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ANNE HIRST LAN Family HIRST | "Dear Anne Hirst: I have not known six months' happiness since I married nine years ago, My husband drank heavily and consistently, and he has gone out with other women when- ever he liked... Last fall we finally separated -- and I am more miserable every day. I won't admit to myself that I want him back, but my life is go meaningless that I nearly die. I have a young son I am very proud of, but I almost go crazy with loneliness. "I never had any real plea- sure. I married to escape from parents who were always quar- reling. My husband never took me anywhere after the first two months of our marriage. There was never a more disillusioned bride! "J have tried to live a good life, but I am certainly stymied now. Whatever am I to do? ELAINE" LIVE FOR TODAY * If you had allowed me 'o * print all your letter, it would * have shown many an unhappy * wife how lucky she is by com- # parison with the harrowing * years you have had with your * husband. Frankly, I don't see * how you could have stayed any * longer; certainly you could not * continue to expose your little * boy to his father's inhuman Lacy Crochet Cape bry Kasra Weedon Loveliest cover for year-round wear! Easy crochet, this little cape in pineapple design. Use 3- ply fingering yarn or string. Pattern 833: Crochet directions for small, medium and large cape included in pattern. Lovely and goes with everything. 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. AD- DRESS. As a bonus, TWO complete patterns are printed right in our LAURA WHEELER Needlecraft Book. Dozens of other designs you'll want to order -- easy fas- cinating handwork for yourself, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! * treatment. When your spirit * falters, remember those ter- rible scenes and be thankful he is safe with you now. My best prescription -- Live one day at a time. As evening comes on, say, "Well, I got through today all right. Yll not let tomorrow frighten me." Fill every waking hour with strenuous activities--your little son, your home, your church and your friends. And pray for strength to rise above these moods that attack you; they weaken your self-control and can make you physically ill. You have too much on your mind now to take that risk. haven't you? I wish I could honestly en- courage you to believe your husband will change, but such a miracle seems unlikely. He is as he is. Ever since you married he has mistreated you and betrayed you, and his family history does not hold out any hope that he will ever be a man you could rely on. Live in and for this fine boy you have, and console yourself with the assurance that as he grows up he will recompense you with increasing apprecia- tion and affection. You have my deep sym- pathy. ee ee ee * * x "MUST I KISS?" "Dear Anne Hirst: I am 15, and my problem is shyness. Other girls my age (particularly my best friend) are going out on dates and having good times. I am okay when I'm with a lot of kids, but just the idea of a single date (or even a double) scares me to death. "J don't mind the date too much, it is just the thought of kissing the boy that bothers me. Even if I like him, I'm still frightened. "I want to overcome this. How can I? i Don't try to. You have some- thing precious to offer your dates, and that is good, clean friendliness. If you knew how nice boys appreciate it! Where did you get the idea that kissing is all there is to a date? Girls who kiss any boy promiscuously (especially on the first date) are legion. It is girls like you, who shrink from physical contact, that keep the boys believing that girls are really people, worth cultivating as good friends and not merely an outlet for their passion. They can get kisses anywhere -- but not from you, because you are DIFFERENT. So often boys write me that they try out a new girl be- cause she gives them the idea that»she expects them to. "It isn't that we're crazy in love, Anne Hirst, but they think we're a flat tire if we don't." Stay as you are. You can establish a different pattern for dates. You treat a boy like a real person, so he relaxes with you and thinks you are swell. This is the foundation on which solid friendships are built. When all those other girls grow blase and boring, you will still be as fresh as a daisy, ready for your first romance. Live up to your inclinations, and let the female wolves cheapen themselves if they will. * * ' "How can I live through an- other day?" If this fear tortures you, live just for today, and know. that. as you grow in spiri- tual grace the way will be easier . . . It helps to write Anne Hirst about it. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. RPE RE EEO Ke Ht eGR He Oe eH ee ee eR ee LOOKING FOR THE BIRDIE?--Maybe this cat never heard about what curiosity did to another of his breed. Pete Costas, who works in a Gamera'shop, took the candid picture of the in- quisitive feline. DECISIONS, ALL THE TIME, DECISIONS--Judges selecting the winner of the "Miss Photoflash" contest in Chicago have a tough but pleasant task confronting them. The 10 finalists in the contest, sponsored by the Chicago Press Photographers Association, are shown here. INGERFARM | Gwendoline D. Clarke 3 It came at last . . . our share of snow and winter storms. And it was our first experience of what snow can do to a residential district. And it was plenty. It was a Saturday and apparently the week-end shopping still had to be done. One by one cars backed out of driveways on to the road, and in most cases that's where the fun began: Cars slew- ed across the road blocking through traffic. Our next-door neighbour was. among them. It took him about forty minutes to dig himself out -- and then he drove the car back into the garage and left it there. The doctor was the first to work on his driveway -- naturally he had to make sure of getting out. After he got through two neigh- bour cars got stuck and he was out helping to dig them out. And what did we do? We stayed put. I took stock of cupboards and "frig" and decided we could last out for two or three days if-we had to -- Partner isn't able to do too much digging. However, as soon as the storm had died down a bit Partner was busy with the shovel -- digging out the driveway, just in case. He had just finished when Bob came along. An hour earlier he would have been offered the business-end of a shovel. Of course all I knew about the storm was what I could see from the windows, One thing 1 noticed -- you could almost tell who was friendly with whom along the road! For instance when A's car got stuck B. we to his assistance but when was in a similar predicament he was left to dig himself out! D. managed to