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I've done my best to be good and kind, and all I've got is poor health and misery and an ab- normal life. "I know you cannot have any solution but I've got to tell somebody, and I'll certainly ap- preciate any comment you may print: DESPONDENT" FAITH HELPS * It is hard to believe that * you, an intelligent young wo- * man pursued by trouble and * confusion, will let yourself be * defeated by circumstances you + cannot change. Where is your * self-respect? Everything de- ¢ pends on your will to over- ¢« come these supersensitive ¢ tendencies that plague you, + First, in' my opinion, you need * a guiding hand to point the + first few steps ahead, and it «ig likely that is all you re- ¢ quire just now. *' 1 urge you to talk this over * frankly with your minister. «.He will show you how to re- # gain self-confidence, and give * you positive * we are not goven burdens we * are too weak to carry. Regu- * lar church attendance and a * firm belief in the power of * prayer have brought peace to *:many a troubled soul and re- * newéd 'their faith' in them- * gBlves and all mankind. With *»your minister's help, it. should * do the same for you. * He can suggest activities * within the church that will + lift you out of your sea of * troubles and open yours eyes * {o the importance of being a + friend. You will meet some * people worse off than you; in * helping them you will forget your own difficulties and taste * the joy of service and. the * satisfaction of feeling needed. Cool for Summer PRINTED PATTERN | with PRINTED directions on ~each pattern part -- this sewing just couldn't be easier! Make a . cool, smart sundress with scoop neck, wide-flaring skirt, Use the pattern again next season--for a jumper with companion blouse! "Printed pattern 4500: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 4% yards 35-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part, Easier, faster accurate. ..._ Send FORTY CENTS (stamps be accepted, use postal print plainly SIZE, N , 8, STYLE NUMBER. " gend order to ANNE ADAMS, Box.l, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toro Ont, made it © assurance that or safety) for this pattern, - As to your sister-in-law, she is as she is. Certain tempera- ments can never assimilate with opposites, and it is the victim who makes allowances and suffers without bitterness. You have made encouraging progress toward that goal and if you build an armor about yourself her slurs will lose their sting. Perhaps your mother (or your minister) knows some nearby family who will wel- come you as a paying guest; there you could know a nor- mal, perhaps affectionate, family life and should make long strides toward a happier outlook on the world you live in. The idea may repel you at the moment, but it is worth considering. Meantime, seek help through faith. Cultivate an interest in other people. If you will your- self to, you can dig yourself out of this self-pitying slough into a useful and richer life. My earnest good wishes. SE * * WISE MOTHER "Dear Anne Hirst: I am 16, and going with a boy my age. Rumors have been going around high school just before it closed that he and some others have' been visiting the house of a girl who everybody talks about. "I asked him about it and he denied it. He has never told me anything but the truth, His fam- ily are nice people and he has always behaved himself with me. "Mother wants me to break up 'immediately and I can't bring myself to do it because I like him too much. What do you say? BER ER EEE ERE EF ER EERE EERE EERE CONFUSED" * Unless the rumors have * been proved false, you should * stop seeing the boy promptly. * Where smoke is seen there's * usually a fire nearby, and no * nice girl can continue to as- * sociate with a lad implicated * with a girl of no repitition. * with a girl of no reputation. * if she does, her own good * name suffers. * If your friend is innocent he * should find a way to reassure * your mother. Until he does, * I agree with her. ] * * * * * * * Ld * Ww * * * 1 understand why you be- lieve in him, but you are too . inexperienced in the ways of the world to realize that the lad may be the perfect gentle- man with you, yet sow his wild oats with a cheap girl, Your mother knows this, and would protect you from gos- sip. It is always shocking to learn that "someone we like erred but if the boy is not guilty, why was his name in- cluded? * * * When life and love have let you down, turn for comfort to that understanding unseen friend, Anne Hirst. Her sym- . pathy and wisdom will throw their light on your darkened path and help guide you toward peace. