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wa Fo 4 nr Sr Si Ee toh Ei i EYED G ~ fe oN a eA a . New And Useful ca Afterall is said and done, how does it taste in the cup? That is what counts! "SALADA' TEA BAGS yield the perfect flavour. og ANNE "Dear Anne Hirse 1 oreaily think I need your advice I'm 29, and Live been poing with a girl for-some . ; time. Almost at once, «he. Rinted T at mariage. cwas already in ve, soo one night 1 propos- ed, and she ac- cepted. But how things have i changed! Lb CM did every- "thing for her 1 could. 1 bought + ~oyou. | ¥ EEE EE IRE EE EEE EE A LEE EE EE EE TY everything 1 could think of. And then suddenly sw refused fo go out wiih peer" ; "She biwt been going with another man, &bul she tells me he means nothing ty, her. | can get other- wirls, I'd feel guilty if she would 3 "We both come from respected fami oa wh go. to the same church. fier mother always has told me to chme often. ~ p { "olaiz a lot of confidefide in" now. Pirazc heip me b 1 WORRIED? ICKLA (IRL? ~ J Girls- aud young men sdme- A times sire the same _reacipns, Bow hak read haw often gl've owaraed' firls not tg be too (fas i to get, i let! the bay friend earn 4 friendship and "love against all 4 competition. - It Works both ways. It may be th's girl is by nature fickle. She wants only to try Wer "skill; When you followed her obvious lead and proposed, it'is_possible that she was no lon- ger interested. If that is true, she only desired the fun of win- ning. And, like many a man, having won, she was through.' L'ke most men -in love, you "made no secret of your devotion, You did everything she asked you to do -- {ook her places she- wanted to go,. brought<her gifts," smothered her with attention: If she is really fickle, that was all she wanted -- the knowledge that she gould have you, Unless you know .any other reason she has changed her mind, I suggest you give her the same medicine. ) Don't "call: her. Don't avrite. Just stay away. And; to be real= ly smart, let her see you with another girl now 'and thew? Tf" Designs you "homemakers will leve! Kitchen 'towels in outline and cross-stitch are colorful . as well as useful: Make a set now! For Daughter's first needlework get Pattern 542+ Has transfer of _.six_motifs about 44 x 7Y; inches. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- 'tern makes needlework so' simple with its charts, photos and con- cise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE .CENTS. in coins (stamps cannot be ace cepted) for this pattern to:-- Box 1, 123-Eighteenth Street," ™ "New * Toronto, Ontario, HIRST ! ¢ her true attitude is doglin-the- manger, she will be after you soon enough. It is not easy to. play such a role when one is really in love, particularly with a girl 28 years old. Her character should be fix- * ed now. Most. men would be pretty thoroughly disgusted with her adolescent antics. Yet, to be hon- est, I have known girls that ac- ted like congenital flirts who," once married, made excellent wives. Use your own judgment. POR . LEE SD Pe LIE EE ES The way of a girl with a man "is often beyond understanding. . Anne Hirst knows more about .. both sexes' than "either, can know of themselves. -- so ask "for her opinion. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. - 'Searé¢h Desert For Cursed Jewels left recently for :the 120;000-5quare- mile Kalahari Desert in Bechuana- land, 'in a ibid- to discover a "for- bidden city' where. a cache of ° jewels is believed to be hidden. Carrying water in a powerful truck with a special wincly, for te sand jcounters, the pity will have io' contact with the outside world until some time late jn the vear. In a desert where rain has sometimes not fallen for five years they will brave hardships and perils and hope fo find the stone ruins of a lost civilization. They believe they know roughly where the fabulous jewels lie, hid- - den by an unknown man who: ut- tered a curse on whoever came to disturb them. / : Each night they will camp amid the roag of lions and the howling of jackals. Elephants, giraffes, and buffalo are other game which still explorers may also encounter can- nibals, as_did Miss Jim: Crossley- Batt, who in prewar years was one of the first white women to visit the Kalahari. AE] "Travelling hundreds of miles with natives in a Government lorry drawn bya bullock team, she became