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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE. ONT. JAN. 8, 1959 I ANN€ HIRST I "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 lost my husband live years ago, and I have been so lonely since, thi't many a time I thought I did not want to wake up tomorrow. But a few months ago some friends introduced a man from out of town, and we both have become interested in each other. He has thready declared his love, and I really do believe I have found someone I could consider marrying. "He seems to think only of my pleasure, he enjoys good music tnd the theatre as I used to, and we are so congenial i feel I have known nim for years. "He is about ready to retire, end says he will move here where all my friends are if that will make me happy. He is of my faith, just my age, and as actively interested in young people as I am. "I can tell you it would be very easy to love him. What io you think A.R " TAKE YOUR TIME * 1 would not predict what sort * of husband the man would * make when all I know is what * you, a woman about to fall * in love, tell me of him. When * a man falls in love he appears * at his best, as a woman does. * These friends, some of whom * have known him for a dozen * years, say "You are made for * each other." * It seems to me the best way * to study him is to become en- * gaged, and take your time in * setting the wedding date. QUESTIONS FIDELITY "Dear Anne Hirst: I've been going with a fine young man for nearly a year, and in many ways he has proven his love. "Very soon he leaves for college, and we are both miserable at the prospect. (He feels he needs a special course for a more distinguished career.) "Will he stay faithful to me? How can I be sure? Or will he forget me once he is gone? WORRIED" * If a man's love depends upon * his seeing you frequently, it is * a poor emotion indeed Don't * insult, your young man by * such a question. * chance to know him even * better. Letters you exchange * will keep you close, and r**- * veal ideas and aspirations he * has not yet confided; in return * you can encourage him with * assurance of you^: faith and ' 2"' hX- TALL ORDER - Filling a tall order of glamour, Roberta Booth tries a streamlined stretch at Miami Beach. She says she keeps in shape with exercise on the beach while a lot of folks in cooler areas are getting theirs with a snow shovel. ISSUE 2 -- 1959 * future hopes. As he concen- * trates on his studies he may * not write as often as you * would like, but don't bs * alarmed. Keep up your end of * the correspondence anyhow. * Go out with other men * friends, too. It will keep your * mind alert, and help you un- * derstand him better. Problems attack all of us, and it is good to have an understanding of unseen friend who can see your situation objectively. Anne Hirst is wise and kind, and has aided thousands of readers who turned to her. Write ber at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. No More Sunburn? For the legion of fair-skinned folk who painfully sunburn but do not tan, Dr. S. W. Becker of the University of Illinois has hopeful news. Addressing the American Academy of Dermatology in Chicago last month he reported that the highly publicized "suntan pills" not only protect against sunburn and increase tanning, but are helpful in fighting eczema, vitiligo (white spots) and psoriasis. At first these pills, called psoralens, seemed almost too good to be true. Now, Dr. Becker announced, after many months of research by several investigators,, the manner in which the psoralens affect the skin has been clarified. "The chemicals," he said last week, "act as photosensitizers. When taken by mouth, the patient becomes more sensitive to sunlight for about eight hours. If the skin is exposed to a small amount of sunlight at this time, the horny (top) layer thickens. "After about two weeks of daily exposure, the horny layer becomes quite thick, and provides a filter which protects the skin against sunburn" and, at the same time, produces a good tan, Dr. Becker added. In ordinary sunburn, without drugs, the skin's brown color is lost as soon as the top layer of the skin scales off. "But the horny layer produced by the psoralens does not peel, and it holds all the brown pigment" for about six be possible to use the suntan pills in the early summer and be immune to sunburn for the rest of the season.. Didi asked his father, "Is it true thai man has descended from monkeys?" "It's been pretty well proven." "But what about all the monkeys who are monkeys now?" "They were smart enough to want to stay that way!" So lacy, delicate! Scatter daisy doilies here 'n' there to set off a vase or knickknack. Delightfully easy to crochet! Petal stitches form daisy on V-stitch background. Pattern 767: directions for doilies iiv2 and 19 inches in No. 30 cotton. 