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'h. WhitetIouse Newspapç,r womnma-ybe blasé about a lot of things, 'but î)o about going to the Whlite ýHouse! An invitation to lunach i,îth the First Lady sent exctement through the iwbole femninine presa, corps recently. There was the usual feminine -ommnent on "what to wa, howý to rteply to the invitation, And so on'. "Neyer use a bal point pen," advised one purist- thte implication being that this would be as gauche as us>ing a pencil. Almiost at the last minute, a rumnor s,,ept throughi theý Pros., Bu-ilding thýat "the girls aren't going to wea-cr bats!" There waïs consternation until it becamie evident that thec rumor stommned from a smial contngent avýerse to m-ussing their hair-clo, mofo wehom don't wear bats anywa.y. Ont newspaper womnan sport- ing a, brîght fiowveredi numiber confessed shec had bougbtità "about haîf an hiour ago." There is a special aura about tht White House. It is biard to define. It is not so inuch -what ont sees there but the way ne feels about it. Myv first visit to the white House ,vas during- the war when I arrived iin Washingtn in time tao attend some of M'.Roose- veit's last p)ress conferences there. We congtregated upstains in the nlow off-lîmit f amily -rooms. One hias a feeling- of awe on entering the White Ho(use for t-he flrst timne. If is an emiotion pc- "_uIiar to Amnericans, 1 upos.1 don't know that I agree witb Mrs. Kennedy that the MWhite1H1otuse fias a "cold" appearanice. She saw it first as an l1-year- Old wben sh1e vwasý taken there ,)Y hier miothier. She necaîls it as s;eeming aquste-re and lacking in warmitb. That is why she la try- lnig to make it secin more "home- like" now to the thousanda od %chool cildren who tour the ïo-wnstairs publie rooms. In a recent television inter- view she spoke of her effort to gnake certain that there a-re e lowers on the tables anld tires brnlng in the fireplamces l n the 'Wtnter. 'Tbrough ber ,,ew Fine Arts Suhta this jiffy-wrap batter $at tops shorts, slacks, skirts. Little yardage -use remenants. eattern 572: pattern pieces; fgansfer of emnbroidery; misses îizes smail 10-12; mediuim 14-16; orge 18-'20; directions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postali note for safety) for this jattere to Laura Wbeeier, Box 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- ,nto, Ont. Priet pianiy PAT- 'EERN, NUMBER, your NAME Anid ADDRESS. JUST 01FF' THÊ PRESS! Stdnov. for qlr exciting, neew 1961 1N1ýldecî,aftCatalog. Over 125 designls fo crochet, knrit; ýevi, nh4r4quilt, weave - ashn- bazaar bits. Plus FREE-inlstru-c- t1oins for ,;ix smart veil cps Xurry, sezid 25i- now! ISSUE tg - 1961 ;e bas, burne( t er, P aitioneed ao1f fi lnLa! aNy'tte square, acnoss from thle White House. Chairman o! lIrs. Kennledy's commission is H{enry B. d-u Ponit, director of tht Witert'hur Cor- poration. Winterthur is the famed du Pont niuseumler i Wil- mingtan o! fine Amieicani furni- ture and decorative objects o!ý the 1640 to 1840 peniod. "Aeyone whlo lbas seel Winýter- thuilr w-ilkow tbat wý-eare Seri- oua len-bat 1we ope ta do," Mrs. Kennedy stated durîng tht- televisian Interview. We don't reall~y wan ta r. strict it toaran speclal peniad because this býouse êan't bea . rigid miuse'um. Everyoee who liasilived in it is a part of t. W& jus! wan! ta get tht best tig. Living in th-. White H ouse ba, its problerrns, particulariy w-bei it comes to raising children la the constant glane of publiity thiat surrounds the nation's first family, wites Josephine RipleY le the Chistian Science Mntr Mrs. Keninedy gave as ani ex- ample ber desire ta take Caroine ta tht circus. She finaliy de- cided against it becausýe she knew it would inimrediateiy focus at- tention on ber daughter Bad spoil It al for ber. Sa Caroline w ias sent10,ta t circus with a !riend wbere, un- recogeized, she had jus! t1ht