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"pear Arme Hirst: 1 married a widowver seven years ago, a-nd though he is '23 years oldter 1 arn stili very mnucî in lov e. The only drýawbaclk to î>ur hrmrony is tijis: "HIis t-hree children are ail settled now, and. every 1 one oý them i s sweet ta me and vÏsits, us often, except one son. He and his wife politely ask 'uS ta ai but.vr time they are inlvited here they have an excuse. This distresses me, and 1 an uncertain how ta take it. "Shall I keep on seeing11 them, or stay away?, My husband is very considerate, and tells me ta do as 1 please. My frienris al advise me flot to g;o there again. What do yau say? Maran« Keep Trying * 1 think you should continue * ta visit this son whether lie- * and his, wif e retlurru your cails *or nat. As bis f ather's wif e, *it is your dlut-y ta set the e- *ample of eourtesy, aind treat al *the children lik2, Your hus- 4band, I expect, loves themy *equaly, and tliough he is faýEr *enough 1-ita leave the decision *ta you 1 arn sure he would be *disappoinited if you did flot ac- *cormpany hiM on nis visits. It *would mean he would go ls *often, and 1I knowv you would *not want ta bc e reponsible for *that. *Whatever their -easoi-s ta, *deciîne your invita3tiaûs, show *yoursef gi'acioÙs, enough tal *overlcook their rudeness. ,When *you do go, use ail. your charnm *ta make them like you, Pe e pazticulnrly cordial ta thp *wife; ask hier ta lunich a ndc * matinep océasional' 'y, and try *your best tan win ir as a_ Sfriexid, Whether you succecdotr not, you wIil have donre your Spart to mainitain the f aily Shairmonv and youri husband, ' iIl appreciate it. ~'If Von have noV invited i-,l thecudrnta f amïiy dinners s*siince yournfarfýied, tr'YLe Sidlea. Should the son decline, Û-do't '!1eV tgcat yzýu down. SAg-a'n, You have tried. StIar In Crochet Etiquette. .by Roberta Le4e '0 a .is it a matter of etiquette for a ncew father te give out igars aud eandy to his friends? A. There are no rules hf eti- quette regardin Vths. It's just an old widcs-pr7ead Cana-dian eus- tam-. Q.Somie o! iygirl !riends, who have bécoine engageds re- eently, have ivenâ their fiances engage-ment presents. is this a' new custom - and proper? A. Th>"isi- is neither a new cus- tam nor necessary, 0f couîrs, thereý is nothing im7pro.per a !.bout i, if thie grlwi4hes 1Vo do so. Q. is ih proper for a girl te ligit 2 amans cigarette for hlmn? A. Yes, iý she lias just lighted heyý own1 and lier match is sili1 burnung or lier lgie savail- able. Otherwise,li should ai- wavs liglit hliii4)V71. il The advice your riends ive *is neithier wise nor kind. Out *of yctir own happiness you eau * fford ta, be generous. Young *as you are, it is ai fine tribute that the other chuldren are -sa *friendly. Console yourself with *that, and Ibe grateful. Two-Timing Beau "Dear Anne' Hirst: Ove2r two ye-ars ago I met this bo.y, and I've heen in lave ever since. But threc months ago I found he's been seeing anoth-er girl without tellhing me, so .I stopped seeing imn. (He had cfteul talked of aur mrriage ) "Now lie wauts '.u date me a gain. 1 love hilm mas nmuchi rever. but 1 canniot trust lm ie is stii Seeling, her! lit will lie terribly liard ta turu hlm dcown. But shahl I? Wondring" 1 hope yo'u will not see the boy again; if you do, you Mill *only love im mornre, and what *good Wiilthtdo? YOU Would *finally ha-ve ta break wvitb hilm, *and that would hurt even mrore *than Thils time. * Any boy who is not true ta Sthe girllie professe-s ta love is not apt to stay true tath *girl le marries, There is no *substitute for honiesty *TeIlIhlm you areý sorry, but *yclu can't go ,vith a boy yoit *cannot believe in. Whier a girl marries a widower, it is hier dtsty ta use grace and tact la dealing with hIs chlid(re. Ri nay take ail the insight andi