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This week, Tidbits invites you to take a whiff of these facts about the perfume industry, a $51 billion annual market world-wide, of which $12 billion accounts for the U.S. alone. Let's go back for a look at how this industry began, and where it is today. PERFUME HISTORY

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• It might seem that world-renowned fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel led an elegant, privileged life, but her beginnings were actually quite humble. She was born in a French village in 1883, one of six children in an impoverished family of a street peddler father and a laundress mother. Her 32-year-old mother died when Gabrielle was 11, and her father, overwhelmed and unable to provide for the family, placed her and her two sisters in a charity orphanage operated by Catholic nuns. They never saw their father again. • During her six years in the orphanage, Gabrielle was taught to sew, a useful skill that literally shaped the rest of her life. When she left the institution, she found employment as a seamstress and milliner, with a side job as a cabaret singer, where she gained local popularity and earned the nickname Coco. • She became well known among many aristocratic cabaret patrons, and through her contacts she began to mingle in upper class social circles. With help from some financial benefactors in 1921, she began to dabble in perfumery, an interest she had long held.

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pearls. Vogue magazine declared that the dress would become “a sort of uniform for all women of taste,” describing it as “the frock that all the world will wear.” Chanel produced it in wool and chenille for daytime wear, and elegant dresses in satin, crepe, and velvet for the evening. Chanel’s style was to keep the dress simple, but pair it with the perfect accessories to “dress it up” or “dress it down.” By 1927, Coco Chanel owned five properties on the exclusive fashion district’s Rue Cambon, properties that the company still occupies. Coco had a lavish apartment on the second floor of one of the 18th-century buildings, filled with luxurious furnishings, objects from ancient Greece, Egypt, China, and Italy. Yet she never slept there. She chose to reside in a suite at the Ritz Hotel for 34 years, walking back and forth each day. She used the apartment “to work, read, daydream, rest, lunch and entertain.” It was Coco’s habit to notify the staff of her arrival time in order to have all the rooms spritzed with ADVERTIS No. 5 perfume. By 1935, Chanel’sFinal company had moreDUE: than Changes 4,000 employees. But with the outbreak of  Please review carefully. Double check: World War II, she shut down her business, Contactand yourclosing Tidbitsthe representative i releasing the workers, stores. Post-War, she left Paris for a self-imposed exile Office: 760-320-0997 email: val in Switzerland and at her country house in the French Riviera. O.R.D. Gener In 1954, after her couture house had been closed 1/12 pg., for 15 years, at age 70, Chanel re-entered the 22, 2023 fashion world, launching a comebackOctober collection of new designs.

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• Wanting to create a unique perfume that represented “a real woman,” the scents of floral GET and woods were blended and named after the INSPIRED! fifth sample that was presented to her, naming VISIT OUR STARTING STARTING AT AT it Chanel No. 5. After much experimentation, a NEW variation of No. 5 was launched the following SHOWROOM! ADVERTISI PROOF year, which she namedADVERTISING Chanel No. 22. Final Changes DUE: Please review carefully. Double check:  Ph • When Coco was 27, her current love interest MON., Oct. 16 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Contact your Tidbits representative im NOW ADVERTISING PROOF SELLING email:AdVe financed her review first shop in Paris, andcheck: another WOOD CONSTRUCTION 760-320-0997 valle Please carefully. Double  Phone• ALL Number(s)  Spelling  Prices Office:  Hours T IL E! • OVER 200 STYLES & FINISHES boutique followed three years later. In 1923, Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or&corrections. • SELF- CLOSING DOORS DRAWERS the Please Chanelreview tweed suit was introduced, a jacket carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  NATURAL Spelling STONE PricesCOUNTERTOPS  Hours • QUARTZ & 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 and skirt inOffice: light wool, with a jersey or silk The N Phone: 760.320. FREE & DESIGN SERVICES Contact your to Tidbits immediately withESTIMATES changes or corrections. blouse. Her aim was makerepresentative clothes that were New CoNstruCtioN • remodels valley both striking and760-320-0997 more comfortableemail: for women. Office: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630

