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> LHR nd Rs Te A 9. te eae; ARIS BRR ERATE ESS ARR or hoo 3 A 2 TRY "Dear Anne Hirst: My only reward for baring my miserable married life to the public through your column would be to know . that just one .girl was guided by: * it. My husband died a year and a-half ago, and since that tie ¥ have known the only content- ment I've had sincd'we married. he was 39 then and 1 was 105. " 'Before the first month was over, ¥ regretted it. "He was divorced, and his grown children lived with us, My life was a slave's life, actually. 1 had to wait on them hand and foot, even put their clothes away and do their laundry! Later when 1 had two babies of my own, 1 really learned what trouble was "Instead of 'being loved, 1 got insults and (I'm sure) actual hatred. Instead of being taken out now and then for a little change, 1 was made to stay at dome (thank goodness, we had a small garden) and weeks went by when I wouldn't get to town, He did buy food for us- (and of course wouldn't allow me to do the marketing). -But all the e¢lothes my babies and 1 cver bad, my family sent. "The reason? Jealousy, and such domination of my every move and thought that 1 was like one who had lost her mind; it's a wonder my children are normal. Older men are so jeal- ous' of young wives that they think every man who looks at her desires her; I am not unat- tractive," but I ncver returned the look, of course. My friends think I'm too young to stay single (I am only 22) but I haven't talked to a man my own age gince my husband. died. "I have sworn 1 will never marry again. My children are my whole life, I ap saving all Bis life insurance '(thank good- mess there is plenty) for their future. His own children were glven annuities, so they are all ight, and ' they 'have moved away, for which I am grateful, "I write to warn all young girls not to marry men so much older. How I wish someone had warned me; but I married to get away from an unhappy home, and 1 guess- opposition wouldn't have done any good. 1 thought ¥ knew it all . . , Thank you if you can give this letter space. - GRATEFUL" ® It is a great pity that some ® male-member -of your family did "not intervene to protect you from your husband's men- {al cruelties. Were you ash- amed to tell them? Until you lowe 09 Two for School 'Keep her smartly dressed all winter -- sew this adorable fe, for busy days at schogl! has fashions new long-waisted Yok (cinched by perky bows) -- her favorite flare skirt below! Have the blouse 11 prety. con rast! Pattern 4564: Children's Sizes 2 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 jumper, 1% ds 35-inch nap; blouse, 1 yard inch fabric. ; } This pattern easy fo use; ¢im: ple to sew, is tested for fit, Has eomplete illustrated instructions, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot be sccepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, y ' Send order to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St," New. Toronto, Ont. : ISSUE 46 -- 1955 Pop: od | "ber you are nat alone. became his wife, your hus- HIRST band concealed. his selfishness and jealousy; afterward, you were as helpless as though he had you committed to jail Without a champion to'do bat- tle in your behalf, only his death set you -frec¢ . Now you can help your chil-. dren forget ' the frightened years they knew while their father lived, and the future lies unclouded before you all. Your ~ determination to stay single is natural -- for a. time. I do hope, though, that some appreciative young man will discover you one day and dem- onstrate how good and }peau- tifui marriage can be, : LR AE I IE BEE UE IEEE NEE JENN AE ae aw TAKE FIANCE BACK? "Dear Anne Hirst: I am almost 18, and was engaged to a boy for over a year. Once he went with another gixl, so I gave him back his ring. He hasn't re- peated that since .~. .-Now he begs me to date him agam. 1 do -love him so that I can't eat or sleep. "My patents have never ap- proved of him wholly, and now they want me to forget him. If I can persuade them to change their minds, shall I take him back? It is two months since 1 saw him. . WORRIED" . parents object to * the boy because he once dated * another girl? Or because they * think you were both too young .