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Dear Aune Hirst: We are de- pernding on you to tel us what tû do. The husban.d of one of rny dearest friends~ has been, running around four o>r five montbs now, and a group of us are wvondering whether weý should teli bier, or decide it is tione of aur business. We feel shie can put a stop to it if she d0esni't wait to(t long: The man hoids an important post in town and he couldn't stand any scandai. If bis su- periors dîscover this, he would be dismissed, and bis wife and cbiidren would sufer, What do you say? A FEIEND DON'T * This knowledge makes you *e feel responsible, 1 know, and * youi want ta do the right * thing. But if any one of you * dares tell the man's wife of * his dalying, do you thjink *she would ever want to farce *you again? You wouid act in w' içindness, but wouidn't she *wish you had been stil1? '~Perliaps sbe knows already *and is meeting the' situation in luier own fashion. At any *rate, she would be mortified to *learn th1-at the mratter bas be- *corme cornlUof gossip. *Marriage probiemns are pri- *vate, they are nobodly else's *business afair. When otbers *intrude, even wit:ï the noblest *motives, tbe consequences *may only make the situation * nore painful Io the wif e. *Tû bring scandai ta light is *dangerous. if this does be- *camne known and your friend *asks, "Wbyh didn't you te'l *me?" yotl can remind ber that U i evil is not revealed it, endst *the soonier. -HE HAD JUS CHANCE Dear Anne Hirst: The boy 've been dating nearly six- ýmontbs is a nice boy in every way, an~d so far as 1 know hoe has no bad babits, He is kind and tbougýhtfu', and jery atten- tive, but I just can't beip think- ing of a former boy I like s Ynuch moret I went with hlm' !or twa years, anid be kept on drinking although of ten he promised ho wou1d stop. Now ,he bias called mne up again, and -e! course my familly wa-n't ai- !ow me ta see bim. They admire tbe boy I'm go- eng with, and of course I don't wiant. ta hurt imn, but really I'd :bave nflih better tinmes with thie one I used taow.Wbat do you tbink? UNHAPPY * You gave your former boy w friend more chances ta ne- *ý have himself than ho de- ,1' served, and stili hoe continued *1 to drink as befare. I am afraid Sif yau see hinm again it would Sbe tbe same story; you cer- + tainly don't want ta be- dis- Sillus'ined again, do yau? *For years and years I bave *warned young girls against *dating any boy Who drinks. *ý 'Not anly does it weaken the *marais, but the girl gets lier- *self taiked about unpleasantly., *And surciv you don't want ta *appear' so unîpopu.lair tbat yau *car, only date a weak cbiarac- *ter? Tbat daesn't recommend * you ta' respansible young men IbACK DROP - Two 47-inch 4rands of f resh-water poaris fatgracefulty down the freck- led back of a model ta enhan,-e ber barebuck gown. The "Shu- vone' necklaces, by Judith McCann, are versatile lerigths of maitched peoris framed by brul- iants, They con be worn in tnany ways, f rom a multi- itrand choker woiund about the ,tb-OQt, ta0 afipper-styte neck- Il wn ight oecoe nrested. * It i ssmarter ta stick toaa *boy you can tru-st ta behave *1 himself than to go Wiith anc *who gives you a vicariaus *thriit now and then but wbami *you ae asbhamied of. If ti re L-, gosslp in the air, dom't be the one to Pass It on. It. is a thanikless gesture, and one whicl often onIy COonIÎl- eates the Issue. For sound and sure gidance, ask Anne Hirst what t do, Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Orit. Phto Trick FooUed Beauty A beautifuI Italian girl who got maxrried "by post" ta a man she had1 neyer seen has just re- turned oe-heartbroken. The girl, Antoniotta, alieges that the man, actually f ar frra bandsoire, had tricked ber into marriage by sending a "filmn star" phtograph purporting tW be of hiimself. She makes this diaim in tho divorce suit she is bringing against bier bridegroomn, Andrea, wbo is living in the Argentine and ca fidentiy expects she wil win lho case. The story as re- ported 4o date is as f ollows: Anto rietta, -,,h(borcaes froin South taly, recoived the photo by 'airinail ln June, 1953, With it was a passionate letter f rom Andrea. lHe saisI ho hadlheard ail about the beauty of Antani- etta andi wanted ta marry bier. Hie was twent.y-six years old and this was bis photograph. He was not kncown porsonally to Antan- itta, but they had .been born