* lier Trîi A Biot On British Justice Througgbou the bc ars theýre have been many allegecd miscar- niages eof jugtice. In this ca'se there should nlot have b)een a conviction. Florence Mav1býck was conviet- ed mainly be4die sbe liad com- rnitt-d'-adultery --- riot becaus3e she was charged with murdeýring, her husband. Sciextists called as wviteýss at ber trial could flot agree 'that Mr. Maybrick bad died f rom arsenical poisoxixg. And it was by 11o means certain 11t hbs wife bad admýinistereti 1tcpoi- son.. Even btoday experts sometimles have difficuilby in ai gtbe caiuse of a particular death. In a numi-ber of cases sinceý the wvar ferensic experts bave been uný- able te agree on wbat is the fatal dose et a poisonl. It's bardly surprising ,tLhat tbey ceuldn'b agree seventy years ago in bhe case of Mrs. Maybrick:. The juryý do not appear ta bave been interested in thearuet and quarrels efthtle sciextists. Thcy apparentiy wereý determin- L-d to convict an unfluckýy womnan who, by. standards of modern justice,, shoulci have been aicquît- bed. The deadr-n was a bypo)- cbandriac, for yea's lhe bati been dosiu - bi1siwitilipilis an1d potions for be-ail and other reýa- sons. Wben sucli people die it's difticulbta as'certain bbc 'cause. Neverithelers, sciencec put Fia- rence Maybrick :in the dock, Hler trial -and sentence is a biot an Britishi justice. She had ail tbe bad luck that could came ta any woman, The day after lier conviction for miurdering ber husbaxid, uLS- ing arsenic, 'Theý Timesi' nade this comment: "It is useicss te disguise thie tact tit the public are flot tbaroughly convinced of the prisoxer's guilt. It lias been noticcd by thein that the doctors differed beyohd aIl hope of areetas te the Cause oe The gexeral public ,vere alarîn- ed. Th* oJ people who re- snalned ,upr.mely indlfferent wan te prosecution~, the judge Por >Hal-Sixes wb1o t lid hr, and thýe L-tnca i- re jr woc nvictýcd hr.la the P-'St forty yeaus cehave baned wo ome, fot o nuch beca-use tbey re cinvicted oi mrrbut[eauethywere guity I ouitryand c a're stii prienialenough Uto dis- lîkeý wcmren who ar c cui-1it in FlornceMa brick wv'as 'uch a woma'n. Sh-,(,, ben ila affair and. eas of it, the prec- juiewbich sutrroundiced her at lier trial wa.s oewemn.The lavwdoesn't take kindiy -ta o a 'aulteress cbargcd i t thc ur- der caï her husband. She wav's tir ' Lf eiylin Juiy, 89,hfoeSir JmsFit-' james Stephen, thon ane of the seniir figh C-lnt judges. Ib b is pfrme ie cd be-'en respoilsible Jfor the Inia enal Code. - But whien bie sut ini judgmient on Mrs. Mayvbrick hle ivas an old and Sick ma.ýn. PHe ýad lhad at esttwo ýstrok-es andlisbani- ngof the case xva' groý-ssy 1un1- fir to the prisoner. . Mrs. MNayb!rický was also the victim inebler times, in that at the period of lher trial there was no Court of Crimninal Appeal and, hein, tried before the Crinm- mal Evidenýice Act. 1898, she was unauble ùta1go)into the iwitjnezs bxand give evidence on bier wnbehaif, wr-ites Daidc Ensor in "Tit-BFit.s. Florence, a young, attr'active Amicrican, a married ta Jame)is May brick, thirty years bier seni- ior,' in 1881. The mnanriage was flot ha1ppy. lMr. ayubrick wa"-s auun1ieasant character, wvlh l bcon in the habit of taking d[rugs for soi-e time. He had been taking, strychnine and arsenic both as torics and a aphirodisiacs. Hi'; own- health was his principal ecqnsideratiort and, bath.iin Amei-ica and in Engiand, lie obtalned medicines which contained arsenic. H.f took the. regularly. Belnig se appre- hoensive about his health lie con- gulted mnany doctors. It wxas pet- f&eetly clear tht bi own doctor In Liverpool gave hlm n noarsenic. Týr. Maybrlik was dosng him- ~salf daUy vwith quack remnedies and medlilne3. At the same time Florenct-was rashi eni2ugli te hiav, an affair with a man namfed BrIerly, with wehomn, on at least *A* oceoioni, she had stayed in I»ndon. Before lorg lier hus- bands relatives and her servants four un at about It. 