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Dennis th Mtnoc Robert C. Ruark Russ Leadabrand Off the Beaten Path NYC Hack Rules I THINK IT IS only fair to apprise, the that he Is restricting his -flirecUon ot Insuring visitors to the World's Fair in New untu the passenger Is seated In the cr. In York that there are some rules and regulations yoa can dMot to fTZft itt ehs of the New York ft tw Lt Poii d't his consent to make the trip legal. XTh Licenses. This document is FROM LUCERNE VALLEY una word parable to the Bill of Rights.

barbecue dinner which will be held after the urn! before the ride home. Tldi is a delightful way to see the Pageant you have no traffic to fight. In the you are tired and full of barbecue, you can doze if you wish while the special Santa Fe train clicks Dff the miles on the road home, Sttll time but not too much. I suggest you write now to the Orange Empire Trolley Museum people for tickets. The fores' (including Ihe price of Pageant seats and barbecue) are $13 for adults and $9 for children.

Write Ramona by Rail, P.O. Box 501, Perris, Calif. REMEMBER a few weeks back, we wrole about seme Pasadena folks, the Campbells, who got stuck in the snow with the VW camper at Slide Lake? Well, the camper is stilt there; every time the Carrpbeiis go out to pull in (he car, it snows. It snowed again this last weekend, the date the Campbells planned to pull out the little bus. It may be-deep summer before Slide Lake tames down enough for the Campbells to get tlicir poor, neglected car out of the wild.

A ranger checked on it recently, It's fine. Just lonesome. DON COOPER will he presenting one of his fine travelogues on the North Country Wednesday tomorrow, at (he San Ga hriel Civic Auditorium. Cooper-is as interesting as he is funny. Don't miss It.

tlijlt wildflowers wrc out in tlia! area. Ethel Watson of the Lucerne Volley Chamber of Commerce waxes poetic as she wrllos: Vulley' is covered with all varieties, the most in 12 years all colors whites, pink, red, blues, purple, yellows, orange, lavender, and a few fuchsia. Never saw so mmiy. Nor such 11 variety." "Go out Old Woman Springs Road from Lucerne Valley toward Yucca Valley and they are even thicker. Miles and miles of them." BABS KOBALY lias written a "Culdc to Morongo Valley Wildflowers" which will lie available at the upcoming Seventh Annual Mnmngo Valley Wlldflower Show April 23-25.

Designed for the layman, the bnnk shnws how to identify wildflowers by their "special galls, their distinctive leaves, stems, fruits, odors, juices." "HI VISTA'S Spring Wildllower Festival la set for Aprii 25 and 26. More than 150 varieties of wildflowers will be displayed at the Community Hail during the days. A ham dinner ami lurlle (tortoise) races will he featured on April 26. THERE IS STILL time to get tickets la the Ramona Pageant in Hcmel and go via a comfortable and interesting train ride. The remaining date that is open is Saturday, May 2.

The price of the ticket out there includes a MOST OF THE HACKERS in this city -well, maybe CO per cent are kind and courteous and presumably good to their mothers. Of course, you can't find one to take you downtown until 10 a.m., if you're uptown, and the situation is hopeless at 4:30 p.m., and When it's snowing or raining or the theatre rush Is on, forget it, Charlie. But I do not mean to nag or niggle. The New York hacker is supposed to be the last of the rugged individualist group but these boys are not exactly unfamiliar with piracy. Such as-the boys at the airport who want to grab the multiple fare, when a cab Is really supposed to rurt one' to a customer, or the cats who park on G4th Street in front ol the sucker traps on the affchanee of collecting a drunk with delusions of grandeur.

Actually, there are some rules and regulations that ancient New Yorkers don't know are written in tiie book and for the violation of which you can ground the violator a day, a week, a month or forever. "Gee, I lure am lonesome for torn o' Ihosel" Syi'ia Porter a fine French restaurant or an' Ultimate bar, he is legally out of line. THE ONE I like the very best is, "A driver, is oft duty only when the sign is dawn." This is net subject to personal whim, such as saying he'll be desperately pleased to accommo date you if you just happen to be heading for Brooklyn, but will spit in- your eye if you'r thinking about something in the Bronx: There has been a growing tendency in tlrt town to convince the client that the hack driver Ls doing him a personal favor by accepting his money for taking him from here to On this you can hit him with the book. Ther is a fine and similar law in England which says that if a cabbie crawls from under that wheel, except to assist a passenger with bag gage or possibly to conduct a drunk to his door, that he is criminally liable. I DON'T MEAN this little essay to as a sort of Suliivan Act against the business of carrying a concealed hack license.

