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What Caused That Nervous Breakdown? "‘A Neurosis is a Faulty Adap- tation of Life” and Some- times Means That a Person Has Taken a Wrong Turning In His Emotions When we say a person has a “nervous breakdown” we mean that some disability caused by a faulty attitude to life has reached •a stage when the person simply cannot face life any more. The Rev. Leslie Weatherhead, the well-known psychologist and minister, says a better term than ‘•'nervous breakdown” is the word “neurosis”. A neurosis, he ex- plains, writing in “Good House- keeping,” is a faulty adaptation of life. “I think the matter could be put simply but not inaccurately, by saying that in cases of so-called neurosis a person at some point in developing his personality, partie- nlarly the emotional aspect of it, has taken a wrong turning,” he writes. “Indeed, he may, as it were, have been pushed down that turning by ill-treatment or unwise treatment when he was a child.” Discover the Causes Perhaps it was by some particu- lar incident which wounded him and deflected his direction. Then we may imagine that the road dives underground, becomes a maze of twisted underground tun- nels in which the patient gets lost, cannot by himself, get back to the place where he went wrong, has indeed forgotten the signifi- cant incident which first deflected him and is attracted this way and that way, torn by conflicts he can- not understand or comprehend, conflicts in which the instincts, frequently play an important part, depressed by a sense of fear and gmlt and panic, the causes of which he cannot discover, and finally, unless he can be helped in time, he does get to the point which justifies the word “break- i&rn" for indeed his normal '"Say “of living cannot be carried on any longer. Sometimes he develops physical symptoms which are induced by the deep part of his mind trying Afas we sayâ€"to “save his face.” Draped Tables For Bedrooms Replacing Wooden Ones; Fit Into Any Odd Space Draped dressing tables are about to put the wooden ones out of bu-si- - ness. Here one reason is the vogue for less of a “woody” effect. An- other reason is the fact that a draped dressing table can fit in any odd space. But triple wing mirrors for draped dressing tables aren’t nearly so chic as oval mirrors or round ones. For a modern room a round mirror without a frame is. the thing. For many traditional rooms, an easel-back oval mirror with a wide gold frame is the nicest. For an early American or Victorian room, you’ll find mirrors with little drawer bases that are attractiveâ€"in either maple or ma- hogany. Try A Taller Lamp And this is the moment to pro- test at the smallness of so many of the lamps that go In bedrooms. For dressing tables, watch out for those little shepherdesses. . . . they’re too small for much real use. Try those tall pedestal dressing- table lamps instead ; they’ll really give you a good light. For reading, too, consider the height of the base as well as the spread of the shade â€"-no use to get a crick in your neck every time you read in bed. New Zealand’s Women Police AUCKLAND, New Zealand. â€" This Dominion is to have women police. The intention of the gov- ernment to install them was an- nounced by the Minister of Health, Peter Fraser, in reply to a depu- tation from the Wellington Wom- en’s Branch of the Labor Party. • The Minister said that women police should be recognized as part of the police system of the country, but he refused to say that they would be appointed im- mediately. Policemen, he said, build their standard of usefulness to society through a long process of training and care would have to be taken to select the right women police. The Goose Woman by REX BEACH - | Synopsis Amos Ethridge is found mur- dered in a country lane with a crude cross of twigs on his breast and. a scenthd sheet of note paper in his pocket. He was the richest man in the state with power and influence eriough to make himself a candidate for Governor. With his death came hints of an unsav- ory private life, of wronged wom- en and betrayed husbands and fathers who had reason to wish him dead. There was also a pow- erful secret political organization opposed to him. ... Mary Holmes, called “the goose woman” by newspaper reporters, lives nearest the scene of the crime on a small chicken farm. . . . Gerald Holmes, her talented young artist son, has been befriended by the murdered Ethridge. “We’re newspaper men from Chicago. We’ve been sent down here on the Ethridge case and weâ€"” “If you are reporters, you can probably read,” Mrs. Holmes told him. . “What does that sign say?” “Now see here, this is a big story and it’s getting bigger every hour. You can’t shoot us for try- ing to get the facts andâ€"” “Can’t I? ’ “You knew Amos Ethridge, did- n’t you?” “Perhaps.” “You heard the shots, Thursday night?” “Did I?” “That’s what you told the local reporters. Come on, talk to us. We want th get your picture, too.” “I’ve been talking to you and you heard ^Tut said.’j. 1rs. Holmesâ€"” Court! Three, Shoot “You want a picture, do you? Bah! You’re all alike. Vultures! Jackals!” The woman’s voice rose in sudden anger. “You read what these Westlknd papers said about me, didn’t you? Well, get out !” “Mr. Ethridge