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. One Year Of Life Spent On Phone When you make a 'phone call you're REALLY moving . .. around 186,000 miles per 'second in fact, at least, that's the speed your voice is travelling. And furthermore, you're probably go- ing to spend a whole year out of your life on that telephone . . about 8,760 hours. Staggering? Not when you think how many hours it saves you. You can be an armchair shopper .. . call the folks miles away . . . chat with friends the other side of town .. reach the doctor, police, fire department . . , all through the magic of your telephone. Dental bills in Canada run over 70 million dollars a year. There is only one dentist to every 3,000 Canadians. Fluorida- tion of communal water supplies has reduced tooth decay by as much as 69 per cent in some areas, Fluoridation has been re- commended by leading authori- ties, but has been blocked by misinformed people. _ SALLY'S SALES "Which of us will proposs first, darling?" Daily Brushing Crowning Glory A beauty authority says it is unfortunate that women forget that a brush is their mostgdmport- ant friend in hair care. Women should remember that brushing makes the hair healthier and glossier, since it evens out the distribution of oil by carrying it to the ends of the hair. Brush. ing enhances the true shade of the hair (dry hair tends to be lighter in tone) and. aids it to hold a setting and permanent wave better. If these thoughts have pro- moted a renewal of the 100- strokes-a-day resolution, then the best way to brush the hair is to lie on the bed, with 'your head over the edge. After brush. ing, push the hair up gently with the hands. #4 "LONDONTOWN" -- That's what Julie London is making of Hollywood these days. The sultry blonde hit roadblocks on" two tries for Hollywood star- dom. Her third attempt hit the bull's-eye, just like her sing- ing. Her latest film is "Saddle - the Wind" with Robert Taylor. A Glimpse Into The Teen-age Mind What does the American teen- - . ager really think? Dr. H. H, Remmers of Purdue and his re- search assoclates have spent the last fifteen- years trying to find" out by querying some 25,000 high-school students - directly. The teen-agers' self-portrait, Remmers believes, has somber tones, and "some of it will alarm every American," The young peo- ple have their good points," too, he says, but "there are lots of things I'm happier about than most of their opinions." Remmers' report on alarming teen attitudes: ® More than half (58%) see no harm in third-degree police methods. ; ° The majority (60%) would censor books, newspapers, and magazines. ® Most (83%) wiretapping by FBI @. A third (33%) say those who refuse to testify against them- selves should be forced to talk or be punished. @ Another third (34%) feel that the government should prohibit some people from mak- ing speeches, ® A good quarter (26%) be- lieve .that sometimes it is all right to search house and per- son without a warrant. ® Some (13%) think relig- ious belief and worship should be restricted by law. ® Some (15%) would refuse certain criminals a lawyer. ® Almost half (49%) believe that people are incapable of de- ciding what is good or bad for them, ® One segment (13%) would deny the right to know your &c- cuser in a criminal case. ® More than a third (39% think visiting foreigners should not be allowed to criticise the U.S. ® A substantial third (38%) - feel there is nothing worse than being considered an "odd ball". some approve of _® Another "group (30%) be- lieves that one can't be a scien~ tist and raise a normal family. ® Almost half (46%) don't want any more women holding. public office, A few redeeming features which Remmers uncovered: ® A vast majority. (80%) like school. ® More than two-thirds (80%) go 'to church once a week or more. : A : ® Almost all (90%) feel that the family should get together to talk over each other's prob- lems. --From "Newsweek." SE ---- HE WON'T SURRENDER ~ Bill "Patchy" Cook, 73, comes to the door of an abandoned Army pillbox_at Thetford, England, to receive a gift of milk from neighbors. The old gentleman keeps the home fires: burning in his unique diggings rather than give up independence for security of an old folks' home. HRONICL Gi INGERFARM a Gwendoline P.Clarke ICLES Locally, the big news this week is centred around centennials-- Centennials at Milton and at Qakville--in both of which we are slightly involved. We didn't get to the official opening. of either but on Saturday we went "to Milton and.saw the blg par- ade. The rest of our family was there including our three grand- sons. It was really a wonderful parade with floats and antique vehicles, bands, Indians from the Brantford Reserve, war veter= ans, guides, scouts, fire brigade, town council, 4-H Clubs, and of course, the inevitable Beauty Queen. Usually one parade is much like another but there seemed to be something a little different about this one -- it showed more imagination and ingenuity than most. For 1n- stance, there was an old demo- crat drawn by a team of mules. Where they got them from 1 i don't know fof mules these days are few and far between--that is, the four-footed variety; the two- legged type are not quite so scarce.