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You ,will mant to order every !iew 4esign i n t. 9S - E 195C 'Dear Anne HrLt : Wlat wudyou do wihadauIghter hois 20 and wastes ail her timie vïih a neighborhood boy ofonly 17? She had a year m, urlocal college; hbe la orlya high -school sophom-ore. 'She dates hlm more often than we approve. She la intelligent, did weill in school, and ifJ' he ever nad an ambition beyond being? 'wAel1-dressed, we have yet ta discover it. 'Fe have protestedi about his, comlng, but she -will not listeni--ays shle will dO as ehe likes. She admints other lads biave trieýd to date her, but Says .she can't be bothered. "As a younger girl, she neyer Awed any interest in oui. hom;re, used it more like a board- îrng-house. She was good at sports but iever liad many girl friends, and those she sees now she met in, college; she spends tome evenings with them, but neyer brings them home. "The boy's fanify are nice people, but we neyer knew themr well. We, however, are very mucli conerned, fearful thlat t-he friendship -wil1 cevelop into ,ýom-ethi.ng serious. Have you eny comifort for us, WNEASY PARENTS" HAVE PATIENCE * There ïnust lie a strong *physical attraction between 'your dauglter and tis boy, $for ,it la ost unlikely there *can be a common intellectual *bond; lie must be considerably *backward to Still1 be in higli *schoôl at bis age. Naturally, *she bends him to lier will, *and lie la obviously willing, so *she la at ease with hlm. Tlie *infatuation wiill probably wear Sitself out, as tlmne passes. *Y Your influence over your *dauglter sliould have started *lon)g ago. Had she been given *th-e icuýstomary household du- *ties, she iiglit have found *pleasure in performing theme *well, 1eit herseif an im- *porta:nt unit, in the famrily *ý group, and developed a sense Sof resp'ensibility which in- Faces Are Pocketsal *cdd.a respect -for herpa. *.ff~'opiion. ~lngan onl'y * hld he wat per haps in- *dulgetiloà gl allotwed to *r goler own way;probably * er year in cege made lber >1 even mYore iýndepe-ndent. * Furter opp~ltlO t Iis * friEnidship wll oýýnly mike lier *more determJned. The wise *course la te accept thingsara *they are and say nothing. *One comnfort : the lad can- *not mai.irry withùut bis par- *ents' consent unfll he is 2, *and it la likely fhey would *oppose anj earlier marriage ai *strongly as you do. Se trY f0 *rela, and wait with what *patien'ce you h !ave. TEEN-AGER APPPECIATES "Dear Anne HiratL : Recently, m-any of your articles in our paper have been addressed to girls and boys miy age. 1 amn wrîting tnt tell you how much I. 1 as a t&n-r-ager, appreciate yu intereat in ,ouïng people. "1l'm a 1-ighi-scho)ol junior, sù I have mrany problemas. Your ceunisel et other girls cencer- ing dating, edu-ýcationi, etc., la always solid, and I otten have followed it miyself. "Thank you for your interest lu us, the teen-aâgers of today. GRATEFULt * Wieu a busy junior takes *time to write sucli a pretty *note, you mnay be sure 1 an *touche-d by its sincerîty. *The, teen years are vital ilii *the developmnent of young1 *people; it is then that they *lcarn to discrimninate, to gef *along with thers, anid do *their part as a miemrber of *thelirtam-ily group, Upon their! *sues in mnafuring wisely *dependa their whele future, *and every thinker and au- * hority feels if is a Privilege *te be of use' *T1he teen-agers ef todlay, in7 * my opj,-ii oO much amarter *than we o! .anofher generation *'were, are exercising. their *riglits and privileges judi- *ciously, with faste and per- *ception. More power te yen! Wben Parents are per$lexed at their clhildren's 'whiis~, Often patience is the only answer. Anne nirst's- understanding and -wisdom await Yeu, andi she wil conasider your problem thought- fully. White lier a! Box .1, 123 Elghtenth St., New Torontos, Ont!. 