used this road a good deal, I understand. At night, I mean ? You probably saw or heard his car that night? All we want is a brief statement from, you.” Unobtrusively ,the speaker shifted his weight, lifted himself further over the fence. “We city men have an altogether different theory from tbese- The woman on the porch cock- ed her shotgun and raised it, say- ing, grimly : “I shall count three.” “Oh, come now ! Don’t be fool- ish.” “One! T “Go ahe camera mad thing like t wo !” id, Jim!”, urged the . “She can’t pull any- lar. If she shoots you, FEET HURT? roAA Recommended your local Re* f Ah-St is a 1 grand idea sweetening my morning; cereal J with | BEE HIVE. 1 TOMORROW Issue No. 35â€"'38 B~ it’ll make a corking picture.” The trespasser now had one leg over the top - strand of barbed wire and he steadied himself upon a postâ€"neither, a graceful position nor one of great stability. He was about to let himself down inside the yard when Mrs. Holmes cried : “Three!” Simultaneously she fired. The dry grass and weeds beneath the teetering figure exploded into a dusty cloud as the charge of. bird shot mowed a path through it. With a yell, the man flung him- self backward, leaving a fragment of his trousers- leg upon the fence. He picked himself up and shook a fist at the woman, shouting: “You damned old harpy ! I’ll have you arrested for that! What d’you mean, anyhowâ€"?” He paused as he heard the omi- nous click of the second barrel, and hurriedly backed closer to the car. The photographer made haste to follow him. Mounting Anger “Don’t let me catch you climb- ing my fence again. I keep this gun for hawks, but it will do as well for buzzards !” Mrs. Holmes’ voice was harsh and strident; she appeared to tower higher as her rage mounted. “Poke fun at me, will you? Well, you’ve got some- thing nasty to write now, so be as nasty as you can, You want to know who killed Amos Ethridge, do you? Rats! You don’t care who killed him. All you want is to choke your filthy papers with scandal and lies and dirt. It’s all you can write, all you can think about. Lies! Dirt!” She had quite lost control of herself now and broke into an incoherent torrent of invective. She checked it only when the objects of her wrath had slammed the car door and the ma- chine had rolled away. «* When she was alone she strode back into her house and stood the fowling-piece in its corner, then tramped about the living room, her head high, her back straight, her deep bosom heaving. So! They’d get a story out of her, would they ? Publish her picture ! Use her for a bit of local color, ridicule her, abuse her ! Well, she could give them back as good as they could send in the line of per- sonal abuse. The scum! The blackguards! She was sorry they had fled so swiftly â€" while her mouth was still so full and her tongue so bitter. For once in their lives they had heard something which they could remember. They knew now that she was no com- mon country lout, no mere “goose woman”. As she reflected more â-  calmly upon the encounter she felt some pride in the way she had carried it off. It had been her scene ; she had held the center of the stage and she had played it wellâ€"as well as anybody could play such a scene, upon short notice. After all, only an artist can rise to dra- matic heights ; none but the fin- ished actor can portray sincere emotion. She, “a bedraggled old hag!” Old, at forty-five ! “A drunken, irresponsible character of - violent temper !” She wished now that she had shot that re- porter in the legs. After Twenty Years The next day, not only the local Westland papers, but also the big Chicago, dailies, carried amusing and h’g-hjy colored accounts of that shotgun encounter, and Mrs. Holmes derived a grim enjoyment from reading them. Again she flared into fury at the uncompli- mentary things they said about her ; but indignation is a fire that quickly burns itself out and it gave her some satisfaction to read of her victory. This satisfaction in- creased as she reread the stories'. After .a while she experienced an actual thrill at realizing that she had become a figure of import? ance in the biggest news sensa- tion of the day and the' people from Maine to California were reading about her. They saw the name “Mary Holmes”. And after twenty years ! She wondered, if any of them would remember hav- ing seen it before. (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE). An inval <1 11 years ago, grand- mother Mrs. Kitty O’Sullivan walked 881 miles from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, in England, in 34 days, and at 61 has decided to take up flying. They Never Saw A Train Before Manitoba Families in Caravans From Northwest of Winnipeg Visit City for First Time. Three horse-drawn caravans car- rying three families- who had never before seen a city or travelled on a train recently arrived from St. Amelie, Man., 180 miles northwest of Winnipeg, Each caravan is equipped with an old auto chassis, rubber tires, springs, canvas top and walls and a front veranda. All contain bunks, tables, chairs and cupboards. One boasts a sewing machine and an- other a battery-operated radio with aerial strung along the canvas roof. The men plan to look for work along the route east to Toronto, to buy food and