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"Dear Anne Iirst: 1 am in a demawore than 've ever bef are face, i have fallen 'n love with a' woman 1-6 years aider, and though she agrees the idea is crazy, she dechares she laves me taa! She is an aunt of a cal-lege chum, and we have ahmost 'everything in comman: Lave of art and sports, religion, the same sense of humer, an-d we even like the samne people. We b9th regard marriage as something sacred and eternai; 1 amn certaiP.. I can be true ta her foar the rest of my if e! -l knaw ofle w il] laug-h at me, but 1 hesitt only because her friends may scorrn her, and I1 hanar her taa mu-eh ta expose her ta criticism. Shea says she daesn't care. What do& you say? 1 TED" * My readers know tifat 1 am * on the side of loyers -when- * ever 1 can honestly be. 1amn * not on your side today. 1 ý * It seems ta be nature's kaw *that men marry wamen 0f *approximately their age or * yaunger, and ta f launt this * fact is ta invite trouble. I *da nat doubt this fine womnan * believes al she says, but ,she * cannat assume for long a *yauthfiness she wili fat feel. *As for you, in a few years *yau wihl find yourseif mare *ai, ease with girls of yaur *generation and though yau * may hate,.yaurself for it, there *will be nothing you can do *about it. * Meantime, the woman wilh *have faced the censure of lher * cntemparaies, as you wili *become the laug-hingc stock af *yours.. and yau can no mare *contrai that than you can stop * the sun from rising tomorrow * maorning. * M4any a young man becomes 4 enamaored af an aider waman;, * psychaîogists sometimes blarni *the mother complex. Properly *approachedI, it can mature and * eneý'fit thle lad in some ways, IIIRSTj * be ut ta contemplate marriage * s ta go off the deep end. *No miatter how eager this * woman is ta be yaur wife, * wihh be doing her no kcindness *ta encourage ramance. I hope *you wili stop seeing her and *at once, before you find your *self cammiitted. *Seek friends amrong girls; of * 6ir own age. You wili be àrnzedtofind how soon Yeu e.aZe in another love anid *another inspiration. J4IILANDERING HUSBAND - ',Dear Anne Hirst: During the three years we've been mar- vied, 1 have put up with my htiband's affairs, though it was diýIilusioning and painful. 1 arn thÉough. ýMy baby is cexpected in twa mo nths, and now my husbar.d IsaYs he's in love wýith a girl tie used ta date. She has nar- k ried but intends te divorce: her husband -- ta miarry mine! Rie demnands that I start proceed- ings, also says hier husband doesn't, know about hlmn. "What can 1 do? I can't thirk Istraight, and have no ane else ta acivise me. WORRIED SICK"« * You have caunitenanced * your husband's infidelities * too; long. Now, when yau * reed his love and teriderness *as neyer bef are, he has let *yau down againI. advise you *ta tell him that yau are *through wit-h pratecting hlmir *froni his foîhies. You will takeý *no action until the baby *cames, then i'l ne stihi wants *a divorce he can have it, éind *good rididance. *If he persists in this nion- *sense, let im go - ta face * the retribution that wiA' corne * whien the girl's hilsband fi'nds *out the truth. HPe wll de- *serve ai he -ets, and you wil *be better off without im *Yori know you can go home to *your parents, and since your *husband is welto-do, your *future and the baby's la se- *cure. * How faaish men can be!l It Is foolhardy to defy tihe Iaws of nature; not only yeu, but aise thse other persan IIu- volved wiiI pay thse penalty. Consuit Anne Hirst, andi know you cau trust her judgment. Write her at Box 1, 123 Elgis- teentis St., New Toronto, Ont. Chhina CeLebraéies Stan ,of Sm e Sumimer in China beg-ins in the faurth mioon. In Peking,1 streethawkers seil littie red cherrries like children's rosy checks, and mauve roses, dewy wet, fromn which Chinese house- keepers make a delicious jam. Then every garden is at its ho l,'iest, , wide awakýe at last. _Nat re rewards the Chiil'ýe have of floweirs withi a gift fox gro ng them. Bushies, shrubs, > even ,'trees, f glta folow their )riginal intetit and bend to the ih of the Oriental gar- ýdenier, yielding hlmi an almost,ý *,,ei submnission. The gerani- umr in an old tomata tin bioomns generlously for the poor boat- wýom-ai weho lvngytends it. Thle New Year naýrciýSsus no10fd S its star-pýetals f,-ri the crack- ed cup cf thle hm s ole Aý clump )of atr rw in the slon1y gl(rud bsbeis sentry- box for th1epoima who wa- terIs theM in fUI L urïiform with TRk1SANCESTOR - Richard DeIRay, 2M/2 years aid, tiesý ouf a harvest-time cradie, circq 1870, 'recentIy shown at an antiques fair. Wheels encsbled rttýher ta trundle baby out to the field where she rocked while shé,lelped roll iý the harvest. twëlfth is in charge of the pale Winter Blossom. The "birthday