'The First Sap Flow Itwn' le long now before the sap begins te ris. -in the ,sul-ar mnaples ana - regardîcat, of anycne's opinion about wvhere the beat sugar originafes -- the first Sap flow is as happy an event as February ever off ers. If means thet Mardi is comniug, aind the equinox, and the buds and the leaves and spring itself. It mneans that winiter lias anl ending. And ahl the ice on the river, ail the cold in the therý- momnefer cn't check if when t ihe timre co-nes. We see the sun rising a bit earlier, setting eaci day a bit later, and we know; the old earth la turning as usuial, on ifs axis and lu its orbif. We asce the mnoon following ifs phase-s. We see the pines and the hein- locks on the rocky hillsîdes, shrugging off the sn-ow andsh' fering grouse and chickadlee. Thîin,s are in order, and we know it. But it isn't until tie is-ap begins fo rise that we trea'lY f eel it. There is the substance of knowledge, but f hi e r e is the essence otfbeief hich miusf rise frein inside; ift, too, "lias ifs sa son'. you h iave tobe sick Io know you vwill recoverP. You have te c ol d t0 alpreciafe the wamh aybe you can, besf be- lieve in the cieange thaf is sprirg9 Tough Coon A 'ferïmer Ivas attacked recently by a. ferocîous animal in the darknress et lis hay lotft, where he lad climhed te throw eut some hay for Lis herses. The fariner acrambleu dewn bis laddier with what lie thouglit te be a giant tomn-caf swarming ail over him. The caf w,,as scýratch-inig, bifing, and growlg Glale, bis son, investigated the 1 loft. lHe came eut tast -- a 1Se craving the quietnfesa et far places. rinally, the local garne war- den, waa eDled ii, EHe disco-vered the enimal te ha a fernalie ceeai. Apparenfiy, heref t of Ine],- wn yeunig, ah. lad adepted t'wo kittens affer driving fIhe old caf away. The warden maneged fo remnove the old ceea withouf ijuring ber. Thereetter, Allo- Iway was able te teed bis herses in peace. Surprising what ITtother instinct wifl do te an animnal at fîmes. %I1NGERFARN This wekscelumu laîs wriften especially for members et the Womnen'sý Institute, mainly te0 draw yýour attention te the wiufter edition of "Homie and Cotuntry-, whidh contains a chai- lengirng editoriai hy 'Miss Ethel Chapnin if the capjtion - "Could This,, Be aSumrF- low ,Yeqr?"' MViss Camnbgn it h tie ann0ouncement fiat, duriug the lest two yeaý,rs, there ina been a d2ecase lui eibrsn of 2,039, Ove îreason for the de- dine fiasared been estali- lisied frein the rep,-orts of Branch mee2tings in wihich sec- refaries have sfated ,ithait 'e cause ot se mnany appeals for money and se much busieýss to attend te etings there is little fume leff for1,eier pro- grain or sociaibility, se wemer are losing, interesf in th-e mati. tute. OlId memnbers are diroppîng- eut and if hs impossible to at- tract new euoes." Th-eni Miss Ciapmina adds fils : "Ia it pos- sible that we are getting iuto S( much big business th3tf we are neglecting fie warm, vital, pe- sonal intereaf s that cauglit fie imagination of women 58 years ago ?" The editorial ends wifh i ;his question : "In brief, eould w. mrake tflua asummer tallow ye.ar?", But there are sugges- tions' fer combining tuncl-raising wî,jth enferfalumrent. W.1, memnbera, 1 am sure yen. wli agree there la food for thoughtin l that editerial. Is cuir organizatïin beceming jusf an- other exampie ef "big businiess"? t! yeu are a senior member o f tee W.I. thinkll batrk for a minute to 1947 w7hen the Wo- men's 1institutes of Canada staged at Guelphi that stirring and heart - warming, pageant "Let There Be Liglit". Rem--cin ber the stage production e f those firat meetings when women ini ruiral seé-ctionas got togef ler for the