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1- ~E'S Il Y--EARS OLDER UHOULD THEY MARRY? "arAnne Hirst:ý The man I'ire loved for five years la 297 and I amn 40. Alm-ost from the ilrst he bas begged me te m-,arry hlim, but I. have hesitated be- fçause of our ag-es. H-e declares that dïoesnt matter, and if I didn't know blis' age 1would think -1t wras My ewn becauise we are se aot home togetbier. Buit I have te) be fair, and perhaps- -be should find someenie younger, "Youý should k"now that I amn a wridow witb two teen-age 'çhildren; he loves them, and they think he'.s wonderfal, (Hle was married at -j9 and lest his wif e.) I hr.ave stopped seeing hinm several times, but we fetmd oursBures completely miserable *pa,-rt. Now be laî pleading once mxore that he needs a wif e and that it is me he wants. But if ý doni't make up mny mind soon, lie wil leave town for good;, the suspense la telling on him, SIim and Smart! 4621 !PRINTED PATTERN Our new PRINTED Pattern- t a dress tbat's wonderfully ~comig te the larger figure! An. insert o! contrast fabrie pitsta p with smiart diagonal bodic e; slrimming side-pleated PrInted Pattern 4621: Wom- ~nsSizea 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 450. Size 36 takes 3% yards- 39-jinch fabric; yard contrast. Printed directions on e-ach pattr part. Easier, faster, ac- Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cananot 'be accepted; usc- postal n.ote for safety)'»for tbiý'patterný. Please ,print pliainly your- SIZE, NiAME, ADDRESS and STYLE INýUfWIRf. Send,- orde(r te ANNE ADAMS, Box .1, 123 Eighteenfh St., New7 Toronte, Ont. I-HIRST_ l~ have réad your .,coýu11nn 1for yeairs, and now he is reaiing , à too, and tifnks it maI-es scnse. W;- are- putting it, ujP to oui. Fromn your. long expeiîence, la Il y ýears too great a span tLo con- quer when W are both se much in love? I'mnnOt getting young- el-, and l neyer thought of Mar- rying 2aa inutil ï met himn. We ask your rmosttoghf]Couin- sel. IN DOUBT" HOTJR 0F DECISION *Isn'"t five years long enougli *te test this mar's devotion andi *faithfulness? He is responi- *sible, single-heartedl, imipa- *tient te mnarry. If you wavited *another year woul you lçnow *hlm any better? * ou both, have been inar- *i ret! before. You ' are rieh in *experience, familliar with the *complications of famifly life. *Hle is eager to share yo.ur reýs- *ponsibil'ty for the children. 1! *yo-u had the faintest doubt *that hie would make his own *place withl you ail, 1 would *not suggest arri>age. But you *say he and the children, get *aiong as though le were al- *ready their father. * Thé man la ýbvîously eider *than his years. Your heart la», *young; and you two enjoy the *samne things, have simillar *ideals ai rmarriage. The- trust *yov( haveý in each other ba% *been unswerving almost since, *the begirnnlng. 1 agree* that t'he mian you *love has waited long enough. *For once 1 can enjioy the *pleasure of recommending the *marriage a reader desires. Go *ahead. YOIJNG LOVE "Dear Anne Hirst: Iî arn 17 and ail mixed iip1I am n hilove with a boy a year older, but there la anther one who thiik ho lain love Wît i nie, although k. knows 1 don't retuirn it. "My swetheart thinlçs 1 should stop seeing, thin young man because xif he gete to car% m5o for me he -would b. hurt worisu when 1 must .end h1m "What do you think? Izn't là aUl right to date hlm se Ion£ as 1 don't iead hlm on? WONDERING", ~'If you are engaged to the *boy yc>u love it la net consi- de4rate to date anyone eise. If *you and he arcflot pledged *o te arry, however, you are * free te see anyonYé you wish. *At your age it la snart te *accept the fact that the bey *you are in love- with May flot *becùme your bsuhend; etber *one of yuu can chang-e your *mind in the next year or sa. '~If this happeýns and you havt, *given up other friends, you'il *have to start. finding new * beaux ail, over aýgain1. Mean- *timne you'il have ne dates at P_11l. That isn't practical., is it? I f this other boy wants te *date you, kniowi-ng you are in *love with somyeonie else, that is p up teï hlm 1 When doubts assai] yen, turn te Anne Hirst. lier opinions are sound as weIl as honest,. and she MiIl disagree witb yen if she must. Write her at B3ox 1, 128 Eighteentfi St., New Toroiito, FOU!R FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL-Foot-loos'e and fancy-free heres e vci..afion scene fromn a vacationer's eye-view. The cool drinks uand iower extremetles belong toe oPair of contented visitora i Oytonoa Beach, NGER Cwen&otirteP. Ctdýctke lHere la an item o!i news that should be of intere.tt to RaYnyo0 living li an'arta ivhert a new hogltal ïc indterc onstructIon. Lut Saturday 1 went to th* c*rnrtoni ceremOny et tihê, milte. rm éunew home. wezt bei'-?aqsýeup tothat ùtî 1 hadn't 'been abi, te get any" factt&al iormation about tht-.