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Sadai -95 cents -Dear 4nne Hirst: Four year. ago, whex- i1 was 15, 1Irnarried a mnan 10 years older; My paren1ts ob,-jected violently, .but 1I was one, v'ho knew everything. Now, %we h-wie a darling little girl, and it Ïs chiieffly for ber sake that I seekr -vir advice . ler father has been 4rinking ail this time' (wic1 did not know tili.1 i lar- ricd) and he ils gett-ing worse. Le m-ýistreats me physically se th'at 1 arn acually afraid of him, "So f ar I've been ablje pre- intour littcie girl's seeing hinw ,t such timies, but 1 can't tel horw long I can keep thatup _,trangely enough, he is' crazy about ber and she loves hirm with ail ber lieart. HP has te be away from home now and then, but when hie is here, hie drinks ai- r-o-st ail the lime. He teilis neigl-. bors that 'I am a spendthrift, and spreads tales that 1 see other mnen in his absence. lie give me, so Ilittie mroney that 1 amrnmos.t without decent clothes, and .1 have te counit every dîme, The only plàcées 1 go are to cb3rch and an occasienal movie with my littie girl "I know yeou will tel me te leae my husbad, but 1 haveiVti the heart te separate these- two. ï expeet lie will drink more as he grows older, yet ho-w can 1. let ber know what sort of father she bas? 1 must act soon, and 111l do anytbing yeu say. DESOLATEIY' SLIM HOBPE- .Yr husband must know *ho-w rniserably he lias fafiled *as bqth man and father. To 4 Spreadl tales of yown'loyalty is~ *ostrous. I amn a!raid that *your only appeal is through * is love for the child. There lies yûlur strength. Not for long * can lie Conceal bis weakness. * you will have te mnake hlm un- * derstand that if he does not * transforrmhimnself into . ag 4e- * cent, right-living citizen yeu * will take- ler frern hlm, be- *cueyoeu refuse te al-w his *influence te darlien ber if e, *The time for hÎrrita chiange * l net next year, nor next monnth, but today. If lie wilI not ci,,ient you will have te. For Entertaining HAÀR D -H AT HALO - Sisier Mary Maidornna wears a Cîvil- ian Defens>.. helmet ;n her relec as evacwuati" d~irecfer for St. Mary's HospDital during CD cex- ercisýes. ISSUE 23 - Ï959- *carry ott your threait, and lIfhlieali-Ltis is a crisis, - and wvll do bis part, youý will *bec as patient as yout can ta help hlm win aut. Perliaps it is not too late. It is uip ta hlm. SITSTEP. STEFS JN "Dear Anne Hirst: I an 16', and must consult you on a1 seriouis problemi. My boy friend asked- myv sister to a dance, :and thougli shlaý two ye-als older ,'in afraiçi she likes hlm, (My xmother says to date hlmi as'uu, but ke2ep lier out of the way.)' "lie tells nmelie loves me, but friends say I'm f oolish te bang -o-n to him, they eail hirn a flirt * . if be bould ask me te marry- buir, shalI accept? BROWN EYES" *If the lad bas t1he reputation *of being flirtatiouis, why take *hlm seriously? Why believe *that lie loves you when lie *even invites your sister eut? H le seems determined to Play! *the field, if yeu can enjoy *facing, sucli cempetition go *abead, but 1 arn afraid you will Sonly get hurt. Should lie pro- *pose <'which I doubt) postpene *your answer until be bas- Sproven it is only you heý cares f oer. *As for your sister, why dont *yeuand the yeung mnan go for *a waik or viit friends? It int probable. she would invite hesself te accempany * you, and mnaybe she will * eventujally get the ideai she * îs igtrudlng. Miracles do happen îin thîs world, and one can always ffly that the love of a littie -Chl will meve a strong niai. Anne Hirst's long exPersencc and coneerti for troubled reaâ- ers have hiroughit uew hope~ to those who. seek her eoiwseIl. Write her at Box, 123 Elgh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. History'«s A Hit The Tin PâanAlley trend te- ward the folk ballad which pro- duced "Tom . Doeley" is hotter than ever. The fastest-selling record in the U.S. last mnonth was "The Battie of New Or-. leans," based on an eld fdl tune which was written te hionor Andrew Jackson's reut of the Britishi at New Orleans on Jan.ý 8, 1815. Originally titled "Jack- seni's Victory,"' it was later re- named "The Eighth of January." Now, in a pseudo-foiksy moartial version sung 'Dy 26 yeàr-old Johnny iorton WhQ accom- -panies himselt on the guitar, the Columbia record lias sold three- quarters of a' million records 1rn less than, a mronth. Asked to speculate about the success of lis new d i sk, the Texas singer ramnarked: 'Peopie are pust moere histery-conscious now. Maybe because they'ra so scared about thei future thint4 they'd rather think about the mudli as we sheuld expect from them. Tbey should not ai.so be Dut ef pocket. She aise stressed, as se mrany Provincial offices bave donc- in the past, that rneney-making- preject should not be the main objective -la W. work. We shotuld be satis-. fted' if we saise sufflaient. funds to lok aften brancb expenses- and local appeals> - such as conie frofi ?