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-- is a ow a AEE RE ARIRN L Fe St aa ae Proeany a wiv ~ fo. LANNE "DEAR ANNE HIRST: 1 am 55 yedrs old, and a year ago I met a lady in" her early 40's who is very attractive. She has a lov. ° 'able nhture, a fine education and no faults that I can see, Her personality and her sense of hu- mor make me feel so at ease -- perhaps because I ani very much in love. But she will not discuss love nor marriage! . "She was married once, 20 years -ago, and I understand it was a tragic dishppointment and ended in divorce. Financially, she is well off, so am I, and we enjoy so many things together that 1 feel sure I can make her happy . . . Just no e is away; - her letters are newsy and witty, but never does she even say she misses me, When we are to- gether she is always kind and sweet, but this is the only indi- cation- that she is fond of me. "Could the difference in ages be the one barrier between us, and perhaps she is reluctant to say so? (I am in perfect health). After seeing her regularly for a year, haven't I the right to know how she feels about me? Please don't see me as an old man with silly ideas, but I feel I must know where I stand. } WORRIED" It is not only young men in love who grow impatient of delays; older ones like your- self do, too. Your house and your heart await the woman who will share them, and you long for this. one who you be- lieve can make that house a home. After dating her for ® 0% ® 0 & 0 + x Roses in Color! by g ana When Crochet roses in color--to dec- orate this beautiful new doily. They stand up in lifelike form - against their lovely background. Pattern 603; Lifelike roses cro- cheted in color! Larger doily 21 inches in No. 30 mercerized cot- ton; smaller one to match. 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 NATTERN NUMBER, vour NAME and AD- DRESS. LOOK FOR smartest ideas in Needlecraft in our Laura Wheel- er Catalog for 1955. Crochet, knitting, embroidery and lovely things to wear. Iron-ons, quilts, aprons, novelties -- easy, fun to make! Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW! You will want to order every new nearly a year, I agree that the |g design in it. HIRST oe time has come for you to -* speak, and. for her to answer, ' * Her reluctance to discuss the * future may be caused by her - * unfortunate marriage; yet that * was 20 years ago, and it seems "'unlikely that she can miscon- * strue your assiduous atten. * tions since you met. She does * enjoy your friendship and is * apparently satisfied with the * status quo, though it does not * satisfy you. gh * The difference of 10 years * in age might have been vital * when you both were younger, * but it has been my observa- * tion that as the years fly by, * such a difference matters less * and less. In later years, one * considers the other as a ma- * ture companion, and thought- * fulness, temperament and char- * acter become deciding factors. * Whatever this woman's rea-- * son for delay, however, when * you tell her frankly that you * want to marry her, she cannot * graeefully withhold her answer, * Go ahead, and good luck. * * * A YOUNG TYRANT "DEAR ANNE HIRST: I just can't understand my -boy friend. He says he loves me, but he still goes with other girls, and I'm not supposed to mind! If I date anybody else he gets furious. "Would it be all right for me to go out with other boys, any- how? I have had several chances. love, but I do think a lot bf my beau 'and 'I'd hate to lose him entirely. whe WONDERING GIRL" *= Date any boy you care to, if only to show this lad where he stands. He should certainly value your friendship. more than he seems to, otherwise he is not worth your time. When will young girls learn that any young man to whom they are not engaged has no right to. dictate wlom they shall date? To submit to such domination is to sacrifice one's self-respect, and also shows they are too anxious to please him. Stand on your own feet, and * plays: the field deny you: the. same right. » FR IEE I NE NE IE IE TPR TE SEE RY - - * When one grows to middle age, the years ahead scem pain- fully few. They are¢ too pre- cious to waste apart when they might be spent together. Anne Hirst's opinion is valuable to thousands of readers, and she - invites. you, too, to send her your problem. Write her to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. GOLF PROBLEM "A golf game involves all kinds of problems," Nussbaum told his wife. "Take the match I had with that Scotch fellow McGregor at the civic center course this morning. - We're all square at the seventeenth hole, - playing a f{wo-dollar nassau, when McGregor loses his ball in a thick rough. Naturally I go over and help him look for it, on account I don't want any mon- key business from McGregor. He - can't find his ball, however, and I start walking toward the green. Suddenly he yells after me, 'It's okay, Joe, here was that little ball'of mine all the time. I look back and there I