klcnd of a good timre any chiid w-auld. 111 warked so bard to miake her littie ballet school a pivati thlng W. cauld do together - and there were ail the pbatag- raphîer waiting there wben We gat there. Sa it is a littie'lbard." Sa far she feels Caroline bas not been, changed by the atten- tion. "She la stili tao littie,"' but Mrs. Kennedy confessed that she look,,<mforw-ajrd wvithi sonie appre- he.nsion) ta the time w-bei ber âaughter w-lu start goieg ta sehoal. Asaeputt ,if she is le the papens ail tht time, that Wili affect bier littie classmnatea and tbey w-l! treat ber differ- ently. That is why I 1arn 50 anlxi- ous-we alw-ays treat ber tht samne, but it is how othier peopile treat ber becausze they bavý,e read about lber." The Kennedy ciidren's play- gnoud, itbthtswing, jungle gymn, and sand box, is so close ta tht, street press photographens had no trouble at ai l snapping1 pictures o! Caroline at lilay ne- centiy. Tbey bave been especial1- !y requested not ta do this againi. Caroline and her brother wert nowhere ta be seen, when newvs- papes.. womien arrlved for thieir luncheon party. Parties at tht White House can 'be excitieg, for thase wbo attend them.n But possibly youn g tenanits p:eePing' out o! upstairs windows may bave a different Point o! view. She Got the Drss Thcat She Wanted Ail Paris is chuckling at th* expense of a celebrattd New York socialite who recentiy cc- turned to tht United States wlth an ",exchsisive- gown" for which she paid $400. For thie dress coa5t $2.25, Tt bappened during tht recent showing o! spinig cllectionis by t h, eleading Frencb fashion Tht Ameican womnan "lad beeni an, bonouned guest at tht fashion displays, but biad f ailed ta sec anything she considened g000 enoüugb for tht party She was plan-ningl on bier return homie. She wanitedl sometbieg reaily "dif!! ernt." Famoius P a n i s i a n- designmers; îusstd anound ber witb t'heir iatest creations until suddtiniy shie sp otted a vivid blue dress, in! a silky m-ateniai, drapeýd over tht back o! a chair. "This is 1!" she exclaimred ex- cited1y. *"But, but . . -" stlammrer- ed tht propietor o! the bouseý, onily 'ta be siienced by bis cuista- fi ail fs1'e NOTABLE VISITOR MAKES aRIrEF VISIT - Winston Churchill, 86' ' surveyis Ne,,, Yo'rk horbour fro'm the deck of thec Christina, Ieft, ,s two flur~sO look on. ChurchIli, cruising aboard the yacht owyn-ed by Oreek shipping rnognate AristotI.Oassis, ma~de a cnt-dacy stop ut the port folIowing a toor of the Caribbecan and a short stop in Florda. An impromptu welcome by harbor fireboats greeted Ji* grand old man of England's finest hour. What a day - ramn, snow and high w,ýinds; ditches runining and the* backyardl like a swamnp, BPut thank goodness al the moisture ig outside, not Sa miuch as a trickie in the basemnent. And epeaking of moisture, wi are now able to drink water straight f-rm th tap without thiat awful taste and odour of phenol that was with uS~ for over a week. The tow,,nship water commission, stilli isn't sure of the source of thie phenol. Whierever itcame from we certainI!ý hope w.e don't get it again. Howe-'ver, it answer- ed one good purpose-L - it -made us ailppreciate our iusually good water supply. And yet I suppose we shoculdn't let, such trivial mratters as w-ea- ther, and watcr cnef us when bigg"er events are takiing plaqce- Russýiasedn the first man Jnto space; si2gnts of more trouble -in Cba, and so on and so forth. By comiparison you and I are littie people, aren't we. little people who understand our sinall everyday problemns better than problemns of space and revolu- tions. And isni't it better so that is, better for our pe-ace of mmdia? In our ininmediate fail Jerry ,as devueloped Gra ese -right after thetre of them hacljust recovered froni ch7.cken- pox. Gustav,, the rew puip, la still is stili providing De ýwitb plenty a! exercise in heir attermpts to get him house-broken-r. And we hlave had dog diffkýuIle3 of an- o-ther nature. 