friendly with some cannibals. "I even dined with them and they showed no desire to eat me," she SR § . : ----Lwelvé----South--African--explorers-- "roam parts of - the Kalahari. The | - .. Too... Garbage Can Stays Put No more noisy garbage cans tip- 'ping over and spilling out when new stationary model is used, com- pany claims. Can is bolted to a pole 20 inches above the ground so that garbage can be put in the top and emptied from the? bottom. by the colléetor, The 15-gal.. size square box is. made of anti-rust treated, steel, "equipped = with waterproof 'papef and * built-in container for DDT. : oe, Y * * * Irons Under Own Steam Automatic * steam iron features Vapo-Miser, uses ordinary tap water which is automatically dis- tilled and .converted to dry super- heated steam. Spotting = garment with water drops is =liminated. Iron's handle is molded plastic and has thumb rests for left-handed as well as right-handed persons. Other features are heat indicator and fin- ger-tip temperature selector. lor dry ironing, water is emptied from handle conta'ner. ? * 13 * Adhesive Visor : Latest sun visor for automobile sticks "on car window, using the vacuum principle. Made .of plastic, When glued to glass, cuts sun glare. visor 1s pliable and dark green. . * * . Jet Sav-T-Pin A combination carburetor: idling pin and 'moisture filled vacuuin con- tainer is new kit to be atta¢hed to auto carburetor; will save repair 'bills, give smoothér running engine and more efficient mixture and flow, of moisturized air and. gas. Mois- turized filtered air is fed to the: carburetor trough .the fidling - pin. Moisture is obtained from the air; no Avafer isradded, says the maker. __Thed leace te roa with-only-- man, of Dartford." Wi It M&5 Owen NOW Another thilig | specially wana to see was a demonstration of the Rorke method of Needle-weaving: 'EAR' THIS 'I'he bunny with the wide ear-spread 'is "Sir Edward," a champion English Lop, whose floppers measure 27° « "inches when fully spread. 'L.op-eared Tddie, seep with Mary: . Deanne Carter, is on exhibit at the County Fair. Bees That Are Cultivated Just For Stinging People I'n a quiet strect in North Lon- den there is a house which by day * looks li.tle different from any of its neighbours. But at night one of the curtained wintowp is always dark. What goes oh 'inside that room where the blnds are never drawn and the windows never opened? A hundred inspired guesses would bring vou nowhere near the truth. It is a beehive. In that room live some of the 20 million bees owned by one of the bigaes: hee-keepers in the couniry. : i. Ai They are noi ordmary bees. They don't make honey. Their greatest value is in" thelr least attractive Guality -- their sing. Ce Every day. sonietimes twice a flay Mis. Joan Owe, 'wha has cul¥ivas ted this mammoth hiye, enters th darkened room and caches | ahu | one hundred of te beds that)s va off. | on th: cork - linad wa'ls; &¢ hikez) through the specialiv cpoleq ar. ei df puts them "nto small Jass igre. \) i ri Their East Act y A LE fr few more hours to live, But he Red) | they die they will have helpedita | relieve pain by" stinging suTerers from rheumatism. arthritis. fibrosis: tis. and neuritis. d | These glass jars are ail that this small, grey-hairkd woman in ber carly forties. a doctor in her ma ive Hungary. tates on her cpanae | "rounds." - z | Mrs. Owen. one of a large family of doctors. learnt about the hees at a clinic run by lier grandiather. | Shortly before the war she stirsed. to breed them in Great Britain. She ' is now. es ahlished as what is per- | haps the first and only Bee Venom Therapi-t in Eagland. © There may be some controversy in the orthodox medical world about the value of Pee Venom Therapy, and not all the results of this treat- ment may be as successful as they | have been for Mir. James Char- and twelve jars of bees a reporter went to visit this star patient. Here in his story as he-told it. Now He Vvalks S'nce 1942, when at the age of 43 he-first-developed osteo = arthritis, - Mr. Charman has consul ed more than ten doctors, attended six hos- pitals, and had eleven different Kinds of treatment. At first only his left knee was affected, but before = he | += said "Thera plague visited them. They appeared to think I was res- ponsible, so I took a hurried de- parture." A 6ft. gorilla appeared one 'day and attracked