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Perfume (from page one) dating back to 1000 B.C. • Queen Elizabeth of Hungary commissioned

the first modern alcohol-based perfume in 1370, a mixture of lemon, orange blossom,

thyme, and rosemary, a concoction known as Hungary Water. • In the 1500s, French King Louis XV advanced the popularity of fragrance by adding perfume to furniture, gloves, clothing, and bathwater. MAKING PERFUME

• The process of making perfume is quite complex, beginning with the extraction of the fragrant oils from plants, most commonly through steam distillation. This involves boiling the materials, which releases the essential oils. The steam and oils are then condensed once the oil separates from the water. The oils are diluted with alcohol, which also seals in the fragrance by delaying evaporation. The solution then steeps in copper pots, then is cooled to allow any foreign particles to settle out before the filtering process, and finally, the injection into containers. VARYING CHARACTERISTICS

• The composition of perfume is made up of what is known as “notes,” the top, heart, and base. The top note is the most delicate, the scent you

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TIME magazine's list of "The 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century" includes perfume magnate Coco Chanel, the only fashion designer to receive this honor.

• The same perfume will smell different on each person, due to different skin pH, or the wearer’s routines, such as diet and exercise. CONCENTRATIONS

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Elizabeth Taylor developed a collection of three fragrances, White Diamonds, Black Pearl, and Passion. It's a grouping that still earns an estimated $200 million in annual sales, 12 years after her death. Her signature scent, White Diamonds, was released in 1991, and is the best-selling celebrity fragrance in the world.

12 to 24 hours. Just one drop can last for the smell when you first sample the perfume that whole day. doesn’t last very long. The heart is the middle note, usually herbal, floral, or spicy, lasting • Of course, the concentration of essential oils longer than the top note. It’s the heart scent that dictates the price you pay. The buyer can expect begins to surface after it reacts with a person’s to pay up to four times more for Pure Parfum skin chemistry, usually after about 20 minutes. than the Eau de Parfum counterpart The base note is the scent that lingers after the perfume has dried. Composed of wood, amber, NOTABLE PERFUMERS and musk, its scent lasts the longest. • In the world of fragrance, perfumers are known as a “nose.” Frenchman Jean Carles is • A person’s body heat activates perfume’s scent, considered the most famous nose, a man who so it should be applied at the skin’s main “pulse insured his nose for a million dollars. He was points” – the inside of the wrist, the neck, behind the ears, in the crook of the elbows, and Perfume: Turn to page 15 behind the knees. You might think the correct procedure is to rub the wrists together after application, but this action heats up the skin and actually changes the scent.

• There are several different categories of perfumes based on the fragrance’s concentration of pure perfume oil. The higher the concentration, the longer the scent lasts on the skin. Eau Fraiche, also known as Cool Water, contains just 1-3% of essential oils and is mostly water. Its light scent will last from 30 minutes to an hour. Eau de Cologne’s concentration is 2-4%, with the aroma lasting one to three hours. Eau de Toilette contains 5-15% of the oils, with a scent expectation between 3 and 8 hours.

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its scents of hyacinth, orange blossom, peach, gardenia, jasmine, and sandalwood, and many others, it was the favorite and signature scent of Princess Diana of Wales. An ounce of Hermes 24 Faubourg retails for $1,500.

• Introduced in 1929, Joy by Jean Patou now sells for $850 an ounce. The favorite perfume of Jackie Kennedy and actress Vivien Leigh, Joy requires the essential oil of 10,000 jasmine flowers hand-picked in the French Riviera and 28 dozen roses to produce just one ounce. • In 1957, perfume and fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, who created the dresses worn by Audrey Hepburn, blended a special scent just for her as a gift. He named it L’Interdit, which translates from the French for “forbidden,” using rose, jasmine, violet, iris, narcissus, and sandalwood in the fragrance. Hepburn wore it exclusively for a year, after which Givenchy released it to the public, with Hepburn as the “face” of the perfume, the first actress to do so.

