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ja PvE Fahy Pd : Nas ia, I Re au "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 love my my boy friend dearly, but. he . has two bad hgbits that to me are alarming, and I'm wonder- ing if there is 'any way I can break him of .them. They -are. drinking and fast drividg. He is 22 (I'm 17) and he's recent- ly discharged from the Army; I don't think he has settled down much yet. i" "He seems quite "serious over me,, and wants to marry me in the near future. I'm all mix- ed up! Do you think he will straighten out and be a good husband instead of a drunkard or a hot-rod racer? Shall I wait to marry until I see what hap- pens? "I need advice to help me do the right thing. Please give me some WORRIED? WHAT A RISK! * . For more years than you * know, various national or- * ganizations and institutions * have stressed the nationwide * need for safer driving. Their * influence is far-reaching; it is * not considered smart to hot- * rod it over the roads, and * voungsters who persist in this * only show how adolescent * they are. Stiff jail sentences * are being imposed, as they * chould be; offenders are "* scorned and their licenses re- * voked, which to a young man * is the ultimate disgrace. * Drinking while driving in- * creases the chance of tragedy. * It gives the yquth a false ¥* sense of power and an in- * satiable determination to pass -* the car "ahead; normal reac- _* tions are upset, judgment is ¢ impaired and he becomes a * menace to every other driver. * There is no escape from the * consequences; he is tested for * drunkeness and the punish- * ment is severe and sure. * Knowing these facts, how * can a young man deliberately * invite such conséquences, par- * ticularly when his 'passenger * is the girl he hopes to marry? * Such irresponsibility is un- * forgivable. 1 do not wonder * she worries. Apart from the * danger both are exposed .to, * what of other cars he may. * emash? The young. man _may * be all of 22, but he is acting *"like a 16-year-old -- surely * not the mature, prolective * male she would choose to spend her life with. * TO "IN NEED OF ADVICE": * I am sure you've tried to curb * your fiance. You will have to * be severe. Refuse to go out * with him if he has had one * drink, refus~ to drive with * him unless he lets you set the ¢ speed. If. he laughs at your ® fears, all he needs is to scan - Two-parts perfect!. The 'more you wear this two-piecer -- the more you love it! Accent is on the nipped-in waist -- see how that curving in-and-out midri 'minimizes the 'inches around! Contrast collar, bow add crisp charm. Pattern 4898: Misses' Sizes 10 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 314 yards 45-inch fabric; Yi yard 35-inch contrast, : 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, STYLE NUMBER, Send order to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont, the daily headlines with * their dead who are victims of such drivers as he: Be firm. for his sake as well as your. own. I am amazed your parents have not forbidden your sceing him at all; they may not know of .his speeding but they can hardly be ignorant of his drinking : If more girls would -demand that their boy friends be sober and careful -- or else -- the country's roads could be as safe as the front porch. Use your 'nfluence wisely and prayerfully, even though it means giving up this lad until he proves he can control his dangerous habits. No smart girl will tie herself to a young man who is a slave to such de- sires. If the young man you love has any alarming habit, use your in. fluence to help him break it BEFORE you marry. Anne" Hirst's sympathy and wisdom will help guide you. Write her at Box 1, 123. Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ontario, BPP 0B OE BOP OEE EEE BAe eo Modern Crusoe Refused To Quit A. Twentieth century Robin- son Crusoe has just returned home after spending twenty months as' king of a small "paradise isle" in the Pacific He is a twenty-five-year-old student of philosophy, Nikita Astafieff, a native of the Leban- on. He was "king" by virtue of being the only human on the island. : Nikita had always wanted to spend a holiday on some remote Pacific Island, where he could enjoy peace and quiet. When the opportunity presented itself, he travelled with a group of New Zealanders, in a modern luxury yacht, the Philante II, on a Pacific cruise. " The" voyage was to take the party past Palmyra, a small group of coral atolls," nearly a thousand miles north of Hawaii. Nikita got_in touch with film actor Leslie Vincent, who owns Palmyra, and got perinission to ~stay--on-~the-islands ~=--by--him--- self. He remained for {wenty months, and found Palmyra a real paradise. It was always warm there but never too hot. The largest island in the group was about 200 vards square, and the smallest about the size .of a doormat.: There was an abundance of coconuts and bananas, and this modern Crusoe was able to catch a wide variety of fish. Every three months Palmyra was visited by tuna fishing boats, but for nearly two years Nikita rejected all offers to take him off his island hermitage. Did he enjoy his stay in Palmyra? Well -- he intends re. turning there later. Not so anxious to repeat his own Crusoe-like experiences is Gilbert Sheldon, thirty-year-old fisherman of Springcliff, in Queensland, Australia. He was rescued after being cast away on a tiny island off -the Barrier Reef for eighteen days, during which time he lived on oysters, crabs and coconuts. Sheldon was fishing off the Reef when his twenty-five-foot boat was swamped by heavy seas. He held on to, the capsized craft for an hour before it sank. For the next eight hours he clung to the upturned dinghy 'which had broken