But for the timid local and new-comer it should be pointed out that the man behind the wheel is working for you. He is not, repeat not, working for himsell in the eyes of the law, and there is a great big police-signed booklet which makes him a public servant the second you climb into that back seat. Grumbling about poor tippers and other cab drivers' traffic manners is not included in tha service. You don't have to tip him a cent abova what shows on the clock, and the main thing to remember is that in terms of argument, the client is always right and the driver Is legally wrong. United Fmlure Syndicate Your Money's Worth Swindles II Peter J.

Steincrohn, M.D. IN COMING WEEKS the millions of US who are gardening shaH be 0 and neat and" wear a enthusiasts will be deluged with newspaper ads and direct mail ciPi ir he's wearing anything on his head at promotions pitching fabulous new "products of scienitfic plant alt, except possibly misinformation on the state research." In light of recent, real genetic breakthroughs, the of the world, offers will sound persuasively plausible. A driver shall not smoke while carrying pas- But if you look behind the long Latin names and the ex- sengers (foorget it.) iravaganl claims, you well may find your purchase can he a A driver shall be courteous to passengers giant disappointment. For instance: and others. (Double-forget it.) And it does not say anything here about sulking if the fare wants to go in the wrong direction.

AD: Robinia tree: "Sensational Blooming Show Tree 1 Because here we have a big 'un. "A driver "Grows roof-high in just one single year!" "Jewel-like shall not indicate by word, motion or gesture Watch Your Health Hal Boyle flowers jasmine like fragrance." "Drenches your garden In color all four seasons of the year!" FACT: Far from being a gardener's dream, the Robinia tree is commonly known as the Black Locust or Thorn Locust usually a junk tree such as you've probably been weeding out It is noted for its thorns, its often sparse growth, its susceptibility lo borers and the fact that it takes five-eight years to flower (il diseases don't overtake it first). You can pick up the "Robinia" in the woods or fence rows if you want it. The experls call it a "weed tree." How Young Are You? THANKS TO WIGS, anti-wrinkle creams, hormone pills and other devices, the inroads of time are so camouflaged that jt is gelling DEAR. DR.

STEINCROHN: I knnw you arc a stickler for warning people against self-treatment. I agree when you say that "a doctor whD heats himself lias a fool fur a pa-tieni." But are we jKitieals always fools, too? For example, what's wrong with taking an occasional aspirin tablet for a headache or a rheumatoid pain? And how about an occasional tranquilizer when you're upset ami nervous? Are these any reasons for running to ihe doctor? If we all did, doctors wouldn't have time to treat the real serious cases. MRS. B. Comment: Now, Ihe difference.

Lot's say ilie doctor who IreaLs himself is a fool, and the patient a bigger loot. Strong words? All I'm doing is enlarging on the above-quoted aphorism. At Iciist the doctor knows something alwul his anatomy, and pli ysiolagy he knows something atout diagnosis and treatment. Then why is he a fool to Ireat hlmselt? Because, Under the circumstances (as when he treats his family, too) his judgment suffers. It's difficult to stand otf and observe yourself or those close to you with detachment.

But you, as a patient, have nothing more than a superficial knowledge of medicine. For example, what we try to tell you in these columns, is not liow to be a doctor, but to have sufficient knowledge to call for help in time. As, for example, I'm trying to tcil you ioday. Of course, an occasional aspirin is all right to lake for a headache or arthritis; or a tranquilizer your doctor has prescribed for nervousness. But I emphasize the word "occasional." I don't see liow you can go wrong there.

Where procrastination hurls is in trying drugs an your own for weeks or months. It's not so much taking the drugs that may be dangerous to one's health, as Is the precious lime lost in making lite correct diagnosis and instituting specific treatment. So I rejieat, Mrs. B. (because it's so important) that self-treatment can he dangerous when prolonged.

