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NE 41RSTJ Famdq êu.udot "Dear Anne Hirst: Once you printed the story of an aged ni o t h e r neg-lecfed by al ber rhildren, anid you implied tbey Koul:d siuffer accordingly, ffrough the law, of retribution,. What do you fhink will happen ,o this wormn1Iwrite you about? heneyer visited bier ill nothr for years, and neyer cared how the old lady was getting along. Yet she stili eioys the best Îere iis -in life. EHer butsband's- 1-ncome bas more than doubled jýuring the iast few -years, ber tw o cilden sf111 love ber dear- y. T'm neot saying tbey shouldn'f, but wby does she have every- Ihing when sbe cheated her own mot ber of any filial affection? uThat mother wsmy -mother's best frîend. Lef t a widow, she wenf to 1work f0 send this girl throuagb college, and deprived kerse'if of genteel living tbat ber For Boys and Girls Netbing prettier for play than these adorable liffle baby sets! ý3ewing a cincb - embroidery too! Fiwer embroidery fer girls; tedidy bears for boys! Pafttern 'ff; To fit 6-mnonth, i year, 18- gnonth babies. Tissue pattern, transfers, directions iinciuded. Sý'tgte size. Senid TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannof be accepfed, use postal note for safety) for t bis pattern to Laura Wheeler, 1M Y-ighteenth Sf., New Toronto. Pint piainly PATTERN NUM- B&ER and SIZE; yeur N1A'ME and .AIIDRESS. Our gift te youi-fwo wonder- fi patterns for vourself, your bomec-printed in cur Laura Wbeeier Needlecraft book for W95& Dozens of otbier new de- signs tec ordler-crochet, knit- tnexbroidery, iron-ons, nov- ete.Send 25 centls for your .copy of this book' NOW-wýith gifti patterns printed in if! de.ighter migbt have the best andl meet the nicesf people. Lit- erally, she died a year ago of a broken heart, because ber only girl was ton busy (and consider- 1ed berseif too superior) te bother with an, olci-and f ailîng parent. Will this daugbter, too, gef ber comne-uppance? You must know many such situations, Maybe 1'm not a good Christ ian, but if would cheer me up if 1 tbought she wôuld. be punished in ber lifetimre. IMATILDA" RETIUTION * Many leýtfers have corne to me *that su2ggesf a son or dJaughter *wbo forgets bis or ber mnother *pays for it la. tle end. In my *persona! experience, I have *known 'two instances compar- 1 able to the one yvou quote. One *ý son married and mnoved to the "coast, and be neyer se mucb *as opened the letters bis moth- *er wrote himi every week. If "if had not beeni for bis wif e, *the nmother would neyer have * eard anything of him as long *as she lived. For somne years * he prospered, but recently hec *was strioken wîth an incurable *disease, and lie rages at bis fate. refribution? Perbaps. *The daughters of another *wonderful mother not only ne- *gîected ber parents, but was *actually cruel to them. She lest *ber on.ly chiid a year agýo, and *she wonders why. *In the case you cite, this *daughter may inideed be enjoy- *ing al the good tbings of life *-but wbo can predict how bier * cildren wil treaf ber wben she * grews old and troubiesome? They may turn their backs - *or f bey mnay not. Often one *dees not live long enough to *know wbat punishments awaits *such a beartiess person. *In contrast to) these examples "the parents of five married chil- *dren I know came east recenfly *to. visit tbemn; the motber is *frail, and f elf if migbt be the *last time she could see themn, *for tbey were scattered across *the land. Every cild visifedl *her, bringing their children and *grandchildren, and I know that *1 one couple borrowed .money for *the trip. She was the beloved i centre of attention; they pour- *ed ouf their love an-d gratitude *as only geod cblîdren can, *Their visit was a continuous i triumnph for ber, and tbhey