of flowers" in generaî is on the tweIfth (in some places on the fifteenth) of the second moon. Throughout China the fourth inoon beginis the fashianable seasan for garden parties, and the ,reat event every)wherýe is the apening of the peonies, for the peony in China is the King af Fhowers~, arnd used ta be cahl- ed "the ornament of Empire,." When these favourites reach perfection, the Presîdent cf the Republic himself sends ta privi- leged guests invitations for a "peony-viewing." . They are canveyed ta the audience hall, across a lake of lapis-lazuli, in one of those barges, with row- ers standing ta their oars, that formerly transported Saver- eigns. When formai greetings are over, guests are free ta) wander through the Palace gardens where thef- owers appear as beautiful pictures most beau- tifulhy framned. We cross zigzag bridges over ponds with shim-' mering gohd-fish, hîke streaks of fire. We pause in open pavili.? a ns whose roofs are draped~ with wisteria. Hlere and there, long purple-blue sprays hang as a curtain, staining the sunlight as it passes thraugh. A mauve carpet of fallen petals covers the nisible floor. Above our heads the bees in the blossoma make a sound like the dtrone cf the sea, in a sheil. Slowly, stopping ,-ften ta ad- mlire each new vista, we pro- ceed ta the throne of the King of Fltiwers, the grey rock-gar- dens w1here fantasy runs riot lu stone, the terraces faced witb yellow-gazed tules splinîtering into sunbeams, Here the plants are set out in stately rows shawinig how wel those Chinese gardeners of long ago under- stood the value of contrast: pinlç against green, grey against rose-cahour, the grouping of feteybambqos as a back- ground, the dark note of twist- ed pifes, all arranged ta eni- hance the perfect bloomssn drenched tbrough the trees, themnsehves sunfilhed cups. Fram "The ManYear;" by Juliet Bredon and Igor Mvitro- phanow. QUEER EYES Th~e eyes of a, whale are set far back and look in opposite directions, Th -canniot be moved ta look straight ahead or bhid.iiMr. Heapbigfish wants ta -Èe what's on the hori-. zan, he must stand up in the water and slow!y turn around. Three weeks ago spring flowe- ering bulbs were peeking through the graund. They are still peek- ing, na mare and no iess, for spring stili tarries whihe the weathermian treats us ta frosty nights and accasional snaw flur-, ries. Daughter was here Sunday and she was remninding me that an April 17 last year she was in hospîtal and 1 had taken her somne fr e sh stewed rhubarb, straighit from the garden. Ac-. cording ta the date it is now a week hater and yet the rhu- barb this year is na more thani an inch above the ground. No- body minds a late winter, or f ail, or even sumnmer. But a hate sprinig - that is harder ta take. Everything within us and around us longs far the sprinig, for the rebirth of fiawers and trees and shrubs. Those w1hp are weil and active and bus' b o ut their day's worlc welcome ,the spring. But ta those who are not so well, ta the convalescents, .to those wha weary of the four walis of a house, ta ail such persans springc is doubly weicome,. So for those. peopie in partictilar we mnost sincerely hope that good, heath-giving days are not too far away. And when they came, make the miost of themn, friends.. You who are bouse- weary, take tim-e ta be aut-of- doars. "Dust vi! wait but vio- lets wan't." Get out and enjoy the su-nshine - it is goodi for whatever ails yau. We are certainly hoping for a littie warm w,,eathier because, as soon as he can play outdoors, aur grandson is caming ta visit us - ai by himself. And iit wMh certainiy take the great outdoars ta use up some of his surplus energýy. Sa here's hoping - for bis sake, and ours too. In the meantime, wvhatever the weather, we have plenty to .înterests outside - and the in- terest is likely ta be mnaintained for somne tîme. Suirveyors frazu the Departmnent of Hfighways, are ail over the f arni, mappiug out a cloverleaf for NTo. 401, haîf of which wilh be on our fari. 1 suppose they knaw what they are dam g but it is ail a mystery ta us. One tim-e we look out and we see fram a ne tai three cars and six or seven men. Haif-an- hour hater the cars may be gone and nio sigu of activity any- where, Or maybe one car will be at the raad. No men in sigcht but by Rusty's insistent barkîng we know mien are samnewhere around - here, t.here, anywhere1 - we don't know. Sometimes1 Sift together 3 times 2 c. once-sifted pastry floue Or13/4c. onte-zlfted al-purpse fleur 2 tops, MOglc aking Powder i 1/ tep. bcng %oda I t ait MWx in 11/2 c. crlsp breakfast bran tereoul 1/2 C- Ilhtly-packed brOWn stir in C . Sour piIII<or hutteranlk i sp. vanffla1:. 