her party, injuring one of the native boys. Miss Cross- ley-Batt formed the theory, as a result of this encounter, that gorillas will not harm women. "Had I been alone, this one would have been. quite friendly," she said aiterwards. "You came from a teetotal vil- lage, didn't you?" _ "Teetotal? Why, they won't even let the carpenters use spirit levels." \ ----FOUR gay aprons for vou to make from this pattern! Sew right _ now for Christmas, bazaars, and yourself! Thrifty to use scraps! + Pattern 4694; sizes small (14-16), med. (18-20), largé (40-42). Apron with bib; all one fabric, small size, 174 yards 35-inch. This pattern, casy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions. i "Send TWENTY- FIVE CENTS (25c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for 'this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. ~ Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. + Print plainly' pattem number, your - 'name a d 'address. ) : wy ; i --te n - === n : -- ; Ld 2 " Ea -- . - 10, Capital of 33. Fuss bt ? Norway 35. Old card game 11, Equal 3% Emma - . Insec eM hs in 16, Makes lace 43. Girl's name : 20. {onsamiy 44, Struck ~ 00 23. is the matter i Young sheep ACROSS . 4. Rings 24. Thing (law) shou 3 1, Burmounting ; 6. Hawalian food 25, Weaken 49, Those In favor 6. Ideal golf 8. Public notl 28, Collection of. 50, Ponce dé ---- ° 8. Cease 7. Balk, as a facts 61, Medloval 13. Fury horse (Scot) 21. imagine ---_ Italian family 13. Poem 8. Harden 30. Black liquid = 53. Animal's home 14. Seoteh-Irish 0. Negotiate 31, Indefinite one 55. Heavens : 16. Originative' - - 1 Yar ; C3 EJ 9 [io [i- 18. Ane Sht Gfeex : milepos 19. Inhabitant of |? * (suffix) ai 21. And not 5 i © 23 Car acces- + sorles -T - 26. Indian 16 28, Take 2 chalr # 29. Lasso 32. Small wild »2 . 34. Bdge 38. Look over 1". Himalayan ~ ' mal, 39. Droop 2 36 41. Attemp 4 42, Censure a "1 7 of Emm enn BSS - ==> 48; American pe ood i general 47. Uentleman cat 48. Abundant : 52. Eager 54. Glves back 43 §6. Change posi. ton } - 57. Writing fluld 58. Whistls blast 69. Part of "to be" A '60. Plgpen i 61. Slave LB DOWN -.1. Bows i y-- 1 i our - a stick. On beng asked ahont the ~ nearly a. week. stings. He stated that in the early - and quickly lifted out a bee with her * forceps. Holding it on his wrist, "bees, these special bees can only live _ breeding - rooms at>35 dearees Far- Lo enheit-- mm : : - father until after his death, --as--1L000-of them crawlt'ng others. -- twelve rooms to be converied, at a cost of thousands of pounds, into living quarters for the bees. The other cleven are in Mrs. Owen's house in Surrey, where she lives with her husband, a retired naval officer, and their nine-year-old son. Fitted 'with an air - conditioning plant and lined with layers of cork, the "living" rooms are kept at a temperature only a few degrees above freezing - point. and the Secret Handed D:wn I This 15 the heat of a normal stmmer day and it enables the bees to breed all the vear round--unlike the honey bee, which only breeds in the. early spring. . Suspeades from the ceilings of the rooms are zinc cages, cach about the size of a small refrigerator, in which the bees live. : They feed on a mikture of hoiiey ~and poison extracted from herbs from Switzerland, The name ana weTessaryijiantity of these" [herbs 1s a "trade" secret which: Mrs. Ow- en did not learn from her grand- he left her this knowledge in his 'will. She herself will reveal it only te her son in the same way. But she makes no secret of the way in which the food is prepared. She takes a_quantity oef-the-herbs -= which. in the form of hay, are kept for six months to nature at a 'temperature of 17 degrees' below! zero -- mixes them with a- pint of water 'and two pounds of honey and boils them... "I.Do Not Flinch" When' the mixture has cooled she pours it.into a feedin@-tube, which las to be specially made to a length of eight. feet 'to enable her to reaclr. up to the bees' cages. While she is in the bees' room Mrs. Owen sometimes has, as many over her" ata time. But she is never siung unle:s they get into her hair, "They _do not sting me because I do not frighten a bee -- and when it is fr ohtened it will s'ing." - When asked what happened to | any bees left in the jars at the end of 'the. day. J "I tate them to-bed with me," she said. "If I_ put them back into the hive