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' soon as he could to give me and -* lieve he was entirely sincere ° -%-with you, -% like many arother male, . fer. . STYLE NUMBER, Dear Auie Hirst: I am a widow in'my late 40's. For three years I went with a widower who has three 'small children. He promised to marry me -as the children a home. They were with a private family, Now I've had the shock of my life. "Some months 'ago he was transferred to another city, He said he'd be back to see me in a' month. 1 wrote him weekly. A month ago a woman called me long distance and told me to leave him alone, I'd caused enough trouble. She said she had been his wife for seven months! ~ "Why didn't he tell me _the truth--instead of faking me out after he got marrie?. begging me never to leave him? 1 love him dearly, he was always so kind and so good. "I hate the idea of this woman telling people I am a trouble- maker, (A friend told me about that.) Shall I write him; and ask him why he did such a cruel thing to me? Or leave the mat- ter as it is? Crushed and Discouraged," * The nature of man is in- * scrutable,. How. gne man can * possess so many admirable * qualities as your friend did * and yet stoop to deceive a lov- ¢ ing, loyal, warm-hearted. wo- ¢* man like you, is one. of .the * mysteries that is hard to ex- ¢ plain. You and I can only be- but got involved * with a determined woman and had * not the courage to confess it. Shorter? Fuller figure? Search no_ further for hard-to-get -lin- gerie -- here's a pattern propor- tioned for. YOU! Designed to fit smoothly, comfortably through the bosam, waist, hips. Sew-easy slip has built-up top or narrow straps. Pattern 4682: Half Sizes 144, 1612, 1832, 20%, 22%, 24%." Size 16% slip, 314 yards 39-inch;. pan- ties, 1 yard. Embroidery frans- This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS. Send order to Box 1, 128 NNER "* ~ What more could - "he ask | L§ --Dublin is--a human miracle. And how Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ®* The least he could have * done was to tell you the truth * himself, What towards some * men are! * than all you have given him-- * your love,' understand, and *. your loyalty, all your leisure? * You would even have raised * his children as your own. For * three long years you waited * to marry him, and all that ¢ time your faith sustained him, * Though your love would * wish him to be happy, I am * afraid he will not find happi- * ness. Already you have '"caus- * ed trouble" between him and * his new wife, who was brazen ¢ enough to tell you so. His ¢ conscience must have re- ¢ proached him months ago, and * the knowledge of his deceit * will not leave him, I hope you ¢ will preserve your dignity, and - ® not send him any 'questions or * reproaches. ¢ I know how bleak the future * seems before you, but knowing ® your are guiltless will comfort * you You have the sympathy * of all your friends, which will ¢ help heal the hurt. Cling to ¢ your church for the peace you * need, and for. the faith in ¢ yourself to cope with this sor- * row. * Don't concern yourself with ¢'this woman's wicked com- ¢* ments; they only -reflect her . nature. I do not . husband nor his bd will %" malicious envy her children, who live with it, * ® © TO "L. M. H.": In the States, such a situation as yours requires only a brief civil ceremony be- fore a Judge, to straighten things out, . _ 'However, to be safe, I sug- gest you consult the Ontario Le- gal Ald Plan, in care of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Os- goode Hall, Toronto 1, Canada. LB L [ When one's faith in another. is shattered, the blow. is.one of the most. cruel: that life can bring, Turn. then to Anne Hirst, who will help you through, Write to her at have to Box 1,123, * Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario, Wrote Life Story With His Foot! Still a young man, but vie' timized by cerebral palsy from birth, and one of a family of seventeen children--fourteen are still living .-- Christy Brown of He was born, doctors thought, with some injury to his brain, Throughout his childhood he could not sit, stand, walk or for- mulate words. This physical powerlessness extended to his feet. His limbs were usless, so it seemed. But he could use now and then, very slightly, his left leg and foot. Several friends, including specialists, tried to get his par- ents to put him in a home for mental defectives. They refused. splendidly has their faith. been rewarded. A 1950, the National Associalion for Cerebral Palsy took Christy under its wing. And by skilled treatment, much of {t new, he "learned how to sit, stand, walk } a little and finally to speak. Now, with a pencil, gripped between the toes of his left foot, he's written his life story ---- a brave, humorous tale; sharp in observation, and free of self- pity. He paints, too, toe-fashion, showing a flair for landscapes and family portraits. Now, with a tutor, he's taking a university course, Nete Difference -- Kenfioth 'Arvidson lays a five:inch-long cor- net which Is sald to be one of the work Instrument has the same length of tube (16 inches) as the stan. © dard model being played by Christine Munsen. - 's smallest. However, the * honey. ~ an inconspicuous Monkey Business i One local species I had failed to get was a baboon: Early on the morning after our arrival we had heard an uproar in the valley immediately below. Look- ing out, we had seen dozens of baboons wending their way up - both sides of the ravine. Eventu- ally they trooped: past our :long- unoccupied house. had just arrived with a snake for sale declared that the animals had been disturbed by a lion whose' footprints showed it had entered the lower ravine early that morning. As we stood watching the baboons from