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t I "Dear -Anne- Hirst: My hus- band deserted me and our three little boys after 13 years of mar- riage. When I found out his weaknesses, I hoped his par- ents would help me with the problems he had brought upon- us-, But they were too busy with their own affairs. Now I am di- vorced, they never come to see us. "My children love me very much, but tell me they do not care for. their father. "He never sends them a cent. "I feel lost after trying to make a success of my marriage, I haven't the courage to remar- ry, and the men I've met try to take advantage of my plight. Now, I live for my Sun 'n' Fun YOUR BABY'S GROWING UP! You want these adorables for her now! Precious scalloped dress has wings or puff-sleeves and a iweetheart penny-pocket! Sunsuit is ONE PIECE, opens flat to iron, - seat lets down for quick changes. Bonnet is one piece also. Pattern 4524: Toddler Sizes 1, "2, 3, 4, 5. Size 2 dress, 1%2 yards "ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has 35-inch; playsuit 11g yards. This pattern easy to use, sim- :omplete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NUMBER, AD- DRESS, STYLE NUMBER:- Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto; Ont. ANNE HIRST children. - They are out with their young friends playing, or at their lit- tle clubs, which leaves me alone. I have joined clubs and organi- zations, but it is lonely with no future to plan for with someone. I am interested in music, which helps a good deal, and I love to cook. Bat I feel strange with married couples I have known, for the adjustment is difficult. "I've known a- well-educated man who is separated from his wife: For three years he has talked of getting a divorce, but "it has not yet happened. I hear his wife has found somcone else, and now he pays more attention to me. Should I play second fid- dle?" : CONFUSED * What little you say about ¢ this man gives the idea that he * seems to be more concerned * with his own welfare. than- * with yours. Do you really, * love him? - > Z * Many a divorcee finds her - * new life an emotional as well * as a social problem. It takes * a long while to adjust one's * self. For even an unfortunate * marriage furnishes some. com- * panionship, if only in its fric- * tions. You need . to bolster * your self-confidence. Face the + future bravely, and make the * most of outside interests to fill * the void. * Do you and the boys attend * church regularly? Are you an * active church member? Your * musical talents might be .used * there, and you would find the * contribution spiritually -help- * ful. Have you thought of join- * ing a local musical group, or + taking on a few young pupils? * That might balance your club * associations nicely. * Try to. overcome feeling * strange with the married * couples you know. Divorcees * are not new to them, and with * your. experience, you could * share mutual problems that in- * duce friendships: Don't 'in- * dulge in the inclination to. * stand them off. . : ! ¢ These first months are the * hardest. Mingle more with * people, with friendliness and * you 'will find your place. As * your 'boys grow older they * will need more and more the + affectionate understanding you * can.give them. You owe it to * them. -- broaden your interests * outside [the home and be an * alert and enfhusiastic partici- * pant. - - A divorced wife; with or with- out children, may not find her new -life_meets her expectations, Anne Hirst's sympathy, her ex- perience and her observation, can be helpful. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigliteenth St, New Tor- onto, Ont. : Keeping feet dry guards against the development of fun- gus and ringworm diseases such as athlete's foot, which thrive only in hot, damp environments, The millions of microscopic pores in leather-permit free pas- sage of air around the foot, and the evaporation of foot moisture. Prodigal Returns--After a two-and-a-half year absence from his home, Lochinvar, a Persian cat, strolls in the door as nonchalantly as if he were just returning from his morning stroll. His surprised mistress, Jane Birch, 10, welcomes the roamer, but like everyone, except Lochinvar's feline friends, Jane can't imagine where the cat was those two:-and:a:half years. . cleaner . threads and saturate _the worn: 'Handy Hints For Indoors and Out Put a sponge rubber pad on the bed of your youngster's wagon for' him to kneel on. It will save him painful bumps, help keep trousers knee from wearing thin. - Ld LJ LJ Mark vegetable rows. at planting flat 'wooden time with small, spoons, on which you have ge- corded in indelible ink the names and varieties of your vegetables. LB » Ld Wax the rods in clothes closets. Then the hangers will slide back and forth more easily. 