they would fight with began--the hee treatment last November he was pra-tically "hed" ridden and in great pain. X t When IT saw him he was walking rcund hs garden wth the aid of bee stings, and he showed the diary | Iie has kept throudhout his treat- ment. He had his first s'ings on November 21st. 1940, : "Five stings across the should- ers." reads the diary, "Not very painful." And then, a week later, when he had had a few stings each day: "Woke feeling rottén. Sick all day. sweating and shivering. Se-- ven stings on right foot and threc on right shonlder." Mr. Charman felt "ro'ten" for Then, after an: in- creasing number of stings cach day, he noted in his diary on Decémber 7th a slight movement in his left | foot. He had fot been able to meve it for nearly a year. ret Altogether he has hat on += 2009 sessions they did not hurt much, but that as soori as he started to: feel better each treatment became more painful. 3 ~The reporter felt how a sting can hurt cven a non-rheuma'ic when he rashly volunteered" to be stung myself. Mrs, Owen took one of the jars from inside her blouse, where they are kept next "to her skin to give the bees the warmth from her body. She opened the jar she waited until his yelp of pain | "told that the bee.-had. done its work. | Each treatment takes a consider: sble time. For this reason, and to cover the cost of the upkeep of the bees, the fees are not light. Enor- mous overhead expenses are invol- . ved In the running of the beehive. Bred originally from wild African and breed at certain constant tem- peratures. The room in the North London house is the most recent of ¥ 1 ! _ troubles." ; "box. Coins fall through-slots of dif- Mrs. Owen knews that many of her patignts are warned by their friends that they are wasting fhieir money. This does not worry her. They're "Rogues" "Curing rheumatism by bee stings is looked upon as an old ives' tale," she says. "And soit is -- if you use honey bees. Most people don't, or won't, unilerstand that my bees are not honey bees. Honey bees won't eure anything. The pol- len thew gather destroys human tissue, ; E "My bees never leave their rooms, but ¢ven if they did they would not gather pollen. They would '* on flies and ladybirds, not flowers. Chey may be 'rogue' bees, but I have 'a great affection for them." . MOST CHURCHES NEED ONE "I got something here thdt will solve this church's fitancial "What is it," asked the preacher hopefully?" = "Well, it's a patent contribution ferent sizes. Dollars, half dollars and quarters fall on velvet: nickels and pennies drop on a bell!" For Eczema-- Skin Troubles "Make up. your mind today that you are going to give your gkin a real chance to get well, Go to r_§00d drug .store and --- Sol We 0_to_ any wet an original bottle of Moone's Emerald Oll--It lasts many days because It {s highly concentrated. "The. very first application will giVe you rellef--the itching of Eczema is quickly stopped--eruptions dry up and scale oft in a very fo days. The pamo is true of Itch- ing Toes and Feet, Barber's Itch, Salt Rheurn, skin troubles, : Remember that Moono's Emerald Oil 1s a clean, powerful, penetrating Antlseptle Ofl, that does not stain or 16aVe a greasy resls| due. Complete satisfaction or money back: _- a... se. ca Ee S 3 § | .Mmects so. many interesting people. when +f ISSUE 38 -- 1950" I 2 ARM Clarke TGINGER Gue Did you .manage a wip to the Canadian National Exhibition? I hope" you did--and| that you .en- joyed it. Each of us took 'in the "Big Fair but 'all on different days. At-'one time it uscd to bg a family affair but now. we find it suits us better to play a lone hand as what intevests one: doesn't interest the other. Incidentally, when we team up we 'waste so much time trying to figure out what we .think 'the - other person would like to do that we get more itred than we shold do. The-first one to visit the Fair was Partner. He went by bus each way and arrived: home after mid. night. I expected: him to be half dead ... . but no, he said he had __been sitting down a good part of the time, listening to the band and watching events. along the water- front and was quite well satisfied with what he had seen and done, Not only that but he dida't have to worry about the farm since the rest of us were home looking after it. "Which was lucky because one time a truck came in and the driver. left