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; A NEW 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book, JUST OUT, has lovely designs to order: embroidery, crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting, toys. In the book, a special surprise to make a little girl happy -- a cut-out doll, clothes to color.' Send 25 cents for this book. FORGOTTEN MAN - Guy Williams, who stars on TV as and Don Diego, is afraid those fictional characters; will completely overshadow his real personality. So he's hired a press agent to let people know about actor Guy Williams. Here's Guy giving the upsy-»aisy to his 7-monih-old daughter, Antoinette, as Wife Jolene looks on. The couple also has a 9-year-old son. hronicles °|GingerFarm o/ Ovcrvdolirve P. Clcxrke What I am about to write could be called a few words for and against small town shopping versus shopping centres. My remarks also take into consideration the age and agility of the shoppers. It isn't a plug for any store, either big or small -- just a few observations based on my own experience. So here goes. All things being equal I like small stores. I like to shop where I am known; I like the friendly approach -- "Good morning, Mrs. Clarke, what can we do for you today?" But alas, the accommodation isn't what it used to be?* and that in itself creates a hardship for people past their prime. Here is an example of one day's shopping well'bcrure* the Christ-Scene: a small but busy nearby town. Trouble started in finding a place to park. My first call was at the bank. (Wouldn't you know it?) It was busy, with as many people behind the wickets as in front yet only one teller was available. I stood in line for some time. There were two chairs but to sit meant losing my tarn. Then I went to the drugstore-phone bill to pay, two prescriptions to get filled; odds and ends to buy. I went to the pharmacy counter first -- only one of the druggists was on hand. In between filling prescriptions he had four telephone calls -- and each one lengthy. I looked around for a place to sit. There wasn't a chair in sight, nor even a spacious ledge. It was my first time out after battling a virus bug. It was cold outside but inside my fur coat was too hot and felt like a ton weight. Finally I noticed a steep step to the pharmacy department. I asked the druggist could I sit there until he was through. Which I did as he didn't offer to get me a chair. My next call was for groceries. That wasn't too bad. There was parking space and I got along fine until it came to checking out. Then of course I had to wait my turn as there was a clerk at only one of the pay-desks. My last call was at a jewellers to leave Partner's watch for cleanins. The saleslady was busy with a traveller and apparently her business with him was more important than waiting on customers. More standing. By the time I got home I'd had it. Well, that and similar experiences brought about certain changes. Since then I have phoned the drugstore for anything I want and had them deliver. It is more trouble for them but considerably less for me. And after all, I am the customer. Then Partner and I considered the banking situation and decided to open an account with a small branch that has just opened up within walking distance of our home. Provisions? Well, for everyday requirements I shop at the little village store but I make a trip to a shopping centre about once in ten days. There I don't find the very things I want missing from the shelves and there is never any problem about parking. But oh dear, how very impersonal -- no one knows me at all. But at least there is very little waiting -- that is, if I choose my time and avoid the rush hours. Department store buying . . . that's a nightmare. I do very little. Instead I use the phone and the mail order catalogues. To sum up I would suggest that small town stores offer more accommodation for customers. Surely at least one chair could be provided for those who need to rest. And wouldn't it be possible for branch banks to have at least two tellers on duty at all times? Local post offices might also provide a bench or a couple of chairs for' waiting customers. Well, we had another experience last week, of a very different nature -- a sort of seeing is believing affair. Coming through the village one day we saw a fox, right in the middle of the road. It dodged in and out among several cottages and then sat down in an orchard, as if bewildered. We came home and called the police. Two days later a fox hunt was organized. Result, one fox killed about two miles from here. We don't know yet whether it was rabid. Next day I took Taffy for a rabies shot. I would have taken him before but he wasn't old enough. Yesterday a neighbour reported a cat had taken a fit in her driveway. Really this rabies outbreak has everyone worried. People with children and animals can't be too careful. And no one should befriend any stray animal that comes around. Rough on the animals but safety comes first. Take your own animals to be inoculated. Most districts have free clinics at a central location. Inquire from the police or the Township council. Animals show no ill effects from the shot. They are luckier