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d- a bard *You are cntîtled ta any re- *ward yau desire. If your mnar- * nage ,wou.Id really -antagonize the children (as they indicate)l *it May not be Worth Jit t-, you, *but in your place 1 should not * ecline the mran's proposai *without mnaking every effort *o tachange their minds. I cer- *tainly hope you can. 4e * * TOO M4.NY QUARRELS "Dear Anne Hirst: I have fal- len in love with a pilot stationed near our home. He says he does care for mie too, but that mar- ag isout. I know we disagree an rnany points, but' have sù miuch fun whcn VPm with hirxx that 1 can't bear the tbought that nathing m-rigbt came o! thîs. '4I know he has dated other gi.rls, but 1 didn't say anything about it; once when I went with an2r ohd friend he was horrible about it. Whernever we- have this troulble (atid athers) I just cry myseif 'to'slcep. "How ca.n 1 conivi nce hum tbat marriage would w1ork, out fine for us? HeIc is 22, and I'rn 18; and ail .1 care about is ta be hbis wifeý som-e 4ay. WORRYING" *RI tbese recurring disagree- * ments picture the kind of Mar- *ried life You two wXill have, * e isni't having any. Hle is *smartcr th-an you think. *Ove test that will hel1p is ta *see cacb other less of tenï; then *yau bath will bc more cour- *teous ta each other and your *dates become maire sàtisfying. *If yau hope ta continue even h is friendsbip, you will b1ave * ta mmdyour nmanners and *contrai yaur temper. Ohr *wlse you are going ta lase imýý- * ety>u-ng meri's idea o! a *girl is bascd on whether they * an relax witb ber and remýe1n- *ber every date pleasantiy; *when hle recails chicfiy the *quarrels they bave had, what *is there tc, look forward ta? *There la more ta this thani you *secin ta. sense, and you will be *smart ta make every date yau *two have somcething for bimr 'o tarecalîl with unalloyed plea- *sure. Wben intter - famnily crises arise, write Anne Hirst for guidanire. She Is sympathetie and w3se, and her long ex- Perlence enables her te ex- plain the generations te each other. Address her at Box 1, l". Eigliteentb Si., New To- Hcere's a trick ta prevent sip- ping on a step iadder. First of ail paint the steps with a var- nisb. Wh1ilê Pýthe varnisb is wCt sprinkle on saine sand. Wheni dry the steps will be slip-prof and another accident is~ avcrtcd. HER VERY OWN - Knlocking at the impressive gates of the "Castie Kanelt is seven-year-old Christy Kane, wvhose father built this 22-foot-high beauty just for her. The walis are c*umirrum roofing atnd fli-shing. One tawer has a ladder, the other a fireman's pale. Dad is a commercial artist, sa he has ïome background for this sort of thinq. Wcll, we are stili w.aiting - waitîng £or the "new arrivai" - the arrivai that scecns in no hurry ta arrive. ln the mnean- time Eddie is bDeromingc quite accustomed ta bis viem home and except for an oecasional tussle of wilhs la behavîng very well. 11is chie! celight is to be taken out walking but~ the problerin la ta get hum past ail the hauses where there are dogs and cats as each one bas ta be taked ta and petted. Partner takes bis turn at the tiediypromen- ade and after that Eddie las con- tent tao stay la bis piaypen for an hour or more. Eveýry morniîxg 1 phone Daughter ta find out if she is at home or at the baspital. The hast two mornings she doesn't even bother ta say "Hila" -- just takes down,., the recei-ver an-d says -- "Still berel" These affairs o! baby-tcnding- and baby-exçpecting kcep us pretty wel accupied in aur own littie world. And thern we turn on the radio and hear the start- iing news that à~ Soviet Satellite is,- cilcîing around in outer space and that trips ta t definlitely ;a vossi, the next few years. the Soviet Satellite good - perhaps t ists will become m(i with trips to the m( and leave this litt of ours ta its own enjay its own wresthe witb its 0o Beauty , . . I wond folk saw the glorli night -everyc nable- like onie fai-ous pictures.2 tumn Icaves - arej !y? Not yet iii the: but turning very r I see ail the love rcdl, rust and gali spend hours la th feasting m-y eyes c calour - calour t not sec again for ai moIthsý. Every seý awn particular t-yj iastiig 'but bi!l,, ta make the moat son as it comes. D( so