ý hospital at 21l. Now I at least know a few of the detall. For instance 1 dîscovered it is te be a 125-bed hospital wîth possible espanslon te 250 beds if and when that beconies ne-cessary, Thi. firat meeting caled te con- sîder the, building of a bospital was beld as far back as ýMarcb, 19453. Coý'mmittees were set up andi the work o! planning and deveiopmnent begun, As ara suit structural progres la, now underway and completion o! the hospital la expected in January 1958. In addition te the Board e! Directors there ma aise a Womnen's Auxiliary witb a pýaid_ up imembership O! 1900! The mrembershi'p fee la $1 per year per person., The chairman for, the officiai ceremony on Saturday was Gor- don Jack.son, Q.C., chairman of the Board ef Directors. Thomnas L. Kennedy introduced Leuten- ant-Gorernor Louis O. Breith'- aupt, wbo was presenited with a silver trowel by the archiitect, Chester, C. Wood.,vwith wbich flie corneratone was formnally laid. A copper box insot il- the corner- atone contained a numnber of iteis -- a set of US57 Canaidiaii coins; copie-s of th.e Toronto Star, the Port Credit Weekiyý and the Stretsvll~Review,. ail contain- ing nrews reports relating te theý hospital - niames off directors, and minutes of!fthe firat meeting. 1 méntfion thia as if' may be an1 idea for other districts under, similar circunistances, And do yoiý know, acc-ording tei the chair. man 4tý:e Board had no financial worries! However he admitted there migh lt be some at, a lÏater date"wn the tume camle te equip ti(-he bospifl.'ý "But that,» said NMr. Jackson, -ïs a wvorryi thaf we ýha1! pasa on te yo, the preop'tl! If was a very',nice ittieCcer- mony, alt)OUgbi bedid unde-r ithreatoning Skies. The. Lieuten,- anit-Governor and Mrs. Breith aupt wer-e tne by Lieut-Coi- onel J' G. Mchnnes and drove up ina beautiful black Cadiliac. Mrs. Breithaupt and Mra. Jack- 1son ,were presented wîtbi gorgeous bouquets e! red roses. There wvere quite -a numbler o! platform guesta but I noticed tuer. was only a~ mer. sprInkling of peo- ple amnolI&the general 'public. Perhaps the vweatIher had sûme- ,.ýbt!ig te tdo with it- butI Iéýt If people really want. to go,ýpyivhee . tey' jst go, re- $'ýg44Ies& It la hardtI 4under.. -'Sted tii. apathetie attitude ,sa ýrn,àny people take i regard te ,é building of a bospital in their own district.' You' would tblnk it didn't affect theni at ail, And yet there la hardly a person who hasn't been, or probably wil be, a patient in .a local hospital. Smnall towns anid districts are rapidly 'becom4ing bigger towns and bigger districts and the. faster they grow the more ur- gently hospita-1 facilities are likeiy te b. needed. Soutb-Peel, for instance, serves a populated area of 65,000 pieo- pie. On thc basis o! populationî one wonders bow a 125-bed bos- pital could pessibiy b. large enough te accommodate those 'ln need of nursing and surgmcal care-i especiaily wheni the av, erage life expectancy la being prolonged. in that regard last wveek 1 heard quite a lot about eider people and their care as I sat ir, on somne e! the sessions at the "Firat Ontario Conference orn Aging" held at the University o! Toronto. The, conference -,as wel! attended. Most people are bec'rming conaýciou.s of the f act that pr'oblemrs connected with aging citizens have te be fa-ed., One o! the speakers I heard waa, Dr. E. L. Bortz froni Philadel- phia who got mnoat off his points over in a bumorous but convinc. ing mianner. He said we nieedý to changýe otlr way e! thinking; that too mnany people aliowv their- minda te d1well too m~uch on the subject of sickness; that people eat t ice as much as they should, do net get erough exercise, be- corne over--weight,, and over- weight causes blood vesse2ls te break down, By adequate exer- cise, correctdit proper elimin- ation, nerves, museces and (circu- lation are kept in a bpealthy con-, dition. if more ef us iived as diabeticaIlire- that la, in re-' gar d te diet -avoïiing 'ever- weigbLt, then we niiight é,Qdge moany o! the illiesses that 50 'en beset peoýple ini their latex' yer.Wi'tb proper iving itfe miight be extended te 120 yearg. "HÏowe.ver," sait Dir. Borts, "Ilife i.nt amatter of qanizltity but nt ciuaity." s, Dr. Barbara Sbenï_field, Lori- don, England, mtressed the im- Portance of maklng eider pee- Saves Baibies Froms Living Deth Elismi a diamond w,%ithi many facets. And 1 have knlown mary "ia~nds -peopie who11, at ontie -d r another in thieir lV es, have performe'd hr In the Bolivian Andes 1sa w",hite nIan Iface Up to a dirug- craýzed crowd of Aymara Indian-s wihnothîng, more thanj a riding- crop in his hand. in the Guif of Mlexieco I. watched a cbap dive overboard to rescu-e his pet paip that was being circled Jy a tiger sbark. The dog, was saved, thýe man. lived but lost a leg. And duringÏ a South