left * er ç%ith a heart full ofthks *givinig and peace. *Next tim-e such rigbteous in- *dignat ion gets you down, think o f the cberished parents you *know,ý whose old ag-e is made *beautiful by the reverence o! * their familles -- and mnultiply *their number bY the thousands- *likce themi. If is a mnore cheer- *ing thougbfi to livewt. BRIEF ANSWERS To "Discouraged":. Show alil te leffers the soldier wrote rou to0 your mother, ai-d promise ber that from now on shec will se eaých one as it arrives. I think she wil1 relent. Tocunec1e":Icannot ïagree with your attitude. You took ex- ception to a natuýral incident that 1involve-d your busband, instead of understanding if for the ininoceLnt one, it wa 1 suggesf you get FASH1IONS FROM PARIS - In 'the newest hat styles from Paris, France, we see milady, right, wearing the Iatest in ight, sun- repellent "finery" fashioned f rom a folded newspaper. The Garde Republicaine, at Ieft, is Iess comfortaible3 in his hecivy brass helmet and "pony tail." this slraigbtenied eut with him before be loses ail patience wif b To "Worrled Now": ,tIf s pos- sible te overdo apologies. This boy is annoyed that yeu eep bringing up the matter, though I undlerstand wby you insist Later, be wili realize be lbas been unreasonable. Unfîl be dees, keep silent. To "PerplexedtV: Instead o! be- ing hearfbreken that your soi- dier's letters corne seldom now, remnind yourself thaf mnany situ- ations wbjch do net inivoive yeu can prevent bis frequent wrifing. Being understanding new i. yolur nole, se play it well. To "Sad Bob"-. If yeu persist in your attentions te this girl, she will lose ail respect for yeu. She bas been frank to say that she prefers the other man, and thaf is that. I knew how pain- fui this period is, but caîl on your pride and go your v.way. CORRECT "Dear Ane Hirsf: I am .15 and 'm goingto- the Prep senior prom. The boys are wearing tuxedos. I bave a go,,n I wore te a wjedding lasf year whicb I can have ouf diown te ballerina iength. YVETTE" The gon ou 'have, with the alternafions you suggest, is en- tirely ,orrx1 t. Are your parents still living? Anne 1Hirst urges you to eberiâh themi while you can. Their tfine is short, and this can be the bap.- piest period of their lives IF their children mnake if so. Write youir problemns to Anne Hlirst, at Box 1, 1233 Eighfeenth SC. , iv4 TaOrento. IIIS APPROACH Tide magazine gets inito the acf by this story of Jim Hack, veten-an agent of the New York L-ife Insuraece Comipaniy, and how hie sold bis finsf big peliîcy iyears ago iPora Illinois, Hack approacbed the prospect and asked in a faint, uincerfaqin tone: "You don't want te buy any lite rnsurance, doye" The prospect, a big, blu-ff' bas- se withi an eýnviable repuitation as a Salecs Manager, roared lit e certainly did nof. Hack thien mube:"I tb1oupgh-t you dd', and sbuifled aroundf looking at bis feet mnaking for the door but not quite gefting there, The Sales MVanager called Ihirm back. "lýook herce," he said, rmy job is te bire and train saiesmen and yoùu're just about the wonst spe2cimen 've ever seen. YÉou'li neyer seil people anything b)y asýking- if they don'f wý%ant if." And se on and se on. At the end of the lecture the Sales ïMani- ager had another idea an-d -,aid*: "Apparentiy yeu're just starfing ouf and need a break if anyone ever did, se l'il sign for a $100 policy igbt fnow. Wheres the blankl?" Hack produced if and seen the deal was closed. But the Sales" Manager wasn'"t fbrough. "One hast word of acivice, young man" be said. "Learni a few standard, Organized salestak" "Oh, I've already dorie that" said H1ack. "I've got a standard ready-made taik for ,very type o! prospect. Wbat you just beard is my organized approacb te Sales Managers- "I'rn worried," said Parfner as be came