' { ® oo 0 0 0 -. . = [ANNE Fe 7 HIRST (bunselot "Dear Anne Hirst: I am a very confused woman of 51, who for three years has been a dicontent- ed widow, feeling that life was all behind me. Then I met a man ny own age, and it is really like a dream come true. 'We have been seeing each other constant- ly for over a year, and our love and compatibility increase a]l the Hime. He never goes anywhere without tne, and we are so con- tented just to be together that that is all we ask , "So, you answer, you get married? "No money. "He is a bachelor, with a small income that isn't enough to sup- port the two of us. For three years he hasn't been able to continue his profession (a chem- Ist) because he cannot be on his feet so constantly; otherwise his health is perfect, as is mine. He owns his mother's home, and is reluctant to sell, (I have my own house.) I can get along on the pension my husband left, but if any emergency came along we would be in a bad spot. "We are both church members (that is where we met) and have a lot of good friends, but we should not like to confide our circumstances to anybody. "Shall we chance getting mar- rled? Or try to forget? MISERABLE" ALWAYS A WAY "I prefer always to advise readers to do what they want to do -- but one must be prac- tical. Have you ever worked? Had any business training? Many a woman your age is why don't Lovely Centrepiece Elegant centrepiece for a din- ner table! A graceful swan crocheted in pineapple design -- ill it with fruit or flowers. Pattern 581; Crochet directions for swan centrepiece; body about 12x6% inches. Use heavy jiffy cotton -- starch stiffly. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth- St, New Tor- onto, Qnt. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME _and ADDRESS. As a bonus, TWO complete patterns are printed right in our LAURA WHEELER Needlecraft Book. Dozens of other designs you'll want to order -- easy, fas- cinating handwork for yoursel!, your home, gifts, bazaar items, Send 25 cents for your copy fo this book today! ISSUE 10 -- 1958 holding down a job today who never believed she could find one, Why don't you try? Visit a few employment and ask their advice; they may have ideas that have not oc- curred to you. Also, follow the newspaper want ads daily. Are you 'a good cook? Is there a neighborhood demand for 'homemade cakes, desserts, and other ready-to-serve dishes you can prepare? Your Wo- man's Exchange, or a similar group, can tell you. Perhaps this good man can find a part-time job that will not overtax his strength. (A talk with his physician will be helpful.) More and more em- ployers nowadays are conscious of the needs of the partially disabled, and more willing to try them out. If you decide to marry, the sale of his home or yours would provide a nest- egg against the future. Don't be self-conscious about money. Let all your friends know you want to augment your income. (The lack of money is one of the most popu- lar conversation topics every- where today.) Many couples are living on an income they would have laughed at a dec- ade ago. They have. lowered their standards, true; but they believe In themselves and each other and have. enough love and understanding to be, as you two are, happy in just being together. Attack the problem with all your energies, and leave no field unexplored. With courage and your native intelligence, you may be amazed how soon is a shame that two nice people so well suited should not be together. Good luck! ¥ L * LJ LEE TEE EE EE JEN BEE BEE BEE EE JER JER EE EE JER JER JER JER JER IEE JER DEE TEE JE BEE EE JEN JER TEE JER JEL JER JER IEE BEE BEE BEE EE JER NEE JEL JE DEE BEE DEE JEL JEN JER JEL SEE NEE IEE 3 GOSSIP HURTS "Dear Anne Hirst: For four years I've had two girl friends who TI thought were as loyal as I've been. Now they are telling a cockeyed story of my dating a married man, and they have some other pupils believing it. As though I would stoop to such a thing! "I am 16, and boys have always liked me, too. This is hurting me badly. Nothing I can say has any effect. "I want and I need the friend- ship of my classmates. How can 1 regain it? friends, and try to find others I can trust? NETTIE" * It is usually wise to ignore * jealous gossip and show by ¢ your discreet manner that you ¢ gre above such conduct. But * this tale could affect your repu- * tation among too many other ® girls. I think you should tell * your parents. * If the girls have no basis for * the story, they should be made * to admit it, and apologize to * all those who have heard it. * I suggest that: your mother * call on their parents and see * that justice is done. * LJ] * When two compatible people have faith in each other, there Is almost no limit to what they can accomplish together. If you are concerned about your future, ask Ann Hirst's oninion. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. CELL OUT Three white men serving long- term sehtences in the Bwana Mkubwa prison in Northern Rhodesia used the prison as a base for operations while they | went out at night. breaking into agencies. you both succeed. I hope so. It- Forget these false: Kick In The Pants Saved King's Life People have been paying rent since time immemorial. But in tke past some tenants were lucky; they didn't have to pay cash. For example, the ancient family of de la Mare received an estate from the king on con- dition that they supervised the large band of women camp (ol- Jowers who always accompanied the king's retainers when' the court travelled about the coun- tryside., Even. stranger was the French knight who fought beside his king In a battle against 'the Turks. The king. was unhorsed and lay on the ground, help- iess in his heavy armour. At that moment, an enemy trooper aimed a spear at the monarch, The knight saw the danger, He gave the king a tre- mendous kick from behind which rolled him clear of the spear, After the battle, the king re- warded the knight. with a sum of money and an estate in, La Vendee rent free. Once a year, the knight used to hold a feast at which he solemnly went through the motions of kicking, to show his gratitude to the royal landlord. Actually, there are still some strange rents paid, even in 1958. Down in Cornwall, for example, one old woman lives in a cottage in return for cleaning her land- lord's windows once a week. The agreement was formally drawn up by a solicitor near Falmouth, and the clauses included one whereby the windows must be cleaned after every south-east- erly gale becaues then the spray comes over the cliff. LU ® In the same county, a retired sailor occupies a one-roomed- shack in return for a very strange rent indeed. His job is to awake his landlord --_who lives across the way -- by ring- ing the front door bell at five o'clock every morning. No agreement was signed for this deal which was made at the village pub, in the presence of witnesses. Give-a woman an inch and she'll immediately start re- ducing. ¥ AMBITIOUS --Rita Hayworth, for deal 'with the IT'S THE SAME SUN--Establishing their own beachheads, Kay . Kayse, left, and Pat Johnson indicate a difference of opinion with regard to headgear at Cyprus Gardens. girl, prefers a sweeping sombrero to keep the sun away. While Pat, from California, wears practically no hat at all. AA Kay, a Florida / ~ i % . Whatever. the weather in our - particular locality -- yours and mine -- there is no reason to assume it will be the same twenty miles away. Or even less. One day Partner and I went to see Johnny, whose farm is. only ten miles from here. It might have been fifty. Far more snow and icy roads. We found Johnny very busy -- and very glad to be alive. He almost wasn't. It's the same old story. He had a registered Holstein bull. "No need to be afraid of him," John- ny used to say, "he'll never hurt anyone, He's so quiet I can clean out his stall and work around him like he was an old: cow." Then came a day when it was necessary to let the bull out into the barnyard. Suddenly, without warning, the bull turn- ed on him. It was only because Johnny was' able to get behind a huge post in the barnyard that the bull missed him on the first lunge. Fortunately an iron crowbar was within reach and Johnny used it to beat the bull "over the head, and then, some- 'how or other, he managed to get back to the safety of the cow stable. Johnny is young and strong and by good luck was able to situation." But what chance would an older, less agile man have had under similar circumstances? Farmers have been warned time and time again never to trust a bull. But in many cases the bull has been raised from a_calf and the farmer and his son, or hired help, think they know all the RONICLES INGER FARM Gwendoline P. Cloth . bration. " ried son and his wife, plus four hard it was to keep the house warm without a furnace, and concluded by saying they were expecting baby .chicks