* to be engaged? I suspect it is * the latter: reason. I'm afraid I agree with Mother and Dad. Getting engaged at 16 is really foolish; you were both {too young to realize what it meant. family allowed it -- or did you accept him without their ap- proval? ° I think you should talk this over frankly with your mother and father. Find out what they think of him, and why. Per- haps: you can come to some compromise. If not, then go on to college as you planned and prepare yourself for a business career. That would give your parents greater confidence in your maturity, you would find yourself hap- pier in every way. * * * Do your TH BE DETER IE IEEE & 2's » When {rouble comes, remem- Anne Hirst will stand by to help you through, and her sympathy and kindly counsel await you. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteent] St., New Toronto, Ont. ..... gure -- 2.) Modern Etiquette Q. Should a person always rise when performing an intro- duction? "AL In most cases, yes. How- ever, there are certain circum- stances where this would prove awkward. If an introduction is performed at.a banquet table, for instance, then rising would not be necessary: - Q. How many ushers should a bridegroom have at a church wedding? A. There is no set and definite number. It is up to the bride- groom, the number of guests ex-. pected, and the size of the church. Q. Is it proper for a girl's escort to tell her that her slip is showing? Co A. Certainly, and only a prude would resent this. A girl should appreciate being told. Q. When should announce- ments be sent of a marriage which has been kept secret for several weeks or months? A. Since a secret marriage is not a prescribed affair, there is no definite time for mailing an- nouncements, It is entirely op- __tional. Q. How can a new bride in a strange city best go about mak- ing new friends? i A. By joining a church group, the local 'garden club, or some similar organization which 1n- terests her, she will very likely meet women with tastes con- genial to her'own. Q. Are the letters, popularly: written at the bottoms of in- vitations, all supposed {to be capitalized, as, R.S.V.P.? A. No; only the first letter is capitalized, as, "R. s.v.p. Q. If a young man sends a girl a corsage to wear to some particular affair, but the flowers do not harmonize with the one suitable gown she must wear, what should she do.? A. Wear them anyway, or carry them: It would certainly be very rude to leave them at home. : Q. When a wife is writing a note of thanks, is she supposed to sign her husband's name as well as her own? A. No; she should sign her ~-own name only, But in the note she may say, "Bob and I both appreciate your hospitality," or whatever the thanks are for. by Virginia Harr. Marcuzzo. FROM THE FAT OF THE LAND--Believe it or not, how to use up some of the farm sur made--of all things-- out of inedi Sieve ild Seats these fashions are the result of research on plus. The attractive raincoat and matching hat at left are le 'animal fats, like surplus fat an pork chops. Her coworkers at the demo nstration are Lillian Tichnell, center, and Jeanne Lillian models. a chic bathing suit made from one and a half fertilizer bags. It's shown Making clothes from these bags was impossible until researchers developed a cotton that can resist the acid in the fertilizer, 'Now fertilizer manufacturers have more than 300 pat- terns for their bagging, and farm wives have a new source of dress material. At right is a smart cotton' jacket--made from mill sweepin gs. linen. short staple cotton. The fabric looks, feels and wears like For commercial production, the cloth would be made of short staple cotton, pretty much of a drug on the market. This one was made of mill sweepings to prove that it can be done. Development of new cotton fabrics like these helps to reduce the great surplus of I am surprised your - and after a while. "Cover Girl" brs Cuma Whedon. This gay "girl" apron is a wonderful aide when company * comes--keeps you looking neat and pretty! Easy to make of scraps! . Pattern 876: Gay "Cover Girl"! Embroidery and applique transfers, easy directions for making - this cute apron, 16 inches long. ; Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS | i. in coins (stamps- cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New To- ronto, Ont, Address. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. LOOK for smart gift ideas in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog. Crochet, knitting, em- broidery, lovely things to wear. Dolls, jron-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 design in it. Banana Baby -- \ During" the past two years five-year-old Susan Morgan, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has eat- en no less than 20,000 bananas. By the time: she is ten, if she goes on at this 'rate, she will have consumed 70,000. Owing to a rare kind of stomach condition, doctors will not at present let her have any other form of nourishment. Susan's father is a cleaner and does not earn enough to be able to afford this expen- sive 'diet for his child. Fortu- nately the U.S. Government has stepped in: to give financial help. From next month, Mr. Earl Byron Morgan will be paid a regular monthly allowance of eight dolars until Susan's 15th birthday, when with doctors' ap- proval, she may abandon bana- nas for a normal, less expensive and not go monotonous diet. "demand street" . Cashing in On Royalty's Fancies The streets of -London may not be paved with gold, but come old paving . stones were turned into hard cash by a "brainy gent recently. The paving-stones were being removed from the courtyard of Buckingham Palace when the garden stone merchant had an . idea. With dignified trans-Atlantic advertising,--he--hinted--that the stones" couldn't be sold in the usual way but were available to $25-a-time subscribers. In the end he netted $7,500, just for the ground royalty walked . on. Another royal trade boom re- sulted when a London shine specialist designed a special polish 'ta give extra highlights to the royal aircraft of the Queen's Flight. ) The gloss attracted world at- tention and when Président Eisenhower flew to Geneva in his own private 'plane "twenty export gallons of the polish had to be rushed to give his 'plane an equal sheen. It was the same when the Duke of Edinburgh complained in a speech that most beds were so short.. that his feet stuck out.. A British firm began specializ- ing in mattresses three inches longer than usual -- and brisk in America has kept the bedding workers on over- time. Even when the Duke shot his. © cuffs just before signing a visi- tor's book, it. meant a trade boom. Cameras clicked as the Duke signed and photo enlarge- ments revealed his fancy cuff- . links. It began a demand that 'has continued unabated. One firm has produced 150 different designs including a smart .nylon thread pair that has a fishingrod at one end, a trout: at the other. When Prince Charles first wore a bow tie, a royal tip leaked through to the trade that bows would be worn, and one firm, alone has sold 150,000. When Charles wore a sailor suit, he revived a fashion of. forty years ago and the outfitters were swamped with export orders. Princess Anne's- little muff last winter also launched a fa- shion. One costumier was wor- - Tied because fur-trimmed hats -were going out of fashion. But within a month 25,000 pieces of .waste fur were incorporated in Princess muffs and thousands were shipped by air across the Atlantic. ' Not long ago, the Duchess of Kent was seen - trimmed hat. She had been told by a South African trade com- 'missioner that a $10,000,000 os- trich feather trade had shrunk 'to $40,000 and jobs were jeopar- dized. The' Duchess ordered three different ostrich-trimmed hats and wore them on three successive days. . wheeling "case in an ostrich- Midnight Intruder Was Ball of Fire Frightened of lightning- If you are, think yourself lucky "that you don't live in a tropical climate where, at certain times of the year, hardly a day passes without at least one severe thunderstorm. | Lightning_ is certainly the joker of the skies. One of its strangest pranks happened when the thigh of a man struck by lightning was branded with the letters D.D. The doctor treat- ing the man for shock reco- gnized the initials as being. identical with those on a wal- let which had been stolen from him some time previously. When the victim recovered, he .con- fessed to having picked the doc- tor's pocket, the wallet having been in his possession when the lightning struck. Exploded On Bedpost Occasionally, lightning ap- pears as a ball of fire. One such ball entered a woman's bed- room through the open window, slowly around the bed. After scorching the wom- an's nightdress, the ball struck the bedpost and exploded, leav- ing the woman unharmed, though shaken by her strange experience. 1 Striking a blacksmit's shop in Surrey, lightning fused a heavy chain into a- solid rod. Though lightning can kill and maim, it sometimes acts as a - cure. A blind man, felled by lightning, rose to find that his sight -was restored. At least one is known of an -insane woman becoming normal after being struck by lightning. When a French picture - gal- lery was hit during a violent thunderstorm, lightning strip- ped the gilt from a picture- frame, without damaging' either- the frame itself or the valuable painting it contained. - - The owner of a watch which had long refused to go found his timepiece ticking away after he picked himself up, uninjur- ed, after being hurled to the ground by.a bolt of lightning. Yes, lightning can play pranks. But, on an average, only about a score. of people die annually from being struck. IT MAY BE "YOUR LIVER If Jife's not worth living : it may be your liver! [t's a fact! It takes up to two pints of liver bile a day to keep your digestive tract in top shape! If your liver bile ia not flowing freely your food may not digpst + + + gaa bloats up your stomach , . . you feel constipated and all the fun and sparkle go out of life. That's when you need mild gentle Carter's Little Liver Pills, These famous vegetabla pills help stinulale the flow of Jive 1s. 