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• The sky-high prices of perfume aren’t always because of the scent. Elaborate bottles contribute greatly to the cost. For example, Clive Christian No. 1 is priced at $2,150 an ounce, but the bottle has a sterling silver neck plated in 24-carat gold. In 2006, Christian offered 500 ml of No. 1 perfume oil in his Imperial Majesty version, packaging it in a bottle loaded with crystals, an 18-carat gold collar, and five carats of white gold diamonds. The price tag was $12,722 an ounce. • How about DKNY’s Golden Delicious perfume for $1 million an ounce? The company offered this blend of rose, musk, sandalwood, orange blossom, gardenia, and golden delicious apple in a bottle featuring 2,090 precious stones, including yellow sapphires, white diamonds, pink diamonds, rose-cut diamonds, and a canary yellow diamond on the cap. If that’s out of your budget, you can purchase a 3.4 oz. Eau de Parfum spray of the scent for around $40. • The world’s most expensive perfume was presented in Dubai in 2019 with a price tag of $1.29 million. Its name is Shumukh, which translates from Arabic to “deserving the highest.” Three years of experimenting and 494 trials resulted in an exquisite blend of sandalwood, musk, Turkish rose, and frankincense, along with many other ingredients, with a fragrance that lasts more than 12 hours on the skin. If the price seems exorbitant, consider that the bottle stands at 6.46 feet (1.97 m) and holds 3 liters (3.17 qts.) of fragrance. Contributing to the cost is the fact that the bottle is embellished with 3,571 diamonds, & “Consider gold,Headline silver, pearls, and topaz.This” = Outlined Text • When you hear the name Hermes, leather goods and scarves might come to mind. But the French design house is famous for its perfumery as well, notably its 24 Faubourg, introduced in 1995. With

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A: Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley attended the Golden Globe Awards together this past January to support Austin Butler in his nominated role (he won!) in the feature film “Elvis.” Just two days later, Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital with a bowel obstruction that would claim her life. Her mother, Priscilla, issued a statement shortly thereafter and asked for privacy for her “profound loss.” Now, almost a year later, Priscilla herself will be the subject of a film directed by Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”) and Oscar winner for her screenplay of the 2003 film “Lost in Translation.” “Priscilla,” which will premiere in theaters on Nov. 3, stars Cailee Spaeny (“Mare of Easttown”) as the titular character. Coppola says that she really connected with the young Priscilla who

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4. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Drain pasta and beans; return to pot. If tomato sauce is too thick, stir in reserved pasta water. To pasta in pot, stir in tomato sauce, chopped basil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. 5. Spoon half of pasta mixture into 3-quart shallow baking dish. Dollop with half of cheese mixture. Repeat. Cover with foil; bake 10 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes or until cheese has melted. Serves 6.

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With any new puppy come certain predictable realities. There may not be blood, but there will be challenges: 1) There will be chewing. Puppies, like babies, teethe. It’s a painful process that most of us have zapped from our bank of childhood memories. But in search of relief from the intense pressure of new teeth forcing their way out, puppies chew and gnaw -- on furniture, on shoes, on anything that feels good to their aching mouths. The solution is to provide your pup with something that feels good but isn’t potentially harmful and doesn’t cost hundreds of dollars to replace. The perfect chew toy for a teething dog? A frozen washcloth. Soak several washcloths and store them in your freezer. Whenever your puppy puts his teeth to anything you’d rather he not, take the item away and immediately sub in a frozen washcloth. His sore gums will feel immediate relief, and the previous item will fade from memory like so many forgotten baby teeth. Ice cubes also do the trick. The pain of teething also brings nipping and mouthing. Nipping is a diminutive bite. Mouthing is the constant placement of the dog’s mouth on some part of you -- hand, leg, ankle, arm. Both habits can lead to biting if not corrected, so keep the washcloths coming. 2) There will be elimination. Eliminating bodily waste is an act of nature -- like breathing. We as dog owners must understand that he doesn’t care where he goes -- we care. Thus, it is our job to teach him what we want. And so we must first make a choice: outside or inside? Housebreaking your puppy means he goes outside and only outside. Paper training entails teaching him to go inside the house, in a specific area. I strongly recommend housebreaking. Once a dog gets the go ahead to eliminate inside, it’s difficult to untrain and switch gears. Once you and your vet have determined the proper diet for your pup, you’ll want to establish a consistent feed-water-walk schedule: He eats ac-