the open doorway, several of them were seen to pause and pick up some wild fruit. Sub- sequently children from Martin's village, bringing rats and snails, discovered the fruit and ran around gleefully gathering all they could find. We learned that it was the fruit (Masuku in Nyanja) of the Msuko (plural Misugo) or Msuku (Uapaca kir- kians) that was so relished. The better to observe the ba- boons Mary and Billy 'collected fallen fruit ~ from a ° prolific msuko growing farther down the slope and scattered it be- neath the trees nearer the house, There Thomas and Dundon found it and were so cbviously enjoy- the feast I had not the heart to shoo them away. I did raise my arms and incline my head as if sighting them long the barrel of an imgginary gun, Understand- ing the inference they laughed. Thomas said that in scarcity - their womenfolk gath- ered msuko and mashed it in & bowl.: The pulp was orange-col- ored with a faint flavour of I tried some but could not muster any enthusiasm though M. & B. apparently liked is as much as did the boys and haboons. During our Tad, days at Nchisi the fruit ripened rapidly so.that visits from the baboons became * an almost daily source qf amuse- ment to M. & B.. They selected spot among the trees where they might sit and watch for the arrival of the animals. Mary reported that one infant 'sat bolt upright on its mother's rump as, pausing from 1. time to time to transfer more fruit from the ground to her al- ready bulging mouth, she stalk- ed leggily along. Another young-' ster habitually remained behind until the rest of the troop were well away whereupon he would scamper after them. 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Ideas for ifts, bazaar sellers, fashions. end 25 cents! : A man who: end of the' times~ ol Matching skirt' . bach pattern 25° Piggy-Back Home -- You'll never have to say "let's go home," if you own this folding home. The unit has a four-bunk sleeping room 'and a downstairs living: room. Demonstrating the outfit, which weighs 300 pounds, are Bill Maloney, left, and Patricia Marand, The portable home folds into a 10-inch pack on top of the car and can be assembled in 15 minutes. i a A i EI Here agn Well, 'weil--it looks' as if the rural telephone is in for a little housecleaning, 'especially the old party line. Just in case you * 'missed that bit of news perhaps: I should explain what I am talk- ing about. A Bill was intro- duced in the Ontario Legislature last week to put the Rural Tele- phone service under a new branch -aof government, created by the Telephone Act of 1854. The Act is aimed at giving "con- tinuous and efficient service" to the 164,000 rural subscribers in Ontario, the first major change- since 1918, Under this new section it will be an offence to hold the line in someone needs it for an:-emer- gency, such as fire, accident or sickness. Penalty is $50 fine or 30 days. A similar penalty for the use of "indecent, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language". Eaveésdroppers:- who gossip: are liable to a $50 fine-- that includes telephone company employees as well as the general public. Looks as if a Tot or ground will' be covered by this new act . . . maybe the person who ~ made the recommendations had "recently had some experience with. rural telephones! The old party line--like park- ing--isn't what it used to be. It has changed even more than the old gray mare. Time was when the party telephone was used almost - exclusively by. farm families living on one road. They all knew each other-and recog- nized a neighbour's voice if she asked. ifthe line was busy. There _was even a sort of unwritten code on the party line. If- you ""came to the phone and found it , their own affair, man . busy, and your need for it was not really important, you hung up again without saying a word, returning in a little while. - If; however, you particularly wanted the phone without too much delay you asked politely: "Is the line: busy?" Chances are you would hear your neighbors ring off in a few minutes--a signal that the line was now disengaged. But, if they held on for another ten or fifteen minutes, you asked again--and waited, That usually did the trick. Both parties would say -- "Well, wants the line." If polite Inquiries failed--which was very rarely--then you would get 'husband, brother or son to inquire in a deep, masculine voice--"Line Busy?" That nearly always worked. A woman seldom dared to hold out against a man's need of the {elephone--he might be wanting the 'vet' or a repair . and fast. Of course, in case of real emer- gency you had only to say: "May I have ,the line for "the doctor, please"--and the line was yours. Not only that, the chances are one of the neighbours whose con- versation you interrupted would 'give you a ring later, ask who _ was sick, and was there anything | she could do to help. However, 1 guess someone if no one came on the line while two neighbours were talking they would talk on -- the length of time they chatted was -entirely especially if there were only six or eight on .a party line, Yes, we really got along very nicely on the old , party line. But how times have changed! City folk have moved out to the counry;. small town boundaries have been extended, and more and more subscribers have been. added "to the party lines. To 'many of them: sharing a {tele- phone is a new experience, Hav- - ing little knowledge of the un- written country code, instead: of teking the hint when another person asks if the 'line 1s bey, « the other end.