early in March! The roughest month eof the winter in our estimation. In summer we know the air and scenery is lovely in. Dufferin county and it is probably a good place to be in winter too--on farms where the owners are in their prime and possibly have every convenience, but we can- not see that it is a favourable location for a couple getting on in years. We certainly couldn't take it. : _ Yesterday was quite. a happy occasion for us. Our children and grandchildren had a dinner for us in honour of our 40th Wedding Anniversary. Just a family affair but quite a cele- Forty years ago we couldn't foresee "that a day would come when we would have the joy of celebrating our marriage with a married daugh- ter and her husband and a mar- small grandsons . .. three walk- ing and one:only four months old. Dee had gone to a lot of trouble--there was a nice din~ ner, anniversary cake and a bou- quet of lovely red carnations --carnations "like Partner gave me forty years ago. The little boys couldn't quite understand what the party was all about but they were all well and en~ joying it anyway, Eddie is the star performer when it comes to mischief but he has such a roguish way with 'him that ev- eryone loves him. Ross is .run- jewellery stores and other bus- iness premises. They were each sentenced to two years' additional imprison- ment after the judge was told prison front door one night and so they were locked out and couldn't get back to their cells If it were not for this momentary lapse they might still have been at it, the court was told. that one forgot the key to the . many years the most glamorous of Hollywood's glamar queens, is hoping 1o start a whdle new career as a serious dramatic actress. The "Love Goddess" of: the 1940's takes off for the new stardom in a highly emo- tignal role in the forthcoming screen version of the stage hit "Separate Tables". Photo shows her as "Salome" in..1953. their home | Pooch's name is Jacky. "Zwolle; Holland. The KIND-Calobrating thei 15th birt hday, the Kiffers quadruplets are all smiles at quads, from left, ares Rini, Dorothee, Elly and Hans. animal's moods and fancies: The outcome isn't always as 'fortu- nate as it was in Johnny's case. Johnny, thanks be, is still alive --it's the bull that's dead. Al- though he was a registered, well-bred animal he was sent to the stockyards. . Well, I visited in quite a dif- ferent locality than' this last week. 1 spent two days with friends "in Newmarket. I. went by bus. It was fine when I left here, and in Toronto. But by the time the bus reached Rich- mond Hill it was storming like a young blizzard, The same at> Newmarket. Next morning there - 'was a' four-foot snowdrift cov- ering people's lawns and every- one was out shovelling a path' for the postman. My - friends used to be farmers but now they have a small store and a nice little five-roomed house, cosy, compact and convenient. They used to hanker-for a stone house in the country, with a small acreage but now, being past' middle life, they are content with a house and business that gives them maximum retu with a minimum of effort. That is their choice. Here is a horse of ahother colour. When I got home 1 found a letter for us from Dufferin county--Ontario's showbelt: It told of huge drifts; - of shovelling a path to the barn every morning--and then hav- ing the path fill in within an . hour or two; of how glad they'lt be when winter is over; how, . afound-here=but the roads were good and the car warm so it | "We "need more - oabinets. ning a close second for getting -- into: things. Dave, ofcourse, is quite a little. man--after all he is four years old and goes to nursery schooll - Jerry is the "good" baby--laughs and coos at everyone who comes around. It 'was a very cold day--zero didn't seem to. matter. We cer- tainly don't envy our friends in Florida, Some people have al- ready come home but we have neighbours who rented their house furnished for four months, They are really stuck, whether | they like it or not. And Part- ner's brother flew to England last Sunday for a couple of weeks, He landed into rough + \ There's no room In theses to file my personal mail." "most They Go For Pills in A Big 'Way ; The Japanese are a highly emotional : le, they love to take pills, and they like to imi- tate Western customs. These factors create a rich market for tranquilizers. Last week Tokyo's Welfare Ministry reported that in 1957 the Japanese went wild