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2 SE - MEA a Th 'DEAR ANNE HIRST: "How 'can I find out if my ausband is unfaithful?" cries a distressed wife, "In all our nine fost together, I never before ave doubted" him. But now un- certainty is tearing me apart! "There is a woman in this town who is notorious; she has brot on up two homes, and I am afraid for mine. A friend told me she has seen my husband with her downtown, but how can I prove it? He denies he even knows her, "I admit that when I am up- set, I accuse him of having an affair, but it is his own fault -- 'where there's smoke there's ire," etc. He has not changed toward me, he is as loving and wittentive as ever, and our mar- ciage has been beautiful, But ( cannot forget what 1 heard. We have a young son whom we iearly love, 'but even with him [ am not myself, and he senses t. "My husband has : a fine repu- tation, and is very popular with everybody. His family have lived here for generations, and [ can't believe he would be guil- ty of sin -- and with such a public character! If it were a friend of mine he were interest- ed in, I would be hurt but not so ashamed. Don't you think I should do something about it?" WHY DOUBT HIM? ¢ _.I suppose it is of little use pry remind you that few men stray from home if they find love there, and the compan- ionship they need. In nine years your husband has never sought anyone else, nor ne- glected you in any way. Your only basis for these doubts is hearsay; don't you know that Jealous "friends" sometimes cannot resist sowing seeds of suspicion in the mind of a wife who is happier than they? Sit down.quietly and com- pose yourself. Look at your marriage as it has existed for nine years. Can you find any fault in it? Your husband is a man of integrity; he is de- voted, attentive, proud of you and his son. What reason would he have to seek his CIEE I EEE EE SEE TEE SEE TIE JE EE SS SLE SY NEW PRINTED PATTERN EASIER---FASTER MORE ACCURATE 4643 SIZES 34-48 PRINTED PATTERN PRINTED PATTERN in Sizes from 36 through 48! For ease of sewing, lovely slimming lines -- there's nothing more ideal than this graceful frock. Choose casual and dressy you'll want several, it's so flat- tering! Printed Pattern 4643: Wo- men's Sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48. Size 36 takes 4'% yards 39-inch fabric, Directions tissue pattern part, use, accurate, assures fit, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS printed on .each Fasy-to- perfect (stamps cannot be accepted, use . postal note for safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont, a aa i + pleasure elsewhere? You say * that if he were interested in * a friend of your, you could * understand; if that were true, * you might well worry, for * she could be a formidable * rival. But what joy could he, * a man of refinement, find with * a disreputable woman? You * have been, you are his be- * loved wife, you are closer * than any couple you know. * What must your husband * be thinking of your accusa- * tion? He undoubtedly is re- * volted and can find no words * to reply to you. * Cast fears from you. Be- * lieve your husband still is the * fine person he has always * been, and resolve that from * this day on you will trust him * with all your heart. Cease * your nagging, and you be * very sure that the hours he * spends at home are relaxed, * * * * * LJ ¥ made content by your love * and, more important, by your complete faith. Whether or not you can do this, I do not know. But I urge you not to pursue the matter further. * Ll ., WANTS A WIFE "Dear Anne Hirst: I am a man in my early 40's, with two unhappy memories behind me: I loved two girls (successively) and both turned me down -- the first because I owned no property and was making only a small salary. The other, who pretended to care, left me flat and married somebody else. "I always have attended church regularly and usually' took up some activities there. I'm not hard to get along with, my family are OK. and now I have an excellent position with every hope of security. I am ready to get married, build a home, and appreciate a good wife. "Won't you give me the name and address of 'that young wo- man of 25 who is lonesome in this town that is strange to me, too? I haven't met a single girl that attracts me here. | JIM." * You probably are a new * reader of this column, or you * would know that I never can * introduce. readers to - each * other. * My customary suggestion to * men in your situation is to * cultivate the men you know * and like, and tell them your * problem. Happily married * ones will see that their wives * introduce you to eligible * young women. Let your new * minister and other leaders in * the community know your * hopes, too, and soon you * should find yourself pleasant- * ly occupied. + If you can take an early * vacation this spring, visit a * resort, make yourself known * to the social director, and go * on from there. Or take a * cruise -- on it, you are apt * to meet unattached women in * the mood for romance, which * develops rapidly aboard ships. ¢ New places and faces will * give you a lift and new hope * for the future. Good hunting! Ll » * Anne Hirst stands by to guide you through any kind of trouble.. Write her frankly, and receive her understanding and her sympathy. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. fabrics -- ISSUE § -- 1057 BLEAK HOUSE -- Shown despoil- ing the handiwork of Jack Frost is this disgruntled little girl in Frankfurt, Germany, After clear- ing a space on the icy pane and flattening her nose for a better look, she has apparently decid. ed that little os on days like t iy stay indoors Did Ravens Guide Men to America? Ravens . . . were the pilots, the pioneers, the discoverers. of the race. A pair of them were generally taken by a seaking in his vessel, and when the stars quite failed to show where he was, they acted .the part of a compass for him. He let them Joose and, marking the direction which they took, followed, as best he could, in their wake, sure that they wgre taking the shortest way 'to a On one occasion, they made a great geo- graphical discovery. Flokki, a famous sea-rover, fitted out an expedition to test the truth of reports brought by other sca- rovers, that there was a large island somewhere, an "ultima Thule," far beyond even the Far ocs. He took three revens with him. . . . He reached the Faroes and striking boldly out to sea beyond, let loose raven No. 1, which after rising high in the ar, returned to the islands, whence Flokki concluded that they were still the nearest land. He sailed onward again, and let slip raven No. 2, which, after circling round for a time, re- turned to the ship; whence Flokki concluded that there was now no land within even a raven's sight or scent. He sailed onward once more, and. then let Inose No. 3, his forlorn hope. It flew off at once north-westward. Flokki followed in his wake, and discovered the eastern coast of a huge inhospitable island, which he named Iceland. Soon after- wards the Northmen came to set- tle in the newly - discovered country. It became the home of the Scalds and the birthplace of the Sagas. And the adventurous Northmen, sallying forth thence again, in process of time, and doubtless accompanied and guid- ed by the ravens, who were in- separable from them, discovered a still more remote and inhos- pitable island, which they named Vinland or Greenland. -- From "Bird Life and Bird Lore," by R. Bosworth Smith. | i Ss CLIPPED! -- Here's Elvis, by the Army shorn. Which leaves the girlies all forlorn. His locks and sideburns on the floor, he ain't gonna shake them curls no more. The Army barbeg hasn't really got to Elvis Presley yet. This is just our retouch artist's idea of what the lad will look like with a G.I. clip. The Memory of The Wild Goose Not many a hunter, looking up a cold blue barrel at a cold arey sky, will ever think about Jack Miner. Few Missourians peering outward from a Boot- heel goose pit will ever have heard of him. But,k as Jay N. ..{Ding)_Darling, noted cartoonist. and conservationist, once said, "Wild geese have better memor- ies than men." Wild geese and every manner of migratory bird flock to the land and waters of the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation near Kingsville, On- . tario. Jack Miner was a Canadian. Working in the land from which most of our migratory wildfowl come, he gave his life to conser- vation, and his property as well. Three years after his death, in 1747, the Canadian Patliament passed an act establishing the week of his birthday, April 10, as Wild Life Week. The Canadian Government contributes $5,000,- 009 annually to help maintain the great Ontario sanctuary, but it must still seek private contri butions. to buy more land to serve wildlife -- and the human- ity that wildlife serves. This year thé City of Detroit joined in the observance of Wild Life Week with its Canadian neighbors. Missouri is a distance from Detroit. But it is not far as the wild goose flies, nor too far for men to remember Jack Miner's way-station for hundreds of thousands of wings beating southward. -- St, Dispatch. OBLIGING TRAIN The most obliging . train in Canada is the one that runs from Cochrane to Moosonee on the Temiskaming and Northerh 'Ontario Railway. It walts two days at Moosonee to bring its passengers back again! Louis Post- ".. . NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT . . ."--Playing postman polio- crippled children do their bit for the 1957 March of Dimes. The youngsters mailed the first of two million contribution envelopes being sent out by the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly- sis. Left to right, children are: Gail Labita, 6; Gerard Boyle, 4; and Jill Searing, 3. CULEELNG , pit HRONICLES FGINGER FARM Gwendoline DP. Clatke Somewhere in my column last week I voiced the hope of a re- turn to normal living. So what happened? Canada started the New Year with a railway strike. As you know it actually started as scheduled. My sister and nephew were here -at the time and they had to return to Osh- awa a day earlier than planned. In a way we were glad because the weather was desperately cold and we were so afraid they might not be warm enough. Stoke as eyou like, these big country houses amid. the wide open spaces are exposed to every wind that blows which makes it hard to keep an even tempera- ture. Next day, that is the second day of the strike, the mailman came along as usual--minus the morning paper. Now we are get- ting it again but always a day late. That doesn't suit Partner too well because no matter what we hear by radio or television he still wants his paper. More so than I do. I like to listen to the news of the day, condensed and delivered in tabloid form. That way I can keep on with my work and still keep up with the times. But that doesn't apply to local weekly papers. They must be vead, marked and inwardly digested without benefit of radio and TV. They are the papers we read from end to end and back again. We read the advertising, the council reports, social affairs, coming events, personal items and the highlights of the week's news. This applies--only more so--to readers who are quite a distance from home. We got a bundle of English local papers last week and to us they con- tained a #olinmine of informa- tion. We are glad the strike doesn't hold up the mail completely be- cause the new year mail is al- ways interesting to us especially as we received a number of ° very welcome letters from read- ers of this column which have been much appreciated -- even though some of the letter-writers preferred to remain anonymous. Then there are the short, very short intimate letters . . . "Just a not to let you know we 'are still - alive but very busy----so much illness in the family and so many changes--but we are going to write you a really long letter very soon." Didn't you get a few letters like that? Well, another upset that pre- vented "a return to normal liv- ing" was the sudden illness of a friend in town--an old lady of eighty-three, living