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NE£4RS faftnLev oul "'Dear Anne Hlrst: Over a ïear ago when I was a wýi'dow wîtlitwo saichildren, 1I mar- rida man wvho itogi was acaant for me. Nowwe hve yoaung baby and I'm stili in love, b ut 1 arn worrîed sick becausie I dcon't sep how I can, keep on Ihi wa. y husband lia, changjed intio a jealous, vind ic- tive chariacter; and he is so mean. ta us ail that 1 fear the wocrst wî,ll liappen. "When we -were dating he wa a;lways pleasant to my familyý and mny friends, but sînce wxe married lie says they are ail 'noe gaod.' I am nont allowed to viÎsit mny mother for-lis, norsem frielrds at ail. 1 cannot go toi cadparties or other littie af- fairs. for he dleclares, 'Yau don't jeed other people, youi have mie!' And whvat use is lie? He neyer takýes me anywhere, he won't pay a 'baby-sitter, and 1I miss miy family somul that somre days 1 have to restrain yself physi- cally from goîng ,to seethm "Our' baby does not interest himn except ta show off; if lie cries bis father loses his temper. To m7-y own chidren (whom ieih promised to cherish) he bi ipa- tient and mnean; h lie ollers and of ton siaps them. I never had any trouble %with tlem beforce, but now they cringe before hlmr and fyl te me, whîchmaehm furiaus. "! admit lie is a good provider, but miateriai things aren't ail1 there, is in life; we ail m iust hiave love and understanding, and thiese lie withholds. He nags mec *11 the timie; I can't do aniythiing to pleaso him, and lie even cais me lazy! Witli twa lively young.- stors and a baby 1 can't snap into it every time lie CaIls. I don't enjoy anything any more, Iamn sick and tired of liause- work, and heaven heip me, ired cf my chidren _ wlic.-h isn't fair because they are sa good aànd sweet. "tbink 1 am the loneliest wife in the world., I don't know Week's Sew-thrifty NE'PRINTEID PATTEPUKN EASIER-FASTR MORE ACCURATE q INTED PATTERN Yeasy-sew itsaify inted Pattern! Just pin te ,cut cadi entîre blouse atL Tîrec smart sty'les-- clas- iandarin, new "blouson." ted Patter.i 4570: Jiffy- ssue ail onle piece! Misse' 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 *lowe.r versions each 1I Vs 35-inch; middle 1 yards. -te, directionsý on cadcli ýn par.t, Easier, fstRc- ýd use postal r tliis pattera,. ainhy SIZ,, SS, STYLE m s wýhere ta turn. I still love rmy husband, but lie is destroying that love. ,,. . Hw an I restore peace between us and between nîr im-ad the children? I do't want mny marriage ta faÏL, but 1 can't'go an like this" "DISCOURAGED" I. wish I 1could have printed al youar letterý. , , . It does seem *that, you married a man thaï *you did flot know. Beforeý * hat day lie was loving, and *thoughtful, kind ta you and *your chidren. How could you *foresee that lis kindness would -cnot last? Prerhaps, it is jeai- *ousy alone that causzes his *seifish prohibitions, and lie, * eeIs lie must put you la the * wrang ta justify himself. Your *life now lias becomne unbear- *able, and pliysically anîd spir- * ituaily you are at the end of * your endurance. Siýnce lie is *gwigmore intolerant, youà * lad better announce your ul- *if your husband wý,ants ta *keep youir love, lie mtust bel *kind and fair ta you ail. Hie * las separated you from yýour *family and yaur friends; these ,nle must restare. He must re- *alize you2 are overworked and, * without, the incentive of ap- *preciationý or aýffection, y ou *cannot- go on, If lie will not *(or can not) accord you the *respect, fte freedom and the * aili ou deserve, then hli 1 *not thne man lie seemred ta o , *and you can.not keep on living * with a stranger. # You have tried valiantly ta >' 'ive up (oir down)-ta lis auita- *cratia de-manads, and you find *it increasîngly impossible. It *. isyurlusband who cani save *yaur ma.rriage, if lie wiil, *Otlierwise- and for the chli- *dren's, sake too, you wvi11 have ,ot take steps ta end it. 1. am ansorry! MOTHER ýFAILS HER "Dear Anne Hlirst: instead of liavingtobl itli a mather- in-law, it is my own mother wlio lias le' me down. She neyer liked miy hlitsband and once shei