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SHAY nat grataie UAE SN N CAN HIRST Your. Family Counselor "Dear Anne Hirst; I am a very disturbed woman. Nine years ago 1 married very young, and not because I was in love, I was lonely, all of my girl friends were getting married and 1 de- cided it was time for me. I chose my husband as I'd have selected a new hat. I was too young to know any better. © _ "I stayed married and had two babies, thinking (as so many people say) that I'd learn to love him. I didn't, He is not repulsive to me, he is kind and loving, and we do have a good family life with fun together and two dar- ling children. But I feel my life is being wasted; my heart still longs for a man I could love passionately. I see married cou- ples so happy together, but my husband seems like a dear rela- tive. "This is my only reason for wanting to leave him. Often 1 feel it is really wrong to us both to stay on without the thrilling love I'd read about. I am so con- fused, I'm almost sick. 'Aren't I missing something really essen- tial? Must I keep on hungering Halt-Size F ashion x 14V2--24% Lucky Half-Sizers! You can sew these mix-match fashions in , a jiffy = be well-dressed for this summer and many to come! Bra-top, classic shorts, skirt and blouse -- all proportioned to fit shorter, fuller figures perfectly! Pattern 4833: Half Sizes 14%, 163%, 18%, 20%, 22%, 24%. Size 16% blouse and skirt, 4% yards 35-inch fabric; 3 yard contract. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple oy is tested for fit. Has confplete illustrated instructions. d THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35¢), (use postal note for safety; 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. I EERE ERP E REED EERE Ere for love, or do the thrills wear off even with loving couples? : TM. TY" FUTILE YEARNING * I am sorry for you; you are reaching for a star that seems not" destined to rise in your firmament. In the your confusion, I must remind you that you. promised to honor and cherish the man your duty clear--to be the best possible wife to the hus- band who loves you, and a good mother to the children who look to you both for gui- dance and emotional security. Think first: What would happen if you went your own way? Left your husband, took his children with you, and started the search for love? Where would you turn to find it? What a terrifying chance to take, particularly with two young childrent Now, at least you are spared the painful disillusion which sometimes follows love. Though your present life seems empty to you, it is really rich in the devotion of a good man and the companionship of your children. The thrills of loving do indeed diminish with the passing of years. But after passion departs, a cou- ple find the true meaning of a deep love with a compan- ionship in which each aims to keep the other happy, and to- gether raise a family--often the highest recompense of all. I wish that the great love you miss had come to you. But remember that many a cou- ple' who appear to be happily married have missed the ful- lest life--because after pas- sion is gone, they find they have nothing to hold them to- gether down through the years. Compared with them, you are a fortunate woman indeed. Count your many blessings, richer life in the maturing of your children. | ' ' . LA SIE SI NL J EE BE JE EE EE IE EE IE I ES EE EE EE EE DON'T TELL "Dear Anne Hirst; I am so worried! My closest friend is engaged to marry a young man very soon, and the other evening I saw him in a night club with a girl whom everybody knows is no good. From what I over- heard, they go there regularly. "Shall T tell my girl friend? She is naive and trusting, and terribly in love. I should hate to see her hurt. Aren"tyl being dis- loyal if IT don't warn her? LOYAL" * I understand how respon- * sible you feel, but I hope you * will keep out of it. * The bearer of bad news, * however good her intentions, * is never welcome and seldom * believed. Your friend may tell * you she appreciates your mo- * tive, but in her héart she will * wish you had kept quiet. * Besides, if her young man * is as guilty as you suspect, the * story will reach her ears. But * don't you be the one to sprea * jt, - 4 ¥ If you are disappointed in life, don't: envy those more fortunate; compare yourself with those who have less to be thankful for. Anne Hirst"s understanding and ideas can help you find a richer life than you think you have. