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39 £ i 'a [9 | i 3 FRE 5S Laven ES Ayn 1 3 s Aerial i AY SL ie pa aL sb 'a PRED F x Bite RLF AR LE 0 si ly V4 hd ve ov SOAR RE NY EL RORICHRRTAR ER or ---- f . i / : ' \ i oi Not So Single As He Seemed ] Cand' nights, 3 are e periodically popula y A most appropriate remark to the man. who has succeeded at this en- May Have Found Year in year out quality has Vast Hidden Hoard Hf durance test is, "You take the cakel" i | % always been and will. always | A tan nay not he Ws big a fod ple Every ii alten a story hits the This is. a free translation of a3 aoars as he Jools and that" > the a H KJ headlines to the effect that an' ex- ancient Greek phrase, for ite ik . be the Jt considerat ion with of & story told "by Capt. AT C7" pedition is setting out to seek" an custom; then tg award a cake o ' Cour, in a book which will appeal, immense treasure--- treasure that has roasted wheat and honey to the san | to all whé are attracted by salt % : perhaps lain for centuries in the - who was best able' to heen awa * {spray and tall sailing ships," "The | i hold of some sunken galleon or been during a long night watch { Wheels | Kick "and the Wind's <1 { buried by pirates on a desert island. The original marathon was aue | Song." : Ta | '1 Generally, that is the last that hundred and fifty milgs, 2nd was 3 A Negros magni, Clarley, "crew | | is' heard about .it, and one simply run" by Phidippides in 'au effort to | member of . a "square-rigger, the : a assumes that the fabulous hoard de-. |- obtain Spartan aid in the battle o 2 1 Lorton, "became: hy reason of his fied all attempts to find it. Marathon. 2 1. i | glides) simplicity thie butt Ot all ' J But there are treasure hunts that' This article is well authenticated, ; 2 his shipmates. WW i? they invited ; i don't hit' the: headlines; and such a not the "bunk" or buna Mich i him to se a hammer-lhieaded shar) { . as inflic S.A, Ho knockmg nail: into Py boy, he af, : one is told by Haken Mie he in, Way lite] on He re A. {House MIN : : A After You, Columbus ! cently hii te. in North :Cate N or : ' fe i published, a fascinating book which er lor Buncombe, 1 { } i : Now Charley had come on board i recounts the author's experiences lina, used to speek needlessly in is dissatished because having so with a very heavy sea chest full of i d a ; the 'Atlantic Congress in ordér to impress his much it takes wore and more "to banana plants. He told his ship : uring a voyage across the a "constituents. . When asked why "he ST } i : rd : on the exact route taken by Colum- A 1 , s please him , : mates that he intended "starting a :. Tas I nn vessel f the ate continually bored his follows with Parbips too much generosity | plantation, } : a iE wd. 1.a 4 senseless speeches, he said, "I was as nulbfying as meagness, | But Charley's trouble was that he t a louse. 1 w B * $ % couldn't stand the rigours of life on . i He tells us thi it one day a Negro Not sping to die din us Jas o BA Yes, now is the tine when every board a sailing ship, So it was ar- i shy an American Sehioonee hd Lo JINGER ARM one. more or less takes time out, ranged that lie should be put ashore "1 chot pal %) foo the or SO 15 SE Ay Gwendoline PD Clarke afte the Christmas and New Year at a place en route, The crew helped 4 sg, at ie West Poy Aes i celebrations, to relax. The holiday him to lower his heavy trunk into | BE i Al a a1 2 : I - 18 Again the time has come to wish Seazay ving lovely time but wien the waiting boat and wished him : i A er : you all a.very Happy New Year. It 15 over there. comes 'a time of luck with his bananas. "the ih rehD FADE and wis rowed How sincerely 1 wish it] 1 would quict contentment. In. most homes And it was only when the Lorton ES Lee back t Ho hip The Negro. saw like to think that cach and every there has heen a family gathering; was well out to sea again that they i Re hg ais | i : ith ; one of you will have reas ; cach has remembered other mem- discovered a large pile of banan: that it was weavily laden wii ca ) ave reason to A ar, en A ] { se pl ! a number of cases, which were taken greet the new year with hope and bers of the family with friendliness plants and earth hidden in the EH board: the nh iter belore «she thanksgiving. Thanksgiving bee and goodwill: Gifts have been ex- fo'c'sle- and a corresponding empti- i a ay Scio 5 - ish, we ok, a free people and i Hh 2 uts_in their own sca chest and i The ions Negro rowed to the es he : wi go Rg in gi is often the "token" gift that warms age iris place ars the: Pins Toes ik i realized. = our heart the most. Or maybe the : c . ; appeared, and at te oot of the : And aticr WU how could we Hive friendly letter from a 'comparative Cats In The News 3 cliffs found .a. low entrance to a v stranger who wrote "just because ' grotto into which he propelled his and faith? Hope and necessary to life as without hope faith are as a small, craft. Looking down into the she wanted "to send her good ' water, he spotted something glint- Cats have jumpzd into the news ; TLL : z A TAR 2h " "3, 4 . rl 3: : 3 M 1 pr AR A 1 wishes." LU know, because 1 get recenty., An epidemic of whisker- Gabardine is carefully tailored into a "shirt¢at" with buttons bread and water. Perhaps when we say in greet ing "A Happy. New Year" we don't' really give the matter much thought. - Happiness after all 1s a relatives'term. It depends a lot on - what we already possess. A child, for "instance, with very little to amuse him, is happy if only one new and unbroken tay is "given him. Another child, used to almost that -moficy can "buy -- everything SIZES -257_29% Nifty! Thrifty! Make it in a jiffy! Junior Miss -- this is yoear ONE YARD SKIRT! No side- * geams, ho sewing problems, and just ONE, yard of 54- inch fabric! Pattern 4703: Jr. Miss; waist sizes 25,726, 27, 29 inches, ONE "yard S4-inch for all given sizes. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS: (25¢) in coins (stamps cannot be, accepted) for this pattern. + Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. ~--SQend order fo Box*1,-123- High 1- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Send Twenty- -five Cents now (in coins) for our Fall and Winter Pattern Book by Anne Adams. The best of the new-season fashion in easy-to-sew patterns for all, what quite a few of that kind myseli. Now we can look back and re member it all, Or at least we can remember the nice things, and for- get the others. The joy of having our family with #s once again; the depth of their affection remains with us like the warm glow of a fire on the heal after the dancing flames have died away. Each in his or her own way will greet this new year, 1951. But it doesn't seem so very long since we were having the same thoughts for 1950, does it? has happened since then. Well, maybe it is just as well: "that a crystal ball is not part of our equipment for liying. Most of us have our pet worries--and half the things we worry about never happen -anyway. But imagine if we knew - . . if we knew beyond a shadow of doubt that a great _fortune--or - a- great -sorrow--was coming our way! No it wouldnt do--we. just couldn't take it. ] - ok * * Yet there are times, are there not, when we would dive anything to know. the immediate--{uture. Be- fore Christmas Tommy gazes spell- bound at the mysterious parcels under the tree . . WAS te fuem! Big brother Bill, equally spell-bound, gazes. at Alma, wondering if he dare ask that all important . question. And he would--if only he knew what her answer 'would be! Parents, en- 'during the adolescent stage of their youngsters, walch them with anxi- ous eyes. If they only knew--if they only could be sure this was merely a phase. Old people," with the wis- dom of years and the loneliness that accompanies it, realize they cannot keep pace with the. younger Fo fnation, They try to be helpful, f only they knew--if they could only be sure--that they were still 'needed and loved. Every .age has its problems-- none can really foresee the future, so that cach of us, without know- _ing the answers; must do _which he thinks to be best. 7 And now I must close but before < Igo let mé- tell you a-secret.- Read the first letter of every paragraph in this column put them together, and you will find my new ycar's message to you. But since, as I write, it isn't even Christmas, I shall have a lot more to tell you when next I write. Until then--goodbye, and "God bless us everyone." 10. Belonging 37. Vaulted And yet a lot "a mother, she If onlv he knew - that biting has broken out among Siam- ese cats, a woman has left money for cats, and papers belonging to Florence Nightingale have revealed that she was a great cat lover. The whisker-biting is worrying cat fanciers because it is causing many Siafiese cats to Jose their looks. It has beezn found that the whisker-biting begins with a new- born kitten which nibbles off the whiskers of all its brothers and sis- ters. If its appetite for whiskers is not satisfied, mother's. When the whiskewbiter- often it then chews off-its becomes "shaves" her entire family, and so_ generation after generation become - shorn of their whiskers, with queer results. 'Cats without whiskers, for in- stance, often collide against furni- ture and stumble in the dark be- cause, say the experts, cats rely 'on "whisker-sensitivity to gauge width | for the passage of their bodies. The woman who left money to cats was Miss Caroline Blanche Long, who loved all strays. In her "£50,000 will she left six cats and a £100 annunity for the maintenance, 4 of all her pets; -Shie-also Teft annui- ties-6T £4 for the maintenance of two other cats belonging to her but which were in a friend's possession, Reséarch through personal.papers belonging to Florence Nightingale has revealed that she usually pos- sessed five or six Persian cats at a time, 3 - confused. - from the collar to the hemline. culls, ¢ Pearl button studs