separated uis, but 1 have vowed that shah nieyer happen again. Naw I sec lier for whait she is, "Wlien .my brother and sister -refused to bave lier livE witLi tliem and alie had nowliere ta go, we took lier in. She lias be-en terribly liard to livýe witli, and Ihave lest al respect for lier, Now wlien I need lier more than ever, she lias taken a stand. I am expecting mny third baby and have nio one te take care of the othors. My mother refuses ta. "My mnotlier-iri-law is dead, but if she were liere it would be wonderful. She was se good ta al lier chîdren and their fami- lles. Wliatever shah I1 do? "A TrHE END." *It. is true thiat tlie moe ~'econside-rate one is of somre *peaýple the more tliey 'take ad- *vantage o! it 1 b.I ope by le naw you have found ,same re- *sponsible womnan ta take care ofa your chiîdren. If nat, won't *yaur sisters step ln and take *charge? When your lifie becomes lin- possible to bear, asic Aîme Hirst's opfinioni. She is neither an op- portunist noir an egoist, and she wil sympathize with your situ- ation and have some consolation for the future. Write lier at Bofx 1, 123 Eighteenxth St. New To- ronto, Ont, BANG-ON CURE! 1 When police of Blantyre, Ny- asýaland, arrested a native for being in possession of a Stick of dynamite, lie solemnly explained tlit it was for lis sore back. There is nothring quite so! good as a sik0 dynamnite for curing a 'ore back if you rul i inla ell, the native said. 'lhad bd ucc sepedi frn fa car Lta aVaîd going; 'z ieradçder." Guidance For Worried Loyers *lna it tle -weatliered dlapel on the banks of the Adigýe River, i. the northeast Italian towni o Verona, there is a marble box wvi tli the simple inscription: "1Mail f or Jujliet." Every day, letters ila many langiuages are delivored there, and colleoted by kindiy, grey-haïred. Ettore Solimiani. For liundreds of star- crossed loyers, Solimani's lieart - feit replies are read as authen- tic gidLanice from Juliet Caipulet, daugliter of the powerful four- teenth-ecntury Verona family,' and lieroine aýf the world's îmost fam'ius love stary. When Solimani becamie cus,- todian aoJuf e' tomb in 1931, he found iît in ruiîns. Weeýdsý chok- ed the gardien, anid souvenir hunrteýrs Ihad chipped 2 indhes af stonie from thc crypt. SaIlimnýi repaired the damcage, cultivated the garden, kept fresh flowers inside the open tomnb. When younlg lovers cazme ,ta the shrine-, Soimnanli would tel! tliem: "Make your wisli of lave. If your love is true, your wish will came tue." And lie always spoke of Juliet as tliaugli she wer,,e alive. Tlie letters begani arriving about '19410. Solimiani apenedC themi and was sa touclied that lie had ta reply. HFe signecd hlmr- selIf "Juiliet's Secretary," and paid the postage out of bis owii1 packet. From thon on, mrail ad- dressed ta "Juliet Capu&Lt Ver- ana, Italy," or just "Juliet, Italy," began ta pour in fram ail over the world. Soliniani had no trouble with the letters in Frenchi or Spanish, bt ovelori messages froiEnig- lisli, Germnan, and Japanese cor,- respondents required the lielp a!f Verona translators, As the flood ùef letters mounited in recent years, lie was able te answer only those "whidh seemed ta me the most uirgent." Same sampoles:* A Chicago typist, age 23, con- fesses she is in love witli lier boss (age 58), and writes: "Dear Juliet--Does not lave leap over sucli matters as tlie years?" froni Rie) de jalieiro, "Dclores"ý pleads: "For the love of God, Juliet, hlep me mnake Abel love me with bis sou!lqas7we-l1as 'ls body." Rapping ,Romeo: Sollinan;iv,8 collectingx- the my.ost touching ex- amples, wiC h le plans ta pubi- lish la a volume that -eililibe the 'etrue book on Juliet's life." Ini- cidentally, the book wili set straiglit certain mcisconceptions, sproad by William Slapespeare and ailiers, concerning the char- acter of Romee. Solimard. says: Romeac was a goad-for-nothing drunkard . . . I douit lie comi- mitted suicide . , . wvhen lie found Juliet in a temporary trance. He w,ýas kiled in a moon- liglit duel against Paris (JulietL's famnily-cliosen suitar)." Tliousands ai peepl1e