- Not only that other than farm business. . proceeded to ring the telephone * system--and we hope it takes in 'Wolves Attack Bus 'through snow-covered, deserted "the wolves hour they go right on talking. The neighbourly feeling on a party line has entirely disappeared-- that is, in congested areas. A per- son at one end of the line may not even have a nodding acquaintance with the party at the rural party line was never intended for business purposes--- It seems to. me there should be a printed card of instructions handed ouf to every party-line subscriber, with general .direc- tions -for using 'the rural tele- phone - and also. how to- ring another person on the same line. Some years ago a new neighbour on our line wanted to give me - a ring. She knew our ring was . 13, but to this person "13" meant thirteen. So she straightaway thirteen times. I heard it -- who wouldn't!--had a hunch what was ° happening and answered it -- as well I could. for laughing. The_telephone company: in our nearby town is talking of a dial rural areas to. A few years ago there were. 18 subscribers on our | line. Then they divided it and for a while there was compara- tive peace and quietness. But more and more people moved into the district; more and more were added to our line. Now we are back to where we were be- fore. That is the general pattern go I am sure most rural people will be glad the part line is coming under the juris ictlon o the Ontario Government: -- that is, if it. means less subscribers on every line. | As the driver of" an empty motor-bus ploughed his way country in Northern Italy the other night, he suddenly saw the . forms of half-a-dozen wolves which, impelled by hunger, had descended from the hills in search of food. The beasts ran abreast of the bus for a mile and the driver knew that if he stopped they would attack him. So he switched on all his headlights and drove full speed ahead, but began to overtake him again. Finally he outstripped all but' two of the wolves which he could sce racing ahead of the bus. Desperately, thé man drove straight at them, ran them down He arrived in Spoleto half an later with the bodies of the two wolves hanging over Ls the bonnet of the bus. . This Was A Real bd "Race With Death " One of the ' most dramatic Taces against time ever known, a race which saved a man from being executed for a murder. he: hadn't. committed, 'Gecurred in November, 1938, The extraordinary e vents "which led to this sensational race began in July of 1937, when a young farmhand named Henri Hervault, having got up late one morning, foolishly "borrowed" a bicycle to get to work in time, That evening he again mount- ed the cycle, intending. to restore it to its owner with explanations and apologies. But while pass- ing through & village he was arrested for riding a stolen' bike. Despite - his: protests he was - lodged in. jail, and next. day found himself in court. His. amazement and fear may be imagined when he heard him-=- self being charged with --. mur- der! Dumbfounded, he listened while "the police told the court ~how a sixteen-year-old girl named Rachel Renard had been knifed in a wood near his home. The prisoner had been found riding a bike stolen from - the same district, and. as the .evi- dence -- including his: lack of an alibi to cover: the vital mur- der. period--pointed: to-his: being the murderer, he was arrested. The police then asked: for the case to be remanded while they searched for further evidence against 'the prisoner, and Her- vault was brought back to his cell. = Some. months later Hervault 'faced his trial, and circumstan- tlal evidence was so strong that the judge sentenced him _ to death. One- feature of the case which gave Hervault's lawyer reason for still hoping, however, was* the fact that Hervault was the _ second to be charged with the crime. Somewhere, he reasoned, there must be a third -- and guilty--man, Farad Then, as he reviewed the evi- dence, a sudden suspicion struck him. Excitedly, he consulted a large-scale. map of the district. His suspicion was confirmed, and with it new hope was born. He_ decided on a plan, and Ammediately proceeded to put ft . fendant, into action. He eng 5 Lapebie, i spe pp French race-tracks, - race with death" Pind road, near Paris, which the de- Hervault, had used the day he was arrésted. 'For several weeks. Lapebid went into: intensive walang. last came: the: vital day: of ita race: with time: Moving. with astonishing speed, Lapebie cycled along the French roads, past sev- eral 'hamlets and a village, At the other. end waited the lawyer and : other officials, in deep anxiety. From: time: to time they consulted their watches. At last Lapebie appeared, breathless and very: tired. .One of the _ officials . looked carefully at his stop-watch. "You've lost the race, Lapebiel" he told the panting cyclist. , "I'm so . .. sorry," stammered Lapebie . , . but his failure was exactly the evidence the lawyer needed. Armed with it he de~ manded a retrial at the. Supreme Court of Appeal. In ¢ourt he outliged his new evidence, and in conclusion. stat- ed: "My Lord, only ten days aga 1 gave Roger Lapebie, of whose cycling fame: you have-all 'heard, the task of cycling from the place where the girl was mura. dered to'. the farm where the defendant works. He: was given seventy-five minutes-to cover the distance which is the exact time the prosecuting counsel gave Hervault. to cover the same _ distance -- and Lapebie failed! I contend, therefore, that Henri Hervault - could not have com-~ mitted the murder, He could not have got there in time!" ¢ The speech created a sen-. sation. When Lapebie had given his evidence, the judge declared Hervault "not guilty" and: ~ ordered his immediate release. * ad r 'Work And Devotion -- Their faces concealed, two nuns in one of the five cloisters of Ferrara, Italy, wash their clothes in a wooden tub. These nuns lead an unbelievabl severe life of self-. -- Imposed hardship. 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