Am-eriuan revolution, from an, upstairs windowIv1 once watched a cour- agleOus YOung 11army lieutenant bold the presidential ,IPalace for three hours, his machine-gue burniing bis hands, wi-ile theý presid-ent and bis family escaped throughl- a back door. These are just a few of the acts el herolani that I have wit- nessed. But there la, I amnon vinced, a truer type of baey the kind that makes a man oi *a woman face up to dngrand horror, net once in a while, but every day for years on end. That particular kinçl of cour- age is personified in a frail Canadian woman cailed HeIen Mackenzie. When she was a young girl in Western Canada, Helen dreame-d of the day when she would rmarry and raise a f amily. The neigh- )heurs knew they could always. count on1iber for a stint of baby- sitting. The girl's love for littie ones, ber natural ability to, pacify and handie tbeh, vwas well known, and îf Helen had f ewer dates than MOSt 0o!.ber girl friends, it was only because most evenings found ber busily e- gaged la chid Careý. In the passing of years Helen'ý; urge to befriend babies and chul- dren did not lessen, andI after ah. graduated as a nurse sahe joined a world wide evangelical organization and asked tri be sent where- she could apply her talent to child welfare. «Would you consider," she was asked, "West Africa, Portuguese Giainea, where fIfteen per cent. «< thse l«ro population suffera from leproîy andI where the summersa re long, horriblypbot &Pd humîd?'" Hler anLwpCr was: "'bere à miy ticket ' nd when do 1 leave?" On arrival at. Bissau, Helen wasq informned thbat the C0oonia Portuguese Government had juat given !tg consent'fer Ithe rnissÏaln pie feel wanted - a part of the community, wvitb confidence and an interest 5'n hf e. It was al Very lnteresting - te the young with aglng parecnts; te; the old, comirforted by the fact that aging iis gettilng some attention; and te) the mdl-aebecause fore- warned la, fore-armed. How te mneet old age is more practical than trying to ferestail it - and flot nearly sco pathiet-Ic. te care for the babies of lepreus parenits. Woid she take over? Helen did so. Child-rn of 1leprous parents are, born healthy and do net catch the disease unless they live in. close proximity to the sufferers. But -the Negro lepers% both tbrough the influence of their witchi-doc tors and because of their reluctance to believe an white mien, w:%ere loath te part with their babies, and couldn't understand that mothers wh* kept their littie ones at their aides were passing the "living deatb" on to tbem., Hielen had the duali task o!'L visiting remnote jungle village.s and trying to convince sulleni, antagonistic -parený that tbey sbould giVe Lup their cnew-bora, cbildren, and carinig for these babies that were bandced over tC hier. Often she was threatened, fre- qçuently she was refused admis- sion to a vilage, and the prie she paid tor success was poor food,,sleeping on licex - *infestecl straw mats or the bare, daiap giround, writes J. Mortimer Sheti- pard ini "Tit-Bits." Usually she travelied alonie in a smnall car, but this transporta- tien was only goed for limitle-& distances; the dirt roads, deep in summer dust or winter mud, did not extend far, altbough the vil- lage or isolated shack that she was seeking night be scores -~f miles away mn the interior brusit counitry. Sometimes Helen rode a1 bi- cycle; at others she walked, ani the babies that shEo brougbt back te the mission witbher were us- ually,,, delivered by the valiant nurse as well. Sh. had to use the skill of a diplomnat tog-ether with the knowledge of an obstetriciani and the courage of an explorer. Babies born o! lepers, while free from lepresy if taken aï o nc e, are aimost. invariably weaklings and require expert feeding and medical attention. Some e! these babies died, des- pite every effort te save them, ind village headmen and witcl'- doctors were quick te blaras Nurse Maàckenzie, and dlaim that the *hlté womara had murdered the "chlld, Cannibaiis.m la 'stili practised in parts o! the. West African Guineas., althougb the Portu- guse have dene 'ail possible t eliminate this horrible custoMý And somne of -the natives were ~quick te dlaim. that Nurse Mac- kenzie and ber mission asciates2 stole- newly-born Negro babiesý in order te eat tbem. It la almost impossible te be- lieve, mu.ch leas understand, hew this great - bearted Canadfian womnan could carry on against, such odds. Yet she did, and still deoes. Wffhen I visited the is- sien, there were fourteen littIe enes, somne ef them well inte their third year, and more scie- ,duled te mnake their appearalice in the ceming weeks 8and month%. This wormanis f e is given over to self sacrifice; te a hardshàip that few would cor could enldure. lieraý is a vocation thiat needa tisa utmnost in steadfast courage. ISSUE 26 - 1957