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. fg Scout Roundup. Some 6,000 Gir SAP TENT Pot SWAPPING FRIENDSHIP -- Friendship is the most valuable com- modity exchanged at the swap S Tent" at the first Senior Girl couts and leaders are partici- pating. Gilda Heinselman, left, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, trades a Brazilian Girl Scout tefoil for a model auto offered by Becky Odell, W TIARA GTR Oy STIRS : 14 i144 = vi X) 7 in {4 midst of . you married; your role is fixed, . and look forward to an even | .couldn't recognise the 1 gin MAIDEN VOYAGE: Aerial photograph shows the new 22,000:ton Cunard liner Carinthia as she arrived in Montreal harbor recently on her maiden voyage to Canada. Third of four sister vessels specially designed for the Canadian service, the Carinthia received the most vociferous wel- come accorded a new liner in the Port of Montreal. since before the Second World War. As Carinthia steamed: into the harbor in brilliant sunshine, tugs, fire boats and other vessels in port saluted her with long blasts on their whistles, master, Capt. Andrew MacKellar, R.D., R.N.R. Carinthia is commanded by veteran Cunard ONICLES AGINGERFARM Gwendoline P. Clarke Many times in this column I have expressed- regret. that, we are in danger of being hemmed in by highways and the exten- ded boundaries of our nearby town, I have said we like rural life and the quiet of the country. All that was, and is,' perfectly true. But now I find there are degrees of quietness and more than one kind of rural life. We have friends in Duf: ferin county who were injured in a car accident last year. Of course we have been writing back and forth but that is not like seeing one another. So last Tuesday I drove up to the Shelburne district, stayed over- night and came back next day. It was a lovely drive through the Caledon hills--except that I was too busy watching the road to look around at the scenery The farm where I was visit- ing is situnted' only a few miles from a spot that is supposed to be the highest point in Ontario. The scenery was beautiful, And the air--I just cannot describe how wonderful the air felt. Our friends live about two miles back from the highway. They have the hydro and tele- phone and there are neighbours just across the road so they are not exactly isolated, The us- ual farm activities were going on while I was there--cows to milk, pigs and poultry to feed, places to fix up ready for hay- ing. A truck came in to pick up eggs and cream, Electricians were doing a repair job--some- body coming and going most of the time, . Then came night, I knew our friends were used to going to bed early and 1 was tired after driving, so we were all in bed by ten o'clock. And then I lay awake--listening . . . just list- ening, And do you know there wasn't a thing to listen to--no trains in the distance, no whistles, no cars or trucks on the road, no wind blowing, not even a dog barking, -I never "heard" so much "nothingness": in all my life, It was uncanny. And then after about an hour I heard a low rumble, away off in the distance, so far away I sound, Gradually it got louder and I knew it was a plane. Sometime later the wind go up; the rain - sharing common came pelting down and there was distant thunder. With something to listen to I finally went to sleep. Soon after day- break I was awake once more. Again that weird stillness. I thought at least the hens would be cackling. But they weren't --or it they were I didn't hear them. Still more extraordinary --there wasn't a single bird singing from the tree tops. When I came down to break- fast; I couldn't help commenting on the quietness. "Quiet, yes-- but the quietness is just heaven to me," said Mrs.----, Well, everyone to their taste, As I said before we like the peace of the country--but I don't like it that quiet! By the next night I was home and in my own bed. For a second night I lay awake quite awhile, This time I was listen- ing to the rumble of the trains, the whistle as the approached various crossings; 'the comfort- ing, homey sound of cars as they travelled up and down the highway; dog answering dog, cach from his own backyard; night-flying planes going in and out of Malton, tail lights blink- ing. And at daybreak--birds on the wing; birds chirping and singing-- sparrows, sterlinigs, robins, thrushes and orioles-- joyously greeting the new day." I thought how wonderful it it could stay this way for ever-- rural living but with all the comforting sounds of life going on around us. Each farm family a complete unit in itself but interests and all within easy reach of one another. Plenty of trees, birds and a few rabbits. and ground- hogs . . . and mosquitoes. But definitely. Even in Dufferin there were mosquitoes. If only I were less allergic to them,' Instead: ol getting used to them my resistance' to the pesky things seems to be getting lessand less. Gardening is completely out so far as I am concerned, In fact I have reached the stage "when I feel like saying--anyone can have my share of-the sum- mer, I'll take the spring, winter and fall. The foregoing was written before the awful storm struck many parts of Ontario on Sun- day. It was bad here but we \ -- didn't get-the worst of "it by a i long way. Power was off for three hours, branches ripped from trees but no serious dam- age that I know of. Our "moun- tain" gives us good protection. Just before the storm cars were racing along the highway, no doubt homeward bound. We didn't have any company but we didn't feel too happy know- ing that