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Tea at ltd 6e<jfr/ "SALADA 01AME PEKOE | AN#£ HIRST 1 "Dear Anne Hirst: I've only been married three years, and I am sick of it. After the first year my husband worked only half the time, and we have not nearly enough to live on. I have made over my clothes till they are falling apart, and what he wears are a disgrace. . . . The place we live in has no conveniences. I do my best to keep it (and myself) neat and fresh but it is a losing job. I would love a nice home, but my husband only wants a place to eat and sleep in. If I were able to work, I would; but I can only take care of the housework. "He takes me to the grocery store, and to the movies once a week -- and I hate movies. I like to dance, play cards, and have friends in. My husband does not like people. Evenings I read to him, but he never talks about our future, or his business; if I ask him, he just shuts up. Before we married, he was not like this. We had good times like other couples, and I never dreamed I would have to live as I do today. I even cried, and begged him to be (ru C&witk WW(Lt Use remnants of seersucker, pylon, or cotton for play-tops and pants. For boys and girls! Maka them now for all summer. Pattern 705: in sizes for 6-month, 1-year, 18-months babies, Tissue pattern; embroidery trans-Mr. State size. Send TWENTY - FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER and SIZE, your NAME and ADDRESS. Don't miss our Laura Wheeler 1954 Needlecraft Catalog! 79 embroidery, crochet, color-transfer and embroidery patterns to send for -- plus 4 complete patterns printed in book. Send 25 cents lor >ur copy today! Ideas for gifts, ^azzaar sellers, fashions. as he was, but he is stubborn. . .. Have you any ideas? MISERABLE" * I am afraid that your hus- * band's indifference, and his * failure to provide a better liv- * ing, are inherent traits. * Perhaps a different approach * will help. * Tell him how much you de- * pend on him, how you know * he can find extra work during * the months he is unemployed. * Remind him how industrious he * was such a few years ago. A * little flattery has its place. * What he seems to need is more * self-confidence, and only you * can stimulate that. * Unless you can inspire him to * greater effort, you will have to * keep on doing without all the * good things you yearn for and * all the fun you want to have. * Many a young wife struggles * along with her husband and * gladly, for she believes in him * and his ability to succeed. * Your husband is still in his * 30's, too young to cease trying. * What you have lost is your * faith in your man; if you can * recapture that (and let him * know you have) it should pro- * vide the incentive he needs. * I recognize how dull is your * present routine, and I sympa- * thize. But try this idea -- ad- * ding articulate affection -- and * see what happens. HUSBAND TROUBLE "Dear Anne Hirst: My trouble is my husband -- as isn't most wives'? He is always cross. He says he has never been happy, and doesn't expect to be. He does not (frankly) ilke the children, and we have four, and he finds fault with all of us. I like friend's and fun, and he does not. "I would hate to break up our home, but I really cannot stand living like this. Can you understand, from this brief note, what I am up against? DESPERATE" * Yes, one reads between the * lines. * I should remind you that * when one cannot change a situ- * ation, one puts up with it. You * cannot make your husband* * over, nor can you leave him. * What you can do is stop expect- * ing him to be other than he * is and plan a more pleasant * daily life for yourself and the * children; it is to you they must * look for the love and consider- * ation their father denies them. * You dare not let them down. * Enjoy your friends during * the day (as their hours and * yours permit) and have your * fun with the children; that * should not be difficult, since * you say they are in good health. * You may say I propose the * impossible. But nothing is im- * possible to a woman who sees * her situation clearly and de- * termines to make the best of it. * Try it, just one day at a time, * and find out how much better * it works out than you may * think now. Sometimes only a little imagination is required to brighten up a marriage. Does yours need this? ... In any time of trouble, write to Anne Hirst. Her kindness will comfort you, and her wisdom will aid. . Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Jern Church Art -- Having adapted the modernist-cubist style painting to the interpretation of religious subjects. Sister limanski, studying in Florence, Italy, supervises the hanging One of her works for exhibition in a Florentine art gallery. Chow Call-A fish with trust in a friend bobs to the surface to take some food from the hand of Mrs. R. S. Arbin, of Graves-end, England. Her animal friends include a collection of frogs, toads, slowworms, an alligator and the tame carp. IROMICLES <%1N6ERFABM By this time readers of this column will have seen press reports of the opening of the museum at Elora. However, none of the daily papers gave it the publicity it deserved because, as you know, the daily press has murders, political issues, wars and peace settlements to cover and things that belong to yesterday are more or less crowded out. The weekly papers did a little better but of course, they -have their own community news to cover\ and so their space is limited too. So I wonder . , . would you like me to tell you a little more about the Elora Museum? I'll take a chance anyway Wellington County, as you may know, was celebrating its Centennial on July 16, 17 and 18. The opening of the museum at Elora was part of that celebration. Elora is only a small village but one of the loveliest in Ontario. It is the centre of a park development undertaken by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. A trip to Elora has always been worthwhile just to see the magnificent rocks and limestone cliffs. Now there is an added attraction -- the Museum. Considering the size of the village the enterprising citizens certainly had courage to undertake such a project. The Museum is housed in what was once a store and is located right next to the new bridge. The building has been painted and decorated throughout in a style entirely in keeping with its purpose. Board flooring was donated and laid down -- not new flooring but lovely old pine boards, sanded and polished. There are some wonderful old doors too that were also donated. But we had better start down in the basement and work up. The basement is large and roomy and in it we found a wonderful collection of old-time tools, for carpentry and for use around the farm. There were also farm implements of the smaller type -- a cradle, a flail, ox-yokes, and of course there were pioneer kitchen pots, pans and skillet. Almost everything had a descriptive label. Upstairs on the ground floor there were fire-arms, china, glass, carriage lanterns, coins, old furniture, marble fireplace and a beautifully illustrated book, showing in picture form the his-, tory of Elora since early settle-* ment. It was a wonderful book. Upstairs there was one large room and one small room. The small room was furnished just as if it were a pioneer bedroom. It had a rope bed, complete with straw tick and feather mattress. Finely embroidered pillow shams, home-spun blankets, knitted quilt, patchwork quilt, and spread out on the bed ready for my lady to retire was a cotton nightgown, complete with tucks and embroidery, and of course long full sleeves. There was a commode chair, washstand with lovely old bedroom dishes and a beautiful walnut dresser. Also a glass cabinet containing china and glassware, and some old Willow ware. In the big room there were full-sized models complete with old-time costumes -- men and women too. And there was a splendid display of fancy work of the Victorian period. There was also a large musical box. The OFF Not For This Bird - Strictly for the other two-legged "birds" of New York City, as far as this pigeon is concerned is a "Keep Off" sign in Central Park. It's also a fine place from which to watch for peanuts, or cats -- and anyway, "Pouter" can't read. date on it was - I don't know whether it was in working order but it was certainly in good condition. On one wall was a Currier and Ives print and on another a wreath made from various seeds. Well, that is about all I can think of at the moment but of course there are many, many things that I haven't even mentioned. "Well," you may ask, "what's so wonderful about it? You see the same sort of things in any other museum?" Yes, that is true -- how could it be otherwise? After all the tools, dishes, clothes and implements that pioneers used were much the same in every district. But yet there was a difference. The articles on display at the Elora Museum belonged to the people of Elora. They had been used by the early settlers, by the pioneers who had roughed it in the bush and lived in the first log cabins. Perhaps some of the articles displayed may have been used by Roswell Mathews and his two sons who were the first to clear the land, or by the family of Captain William Gilkin-son who built the first house in the settlement. Every dish, every tool had an intimate history that belonged only to the people of Elora. Now instead of gathering dust in various attics they are being cared for and shown to the public and will serve an excellent educational purpose. What Elora has done could be accomplished in every county in Ontario. People who never think of visiting city museums might, at first for decency's sake, visit their own small local museum. Eventually they would take a pride in the display as part of their heritage. After all, to appreciate the present one must have some knowledge and understanding of the past. And so, my dear friends, if you are anywhere r long enough Museum. It m: enthusiasm foi ODDS and ENDS -- -- MOSTLY ODD