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The operation was successful but afterwards Dave required special rurses to take care of him for four days -- that dis, until the tube was removed. Now he is com- ing along fine but he won't be home for a few days yet. Nor do his parents visit hifi for fear of making him homesick and fretful and thus retard his re- covery. Once or twice Dee was at the Hospital; she saw Dave but he didn't see her. He was sitting up in his cot playing quite happily, so of course Daughter was happy too. The attack came on quite suddenly, without' any previous 'cold ofr congestion and apparently was a very. severe type of croup, lower. down than the ordinary variety. So our Dave celebrated his second birthday in a hos- pital bed. And glad we are there was a hospital for him to go to. Like so many other parents and gsrandparents we cannot be too thankful for the existence -of the Sick 'Children's Hospital in Toronto and for the wonderful work that is done there.. So far as the weather was concerned, last week was won- derful and we certainly took advantage of it. I managed to - get an oversize washing out on - my new clothesline . . . thought I had better make use of it in a hurry otherwise a few well- chosen remarks might have ~~been thrown my way -- you know -- "said you wanted a clothesline and now you don't use it" sort of thing. ee Thursday 'was too nice a day to be ironing so I paid a long over-due visit to some friends in Burlington. Of course, I found Burlington, like every other locality, spreading out and running over. I was visiting in one . of the older residential streets and I thought people who had already established a comfortable home before the building boom got underway are very lucky. Before: return- ing home I went over to the Shopping - centre -- probably wouldn't have done so only I knew parking would be easier than down town. Actually, con- venient parking is 'the only thing that attracts me to these places. Shopping at a big gro- certeria isn't all honey. For in- stance; my purchase was half- a-dozen grapefruit. There were "six 'pay "desks in the store but it not being a rush-hour only one was open. I had to wait while two women checked in with enough groceries to féed _ significant. remark. © who ] years." Why should that be? 1 an army. It took .me fifteen minutes to pay 30¢. The same thing happened at the Five and Ten Cent Store wher¢ I shopped for something to amuse Dave. Friday . was another lovely day and Partner. was-away to the County plowing match, There he met farmers he had not seén for years. After he came home he made rather a "It. seems queer," said Partner, "but most of the older farmers' looks just about the same as they have done for ages. Now it's the younger and middle-age men look old: beyond their Have you any ideas on the sub- ject? Saturday morning was dull and wet 'but it cleared after dinner so I was able to attend the annual Arts and Crafts show at a nearby town. As usual it was good. This particular show has .that extra something that seems to set it apart. The arts and crafts exhibited, while not uncommon in type, are ex- cellent in quality and work- manship. Shellcraft dainty in colour and design; -metal work without a flaw; and the ever- popular hand-woven goods. And always there is at least one new feature. This time it was paper cut-outs -- descendants of the original paper dolls. Really, it is astonishing what can be done with scissors, pa- per and artistic ability, As an extra touch to the show there were small paper. shopping bags with the name of -the Guild attractively etched on the bag. On my homeward way through the town I saw a good demon- stration of what constitutes a traffic hazard. Here it is: One small town in the process of rapid expansion; parked cars' on Both sides of the main streets; a main highway through, or close to, the main . street. 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