iinesse she can command, but the resulting harmnony is worth It. 19n any inie of indlecisioli, consuit Anne Hlirst, addcressung her at Box 1, 12a lilgbtet Street, New Torontïo, Ontario, "4Blasphemy,'" Inez11 Robb cam- plained in lier syndicated Unitedi Features coiumin, "lias becomnea part of the Amnerican way ...W Armericans curse as casuallIy as we breathe." Citing sonie prafantity she lad beard thie day befcare bath fromi a New- York ttaxi driver and 'romi the gw,,ests at a fashionable party, colunist Robb indignant- ]y added: "Biasphemny is a foui liabit that degradles us andr- flects on aur country. We ouglit ta tak-e the ipedgýe and ct, 4 Mlirs. Robb îwrite.5 from the,, vantLage point of a skilled ami sensitive reporter wio lias pounded enougli beats ta know lad languaoge wlien shie hears i. îIn 34 years as a uewswvonan, sho bas cov7eredI everything from) higli society (as socicty adCitar of The Neý'ý' York Daily News) to I World War Il (as a correspond- ent in Africa and Europe for tluc Intcr-nationi-l',News Service). Slie conIsiçiers îlir anti-swearing cruý- sade ev/ýen m-ore importLant than lier previauïs camopaigus Lagainst gum-hewngund wrc er ing siacks, 41I have a terrible lrîsh tcm- er"slie said,"utI have neyer .ursed ayn. Could M r 7 Robb think ofi any eîrcum-staý-ces that mîglit allaw bapey ' can thlink of' one sittiaxtion-," sIc, said, "lb w!icb wainls appropriate. Jt was whain Cordeli, iIull cuïrsed out thloI-te two Jap- anese envoyýs.Lt, takes a 'Peai Harbor ta tsti.fyswain. ~-fonNcwswveekI. Fain saved aur ganden. Yes, in spite 0f rabbits and the pre- viaus dtry speli we nowi bave quite a good ganden. NoV awvful- iy big but sufflciently prolifle Vo keep our tliree famihies su1p- plIed and a few, of aur neighl- bouns trio. We don',t usually haqve mnuch lucl< with- green peas but hs year we bave lad plcn1ty. The flower graden, Von, is muii-( better Vlan I ever ho t i wvould le. Lots af bloom but un- fortunately bare spots liene and lthene wlere plants, succum'bed ta the dnought or, were trnmped dowp by dogs an-d catsý We have, had oijr share of aphids and other insects. Not knowing what would geV wlicrc I miade an aI- most daily haqbit of exarining Vhe stnall ljea-ves,,and shoots on 1lrb and trees. At different times I founi-d lbuggy thing-s an the Hon01eylocuist; green lice- on ! he flawering crpb and ahpfids an the ramrbler nase. Thcy al foV Mhe same reatment, incl,,ng the n.asturtîumsý - spray from au canj that ih coually gaad for des- traying inserts inS1ide or ont. If done at the right ime- one s-praying ou ýr owi ng things sýecms sufficient Our experience wvith cherries wsnat s50 goad. NeiglibouLrs away on a trip ta- Eurone told us ta heip ors e, ta heir gadnfruit. There are four cherr-y trees,, oic? but quite pro- ductive. The fruit wasý ready for picking. Last Tuesdray wve gPot si-x 01k:t3-that a.Dee, Art and Jhny1Wdnsa 'I wcnt îback a-nd "go-t one lbasket 1for arslesTov, iutendec-rom- ing for a pcigbut it :got lot so shie dd botherSaura J wen aer n fr sphrie and dIo you kn1owv, i cudu be- lieve rW111 fevesÏ. The(re wasnmr't a chierry left! PNth1ine ou the t"èées but leA n d cherry 7aits. Birds erare fn btten pickers fla11n people. And of coursýe with no anc lu f tie bueand no los3e- Svnigious tic robins. statr lin, ad even crowsý, wreun- 1oete.Iknowv. oue on rny lst ickg. t mlcast twep(,tv býid,including tw'uo îcnows, flew uýp frorn Ithes wlen Tflrst api)nracbd. Therie are about fouir acres 0of raugli, scub îand on this property w;ith a good crop of poison ivy Our frieuds wcre rying 1ta doi a da-pjob ths spning and Mrs. . ot a ter- ribledose (o! poison ivv through rîullihg at the rmots. She iad to go o a skin specialist and the- infection a]moast cansed cancel- lain o! their trip ta Europe What the reatment was I don't krnow but Vhe doctor gat IV clear- cd up in four or five weeks s0 they pot. away after ail. Silice then 1 have corne across a sug?