intc)o dinner one day hast week. "Oh, and wbat's the matter now?" (1 was prepared for any- 1thing-a sick cow, a dead cal!, confrary lwnsbridge -washed awiay or a fioded stable.) S0 I was quife surprised at the answer I gof. ",'m worrýiedl," re- peated Parfner, 4'beýause I bav- en't heard the frogs yef, and I can't remember a spring wîtb- ouf therin." "Yo)u're righit. Corne te fhinilc o! if I haven'f be-ard them eifber -nof bere anyway,." Se now we are wendering . s the ab- sence of frogs peculiar te this district, or is if the same else-' Wbere? If se ba is the reaseni? Yes, I know if bas been coîd but we have had other e-oid spring-s and on sunny days wve wouid hear the frogs. Couîld if be the songsters of the swamp bave succumbed f0 somne kind ef dîsease? I hope not. Wouîdn'f, if be stranige on ýwarm, summer evenings nofte b ear the frogs? Perhaps they Just got tired o! waqitiýng, for the springý and de.: cided te fry a peried of hiber- nation. Corne te fbink ofif thaf isn't such a bad idea. Wouldn't if be nice te sieep througb the bad weather and wake up seme morning te flnd spring deflnitely here? Buf since thaf isn't pos- sible we jusf have te do the bswehve with what we've got. Like the sparrows. Did you kniowý the sparrows recently held a council and decided they couldn't wvait until the sbrubs were in leaf -they wvere geing teO raisle afaîy anyway. So niow tbey are building nests among the bare bace-n thaf is something I baven't seen before. Flowering bulbs have aise decicled te defy the weather and are ljravely forcing theiîr growfý,h fbronjgh the sou. That I was glad fa See- because last spring I planfed a number of bulbs arneng the trees bordening a nearby field. And then Part- ner let the calves out te Pasture and 1 was quite sure tbey weuld gobble up thegre shoots and ree0t ouf rnly blbsj. But tfieyý Audley C. 'Hawkins, eo! Lin- coin, Mlinois, was se dfisgusted wben he reeied in a pair et oid trousers that be gave the pants a scernfui kick. He gof a sfab in the foot. A ten-inch cafflsb was inside the parts! eviden-tiy dîcln't as therear shoots coming Up in exactly the right places. Sn maybe this year the calvesý will have daffodils and narcissi to feed on. -1 was really anxious about those bjulbs as they were more or iess of anl exýperiment. Fail bulbs planted in the spring I mr sure I spoke of i1t in this coiumn last year *abouit finidinga a basket of forgotten bulbs in the woodshedl, miatted ai-d grown tog,,ethier just as if tbey were in the ground. And I separated and planted themr. And now here they, are, having survived pasturing calves and the cold spring. Speaking again of the unsea- sonable wecather it juýst occurred to mne if w'e can't get on wîith the spring work we might as well prepare for the f ail And I mean that quite seriously. Yes, indeed, because do you know the advance f ail f air prize lists are already out incluiding that of the Canadi-an National Exhi- bition. Now is the time to look over them an-d decide on the variouts classes inwhh we can compete. During the months to corne there will bc many hours that could be put to good advan- tage-by those who have time to spare, and for convalescents. Hours when it wiill be too bot. or too strenuous an undertaing, to, do gardening or baking, but just rigbt for working on emn- broidered pilow, cases or knit- ting a baby set. After ail the success of any f ail fair depends on the exhibitors. Haven't you somnetimes attendled a country f air and passed the remark- Well, there wasn't mnuch te look at inl the Hall this year!" So . . . whose fault was it? If there i. a dearth of exhibits in the hall who is te blame? There are surely classes enougb te suit everyone-for knittLing, sewing, embroidery, baking, rugs, quilts and ail kindas of arts and