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hE XRD SRI e SRP 1 SEN (ANNE HIR HIRST "Dear Anne Hirst; Seven years | city and I'll never see them again. ago-l had a brief affair with a + girl from my office, At the timg, I thought I had good reason . . . I soon realized, however, I loved ° my wife, and wanted only her, We were reconciled, promising to forget the past. Though the affair was. definitely ended; my wife has never céased to nag me about + it. She made such scenes that : the girl quit her job. "Since then, my wife has ac- : sysed me of having an. affair with every new girl that joins the staff, She will not believe my denials. If I'm a few minutes. late getting home, she is furious; I never know what mood I'll find her in. When we discuss any fam- ily problems, she eventually blames all our troubles on my running around! I only leave the house at night without my family to escape her scenes. CHILDREN INVOLVED "We've been married 16 years, and have two lovely children. Now my wife makes it a point "to start arguments before them, ---tells them I'm a no-good father and husband, and she screams her accusations loud enough for the neighbours to hear, Heaven knows I've been faithful to her, and a good parent, in spite of her tantrums. When 1 have threat- ened to leave (which she asked me to do) she says she will take the children to another Bouquet for Brides Spring garden of flowers to beautify bedroom linens ~ and © guest towels. Easy to embroider =and so pretty in white or pas- tel - colors. Remember, too --- "hardmade gifts mean --so- much more. : 3 Pattern 603: transfer six. mo- tifs about 4 x 13 inches each. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be @c- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. EXCITING VALUE! Ten, yes TEN popular, new designs to "erochet, sew, embroider, knit -- printed in the new 1953 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Plus many more patterns to send for --ideas for gifts, bazaar money- makers, fashions! Send. 25 cents for your copy! has - .- 2 8 0 * LEE NE TE EE EE EE JEL NT JE EE REE TNE SEE EEE NE "That thought I cannot stand. "1 love them, and' in spite of her belittling me, they do love me, "I've thought of quitting my job; but I have a long service record, and anyhow, I don't. be- lieve it would help . . . I am tired of living this "sort of life. The children and T"are upset nearly all the time. I am at my wits end. Can you suggest any solu- «tion? © pa C. H. 3. o If you want to stay with your children, I'm afraid you will have to put up with your wife's unjustified accusations. It will require all the restraint and endurance you can muster, but it will be worth it. She is cruel and unfair, to carry these accusations from year to year. She knows why the affair began (and she was not blameless) and- she must know it has ended. This was your one offence. She must re- member you are not a prom- because of your children, you would never repeat it. Evident- ly you are living an upright life, and receive no credit for it. She keeps you on the de- fensive, and shamefully mis- uses her power. Her suspicions have become an obsession. I agree that a psychiatrist might be helpful, but she refuses the -idea indignantly. LAE SE I JN NE SEE TNE EE TRE SEE TE TE TE NN SET SNE SSN SL SE SS SS. Whatever the provocation, you were, of course, wrong to break your marriage vows. *-Now you are paying, and pay- ing high, for it. But your chil- their mother's continual tirades. This is another reason you must stay with them, using your in- fluence to counteract hers. I do suggest that you employ all possible tact to avoid these scenes. Get home every day when you are expected. If you are delayed, telephone, and name the hour you will arrive. Give her no possible excuse to question your fidelity. When she does raise her voice in re- criminations, 'leave the house ~and, if you possibly can, take the children with you.' this a habit; it. is a gesture that (wha knows?) -may dis- courage her. 'When the youngsters grown and on their own, you can, if you desire, be free of this miserable. existence. * * * are Many a home is held together only for the children's sake. One's personal happiness is sur- rendered for their welfare . . . Anne Hirst weighs each situa- tion thoughtfully, and will ad: vise you accordingly. Write he at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. MOUNTAIN BOATYARDS The Dutch. island of Saba, in the Caribbean, presents some- thing-of a problem to boatbuilders as the island rises steeply from the sea, and possesses no- har- bours. Nothing daunted, the ship- wrights build their boats on the top of a mountain and then low- er them skilfully into the water. NATURALLY LONG Two workmen sat down to eat their lunch, and one began .un- wrapping a narrow parcel about half a yard long. "What's that?" friend. "Well, my wife's made a pie for myself." "A bit long, isn't it?" "Of. course it's long-----it's asked his rhu- 'bard pie." ¥ 7 k 4 pe i Basking Ina Basket--Two aime. 