see a ball right on the fairway, all beautifully teed up for a shot to the green, with McGregor happily pulling an approaching iron from his bag. And' here, my dear, I am 'faced with a very serious prob- lem.. Just how am I going to break the news to McGregor that all the time I've got his 'lost ball' in my pocket?" We would could. all be idle if we --SAMULL JOHNSON I am not terribly in. don't let any young man who ° lll ave; = PRETTY CLASSY "MOTIVE" POWER -- The locomotives, of course. Grand old girl at left is the historic, 80-year-old Virginia and " Truckee's J. W. Boker, brought out of retirement to celebrate completion of an extension of McCloud .River Railroad. High- stepping beauty at right is Southern Pacific's 4430, which pulls the Santan Special. The girls? Jeannine Burris, left, and Nuvla Cabrera are the pretty examples of "motive" power which press dgents use to put their pictures on the-main line. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee . Q. Is it ever permissible for the man to walk on the inside of the pavement when accom- panying a woman? satin, A. Only if they are making their way through a rough, jostl- ing crowd, and the man can bet- ter protect the woman by keep- ing on the inside. . - " Q. Which is the correct form of introduction, °"Mrs. White, this is my husband," or "Mrs, White, this is Mr. Walker"- . A. The correct fornt is, "Mrs. . White, this is my husband." Q. When should the bride- * groom give his gifts to .his best - man and ushers? A. Usually, these gifts are put at the men's places at {hd bach- elor dinner. " Q. If a man is accompanying a girl who is driving her own car, should he make an offer to do the driving? } A. It. would be :better not. Some women are sensitive about their driving and might think ability to drive. Of course, if the woman suggests that he drive, then it is all right. Q. Some of my girl friends, - who have become engaged re- cently, have given their fiancés engagements presents. Is this a new custom--and proper? A. This is neither a new_cus- _ tom nor necessary. There is no- thing improper about it, how- ever, if the girl wishes to do so. Q. If a man offers his hand first to a woman, upon being in- troduced, what should she do?' A. She should accept it, of course, and without hesitation. Q. When a bride has reccived a gift from the office force, consisting of perhaps a dozen employees, how should she ac- - knowledge it? A. She may write a personal letter of thanks to the chief clerk, office manager or the per- son she knows had charge of the contributions "towards the gift, asking this person to thank the others. Q. Is it necessary for a hostess to rise when greeting a guest who has just arrived, and other guests are already present? A. Yes, -always. A hostess is very discourteous who does not rise to greet every guest. Q. Is it all right to use the telephone to acknowledge re- célpt of a gift? i A. A sincere, personally writ- ten note of thanks is in much better form. Goa : . ; ; CRAZY, MIXED-UP BIRD -- "Hey, yoy in the fur coat, Can't you do something about this heat?" That's what "Baby," the robin who came to dinner and has stayed ever since, seems to be say- ing fo its playmate, Tom. They both live in the home of Mrs. Marlon Gibson. The robin is dis suragingly tame and all efforts to give it the bum's rush have been scorned. 'By this time it pre: srs hamburger to worms. It bosses the cat around. To top it off, It's afraid of other birds. such an offer reflects on their - } Sizes to 50! at SIZES UP TO 50 can benefit front' this wonderful bra -- it gives a perfect fit, comfortable firm support to the larger fig- --ure! Easy sewing too -- make it in regular and long length. See how flattering your fashions will look -- with this new foun- - dation beneath] ; Pattern 4619: Women's Sizes 36, 38, 40, 44, 46, 48, 50, Size 36 takes 1 yard 35-inch fabric, This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete. illustrated instructions, 4 Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35°) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, AD- DRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. 'The Wicked Bible' | A man .who spent the last ten years of his life in prison left a. trust fund which saves every resident in the Buckinghamshire town of Dafchet a twopenny rate every year. He was Robert Barker, printer to Queen Elizabeth I, and he was responsible for printing the first edition of the "Authorized Version of the Bible in 1611, Barker held a monopoly of: printing Bibles and Prayer Books. Twenty years after bring: ing out the first Authorized Ver- sion, another edition, with his name as printer, became known as "The Wicked Bible," the most startling of many mistakes in which was the' omission of one wordl -in the seventh command- ment to make it read: "Thou shalt committ adultery," For this Barker was fined £200 by .the Star Chamber, but failed to pay up, so he went to jal where he remained until he died ten years later. ; But his trust has prospered. Its income has risen from a few pounds to £450 a year, nowadays mainly used for street lighting and church repairs. I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at"my ease ob- serving a spear of summer grass, ~WALT WHITMAN Ke _ Paid Burglar To Steal Wife's Clothes \ : Surgeons in Germany recently -replaced the tip of a young and lovely Fraulein's nose--bitten off by. her sweetheart in a fit of jealousy. bn aE ~The par quaryelled Lover a kiss at a village fair, It was given * by the maiden to another young : man. Unluckily for her, her lover saw them with their lips to- gether and took swift action. 