visit Jul- iet's cliapel oaci year, and nat aIl of tliem are loyers. Solimrani's wry impressions of tourists: "Germans came because it's iii their Baedecker, Amnericans ca1ome out ai Plain curiosityBrtsh came because Shakesp)eare imn- mortalîzed JulÉiet. The Frenchi and ather Latins camne-in true worship of the worid's most beautiful lave story"e This week, Ettore Solimani reaclied retiremennt ag-e (66), and propared to move frro l is cus- tadian's bungalow near the toml ta a Verona apartment. But thore was 1no question coi retiremrent for "Ju1iet's . Secretary." Soiim- ani intends ta visit the tomb every daýy, ta gather the mail and answer the eternal proli- lems ai far-aif loyers, "Samnebody lias ta take care aif theni," lie says. "Soniebody who loves a n r d understands A DROP TOO MUCHI OOOOOKLAHOMAI - Crie cf the nicest "'oh's'" in Okahomtia ;k Rose MAary Rabb, the siate's* entry in the Miss Universe con- test. She's beoting the tomtom for Oklahoma's 50th year of statehood. Partner is one iEo thase luckuy moln whlia ýs a very fair, very slow beard. On the farm aà shave tcea iweek was bis average- and hlIoeked quite respectable ait that. Here lie conceded t-hu-t every other day migit lie noces- sary, But le reckoned without aur youngnelibours. Yesterday, little David, wha lives next door, came ta visit us and almast at once lie said te Partner, "You need a shave, dan't yau?" David isà littIe fellow about five aad a half wlo lisps bLit loves ta use big w,ýord1s. One day lie was chattering away telling- me a big staory and finislied by saying, "It is ail very confuthing, isn't it?" I1 quite agreed : . . it was verý cofthng.It wil!lie stili mare confuthing wlien our graadsaa camnes to stay and we have two Davids ta contend witli. Neiglibaur David and lis iittle friend Lily calied ciao day "ýse]ling" paper -bank deposit slips, one cent a pieco. "If you liaveni't gat the maniey now you can pay telocrrow!" said Lily. How soon they leara, these yolung ones. Last niglIit auir Toronto i amily was liere so my sister could see the boys befare she left us. Eddie wag in groat shape, very proud of the fact that lie can naow walk. Ia fact lie is se tLaken up with walkin-g that hoe almast forgets ta get into mischief. Il lie does Big Brother is genierally an band ta keep hlmi from get- ti'ng liurt. Normal, hoaitliy dhidren are a great joy but I am-ciairaid it is only when we rua across handicapped or retarded child- ren that we realize liow thank- fui we shouîd lie. Friends of ours have an aonly child handi. capped by be-iing lind' and dia- betic. And now again 1 have came acrass a similar case onïy this time the dliuld is obyiously retarded. On aur first visit to lier homne we found a ghil in lier ýarly twenties shiy v i-n 9 arock- ing chair hugging a big Teddy- bear. And iiet far froni Gingeýr Farm there 'As another affliceted chl.a deai-r.nute. Hîowever, wo. have this mucli te be tliankfu1 for--seciety at large is firâIaly wakiag up to te iaci, that these chil-dren car often lie lielpeçl te hive mare normal lives if giveu proper traiing-trainîngc that is not al-ways possible -in the homes of thie parents. Neigh1bùurs, too, c-an often lielp by affering to take charge of sudh a chiild for an heur or twci, or sometiri es a day, so that parents may bave R hittie freE tîie away fromn thPeir burden aif responsibAihity. Tt is littie enougli for a rieigli- bour te, do but iýt can -mean a great dea, ta hemthr We lad a lov7,ely ramn again hast nigli.Loôvely, that is, for thie lawns and gardons but iio't 50 lovely far liaymnaking farmr ers. Last Tbursday i was back tc aur aid home district ta an. I.i- sttitte meeting and saw plenty af hay aut la. the fleids, Twü neiJgibweurs told me they were baling liay hast Sunday aa--d, be.- cause the weatlher liad been se "cach" teydid iot feel thef least bitll ty. But, ohlimy, h10w tims ave dhange-d! A few years ago ý ield work on a Sun- dywas absouteiy utikbe It just wasn't done. Mercy, what; w,,ould thee neiglibours think? T1iaý I behieve, b the crtux of Etiqu ette.