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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT. SEPT. 12, 1957 | ann£ hirst I LOOK ALIKES-Striking resemblance between Ingrid Bergr and her daughter, Jenny Ann Lindstrom, is shown in this sc at a Rome souvenir stand. Jenny visited with her mother the first time in several years and had her initial meeting \ her step-brothers and step-sisters. HRONICLES °^jin6erEasm G^crvdoltrve P. Ctcvrke "Dear Anne Hirst: About six months ago I met a fine boy. We have gone places and had good times together; even my family liked him, which as you know doesn't always happen. He is handsome and has grand manners, and I fell hard. Of course I thought he did, too, although now I remember that he never did commit himself. Anyway, a girl friend of mine dropped in one night while he was there (and she wasn't invited) so she called her boy friend and we all went out together. "That was the dumbest thing 1 ever did. She made a play for him, and I've hardly seen him sir.ee. They go everywhere together. I am sick about it. I had heard she likes to break up couples, I guess just to see if she can; but she seemed friendly to me, so I didn't believe the stories. The boys fall for her (I think I know why) and although she doesn't hold them long there's always another one around. Maybe she feels bad about this one of mine she landed, because now she doesn't speak to me. "I would love to have him back, even though he is in the Lovely Needle Art There's real art in needlework just see the lovely effect embroidery gives this nature scene! Single and outline stitches done Quickly in six strands of cotton. Pattern 808: Transfer of deer panel 16x19% inches. Color chart; directions for lining or framing. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Two FREE Patterns as a gift to our readers--printed right in our NEW Laura Wheeler Needle-craft Book for 1957! Dozens of other new designs you'll want to order--easy, fascinating handwork for yourself, your home. Be sure to send 25 cents for your copy of this book now -- don't miss it! ISSUE 37 -- 1957 service now. He promised to write to me, but I don't suppose he ever will. Is there any way I can get him back? I go out with other people, but I can't keep my mind on them. He is my ideal! HOPELESS" * Once a young man stops * dating you, I know of no way * you can bring him back. Don't * blame the girl too harshly; if * he had thought as much of * you as you believed, her * charms would have been in * vain. It is your misfortune * that you fell in love with one * who cared less for you. This* is one reason to keep : on dating other friends. (You would anyhow, since he has '* left town.) At first they may * not seem exciting, but it pays * to keep going out with them * especially when your spirits * are low; you'll 'be going places * and doing things, and in spite * of yourself you'll be cheered. * If I may suggest it, why not * drop this girl as promptly as * she has dropped you? She * isn't the right sort, and others * might feel you aren't, either. IS IT TOO LATE? "Dear Anne Hirst: I have heard girls who learned how much they loved a man only when they lost him, but I never believed it was true. Now I know, and how unhappy I am! "Nearly two years ago I met this boy, and we went regularly together until two months ago. Then I called it quits, and now I miss him so much I am in a state of collapse. Finally he came around and I was apologetic and as nice as I could be, but he said pointblank that he didn't love me as he did. ... If it was real love in the first place, couldn't he love me now and forgive me? MARCIA" * One is sometimes so hurt by * injustice or unkindness that * he cannot even consider a re- * conciliation. I expect this * young man is no mood to risk * what he thinks might be a * second offense. All you can do * now is to wait and to hope. * It would be in poor taste to * call him or write. Let him * find out whether you are more * important in his life than he * thought; if you are, he will * soon be with you. But mean- * time, go out as often as you * can with other dates, if only * to keep yourself in circula- * tion. it won't be easy, but af- * ter the first few times you * will find you can actually en- * joy them. Isn't that smarter * than staying home alone and * pitying yourself? Remember that you are known by the girl friends you go with as well as by the boys you date. The nicer they are, the nicer their friends. Anne Hirst understands teen-age problems, and will help you with yours. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Q. Do you think it's proper for one girl to borrow another girl's lipstick? A. While this is" frequently done, I still think that lipstick is just a bit too personal an item to borrow. Q. Is it necessary that the acknowledgment of an invitation, when either accepting or declining, be definite, or is it all right for one to say, "I may be able to come"? A. By all means, be definite when acknowledging an invita?