And prolonged mny mean castor oil or other cathartic for a period of only -f8-72 hours with resultant peritonitis; or, cough mixtures in solf-trcatmejit for months in what turns out lo lie an undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis. Bailouts, doctors! Don't let's be big foals or lidlc funis where health is at stake. Sell-lreat-meiit is one of ihe allies of the little and big killers. (Wrtlc to me, in care of this paper, for my leaflet, "Slop Killing Yourself." Enclose 15 cents and a stamped, sell-addressed envelope.) DEAR OR, STEINCROHN: What do you think dI the new low-caloric soft drinks on the market these days? Will they put on weithi? mre! o. Comment: Six ounces of the ordinary soft drink contain about 8D calories.

Some people 1 know have been in the habit of drinking four to six bottles a day during Iwt weather. You can see liow much calorie saving there will be with (lie newer drinks which contain only a few calories. Nevertheless, rather liian make all out substitution, it may bo wise for lliose in the habit uf taking quite a few bottles a day, to substitute fruit juices or milk oeassionally. DEAR DR. STEINCROHN: To settle an argument, isn't it possible to have a legilimate baby in 2GG L.

Comment: 1 can't quite understand what the difference of opinion Is about, but the answer is yes. Sell-AlcClur Svntficaft When a stranger dances with your wife at a party, you feel jealous of him instead of grateful. You don't remember how Shirley Temple) looked as a curly haired little girl, or Bing Crosby singing as one of "The Rhythm Boys.1' You still like to read swashbuckling historical novels running to 500 pages or more, and you can quote offhand some of (he longer? poems you memorized as a college sophomore. If a shoelace breaks, you balance on one foot while you tie it instead of looking around for a fire hydrant to use as a support. YOU'D RATHER get out on the lawn and cut the grass yourself than sit.

on the front porch and tell your wife how lo do it. At the oltice your desk drawer contains a small. box of aspirin tablets but no pep pilk. or medicine for an acid stomach. You'd rather go out and pay to see a good" new movie I ban stay at liame and watch a lousy old one on television.

You believe most of the woes of mankind can he salved in your own lifetime because, after all, they are merely the result of misunderstanding. It is unclear in your mind whether Calvin Conlidge'was a minor band leader In the 1920s or subbed in the outfield for the New York Yankees when Babe Ruth was off his feed. You still have the same number of chins you had 10 years ago. Asiocldled Press -k harder io tell anyone's real age, It isn't altogether a matter of physical ap- AD: Ailanlhus or Tree of Heaven. pearance either.

The differing generations "Super-growing" shade tree "Grows higher than a full- seems ,0 have confuEefl lheir normali grown red maple tree-in one single "Breath- ntns and pattems of conduCt. taking umbrella of beauty'" "Most incredible shade tree Dn 01der Ie are la be voung this planet" "Superhardy showpiece." whe just 01)t o. colleRe are wurnying about Social FACT; Tins one is even worse than the "weed tree." Ex- pcrts call the Ailanthus the "slink because its blooms HERE IS A BOX SCORE to test yourself, have a persistent foul odor It is, according to bor Iculturlsts baW th(? sidE suited best to soils where other trees won't grow. Its last growth mi(jae ae jj makes it brittle and liable to crack in winter storms It is usual- mortgage on your home has 19 years ly found in city alleys and railroad right-of-ways, if you want run one cheap. Yqu tj1 ca ymjr by the pet nicknarne of your courtship days instead of aping the AD: Smashing Scarlet Roses! children by addressing her as Now! An Rose Giant Red Roses Being hmke all the time now doesn't.

bather in one season-for just $1" "After years of research, lead- you so much, because you feel supremely ing garden experts have finally developed this sensational va- confident that in another five years at most riety of rose! "Each flower up lo five inches across" you'll double or triple your Income. "Sweeps across walls like wildfire, actually grows In sub-freez- You like to open letters hecnuse you retain Ing temperatures" "Supplies strictly limited." (he hope that good news as well as bad news comes by mail. FACT: The row is not new. If is the well-known climbing It is mare fun to play baseball at a picnic rose called Blaze which has boon on Ihe market for more than than t0 go gelling svilb your employer, a decade. It does not bloom profusely in the first season and You can overhear a conversation between nowhere near as profusely as the ads claim in any season, two teen-agers and understand at least half of Blooms are more likely to be three than five inches across.

