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Bricker swings into his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination it is increasingly evident thai ! ing some hard thinking. Right doWr. i In-his heart he was almost sure that Farmer Brown's Boy was ready and willing to be the friend of all the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows, just as Tommy Tit the Chickadee had said a day or two before. But, somehow, it was dreadfully hard really and truly to believe it. It always is hard work to believe a thing when you always have believed just the other way Mrs. Delbert Bacon of Crystal Lake called on Mrs. Jennie Bacon, Friday. Corp. James. Harrison of Camp Polk, La., and Mrs. Harrison of Wabena, Wis., srpefit Thursday with the ' former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay-' ton Harrison. Mrs. John Woodward spent .the week in Chicago with Eleanor Pries. The W. S. C. S. will serve a roast beef dinner at the community halt, around. All, or nearly all, the little ; Thursday, March 30.' "w; "Here is m wife of 28 with two small sons and a devoted husband, ueho is carrying on like a girl, in hei teens. Should her husband be told?" By KATHLEEN NORRIS 'HEN a soldier's wife is' unfaithful to him, and he is far away in the South Pacific, should he be told or shouldn't he?" writes Aubrey 'Davis, from an eastern capital. "My sister-in-law and I have been living together since both our men went away to war," her letter goes on, "and I am iiv tensely distressed at ^.nne's conduct. I'm not moralizing, I have my own faults, I know, but here is 3 wife of 28, with two small sons and a devoted husband, who is carrying on like a girl in her teens. "Anne is extremely pretty and she goes out with men all the time--I accepted that situation. She sleeps late, laughs over the flowers and candy that arrive regularly, claims that Billy, my brother, would be the first to want her to have a good time. She is out all night practically every night. She stays home for the children's supper-- I have two little girls^dresses afterward and is gone* at about seven. PROBLEM OF A CHEATING WIFE Anne is married to a soldier tfl the Pacific. They have two children^ She is pretty and through her natural ability to attract men is disloyal to her husband. She "is out almost every night and lately her time is being taken up by one particular man. While this is going on she u-rites affectionate letters to her husband and he fuspects nothing. He continues to think of her as his loyal icife and loving mother of his two children. Her sister-in-law asks if the husband should be informed of this deplorable condition. Kathleen Norris tells her not to tell the husband at this time. people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows had looked on Farmer Brown's Boy as their greatest enemy for so long thai even when Tommy Tit did what he had said he would do and ate from the hand of Farmer Brown's Boy, it was hard to believe that others could do the same thing. And yet, Tommy •jfrt insisted they could. '"If you and Farmer Brown's Boy are not friends it is all your own fault," said Tommy. "How can you expect him to be friendly if. you always run away and never give him a chance? All he wants is a chance to be friendly. I know, because J have proved it. I trusted him and now he is the best friend I have." "I suppose," said Chatterer to himself as he thought it all over, "I suppose that I could try it .for myself. He certainly was good to me when I was his prisoner, and it was Soldier Has Confidence in Wife. >'The real tragedy is that Billy adores - Anne, and she evidently writes him most affectionately, for his letters are filled with gratitude. She sends him snapshots of the boys, books, presents. He has the utmost confidence in her: his wife, the mother of his two loved little boys, his Anpe. The truth would shatter him, he could never trust her again, and yet, is it right to let him go on writing her of his love and longing, while she is wasting all her emotions on another man? "There is a fine group of service wives in this particular town; we meet, read, sew, get into canteen and Red Crjss work, enjoy our children, our Victory gardens, movies and radio programs-. My own life is filled to the brim with interests, many of which I will carry on when my own John gets home, because they broaden my outlook, so much. But none of these interests Anne, she lives a mysterious life of her own. She says she loves Billy as much as ever and simply can't help attracting men to her, and that when Billy gets home she'll tell him herself that she's been