than humans who suffer considerably. For that reason inoculation is not given unless a person has been bitten or otherwise in contact with an animal known to be rabid. "It is alcohol, and alcohol alone that is responsible for your present plight," said the judge. "Thank you, your Honor, for saying that," the prisoner said. "You're the first person that has not said that it was all my fault." New York City Without Papers Varied substitute news channels have opened up in this. r.ewspaperless city, but their total effect does not begin to fill the information void News bulletins distributed by some large firms to their cus-romers are among the unusual and spontaneous methods of piercing the printed-news curtain which the lengthening delivery workers strike ha." drawn over this city. Schrafft's serves two one-page bulletins a day to patrons in half of its 39 restaurants along with the menu. The newj is picked of radio broadcasts. At Pennsylvania Station, the Long Island Rail Road flashed news bulletins on a screen at the start' of the strike. Now it has set up a screen of 12 panels slowly revolving with latest news. Items are phoned in from the city desk of the Long Island Press, one of the nine strikebound papers. Passengers of the New Yoric Central Railroad each night are handed one-page news digests in the Grand Centra! concourse or can find them on their seats in the trains. About 45,000 such sheets are passed out daily. Out-of-town newspapers, as well as news and feature magazines, sell fast. The heaviest demand is for stock-market and sports news. A. spokesman for Hotaling's News Agency said: 'They'll take any paper as long as it carries those two kinds of news." Sales of foreign periodicals at that agency • have increased 25 to 30 per cent The Dallas News reportedly flies in :00 copies each day, one-half for prominent Texans, the rest for general sale. "Man, those crazy Texans," was the comment from a taxi driver quoted by the Wall Street Journal (which continues to operate as usual.) Those of the city's ubiquitous newsstands still in operation sell anything remotely connected with news. Publications such as the Hobo News were seen sold on Park and Fifth Avenues, writes Frederick W. Roevekairm in The Christian Science Moni- A team of Harvard University students sold copies of the Harvard Crimson in a marathon sales campaign last week. Ti avoid police interference for unlicensed sales, they gave away the papers and then asked for "contributions." After at least 3G sleepless hours of selling, they told a television interviewer that the Crimson was selling on Times Square as well as among Harvard alumni along Fifth and Madison Avenues. Radio and television stations have increased the frequency of their' news programs. WCBS-TV alone added six daily shows: one r,f 30 minutes, one of 25 minutes, two of 15 minutes, and two of five minutes each. Networks also are receiving editorials and reviews of books and plays from strike-bound papers such as the New York Times and the Herald Tribune for use on the air. Broadway Theatre business reportedly is seriously slowed down, since patrons miss the reviews and ads to guide them in buying tickets The national syndicate serv- SALLY'S SAILIES •T really had to c"rag George ices of both papers continue to send out staff-gathered news, but if New Yorkers want to read them they must catch an out-of-lown paper. Meanwhile, an Associated Press survey estimated the total loss in newspaper revenue at 1.5 million dollars a day and 3.8 million dollars for Sunday's edi- Ancient Sport Except for archery, lawn bowling is our oldest known sport. It was declared illegal by Edward III way back in 1361, because he feared it would supplant the bow and arrow -- then our principal means of defence-- as a pastime. When the ban was lifted »t became so popular in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that many noblemen had their own greens laid down. Women played it in those days. Henry IPs wife, Eleanor, confessed that when she was feeling irritable a game had "a sweetening effect" on her temper. Henry VIII had a green laid at Whitehall Palace, although at the time the game was once more illegal -- banned by his own act! One suggested origin of bowls is that an ancient king of Scotland amused himself by rolling the heads of his enemies along a flat meadow towards a peg stuck in the turf. There may be something in it, for even to-day the woods clustered round the jack are referred to as the Q. Is it proper for an office girl to use perfume? A. Only if she keeps her perfume dowr to a mere "hint." Her perfume must not "shout." A-B-C Easy to Sew PRINTED PATTERN mm 4882 M Little girls love the merry whirl of fashion's new Trapeze line as they turn, dance, skip! Choo.se school - going cotton 01 party-pretty velveteen. Printed Pattern 4882: Children's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8„ 10. Size 6 takes 1% yards 35-inch fabric; Yi yard contrast. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.. New Toronto, Ont.