This what they are saying. is a "Number second-grade quality rose. And supplies Confronted hy a long flight ot stairs, you are endless, of course. automatically go up them two at a time and reach the top without feeling you need to lie down until yuu can brealhe easier. Letters to the Editor Virginia Ray Just in the Family Reader's Forum AD: Sure-Crop "Climbing' Strawberry." "Baskets of lush red Super-sweet Sure-crop Strawberries from a single high climbing plant in one year," "Blooms all summer long." FACT: The ad Is grossly exaggerated.

This variety is a June bearer and does nol elimb. ft does not produce "baskets of fruit" the first season. You pay a typical 52.95 for seven plants-which cost the shipper one penny apiece. ir HOW DO YOU CHECK UP on such "miracle" plants anil avoid being stuck with a "stink tree" in place of the flood of blossoms you expected? (1) Deal only with established, well-known nurseries and compare the prices nuuted in the reliable catalogs of reliable firms. (2) Beware of "miracle" plants of any sort.

If the product faction of that individual that justice has been meted out. CARLOS MAGALLANES Brief letters xland the best ah mice 0 publication. The ciiitnr rewms Ihe rirjht to trim. that are too long vml vcgrels that nil received cannot be iir.knoiolcrlcicd. Every tetter, including any signed with a pseudonym, mvst carry the name unri address oj the writer.

the information from Mrs. Campbell in Oregon. Thank you, Mae, for Ihe information and for your note. WE ARE RECEIVING so many requests to print notices of lost pets that a halt must be called somewhere. I cannot print any such ap Remember the Anthony ambush! Pitch Out Pttchess! The sheriff could have and should have gone to the U.S.

courts and ar' to U.S. Attorney John Van de Kamp to have the Anthony eviction order erased! Anthony was no burglar nor Anthony Eviction on Ikaf Aiif murderer hp ha.s Hip Huhf In tmvp hpPTi nm- 1 too good lo he trim, it usually is too goofl to of. tnic. (3) II yuu have any doubts, consult your county agricultural nr, innow tected bv the ambushim? denudes mors agent, botanical garden, department of parks or nearest Better but also not wanted? In the past than a private corporation has to hava Business Bureau. All are up-to-date on current plant frauds Ifw davs we havc had tnruEt our faces fla.

Mr. Anthony's home destroyed so that the pri- rate corporation may use Mr. Anthony's pri ann nuve soua experience 10 ncip you spoc me real irom me samples of the denial of at least two pliouy tiling. of these freedoms. Emmy Lou DEAR MISS If AY; What about these husbands who marry ynu and say they don't want to see you work, that they will lake care of you, and then quit their job and leave you to bring home the bacon? I was sick nnd tired of working when I met my present man.

and he made a good story that if I married him I wouldn't ever have to ED outside the home to work again. Oh NO? I want (d know haw many women marry men wfiD just want a meal ticket? I've waited near eigiit months for mine to get hack nn a job, and if he doesn't get une soon lie'll find his sulicase standing out on ihe porch sometime. Men Ihitik women enn't live or gel along without llioiii. Well I am one who can. DISGUSTED EARNER, El Monte Dear Earner: We have had complaints ahouf women who married for "a meal ticket" now we have the reverse side of the coin.

DEAR VIRGINIA KAY: I would like to inform you thai there are twn Grandmother's Ciubs in Pasadena and we are always looking tor now members. If they would call, phone SY. B-2G6S, the treasurer of the club, or the president, SY. G-350G, we would he glad to liear from these oilier grandmothers. Thank you.

R. C. SMITH, Pasadena Dear Mrs. Smith: Many thanks. Wish we could he kept informed nlmut all Ihe clubs which might be of interest to readers.

It is the current information that we need which groups are still functioning, which have folded their tents like the Arabs and stolen away. FOR INSTANCE: there is Ihe group known as "tlnderslnndinr. Inc." I printed Ihe name peal where the name of the owner is not given, together with address and telephone number. Ads must have first been placed in flic paper. And unless mere are unusual circumstances I fear that all such requests will have to be turned down if they keep up at the rale now coming in.

The thing which alarms me is that pet-stealing must be on a rapid increase. I hope that owners will take the hint and protect their DEAR VIRGINIA: 1 am 2D years old and my mother who lives with me and whom I support still tries to tell me just exactly what I should do or not do My only pleasant hours are when I am at work because then I can enjoy the people I work with. I cannot invite friends home because my mother is like an iceberg to any one she does not like and she likes few who have ever been my friends. She has even ordered some away. Her dortor says 1 should have her in a rest home, hut she is hyslerieal if it is mentioned and calls me dreadful names and accuses me of being an unnatural child, ungrateful etc.