foolish, and that he'll forgive her. But if I know my brother, he won't, and it makes me miserable to have this situation go on and on, and have her apparently feel herself quite beyond the reach of the law. What should I do?" My dear Aubrey, you should do nothing. Except to go on with your own reasonable and well-ordered . life, ard stand ready to extend friendsli p and help to Anne when the-crash' comes. Say nothing of her affairs to anyone, ignore them, for the time is approaching i^hen they can't be ignored, and having sowed the wind she will reap the whirlwind. . Should yqttf "jbrother 'e?e.rtfepk>achyou for having kept him :ih-the darki you have the geifect excuse. It is nobody's business to interfere between man.cjnd wife-,'your tattling Would only lower you in his esteem and in your own. He needs everything that affection can do'for him now; even if it is only Anne's rather shallow affection. Let the situation rest .as it is for ' the time being. Yoo are the one to be made uneasy now; presently it will be Billy's turn. Anne Will Pay for Foolishness. But in the end it will be Anne v ho pays the piper. -Life has a way of catching up with such women. T1 ey Why, he tossed a fat hickory nut so that it fell halfway between him and Chatterer. he himself who let me gQ. I--I'd like ever and ever so much to go up-to his house and have all the fat nuts I want without the trouble of hunting for them. I believe I'll run up to the edge of the Old Orchard and see if he is anywhere about." Chatterer scampered down from the old apple tree and scurried along the Old Stone Wall in the direction of Farmer Brown's dooryard. When he reached the edge of it he very carefully peeped out. Farmer Brown's Boy was standing on the doorstep whistling, "Phoebe, .Phoebe." Chatterer knew right away that he was calling Tommy Tit, the Chickadee, and he was not surprised to hear a soft reply: "Phoe-be, dee, dee, dee, Phoe-be"--from the Old Orchard. A minute later Tommy Tit the Chickadee was helping himself to fat nut meats from the hand of Farmer Brown's Boy. Now, this was more than Chatterer think that they are just having a good time, yielding to the insidious temptation to an illicit love affair, doing, as they love to say, what | every woman would do if she had j tjie chance. < j What they really are doing is pull-'! ing down the very structure of civilization and social responsibility. And never in the world did we need a strong moral force in our domestic affairs as we do now. We need true women, faithful to the vows they made, faithful to the claims of their children, faithful to the highest ideals of wifehood and motherhood. We need service from i all these lonely wives; service on 1 the battlefront and the home front. We need honesty: honesty in the let- *rJLWe:JV ™ ! L . i n ! c o u l Y k I n d . " ~ m 7 * T o m m r T ¥ w a s shops, in every social contact we just the teeniest, weeniest bird, just make. Europe's civilization is going to be in ruins for a while after the war. Over central Europe demoralized bands of women and children will wander, not knowing where their country is, or if they have a country. Libraries, museums, schools, hospitals already lie in ashes; nations are split in half, nationals hopelessly intermixed. Invasion, slave labor, evacuations, exile have all had their fearful hour; now will come famine and pestilence and homelessness beyond anything our imaginations can reach. America must stand firm in the early years of readjustment. She must hold tight to her own civilized, self-controlled, humanitarian ways, if the world is to be saved at all. She will have no place for ]slackers, for vain weak women v.hp are unable to appreciate the incalculable benefits of a man's love, little sons a little round ball of black and white feathers. And yet, he dared to do what all the other little forest and meadow people were afraid to do. Chatterer couldn't stand that. He ran out from the Old Stone Wall toward Farmer Brown's Boy and then" stopped, with his heart going pitapat, pitdpat. Farmer Brown's Boy saw him right away, and what do you think he did? Why, he tossed a fat hickory nut so that it fell halfway between him and Chatterer. "Dee, dee, dee! See me! See me! What are you afraid of, Mr. Fraidy?" called Tommy Tit. Chatterer felt his mouth water as he looked with longing eyes at the ! fat hickory nut. And it hurt his ; pride to hear little Tommy Tit laughing at him. He suddenly shut his ; teeth with a si^ap and darted fori ward to the nut, and then with it held tight in his teeth raced back to the safety of the Old Stone Wall. to raise, the safety and plenty of ouf Not until he was there did he dare own wonderful country. Anne will : to so much as look to see what find herself alone, superfluous, un- i Farmer Brown's Boy was doing, wanted in the new day that strong men and women will build. • FIVE TIPS FOR BOND SPEAKERS War bond promoters facing their first speaking assignments were of-' fered five suggestions by Joseph F. O'Brien, professor of speech at .Pennsylvania State college. 