'are ude' for this device. It « can be used as a chair, us the young lady is doing, or it con be used as a basket, 'handy for carrying garden produce. The chair was exhibited at the International Garden Show in Ham- burg, Germany. pa ' iscuous 'man, and particularly dren are paying, too, suffering' Make: away, so I | i } | | | i Strange Happenings Atop High Building If 'you're in a' nervous condi- tion, you would be well advised not to go to the top of New York's Empire State Building -- even if you had the chance. When you "Step out of one of tire 72 eleva- "tors (they operate in seven miles' of shaftway) at the 102nd floor, "you'll see things that will make you doubt' yourself. . - : Standing in the observatory on top of the tallest building in the world (1,472 feet to the top of thé TIVAower) you'll see the snow falling up, because of the per- verse air currents. Coloured Rain Sometimes red rain falls thigk- ly on the huge glass windéws. It's "attributed to the red .clay sucked up by winds outside the city. Occasionally, just to be per- verse, unaccountable showers of white rain hit the towers, stain- ing the stonework. The strictest teetotaller may recoil in terror from "snakes" which seem to appear under cer- tain "atmospheric conditions. In fact, these are due to a strong wind which- produces a' mirage (in appearance exactly like a huge python) crawling out of the air towards the observer. So high is the tower that there is frequently a temperature vari- ance between the base and the top. This is often in the region of nine degrees, and the record variation is twenty-four degrees. A giant, four-engined bomber once crashed into the building at the seventy-eighth floor. One of the engines passed clean through the structure, while another fell down an elevator shaft. Bursting fuel tanks caused .a fierce fire, yet seven floors above the accident didn't know anything -had hap- pened. A tribute to the great stability of the structure The effects of St. Elmo's fire (a dramatic form of static electri- city) are startling at this height. When a storm is brewing one can lean over the parapet of the observatory and pluck a handful of cold, blue flame out of the air. A visitor to the skyscraper can charge himself with static . electricity if he is insulated with this--if --t- _ rubber-soled shoes," Try you want to give your girl friend a shock. Provided the day is dry enough, she'll remember the electric thrill of that embrace. " Way Wonder Sew only has FOUR different outfits to wear! Start off with the jiffy sun- dress--then button on the bolero, scalloped capelet or dress-up col- lar for Monday-to-Sunday vari- ety, Use remnants, save fabric, money, time. Send now! Sew this now! Rattern 4666: Children's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 sundress 15 yards 35-inch; bolero 5 yard. This pattern easy to use, sim- Sted for fit. Has ~ ple to sew, is' complete illustrated instructions. Send THIR®Y-FIVE CENTS (36¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. \ USEFUL KNOWLEDGE "George is marrying ohe of those all-round girls, She swims' drives a car, golfs; and is an alr' pilot." "Lucky for (leorge he ean cook, iom't itr people working . ation, "arm one dress, daughter ' - Every Day is Ladies' Day--"Just a boy 'and a girl," was all the - family Angela and James Willson wanted when they were married in 1934. But Mother Nature had other ideas and now they have six girls, two of them twins, and no boys. 'At top are the Wilsons with Judy, 13, Next below are Marcia and: Marlene, twins, 9 left 'and right, with Nancy, 10, in between. j Bottom are Susan Jane, 4, and Cindy, 2%. Li. . ea Brn HRONICLES Tanger FARM Guendoli ne PD Clarke Glory oe, the sun is shining! May it so continue, then perhaps it will not be necessary for me to light the I did yesterday. After all, it is the middle of June so that is not exactly an unreasonable hope. Quite apart from the necessity of fing, warm weather for haying --which has not yet started at Ginger Farm--we shall welcome sunny days so that one in par- ticular, of our present visitors can-sit out in the garden. You see we have niece Betty here, re- cuperating after a shoulder oper- which means she cast from her neck to her waist, immobilising one shoulder and completely. Frosh air and sunshine during the day will naturally help her to sleep better at night. Joy is also here so the one helps