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e This Dog Star Is Bcirk Perfect With slow, tmeastired ltnead Pame te unerall procession, th,? pa]lbearers carryingý the coffin, while between their feet trotted a smnall shaggy grey dg Asth sad littie procession ap- proached, a voice could clearly ha heard (apparently coning fromth coffin), saying ini sof, peruasvettnes: "Goodl boy, Bobby- wait -- wait - good b)oy, Bobbyl" The little dog obeyed the com- mands unhflesitatingly. Then an- other voice called "Cut!"ý and everyonie began to talk at once . the palîbearers deposited the coffin on the grouind, slÎd off the lid - and out stepped a sillng, remnarkably hamle and hearty- looking man in colourful sports shirt. The lîttie dog wagged its tail enthusiastically and rushed to greet lm. This was on the set at Shep- peýrton Studios, where Walt Dis- nley is filmixag "Gery-friars' Bob- by," the story of the faithful lit- tie Skye terrier who one hua- dred years ago kept a f'ourteen- year vigil over bis mnaste'r' grave ln Edinburgh's Greyfnilars Churchyard, Playinlg the Important titie role is a m.-ery littie nineteen- motith-old IHighland4-born pup w'th a perky expression, appeal- ig eyes and frisky tai! Who. naturally enougli, bas acquir'ed thne name,, of Bobby for Life. His iniseparable, companion and tutor - the mnan in the coffin - is Hungý.aian-borni John Dar- lys, now ariaturalized Irishiman, whqse unique stage dog act is_, world famous. Watt Disney de- cided to sign hlmr. for the tricky job of training. Bobby, Ten Skye terriers were bought -or the filmi- and fr-om that an- ray of pedigreed talentý Bobby -was chiosen. Quite a large area of Shepperton Studios had been, wvired offf for Bobby and bis two îtanid-ms and a large notice warned visitons against talk4ng w oro making friends wLth tbem, For the first four wAeeks, Johni Darlysz put Bobby througbh hL traiing iýyroutine every two houns lght round the dlock, day and aightl. It mneant seting the ?,alarm dlock and staggering anounjrd out- Super-Jiffy Knit Warm, bandsoma forý school or sp)orts! When wintry windX blow, collan convents to a hood. Super Speedy-Knit -- use Juni- ho needlas, 2-strànds knitting worsted for hooded, zip-froat jacket. Pattera 890: directions chlld's sizas 4. 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, in- Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be- accepted, use postal 'pote for s-afety) for t'hi<s pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Biox 1, 123 Eightaentb St., New Toronto, Ont. Print ppLainly PAT- TfERN NUM1BER; your NAME anid ADDRESS. JUST OFF THE PtPESS! Séndj now for Oar exciting, new 1961 Nýeadlecraft Cataiog. Oves 125 dasigars to crochet, kait, sew, am- broîder, quilt, waave 1. !ashf- io-;ns, hofmefuiraisbiag.ls, toys, gifts, baza-ar hits, Plus FREE - i- stutosfor six sm-art vail caps. Nurry, send 25ý Inowl side with a flaslight,, but it was the. only way to get the training la the short tLime at thair dis- posaL . Atertfive weeks, shootiing began on location in Scotland- and Bobby had -to be bark, per- fect. H1e learned to speak when told, to sit, die for bis country, dig uinder a door, jump ïn and out of high - windows, 'lie down on) bi,ýs sereen master's grave and look sad and, most difficuit o!f all, to follow bis tramner by a round- about route long after he was out of sight. This they practised lan.park-s at ever greater distani- ces until Bobby neyer f ailed. When this >was done, he was ready for work. Bobby hiad a transportable; kenxnel ln the caravan or on theý set, so that he could rest (ikie any, other star) between takes. 