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back page How to be a winner Classic homes featured in tour Success doesn't come easy, but a losing situation can be turned around, and a win ning one made. Renowned psychologist and best-selling author. Dr. Irene C. Kassorla has written a book to open the doors of success — "Go For It! How to Win at Love, Work and Play." Kassorla has combined her observations as a therapist with her treatment of suc cessful people to show that these winners share similar thinking and behavior pat terns. She uses fascinating inter views with some of today's true acheivers — Diane Von Furstenberg, Jack Lemmon, Bruce Jenner and Bob Wood ward, as well as others who aren't as well-known, but who have overcome tremen dous odds to succeed. Through these examples, the skills that winners carry to the top are pinpointed. How patterns of thinking are established, maintained and changed also is discussed. Tests are included at the ends of the chapters to give the reader the chance to evaulate his thinking pat terns. Once the readers has found what his thought pat terns are; he then has the ex- cercises listed to correct his specific problems, and trans form himself into a winning person. Kassorla also has published several other bestselling books including "Nice Girls Do" and "Putting It All Toge ther." Blue skating coming Smurf fans, drag out your little blue snow caps and tiny aqua mittens, and get smurf ing ready for a blue blast of some cold spring fun. This year's Ice Capades has been created especially with you in mind. Those cute, furry blue crit ters have entered the world of ice, and will be skating away for a special Easter en gagement in Austin at the Frank Erwin Center. Even if you don't get car ried away with the thought of skating cartoon characters, or aren't really sure what the difference is between a Smurf and a Smurfette, the Ice Ca pades offers something of in terest for all ages. One of the main attractions at the show will be a real character — Olympic med alist Charlie Tickner, who will be demonstrating some of his winning moves on ice. The show has six perfor mances at varying times, from today through Sunday. Tickets can still be purchased for $8.50, $7.50 and $5.50, with lots of discounts avail able. For more information call the Frank Erwin Center, (512) 477-6060. Galveston is celebrating spring with a touch of true southern charm — a tour of Victorian architecture and classic interior design. Their 10th Annual Historical Homes Tour will be the first two weekends in May. As a special prelude to the tour, noted architect and au thor, Howard Bamstone, will discuss Galveston's architec tural treasures at the 1894 Grand Opera House. Barn- stone is the author of "The Galveston That Was." Several community events will be held to coincide with the tour, include a Victorian Genteel Junk Sale on May 12 at the Ashton Villa. The 1839 Williams Home will host a "Little People's Lawn Party," which will fea ture games, refreshments, crafts and entertainment for children both weekends. One of the homes on tour is the Walsh Home, a railroad classic that was built in 1893. It features galleries, floor-to- ceiling pocket windows and a collection of fine antiques and porcelain objects from the 18th and 19th century. The Moser Home, a car penter Greek cottage, was built in 1859. It has a print room with a major collection of Piranesi engravings, and French, English and Ameri can antiques. This home also was featured in the current is sue of House Beautiful. Another home on the tour is the Garnett Home. This Italianate frame home was built in 1878, and has a fire place in every room, bay win dows at every turn and a col lection of oriental masks and antiques. Advance tickets are avail able by mail through Galves ton Historical Foundation, P.O. Drawer 539, Galveston, TX, 77553. For information call (409) 765-7834 or (713) 488-5942. 800C0CAINE The book that answers all you Questions about today'a fastest-growing drug problem - 800-Cocaine helps To help people with this se rious problem, a cocaine 24- hour hotline was established. 800-Cocaine was started to refer and inform those ad dicted to the drug. More than 300,000 people have called One out of every 10 Ameri cans say that they have used cocaine at least once. As many as one million are so dependent that they can't stop using it, despite the loss of their jobs, friends and fam ilies. the number in its first year of operation. Now there is a book writ ten by Dr. Mark Gold, who works at the Fair Oaks Psy chiatric Clinic in New Jersey, where the hotline is based. The book explains to the user what is happening phys ically and psychologically. Using case histories, it also discusses addiction, and in cludes a checklist for the non user which can determine if abusers in quitting someone else is using co caine. The methods described in the book have helped hun dreds of thousands deal with the problems created by co caine addiction. Included in the book is background infor mation on the nature of the drug — everything anyone would want to know about it. Facts about where it is grown; how it is processed and used; how it works; and its history are in the book. Other important informa tion in the book is a profile of what the typical user is like, what changes he can expect during his increasing de- pendancy and how he ends up when the drug takes over. The profile shown is enough to discourage experimenting. Another factor that might deter potential drug abusers is the listing of penalties of each state. First offense pos session of coke in Texas will get the holder anywhere from 2 to 20 years. y