êreginal hospitals, o-Id age hoenes, achooi for retarded chl-. dreci andi the Childran's Aid So- ciety. Provincial and Federal W.1. expensas are cavas-ad ly the amounit dedalctcd by liead Office from our annual membarship' fees -- except in the case of spe- cial appeals.- I ceuldn't bave ags-eed1 more witb the District President's s-e-. marlks, I have seen more than ene W.I. branch bac -members and flnally- disJband becaue to many demands were mada upo-n ils mee-mbars, rnestly for fund- raising, aclivitiea. At o-ne tîrna keeping pace with local osganizations was easy. Most women found lima te work -for lIais- churcli and the W.I. But now thare are se mrany ,organi- zations a public - spisited lb wamonan cguid be awýay ro homne evary day of the week. More lhan one parson haz lieda nervous breakýdown ,i through trying te keep paca with home responsibiïlities and tea meany outsida aclivities. There Ls a club for this, a society o- hl auxi- liaries for hospîtals, schools, vat- era-ns and masons, In fact naost man>s clubs bave wamen'saui liaries. Bf os-e she reelizas whjat la happening thc avas-aga' house- wifa, urben and rural, fnds lier-. self so involved sIc dJoesn't knowî. whilih way te lurn. We naad to- taike ,an mtes-est ln commi-iunity, a.Clivlies but not ta the point o-f exhaustian. TIe same principle applies te dhildrsen. I an thinking now of anae eeven-year aid girl in parti- culas-. A brigýht. intelligent child who leas-us easily. Yet shemae ilîtla pro-grass at sdo-el and may, not be- promaotad next fail. Why? She la' eut evcry nigît e! the waek - te dancing classes, Music lassons, Girl Guides or dlrmatie achool. And every week somîe enae is liaving a bistliday party. The chld is high strung anid p1ro-. bably tired' eut befos-e the day begins. fliow can any chuild Akeep uip wit. ber scîool wos-k %with so mnucl after-school activity? Theý respDonsibility ebviously be- 1longýs ta the parents. No child's, health and educetion should le sacrificad for île saké o, oves- amibitious parents. And yet it is f tan donc ailhougli a happy, cas-efrea g-ow,,ing-uip period is a child's nalural harilage. At it lesihould Lbe. ANNUE IHSTj .l>«& ?Famî ni " 1>,4 edot 'Ne matter wbhat the weatber 4th-e i'oe e rop that never fails. 'rhe baby crop. Corne wind or rain, heat wavce or blizzard, ît :rrakes no- difference --- tiey- corne inyway, those littie bundles of jey. We have a new arrîval right next door te us. Last Wednesday -I took the mother to o'ui local bespital for a blood test while Partner took charge of lier small daughter. Next morning the mother ivent te the hospital again. Tmat time it was a hurry- up cal, The baby was born three weeks ahead of tune, It iwas a boy and mnother and son are do-' ing fine se everybody is happy- Another day we were over te af arm tenl miles frem here where the nucleus of anothier crop was being seeded. The fields logked awfully' dry and we haven't lad a rain since se î arn sure most farmers are getting quite aniius. Ho-waver, there. bave beau 'dry spring seasons be-fore at whicl time the farmers were sure thne-s:aed woul be blowii away. And then a life- saving rain would saturate the fieldis, the oats, bariay and pas- ture fed would corne ta life and the farmiers forg7et their past wor±'ies. The aeods'aying still holds good - sprîngtime and barves-t neyer Caau. One year can bcbe botter than anther; isolated sections fi-ay be hailed, driad or eaten out, but there has neyer yet beau a crop failure froiiOne end of Canada ta the ,oth-er. True, there may hareginalfaibres. It so often happens one paýrt Of the countrY nmay be, dry and the, other wvet. But nature bas awa of niaintainîng a balance,ai- though ta the individuafl it often d'oesn't 10ook that wy On yet another cday ý,i was at our local WV.I. meigat -whicbe the District Presidenýit wsspeakl- ing. It was an enjoy abla, infor- mai but vary worthwhila mee-t- ing. Theý Presýident did not give an7addrass as is usually the cas- tom but discuissed with us Prob- lamns in Institute work.' Actually our branch presidant lied writ- teni te lier ahead of timne, asking- a nuniber of questions ta bc she lioped the enswers m-ighit be given from the pafo 1 thoughýt that was really an ex- cellent idiea. One question was hew and where money sliould be spent. This is often quite a weighty problemr as the secre- tary receives soj marn appea1s fromn outside organizations. The Ditrict Preside-nt con- Landed that urown branch