away from the boat. The dinghy drifted to within four miles of Scawfell Island, which is about sixty miles off the Australian coast. Sheldon decided to swim for land. It was dark when, battered and bruis- ed by the pounding waves he flopped down on the island. Although _ utterly exhausted, he 'dared not fall asleep on the beach, in case a rising tide should sweep him out to sea again, He climbed to a tiny cave, fifty feet up the side of a cliff and there slept until morning, When he awake, he fouhd the beach strewn with timber which had drifted ashore from his boat, He used this to line the walls of a foxhole which he dug in the sand, For a roof, he used palm' fronds. His immediate problem was to get fresh water; this was soon solved. It began to rain, and continued for five days. In the sand he found a piece of hoop iron, rusty but sharp. This he used to prise open the rock oysters which were to be- come the main dish on his menu, He varied his diet with coconuts and a few sand-crabs he was able to catch on the beach, He prayed that his water sup. ply would last until a ship passed close enough to spot the signals he would make by wav- ing palm fronds. As if in answer to his prayers, the rain started again--on, hjs thirtieth birthday, news of, the maimed and the v. et fs Sah "SHORT CUT TO POPULARITY--Nancy Wichlei ignores her pet French poodle to gaze at her other pet--a llama. She gave the llama a poodle haircut, making the llama her favorite. : by Ciena Wheeler "Easy to crochet this lovely cover for any size TV set -- in your favorite pineapple design! ~ Crochet pattern 891: Direc- tions for TV cover, 25 inches in No. 30 cotton; smaller in No. 50; larger in mercerized bedspread cotton. Four make a 50-inch cloth. 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My "redding up" operations "Ihave been temorarity suspended--{ by other jobs, and also by visit- ing and being visited. 'Monday night and Tuesday I was in To- ronto; Wednesday and Thurs- day in Guelph; Friday and .Saturday back in harness, mak- But it rained so heavily that it flooded his foxhole and drove him back to his cliffside cave. Then came the wonderful morning when he sighted a ship. His frantic waving was spotted by the crew of the Navy survey vessel "Seamew", which rescued the reluctant island dweller. Friends now tactfully avoid the subject of paradise isles when- ever Gilbert is around! Heavenly Map First sections of a giant new sky atlas revealing stars, ga- laxies and systems of galaxies "stretching far out into space have reecntly been completed at Palomar laboratories in Cali- fornia. For seven years astronomers have been working ten hours = day on this mammoth map in conjunction with the Natiohal Geographic Soceity. The first 200 sections have already been sent to observatories all over _ the world. . The full atlas costs £700 and will have -no fewer than 1,758 sections, It will not be com- pleted until 1956. Each section of the map is fourteen inches square. When the atlas is finished the sections will cover an area about the size of a tennis court. As science advances and man's plans for reaching out into space are developed, maps of the heavens will inevitably be- come larger and larger. ing up for lost time with our guests. Yes, I actually went away while they were here. Awful, wasn't it? But you see our visit- ors come and go as they please. - If we have previous committ- ments before they come they just move in and make them- selves at home. That method simplifies everything for every- body --- and so far as I can see it- is the logical method for busy people. Partner has his own way of entertaining. He generally has a few jobs lined up at which the gentleman of the party can assist. You see, we have not yet acquired a tele- vision set so we can't while away the time that way. Who wants to "while away the time" anyhow? ) now have..a nice new clothes- wonder -- why is it so hard for fixed? When Art and Des moved - into their new house it was sev- eral weeks before Art had "time" to put up a new line. It was just the same here. I bought new galvanized wire months ago but as long as the old rusty wire didn't collapse Partner couldn't see that a new line was neces- ~gary.- Men must be allergic to clotheslines. Thank goodness my worries in that respect are over for awhile -- or they should be with a new wire and two new posts. Our twin heifer calves are coming along fine. Partner has decided not to sell them' for veal but raise them for breeding pur- poses. That, of course, brings up a controversial question . .. are twin heifers sterile? For years old-timers advised us not to keep twin heifers -- they would never get in calf . . . so they told ue. We believed it until' we "IT MAY BE YOUR LIVER It life's not worth living \ it may be your liver! IVa a faot] I takes up birt pints of liver , bile mn day to keep your diges vacaat in top shape! If your liver bile ia not flowing freely your food may nob digest . . . gas bloats u, your stomach . . . you feel +onttpated An all the fun and sparkle go out fe, That's when you need mild gentle Carter's Little Liver Pills. Thess famous Jogetable plils help simulate Ihe Row over ile. Boon our on atarta functioning pro) and you foal that happy days pring Lipid Don's ever slay sunk, Always keep Carter's Little Liver Pills on hand. : black leaves and stems. But I- With two men on the job I | line ready for next washday. I a woman to get a clothesline ISSUE 48 -- 103% found it to be false. Some. time ago we kept twin heifers and they each had a family. In one case twins were also born to one of the twin heifers, So that's one theory exploded. Now we would like to know: if there is any proven theory as to wht causes feather-pulling in pullets,: "Last year, as | may have men- 'tioned before, we bought ready- to-lay pullets. Some of thém had lost a lot<of feathers before we got them but we thought new. surroundings , might prove , a distraction and break them .of their bad habit. Not a bit of. it --they kept it up until - they started killing each other, so then we sold the whole pen. This year we bought pullets . from the same farmer -- same age and same breed. They have never lost a feather. The farmer who raised them thinks that last year the feather-pulling habit developed -through the chicks being raised under infra- red bulbs. This year's chickens were brought along with an ordinary coal-brooder stove and gave no trouble at all. What is your theory? i Honey, our cocker spaniel 1s now unexpectedly proving the truth of "another theory. You may remember that Honey is now a city dog. Honey and Dave are almost inseparable. One will hardly move without the other, in spite of the fact that Honey gets some awful mauling from Dave. We have always under- stood that cocker spaniels were good guard dogs for children but we had an idea that Honey was too friendly with everyone to be much of a protector. Well, the other day Daughter had to go to a funeral and asked Mrs. = Z-Z-in "the apartment up- stairs to look after Dave. In due time Dave wakened from his afternoon nap and Mrs. ----- ran down to pick him up. But Honey snapped, growled and showed her teeth and refused to let Mrs. ----- come anywhere near Dave. Eventually, with Dave's help, Mrs. ----- got Honey into a more friendly mood and all was well, She wouldn't have acted that way if Dee had been there. But since Dee was out out Honey evidently thought it -was her duty to take over. My niece in Deep River has a cocker spaniel who acts the same way as Honey. He sits out- side by the baby carriage while the baby is asleep and woe be- tide anyone who comes near that 'buggy. So, mothers with young child- ren, if you want a guard dog for your infant better try a cocker spaniel. But don't overfeed him or he'll soon be as broad as he's long. When Dave's cookies go overboard it is Honey who gets them. She is always on hand watching hopefully. As a result she is like a little round, honey- ~ colour, furry barrel. . HAPPY CHOICE "Aren't you ashamed of your- self?" asked the temperance reformer. "Day in and day out you are in a state of alcoholic intoxication. - "Already you show the symp- toms of a man on the verge of delirium tremens.. And I under- stand that some poor girl has been foolish enough to accept your proposal of marriage; I " put in tub, pressing down! Let How Can I? | Q. How can-1 wash a feather pillow? : : A. Dissolve 1 1b, sal-soda and "34 Ib. soap in % gallon boiling | water. Put about 5 buckets of | tepid water in a tub and pour in the above solution. Then dissolve 14 Ib. of chloride of lime'in 1 gt. boiling water, let it settle, 'then = stir in tub, Beat pillow,well -and soak for ah hour, 'stirring and" pressing constantly with a stick. Rinse in several changes of water, wring, press out all water pos- sible 1d hang on line to dry, | turning and shaking them often, Choose a windy day for quick drying. f a Q. How can I avoid having lop- sided house plants? : A. All potted house plants should be turned once a week, so that all sides will face the sun. If this is not done, many of the plants will become lopsided. Q. How can'I whiten the teeth? A. Apply. peroxide of hydro- gen, diluted with one half water. Or clean with prepared chalk and orris root every morning and night. Q. How can I test potatoes? A. Before buying the winter's supply of potatoes, test one to _ see its quality. Cut: into' halves 'and then press together, and it juicy enough to stick together the . potato is goed and can be bought in quantity. Lo» " Q. How can I clean aluminum? 'A. By applying a mixture of Mbit borax, and water with' a soft cloth. Then- wash it im warm, soapy 'wdter, allow it te dry, and polish with whiting. Q. How can 1 soften a paint brush that has become hard and dry? A. Heat some vinegar to the boiling point and soak the brush in'it for about 25 minutes. Them boil it gently in a strong soapsuds "for a few minutes. The bristles will be as soft as when new. Q. How can I shapen knives?.. A. Sharpen a dull knife by folding a piece of .emery papeg in the center and drawing tha , knife blade rapidly back and forth several times. prices. "value for your live stock. FULLY-QUALIFIED SALESMEN--Abattoirs hire well-trained buyers to act for them; their first aim Is to purchase as cheaply as possible. 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LIVE STOCK COMPANY LIMITED "Never . mind, old chap," re- and McCURDY-& McCURDY LIMITED plied the hopeless case, with a Ontarle Stock Yards, Toronto grin, "The girl I'm going to \_ y, marry is a snake charmer." ., 2 ON THE BORDERLINE OF LIFE" -- Pictures above, taken with aid of the electron micro scope, record the' first time inert fragments of malter have ever been put together by man to form a living substance. Co-researchers Dr. Heinz L. 'Frankel-Conrat and Dr. Robley Williams, "made the experiment. It was hailed as "an utterly fantastic discovery on the borderline of life" by Dr. Wendell M. Stanley, head of University .of California's virus laboratory, Picture al left shows inert, protein portion of the tobacco mosaic virus . At right, rod - like objects ara "rabuilt" viruses, constructed with inert protein and nucleic acid parts of the virus in an alka- line solution. Man-made virus reproduces itself, causes mosaic disease in the tobacco plant. Tailor-made immunization to disease and a key to the hereditary secrets hidden in the chromos enes are seen as possible achisvements in thelight of the historic experiment. : ct i,