- cestion for kÏîlhing poison 'vy retomnided by the Depanti- mfnep t o!Agriculture. T pass tVIe information Aïong for ilhose whbo mnay b. lnterested. "A rnecw, cheial lldA.T.A. (Amnino Triazaie), is now considereca' the miost'effective means of destroy- 1lng poison ivy. This cliemîcal, ap-plied icn theihe plants are i full eaf at tlie rate of 4,able- spoons ta a gallon of waýter, gives satisfactory resuilts. Wlien treating small areas an ord;in- ary knap-sack sprayer mray be ti.used ta tloroughly wcet the plants wvith the solution." Partner is throui i aying for ewhule -so hast Fia we toal imne off ai-d went ta Hor-ninýg' Milis for VIe day. It was quite a 1trip. For a teinile stretcb be- fween Caledon and Orarigeville, road work was iu progress witb all the usual liecavy rcad Tra- chinery. 'We didn't get mucli chance ta admnire the scenery aI o Ithat trip, But ,,viere can y7ou geVt aw,,ay frorn construction w;.ork? t is the saine story on Higliwýay 25, and again on, the Dundcas. AI! veryv inconvenient but very necessary and the road-s wil] be js~adwlien theY are- finisqhed. In the meantime there are always alternate roads ta find and explore. Weli, here is one for- tbe book. To native-barn Canadians it woni't mean anytiling- - as yet - but it will -frigliten Old Couin- try folk wlo are fond af gar- dening. This information camnes tac me from an English-barrn friend living in Kincardine. She Pnd lier liusland bave n lovely- garden. Imagine ber amazernent about twa years ag'o ta find a famiilyv of "erwg."Wat arei eawgWeil, P'U tel yau. Ti-ei commron eanwig is a nasty littIe brownish îi nsect, iin appearane somnetingbetween aà large ant iand a grasshop)per, with six legs, a pair of antennasç- and tini'y f or- ceps at flie- end of its body L'ar- wigs can setrete tl-emseeves in any eaivity V o flieveny centre of flawers, fruits and vPEgetabes, an which tbey lve They are MostL destructive insects and arei found ail over 6tLunap-e, -Mexica, Ce-ntral Arnerica and Australia. Tbe cagreateunder barli of trees, especialîy in woodipiles-. Earwig-,S' got their namern be- cause tieyv have been known ta buraw,ýý into the bumnan ear of persans slepiïngin, flie open, But they are cdhiefly dreaded becauise of the-Ir detrctve habits im gardenis and orcliards. Sa, if ynti meet an-v unknown, insects of this typje get busy withinseticie. Tis-s the fir>st time I have beard of iheir heing in Canada. If tliey bave really taken upn residence bene then we've got ta get id oif tiemr. Wehave cnoughn native insects as it is; .we certainlv don't wvant ta encourage imported varieties. SEAT W1RIGGLED TO LIFE Ta say that Kuisumnbu, a Swa- bilî hunter, was the moýst shock- ýcd mi in al Africa recently, îs a rraster-piece oif understatemnent. Tired after a long day's hike thnough- the Rliodesian bvsh, Kusumbu sat da-wn for a rest on what lie tôok ta be a stone. Sud- denly bthe "stone"' wriggied un- der hlm and ap popped theeliead of a 15-ft. python. It was sev- eral yards away before the Af ni-. can's feet t -ouched graund again,, but uckily the suake was just as startled by the Swahili's yell and hunicdlY slitbered awa-y. 'Little Italy" In New York City "O0 for Eloreflo La Guardia. This is the cry of New Yark'i "Little Italy" as Washington congressmen try ta smoke out italiar. racketeers -- thus setting; the 1,000,000 persans of Italiani descent in this inetsropoiis look- ing ta the laurels they have ac- quired by lard work, family tii- terdependence, and liusbandirng of meager resource-s. Down on Houston Stt'eet at. Second Avenue Italian mi'en stil piay "ocO the Italian ver- Sion of bowlirng - on a. court huit for them by the three-ter.uï inayvor. On the side Unes they stili1 quote the colorful