'ni Maybrrlk home was3 very tanbhapppy. In April, 1889, Janies Maybrick feu 1ill for the' iast timec. Th;erm WMa evidcrnce that Florence5 had bouglit arsenical flypsi..pers and she had been seen soalnrg them in water. There waM evidence that she lied given a meat extract to lier husband, whleh was afterwvards3 fourd be contain arseic. Wlieplher husband cied and she was tried for his mnurder shie said th,- soakin eoft the papers w%,a3 for the purpose of obtaining a cesm-etie pyreparation and she hall aIdde aà powder te bbc meat ext ract at the epeswisli o! the dead man. In bis body vtbec scienitists feun-d plenty of arsenic, but that ,vas hardiy surprising as lbe ad becn taking it for years. t was i-,er infidelities whicli led ta bier conviction, I believe. Thn doctors had been quitte unable to aree that asnçwas! th c ause of deatb. Thecir argu- ments macle t clear there might have been variDus causes of dcath. In 'sucli circunistaxncen there- should îxey-er be a convic- tion.i But sbie wagscsntenced teý de'it h. The gallews b ad ali-eacW bcems e-rected whem the Home 'Secre- tary, decided1 to comt-mute the puniahimîenit ta penal servitude for life bcauise, lie saidl, "tbere was- a reasonable douîbt tbat the deatb asin fact caused by bbc if tbat wsso,Ms. ayrc wsnot guilty, bit the authoir- itieýs bad ithe effron'tery to ýee-P TURNINO ON TH4E CHA!M - Mrs. Jacqueline Kenniedy; wUfi of the President, chats3 with her escort, U.S. 4mbcîssador ta the U.N. Adiai Stevenson, during the intcrmissioni of a performa'nce of the New Ycrk City Rzillet (YH BONAICL bbey mus't cither b ý ignarocci or overcome. We me-et these frus- trations in every v:alk et lite because we are ec d dpendent 'upox obliers, Last Saturdlay 1 'vas confrontcd wit,Ù axe smali irri1tati on attr aiiother - p- ple I wante2d te sce ix bbree sp- arabe lieuses werc not at hme 'Plans 1I had made for goling ta) Toronto lied te be sheivcd on accourt of i-ai. Whiie shiopping- several erdinary, vrdy'tm I-wanted -were eut of steek. Anti lasb but net leasb was other peo- ple '>garbag«e! lb was collectionl day in a crtain welk nsub)- division and bbc overali pipture was revelting. Howz people (ni be se inconsideï-abe towardsth menx %7ho, bave te pick Up tbb garbag-e I can't 1imagine. Inx many homnesbbthe iuse is imninaculate. Chidren are required te restove Oheir rubbci-s autbs-ie bbedoor. Thcy met specak properly and be polite te visitorsý. Clothes and boys m¶ustbbe takeý-n care ef. Mother bias carefully maxicuredi hands. Hem hair ùs st 'ylishli-and at- tractive. Fabher's suits make fre- quent trips te bhe cleaners, Ib lias, in f act, every appearance of being a weli-coxducted home - until it came-,s te putting' out t1bc garbage. If the garbage can iwon-'t lioid al bbc refuse thien the su-r- plus goes eut in broeý cartoni and paper shoprping bags. If dogse comne alaxg and distribute ban- ana rIcins, and mielon inds al o7ver tbe sidewalk thab's; just tee bad. The garbage -man will pick it up anyway. Paper of course ic biowing -11 over the place.