for "tranki" poured out yen to the tune of $3.5 million for meprobamate alone, They were buying tranki without prescrip- tion at any handy drugstore, and swallowing them : under the nerve-racking prodding of a hypertonic advertising campaign. The tranki rage struck Japan with typhoon force in the fall of 1956, when the U.S.s Lederle Labbratories; joined Takeda Pharmaceutical in a fifty-fifty deal to set up Lederle Lid. as an outlet for meprobamate (best known in the U.S. by its orig- inal brand name, Miltown). But no: patent claim had been filed, and the vacuum was quickly tilled by Japan's highly competi- 'tive drugmakers -- concentrated on a narrow street called Dosho- machi in Osaka, around a shrine" of Yakuoshin (an ancient god of drugs). By December, Dalichi Seiyaku was on the market with its own' brand of meprobamate, called Atraxin, Lederle Ltd. put out Miltown, Takeda competed with its own corporate offshoot by pushing Harmonin. Daiichi Seiyaku (meaning No. 1. drug company) ran half-page ads showing men and women with agonized faces, clutching swollen heads and moaning for Atraxin. Daiichi and competitors put -up billboards at Tokyo's busiest intersections, where stall- ed motorists and scared-running pedestrians were urged to help themselves to "cope" by taking a pill. There was even a sugges- tion (eventually dropped) that similar ads be"placed at railroad crossings, bridges and volcano craters, 'the meccas of the: sui- cide-minded. (Several attempts to commit suicide with overdoses of tranquilizers have failed.) Tranki pills have proved espe- cially popular with students cramming to pass the tough ex- "ams for government jobs. * There are already 15 brand names under which meproba- mate is being sold, with appli- cations pending for 65 more. Atraxin leads the field with 1957 sales of $1,230,000; next comes Harmonin, then Equanil; the old original Miltown is fourth, It is priced at ten tablets for 83c: home-grown Japanese brands are twelve tablets for B6c, but they are only half, as potent. Osaka manufaéturers have tried to convince consumers that "because Japanese are smaller and weigh "less than Westerners, they need only a half-size tranki." Then, working both sides of the street, they blandly urge buyers to take two tablets, three or four times a day. Some go so far as to say, "Take as many as you want, any time you have worries." - » --From Time. PAPER MATE In Columbus, Ohio, Gertrude Hill asked 'the Citizen and the Dispatch to withhold listing of her filing for divorce, because she was scheduled to deliver a lecture to a church group on "Family Life." . weather too, with a mild earth- "quake thrown in for good mea- sure. On the whole, home seems a pretty good place to us. What "do you think? . who brings » 'ea "Printed directions Modern Etiquette. . . by Roberta Lee Q. What amount of tip is B_ customary to give to a bell sSrsaam boy 3 to one's hotel room? - © . A. Not less than twenty-five - Q. Is there any special customary on a eake to be serv at an engagement party? - A. A traditionally ovary decoration is the first names of the bride-elect and. her fiance enclosed in a heart: Q. When a girl is with hee escort at a table in a nightclub, 'and she wishes to leave to go to the powder room, what is the proper thing for her to say? A. "Will you excuse me," Io sufficient. Q. I know it is not a "must," but if a girl wishes to give hes fiance an engagement gift, what should it be? A. Usually. some piece of jewellery -- cuff links, key chain, tie clasp, cigarette case, or lighter. Four-Season Style PRINTED PATTERN LS Pep up your wardrobe and your spirits with this pretty, easy-sew style that has a sweet- heart. neck in front, V - back. Choose a drip -dry cotton that doesn't need ironing--enjoy this Printed 'Pattern all year around. Printed Pattern 4730: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 18 takes 53 yards 35-inch. on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (40¢) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for salety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLK NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,, New Toronto, Ont. id i 4 ) J Iv-A 33 Ret : . er te of FACES AND FEET~Appropriate facial expressions are apparent. y ly lust as much a part of the. tango as footwork, judging by . "the way Abbe Lane and Paul. Valentine: go at its They wers . rehearsing for parts In a new musical, "Oh, Captain', pi} Wa