I don'l knoiv what to do. Would any other daughters who have this problem, or even mothers, tell me what they think. I would be grateful the rest of my life. MISERABLY UNHAPPY, San Gabriel Dear Miserably Unhappy: But who could give you more authoritative advice than your mother's own physician? Readers wlio are not Kay Rovers (as well as our club members) are telephoning Addic C.irr lo ask it non-Rovers are allowed lo come lo the dinner on Monday rvening, April 27. at Tammy Shanler.

The answer is YES nnl usually niij this is an exception. Scolch music, dare and pictures will give us happy enteriainmei t. Bui reservations must be at once; call Addie Carr, SY. 4-87S2, vate property! FRANK WALT, M.D., Pomona In exactitude, the mojion picture- museum is. not a private corporation but non-profit corporation.

Its back- crs can have no hope, of monetary profits. Editor. Sukarno A recent writer assumes the position or ati nvnnrt on the subject of the so-called under-develupcd nations. He seems to know a lot about what he calls Dutch "barbarism" in Indonesia. That, strangely enough, has eluded the knowledge of the resl of us.

He proposes ihnf this "yoke" should be lifted and replaced by one of a paper tiger named Sukarno, whose only claim to fame is that of an international blackmailer who, through lack of firmness in our foreign policy, seems io want to establish himself as the ruler of the Pacific. The oniy oversight seems to be thai the Red China dragon is in position to take away the candy from this baby then what? Anyone, from the events 'n East Africa, should realize that there are peoples in this world who are totally unfit for self government, and even less for assuming leadership over others. It has been the strategy the Communist cancer lo promote itself by. first tiiniinir Ihe cells of the healthy tissue In he commanded, against the ones whose function is to command, then destroying Ixith. I might add that the ones who arc so mnrh for Ireeiiiun for Mm almve mentioned nalions never monlion the need for freedom of the n.i-li.-iiik- vhMid the fron Curtain, vhnqp only over their oppressors is lack of If, VICTOR SEITINS Against Stephen Antlmny were leveled the procedures of a county to evict him from his house and home.

Anthony fought because he helieves, as I do, that the law of eminent domain should not be available tD private interests. tt is quite one thing for a city or a state to build a highway, a city hall, or even hospital, where indeed the public will is served. Jt is quile another mailer when an aggregation of individuals usurp the property of others simply to further their own interests (a motion picline museum.) Because the nature of the proposed building not only will enhance the pockets of lliose few but will als-o give them the proverbial "pat on Ihe bnek." there is even more cause for our indignation. However, the importance of the mntter lies in its relation lo Ihe average ciii-zen. For one thing, the average person when confronted with a similar situation has little recourse but lo give in.

It seems thai this person, in order to carry on a decent judicial battle, has lo be well-armed with money. Secondly, if such practice is allowed to continue, (hero is no one wlm will he able to rail his home his own. It lor these reasons that the law ot eminent domain must be redefined to exclude its use by private Individuals. As for the metlior! of ihe police in securing Ihe eviction, there is no question about the legality of their procedure, not to mention that it svas ccrlainly the safest. Hnwever, Ilie evic-tiiin slrcuk! have endMl there.

Demolishing Ihe house was beyond both 1I10 bounds of lt galiM' (and human decenry) th rase certainly not closed. A man lias the right lo appeal, to reappenl, nnd 1 to appeal again, however many times is necessary for the sati.s- of a Mrs. Bays sent in to me long ago as the srcrnl.iry. Now I receive word that Miriam Hays is unknown In Mrs. Kerlilli Camp-hell, at whose home the group me( until the end of IM.

Mrs. CampMI. nr.w of Merlin, Dreg on, send'; Kip name of Mrs. Rasniajiaii. 5(KI N.

F.lhrl. Allinnhra. as lieing group member to cnniael for information Mr. nnd Mr, iiic Dow. lido Twinging Street.

Lr.s Angeles .12. In (urn, it was Mae Harris who foiivarried know Alvin's growing by the foot, but do hav la poy for him by Ilia inch?".