11e was groomed every day, in- cluding having Lis eyes and teeth cleanedi, visited regularly by a veterinary surgeon - but didri't at ail like being made to. work in wet weaHer! Night With Cobra Turned Hair White Worryý and frigbt can turna cat grey in a very shortj tim, it hias just been disco-vered. This bappened to Buster, a haîf-Pen- sian owýned by an East Anglian wom'ai:.. He was a black cat when, un- obser-ved, ha liespped into a lock- Up garage a short time ag-o. 11e stayed there for a fortnight and camne out grey. His owner 'ladspt many hours dail searching woods and fields for, hlm. Whten ber pet wuas raleased, she wvas sbocked by bis appear- ance, Said' an animal vvelfare ex- pert: "Ther~e's nio doubt about it -this is an authentie instance o! anxiety trrping a cat' s fur grey.11 Can hiuman hair, too, turm grey or white in a nigbt? "No," declare students of hair conditions. "lit's time this fallac y was axploded. No on's hair aven turned vvhita in a night- an.d never wilt, "In the_ ordinary or pbysio- logical whitaning o!, the bain the change is not due to an altera- tion or disappearance of the pig- ment of the bain, but to the ra- placment of a dark or colour- ed hair by a clear bair freea front pigmeint. Tharafore a man would have to go bald in a single night first, and growv white bair after- wards." Yet thu e leend persists that Marie Antoiaiette's hair turned grey the night before ber exe- cution, despite thic fact that it is now.: known she had been gre"y- haired for soma time pr-eviouisiyý. A young *dairk-ha.iredl doctor weat into hiospiïtal for a vitld operatioln. When he camne homei,, bis fiends ma-irvelled at the fact that hLs hair wassnwwie "It must have been the orlal of the opeTationi," they whisp- ered. Thay were w rong. While in hospital, he hiad not bDeeni able to dye ]bis hbain -it hdprema- turely whiened a bisteens - 1 as ha bad secretly done ever'y dlay, Said Profassor Stiedaý, of Kon- igsbarg: "Ail the supposed cases o! sudden bianching of the bain are itherintce of deception or o! incorrectobevtn. But manyv years ?ago, a soIlier in India was, fort somre breacli of duty, condemned to spendI oaa night Wa9a dark ceil appoint- ed for solitaryt confinement, "Havqýing thrown, himrsel! on the ground, he suddenly felt a large cobra gl-idiaig over bis bd' wrota a reporter. "It formied itselfinla acol! upnlhis Ches 't, attra3cted hby thewamh "ýRealizingI, that bis onfly o of safety consisted of keepin THE! GREAT CLASS STRUGLE -- Mayhem and merrymaking share the exýra'cuýrricuIar scene rit De Paul University, The upperclassmen aire b'aniing the freshmen in the anýnual pushhaJi game. Tho- field is thoroughIy soaked befforehanid for irterest. ~~~~RFARM C-meý-doi"eP. Clôt&*ke know -- if we stop to think about it. What ble doas do is point out thé foolishaess o! al- iowiag,, oursalvas to be lnfluencad by advertising, to the axtant o! buying n!ew g*im.micks. wben wbhat wea aready biave ana prob- ably far more satisfactory. Mn. Packard says manaufacturad goods today are not mecant to last. Potato peelers to rafrigera- tors are put on the rnarketl naw styles just to induce peo- pie to buy -- to keep up with the Jonieses. Don't we kaow it? Keep la fashion or you mnght as wel ha dead, sort o! tbîng. I find there( is another way la which everyday !iiying is morei or iess governed by advertisiag --that is, by supernarlket week- end spaciaIs. What 1 would like to know is w}hy al chain stores offer the? samne "specials" on thie samae days. What oaa bas to ofifer the othars have toc, whetbier it's beef, laimb, or poultry. So your week-end roast isrn't always what you- choose but what the stores want you 1to buIy. Housewivesî with a daap freeze don't have to w-orry but for sm-ahIl families without thaL tlxuiry it's a case o! taka ýewhat's offered. If you have a freezing, unit in your "f nig" you can get arounid it keaping, more than ona kind o! mneat on liane] - but there is a limnit to iwbat a freeziag, unit will, hold. What I wvouldI like to know isi how thîs samatness la "specials"i comnes about. You find the same tbiag in departmient stores. Doas aach s t o r e and supermrarket have its own secret agents on is it a combine where aach store a.grees on wbat shah hae put on special for that' day or weak? It ahl savours a hitla too much o! the custom .ýo! holding a carrot bafora the donkey. And o! course At is the public -- you and I - who ara the donkeys. We are los- ing,, urs independanice to the supeniparlkets. 