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Ned A431 NS Ra SE WW RIA Blind] = rl © CI ALR Ue RA EE SAA OAT A TORS MEARNS MAR a a A SRE A J 4 E HIRST | "Dear Anne Hirst: My hus- band has always been very loyal to his family, but lately I've discovered ugly facts about. them. Since ay BATHALS, tires years , We 8 g ong Jam ap but ately when I've ped in on them alone, his mother and sister have criticized little things about me and I am really on the spot, though I still do not know why. I know I have many faults, but I don't belleve I was ever knowingly rude or unkind to anybody in all my life. "I was 50 upset by these caus- tic remarks that I told my hus- band. I know now that was not right. Since then, we don't visit them at all; I know he misses them, but he refuses to expose me to their rudeness. "Shouldn't I suggest we re- sume our usual visits and take the chance they will again be nice to me? I love my husband so much that I cannot bear to be the cause of his breaking with his people. UNHAPPY WIFE? HIS PEOPLE ARE YOURS * When a girl marries, she marries her husband's family whether she knows it or not. For his sake she must main- tain friendly relations (at least on the surface) and ad- mire what virtues they have and overlook their faults. Since you do not know how you offended them, take it for 'granted that their com- ments were made thoughtless- ly, and let them feel your good will. Your letter was too long and involved to quote, but to me it shows your innate courtesy and liking for people in gen- eral, you do not hold a grudge, and that trait should see:you through. I hope their former friendliness will be re-estab- lished. Having your husband's moral support is the logical ending to this unfortunate situation. If you find on your next visit that they continue their at- tacks, at least you will have made the gracious gesture and vour husband will appreciate it. Somehow 1 feel you 'will win out, especially since they must have been missing him, too. Unless they have agreed among themselves to exclude you entirely, they should be relieved that you have made the first move toward recon- ciliation. - . * . THE OLD STORY "Dear Anne Hirst: I married two years ago, and it seemed then to hurt another man deeply who was in love with me. He © 8% 8 0000000 eee 000008000000 eee0 Week's Sew-Thrifty PRINTED PATTERN 4520 SIZES 2-10 Fasy-sew Wonder Pattern! Dtcss and bolero outfit for spring sundress alone for summer, High Empire seaming above prin- cess skirt adds new note. Printed Pattern 4520: Chil- dren's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 sundress takes 13% yards 35- inch; bolero % yard. Printed directions on each pat- tern part, Easier, accurate, Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont, =p ISSUE 11 -- 1959 found work in another town, and I've never heard from him until last week when he was here and called me up. He asked me to have dinner with him. "I declined, but invited him to call on us at home before he . left. He sald he would "but he hasn't, and I hear he will be here for another two weeks . . . "Now that I've heard from him I have a great urge to be friends again. Would it be all right to give him a date just to talk over old times? I am sure my hus- band wouldn't object, he is very broadminded, UNDECIDED" ® Innocent as the idea sounds, it has been known to relight old flames. You have no such idea, I am sure, but isn't it better to stay away from temptation? The young man's refusal to call on you and your husband. seems significant enough, Perhaps he will change his mind and see you both before he leaves. Let it stay that way. [J LJ LJ If you are engaged, be sure to cultivate the man's family and try to win their affection . . . If this problem confronts you, tell Anne Hirst about it and receive her helpful counsel. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, ® 0 00 000 0000 IN THE FASHION -- Back in shape are hair styles for '59. For example: Coiffure, above, follows the natural lines of the head, with just a bit of fullness at the crown. What Happened To This Star ? The evidence -- clear, incontro- vertible, inexplicable -- was there on photographic plates for any astronomer to study: On Nov. 4, 1958, deep in the southwestern sky beyond the familiar wheeling constellation Aquarius (the water pourer), an uncharted object was photo- graphed exploding into an in- caridescent ball as hot as the hot- test known stars. Four years before, an exhaus- tive telescopic survey that cov- ered the same region in the far abyss of outer space had showed nothing was there. Two months after the explosion, a careful search revealed a starless void again, Dr. Willem Jacob Luyten, the respected 60-year-old University of Minnesota astronomer who re- corded