the yard gate wide open when he went out. If [ hadn't noticed it there 'would have been -nothing to .stop our cows from wandering down to the highway. One wonders what some folk think gates are. for. ih bs i - 2 * The next day | got'a ridé to Toronto = with some friends and went to the Press Lunclieon. That is always «worthwhile 'because one --und oi'.course, any affair with 'Mrs. Kate Aitken at the head of it is bound to be a success. Two very special guests on. Press' Day were Jimmy Casson, 12,f and Robin * Barron, 11, co-editors jand publi- shers of the Fonthill Bfigle. (Mrs, Aitken . interviesve "Tuncheon table and thei her questions brought forth gales of laughter froin the assembled guests. Asked if coming to the Press luncheon and meéting so many hdies wasn't well 'worth the trip one of the boys replied--"Oh ... I'dunno .... maybe!" That just about brought down the house. Their paper has a weekly circula- . tion of 250 and jis printed on z ditto machine. The boys take it turn about to eover the news, sports and (advertising: but: théy "don't have no "éditorials!" One wonders what -is ahead for. these -two enterprising youngsters.. To all 'appearances they are just two nice, average school- boys--but--you never can tell. | Twenty years from now \they may be the men of the hour. 3 * IL FL Previous to the lunch my friend < and I set out to find Queen Mary's -t---carpet. I "liope none of you ladies missed it. It was really marvellous, The blending of the colours was truly a work of art. At first, in look= ing at it, I was conscious-of a little : disappointment because the -back- means - uniform in | colour--one block being light. fawn and the next several shades darker. Then I realized I was looking. at a piece ground of the carpet was by no: |. --of-work that was typical of the | Ladies, believe me, that is really "something, In needle-weaving you can inake anything from slippers to berets; handbdgs to suits. The time will come when, if you don't know. how to ueedle-weave you won't know anything. It is simple, inexpensive and quick. After the Exhibition Mr. and Mrs. Rorke are Fopening a shop or Yonge: Street. . Better run with the crowd and find out all about it."Hpwever, .t won't be necessary 'to buy anything at. "their store unless you vant to--" ! 'the thing is to-see how: the work - is, done and: 'then it i- gore than . likely you: will have. just the right i kind of needle, net and wool around home and can go right to work. At least you can practise with what you have at home, * * * " i - ---- Ah, 1 hear footsteps! We have had "three smart girls" staying here this week--now they are get- ting ready to catch the bus for home. Our last batch of summer visitors. , Cautious He was rather small, apd had been used to sleeping with. a night- light in his room, but his parents had decided that he must start sleeping - in the dark, When his . mother put out .the light helasked, plaintively: "Must I sleep. in the dark tonight, Mummy?" : : was the reply, you are getting a big boy now." ..euy a Suy Iv prayers over acuimi--more carefully?" 1 darlino __RELIEF IS LASTING For fast, prolonged: relief: fronmy headache get: INSTANTINE. This prescription-like: tablet contains not * just one, but three proven medical - "ingredients that ease the pain: fast. And the reliefs, in most cases, lasting: Try INSTANTINE just once for pain. relief and. you'll say as thousands do: #.... it's INSTANTINE]l. And try INSTANTINE. for other aches, toq i for neuritic or ricuralgic pain. . , or for the pains and: aches. that accompany a cold. A single tablet usually 'brings = = 3 prompt relief. = 4 @et Instantine today, and always keep It handy: "that there's one thing for headache = --entire" Britisli people during those dark days of the war a people making the best of what they had and, still doing a mighty good job. x % * Imagine anyone with such a good eye' for "colour as Queen Mary having fo be satisfied with wool that didn't match ior the baca- ground of her work. How many other women would have given up | - in despair? You and I would prob- ably have said--"It's no use . . .l I can't get the wool I want so it's no good starting the .job." But 'not Queen Mary. And sce what she has - accomplished, and sce what her, carpet is still doing for the British "people. 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