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Avoiding Scammers During the Holiday Season Here we are already on the threshold of the holiday buying season. Where did the summer go? Sadly, it's also time for us to be leery of online purchasing scams and of every email we receive that includes links. The savvy schemers are waiting, and they know we're looking for gift ideas and are ready to buy. It doesn’t help that Amazon recently sent out thank-you emails about gift card purchases ... which people believed was a scam email because they hadn’t made any gift card purchases. Message boards lit up as people tried to parse and analyze each sentence of the emails to determine whether they were scams or not. Many changed their passwords. Thousands flooded Amazon with phone calls, only to be assured that there was no scam, that it was an accident on Amazon’s part to send out all these emails. Amazon quickly sent out follow-up emails to those customers to apologize for the error. There was a collective sigh of relief that the email wasn’t a scam. But we shouldn’t let our guard down too quickly. And we shouldn’t be

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Flipping Out I tell you, one of these days, I am going to burst. Why does my housekeeper think she is an interior designer? As a matter of fact, as I reflect a bit on the past, most of my previous housekeepers have moved my whole house around. Why? I guess they all thought they were auditioning for Zoila Chavez’s job on Bravo’s “Flipping Out.” Every Friday when I get home from work, the guessing game begins. From the four corners of our home, you can hear, “WHERE IS THE ...?” and “I CAN”T FIND THE ...!” And as I look around the rooms, inevitably, the lumbar pillows from the slipper chairs are on the sofa, the orchids that adorned the bar earlier in the day are now the centerpiece on the coffee table, and my stacks of shelter magazines are fanned out on the end tables in the living room as if it were a doctor’s waiting room. But really, why am I complaining? I really shouldn’t be letting myself flip out. Every week is a different scheme. More than an effort to impress me, for better or worse, it’s an attempt at keeping my house feeling fresh. I probably should rejoice that I'm getting an opportunity to see my own things in a new light. As I get older, I am learning to accept that my particular point of view on a room is not the only way to go. In reality, there are many ways to sort and redecorate, arrange and accessorize a

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wary of scammers only on Amazon. It can happen with other online merchants as well. Don’t fall for suspicious activity scams wherein the scammer tries to convince you that your account has been either deleted or suspended for suspicious activity. What the scammer wants, of course, is your payment information, username and password. Don’t tell them anything. Call the merchant directly to inquire whether there is a problem with your account. Then there is the fake order confirmation that indicates you’ve made a very large purchase. A pre-recorded phone message will ask if you want to cancel or confirm that order. You’ll be told to press a button to speak to a representative. Of course they’ll want you to provide your account codes to "verify" it’s really you.Hang up! Sign on to your Amazon (or other merchant) account and see if that purchase is actually recorded as one of your orders. On Amazon.com, there is a page dedicated to security. Click on “Help” at the very bottom of the page. Then select “Security & Privacy,” and then click on “Report Something Suspicious.” Other merchants likely have similar pages of security information. Use it. Remember: Be leery, be wary, be suspicious -- and you'll stay safe. * * Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.