in the saine villag-e. The man in the photograph laaked [very bandsome and in- telligent, and Antonietta feu -in love at once. Ini addition, the Ar- gentine seemd like a promîsod !and toi a girl of southern i taly, wbere conditions -are bloak and work bard ta obtain. In hpr village, everybody ta whom he showèd éclthe photo- graph envied ber. They said it looked like a fim star-Tyrono Pow'er maybo or Montgomery Cift. Antonietta, thon only six- teen years aid, becamne engaged to ber far-offf admirer. Ris lot- tors were elegantly,. phrased and aifectia ate. Eventuaiiy, the date of the wedding was discussed, but An- drea said that ho wias so busy with im~portant affairs in the Argentine that hoe could not came. liawever, ho wanted the miar- niage t$ take- place as soon as possible, and for bis bride ta came out ta join hlmn, The mar- niage ffas accordingly celebra- ted by proxy, in their native vil- lage, and an ecstatic Antonietta le! t by boat for Buenos, Aires. Whenj she landed, she lookedi round anxiouisly for bier bus- band. Hie'was nowhero ta be seeni. Shie was beginning ta foot desperate wben an eideriy wo- man cime forward and said: "Yau nrust ho Antoniietta. This is your busband, Andr-ea!" Antonietta gasped, Could this thing but bandsome? "It's nlot ,Andrea!" she cried, and took, the treasured photogxaph out o! bier ha4clba. The wamnan gclanc- ed at ît, "Photogarapbis aren't al- ways gpod liken1esses," she said e5suall3y. When Andrea camie forward ta embrace bier, Antonietta pushed him Paside. Ho pleaded witbh lir, sbowing ber idontity documents whichi praved him ta ho Andrea-but he was net the Andrea she had came for. When hoe tried ta embrace ber again, shie burst irita tears, and ran away througi'h the streots of the un- known 1City. Luckily, she bad ani aunt liv- ing in Buenos Aires. She found bier, and planned ta return ta Italy as soani as she biad scraped togethe~r enough maney, by -1r-lng ,day AdZnigh, ta-pay à -uý ý Trhis Water Grows 12-inch Radîshes A welI-known scientist and traveller is ta conduct f ur- ther oxperiments with water from tbe "Laica o f Life," foiiow- ing tbe amlazing sequel ta bis batbe recetiy in an inland waterway. The no-longer-young bather spent an haur in the water and emerged looking years yaunger than when he entered it. His inquiries already have praduced these startling facts. To the extent of noarly thirty per ce nt., the water is charged witb saits having extremnely beneficial mecdicinal proporties and it is aiso highiy radioactive. Aithougb tbe local people ap- preciate its value, the outside warld daes not soe'm ta bave taken full advantage af its bene- fits. Buisiness;men motar ta its shores for a dlip after a beavy diay's wark. Mothers and nurses take cildren there for a health dip. Many pale and anaemic- loaking children have regain- ed full rabust healtb aftor only a few days in the district, Canadiari garcieners struggtling to raiso prize oxhibits for shows, wauld cast enviaus eyes,- upan the specimens grown witb theý aid af the "wonder water." Bro,,ad bean pads grow toaa length of two foot, and oranges nieasure.sixteen inehes in girth and weigb noarly two poiunds,. Radish seeds planted one day burst througb the oiOuthe uext,_ and thec radishes grow ta a foot long. The waters are over a tbau- sand f eet below Mediterraxnean Sea level, and the air therebas six per cent maore oxygen tbian anywhereý elso on earth. Yet thewrd knaws these watersE as the DEAD SEA! "I. knaw that you ail wishI was; dead se that you could stamnp on my grave," snariod, a fare-man at bis rmen. There was a moment's silence as tbey glared at bim. "Not me,," îmumbled samoone at the back. "I hate baving ta stand in queules." Easy to Make! There is one advantage toaa big farm bhouse -- if the wost skile is caid yau can generaily take refuge in the soutb side of the bouse. Tbat is wbat I amn daing now. A north-west winid is biowing a regular gale mak- ing the front o! tbe bouse as coid as a barn. We can't get more beat framn the furnace witbout lenving iV uncbecked, and that w-e are a! raid ta do. Botter ho a littie cod than tako a chance on burning the bouse down. HoweyTCer, we bave one small room ila a sunny South corner that is as snug as can ho - 'ànd"so, 'bore I ami, typewniter and ait. This mnakes the third windy day we bave had this week - M'rch wvinds witb a vengeance. Last Tuesday was the first and