6 tbsps, butter 0or margarine, mefted And so esy wirth fast-rising Fleischmaan's Active Dzy Yeast,.. .a treat that wili bring demands for "imore, leinun 8-inch square coke end stir until pan, nielt Sprinkle wilf S 3 tablespaons buffer 1 envelc or margarine Floisef P rizzle with Active 1/3 Cup honey Let stand1 and îprinkle witbg utir well s 1/ 2 cup broken salfed mlk mixture nufme6ats i weil-bi 1/3 cup atîlk Into the yeas Re'~move from heat and stir b ittoeh 14 4O'up honey2 US 3/4feaspeon Salt all-Put 14 V~Cup shortening 2/4teasiq cinnan Cool to Iukewarm.Sitdyig !. n the mieantlime, measure miïxture and Sinto a large bowl blended-al 1/2V cup lukeworm wrÂer S 1 teaspoon granuloted 4 po pared cake SU9Otris. in a warn draft, untild about 1 / moderately b about 35 nif pan im-media ~ 1W add lquids ail ut ancý,mi. lîghtly unil lust cambined-da nat oar- mx, Two-thirds fMI1 recied muffin pans with batter. Bake in niaderately bat aven, 375', 20 ta 25 minUtes. Moakes 12 to 15 avergge-3ized inuffins. itheY arrive bef are eight a.m., someimres they don't show up at ail. To keep track of themr would be one g;rand guessing gamne It is ailso necessa-.ry ta f or- get sentiment once the survey- ors get busy. First of ail they bring if a card which says that surveyors will find it necessary ta enter your property and that "a valuator will arrange to make sett(iment in regard to any. dam- ages.'" That is fine -- as far. as i goes. But caf. a valuator as- sess the worihth YOU, real or sentimental, of a tree or a group of trees? We fiave evergreens on aur property that were set out the first year we caine. From lit-. tle twelve -inch seedlings we have watched them grow ta sturdy trees, twenty to thirty feet high. When Partnper saw the su-rveyors working amoing the evergreens he begged themn ta save the trees. He was as- sured the trees would not be destroyed uniess i becamQ nec- essary. With that he had ta be 1satisf ied. Those trees took over thirty years ta grow and could not be repiaced by a simihar growth for another thîrty years. Alsa during aur f irst year ani the f armn we planted maples down the lane. Only a few of them lived. We treasure the survi- vars. It may be that one or more of themi will topple under the officia] axe. We shah ,becamor- pensated . . . in cash, maybe. But in ather ways? WJL; as-, I said bef are we have tqo sl sentiment - for that wa'3-ý 4eads ta hevartache. In the meantime Partner has his awn) guessing gamne, and a littie mare work at the barn - a fresh caw and a uew-barn caif 1tû contend with. And then he cor-nes ta, the house and wve get talking about the cantrari- ness of nature's haws. M an y timnes, when we were shipping xnhhk to the dairy, we hoped for heifer caives ta replace oid cows Ï sugar a issovd h contents cf lope ve Dry Yecast 10 minutes, THEN Stir the Iukewajrm e and -eaten egg ;peon vanalla ast mi;xture er once once-sifted «" urposeflour ioon ground ~ gedients into yeast ~i chout 1 minute. iiixture into p.re-, : pan. Caver. Let m place, free from daubled in bulk- i hours. Bake in a hot aven, 3750'5Z iiiutes. Turn u offlo iteïY. Serve warm. zs Needs no refrigeration You get~I miore delicious baked goods with dependalIe MAGIC Baking Powder. Guard against failures .get MAGIC todoy I Cests les$ than 10 prargebakir.g «'e.' - v v f "e Try rny deIicioug DE99E(RT BRAN MUFFIN9 going- out. So what didl we get? More bull calves than we want- ed, of course. One- season we had twelve bull calves and one hiel- fer, Another year twiittie hei- fers and the rest bulîs. Now with the idée of raising veal calves, we keep only two or three cows. So no w -hat do we get? Hleifer calves,~ no less. And last year, if you, remember, the first caw to frehe after we sold most of our miilking herd presented us with twin calves .- and hieLt- ers at, that. Sometimies AIt oks as if you cani't ,vin whatever you plan. Nature is hable to throw everything into reverse Which reminds me; A yaung couple in Toronto have a very fiee housecat. They are alsa ex- p e cti ng their first "blesse& event." Norma thinks it would be unwise to keep a cat when the baby arrives. So when she was going homne for a few days last week she asked Ted ta find a new home for the cat - with some frïends who had said they would like her. Ted, of course, dielayed this littiýe chore until the weekend. Friday night ha came home fromi the office tg find Tabby praudly -mothering four kittens. Quite an unloaked for event. Seemns to me some cit-V folk need a littie instructiona about the facts of life! Poal Norma, She was worried about one cat - and now she bas five. UPS AND DOWNS A pilot had ta bail out of biâ plane, when his engines corik- ed out. Floating dawn thiraugh space, he camnelupon an oid lady, who ýwas floating Up. "Hey, lady!"ý he yelIed. "Seena aniythinig of an airpiane going 'Just passed it," she yelled "See anything of a gas stave go. ing up?ý" =m-lv-«Selfflý ý-