11, is diffarent On a f arm - or it used to be. Whea- visitors wa.re axpactad it just mneanit kiliing- a couple o! chick- ens and enjoying, their savorinaess without regard to -week-end spe- Cdais. Well, wa do youi know th)ene is whýite staff faliing out- side. 01ur flrst saowflurry o! the season. Got your car wiatenized? 1, just got under the lina. Chief's Fiat Head Goes Bock Home For more thani a century the ocld-shapedi skul o! a famous American Indian chie! namied Concomfly bas beeni presenvad la a special base in -a Britisb naval hospital. Now it is beiag returaed to the United States at the urgent raquest of the citizens o! Astoria, Ore'gOn - an 86,981 - square- ile 'state \vhich was beld joint- ly by Britaini and the U.S.A. un- il 1846 vher it became Am-ren- can territory. Why is the skull going back? Because la in1961 the peeple oi Astoria plan to bury it in a mie- miorial during thie lSOth celebra- tion of their city's founiding. Chiief ConcomlY was the head of a tirbe of Chinook Indiaxns ,who gave great hielp to tlhe Amne- rican expflorers, Lewis andi Clark, which enabled them to survive-, thle terrible Oreglon- winter of 1805, Followîing< the chiefVs death l a 1829 in Oregon, a Hudson's Bay Com-lpanly officiai found the ul -- easily identifie,, because' he hadi a very flat head caused by excessive bïinding la childhodýd - and shipped it to Britain asM curiOsity. The major accent seem-s to be on youth in the political c-am- paignï- and lit's a parent that thoughtfully adds; ". ,.,. and the secondary accent--with yý,outhý- is on spending.," S>' Populair Request PRINTED PATTER-N A familiar figure is l'ost to the rural section o! Ontario -- Mn. Moses Zener, o! Toronto. Evea as fan, back as 30 years ag-o, fan- mers living wti a radius of 50 miles of Toronto, and villo kapt poultny as a sideline, would think somnething was armss if they did niot get a eauff nfom Moses Zener sereral times dur- iag tbhe year. Zener was a gentleman ro! the Jewish 'f aith wbo bougbt and sold live poal- tny -- and 1 do mean gentlemnan. Haý was a sbsewd businiessmfan aiways courteous and obli- in - acven if lhe did try to maka you believe bie was losi'ng money .by fenn to buy bens.. at the pnice hae offered. Howe-ver, wben ha made you an effer ' you coufld either take it or lea3ve wvitJ]ou1 giving off ence. And aniothei' thing la bis favour - if M\oses proised to comei, onTusa he cm.If noý bha would phone,- and let yori know. And he cacr- tayknewv how to judgec and hnde poultry. MaaY a deal we hiad wvith 1Alose- Zenler thýroug,-h the yeanrs and we e alwai sý- more or lesss1asfedj. We cuidi han-idiy baehlm for iow prices if the maruket was g,]iuttud \wîth poultry or if we- happenecid to be seiliag at the vro(ng timeI(. And n.ow poor old Mdose Is daad, killed la an acdetlas, wekon Highwý%ay 27, invoiviag a car nid the. picok-up truck he- was drîving. We w,,ere truly sorry, to hear it. We liked Mfosa ZeneIr and Ae founid fhlm inter:- esting and wefl-informi)ed. Ple told us mrany things about Jew- ish customis and g-ave uis a first- band accoant 'o! thewedn when one o! his daughtars got married. if 1 rememro ig2htly Iwas a threeday celabratin If it was cold wbaen Mose calied ha wouil oftan coInte into the kcitchen to get Warmn and have, a cup of tea. la summarnr hewad stand around ln the hara and talk asý long as wýe were willing. I anSure many fatrmers eside ounSelv viii eell adly that MNr. Zenier ru ct1dea-th ii insch a ttrgic Our farm h le sometinI(S ha1d an oldish man helpiag hiim - ani "appy," bu -t radio reports didi not mnention anyvone being wt himn at the time of the accident. Well, Il've Igot one imore room redacorated ' siace 1 lastwrt the den. Tt is finished ail ex- cept thie deep, wide cupboard- which is finst cousin to Fibber McGýee's hall closet. It wil have to be done but I quail at the thought! 