52 - * i To stop fraying of your vacuum hose,-- snip off loose area with liquid wax. ' + Ld Two strips of elastic, on the un- der side of a wooden ironing board, make a holder for your pressing cloth. Tack strips at ends; and place them about four inches apart. Your press cloth will always be at hand' when vou need it. os * . [3 Large, painted fruit-juice cans make good containers for long- stemmed tlowers at the cemetery. Place flat head of a. large nail against under side of can; solder it there. Anchor the can by push- ing nail into the ground Ai * * To test an ailing house plant for nematodes {those microscopic pests that attack roots): Isolate plant, and plant a few squash, melon, or cucumber seeds in its soil. In a few weeks, the seeds will germinate; then pull them out by the roots to see if galls _have formed. If so, it is better to destroy your house plant than to risk spreading the pests. & SE * Unravel yarn from the good backs of worn-out mittens and" wind it on spools. You'll soon have a col- lection of colored yarn for mend- ing. The good, but mateless, knit- ted glove will unravel good mend-- ing yarn; too. = . * + * - Build a cat-proof bird bath. Your main materials are the lid of a garbage can (painted white) and a length of drain pipe. Plant the _pipe upright-in the ground. Hang a sash weight by wire from handle in center -of lid, down through the pipe--to anchor the bird bath to its base. If a cat jumps onto the bird bath, his weight will tilt the rim, upset- ting the rascal and saving the songsters' lives. * * * Make a laundry bag from a dis- carded cotton skirt, for lingerie and hose. Turn side opening to center front; remove fasteners or zipper which might shag soiled things. Sew a wire hanger into the skirt top, with hook protrud- ing. Now sew bottom of skirt 'shut. Hang-the bag on a closet hook, and slip soiled items through the opening. Iron-On Designs In 3 Colors Imagine the beauty "of these - sunny yellow and sparkling red tulips set off with deep green leaves! Think of the exciting, new color scheme you can enjoy atthe stroke of an iron! No em- broidery! Washable! Iron on linens, aprons, curt- ains! Pattern 657 has 8 motifs from 2x3 inches to 4%x9% in- ches. ; : Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps. cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toron- to, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. i EXCITING VALUE! Ten, yes TEN popular, new designs to cro- chet, sew, embroider, knit -- printed in the new 1953 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book, Plus" many more patterns to send for ~--ideas for gifts, bazaar money- makers, fashions! Send 25 cents for your copy! : - Maybe It's Upside Down--Frankly puziled by seven-year-old Ger- aldine Hampton's painting, David Goodship, eight, chews a « fingernail while trying -to think of a comment that won't hurt the artist. Geraldine's painting, titled "Fireworks," was on display at the Royal Drawing Society's exhibition of children's paintings in London. ; Loe -» a =A CLES E, pl Gd HRONICLES YaingEr FARM Gwendoline P.Clarke The miracle of spring is re- peated again; pasture land and wheat fields are looking fresh . and gréen; even some, spring- _ sown fields have a greenish tinge suggesting the successful germination of carly oats Daf- fodils are swaying in the wind in all their golden glory; flower- ing shrubs, bursting * with new 'life, whether it be foliage, the golden bells of the forsythia-or the cherry red japonica. The great outdoors is full of promise after a wonderful rain . , now all we have to do is keep pace with it! We also have with us daylight-saving time -- a help or a hindrance, according to what we make of it. In haying time it is undoubtedly a hin- drance to farmers but right now I can't sce that it makes much ~difference one way or another. Another unfailing --- sign. of spring . . . the swallows are back to the barn -- or rather one swal- low has returned. 'Partner says the same ~thing happens: every spring--he is milking, hears a little chirp now and then, looks up and sees one little swallow, flying in and out, first to one beam and then another. Thijs one reconnoitering swallow stays around for a day or two and then disappears. But eventually it returns in company with its and its aunts. Love-making is soon underway and then comes the serious business of setting up house and raising a family. Life has few complications for: the swallow family --- their flight and the location of their 'cat -- perhaps that is why Shakespeare spoke of them as symbolic of hope --- "True hope is swift, and flies with swal- low's wings." ' : But the swallows are not the only ones around here with plans for setting up house. Son Bob is doing the same thing -- only, unlike the swallows, he is batch- ing. it, at least for the present. He has a nice little bungalow on the outskirts of Oakville, only a few hundred yards from the construction- plant where he and gas that would ordinarily be - used if he were commuting from here. Such a nice little bungalow, four rooms and a bathroom and. a --full-size base- ment. The ground-floor front windows look out across a pas- ture field where there are sev- eral lovely big trees; beyond that stretches the Queen Elizabeth Way with its constantly moving _ traffic. But the kitchen and Bob's bedroom . have quite a different 10GY, LISTLESS, OUT OF LOVE Then wake up your liver bile . . . : jump out of bed rarin' te livh It may be the liver! t's ot fast ygur fivee "le not flowing yous sos bloa stomach con- . Than and go out 's ¥ tle He ar ver onoe agein setfia dine ls ia to your Ar vee Pile. A ways have hoes ) brothers and sisters, its cousins. swift' nests defies even the barnyard ° works, which means saving time: outlook, which Bob finds rather |. amusing -- that is, a view of the 'WITH LIFE? Fila ou see Chtars A. ISSUR 80 -- 1953 main yard of the construction trucks and one giant-size cement plant, complete with shovels, mixer! "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la-la, 'have nothing-to-do with the case" -- not from the rear view of Bob's little house. There are only five other houses in the immediate vicinity so the district is not overcrowded . . . as yet. We, too, have been moving house but only within our own four walls. We bought an extra piece of new bedroom furniture and removed some of the old. I shifted and rearranged the re- maining furniture three times on three different days before I was satisfied - with---the--result.