'Some people say jealousy is one of the greatest: symbols of " love. But they're wrong. Jeal- ousy shows a selfish spirit. The little green-eyed monster of . jealousy often kills love. When a woman becomes really jealous, strange things can hap- pen. : ER Quite the handsomest player in a French orchestra was a cer- tain young saxophonist. The girls fell for him, especially a provocative 'midinette whose slim figure was often held by his roving eye at dances where he played. : They met. They became mut- ually infatuated. But after eigh- teen months he began to tire of her, mainly 'because of her pas- sion for smart clothes- which he . found expensive. So he dropped her. Bits ' Months passed. He met another lovely who was, he thought, more intelligent, more musical, more understanding than the other fashion-conscious girl, He pro- posed and the wedding date was. fixed. T It was a gorgeous day with the sun slanting through the church windows as he led his bride to the altar in the présence of a big congregation. 4 Suddenly his former sweet- heart, superbly dressed 'as usual but with eyes burning with hat- red, appeared. She ripped the - startled bride's veil from her and tore it in: pieces, shouting: "You have stolen the man I love!" ; i ah . Before: anyone could stop her, - she slashed at the bride's wed- ding dress with a penknife and then struck her in the face, -- blackening her eye. - - . Court proceedings followed and she was charged with as- saul. When the judge had heard all the evidence he quoted the well-known, "Hell hath no fury like & woman scorned" -- and discharged the prisoner after' ordering. her to pay the bride's - doctor's bill, : ; To prove her love for her hus- band and to calm his jealousy "because men were continually admiring her beauty the yo auburn-haired wife of a rl Swiss manufacturer disfigured herself with acid. dir . These facts were revealed in court when the wife's -mother summoned her jealous son-in-law for alleged cruelty towards his "wife. i "I could nét prevent men from admiring my beauty and .from complimenting me about it" the wife told the court. "But in fu- ture I know that mo other man will look at me--and I shall be' happy." The case was dismissed and husband and wife reunited. The ideal lover is never jeal- ous, we're told. Perhaps not. But it's significant that most of the -great lovers of history have been jealous, 5 So jealous was an Austria whose beautiful wife was a night nurse in a hospital, that he bit- terly resented the fact that her job brought her into contact with men, He therefore staged fake rob- beries at their flat, paying a pro- fessional burglar "to 'steal all her pretty dresses, her under- clothes, shoes and stockings and even the cheap jewellery she sometimes wore. But the burglar let 'the hus- 'band down. He confessed his" part in the. jealous husband's conspiracy. Result: both hus- band and burglar were sent to prison. HEARD IT WRONG No President was the subject of more jibes and anecdotes than Harry S. Truman. Like him ar not, one had to:admire the unfailing. -good nature with which he greeted them -- at least, in public. He himself re- told the one, for instance, about the three most disastrous occur- ences in our history: the Galves- ton" Flood, the San . Francisco Earthquake, and the failure of. a certain haberdashery in Kan- sas City. There was another about a Californian who re- marked to a man from Houston' that he heard Truman was go- ing to raise taxes. With no fur- ther 'ado, the Houstonian arose, and knocked the visitor cold with an uppercut to the jaw. A friend protested, "What did you want to do that for to"a man who merely said 'Truman's go- ing to raise taxes't". "Is that . what he .said?" mumbled the, Houstonian, his face flushing with embarrassment, "I thoucht he said 'Truman was raised in Texas'l", haps he will Keep her as she is ~ milk for the house once again. to buy milk is something - she produces a calf and there- "While 1 was in England my only complaint was that I was never really warm 'enough for comfort, Since I returned to . Canada I haven't had any rea- son to grumble on that score! For a whole week our thermo- meter registered a high of from 90 to 98. I would gladly have changed a little of our Cana- dian heat for England's fresh, cool breezes, However, today