GENTLE RETORT An English lady, one of those self-appointed morality commissioners, accused a workman of having become a drunkard because: "With my own eyes I saw his wheelbarrow standing outside an inn." The workman made no direct defense. That same evening, he merely put his wheelbarrow outside her door, and left it there all night. HER TROUBLES "I came here, Doctor," explained the pretty young thing, "to find out just what's wrong with The Doctor nodded. "Three things. You don't eat enough. You use too much makeup. And there's something wrong with your eyes. My sign outside says, 'Veterinarian.' " DYED IN THE WOOL Sheep are the favourite household pets in Aleppo, Syria. Almost every family owns one and dyes it bright colours. It may, for instance, have green ears, a red muzzle, a blue tail, and a yellow body. Streets are a riot of colour as children take their pet sheep for a walk. WAIT AND SEA Signora Anne Pisano's ship has come home, but until she makes the return voyage on it the fortune of $1,200,000 left to her by an uncle remains unclaimed. Anna #ves in Salerno, Italy, and the money is held in trust in America, a provision of the will being^ that she must go to America to claim it. This she won't do because she is "afraid of the sea." So, until she allays her fears, Anna continues to work as a maid, and the wealth is but a dream. BAD, WORSE, WORST Harold Murphy, a resident of Kentucky, decided it was high time he took a rest to catch up with his shattered nerves. In one week he'd lost his job, had his house razed to the ground by fire, been involved in a road accident, which resulted in his car being smashed up; the climax came when his seven children were put to bed with chicken pox. THE BARE TRUTH Police had to be called the other day to a cinema in Beau-lieu, France, where they arrested a young farmer who was sitting in the auditorium completely nude apart from the socks he was wearing. The film shown was about life in a nudist camp. The farmer's excuse was that he became so engrossed in it that he had adsent-mindedly disrobed himself in the darkness of the cinema. HIS EXCUSE The manager of a large New York theatre was walking down the aisle one morning when he saw a boy of about ten years old sitting in the theater, watching the picture with rapt attention. The man went over, tapped the boy on shoulder, and asked: "Why aren't you in school?" "It's okay, mister," the boy assured him. "I've got the measles." FLAMING AGE The wealthy Mr. Lctsabucks sat in his wheelchair beside the open window. A pretty girl passed by, and Lotsabucks pulled frantically at the bellrope on the wall. The butler appeared. "Quick, George, my teeth," Lotsabucks commanded. "I want to whistle." AND HOW! When the defendant's name was called in court, to everyone's amazement, he stood up in the jury box. "What are you doing there?" barked the clerk. . "I was called to serve on the jury," came the meek reply. "But you must have known that there was a mistake," the clerk snapped, "that you couldn't sit on a jury and judge your own "Well, I suppose not," the defendant admitted. "I did think it was a bit of luck." TELLING HIM Joe Frisco, the famous stuttering comedian, once appeared on the same bill with Enrico Caruso, at a benefit. Joe had never heard of the famous tenor, and he sidled up and whispered to a stagehand: "What does he do?" The stagehand looked astonished, then replied: "He's a singer." Frisco nodded and walked over to Caruso. "Now 1-1-listen, buddy," he said, tapping the amazed tenor on the shoulder. "I'm f-f-following you on this bill. L-lay off Darktown Strutters' Ball, will you?" EFFICIENCY Two dress manufacturers met on Thirty-Seventh Street. One of them stopped the other and said: "I don't understand how you can undersell me. Why," he admitted, "I steal the materials I make the dresses from." "Why let yourself in for so much overhead?" said his competitor. "Do what I do I steal the finished articles." LOTS OF WARNING Edgar Bergen was driving calmly along a peaceful stretch of road one day when a woman driver came weaving down the road behind him. She tooted her horn once and rammed him with a crushing impact. While they were trying to untangle bumpers, the lady said breezily, "Well, I'm afraid this was all my fault." "Don't be silly," Bergen said gallantly. "The blame is entirely mine. I saw you fully three blocks away, and had plenty of time to duck down a side street." Nice Catch - Jackie Walker gives a nautical, but nice, look to the fishing docks at Miami Beach. She reigns as queen of the annual summer fishing tournament, which runs through Labor Day. When In Rome -- These fall and winter fashions designed in the Eternal City make news with their use of pleats. At left is a heavy maroon wool suit by Eleonora Garnett, with pleats which fall in a straight, simple line from a sleek, fitted jacket.^t right, silk brocade in rusty red, designed by Fontana Sisters,^&atures a pleated skirt and three-quarter bodice for r- ' -.V.ia wear.