fasten: the The beret in fhe same fabric completes the ensemble. [ANNE HIRST Your Family Gounselor --) Hirst: I am a bride and already I am "Dear ir of two months, "Before we warried, 1 spent a good decal of time trying - to get my hus- band's mother's place in shape for us; and -his brother, to live in. (She is in - the hospital, operation.) The serious place is so dilapidated that it is -hard to keep clean, bug, 1 do the 'best I can. ___"The--tsvo boys must pay weir mother's bills, and even now it is running into four figures. I work after a in a private -hospital, and offered to pay the houschold expenses, to help out. My husband has never told me his income; I made up a budget to live on, but he will not cooperate. NO APPRECIATION "My husband's and, my working hours conflict. I have to come home and cook, scrub floors, iron-- and he will not even go to the store or help carry out the rub- bish, or do anything to help, unless 1 urge him. He has weekends off, but always has some place to go. He has: taken me to a movie occa- sionally, but nowhere else. He has few friends, and neither have I, since he has not introduced -me to anybody since I moved here. "I've. always felt that husband and wife were supposed to share everything. Am 1 wrong? He dis- cusses nothing with me, only with his mother. There' is no compan- ionship between us, = "All 1 hear is gripe, gripe, gripel I wouldn't mind helping out or "working 1rard, ciated it. But he shows me nd affection, nor even kindness. If I say anything, I'm just looking for -an_ argument! He thinks 1 have no right to expect any consideration at all--on my day off, I'm sup- posed to see his mother, and run errands for her. FER EN NRE RRR NERDS if he only appre--|---- probably is. ( expect his mother has waited on him for years, and "he thinks you should ~ continue ' to. He seems' to think of you as' a substitute housckeeper, en- gaged to look after his physical wants--not a wife who -needs + * I" * »* * »* * love and appreciation. If he does | * not realize this, and change his * » * w » " * »* "attitude, - he will shrivel spirit, arouse your resentment, and _ finally drive you breaking. point. And he had better wake up 'When his to the - * fast. mother comes " home, made more helpless by: the.--| handicap you mention, she will need tender and continual care. That will increase your burden. How tan you be expected to take that on cheerfully, unless your husband appreciates all you will do for her, too? If 'he is smart, he will start practising now. Be _ articulate in, his love, constant in his 'thanks, and share generously to the home chores. After all, you are doing all this for him. All you want to keep up your spirits is love and kindness. I hope he reads this today, and secs that his marriage, after only two months, has already reached a crisis. » * * * hy : A wife is neither a slave nor a gervant. She is a very human being, who needs appreciation, and kind- - ness--and fun. It is the smart hus- band who sees that she gets them all. Anne Hirst is here to help you understand your mate. Write her "at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth - St, New. "Toronto, Ont. + Lbve In Bottles Tloating den a the Aric coast are scores of -love-letters in bottles addressed" to unkiown ~ heaufies: "they were written by officers and -men aboard a British freighter which is said to aye eclipsed all records for the one] ship at an African port. The freighter was 102 days at Beira, and 70 of them were spent at "your | st delay of any ing on the bottom and, diving in, retrieved a Peruvian Johbicon. daged 1739 and worth, in modern currency, over £0. Nothing else was to be, found. What was the rest of the story? No one knows; . but it certainly seems that someone, perhaps find-* ing an old chart, liad embarked on a' treasure search and, come into poscession of a vast hoard of riches. "Why We Say | Some ~The Things We Do ---- : Probably, when "kindly disposed "Bless youl" __Do you know why? Many centuries ago, when the plague was a common scourge, sneezing was a sign that the disease had reached its crisis and that its victim would inevitably die, * Saint --~Gregory is said to have instituted a ; a. short benediction to be used on such | - occasions, and so when we say "Bless "you" we hope that the sneezer's health will not-deteriorate, There are many. other phrases in common use which seem senseless - until you know their history. * When you have driven a golf ball into someone's cucumber frames, do you ever remark, "There be the ~ deuce to-pay," meaning that trouble will result? v - Deuce is an anglicised form of _ the French "deux" (two), and dicers used to exclaim in disgust, "The deuce," when they had made what was the lowest possible throw. Marathon performances, such as walking throughout several days you sneeze, a person remarks, Plans Divorce--Elizabeth Tay- Jor, 18-year-old 'movie queen, announced in Hollywood that she will divorce Nick Hilton, a