'INuf sa-id a, the pras- ent. What you _shioald find ,mone in- terestiagý,ifol ieýad cornes frnthe pan ,of -Vjice Packard, in bhis latast tbook, "Tb4 «Wàste mal- ens." So fan I have read oniy the raview. Actually he doesn't tel tus nything we doni't alneady Amply rut for larger sizesl Handy poýckets, buntton back pre- vents shoulders from s!iVping Embnoidery adds gay touch. Printedl Patterai 4950: Wom--en',% Sizes Small (36, 38); Medium (40), 42); Large (44,46); Extra Large (48, 50). SmaU 27/s yardls 35-inch. Transfer. Send FIFTY CENTS (stampe, cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattera. Please prifft plaïnly SIZE, N A M E, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Senti onder to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 EighYlteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. SEND NOW! Big-, beautiful, COLOR-IFIC Fait and Winter Pattern Catalog has over 100 styles to sew - sehool, career, haîf-sizes, Only 35v. SSE46 -1960 t Starlings To Blame For Tragedy? Emillo and Ida Abate o' un cMass., fait, a little self-con- selious. Thay were the oiy par- entts who went to Boston's Lgi Aýimport a few weceks ago to ce tSeir 18-year-old son Frederu k(h off to Marine Corps recrit training in iParnis Isiand, SC,. -We jokad aboat it with Fe, ,Mrs, A b a t a recalid 1ater 'ýlaag2had about babyvinghm" Fred and founteen more re- criuits>, along with 52 othen pas- sengers and a c r e w o! fivec, boarded Eastern Ainlines Fligiýt i375, a sieek four-engine prop)i- jet Lockheed Electra houind [on Philadeiphia, Charlotte, N. (., Greenvilie, S.C., and Atianua. The airpliane taxied out to Ruti- way 9 and, as the Abates wal, î- ad fromn the airpont observation deck, took o!ff ovar Boston, Han- boum at 5:4& p.m. Momnents ltr fiame erupted la the port in- board angline and the plane slewv- aed sharply to the iaft, nos-ed over and plummetad inito 8 feet o! cold and choppy watar ila Pleasant Park Channel1. Rascuans swarmed to t he scane la smrall boats fromf v yacht clubs that lina the sho(_re. Skia divers. plunged' into ta.eý mruddy w'ater, fast dcepenitg with the incoming tide. Tbav picked ap oi-drernched and chili- ad survivons, sortie o! tha-m sl Il stnapped la their fioating seats. iOthens tbey piuckad frnm the sunkzen wrackage, bunst to bits by the impsact. The wvork co.- tinued into the night uindas saarchiights mouinted on17 th- beachi. Latar, the rascuars ran up th1 1e sad toîl: Sixty-twvo dead and tan living. Fred Abata was not oie o! the tbnaa surviving Mrns Nos was thera a surviving pilot to talk, to Gea. E RodJ, Que- sada, tha Faderai Aviation Ad- ministraton, who arrived eaaly the naxt morning to sea w hat bad caused this fi! th mtajor crash involviag the ill-starred Elactra, The first discovany by FAA Iinvestigato,,s was a aiumber of dead starlings littaring the sur- face o! Runway 9. Than cmawi lifting the wnackage out a!thb? muck found bits of feathers still sticiag to parts o! the plana. The bodies o! the birds were dispatcbed tQ,, Harvard, wbierae pathologists axaminad them ito leamai the cause o! daath. But avnbefore thein ffindings ware, raponted, Quesada believad he knew tha ecause o! the 'crash: The Electra had flown directly into a fi'ock o! starlings, and tnce birds had been sucked inltO the Elactra's turbine engijhas, catis- ing the plane to lose- power just as it tookfigt She Reads Faster Than You Can! How fast can. yoa nead? If you can take i l trae avaragec news-. papar, columas la tan rm-inutes, that's average goin.g -- but very slow ArCOMpared with the collage girl who damnonstmated lhan prow.- asa Stheu other. day bDy readiag a book On sociology aI lite rate o! 14,000 words a inmite. Site la a pupil at the Dynm- maicà 1lastitUte, Washirigtoni, U.S., fouaded bysholacr Evelya Wood, who -spec-*alize.,l J rpl readlng instruction. Average 1folk like you and rae can absosb about 250 çwords > nute. But Some o! Misýs WOdGef pupils -have attained z25 limas that speed. Oaa pnodi'gy, a librar.. ian wha igels plenty of opportu-n- ity to) practice, liasý actually ht Ibe 20,000 wpma mrk. U-,l il- oe? nsaa o