on that day the Do- partment o! Highways set up somre kind C raad block just outside aur gaVe, stopping and quostioning th-3e driver of every, south-bound vehicle. The mon wero there fromii- seven in the maorning ta six at night. Pre- sulmabiy it w-as somne kind a! traffic census. Sucb a day for a job like th at. Wednosday Partnier sent out another load of scrap - the rnetal romains o! aur soed-drili and manure-spreader - witb a f ew extras tbrown in. Bicycle wbeeis for instance. Et is years Since anyone around bore rode a bicycle but yet, there wero the aid wbeels stili bang-ing fram aa wooden peg. I doubt if they wore of any use but as the yteais go by yau get sa used ta tbings being around you don'V even sce them., In a different sense that was literaiiy true for mie. I amn stili induiginig in a trash'- burning argy, also stacking ai-d sorting the things I want ta k-eep. One time I looked araund and wondered wa on earth I bad done ,wvith,, the Cbristmas tree lights anid timins Ihunted, and I bunted -in cuphoardis and boxes, in this noomn and that, but 1 cauld flot find either tbe ligbhts or the trimmings. Sa I finally went an withi my work. 'Soon I had another carton o! stuff ta humn. I taok ït ,ever ta the smouidering bon! ire anud on the edge of the pile what sbou]d 1 see but one little cotouned eiec- tric bulb. Myvl worst fears were confirmned. In saine unaccautnt- able way I must bave put the tree trimmings on the f ire. I stili can't think bow it happened. I got v. colding lfrom Paxtner for warnyiag- about it. But after ail, it Is one tbing ta bura useiess tuf! but wl wants ta destrôy o.'ic-a-year trimrmings that have also accumnulated a certain am-ount of sentiment with each Christmas that came and passod. Thernt were al the littie fig- urines and bai hies that biad de- Eghtod aur cbiidren wben they 'weesznali-iad that qromised ta bo equaliy attractive ta aur children's eilidren. Hawever, 1 suppose I shoudn't worry- after alt it lsn't the youingsters who care, It ii just their foo-iisb par- ents and grandparents. Twa days tator. The weatber bas improved considerabiy - no mare snow, very littie Nwind and plenty of nice warm sunsbine. it would seem "ail's right with the worid". That is if one doos not look too far afieid, politi- cally, economicatly and Nweatber- wise. We had a card yesterday fram friends vacationing la Fiar- idla. Tbey said the weather was cool but they were hoping it -,ouid ho warmor later an. But since that card was written we bave beard rumours of gaies, terrific rain and nietears in the Fiorida regian. Sa we are nat- urally wondening . . . Also la the news last week was the Fed- oral budget. It wiil pleaso some and make very tittie differoace ta athers. We shalï benefit about twenty-five cents a mnonth on tea and coffee,. That sbauid be a vote-catcher! We bad a friend staying overnigbt tbe evening the budget was hrougbt dowa. Sh-e lives on a f an a good3 many miles north of bore and she cor- tainty didn't find anytbing ta cheer about. 0f course a lot de- pends on bow you loak at it. I was tbinking oid-age pensianersq would ho quite ploased but one aid lady said ta me "I guoss it's ail ight but it's aimost too late for me. I won't bave long ta onjoy it." I suppose her re- markzs are understand able. She is a widow, well a ven 80, ber earning' capacity gane and yot s0 independent sie cdoos evor- thing, possible ta exist on be -,r pension. Somehow sho doos very well except that overy visit from bier doctor, and every bottte of medicine fromn the dru.- store is a major fînancial prablem. Por- l'aps wbon the Federal-Pra--vin- ciat Healtb Plan camies jaVa being it 'will make things a littie EIaC *r for pensianers. I sincereiy hope so, But wage-earners have their problemas too -- which may ul- timately benefit the f armer. Fre instance one young- boy worked an a farmn for a year and thenr decided he could miake more, mozey in an industriai plant, Now that sanme plant is Iaying off men and the yaung eio in question went to the farra where he hadi previously worked and asked for bis job back agaia. Another instance concernis twvý brothers. One stayed on the f arm, the other quit, thinking lie could make $50 a day trucking. Hie soon found himself in the red and unwiliingly admitted that bis brother on the farm mad* more mnoney than he did with his truck. 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