the weather has been just per- fect . . . may it so continue. Now, maybe I shall be able to get caught up on the extra work that has accumulated during my absence, and which I have been promising myself I would do "just as soon as it gets a little cooler." . , It seems so strange not to have the cows around any more. I am not used to it even yet. Of course there is a lot less work for Partner, and much less worry for me. By now the heat and dry dry weather would have meant a falling off in milk production, and probably a shortage of water, As it is there is enough of everything for the young cattle -- not to mention our one dry cow! Partner had every in- tention of selling that same cow later on but now he thinks per- due to freshen in September, which means' we should have Not having the cows to worry about is one thing, but having : else again. I never realized until now how little milk there is in a quart bottle. If Partner and I have one good drink there is hardly enough left for the cats. Now how does this farm milk versus dairy milk realy work out, I wonder? Just for fun, let's figure it .out. Supposing: we sell the coy maybe for $180. That $100. "would buy us a quart of milk every day for twenty-seven months, at 23 cents a quart. A the end of that tima there still. be no prospect other then to buy more milk. WE But if we keep this cow and after glves a normal supply of milk, then we could have quarts of milk a day for t house for at least Zing on which at the present r 1 would be worth $118.80. In: dition to keeping the house plied the cow should enough milk to raise three calves, two of which we naturally have to buy. When sold the calves should realise ap- proximately $50 a piece. At the end of her lactation period we could, if we wanted to, sell this same cow on the stock market and probably still get $120 for her. So our cow would bring us in a total of $388.80 less her feed; which for one cow wouldn't amount to very much, possibly $100 or $150. - But since we wouldn't be paying -it out in hard cash we would hardly be likely to miss it. Of course these figures may not agree with the way farm economists might "work things out -- it is merely .the way this farmer's wife looks - on the situation -- after buying milk by the quart. While we are on the sub- ject of home production and con- sumption, how about a vege- - table garden? Is it better to buy what you need or grow your' own -- and this applies to others besides farmers. The way we figure it out -it depends upon the size of the famiy. It would "certainly make a big hole in the food budget to keep a large family supplied with fresh vege- tables or fo buy the amount of pickles and canned or fro. vegetables that a garden w supply. 'But for two', . . Partner says it is hardly worthwhile. » Maybe he is right but on. the other hand it is very nice to" gef your vegetables straight {froma the garden . . . beans that crisp and green; peas tender ~ sweet and beets that are pu before they have a chance #0 get "woody". And of course one's family doesn't always stay 'of two -- there aré bound to visitors every" so often. So always say, never mind whethes it pays or not, at least let um have ° small garden. So we us- ually end up by putting in a few vegetables -- but here I have to admit it is gener Partner who does the hoeing Now when it comes to we don't do any worrying -- we just take what nature pro- vides on our farm and let it at that. We have early Ri mond cherries that provide plenty of competition betweem us and the starlings and rob. . Our apple trees are old wormy, the early apples plentiful but not very big. So pick up . the windfalls, them in half- cut off the bri part and then céok them, sking cores and all. When done go through a rotary col and there's our apple sauce Plenty of it too iy it is a mq job so I always do a good ba while I'm at it. - Next week--the answers to a few questions about my trip the Old Land, from notes takem along the way. COMFORTING !* A boatman ran a ferry across a mountain stream full of whirl- ols and rapids. During a cross- g in which the frail craft was tossed hither and yon by-the swirling water a timid lady ia the boat asked whether any pas- sengers ever were lost in the river. t ~~ "Never," the boatman reas- sured her. "We always find them again the next day." . CORNERED -- That's the situa- tion 'the girls will be in if they take to the hobble skirt, once again appearing on the fashion scene in london, England. Skirt's slimness is accented by ~wide, flaring three - quarter- length coat which features fit- ted bodice and dropped hip pockets. Whole ensemble is In charcoal gray grosgrain. BACK INSURANCE ~ HoUsewives on the Teaneck, mail route serviced by Ralph 'Ruggero, left, felt sorry for him as he toted his heavy mail pouch, They chipped in $32 to buy him a c "dy cart to ease the. load. He's showing it off to Charles: Ma- gu.re, an admiring fellow postman. R sugar is added to the pulp --- Aes hie ceo