- Probably the young people had never seen a demo- crat but in the old days it was the favorite conveyance for taking the family to church. There was a genuine old stage coach that had already been touring various towns, cities and villages advertising the Milton Centennial. Its passengers were dressed in 19th century costumes end really looked the part. There was also a covered wag- on, complete with pioneer sett- lers and their children just as they must have appeared a hun= dred years ago. Possibly a tew details were not quite perfect but the effect was the same. There were genuine old-type fire reels followed by others compar-- able to the changing years. It took about an hour for the entire parade to pass the spot where we were standing so that is surely an indication of its size and length. There were, of course, a number of clowns and I am beginning wonder if clowns are such a good idea. Some of our former neighbors were with us, among them a five-year-old girl. Mary is absolutely terri- fied of clowns, At one Santa Claus parade a clown came up "and took her hand and she was almost petrified. This time di- rectly she saw clowns on the road she started to scream and ran off and hid behind a car. There she stayed throughout the parade. She just wouldn't come 'hear the road again. David wasn't, too happy about the clowns eith- er but he stood his ground. Plenty of other children I no- ticed were more or less scared . too so I am wondering if some- thing couldn't be done to change the situation. Couldn't" they be required to stay in the middle of the road where their antios would 'probably amuse but not "frighten the children. It is the close approach of the clowns 'that scares the little ones, I felt s0 sorry for Mary, missing all the fun because of her fear of the clowns. Before we watched the parade we went up to Ginger Farm and found the house occupied by a young couple with four small children. They had moved in only the day before so of course they were only half unpacked. But, oh dear, the things tiat happen when a place is left un- occupied. Plants and shrubs had been lifted and taken away. And, in spite of the fact that the house had been boarded up, the motor and parts' of the water pressure system had been taken away. And yet, in all the time we were living there, we could Color Beauty ~. Queen of color -- the peacock displays all its vivid beauty in this embroidery design! different poses, each a lovely decoration = for towels, scarfs, cloths. Pattern 622: Transfer of 8 pea- cocks 5x6% to 6x11% inches, Embroidery you'll be proud to ghow! "Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS . (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal not for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box - 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Tor- onto, Ont, Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. . Two FREE Patterns as a gift to our readers--printed right in our NEW Laura Wheeler Needle- craft Book for 19571 Dozens of other new designs you'll want to - order -- easy, fascinating hand- work for yourself, your home, Be sure to send 23 cents for your copy of this book now ~= don't miss it! ISSUE 30 -- 1957 Many French High Fashion Creator Really Puts On Le Chien PARIS--~(NEA)--Twenty years ago a 40-year-old Spaniard, Cristobal Balenciaga, put up his shihgle in the swanky Avenue George Vand went into the High Fashion business. Today Bal- enciaga is considered by most people in the business as the greatest creator of women's fashions in history. He has also been called the "designers' designer" for the very good reason that most of the silhouettes and trends he has launched have influenced the world of fashion. This he has accomplished with practically no publicity. He hap- pens not to believe in its power. Last year he decided that fashion writers would not be allowed to see his collection until four weeks after he had shown to the buyers. People held their breath and wondered whether the man was big enough to be so inde- pendent. Balenciaga is still in business as Paris prepares for another opening. He was born in a fishing vil- lage called Guetaria, near San Sebastian. His father was a sea captain, his mother a dress- maker. She worked for some of: the ladies of the Spanish court who spent the summer in the then fashinable resort. At 10 he created his first model -- a coat for his-dog, complete with set-in sleeves, He learned his first lesson in the "archi- tecture" of dress when the pup ran off and the garment burst at all the seams. But both papa and mama agreed their son was a born dressmaker and at 14 they sent him to Barcelona as apprentice to a fashionable tailor. Two years later he had man- aged to save the