crafts. It bas been said that we all have some special talent, that everyone is good at doing some- tbing, Se the person wbo cani bake an extra special cake, or, bas the artistic ability to de fine specirnens of sheli worik, or iu ,skiilled in any other way, defi- nitely hasý somethring to contrJi- bute te ber local faîl fair-and pos,ýsibiy to tbe C.N.E. Perbaps you will win a prize-perbaps you won't--but in any case you will have donre youar- part and contributed sometbing towardse the success -of the f air. It takes- tL-ne, and a very special efffort, te fix Up a piece &f work for the fair. But if we ahllo1wed the line of least resistance anad didn't bother te exhbit anry- thinig at nl, wbat would happen te our Fal Fairs? I'f we don't dlo our part wbat rigbt bave we te say "There wasn't mnucb te, look at in the Hall tbis ýyea-fY. Y ou will flnd a ývariety of classes for your own local Fal Fair and there wil be over twe bundred classes waiting for your work at the Wormen's; Division ot tbe C.N.E, The rest is up te you and me. Entry forms for the C.N.E. are available now. En- tries for handicraft close July 6, For furtber information write te, Direc'tor of Womne's Acii*vi- Vies, Women's Building,Ç.E. Exhibition Park, Toronto 2B. FOR HE WHO KICKS TURTLE'S BEST FRIEND - Bustee- a mongrel wt charïtalle wayr, brought home aciurtie and ap' porently ha. adopted il. Htiti owners, Mr. and Mrs. J, S. Kiri haven't. been abîe, te, approad either one since. Kirk bope that Buster wiII get hungrq eneugh te allow, outside help lu the care anid feeding of th,& shell-backed newcomner. THAT'S OUR MOM! - Mrs. Euri Warren, wife of the, Chief Jus- tice of the United States, reteives congratulatory hugs frona daughter Visýginia, left, and daughter-in-Iaw Mrs. Earl Warren, Jr., right. The occasion. Mrs. Warren was nanied "Mother of the Year" by the Variety Club. Kipling Treasuire In Waste Basket So rnany y ears agro that 1 bavk. quite lost count, 1I had an open booksbop across the street frein Wanaake'sA -womanIi 1knew slightly came in one day, and asked if 1 had ever bieard of Rudyard Kipling. "Whc, is Rudyard Kipling?" 1I asked, or words to that affect. She gave me a copy of Jolm Lovell'-s edition of Barrack Roem Ballads. 1 read it. 0f course you know how youngsLers (l wa--s in my 20's) are cariried away by enthusiasmu for a book. 1 was carried away by that one, and the odd thing is 1 have neyer changed y mmnd. 1 thiought then, and 5 think no-w, that Rudyard Kipling waýs the greatLest w"riter of r-ny generation. 1 have always hadi the run o! Frank Doubleday's publishingr offices; 1 worked for bim once, and miy brother was bis partner, Doubieday was noted for hi- enormous wastebasket, wbich stood up higber tban bis desk. One day I was in bis offirce, and noticed some galley proofs just within my reach in bis waste- basket. "What are those, Effendi?" 1 asked. "lOh, those are the gailey' s o! Kimn. We've gone into pages, and we don't need the galleys." 1 flsbed thie proofs out. There seemned to bc two or three huxi- dred corrections in Kipling's hand. "Look bere, Effendi," I said, "fifty-fifty on what 1 get lh-r these." ,The great Kipling collector of that tîme was a mani named Wil- liamrson. He got a bargain when Le paid me $750 for the galleys, As Kipling- became better known, copyright protection on bis works grew important. Unti recently it was necessary in such cases, under American copyright Iaw, te make separate printing. I remember as if it were yestercday the time when Double- day, my brother Samn, and Kip- Jing stood by the presa ,wbile th*e special copyright priniting o! Thà Wbite Man's Burdeni camne ofRl, The edfition was tep. copies, &rd~ then tbe type was destroyed. From "The Adventures of Treasurer Hunter," by Charl*e P. Everif f