ý To my way eft)ibhinklxg a per- sen's chai-acter can b. measured by bbc way in which garbage îm put oubside bis door. Menlai tasks' miust be donc by somne for th* benefit et others but sureiy our self-respect requires, that menial tasks be madle as inoffensive as possible. , When I pas3a a ouse whecre bbc egarbage is properly Put eut in suitable containers, and bbc surplus securel]y bled, I kxow v-tirat wthnthat heuse is i max and wemnan who lbas con- sidei-abion for others. By" bbat saine bokenïI1 know fbey are viortby af respect. Dogs are- blamcnd for a lot of bbc garbage mess but if prope-r cans wcrc L'secd nd bb lidsý put on tigbbiy bbc dog's would no't Le so temjptdc te inivestigabe. Weli, bbat's oaxe frustration I cax't do ainytbiig -about - ex- cept ta air my grievaxce. And liere's baping lb starts afe peo- ple tixkiliing. Panhaniidier: "Wi'll yougi.m a dinlie for a cuppa coffee? Pc- destrian: "No, I don't give mnoney ta peaple on thec stree2t." Panà- hade:"Wha1t should I do, op02n Up ax offce?"- Today there isï a very sliglit greenlili hue on parts of the law;the waeplng wiIiiow, branches have a yellowish tînge; a few more spears eof fowerlng bulbe are Piaixly visible and there are definitely more birds- flying around, mrostly robins and red-winged blackbirds. AIl, as -yau koow, omens of spring. There is also pientyoet niud and Manly aioppy, wet patches. But we have ta take the good wlth tbe bad - tl iat's thc çway of lite. Yor instance, briglit sunshine - that miales u:s torget the wet, n-iserabIe day.. we have- had for eVer a weekc. May lb se continue. This miorning whien 1 turxed on bthe radio quite early I wa-, grect- cd by someonie siniging i'Olý ihL~ a beauitiful iorniing". lb was a rcery greeÈna-ta tartbclay,. Last weeke, weabher nobwitb- standing, was nst interesting. 'We bhad lots ci letters, plenty eto visýitars and an over-dose ot bocIkeýr. One letter, tronm frieids wbo are stili farmin. recalicd maly etof ur axfarming cx- per-iexces. This was typicai. "Las-t Tuesday was my birtbday and aise our wed1dixg anniver- s2ary. Sa how did we celebrate? Jus-t Iikc Ibis. Inx bbc' rxing Heiiry was cIeaning eout bbc' stables and ri1pped just as h was cemixg blirouli th(- door- way wlth a load etfmnuire. 0f coursze tbbc anurxe upet and 'le someihow hurt bis lleg. Thit saine eveing h. pub a pail et creain don on theL floor whi1e~ lie licli- cd the bar-n door. lb ipped over and spiit m-osb af bthe creain Later 1 dropped a pile ef platesý off thee kitchien cabfiet, breaking- several. Durixg the evening the kitchen steve dcveloped a kik er ix its "irnn-ards" so I had te rakle bth ire eut, start a ne-w axe and thex wý,ait for lbta bursi tblrougl i before w-e would go ta bed3. And that is ioxv we ccdc- b)ra-ted aur brha-wdigan- nîv~'-a'-!" uit acelebratiox, Thon i-îwe cdfrîends coirne ta visit wbnr w cotlculd irdy vroc- ogn-lze tram theiir farm"ing y. Actualily their farmin-ý was ivuft an eDerient. Tbeýv dicl' knaIbc tir:t tbing; abouit it- rnti learnt thre liard wav. Finial- lYHy thbad IotaseJIlout. Thýe -nan laid'a splndid -war service re- cord and was able ta get a goad govramntjob, frwhicb ire was suibcd by training and cdu- cation. The differexce in their hliîli and appiearance wvas un- believable. We wore d3elighltedî at thechang<Ilýe. Wiypeople w'tb -xoingi-, but enbbusiasmn expeex-t ta maPke a go) at tarMing lIl neyer kxow. lb is biard enoutýrb for thocse wltbexerene o make _a liv7ing ta Start witbi, sa wbyh- bemcpt providence undculyý. Lif c, ab besb, is full otfruta tions. We can't avoid liem se H. Prefers Chesï To Hula Dancers. Marlon Bra-lino i nmidsh1>p man's frock coat and krce breeches brushes aside the bare- Iegged ntv girls and lieads for a grass huit. RarjýgyAutain Chips Rarftrty, foiiows him. Togetbe'r the' two mnahuiich over a cheýsi board in grim, con- temnpla'tive silence-brolcen only rareiy by a miuttiýredÀ curse Iram Brando at saine miove lie hlasý madle. Lt is lunch break tire during filming cf "The Mutinv oni the B-Ounty"e on tbeý South