-tion -- either "yes" or "no". Ever since I can remember I have been fascinated in trying to figure out reason for people being where they are. Take any town' or country district--east, west, north, south--what reason did any particular family have for living in any of those districts --or any district for that matter? I always wonder--still more so now, since we have been on the move ourselves, and find ourselves continually bumping into people who are, or will be, moving to the very district we have left. When we went back to Halton during the Federal election we passed a hundred-acre farm about three miles from Ginger Farm on which had -been built, among the trees, a very lovely modern home, with a grand view across the country. The owners, we were told, came from "somewhere near Toronto". I forgot about the place until one day last week. At that time I was exploring an out-of-the-way residential area near here-- as I often do--and noticed a particularly attractive house for sale in a wooded section. I stopped and spoke to the lady of the house and discovered they were selling as they had bought a hundred acres in Halton and had built a house that was even now ready and waiting for them. The one we had seen, no less! Of course, I don't know their reasons for moving but I do know this-their tax bill for a hundred acres will be less than what they are paying for their present house. Besides that, as they don't intend to farm there is nothing to stop them selling off acre, or five acre lots from their property for country homes. That is just one "moving" instance but we have run across many others. Probably people are trying to escape high taxation. Well, from what we hear it can't be done. Taxes are skyrocketing everywhere, even in country districts. Education seems to bs the greatest single factor. The Provincial government has promised to ease the burden so we shall await developments with interest, although any easement that comes will be too late to affect nr-xt year's taxes. Well, I had plenty of opportunity last week to indulge my curiosity about people and where they live as last Sunday Bob and family took us to Midland where Dec and her family were on a- us on a four-hour sight-seeing country to Partner and me so naturally we enjo-ed the trip immensely sepec^Uv as. Art had a motor-launch tented to take trip on the lake. Wc went from Midland to Honey Harbor, skirted around Christian Island and then back home again. At times there was quite a swell on the water, white caps tossing a feathery spray. Not really rougn, just enuogh so we could feel the motion of the boat--which added to our enjoyment. Our three grandsons loved it, although two of them spent part of the time sleeping. From the water we saw the Martyrs' Shrine in the distance (now I'll never be satisfied until I get a closer view). Along the road we passed the site of the summer ski-jump. Nottawaga Beach is a lovely woodsy district but we hadn't been there 10 minutes before the mosquitoes were out in force to meet me. Not everyone--just me. Why I should be so favored I don't know, but that's the way it always is. Dave and Eddie were naturally having a grand time on the beach, fearless Eddie dashing into the water as if he intended to swim the bay. We returned by way of Barrie and No. 27 Highway and did not run into heavy traffic anywhere. Such lovely scenery along the road. I understand that when No. 27 was built consideration was given, as far as possible, to making it a scenic route to the north. Certainly the engineers succeeded, if that was their purpose. Ontario is such a lovely province I think we owe it to ourselves to see as much of it as possible, always remembering that many of the beauty spots are often practically on our own doorstep. There is a lot in the papers these days about the pollution of the River Credit. Well, we live in the Credit Valley now and it is heartbreaking to see so many lovely parks closed to the public because of polluted waters--pollution that shouldn't be allowed. Yesterday I parked my car behind a garage and noticed an awful stench. Oil waste had been dumped at the back into a shallow ditch. A very small ditch but eventually it would drain into the Credit River. At Streetsville a dam provides a limited germ-free' area for swimming and what a time the children have! One day I saw kiddies from six-to-ten having a mud fight. They scooped mud from the river bed and threw it at each other. Periodically they emerged NOT IN ROME - Italian film star Sophia Loren, herself statuesque, seems confused as to what io look at