alone. For- tunately she has many good friends so between us all she had someone with her all the time, night and day. My stint was to go.down after dinner and stay until about seven o'clock. The lady is now recovering very nicely and no doubt will soon be up and around again, The 'come- back' of some of our aged citi- zens is truly amazing. Partner, of course, has been doing a bit of batching but .as long as there is food in the re- frigerator he dosn't mind as he doesn't have too many chores outside these days. Our one cow is going dry so we shall soon be - buying milk until such time as Bossie comes in again. Partner is also getting the barnyard cleaned out the easy way--by selling the fertilizer. This prac- tice is against all good farming principles, but not in our case. As all the farm is down In grass and will eventually "be taken over by the Department of 'Highways, it is naturally more profitable for us to sell whatever fertilizer has accumulated - dur- ing the last year or so. The buyer and trucker also do things the easy way. No picks and forks these days. They come .along with a mechanical loader which fills the truck in about a quarter of the time. What an age We live in! The automobile has eliminated a good deal of our walking and now automation is 'considerably sub- stituting the use of/our hands.. But not entirely, we can be quite sure of that. It will be a long time before we stop using a knife and fork! The average person is too fond of eating for that to happen. And most of us eat too much anyway. In some cases the more leisure a person has the more he, eats--for the simple reason he has more time to enjoy his meals. But alas, that way danger lies and the trouble creeps on in such an insidious way. Soon after Partner disposed of his milking cows he began to put on weight--and that he can- not afford to do. So we reviewed his food intake for an average day ,discovered he was too gen- erous with starches and liquids and acted accordingly. Now, al- though he isn't on a diet he has cut down on bulk foods and in- creased those which supply vita- mins and proteins. When we buy milk we shall get skim milk for 7 drinking and a-bottle of cream" . for our coffee. That creaw will be our one concession because we do enjoy our breakfast cof- fee! We hope by exercising a little common' sense to avoid trduble. Sometime the Great Reaper will catch up with us but we don't intend to go half-way - to meet him! Perhaps some other folk may stop, think and eat -- according to their needs rather than their fancy. smaller. 'breakfast . . . Going to School In Shakespeare's Day Now for the school in Shake- speare's day. Shakespeare was "allowed to: join the school when he had reached the age of seven years . . . Shakespeare's class room was long and narrow and timbered. There would be a desk for the schoolmaster and" desks, benches and forms for the scholars, For les- sons, Shakespeare would learn Latin, some arithmetic and a little Greek. English was not a ' school subject, but it is interest- ing to record that it was a schoolmaster who was alive when Shakespeare lived who first pleaded that the English language should be taught in school. We get a description of school life written in 1612- by John Brinsley. Brinsley was Head- master' of Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School from 1601- 1617, He wrote: Of school times, intermissions and recreations, the school time should begin at six; all who write Latin to make their exercises which were given overnight, in that hour be- fore seven. Thus they are to continue until nine . . . Then at nine, to let them have a quarter of an hour at least, or more, for intermission, either for for honest recrea- tion, or to prepare their exer- cises against the master's com- ing in. After, each of them to be in his place in an instance, upon the knocking of the door, or some other sign; . .. and so . continue until eleven of the clock, or somewhat after, to countervail the time of the in- termission at nine. In the after- "noon: To being again all ready and in their places at one, in an instance: to continue until three, or half an hour after; then to have another quarter of an hour or more, as at nine, so to continue till half an hour after five; thereby in that half hour to countervail the time at three; then to end with reading a piece of a chapter, and with singing two staves of a Psalm; lastlv with prayer to be used by the master . . . It was Roger Aschan, who taught Queen' Eli- zabeth, who pleaded that. chil- dren could be better' taught, and learn better, if controlled by love and not by violence. Roger Aschan wrote: I do gladly agree with all good school mas- ters in these points: to have children brought to good per- fectness in- learning; to all honesty in manners: fo have all faults rightly amended; to have cvery vice severely corrected. This I know, not only by read- ing of books in my study, but also by experience ® dfs abroad in the world, that those which be commonly the bigs | the best learned, and best also when they be old, were never commonly the quickest of wit when they were young. Therefore the less bright sche- lar need never despair. -- From "The Spacious Days of Queea Elizabeth,' by Arthur B. Allen. .-ll Use Remnants by Cana Wheel' SO much gay color! SO littl work and fabric; Butterfly apron requires only ONE yan{ 35-inch fabric, one-quarter: yard contrast! Save and use remnant for these! 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According to his birth certificate (inset), he was born in hte Moslem calendar year 1240, which would make him 136 years old. Mohammed, who still has remarkable strength, ~ works in his garden and walks to the local mosque for his daily prayers. He would probably say "just.a kid" if he could meet Mrs, Mary Arnold, right, who lives in the Methodist Sunset ' Home in Quincy, Ill. She has just celebrated her 104th birthday. Although confined to a wheel chair by a hip broken a few years ago, her health is good and she keeps busy crocheting. re % -