Paýcifi(» is- land of Tah»b. Tbeur are 5,000 Polynesian natives là ibe cast and Brando )and Raffîï ty ha1ýve grown baéabout the aunnly se-pelof the girLs. But the ,feelin1g is nut mutual. SiIltîywabchinrg th lie( pay ers is a black-hairedi beauty wearing' a liail-sarolng, a w"-reatfr of fo rsand notbing else He es are rivetd on' Brando.,. She in called Taria and tbe only Englisb words sbe knoxvs i-etMe ones Brando teaches her in the filmr: "I love y-ou.» She is nineteen, sire has lived afil er life Onlail island called Bora- Bora and shliasneyer seen 3a big city nor heard ot Marilyn Monroe. Sbe had. not, heard of Marlon Brando either, tintil lhm invaded liher innocent world wH itan y of aciers and teclinicians andî pickcd lier tram 1,C00 native girs as bis co-sar. She is shy and ser-ious. Wibh thec money she mrakes f rom a long-termi contract for which sbhe bas been sigiicfd ui)by Metr-o- GOHdwyn-Mayer, she bhopes te invest in ber i-fatber's land. Hier qther bo0pes sceem ta be centred on Brando but tbe big- time actor, wbho is Cast as mu- tixeer Fletcher Christian, is shoulder-sliruggixg and effliar d "Tahiitian girls?" Braxdo's eye- browi ar c h pwards. "Well, bbey're Ccerbainlly thie most g :ace- fui and phiotogcnic I've ever o C-p. Bu!t bheýsure bave sorne strange YL They Il adore you for five, six: d27,-thVen suddenly disappear - off witb someoxie es.A wek aftr, nmaybe, they4ll burn tp again, compietely unv5rncei-ned, wiliout any ex- lanatirnexpe'ting ta take. up wbcre they idt D9. "But t resna doubt about this ýislaný eix a spot of paýra- d1isýe, nma'i," k,ýsays dreamnily. «"Maybe the hsýiý place liike it in bbic noLi t' uird ta ex--plair *..it dessometiig ta a. Tli breaUtairg beauty ef Taf,ýti ,At ,ceos-oi ways et itt1j.eueee ieCaUVe Of thie br'i uiyaboard IIls MajeiysAre ezi"an tv" iii 8.Thie samne cbarms, aIea worry tue moie niai:er rame 170 years later . . _ Whben the c B'nty nmcarebel- led, tliep put[ hi nrig bull.virg CapLain llimBligli in a boat,. ehe ibeighteen mecn loý aliotahlmi, and tibold hl te row vfoýr lb. The2n, ledl by 1Flebebeýr Clristian, tbey sailed the Bouvtc back tA Tahiti, cal- ledted a lharem et ofnative sweet- Smiart, simplen ~Tos3 thi Chanel sty-le jacket oyer every- thing -- dresses to sportswear. Jumibo-linit! Use large nec1I-s, 2 -strands knitting worstecd tïb whip up this bulky beauty in rec- ord timne. Patte-rn 591: dir(ectionis sIzes 32-34; 33-.38 inceluded.à Send TillrTY - FiVlE CENTS (Mampq cannot bc accepted, use pos7taýl note, for safety) fo)r this pattern to Latira Wheeler, Box: 1, 123 Eiglirenth l St., New Toronto, Ont. Print piainly PATT~ERNi NUBRvour NAME alid AD-. DRESS. JUST 0OFF 'TIllE PP.ESS! S ýni now for our exzcitirZI, nv. 1961 Neediecrai.t Cataiog_. Over 12-5 designs to crocheý-t, init, scwn%, cmr- broider, quilt,wav fains homfun~sinstoys, gftba- zaar hits. Plus RE-isr- tions for six ý:-mart %vei! caps- Hurry-, s-icd2,7c now! IISSUE 15 - 016 CALICO'S SACK - Ccuntry calices return te simall waï-r--droi as the caindaç mroyeu toward summertine. The full-skirted dress-es- heve fiuffy 4oetitrn Aleeves and muliiple bands of Iraid. liacd, ICI o.s awapy F r ecenyer s-Jin 1, g -hï, J c i thein wuntil ae 0F the ýoii-ýiu imutineers, oe man smmrved. TA9 remthad murdcred eacli oter in quarrels over the vcen The survivor, fori-o-r siigmaster Adanf.s waQlrdirn it oerthe bisian4 surroundled by a.1ccurt of înatiV& womien and vbildren. The mnutineers had not found the paradise Mie. Buu Mhir greatgrea-gradchudrenl've oïl Pitç-airn Iln ody In rabbit huntiîng, rcemnibr they seek cvrin cold weather.. Yo u shoculd stom»p arounid Uly' sosi n the erhrnsh 7Lýý,'t ' v-u7 thenCUtL Terr*,ic Top per