the violent explosion by chance while photographing Aquarius with California's Mount Palomar telescope, was frankly mystified. "It seems difficult to escape the conclusion," he an- nounced last month via Harvard Observatory's official astronomi- cal reporting service, "that this represents a new type of stellar object." Dr. Luyten was quick to explain . that the exploding object fit no known star category. Because a 50-inch Schmidt telescope failed to pick up any star at all in the 1954 survey, Luyten..had-- first} thought that it might be one of the Milky Way's faint "white dwarf" stars. But "white dwarfs" are extinct, cooling bodies, long past the explosive stage. Perhaps it was a Nova, an aging star which flares up cataclysmically before dwindling into a feeble "white dwarf." But Novae die lingering, eons-long deaths, while Luyten's object disappeared in an astronomical flash. Had the too-clever inhabitants of some planet probed too far into the secrets of gravity or the nucleus 'and contrived their own apocalypse? Dr. Luyten thinks not. "It must be a star," he told the press, "it has the properties of one. Any comments are specu- lation -- like Mark Twain's char- acter saying 'There ain't no such animal' while looking at one." "That new man wants me to lend him some money. Do you know anything about him?" "I know him like I know you. Don't lend him a pennyl" Lad In The Gallery The British House ot Com- mons was hushed. In the dis- tinguished strangers' gallery, the 16-year-old grocer's boy from the Scottish highlands sal tense- ly between his parents--sandy hair slicked back, elbows on knees, eyes wide, Below hun on the floor, Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had risen from the front bench to his feet. "I will make a state- ment about John Waters." For the watching boy, whose name had thus become the *% ficlal business of Parliament, 1} was a long-awaited moment, For the assembled MPs and the public in many countries, it sig- nified parliamentary democracy In its most majestic role -- as guardian of the rights of the individual citizen. John Waters' plea for justice went back 14 months, to the night he was found bleeding and bruised in an alley near his home in the little northern Scottish town of Thurso. The boy claimed he had been beaten up by two local constables, af- ter giving them "a bit of lip", His parents had appealed to the law officers o! Scotland for an inquiry, and produced 17 wit- nesses to support John's charge. But the Lord Advocate, backed by the Secretary of State for Scotland, ruled that their own investigations did not. justify further inquiry. Winslow Boy? The Waters found a powerful defender, though, in the Conservative M.P. from their own district, Sir David Robertson. Impressed by the boy's references which he said were "far better" than his own would have been at that age, Sir David pressed the matter relentlessly in Parlia- ment, and gradually gained tne support of nearly 200 fellow members. The British press took up the case, comparing Waters to George Archer-Shee, the naval cadet whose exonera- tion in the courts 50 years ago on a charge of! stealing had re- cently served as the basis for Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy". . Recently, Prime Minister Mac- millan temporarily cast aside the great affairs of state -- Cyprus, Germany, his own trip to Moscow -- to tell the House that he had personally investi- gated the Waters affair, and de- cided, in view of they "grave public disquiet", that high judicial tribunal should probe out the truth. Cheers from both benches greeted his announcement. Parliament passed the govern- ment . motion unanimously. A three-man tribunal, appointed by the government, will soon meet in Edinburgh to establish just what happened on the night of the alleged assault, and what the police did about ii. Com- mons would then decide on the next step. In all, Britain's Parliament had spent 90 minutes discussing the private grievance of one red-cheeked errand boy who had gotten himself into trouble. But few M.P.s regarded this 4% time ill-spent. 