get out without too much trouble but as soon as he was gone Mrs. D. was out shov- elling the driveway for his re- turn. The~snowplough came through about nine o'clock so by Sunday morning there was a good snow-cleared road, shoy- elled driveways and, I don't Goubt, a lot of aching muscles. I didn't notice many people people turning out to church Sunday morning. I was very glad to be home before the storm came -- and I ~ could quite easily not have been. I went to Peterborough last Wednesday morning and return- ed Friday night, just as the weather was starting to change, I almost stayed until Saturday 2s I found plenty to do helping Klemi straighten out my sister's affairs. He is giving up, the house, storing most of his furni- ture 'and going into "rooms for the present. For a musician that is quite a problem. So much sheet music and he had to have it where, he could get at it. I stayed alone at the house the first night and got very little sleep. The furnace was so noisy I thought surely it would blow up. Times when it was quiet trains would rattle by on a ~ track not more than a hundred feet from the back door, Every ~ time it happened the house shook quite noticeably. And yet that house has just been pur- chased by a newly-wed couple. (My sister had it rented). Don't people pay any attention to loca- tion? By day I did not notice the noise -- I was far too busy. I turned down invitations to eat out so I could keep working. And then one good little aR brought me over a hot dinner Thursday night. Other friends helped by taking things away -- some to sell and some for rummage and others given away. And then they drove me to the station to catch the noon day- i liner. Without their a very high regard for the Peter- borough folk. But I mustn't for- get our own family either. Art came to get me Wednesday morning quite early. He had an . awful drive. A mixture of rain and snow. It took an hour and a half-each way to make the twenty-minute run. But now it is all behind us as I don't think I will need to make another trip. But now, in lighter vein, I have another matter to report. Ditto is back with us again, as of eight days ago. Remember what I said . . . was to be an omen -- if she came back the Liberals would win the next election. If she didn't . . . the answer is obvious. Well, the issue is still in doubt. Ditto didn't COME back; she was BROUGHT back! So now what? I had asked the school children near here to watch for her -- and they. really. went hunting. After three days away two little brought her home --eyes wild, coat rough and dirty, bones al- most sticking through her skin. They found her in a gully over at the golf course. It was several days before I had her anything like normal. Now she is as play- ful as ever. But I am still won- dering how many of her nine lives went overboard. Even at that we are lucky. Our nearest neighbour found their little kit- ten drowned in the basement -- in the sump pump drain. We are thinking of getting a piece of wire netting to cover our sump pump. It looks as if it were just inviting trouble. So that's another week gone by. The snow has caused trouble out here -- but at least it's good for the farmers. ONE IN A MILLION Tourist: "Was that one of your prominent citizens? I noticed you were very respectful and attentive to him." Garage Man: "Yes, he's one of our early settlers." Tourist: "Early settler? Why, he's quite a young man yetl" Garage Man: "True enough. I mean he always pays his bills on the first of the month." boys ~ DRIVE WITH CARE! How's That Again? When the Subliminal Projec- tion Co., Inc., announced last fall that it had perfected a de- vice for inserting unnoticeable 1/3,000-of-a-second commercials in movies and TV shows, reac- tions ranged from cries of "foul and unfair" to chortles of glee from parties who saw the end of intrusive TV commercials. The major U.S. TV networks piously declared they had no intention of using the devilish new inven- tion. Last month, the first public test of subliminal communication was broadcast by the staid Cana- dian Broadcasting Co.'s essay- interview TV show "Close-Up." Viewers from coast to coast were told that a secret subliminal mes- sage would be flashed on the screen 240 times in half an hour, They were asked to report their impressions. This week, CBC revealed that the message had been: "Tele- phone now." They reported that a large number of people had telephoned in, but most of the callers just wanted to know what the message was. Most of the callers thought the message had to do with thirst. One man said he got the message: "Change channels." James Vicary, inventor and president of Subliminal Projec- tion Co., Inc. professed to be encouraged by the equivocal re- results. "The less it seems to work," he said, "the easier to market it." -- From Newsweek. 6s TENNIS, ANYONE?--Elsie Dicker- son, Poster Girl, plays her favorite game the' year 'round on the courts of 'San Antonio. Our 'scouts tell us she wins most of her games too, as male op- ponents have a tough time eeping thelr eyes on the ball. Modern Etiquette... by Roberta Lee Q. Is it really considered cor- rect to accept a second help'ng of food when your hostess offer it to you, or is this a sign ol greediness? A. One may certainly accept a second helping if one wishes. It is a compliment to the hos- tess' cookery to do so. However, if you don't care for a second helping, you may say, "No, thank you." Q. Is it considered really prop- er now for a woman to "repair" any of her makeup in public? A. Sometimes at the end of a meal in a public eating place this is necessary, and it is quite all-right for a woman to make light use of powder and lip- stick. Q. When a girl breaks an en- gagement which has already been announced, how can she inform those of her friends whe live out of town and might not otherwise learn of what has happened? A. She can write brief, infor- mal notes to them, Cinch To Sew PRINTED PATTERN SA | 4873 IAW b Sip Juniors! Everyone's making it -- everyone's wearing it. A cinch to sew -- no waist seams. Just cinch with a belt, and you're all set to go. Two necklines, three sleeve versions included in this Printed Pattern. J Printed Pattern 4873: Jr. Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes 4% yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (40¢) (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. 1. ISSUE 8 -- 1958 SNUB?--Italian film star Gina Lollo Bernadino Luini and poor old Venus seems to lose out completely as museum curator Lester ~ Gooke ignores the Goddess of Love in favor of a gander at Gina. Occasion was recent visit ef actress to Washington's National Gallery of Art. brigida looks right past Venus, as painted by old 'master