to look after the other --which is fortunate as I may be "away for a day or two next week - --if we are not too involved with haying. Last "Saturday good fortune .came my way. For the first time in months I went to -an auction sale where I knew most of the stuff to beroffered was really good and in excellent condition. I looked it over the night before and came away wishing I could afford to buy two dil paintings that were included in the sale. Saturday came--and a big crowd, and a good buying crowd -- as there were many collectors' items among the china and glass. I shut my eyes and ears to most of the bargains that were going under the Yai but 1 wished 'the auctidheer would get around to ~ selling the pictures-because-I felt I couldn't drag myself away un- til I knew them. But the pictures were in the living-room along with, the piano and walnut furniture, and the contents of that room were the last to be sold. At last the table was sold, the chesterfield suite, the piano and a beautiful what-not. But the pictures were on the floor, leaning up against a wall, People stood in front of . them. and,- the auctioneer was 'moving away, the pictures being --out.of his. sight. Someone said, "the pictures--you haven't sold the pictures!¥ | were brought forward . . . bid- ding started 'unbelievably low. The auctioneer caught my eye and I nodded. Another bid, and then another. I nodded again. The bidding stopped. I waited breath- lessly . . . was no one 'going to raise my last bid? As 1'waited I suddenly realized that, however much they were admired--and they were admired--not every- one would want those pictures, they were entirely too big and (unsuitable for the average-mod- "ern home. That, also, was the reason the executors were let- ting the pictures be sold--no room / furnace today--as has a. what happened to' So the pictures | for them "anywhere, even as family heirlooms. They are 16" by 40" and were painted by an artist in the family years ago. -Once more the auctioneer look- ed around . .. "ladies and gentle- man, this is a crime . . . these beautiful oil paintings . . . but they've got to be sold." and fin- ally those .unbelievable words-- "Sold here to Mrs. Clarke!" The pictures were mine. Actually! I brought them home and Partner liked them as much as I "did. Then came the job of hang- ing them--a very ticklish matter indeed. Even a good picture can be ruined by being unsuitably hung, 'especially one in oils. We tried them here and we tried them there; separately and in pairs. Finally we decided they looked their best either side .of the door facing the west windows. There they catch the light and change every hour as the sun moves from east to west. But I am forgetting -- I haven't des- cribed the pictures to you. One is a sunset scene in early winter, thé ground lightly covered with snow. A young buck-deer stands seeking, questioning, with a new awargness of life, The other pic- ture, probably late fall. A moun- bracken, and on the lonely trail, gy old warrior, obviously alert to every - danger that threatens creatures of the wild. . edge of art but I know what I like and the sort of pictures I want 4o live with, I only hope they are not offensive to any critics of art who happen to visit Ginger Farm. Last Saturday I saw' yet an- other picture--but of a very dif- ferent. kind--a picture of real life. It was thé picture of an el- "pital, her faded eyes bright with excitement. She sat on the back + seat of the family car; a nurse was tucking her in with pillows and blankets for greater comfort. The hospital 'is often the best place to be when illness strikes but oh; that wonderful day when the doctor smiles and, says -- "Well, 1 think tomorrow we can -send you home!" Home . .. castle "or cottage--it has one universal meaning. It is the Place where © we belong. ETI Ve LN 'BOY GROWS "HORNS" Doctors in the Protectorate of - a short time ago--a boy who grew "horns" on' his fingers. Aged fourteen, he was taken to hospital with horns nearly as long as the firigers on which they had grown. On the end of each horn was what looked like a fingernail. saged regularly, and one morning 'the horns were seen-to fall off. Then! it was found that his fingers were unusually-pointed. The horns will go to a medical museums in thie foreground, head to wind, The boy's fingers. were mas- tain veiled in mist against a . sombre dull-yellow 'sky. The rocky foreground, dark with stands one stalwart stag--a shag- ~ I don't pretend to any knowl-- derly lady, going home from hos- Somaliland had. a strange patient : were normal, except that the tips' "yorced, Next, hg "Lamarr. They adopted" a child, Found A Live Lion In Her Dressing Room Hollywood marriages can be chancy affairs. Gene. Markey first married Joan Bennett. They had a" beautiful daughter,. then di- married Hedy then divorced. A third try was the Perfect Wife, Myrna Loy, but after a whilé.they divorced, too. 