hotel chain heir, whom she married in one of Hollywood's swankiest weddings last May 6 - 2 Upsidedown to Prevent Peeling SWESINNT = o N|O} ER Flojgldiv] i OlIVYIR33 o13ia 3 3 n (1) |b DOE (Ety) <Q OiTID 3 S S AL Vv i] 2) Lily IES | a Bat at fs iT] |Z{ iw > UY ol=E O [ww |v wou ololu|dja |= [wiD ~>|{<Cj~=|d <|d|SIEESIC ! AL 0 fe) i ] t=] 3 [ago livw F) A ISSUE 1 -- 1951 HOT ROLLS double-g wick! | with wonderful new fashacting 1 YEAST! mE PARKER HOUSE ROLLS | Measure into large bowl, 14 cup 'Jukewarm water, 1 tsp. granu-" lated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleischmann's Royal "Tast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 min., THEN stir well. Scald 1 c. milk and stir in 5 tbs. : granulated sugar, 214 tsps. salt; 5 cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast mixture and stir in %4 c. luke- warm water. Beat in 3 ¢. once< sifted bread flour ; beat well, Beat CROSSWORD tome passageway "Mv family five i 3 anchor 14% miles off the port--too in 4 tbs, melted shortening, Work 1 booic lent 0. lig ro ig five. 1 anofliey paoye far to enable the men to go ashore, I 3. 6 are ores sifted red 3 PUZZLE 1+ position Rose. Iria Te dante dob - | Lo, oer. wring several loners es a ' : : 41. Fatty part r-ifi-law 1s cons: ) 1 he decided ; w : : ~ 3, TR of milk what 'he can to brighten up this Totes Some a 2 & and brush top, with melted butter ACROSS I DOWN - 28 Understand 42. European slace, and is looking. for something was. useless .v 8 or shortening, Cover and set in 1 Aa eisarely ), Git of chiartiy 2h De 13, Formal dance ! iter : (1 i 1d tell 1 the same 'spot and turned their at-. warm place, free from draught." = Fairy 8. Fitled. 25, Fipok o£ O18 44. Hiikworm. + Beige OE Aaa ails tention to love-letters. The bored | ~~ W Let rise until doubled in hulk, i lope. oA pleas fated. a8. treminine name HBS HAN ra -- A I ) i. | men, in the words of one ofthe --|----- @-Punch down dough-in bowl, ~ 34 ~. 32. Openwork 5. ratte eminine name Dir/gl ot < If Ihave over - rated myself, "crew, "poured out theirs tiearts to == grease tgp and let rise again until 2 . : collog.) 3 0 Ninhe be befors a tra lo ond £ : Anne Hirst, don't spare mie or my "unknown girls." : nearly doubled. Punch down oo countries 31. Stitch 61. Ciibe root ot ; Rl Ea : feelings. 1 have always respected After sealing the Tove-letters in dough and roll out to 35" thick- eg t 1. Crave 33. Color oa 108. You're going to crochet your your views. bottles, ~ they threw them over- ness, Cut into rounds with 3 3 ance ' ¥ ng small FFI, : ' : " y 3 Chats A nut" Having a new cloth or spread very: quickly MRS. G. C. S. hoard One sian wrote a series of cutter ; brush with melted butter = . ith- this! Star-medallion is.so.cdsy. oh * or shortening. Crease rounds $ Jd LE vi a v ke a fev fayl Ter fans -}-1etters-to his favourite film actress, deeply with dull- side of knife,"a EE 0 : IZ i : LS to i hi i! * You have not over-rated your- | Dorothy Lamour. Another address- little to one side of centre; fold 48 Nat Native meta) : ; , For any accessory, this hexagon * self; it is your husband who is ed an adoring letter to "the girl who larger half ove smaller half and | | it Ru Rustles TS should be first_on your listl Pat- * under-rating you. finds this," and added: "1 m. sure press along fold. Place, touching 3 5 Hawa fan ; . tern 998; crochet directions. * If you did not have a position, she's a redhead." cach other, on greased pans, 7. Spread 18 : T 5 Z Laura Wheeler's improved "pat- | '* the care of the hone and these ; is Grease tops. Cover 'and let rise for 1 _| tern makes ncedlework so simple * two men wauld not be burden- Sutil dou led in bulk. Bake in fr with its charts, photos and con- * some; you could plan your days ° 4 ot over, 400°, about 15 minutes. 8. a Ly os $i "| cise directions, * $0 you would have. some leisure, : 37: Binken fs Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS * too. Working as hard as you Erde it Eiken t fy made in coins (stamps cannot he accept- * do, the least you should expect PY No. more « spoiled cakes of : ed) for this pattern to', Box 1, * {s that your husband take over old-style yeast! This new on. Four" 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, | * what he can of the household tyle y "Eres : , | Ont. Print plainly PATTERN | # chores and: errands, and remem- Fleischmann's DRY Yeast Eb L NUMBER, your NAME and | * ber how much you need regular keeps fresh in your pantry! Y iisten ADDRESS. kes plenty him: y/ ; * diversion. (He takes plenty him = And it's fast-actin One | ! uated 1 : New! Household accessories "to | * gelf, Logout he?) 2 2 8: BN (||| Ppt | knit! Motifs to paint on textilesl | °* you look forward to at envelope equals one cake of | . Send Twenty-five Cents (coins) | * the: La of your day's work' is fresh yeast in any recipe. for our new Laura Wheeler Needle- | * more work at home-- par crochet, * An¢ here's the rub, with no Ge soils : ta manths spol