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41,RSj Uflear Anne Hirst: 1 have a distracting mnother-in.- luw problem, but it is not like- any other I've read about. My ~parents are dead and 1 have nû relatives to help with mny four- year-old girl except my h.us- biand's mother, who lives aon .the corner: I expect another b5aby in ùfour weeks and hv benquite sick. We are buying ùur h omne an-d cannot afford a sitter. We ask hiîs mother to beip out only about once every1 thr-ee mnonths, and she awy ýomp1air.s that it puts her back4 bin her housework and her sw ing .. . "But she minds mny sister-i-- 1iaw's chuîdren one day every week thougli there's a part-tirone maid there. Belleve me, 1 don't reseni'ths, but she lias flot -once, 'ffered to bielp us silice the baby). wvas expected,# and shie is even planning- to be away thec week I'm exýpecting. Th-is means miy 1iusband wili have to ake time ,out f rom work to look after1 our little girl while 'm- in the hos- p it ai. "My friends a nd 1neîihbors critici'ze her bitterly, -and î cover up thie best 1 can. She tells then 1-ow mnucil she likes me. but whyý doesni't she prove it? if my mnother wvere living-, how diffe-r- ent thiriga would bc! Mrs. R. E," ~NOT UNIJSU.I)L * Such f avoritism exis in rnmany famîiles because theý *older womain favors one son's *wife and flot another. You *probably do noV know the *cause of this, and it may h3ve *started belore your marriage: this and other factors are no- b ody's f ault, arid there seemsiý 4, rothing you can do about it, SOne rmight ý think ithat h *coming emyergýency vwould in- *spire her to ease vour burd1en, *yu but seems that is flot to' 'be. *ý»ý YoId your husband aret *conicernied with the practicalÏ *details, and these ideas mnay Sbe useful: kTel! your doctor about theý 'tsituatiofl and aslt him about kthe social service agency C *th-, hospital where you, are *going, Sometirmes the R-ed SCross. or similar group; take *over i? they èan; *Can your hus1band arrange Lifelike Roses * o take that weelk as part o1 * bis sumnmer vacation so lie will flot lose b)y it? * Isn't there a couple with *childrenr among your friends who woufld takie your little - irl for the week? TPhey would *not charge you, 'm siure, ami *a smnall household gift îs ai- *way a proper exprelssaorin o your gaiue * ereafter you will be wise *to counit your husbard'sm- *ther out for any heip at al1: *hope deferred I15 deprecssing ta *live with, so why hope any longer? She is as she is, and *your pliglit does not mnove h1er. 1 amn relieved you do notre sent your sïste-rn-law,'s iluck *(which wouid be natural> and 1 hope you continue on friend- 1 _v ternis. *Your situation, deplorai.hie *as it seemns, is noV unique, I *repe-at. Accept it as permnanent, *and use ai, your wit. and prac- tical conimon sense to iman- agle ?as best you ecan. HOQME IS BEST "Dear Aine Hirst: For fiv- years wýe have had awneru marriage, and now there are three splendid children. Every- thing iasz gone so well for usý ahi until niow, whcen I. arn Sa- confused I arn almost crazy. ,Recenltly I miet again a moani I wasý in l ove with untJil my fa- inily -nde us part. 1I find I have neyer really gotten over him. Wehat on earth arn I1 to do? MIXEDlUP" * Do what you know îs right. * If you déLiberately left your * usband oir separated the chi- *dren fromn hini h e s o! * you alil would be bM-.ight.ed and. * as the cause of1t you Would * take on, a terrific responsibil- *When wemar we Stop liv- igfor courselves andben ) Uiihg for- others. We have not Sthe right Vo se-ek a new per- son E!I happi ness when w ü * know thIlat othe!rs miust. pay fo,-r *it. Temp)ted as you are, you 4wifl pxay for strexfgth to re- Ssist, and take on your -rightfui *jolb as youl must see it if you', *are beingý honest with your- sel'f. MI Being good mnay be dull fori a whule,lbut I know of! no 4surer road to -peace. Whien a busy mother realizes 1slie bas no one te depend op fa bler dlomestie scledule, saniehoiv Aie arranges a reutine that sees; lier throug-h. A'Ime H i r s t ba-s ideas that miay be help)ful Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigbteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. The Naipk*în Ring jNapkin rïiing were often mioreý elegaint than the linen th-.ey held. They wýere silver,' genierallyv, and maeybe engraved with initiaIs. A polishing,' or Vwo a year wVould keep themr presentable. The np 1hin, rmeanwvhie, .w7as lkey o become smyeared with the staIns, and colors of imny ge~sand sauces between on Sunida'y anid the rnext. In slips' wrros anid ~aIoons, napkîn rnsremnain eý Sitr.Some, are simhw intricate carvings from bone or ivotY or shIeil. Oheare tur-l l'eads tied f rom fla cord. Ari there are steel and brass ,ýones turned out on the hblaock1,Ia ng lathe. Napikin rings linger ton ini hýunting ann d fishing lode These may be of plaistic, factorY- mnade. Or they m ay be whittled f rom wood - perha-,ps from the banrd'cancer protrudingl cup-like -fromn a birch tree. But by and large the napin ring, like the mouista-che ciîp, trie finger bowlv, and Une bone dish, is somnething you rememiber f romu your grandmother's table. A bit o!f fohded paper, whidli is Vo be: -bafled7 up and tossed afway alter IUBBLE TROUBLE - Mms Jean Childs of London, England, is up to ýh axies in floodwfater. The Tbe-mes burst its banks near Mocudenhiead, flooding the orea and her carIburetor. r k,ýind is article i Faind Mail-~ Save tne ng conser- n 1 evi)erts eci to continue can b!ane rinUitcu thtVo Ontario'.s arclua economy. flemember 1 saýid hast week elderl 'y farmers riit just as wel add Voq their dwindlingý income by selling, a few acres insýtead ofwaiting tili ail thel" Ianld is cnfiscaqted, Looks as if 1 wasn't too faor Out at that. Bank Robber in OId ILare ieaving tne boank,"sne -said, 'the paper bag with the moneY was jostled from my hands and fel into the street. Am~anl picked it up and tried to bond it to me, but I was so nervous I said, 'It doesn't belong to me' and walked on.,' Tears rolled down lier thini, linedl cheeks, as she spoke, and she dabbed lier eyes with tissue-, "A fanitastic story," s;aid Deteec- ive Lt. Arthur Schultheiss. Magstrate Milton solomçon didn't believe a word o!flier story, either, and set bail at $30,- 000 pending indictment. -- From NEWSWEEK. To Size 48