third-class fare to Paris. He decided then that one day he would have a fashion house of his own in Paris. He be away all day, leaving the place unlocked and nothing was ever touched or stolen. We were glad to find someone in the house because they"have already adopted Joe, Poor Black Joe was a problem. He was such a nervous cat we knew he would never settle down in new sur- roundings so we left him to his old haunts but went up once a week to take him food, which, incidentally, he never seemed to want. He was fat and in good condition but we thought it would finally be necessary to have him mercifully put to sleep before the cold weather came around again. Now we don't need to worry. The family has a cat and Joe has a family. On Sunday we went to: Oak- ville. for the day and Bob and family took us to see the unveil- ing of an addition to the Ceng- taph and the ceremonial parade of seven bands, headed by the Lorne Scots with their kilts and bagpipes, with the usual follow- ing of veterans and others. That is something we really enjoy, al- though it makes one's heart ache to see the brave showing the "yets" put on, particularly: the "old sweats" of World War I, some of them limping and shuff- ling and doing their best to hide it, trying to keep step. with the military music -- still defenders of the Commonwealth at heart, brave testimony to the fact that "old soldiers never die." Ek Today I take my part as grand- mother on a float representing our Scotch Block Women's Inisti- tute. I feel quite qualified to take that part! TYPICAL BALENCIAGA MAGIC 1s a $30,000 necklace to hold achieved later. From the day of its opening the Paris house flourished, even through the war years. Today employs some 350 workgitls, saleswomen and 6 mannequins, The world's best-dressed women and the most important Amerl= can and European buyers have passed through his salons where the decorations have scarcely changed in 20 years. © It has been said that a woman does not go to the house of Balenciaga just to buy clothes She is likened to a priestess takes part in a sacred rite. those who come to see his cole lection out of curiosity are soom discouraged . by the indiffereng, his dream 24 years - staff, Balenciaga creates primarily for the carriage trade, ignored current trends. Every year sile houettes are launched which like en women to insects, plants flowers or letters of the alphae tricks so popular with Christiag to emphasize their personality, Dior. His aim is to clothe womeq bet. Balenciaga. disdains thes{ This is probably one of the reas sons why he chooses mannequing who, when not frankly ugly, ard definitely impersonal. They stall} through the long; narrow salong almost "at the double" and m one think of Amazons who m have parked their javelins just 'behind the silk curtain. through which they appear. This season like every season it is anybody's guess what he will do with waistlines and hem- set the former where it normally lines for fall and winter. As a matter of record,. he has never should. be--but always a few inches above. or below. As: for hemlines, he plays with them like a cat with a mouse, Last season he startled -observers-by showing several skirts which just barely covered the knees. "Fashion should never be static," declares Balenciaga. "To an architect--for proportions--a painter--for color range--with a little of the poet and the musician to visualize a woman when she walks, moves oF dances." Who are the women who buy Balenciaga? Not necessarily only 'millionaires'. wives. Many fash- {on-conscious women consider it a sound investment to buy one suit or one evening dress, know= ing that it will be in fashion for at least two, if not three years. Besides the timeless quailty perfect execution. The apostle of simplicity--al- dress can look positively vulgar on a woman if it is not her style __lets his imagination run riot in some of his evening gowns. It is here that the Spanish back= ground emerges in dramatie "infanta" gowns or dresses that might have stepped down from a Goya painting. Balenciaga is the one man who can impart a sort of glow to-a dead-black dress. Only Balenciaga can afford to show the 'extravagant, often ri- diculous and defintely unbecom-~ ing hats which accompany his models and which he seems to 'have created with his tongue in his chek. But here again, the probability is that the towering helmets or "circus" headpieces with "waving feathers or abstract bits of nonsense will be found the following season to have in= fluenced the thinking of Par modistes: - . the drape of this flesh-pink flecked organza bodice of a shork evening dress. His best trick, however, is showing styles te buyers four weeks before the press gets a look, . to say distant attitude of hig create you must be something of there 'is. also. the assurance of. though he says that a simple - flower pots, "lampshades, space ! }