room or an entire villa. I highly suggest the following fruitful exercise to get rid of the blahs. Invite a trusted friend to come to your home and ask them to rearrange or reaccessorize it. You’ll be amazed at how they perceive your home. Granted, it might take a bit of effort to get used to things being moved around, but the reward is the feeling of a freshly decorated room. If you are not so fortunate as to have a friend to help you, revamping your decor still can be accomplished. The first rule of order is to keep an open mind. Allow yourself the freedom to pull a piece of furniture center stage from any room in the house. Secondly, it’s time to let go of any item that you’ve been afraid to ditch despite the fact that it annoys you. Yes, it’s OK to let go of useless items, even if it means throwing out the Chia Pet your significant other’s mother gave you for your birthday. The trick is to be discreet. (Oops, it fell off the counter.) Another tip: Moving heavier furniture will require hired hands. Ask a neighbor’s teenage kids or a handyman to help. Finally, choose the time for your revamp wisely. If anyone in your household doesn’t deal well with change, it is best to wait until they are out for a weekend or at least for a few hours to get your mission accomplished. It sounds like a lot of work, and it is! Maybe I should give the housekeeper a raise. * * * Joseph Pubillones is the owner of Joseph Pubillones Interiors, an award-winning interior design firm based in Palm Beach, Fla. To find out more about Joseph Pubillones, or to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

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Cody’s Corner (from page 9) cording to schedule, drinks according to schedule and is taken outside on the heels of either activity. Should an accident occur, clean the area thoroughly, and immediately take the dog outside and praise him. Accidents are not cause for punishment. They are opportunities for learning. Rather than accentuating your displeasure when he gets something wrong during the early leaning stages, focus on demonstrating how pleased you are with his corrected behavior. 3) There will be leash resistance. Most of us know better than to throw a saddle on a horse that’s never worn one and hop on. A leash to a dog is no more natural. Dogs don’t come with diplomas. We must be patient with them as they adjust to all our wacky expectations. The best way to gently introduce the leash to your pooch is to fasten a lightweight model to his collar and supervise as he wears it around the house. This allows him to get used to the weight around his neck. Play fetch with him, have him walk to his food bowl and eat, and do any number of normal activities; however, do not ever leave him alone with the leash on. Once he’s had time to warm to the idea, take him on a walk. Allow him to pull you. Tugging on the leash while it’s attached to his neck is no way to make him enjoy wearing one. He’ll learn to stop pulling once he begins obedience training and learns “heel.” Until then, cut the little guy some slack and have fun. For more information on creating and implementing a feed-water-walk schedule, housebreaking, chewing, mouthing, nipping or leash training, read “I Just Got a Puppy. What Do I Do?” or “When Good Dogs Do Bad Things,” or visit www.unclematty.com. Woof!

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SOCIAL SECURITY by Tom Margenau

Rumor Mill Misleads Vets and Prisoners There are so gosh darn many myths and rumors circulating out there (mostly online) about Social Security. That’s why I wrote a book called “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can get it at Amazon for less than 10 bucks. Believe me, you’ll learn so much if you read that book. But there are two groups of people who really have nothing to do with each other but who both seem to have their own special (and very misleading) Social Security rumor mills. I’m talking about military veterans and prisoners. I’ll deal with vets first. Not a week goes by that I don’t get emails from veterans who have been led to believe that they are missing out on some extra Social Security benefits allegedly payable to people who served in the military. As is so often the case with these misleading internet come-ons, there is a tiny kernel of truth to the rumor. But then exaggerated claims and false information take over, and things get blown way out of proportion. Here are the facts in a nutshell: If you were in the military anytime up until 2001, the government may add a small amount of additional earnings to your Social Security record. And note that I am NOT talking about extra money added to your Social Security check. These are simply extra earnings incorporated into your Social Security earnings record -- the earnings record upon which your Social Security monthly benefit is based. So the good news is you get these extra earnings put on your Social Security account. But the bad news is these extra credits are relatively minimal and usually will have little or no effect on the eventual amount of your Social Security check. And you also need to know that these extra earnings are automatically added to your Social Security account. There is nothing you need to do to get the extra credits. Now let’s back up and give a little more information about military service and Social Security. If you served on active duty or active-duty training in the military service any time after 1956, you paid Social Security taxes on your earnings just like anyone else working at a job covered by Social Security. And since 1988, inactive duty in the armed forces reserves, such as weekend drills, has also been covered by Social Security. That’s the simple part. What leads to all the confusion is that Congress decided to add extra earnings credits to the Social Security records of military personnel. And the amount of those credits varies depending on the time served. If you were in the military between 1957 and 1977, the government adds $300 to your Social Security record for each calendar quarter in which you received active-duty basic pay. From 1978 through 2001, the government adds an extra $100 to your Social Security account for each $300 you earned in basic pay, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year. There are times when these extra credits aren’t granted. For example, if you enlisted after Sept. 7, 1980, and didn’t complete your full tour of duty, you won’t get the extra credits. Check with the Social Security Administra-

