and I were thrilled when we got her Into a brand new senior citizens' apartment complex. Everything In her apartment is keyed for retired persons, including the best security features. Know what Mom said? "I hate it! I can't hang my clothes out to dry. I feel like I'm living in an old folks' home!" She's 80.

Abby, it's self-centered, nitpicking people like my mother who are difficult to understand. Just think of all the poor people of any age who would gladly trade places with "84 in S.C." and "80 In PA." KIDS CANT WIN have already given the idea a great deal of consideration, not to mention multiple discussions with a social worker and all they want to hear Is, "Congratulations!" EXPECTING IN THE N.W. DEAR EXPECTING: Congratulations! May I add a few more questions adoptive parents dont want to bean "Do you know anything about the baby's parents?" "Where are you getting the baby from?" "Are you going to tell the child he's adopted?" "How much did it cost you?" DEAR ABBY: I am a grown woman who is in a very embarrassing situation. The daughter of a friend was recently married, and I sent her luncheon cloth with matching napkins for a wedding gift. She phoned me to say that the color did not go with her decorating scheme and asked where it was purchased so she could exchange it for another color.

Well, Abby, I've had this luncheon set for IMid-heel footwear adapts to hemlines of varying lengths By MARYLOU LUTHER DEAR MARYLOU: I know (be old rule that jvhen hemlines go up, heel helghti come down. And, diversely, when bemi come down, heeli go up. But this year, both knee-length eklrte ind mid-calf lengths sare In fashion. Is there one shoe that goes with both? Stamford, Conn. DEAR P.D.: Yes, the mid-heel, as Illustrated here.

fcPerry Ellis showed this shoe with his mid-calf length antskirts, and it looks just as right with skirts that jnd at the knees. Note, too, the slanted heel, which Is another shoe signpost for fall. DEAR MARYLOU: I have several dress shirts that are in good condition except for the collars, which are rayed. Years ago, stores carried separate white collars. Do these still exist? Where? How much? I asked a custom shirtmaker about this Item, and he said he'd be glad to make me a collar and cuffs for $55.

1 laughed. DS Baltimore a' DEAR D.S.: If your shirts are the "new" band-ycoliar shirts, the white collars offered by Brooks brothers will work just fine. But not, says the New "York store's David Palmer, if you expect to use them iver or with a regular collar. i The Cape Town collar of cotton and linen is $5, fend may be ordered by neck size. Or, if you prefer, the store also has paper collars faced with the same -cotton-lined fabric.

A package of 10 costs $5.25. To order, write to Palmer at Brooks Brothers, 346 New York, N.Y. 10017. The same store jcffers separate wing collars for formal shirts. These 'attach to the shirt via studs.

DEAR MARYLOU: I'm 26, 168 pounds, 5 feet 4 riches, size 16. I'm short-waisted, knock-kneed, have. 4ieavy upper arms, heavy thighs and a droopy bottom a real horror body. I would like to sew some lightweight clothes for Indian summer. Please suggest patterns and fabrics for young-looking clothes to wear at home, at work and on weekends.

J.S, Sandusky Jl DEAR J.S.: Start your new office wardrobe by Sjewing separates such as Vogue 7757, a gored skirt pattern that fits smoothly at the waist and flares to he hem, thereby accommodating your heavy thighs. Make the skirt in dark colors to minimize your droopy bottom (wool challis or gabardine for winter, jotton knits or seersuckers for summer.) Wear it with jright or light blouses in cottons or polyesters that Joojc like silk, using Vogue 7756 or Vogue 7674. CATHY by Cathy Cuisewite For weekends you can wear the same blouses with Vogue 1798, a pattern for "Measure-Free Pants." Stay with the bottom-minimizing dark colors In fabrics such as flannel or gabardine for winter, poplin or other crisp cottons for summer. You might also want to consider Vogue 7570 for weekend wear, as it Includes a V-neck blouson, skirt and pants pattern that would look especially good in terry cloth or velour. The best dress pattern for your figure is Vogue 7745, a button-front shirtdress that will accommodate your short-waisted figure because it has no waistline.

Wear it belted or unbelted, whichever looks best, in daytime fabrics such as corduroy or vertically-striped oxford cloths or Bedford cords and In evening fabrics such as printed silk looks, rayon jacquards, even taffeta or lace. DEAR MARYLOU: My mother has allergic reactions to fabrics made of synthetic fibers and is having trouble finding a 100 percent cotton housecoat, preferably one with short sleeves. She likes the Model's Coat line, but the fabrics are all cotton-polyester blends. Can you help? MX, Fresno, Calif. DEAR M.E.: fi'i called "the perfect packable put-on" in the new catalog published by J.

Jill Stock-bridge Road, Great Barrington, Mass. 01230. This 100 percent cotton seersucker housecoat-by-any-other-name is styled with a band collar, patch pockets, front buttons, long sleeves, self-tie belt. It comes in solid red or navy as well as a navy print with white flowers. Sizes small through large ar $26.95, and extra large is $28.95.

It Is not available with short sleeves, but the same catalog features a 100 percent cotton seersucker dress, same prices, in either a navy floral striped with white or beige with tangerine. This dress-cum-housecoat has short sleeves, a scoop neck and button front. IRYING'S GOING TO 8 WE HAVE A SURE THING GOING, HEU SAV I'm TAKING HIM FOR GRANTED, AN0 IU SAN HE'S BEING PETW AND UNREASONABLE. NOTHING WILL GET RESOLVED WE'LL SULK THROUGH OINIMER, AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE GO OUT AGAIN. FURIOUS THAT I'M MOT READV VET, AND I'M TO GET MAO THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WN SCHEDULE.

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