purpose et helpin-g eacli other along the %way; sharing -with their neiglibourcs such in- formation as came the-ir way te help maîntain happy homes and raise healthy famriillies. There were sewJng becs, qjuilting par- ties, demonstrations in nursing and homeeraft and hiappy socialI gatherings where i-eighbour met nieighbeur. The luernbership tee was se mo (aii ti f11 l) that even the peeresf could jein, and atter becoing a memibe~r there were few cails te deplete teheý s-lender purses of the fimces, But yef, in spite o! their -li-ifeti financial sta.tus the rural fol1k in, those days dld lielp each othier ouf. And fhey lied a woni- derful time in se doirng, thelv lives cons jderably erichbed byr association and the buman bond et sympathy. At fie jubile. celebraf ionse just mentionied, Mira. Uugh Sunmmers sald flua: "As we face another era, we cannot knowý what lies ahnead et us. Witb flia decentralizat ion etf lfldustry coming te flie fore, our rural areas should inicrease greatlýy la population. If titis be se a far greafer numnber myay have fleur lives made -more interesthng anti wit' h the1I Wvell, we are well on thie wa.y in that new era toreseen byrMrs. Summers. The popI-ulation in rural areas has undoubted!lynin- creaised, but have thie ives of the people been made "more in- teresting and satisfying throughi their contact with the W l'? Semi-e have, ot course, but, is the proportion great enough? Isn't it time te take stock et ithe situationi and figure out in wihlch direction w-e are hea-ding? Are wve going frad slipping, hack or just marking time? Have our branches degenerated into mere money -making organ-iza- fions - eachk branch anxious te out-do the ether- in raising mnoney and in giving the largýest donations to various appeals? A certain amount t omener.y umuat be raised, it la true-but f00 f a.i east is west, Raising- money masendies work for con,- veners and committees anid ap- peals for assistance fromn less active members. Older mnembers have hiad their day, having' worked faithfully during the early days of their br andi; younger mnembers have smal famnilles to conàsider and provide fopr. la it fair to expc ete one or the ether to respond te repeated calla on their gener- osity ? WoLdn'it any branch cf ýW WLI.bc more likýely ta attrai new members if less emphasu were given to raising- money anti, more ta helping inewcomercs ai 'Young mothers toe metûtgetbherý in an informai and frienanf way, discussînig and listening te addresses, or takin-lg part iie mnoderate fund-raising projectp that could be at one- and t4e same tinte, educational and tertai ning. 'Let There Be Ligit"*. Ye but of what good la the light if it be clouded by a fogý of t05, much business and too mnany finlancial ventures. Hew does youf4 branchf rate îla this matter? Withi the rural population up and the overaft memnbership ot the W. down5 isn't it, time w?ýe gave the mte seious consideration?" The W.1,.isa imuch tike aiý orange. The sections are tthe branches; the outer co-vering theý Federated W. And you know how it la . , . the Peel et a!n. orange may bie good and souno, but if the sections are dry ai pithy thlen the ora;ngelse t fia2vour'. T hey're amazing good Mode wifh Amozrg New Acti"ve DRY Yeaisi'! WINTER and SPRING SA1I7PNGl qCUAR1T EROE TO BRITISI PORTS Fint Class from $192 Tounist Cliss from $145 ROUND TRIP FOP AS LITTLE AS $290 TO FRENCH PORTS- Ffrst Class from $1 99.5 TouristClsfom$5 VESEI rs MOTItAL Freni NEW YORKE rt A AÂX 70 FRANCONIA -1T -1 'SE . T a. FI. 1t Havre, SouthaMpton QUI EZBEH-Fni. FFR. 17 Cherbourg, Southamploq PARTHIA -Fl IS 7-1 3e~o S ONA-Fr;. Fle,. 24 Sui. 1'EB. 25 cobhb. Uverpial A ANA-Thurs. MARL 1 lut..MAR . 3 Havre,Sohapn *MEDiA -Fr,. 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