1Las;t Wednîesdlay twa black -retrievors were frisk- ing around outside with Taffy. They were Ilovely dog-,, friendly and full o! fun but camel to us directly when they were caLle!d. Obviously they had e-scaped cus- tody fromry somneone or soj-ae place. Between uis Partn-er and 1 mnanaged to catch tbem ianti L them llup .- we were so afraid they vwou!O ci bit on the cad We foun they crn 3tag,ý giv- i'te nre, desa 1i phoqe numlber of ;hII oû%', e wý-e pecltin akî')iý it P simple mltr oI'-. themn which we <d.The f- 'eîiomif the dogs was soon exp!iined The lady o! the lbouse hjadgone shopping, i, e a v i nl g the ten- mçrntbs-oid dogs in a fenced-in enclosure, They hlad climnbed it and jumrrped over the top. To, get here they hiad crossed the busy Dundas Higuhway, so. you cani imnagine how deligbtful Mrs. - was to get themr back, aga.ini, sa[(, and unhiarmed. Our next excitement w-as watcbing the N.H.L. hockey tele- cast. The finals we-rethe most exciting qayseriýes,,that we rememnber. Now hockçey is overV for another, season and in their play for the Stanley Cup, the Chicago Biack H1-awks h1ave vwo(jn aweii1-deserved victoryj. Workwise 1 have been bu sy caticbài ng UpiOf) onru scb iold book- keeping. Wbstcb leads ta, a cru.- cial question . . . is it, or isn't it, worthw,,hile ta keep track o! day by day expenditure? Ont persan w-hase opinion 1 askied replied - "It is bad enough spending tht mýoney witbaut warry.ing about whene it gats.", Another couple told mie tbiey ai- ways live on a wvell-balanced budget, As for us we don't at- tempt ta budget but w-e do Iceep an ittrsized accoul ni0f tvery- thing w-e speýnd. That way w-e know if w-e art speeding too, mucb le any ont direction. Di' the book,-keeper le our famiiyý. 1 Eind it f un -- and full o! sur- prises. I bave my ow-n System o! book-keeping - wbicb probabiy na ont tise would iuederstand!,I 1 keep a roughi, evei:vdayý record which at tht ted o! tht week 1 break dow-n into separate hecad- legs and enter into a tbree-coi- umnn accounit book. If --as witb thtew-eeekly accoue!t book 1 w-as bebied, but it w-as quite easy to- bring it up to date. And bee- ,is w-bat 1 fouind. During tht fir-st fteen wteso! 1961, le com- panison w'litb 1960, w-e spent mnore_ on fuel but less on food, gas atid drugs. And Partner la strutting like a peacock because duning that samne period lie bas smioked ont cae iess o! tobacco! Other things wýere mort or less3 equal sa that tht overaîl picture show- ,ed a decrease o! about three dollars ,veekly. Now-, le vie-w- of ail the Public- ity thýere bas fbeen just lateiy about w-bat it costs ta live it iight, interest you to lknow that our total outiay for food each w-eek averagces $1 2.94. That la- cludes meat, groceries, bread, miik and es-fo)r ourselves, ont cat, ont dog- and any company that ýw-e nay have. Las! year ýit w-as $14.441 so tither w-e are eat- ieg itss or tht cost o! somne o! tht itemis -e buylbas ganc dow-n. I try ta buy economically butvwe certainl-y bave ail w-e want of gaad, plaie faod, We could lîve on lIess if 1 did mort balng. But a! this stage o! tht game saving w-ork is as important as saving. mney. Tht most important thing as 1 scec it is talilve witie orne's income - >and ta pay cash ighit acnoss tht board. linstailmient buying, is something o! w-icb w-e haie neyer approved. If w-e baven'! got tht money for w-ha! we-want ,ve do wihu it. Years ago I beard ahlecture i leiwicli tht speakelýr said -- "If you tare 95 cents and spend a dollar you-'rlýe itrouble." That la as truce today as it w-aS thcnr, and alwayýs will be. Modern Etiquette B.y Anime Ashley Q.When a wemnani S àaymg ber first eall on a, womaUc .who* lias recenitly noved 'into ' ýhe neighIborhofod.' how long' s1youI she remaùn? A. Fram iiS1 ta 20 inutqae sh-uld be lonig en-)ugh.