next in Washington. In town to film scenes for a new movie, Sophia found that touring is tiring. Radio is On The Upswing Who listens to r adio any more? The answer at the moment, according to the countrywide business-analysis firm of Sindlinger & Co., is 6 million more people than have been watching TV. Is this a summertime freak or a growing trend? There is no great meeting of minds in the industry on that answer, but here is what has been happening: Since 1948, when radio was supposed to have started dying while its kid brother, TV, was growing, the number of radio stations increased 64 per cent (present number: 3,744). At the end of June, 70 million people were listening to radio and the same number were watching TV. By July 20, radio had picked up 2 million fans and TV had dropped 4 million. Fourteen per cent more network radio time was sold in the first quarter o fthis year than the same quarter of 1956. The most significant development in radio, many people in the industry believe, is the growth of the independent stations. They give the local listeners a rich diet, of listening matter related to his local interests, which the chains cannot do. Local news is reported on the air almost as fast as it happens. Important, too, is the fact that local people in large numbers go on the air free, rather than as paid performers. A local station can thrive without spending very much money. The networks have their high-priced disk jockeys, but the local stations are saturated with low-priced jockeys. Television itself has contributed to the rise in the radio business, local or network, trade experts believe. Joel Culligan, head of NBC radio, points out that advertisers who spend large sums on TV, supplement this advertising with the inexpensive and much more numerous "spots" available to them on radio -- and the more they deal in TV, the more they supplement on radio. CBS's head of radio programming Howard Barnes, makes the same point: "A single shot on TV needs to be backed by Widespread coverage on radio." But Barnes and Culligan disagree on the significance of radio's current recovery. Culligan feels radio's popularity will continue in the fall. "A summer fluke," Barnes calls it. "To say radio listeners will outnumber TV watchers would be foolish." Robert Eastman, president of ABC radiofi attributes the medium's present upswing in part to "showmanship," and adds: "I'm in favour of stunts." He plans, in addition, to help the present trend along with plenty of live music. "Soaps and variety are out," he says. "What the housewife wants is to hear music while she's working. Radio is the only medium that can offer it." He also has great faith in "gazinkus" -- a kind of magnetism. F.D.R. had it. Billy Graham has it." Another who seems to have it is the star of CBS's new, talked- from the water, plastered with mud but gloriously happy. At one time every district had its 'ole swimmin' hole'. The holes are still there--polluted with waste and foul refuse--and the children are denied their birthright, for children and clear, cool water belong together. about "Stan Freberg Show," a man who does great business with such arcane sound affects as "the eyebrows of John L. Lewis getting a crew cut." "Radio is going to surge back," Freberg thinks. "People are tired of checking in their imagination and just staring. From Newsweek. Modern Etiquette. .. by Roberta Lee Q. Is it proper to write a few lines of good wishes on the car* that is enclosed with the wedding gift? A. It is quite all right to do so, although it is not necessary. Q. When a finger bowl is part of a formal dinner, does, one put both hands in at the same timet A. Never. Dip the fingers ot one hand into the bowl at a tifhe. Q Is it always necessary to say, "You're welcome," in response to "Thank you"? A. Some response should be made, and "You're welcome," Or "That's quite all right" are always good. Easy I Easy I Easy I PRINTED PATTERN It's our new Printed Pattern! EASIEST sewing you've ever had -- no waist seams, collar and dress are all in one! And it's s-o-o flattering; a sleek sheath with lines that do such wonderful things for your figure! Printed Pattern 4714: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 18 requires 3% yards 35-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, faster, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. MANHATTAN TROUBADORS--Reliving lives of the minstrels of the Middle Ages, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mork of New York are shown in Rome, Italy, where they have been delighting natives with impromptu performances af various spots in the city. Singing Elizabethan songs to the accompaniment of a lute, the Morks have traveled to Italy from North Africa and will visit France and England before returning home.