'One day Hedda Hopper, Tapious Hollywood columnist and screen * actress, 'said: "Gene, when what you really want is a ite, why do you kacp on marrying. picture stars?" "I. Just keep on trying," he replied, smiling faintly, "some-* where in this world there must be a woman in whom are com- bined all the qualities I'm looking for." "Beauty, wife, mistress, mother, : flar rating--Gene, you're looking or something not yet born on. this planet." : "Maybe so," he said with a twinkle," but 'I have a lot of fun , looking." 3 "It Is So sity!" In her sparkling memoirs, "From Under My. Hat," one of the most candid, amusing books ever written about Hollywood, Hedda Hopper says that John Gil: bert, wHo acted with Garbo, beg-. |= ged her in vain to marry him, He even had a suite of rooms arranged in his house for the great Swedish star, and the black marble bathroom 'cost him15,000-- dollars, When he showed it to her she put her slender hands over her eyes and murmured: "The marble--it iis too shiny--" so he got workmen to flute it and - take the shine, off. : Hurt by her refusal, he next yjooed stage star Ina Claire, then eloped with her to Las Vegas. In the wedding pictures Ina carried a bouquet of wilted flowers. "Weren't they awful?" she re- marked to Miss Hopper later. "Just 'as we were about to start the ceremony a little man came up from behind and pushed them into my hand. When it was over, I learned he was the town under- And That's That_Shirley Buch- : anan, queen of the 8th Annual Los Angeles Home Show, takes hold of the dress material on one of the 201foot-high displays to show that it's the real McCoy. Phe gigantic can-can girl is one of several on display in the Mar- di Gras area of the show. one baby without baby teeth. They were. replaced at North- western University Dental School because of decay. He'll wear the false teeth until :his permanent - 'set grows in. I taker and didn't think it proper for a bride to be married with- out flowers." When Garbo got news of the "wedding she merely burst out laughing and said: "It is so sil-ly!" . Cat Feud At one time there was a feud between Gloria Swanson, who loved cats, and, Pola Negri, who hated them so much that she ordered every one to be banished fram the studio. Her cohorts ran around 'snatching them up" and dispatching them in bags, while : Gloria's scoured back alleys, rounding up strays to let loose, putting out cans of milk and liver __tit-bits to woo them. In the night, Gloria's cats would be seized and cast out. In the'morning two more would appear for every one ejected. Then Gloria scored oft Negri by riding from her dressing-room to the set in a wheel chair, fring- ed on top, pushed by a Negro boy. Everybody said: "She's just showing off." But Miss Hopper says She swears to this day that her costumes were so cumber- some she couldn't walk that dis- tance to the stage. Frances Marion, the screen writer, owned a beautiful Scottie which was killed by the vicious police dog of her neighbors, the Fred. Niblo's. The blow was felt . by everyone, but Frances and her husband did nothing about it. Their twelve gardeners, however, taking things into their own hands, were busy for: days on 'a mysterious activity. Then, in the night, they dropped twelve bag- fuls of snails on the Niblo's lawn, and in no time the garden didn't have a living flower! Miss Hopper got a scare once when she was working till mid- night with Norma Shearer in the studio Louis Mayer took over at the Selig Zoo, where wild animals ~ are trained for pictures. Return- ing to her dressing-room, she found a lion sitting in the door- way! She let out a screech, ran " back towards the set with Norma at her heels, found a night watch- man 'and tried to tell him about it, but her teeth were chattering so, she could hardly get out the words. He just gave her a big laugh. : "He wouldn't bite you, missy. He ain't got no teeth to bite "with, "He's ot claws, though." "They're clipped. Don't go bein' afraid, ladies. At: night when all : the picture people are gone and there's nothing for the animals . to be scared of, we give them the run of the place--they'd have the run of it all the time if you folks wasn't clutterin' it up." Tr "THIS WITCH BEWITCHES A LOBSTER Working her. ' wizardry. on an - unsuspecting __lobster, pretty Trudy Golden made him stand on his head. She did # by placing him in position and gently stroking his baek. Yoothless Tyke -- Admiring his perfect teeth from a distance,' 'three-year-old Billy Siglasky Is 4