- fJ,ïày7y, a w-mnw-hci bas just io-ved corikon br lhands and she "I know it -wili sound oddi," said tht pretfry Swedish girl. "But, Docto)r, can you rmak c me about 4 inches shorter?" When ah. waiked inta the of- .fice çof surgeon Lars Unarider- Scharin in Harnosand, Sw~ei. back in~ 1959 and made this bi- zarre request, 16-year-old Ingridl Westman w-as 6-jeet 1-lnch tafl and utterly iierabla becauise ahe "feit 10k2 a big bear" amnong hier smnaller classm-.atesý, Today, howvever, atter baving undergone two of tht mnost cotrover-sial operations in Sw edîrh medical bistory, lungnid is 2 (not 4) inches shorter, Andi while a couple o! iniches mighit lot seemi li'e mch she is bappier than she ba-s ee been before-. The uiqeopenation xasper- !orm-ed last summrer when Dr. Unan;.der-,-Scb'arini cut 2 inches (more hie thougblt wouid have made Ingnid"dsrptiat" fromi the upper thîgh bone in her lef tle and joined the picces with a silv'er Plate. Six wee-ks later he dîd the saine thing- to hier right leýg. The muscles were ieft untouched and gradualiy adjusýteci by -themnselves.'W hcni the stony of tht casew-as pub- lisied ln the Seîhpress, tht medical controversy began, Tht dispute was stili simmnering last weekç, with maos! Swevdish dcoctors of the opinion that Ingrid's com- plex about bier hieight was a case for a psychiatrist, net a surgeon, "Young people often experi- ence difficulty in accepting themyselv-es as tbey are,"ý said Dr, Elsa-Brita Nordiund, a promi- nenit Stockholm plastic surgeon, "However, thîs is a transitory stage." Dr. Arthur Engel, chiie! of the Royal Medical Board, wbich has autbority over ail o01 Sweden's '6,602 physicians, in- sisted that "a doctor mnust nat act accarding ta a patient'a re- quest, but must be- motivate-d by hi. ûwn expenlence." In bis 0w-n defense, the 43- year-oid chief surgeon at thEt Institute for the Crippied in Harnosand (a lumrber part' in nothern Swýeden) points out that be deiiberately waited two years before performning the operation ta set whetber Ingrid wnuld, change bler mmid. But even Dr. Unander-Sebanin- is having sec- ond th'oughts, "It was a danger- oua oüperation and I hope I-ýý-l1 ,Mie Said hed b-e betteýr ,off dead and-If.tûok hlm a! lis word.," by the fur fcnrv~y Back home in the smai"l -northecrii town cf Ornskoldsvik, lngrid, daughlter cf a local grocer, sai& thaut she "f eels nouai"anidha e-en gone out on the siopes t3e skýi. Does being 2 inches shortet reaily îmake a difference? "When 1I used to go to a selhool danice,"ý the attractive young% brunette. recalled, "the boy s sel- domn asked mne to dance. But at thle last party 1IIhad a partnier forE every <ance. Wheni I got homen* at 2 a.m. 1Iwas deadJ tireýd, but veryhay" Sun-S ational PRINTE.,ýD PATTERN 4822f Cool, pretty and quick ta sew -it's tht muu-muts! No !ittinig pnoblemns-pop 1! aven dauighter'a bead ta w-car as sundress, smrock, beach caver-ail. Pattern includes pretty panties. Printed pattern 482,2: Chi- dren's Sizes *2, 4, 6, 8. Size8 dreas, 23,'iyards 35-inch !abnic. Seed FIFTY CENTS (500> (stam-ips cannot be acceptedl, use postail note forsaty for thia pattern. Please prInt pIaiinly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Scnd ordler to ANNýE ADAMýS, Box-, 1, 123 Egtet St., Ncw Toronito, Ont. ANNOUNGING tL eb1 ges f ashlin lshJow ofCiSpLing2-SL1mrn1er, 196-pages-, pages, pags f pat- tenes len oui nc- -ColorCataog just out! Hlurry, seed 350, now! GREAT RKCEPTION TO GR~AND OLD MAN - U.S. dignitairie!s vieit Churchill aboar4 ship Chut'chit's quiet return was in contrat to ia ?reviouz 'isitover nino y.ars igo. In Jonuary 1952, the tho*n Prime* Ministr rercèived à iahdin'g ývoton, right, as h. addr.ese-d a jiant session of Congresei in Wash- lagt'on. Churchill ormoun-ced h. hcsd corne "not for gold but for steel" o4s tilan In i'hose days sought to relieve an economit çr!si-s.