busy witb our c, ling and bhousecleaý bave nro time for given, beauty that joy-free aýs the aiý .Let the Soviets ha'ý m-radie atellite jusý tbey icave LuS uuMi ai meLV ositLib A cow, breaIlý the heifers fin the funce. The time for ct pasture; The savour; distan a litti- e greenc are not. Any% f ced, caws Il more interest with neighbou They act acec farmer imust is doing,.get f ar tiiere was nothing bctween thein and the fast Iiîgbway traf- fic, Believe me, there were times wben Partner and I did samne quick, moving, eitbcr ta stop the cows getting ta the front field or turning theinhack after tiey reachred it. l'mn glad I don't bave- ta do it now - I think it wouId finish mie. Carrying tbirty pounds o! Eddie arounid l as much as Iwant at thie moment. Well, there always bias ta be a first 'Lime, I went ta m ake a cuIp Of tea just now and founid there was no pow>,er. Na powýer, fia wa ,er, Even if we had w;atcr we couidn't heat it. I n eyes wvanted a cup of tea so badly as now vwben 1 know I can't get it. Wbat an ag-te. live in ta, be so dependent on.. mechaniical' aid. On-1the f arm e couid at least gýet water fromn the outside band -pump.n Another Ballooni For Piccardi After Auguste's "first tn-p, Mme.ý Piccard Iistened wiith great, anx- hety ta the details o! the variaus m.isadveýntures wbicb had nearly taken ber busb-and's ,life.. With each rccou-ntig, she relivcd theic dang.ers be had faced, *'There will be fia more bai- laoning, Aug-uste," sbe said firin- ly. "Do, you understand mne? No more balloon flight for Augusite Piccard!" Auguste smil'e. "Yes, xyty dear, But I Must tell you that one d1oezs nôt mnake -CtI sarine mistakeaz twice. We shouid hearn more tram the mistakes we make than frin anytbi.ng else in aour iive-s. Is that not turue? "0f course we shouid profit by mistakes," bis dïsturbed %wife ad- mittcd. "But what about. those Russian) sciertists? There's little chance of profit for tbemn!MVan, was n'ot constructed for ain i- vasion of tbe stratosphere-' recedu,. .tugusl aknd gentie bati words heid wý Mm..Picca: mubhe oc bis loyaity tu: the searchý for hlm. sh'c lav ta be the caus how that tnd ýl t; Pepys' Diary contains saine 1,300,000 woürds, covers over 3,000 quarto pages and iýs coni- tained in six valouines of s1ightly varying- size. During bis lifetime Pepys had these boutnd ini leath- er, stamped ini gold, with tuis arms, crest an~d motta, and placed on the shelves of his li- brary, althaugb, unlike bhis other books, they were flot arranged in strict order of size but were. kept tagether. The Diary is writteti in Thom, as Sheltorn's system of short- hand Proper names and occaý- sianal. words are written la( longhiand. and certain ~ous3 ipassages In a curfous inltermix- ture ofi Freneh, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and English dialect words. These natuiraily add ta th e difficulty of transcription froin the zhorthand, w,,hich other- 1wise presents no great problen.. As Shelton's shorthand was known to many of Pepys con- temporaries, and ws not a secret cipher-as is sometimes erroneously suppsed-it has ol late years been argued that Pepys' sole motive in usingità was to Save time.. On Pepys' death, in 1703, the Diary with bis other b o uki passed for if e to bis nephew John Jackson, and on the lit- ter's demise in 1724, by Pepys' wish, to bis oid college at Cam- bridge, Magdalene. Though no- tiýced by Peter Lièiceste-r on his visit to Çamrbrîdge i n 1728, Il was not transcribed until 1819, when, folloi'ing the successIfl publication of Evelyn's Diary, Lord, Braybrooke, trie Visitor aC Magdalene College entrusted the task to a young.Bachelor of Arts namned Johin Snith. Smith's la- bours were performed with ex- ceptiQInal accuracy, took hir three years and covered.9.12f5 quarto pages in 56 volumes o! lnghand rranuscript. - From "Samuel1 Pepys: The Mar, in the Maig"by Arthur Bryan.t, EXPENSIVE CURE i Near Olney, IIl, irritatcd by "-wasps that buzzed around the barn, farm hand Harold Weber decidied ta sioke themn out, burned more thart 5,000 bales o-; hay, 2,»)~ bushels of baricy, 200 iQads of rmanure, a utility shed, a garage, three drums of gasolù-ne and the barn. lWa«ist Sizes To 46 ',~~6,3 -ae for igbt bv Linens wihi give ou,