- , , by Roberta Lee il. How cari a dlvoreed wonian who is usijng ber maiden naine include "Miss" lu front ef her name whenl sending out lher daughter's wedding- announie- m~ents? A. Really a di-vorced wemnan witliDa daugliter sliouid not lie using "Miss" la front o!flier namne, as lit leads te social comn- plications sucli as this one. IIow- ever, la thîs case, she c.an p-ut "Mrs." la front ai heï niaden name, and give lier daiughter's- full naenlathe aanoupcement. Q. 1i ssuied invitations recent- Iy te an informai affair tlu-aY home, and now, because of ill- ness in My fatily, find it im- possibie te give this afair. How eau I recaalil ie invitations? A. Etiher by teleplone or bnîcf note, texplaining tIc circum- stances and iaifarming yaur ia- Baby faces -- and oh, the dar- ling exxpressions these yvounig charmiers disphay! Fun-to-do emnbroidery as a ci-oê;# use just 2 faces for prettypie- tures la anu-rsery! Pattera 832: Transfer of nias baby lieads, about 6x6½Iý ndesý,; directions for crili-cover, pic- tures. Send THIIRTY-FIVE CENTS, (stamps cannot lie accepted, useý postal note for safety) for tis pattera ta Laura Wheeler, REvx 1, 123 Eighteenth St,, New Tor'- onto, Ont. Print piainiy PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAN41E anidADDRESS. Twe FREE Patterns a3 a gift1 tai aur readers -- printeçl right, lai our NEW Laura Wheeler Ncedlecrof t Book for 1957! Doy-. ens o! other nlew designs you'U want teo order - easy, fascinat'. in- liandwork for yourself, youc- lamre. Be sure- to send 25 cents for your copy o! tus bookno -- don't miss it! the wliole situation ... wliat the nii bours thinik! The difference, between rgi and wvrong- is un- dhanged; the difference lIes in aur fconception eof whliis riglit and wliat is wrong, and in this wt are [ifluenceed by wliat otlier people do or don't do. iff tle neiglibaurs 'bale an) Suniday ho)w can it lie riglit for themn and wrong ,for, us? By this metliod of arguing, it is a simnple matter ta case aur conscience. And far lie it from men--ta say who is riglit or who is wrang. But Il wLell remember that many times d uring oui fairming years Part- ner udtrae a"finish clearing- that field tomaorrow, 1even though i, it Sun-day." But somehow lie neyer did, The only work we did aon Sunidays was behindcl clased barn doors - straiglitening, the mrow or taking a load off the wagon as it sat on the ba-rn floar. We nieyer did tLake the horses ta tche leld-tliey needed theïr rest. To any argu- ment I put up against Partner working I ailwayvs Lot the ans- wer-"In, the Wý,ar wlien 1 was witli the Raiway Troaps in, France -we had ta work on Su- days. The mnule-teamns had every Sunday off but tlie men anly one in four." Sa, if a field mnust lie baled on a Sunday it rests lie- tween the farmer. the baier, and the conscience of ecd l itapplies ta allier wark too and. bouls down ta the samne thing-"'everya)ne- does it so why sliouldn't 1?" But yet miost of us are consciaus of a little nagging voice wvithiin Ourselveg whicli sys tht ist wliat you weretagt as a chuld", Possibly many of the rising generation will nover bear that vaice because tbley are be- ing brouglit up in a world that believes in open Sundays- In suburbia- lawns are cut, gardenis weeded and watered and the car washied. Agýaîin t is a case cf other people do wliy slioudn't, we? I just hope that when we pass tliroughi the Pearly Gate-4 ~we shaIl nat lie confourided by Peter asking uis sterin-'-Andi iwhat dil you do on Sundays?" ModeM tendecd guests that y-oL. wiIl gel ini touch with them at Pa later dat-Le. Q . Is it proper for a man dini- ing Ini a restaurant with his wile to' rise wheni another coup». stops at their table for a f ew words? A. The man must aiways rs. wvhen a womran sto-ps at, his tab!eý Q. Shouïld watermielon be eat- en with the spoon or fork? A. Either is aýcceptable, aï~- though 1 should think the fork is more practical. Q. To iwhomn should a weddiug gif t be addressed? A. Gifts sent before the wNed- digare addressed to the bride in her maiden name. Gifts en after the wedding aire, of courzze, addressed to the coup-le. For Baby