- One night," before retiring, Partner said -- "And where shall I find the bed tonight -- I hardly know my way around any more!" Some of the unwanted stuff that 'we have around Bob is making use of for the present, including =" Mixed "Accent -- Paris-Madrid 5: styles blend in this creation of a dress summer designer. "Can-can ruffles on the cotton stole contrast with the bare-top black cotton gown. a square table which was in our because there was no other place to put it, and it was too good to throw out. (The bed- room is 20 x 20 so it can guite easily accommodaté unwanted pieces of furniture.) This. old table was really. something--old oak, with six solid legs. The two extra legs had always been a 5 nuisance so the other day I turn- ed the table on its side to find out if they could be removed without too much trouble. I found I had a striking example of the difference between old _furniture-and new! My 'only tool « 'was, a screwdriver; yet, 'inside |° of thirty minutes, I had all the . legs off, also the' extension slides and the fable top in two sec- tions. I wished I had looked at it properly years ago. Bob took '| . the. table away 'knocked down. Now*he can re-finish it, reassem- ble it as one big table or make it into two smaller ones -- and he thinks the surplus legs can be cut down to make bases for table lamps. So, if you people have any old furniture that can do with a little remodelling you will probably find it can be taken apart just as easily as this table of ours. Or give it away and let someone else have the fun and satisfaction of working on it. Through the years, on farms in, particular, we accumulate a lot _|- of stuff that might just as well -be shared with the younger ones: as they leave the old place fo" make homes for themselves. Thank you, F. W. for your kind words -- I am glad you were able ° to assure English readers that Ginger Farm actually does exist --and I am also glad to know it is read and liked in the Old Country. ] HOW CAN 1? Q. How can I clean white stucco- : A. Use a fiber brush and a solution of soap and water; rinse thoroughly with cold water. If this does not remove the dirt, try .a mixture of one part of sulphuric acid to seven parts of - water for the scrubbing: com- pound. Rinse. with cold water. Q. How can I get relief from burns and scalds?: . ~ : A. Common baking soda, either wet or dry, Bound on a burn or scald immediately, will usually give instant relief. This is caused by excluding the air from the wound. : Q. How can I clean soiled' photographs? . A. Wash them with a piece of white cotton dipped if cold wa- ter. Be sure not to use colored cotton, and never use soap or ammonia, just cold water. Q. How can I improve the smoothness of clothing that has been starched? s : A. Smoothness and glossiness can be more easily secured, when ironing starched pieces, by stir- ring the starch three or four times while boiling with 'a para- -fiin candle. Q. How ¢an I avoid having tough rolls? - A. Do not bruh the rolls' with water after they are taken from the oven, as this makes the crust tough--Brush-them with water or buttter before putting into the oven, : -Q., How can I easily insert screws into hard wood? = A. Rub the threaded part of the screw over a piece of soap 'before inserting it into hard- wood, and see if it doesn't faci- litate the work. . : Q. How much whitewash is re- quired to cover a medium-sized cellar? ; . A. It is well to remember that a gallon of whitewash will cover about 225 square feet of wood, 0 square feet of brick, and 'about 270 square feet of plaster. i sta 'RELIEF IS LASTING For fast, prolonged relief from headache get INSTANTINE. This prescription-like tablet contains not 'just one, but three proven medical ingredients that ease the. pain fast, And the relief is, in most cases, lasting. Try INSTANTINE just once for pain relief and you'll say as thousands do that there's one thing for headache i +» it's INSTANTINE| . And try INSTANTINE for other aches, too. . . for neuritic or neuralgic pain , . . or for the pains and aches _ thataccompany a cold. A single tablet usually brings prompt relief. Get Instantine today and always keep it handy = - 12-Tablet Tin 25¢ 'Economical 48-Tablet Bottle 75¢ Q. How can I improve the ap- pearance of a gilt picture frame? A. After washing the gilf frame, paint it with the white of an egg, using a soft camel's hair "brush, and applying the coat evenly and smoothly. Q. How can I prevent flies around the garbage can? A. If the contents of the gar-- bage can are sprinkled daily with kerosene, it will discourage - flies. YOU ROOMS CAN BE ks 2 KAISER ALUMINUM SHADE SCREEN- ING Admits glare-free light, permits frees air circulation, bars Insects. 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