language their former leader used ta de- sciethose le considered ta be no-good politicians. The "Little> Flowýer" set an examplDe for hie people by iot standing for the vaste of a city dollar nor the purchase of a single favor. In L ieItaiy" these summci days thie visitor cauà spend , pleasant evening sitting under colored liglits in Arturo's garder restaur.ant, eating antipDasto, rav- iüli, minestrone, and scaliapirie, and listening ta strolling guitar- ists strumming, out "Came p-Back ;a Sorrento". Hle may stop by ani expresso, stand for an Italian lemron ice or for gaudy pastries a, the Ex- celsior, open until aftex midnigh4, or he mnay drap in at a rehéarsal of "Rigoleýtto" at the Amiato Opera 1b-use on Bleecker Street, Ta get behind the scenes is not sa easy unless you f ollo I l Progressa (founided 1880; circula- tion, 75,000). But ît's evident that the success stories af New 'York's Italians have not ahways i.nvolvedl a great deal af capital. Somne have been ibairber shop, shoe-repair shops, ice and coal -st-,ds:, man'y in the fruit anid, 17 table business, But sonsfroin j- ge famiilles have been sent ta coliege and today they scarceliy know the lnuaeof their Èathers. Broccoli is reputed ta have bceen f trst imported ta th-e Uitedî States by the proprietor of a restaurnt on Bleecker Street, wirites Mary i{ornaday lu The Christian Science Mýoniitor. On Tliompson Street, lu thc hieart of Greenwi1ch Villa-le, at least one dealer stilI bas bis car, horses stabled, and when thie.3 horses go ta bed ut niglit thecy walk upstairs like anyone else. A cammnsighit in New York's 1talian districts on sumiimer nights is the "fiesta", witb a European--style ritual Procession wîvnding through bedeclked streets awasb, witb a variety of mne-,Y raising entertainnients benefiting the loal parish. Once a year "Little Ialy" rnoves uptown for a Coirnnbus Day dinner and parade, sponsor- e.d by Fortune Pope, publisher of Il Progressa, with1 the Pro- ceeds gan nto scholarships. With an) immigration quota C1 only 5,6,15, Italia-ns are nu f)loner' able ta flood acrosýs the Atlantic to escape poverty at home, but many are sending- money barix borne. And here, "wh-ere , 8,000,- GOO people live together in peace and harrnony and enjoy the b]essings of de~oracY," thej* Italians are contrikuiting a great deal in vitality and usefulnes Q. Is it proper to address thil envelope of a letter to a persou without using the tities,"M. Mrs., or Mliss"? A. Neyer. loy For Juniors Arrow-slim sheatli -riaw l, onk again! On goes the overskirt cicigyou with new f ashion it.tel-est! Jiff-sew - nmake the diress in one color, overskirt lis contrast chiffon or voile. Printed Patterni 4790: Jr Miss Sizes 9, 11, t3, 15, hi. Size j,.I dress takes 2% yads 39-incli f abnie; overskint 3--% ýards. Printed directions on eacbh pat- terr.i part. Easier, at-eurafe. Send FORTY CEN'~TS (40W) C stamps carinot bÉ, accepted, use postal note. for safety) foi tlhi pattern. Please print plama4y SIZE, NAME, ADDREFSS, STYLE NUMIBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eiglhteeiath Street, New Toi, ontOoinroi.ü e-r New Taronto, Ontarîi» WANTS JUSTICE ý Wearing a 1-pound padlrock chain around lir neck, Anlgeline Clieft, v9, of Waller, Tex., yawns and rubs ber feet after a long day at the U.S. Capioal She tried un- successfully to see President Eisenhower in cn attempt ta Win bcck ownership ofbaclf of ber mother-'s 703 acre (-,tch. Miss C-liett maited the pa1dlock key ïo the Pr-es*ýic nlaîiv n fot to remove the chaiti "until 1 get jus-ý-e." SELF-PORTRAIT - Displaying ber arlistic style, Princess Dorotlhy de Policlo sits before two of ber paintings ;ini Rome,.Italy. Princess Dorothy, 19, who wos born in Chicaigo, calis bher style "surrecilistic-rnediumistic." She uses herseif ois a model, ,vilh the aid of r- mirror.ý