Dece and family were planning to visit Art's brother at Midland. And that dreadful tragedy near Lake Simcoe. It seems to me long week-ends are now a nightmare instead of a time for relaxation and pleas- ~ ure, - If only more people were content to stay at home, In- stead one might almost think they were bent on mass suicide. There is so much in life to do and to enjoy; so- many -people--| ---- who need help, comfort and sympathy. It seems too bad we should throw away chances of being of service to our féllow- "men just by our own foolhard- iness, - KIPLING REVISED If you can smile when things go wrong © And say it doesn't matter. It you can laugh off cares and : woe And {trouble makes you fatter, - It you can keep a cheerful face, When all around are blue, Then have your head examined, Bud, There's something wrong with you. For one thing I've arrived at, There are no ands and buts, A guy that's grinning all the time Must be completely nuts. 7 i Where Door Knobs | Really Matter When we landed, the north- east monsoon was blowing, for it was the beginning of the hot season and the thermometer sel- dom dropped lower than eighty degrees Fahrenheit. We mop- ped our foreheads and were grateful for thé great mango Arees - that arched over our heads, as we approached the town, fotrming tunnels of black- green shade , At last we burst into the blinding light of a white Arabian town---Arabian slightly Europeanised, an ara- besque of disorderly lanes and "alleys, impossible for any but the smallest of cars. What a relief for the eye to rest again on semblance of architecture! Not that the houses of Zanzibar are particularly dis- tinguished; the coralline lime- stone masonry shows not a single straight line and the arches are never similar in form or size. But at least these buildings have a certain air of dignity. Perhaps / Zanzibar's famous doors, hqwever, are its most remarkable feature, their hard polished surfaces of teak of sesame inlaid with shining grass bosses. In the old days a fine door was considered the most important part of an Arab house. It was the custom, in fact, for a prospective build- er first to order a carved door- frame, and. then, when it had been fixed in place, to construct a house around it. Each door is different, the - double doors themselves being perfectly plain except for the brass studs or bosses. Decoration is concen- trated on the frame and on a heavy carved panel which covers the junction of the two doors. The carving is deep-cut and stylised in the usual Islamic fashion, patterned with rosettes of leaves .and inset with pas- sages from. the Koran . . . Some. simple doors are paint- ed to match the walls of the house, but this is only in the poor quarter. The palace and the big houses along the water- front. all have doors to the plainness of the buildings. Their gleaming bosses, probably 'of Indian origin, a decorative dapatation of the spikes that fortified the doors of a fortress against the battering of war- elephants({ are polished to-shine - like brasses on a ship.---From ~ "Equator Farm" by Roderick Cameron. In Milwaukee, 54-year - old Walter Estes: broke into-a bar, leaving the rear window open for a getaway, took $864 from the storeroom, paused for a nip, was found next morning fast asleep on the barroom floor. "--derful In Fort William, Ont, eight Wisconsin anglers were fined '$800 and had $400' worth of fish- ing tackle confiscated after bringing' in 162 pickerel (legal limit; 48), explained: "We were tired of the bologna diet back home." ¥. J Easy to Make! <3 Ul s20 by Cornea Wheel . EASY to build your oéwn 'wooden lawn or patio chairs! You'll have the fun of doing-- save money too! Woodcraft Pattern 520: Sim. ple directions for making lawn, porch, or patio chairs. Actual. size paper pattern pieces are in- cluded, with easy-to-follow num-- ber guide. i Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; usa postal note for safety) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Our gift to you -- two won- -patterns your home -- printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft book tor 1955! Dozens of other new designs to order -- crochet, "knitting, embroidery, iron-ons, novelties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW -- with gift patterns printed in it! ISSUE 30 -- 1956 The perpetually singing group is Fish wi SUMMER SONGFEST -- Singing like the Dickens, five-year-old George Simonl, joins In with a Jisplay of Dickens carol singers. eing shown at the National Display Show, where all the displays for the coming Christmas season are unveiled for the benefit of store managers through- out the country. OFFICE POOL -- For a cool office, it's.a pool office. The steering committee of the National Swim- ming Pool Institute demonstrates the theory, and the boss doesn't have to keep his shirt on, either, As mid-90 degree temperatures roasted local residents, Jars Gottschalk, left, Dan Baldwin and Phyllis Ryan, pooled efforts for convention fun. oo. for "yourself, = EER