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tion for more exceptions. Beginning in 2002, the government stopped adding extra credits to Social Security records for military service. As I said above, if you are due extra credits, you usually don’t need to do anything to get them added to your record. If you served from 1968 through 2001, those credits are automatically added to your Social Security account. If you served from 1957 through 1967, the credits will be added at the time you file for benefits. In some cases, you may be asked to provide your DD-214 (discharge papers) to verify your military service. The story is a little different for older vets reading this. If you served in the armed forces between 1940 and 1956, Social Security taxes were not deducted from your military pay checks. But in most cases, the government did add $160 per month in earnings to your Social Security account for the time you served. These credits were automatically added at the time you applied for Social Security benefits. So that’s the story. There are no big Social Security bonuses for vets. You don’t need to go to your Social Security office waving your DD-214 and expect to get a big pile of cash. (Although, as I pointed out above, folks who served between 1957 and 1967 may need to show their discharge papers at the time they file for benefits to get those extra earnings added to their Social Security account.) And finally, it’s important that I repeat this message: Those extra earnings you get for your military service aren’t going to make you rich. Because Social Security retirement benefits are figured using a 35-year base of earnings, a few hundred dollars sprinkled here and there into your Social Security account will have little if any effect on your eventual Social Security benefit. And what about prisoners? First, you should know that Social Security benefits cannot be paid for months that a person is confined to a jail, prison or certain other public institutions for committing a

crime. Or to be more precise, benefits are suspended if someone is convicted of a criminal offense and sent to jail or prison for more than 30 continuous days. Notice that conviction is the key. Lots of people end up in jails while they are awaiting trial or pleas. But until there is a conviction with prison time involved, benefits will continue. It’s also important to note that while the convict’s benefits are suspended, if he or she has a spouse or child getting monthly Social Security dependent checks on his or her record, those benefits will continue. Of course, most people don’t spend the rest of their lives in prison. When they are released, Social Security benefits will be reinstated effective the month following the month they get out. So, what’s the rumor being spread on the prisoner grapevine? It would have younger convicts, or rather, soon-to-be ex-cons, believe that as soon as they are released, they can waltz into their nearest Social Security office and sign up for Social Security disability benefits and have those checks start flowing into their bank accounts. There simply is no truth to that rumor. Of course, anyone has the right to apply for Social Security disability benefits. But no one will get those benefits unless he or she meets all of the rather stringent qualifying criteria. For example, they must have worked and paid Social Security taxes in five out of the last 10 years. And they must have a disability that is so severe it is expected to keep them from being able to work for at least a year, or they must have a condition that is terminal. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easyto-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the books at Amazon.com or other book outlets. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. CLIP AND SAVE

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and two matching mugs that I have owned for a long time. Each piece is marked with a crown and the words “Sterling China.” They are also marked with the name “C. Heurick.” All three pieces are decorated with the same image of a man with a feather in his hat, a pipe and a tankard in his hand. The background shades gradiate from a pale yellow at the top to a reddish-brown at the bottom. The tankard is approximately 14-inches tall and each mug is 6-inches tall. They are all in mint condition. I am curious about their provenance and value for insurance purposes.

Bone china teapot was made by Adderley, Ltd.

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