other necessities, but even if they don't get steady em- ployment their wives are not wor- ried. “We’ll he no worse off than we were on the farm,” Mrs. Marion said. Dirndl Dress and Apron For Little Grown-Ups of 4 to 14 By LOUISE LENNOX Daughter will be so happy to wear this cute peasant dress. It has the full gathered skirt that’s so popular with grown-ups. It is cunning made of a peasant cotton printed percale. The contrasting puffed-up sleeves are sheer white lawn. The Peter Pan collar, ruf- fling and apron repeat the lawn. The pattern for apron is included. A peasant kerchief : to tie about the head is fetching'. It may be cut 1 from the dress fabric, tri- angular in shape from a twenty- two inch square. Hem it around the edges. Plain cotton in skipper- blue with matching sleeves, crisp white collar and apron is another adorable scheme. For parties, pas- tel or organdie is quaint and pret- ty- Style No. 3379 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 12 requires 2 yards of 35 inch material with IV2 yards of 35-inch contrasting and 3% yards of ruffling for dress /.nd apron. Send fifteen cents (15c), (coin is preferred) for pattern to Peer- less Patterns, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly your name, address and style number. Be sure to state size you wish. Use MEMBA-SEALS Clear as glass. Beautify your Jams and Jellies. Packet of 25 Seals com- plete 10c, at all grocers, druggists and 10c stores. , t Household Science by Susan Fletcher â- ---------- A LUXURY JAM Ripe Grapes Makes This Delicious Sweet Ripe grape jam is a real lux- ury sweet. It’s a little more trou- ble to make than ordinary jam, but it’s worth it. The first part of the job, before you begin the real jam-making, is what takes the ex- tra time and trouble. The sweet pulp of the grapes and the skins, for lovely color and extra flavor are needed, but not the seeds. So the skins have to be slipped off and then the pulp and seeds have to be parted. This should be done by putting the pulp through a sieve. To get the skins into small enough pieces, they should be put through a food chopper. Concord grapes make the choic- est jam, the colour of the juice is bright and the flavour is zestful but this recipe will do for any kind of grapes, so use whatever variety are found in your district. And make this jam as soon as the grapes are ripe. They don’t keep well after they ripen but are per- fect when just ripe. That is one of the advantages of modern jam making methods. The fruit can be used when it’s at the peak of its flavour and colourâ€"not when it’s under-ripe as used to be the case. The secret of being able to use ripe fruit is that bottled fruit pectin is added to get jam of the right texture. Before bottled fruit pectin was available, only fruit that was under-ripe had enough pectin to set properly but what it made up in pectin it lack- ed in flavour and colour. None of this difficulty besets the present day jam-maker. She can use fruit at its finest and still be sure of the texture of her jam. GRAPE JAM 4 V-i cups (2 Vi lbs. ) prepared fruit 7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar. % bottle fruit pectin. To prepare fruit, slip skins from about 3 pounds fully ripe grapes. Simmer pulp, covered, 5 minutes. Remove seeds by siev- ing. Chop or grind skins and add to pulp. (Concord grapes give best colour and flavour. If wild grapes, Malagas,, or other tight- skinned grapes are used, stem, crush, and simmer with % cup water 30 minutes. Siéve and measure.. Use 4 cups prepared fruit and add juice of 2 medium lemons.) Measure sugar and pre- pared fruit into large kettle, mix well and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir con- stantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from Wrigley's Gum helps you keep fit? Relieves that stuffy feeling after eating. Cleanses crevices between teeth, too... assures sweet breath. A simple aid to health! Buy some now! Small in cost but big in benefits! Enjoy it after every mealâ€"millions do! cr-» AAAÀAAAAÀAA fire and stir in pectin. Pour quickly. Paraffin at once, .Makes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each). Men Not Expert In Judging Age The woman who’s “35 years old if she’s a day” to a chance ac- quaintance may really be just 30 ; or, again, she may be 40. Dr. Hermon W. Martin, asso- ciate professor of psychology, who directed a three-year research project at Emory University on the judging of physical and per- sonality traits, has come up with the observation : “Ages are very hard to estimate.” The judges made errors ranging to five years, he said. They check- ed groups of students from 13 to 38 years old. Beetles In the Beard That’s a sign of manhood in the mountains of ' New Guinea. The beetles are rare, highly coloured varieties. When these are not available dressy young-men-about- village brighten their beards with birds’ plumage. Earnings of the Swedish Mer- chant Marine last- year, were $91,- 126,800, a gain of 21 per cent, over 1936, IT'S ALL AROUND TO^W^INH! â€"So why not get «ai- your copy of this week’s Toron t a Star Weekly while in town, Extra values at no ex- tra cost . . . that is your positive guarantee when you buy Firestone Tires. 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