'Macmillan spoke for most of them at the end when he said, quietly: "It is en- couraging to feel that at a moment when our minds are filled with the great problems between nations and vast politi- cal issues... we should turn to try to do justice to individuals." Royal Cats Everybody has heard about the Queen's fondness for dogs, but not many realize that she also likes cats, although she has never chosen one for a pet, says a court correspondent. One reason for this is that cats are not regarded as quite suitable pets for royal homes, most .of which have hundreds of rooms. An adventurous cat loves to prowl about rooms, hid- ing in: inaccessible places and occasionally sharpening his claws on chairs and other furni- ture. As an authority on royal nets has. pointed out, .a-cat--ig---|-- sometimes accidentally locked up in a room where he has settled down after a meal for a long sleep in a cosy nook or corner. "Imagine what might happen if a cat got locked up in a room containing royal treasures," he adds._ "He might wake up and protest by doing considerable damage to some of them." The Queen, as Princess Eliza- beth, became fond of a big black cat named Timmy who took up residence at the royal home, 145, Piccadilly, years ago. She and Prnicess Margaret some- times took Timmy on journeys into the country with them. When the Queen, with her parents, visited the warship Vanguard about 12 years ago she met Minnie, the ship's cat, and fondled ~Minnfe's fluffy kittens in her lap. 'Drive With Care | HAZEL COURT: Big oyes and pouches and cream. English movie star now in Hollywood. Another week gone by and the weather is still the main topic of local conversation. A young girl from the Midland district was here yesterday and said they had another six inches - of snow on top of what was al- ready there. A letter from Shel- burne told us the writer's pick- up truck was frozen to the ground at the back of the barn and they couldn't spare hot water to thaw it. All the hot water was needed for two cows down with pneumonia. Imagine having the worry of sick cows in this weather. There was a picture in a Toronto paper of a car" and truck marooned in a farmer's lane near Redick- ville --. a little village just about a 'mile from where our friends live so I imagine their truck is just as well at the barn. They might get into worse trouble it they tried to get to the highway. However, Partner is looking for an early spring. Happy thought, isn't it? I braved the roads and weather last Friday to get a few supplies to keep us fed. We waited two days for the sand- truck to come around -- I had no intention of going out until it had been along our road. Road? It would be nearer the mark to call it a skating ring. But it's a good time for -get- ting things done. I finished the double-bed quilt top I was working on and have since piec- ed a crib-size quilt. Then I look- ed at a lot of odds and ends of white flannelette I had accumu- lated. "Now what can I do with all that stuff?" 1 wondered. Finally I got a- brainwave. I joined all the pieces together, put a thin layer of cotton bat- ting between pieces 20° by 27 und presto, there were two nice, machine-quilted pads for a baby's basinette. And believe me I won't have any trouble in finding babies around here to use them. The crop that never fails! Rough weather also gives one time to read -- and still more important to think over what one has read. An item last week was of particular interest to us. It said that Canadians took out more life insurance than peopie of any other country. The ques- tion was raised -- Is life in- surance a good investment? From our experience we would say it depends upon the type of insurarice -- and also one's. |... _._._ 'capital reserve -- if any When Partner was fifteen his father took out a thirty-year endow- ment policy for him. That work- ed out very well. At maturity it helped pay off the mortgage on the farm. After we settled in Ontario Partner took out two more policies -- one an en- dowment, the other straight life, carrying . a double clause. That is to say if he-was killed in an accident, the cash payment was doubled. At that time the children were small, farm values at a low ebb, so in the event of anything happening to Partner, the insurance was my only security. Then came the depression. Premiums were hard to meet and we were obliged to cash in on the endowment policy in. order to carry on the other, When we took out the policies we were very green and relied on what the agent told us in- stead of reading the small print, So =» woes quite surprised wh~n, aftr Partner had reach- HRONICL] 'TGINGEr FARM endoline P. Clarke indemnity ICLES ed sixty, we got a notice to say the double indemnity had ex- pired. - The policy, therefore was worth only half of its original value, Not only that but it be- ing what is known as "a straight life policy" wé@é were obligated to pay yearly premiums as long as Partner lived. So we begun to do a little figuring. As a result we decided instead of paying money out all the time we might better cash in on the policy, invest the money receiv- ed and thus get a little income from which we could both benefit. That is exactly what we did and we haven't been Sorry. To our way of thinking "an endowment policy 1s a good in vestment for young people. It is just a means of saving. It also offers security if the wife be- comes a widow or provides a nice little nest egg for