ex- pcnes should ba lookad after lisst. Delegates ta the District, Ainnual, Officers' Conference and ArsConventin should have thIais expenses paid by their bsanch. She thiought that il claie- dzses give their -Lin c, it ia as %/1NGEUFARM 4. Cme-toi-ýe .cdk AUSTRALIA-BOtJND - Sto-nley Yankus is shei4Wn with his familY on their wajy te a new Hie ii utr-la The rebef Michigw: fatc-er3 laeuving tIc, country becauvse :Df federal fairm re- striýý;onz. Yanikus h-o-ids daiugter Kareni 3. Bel-w him ai,* sens DernnS, 11,# le-f, and Russeil, 13, JMrs. Yankus la ct righli G*rI's Who Levad Double lAves By diy aIe was a p:2rfoct-ý cretary ln a shipping office. honeýst, e' cal- eub~B nig'inl sba was a young ,m"ldcat wowent out rob-bing s _psa I biouses -iha gang of reckleIssý young Crim-lnals. Returning ta baer ladgings af- 1er a iday's work.. sha di'scarded lier Wel-tailoredJ business cas- t u in a, donned a sw.ýeater and lighl-fitting rad jeans, and tiad Up lier ha-ir in pony-tail faishiioni. Thari she weut off ta a café unir London's Easl End, ,wh're stu, - joined ier-gang., This doubla if e last ed fr several müntIs. Tien, a shcrf 'lmca'aga; Janet, the 24-ycar-o!d Scots girl, blundared. Acling as look -ouI for lha gang which wes car-ramrning e tobacconist'aL sliop, she scs-aamad a warniung as a policeman reuridedth le street cornes-. 4But it was tee-o lac-lier-boy friands lad ~ alsea'dy rashed ini- to the shop. The- policeman grab-. bcd lier wrist. Sha bit him end witI lier free hand punched hini in the face, but laie eld on. Wlen Janet was puit on trial and sentnced ta sixc manlîs' imprsoumnth er employers wvere astounded, Il couldn'l leý aIe-, inaisled the shipping offices chef clark, She always seemecd te hlmn, and ta al her business celleaguas, sudh a quiet, couac5-. entieus girl. Like certain allier peopfl, Janet sufferad from a split per- sonality, a Jekyll and Hyde cormplex. Somretimnes this cern-. plax pleys Iavoc with a par- sen's ronaantic life. A beautiful 28»-year-.old Souili Afsican girl, Sonia, goes through agonies because of lir dual pessonalily, SIc finda .1er-- self' quite unable te love De p er s on wboleleartedly. S ha craves fer the affections of twUýc entirely differeuit types of men, F-One ila a lad of elgîteen us stasting a cas-car, the other a mature muan of thc world in lis laIe fosties, Anas-pan, Senila recently< cousulta-d a psycYtiats-ist a bou't lies- problem,. She seemed te lie suffering, ha said f rom t-epres-. sien at not baving a brot er or~ fatîer. ' les- neareat appreacli tealap'- pinesa secs lier sbuttling ba- tween bar twe loves. This 'leads te cus-lous complications. A. faw weeks ago hes- alter manl friand, a mnining engineer, met wit1 a) sas-oua accident, break-. l-ng lis ieg andti Is-esils. fHo expacled lier te visit hlm the naxt day, but sIc s a id ;h' ceuldn't because lIaI day sIie lhad a date, with les- youugeýr -boy fsiend! Angele, a twenty-six-yeen-old Midlind. girl, wos-ked- lia çea'l -menchant's office-. $le was a. quick and . efficient secrctary, anud er boass ents-ustad les- wilb sonne of lis private business. Soon sha discoveredtbithal 1 was laing -unfaithfl la ýis wife, soeitau.es- eut of gs-èad for more mroney or disappeinleti becýause afI bis lack ofmInes-est in lies-, she turncd llackmna-ler On Ils-ee occasions h1e teft Spring's meast flattering shirt- waist featus-es a dashing, curved collar above a shapaly waist and a sktrt-ful of upressed pleats. Casual Lin eetton -- dsamatic for evening in fluit silk print. Psinted Pattern -4874:. Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 requis-es 5½à yards 35-inch fab- rie. Printed directions' on eacha pattern part. Easier, aecur-ate. Send FIFTY CENTS (50e) (stamps cannot be acceptad, at postal note for safety) for this -patter-n. Please psi-ut plaily Si1 Z E, NAME, ADDRESS,. STYLE NUMVBER. Send order te ANNE ADAMIS, Box 1, 123 Eigbteentbh St, New rnonecý, at a certain sýpot, ais an ,anrionymnous letter ½iir -,ô uo ifie wished t,-) keep hig guilty ý-ecret dark Bu-twhen this becarne too costlyv lie plucký1- ed courage and told thc police. A trap wais set. A packagze, wt £15i n arked notes,' was left at thie foot of an oak; . and thec police kept watch. The detective in hiding wasý suLrprised when a pretty fifteen- year-old schoolgirl dismounted from lier cycle, went straiglit tû the spot whlere the package was, buried and retrievedi it. ",what are- you going to 4,- w'ith thiat" akdh officer. "I can't tell you," repiied the 'child firmnly. "Then . perhaps ýYQU cl ei me wh ou.re. What is yoq!r -name, Pl ease?"ý She tord the detectîve bier naine, and the coal mièrchant's blackmailer was ireveled to be- her eider sister. Fash ion Page Flash