the famliy if it matures during the life- time of. the father. Without in- surance some young folk would never save or have anything to fall back on. But it shouldn't be overdone. It is poor manage- ment to penalize the family ex- chequer for the sake of carry- ing extra heavy insurance. There is also a superstitious angle to life insurance. Some people are afraid 'to -drop a policy in case the person insur- ed should die! My mother, a widow, tried to carry life insur- ance for all her five children. Eventually she let the baby's policy expire. Three months later he died. After that, al- though my mother couldn't af- ford the expense, she kept the Got Back Memory Riding Subway It is often thought that people who can answer. difficult quiz questions on television must be exceptionally. intelligent. But scientists in many coun- tries who * have studied the "memory power" of hundreds of men and: women say that a good memory has nothing to do with intelligence. ! "We, have found good mem- orles among the dullards as well as among the brainy people" they report. We now ow that a good memory may inherited. But you can have. a good memory .even if your parents haven't, Women have better memories than men, say the scientists. And they also stress that by trusting our memories we help to strengthen them, . Here's a tip--when you want to memorize a long list or pas- sage from a book, do it in easy stages, concentrating on each item and' mastering it befora going on to the next. Don't make the mistake of trying to memorize them all at once. Scent can often call up mem- ory. A Londoner tried vainly for years to remember complete- ly a certain important happen- ing. Then he went to Paris and travelled by Metro, the French Underground. Suddenly the whole scene he had tried to recall came clearly to his mind. It had happened in 'a Canadian paper mill, What was the connection? The smell of the French Metro is very much like that of damp paper. "Modern Etiauette by Roberta lee Q. Is it proper to ask a mar- ried man to serve as best man or usher at a wedding? A. Certainly, Be sure, however, to include his wife in any of the festivities that the bridal party may engage in. Q. 1 know that an invitation to both wedding and reception im- poses the obligation of a gift. But if there is to be no reception, what does one do in this case? / A. In this case, if you have been invited to the wedding, you surely would want to give a gift of some kind. ; Q. What is the rule regarding the eating of bread or rolls at the table? A. They must be broken of (not cut) and buttered, one piece at a time as you eat them. You may break off and butter a piece which is big enough for several - bites at a time, but not an entire half of the slice or roll. Hot breads -- muffins, biscuits, pop- overs -- are often buttered all at _once as they taste better when other four policies paid up, scared to death if she didn't one of us would die. There are still people who carry a life policy for the same reason. Superstition is hard to kill. But, unless: the beneficiary is de- pendent on proceeds from the insurance it is surely poor busi- ness to carry on a "straight life" policy indefinitely. © Well, here comes an invading army -- Dee, Art and the boys! DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH -- Man Is catching up with the cat. develbped, a low-light. television camera tube that can " Louise Estes demonstrates the new tube, above. She appears one taken in- normal light, left, the other in darkiess. A mechanical eye has been see" in near total darkness. on monitors in both pictures, he tube is far more sensitive than EE IR he ASS UD, the butter has melted into them, but again you break off a piece to eat, rather than to bring the - whole, biscuit, for example, up to your mouth, Q. Is it proper te send gifis te the mother of a newborn baby? .. A. Close friends will sometimes send flowers or candy to the new mother, but usually any gifts sent are for the baby. Q. It Is'my that a ® prospective bridegroom's fam- Folly osed to call on the the bride-elect as soom ; engagement Is announced. But what if the man's family Wen in 8 distant civ? 2 Then, of course, letters ex- pressing mutual happiness over the forthcoming marriage should be exchanged. Q. Is it considered good man- ners to eat the garnish that fs served with a meat dish? A. Certainly, it one likes it. Q. 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This is a new electronic approach differing' from infrared rays. Potential uses are varied. Militarily, it could enable submarines to see much better ahead and below the bow when submerged, or permit trucks and tanks to travel without revealing themselves with headlights. Its" use will bs confined to closed-circuit television,