1. Think of your audience as your friends and neighbors. Make your speech sound as if you were talking things over with them. V 2. Begin humorously. 3. Give down-to-earth facts--such as how many bonds it takes to buy a single jeep. , 4. Don't forget the purely selfish appeal. While it's patriotic to iniy bonds, there's also a positive personal gain.' , . > 5. Close with a..serous is serious businc>s. :-r When he did look he found that Farmer Brawn's Boy hadn't moved, ihome He was smiling and, somehow, that ; smile made Chatterer suddenly feel j very brave. No one with such a pleasant smile could be very bad Bt heart. Perhaps Tommy Tit was right, after all. He would tbink it all over and try again the riexjt day. - Mrs. Bertha Peet of Richmond was a caller in the Harrison- Peet home Satux-day ^afternoon. Henry Stephenson called on Floyd Covalt, a patient at the St. Therese hospital at Waukegan, Tuesday even i n g . ' V - Mrs. Roy Wiedrich called on Mrs. Leslie Olsen of McHenry -Friday afternoon. ,Mr. and Mm. John Pierce of Richmond were Friday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Brennan. j Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kooestra and Sons of Harvara were callers in the Alec Anderson home, Monday even-: ing. j IVfr. #nd Mrs. R. E. Frank * of Crystal Lake were callers in the R.! C. Harrison home Sunday afternoon, j AJrs. Viola Low attended a shower j for Doris Thomas at the Foy home1 in LaGrange Friday. , j There will be combined Lenten' and community night services at the | Church Sunday evening March 26. j Mr. and Mrs. Lou A b e n d r o t h o f , Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Bacon of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with Mrs. Jennie Bacon. \ j Mae Wiedrich was a caller in Me-j 'Henry Friday afternoon. j Corp. and Mrs. James Harrison! and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison: called on Mr. and Mrs. Ardin Frisby of Greenwood Thursday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Collins spent ^Sunday afternoon with their son of Chicago. Mrs. Helen Johnson and Janet Kay and Mrs. Jack Leonard were callers in Waukegan Monday afternoon. Mrs. Frank W&ttles and grandson Donald Wattles and Glen Wattles of McHenry spent Sunday in the C. L. Harrison home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer, Marvin and Joan were callers in the Joseph Kattner home at Spring Grove Sunday afternoon. The Ringwood Home Bureau will hold a card party at the Ed Carr home Friday evening--this will be a white elephant party. Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mrs. Walter Harrison and Earle spent Wednesday at Grayslake with the former's aunt Mrs. Hook who is seriously ill. Mrs. Emma Beatty, Walter and Alice Mae Low and Doris Thomas were Woodstock callers Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Treon of Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the Harrison- Peet home. Mrs. Sibre Whiting and Peggy were shoppers in Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Haberlein'of Chicago spent Snuday at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Andreas and children visited relatives at Algonquin Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lou Abendroth of Elgin spent Sunday and Monday with her mother, Mrs. Jennie Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Klein of Spring Grove wfere callers in the Walter Harrison home Sunday morning. Mrs. S. W. Brown called on friends in Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Alice Mae Low entertained at a shower Monday evening in honor of Doris Thomas of McHenry and Walter Low who are being married this week. Guests were present from Wauconda, Greenwood, Harvard, McHenry and Ringwood. Mr. and Mi's. Ed. Bauer were call- [ ers in Woodstock Thursday afternoon, i Lillian Ackerman is visiting her ! sister, Mrs. John Hogan. Mrs. S. W. Brown spent Tuesday in Chicago. Walter Krohn was a Monday after- ; noon caller in the R. C. Harrison Pyrethram Old Pyrethrum's deadly effect on the little flying and crawling pests that have plagued man through the ages was discovered centuries ago in Persia where the flowers grow wild-- and where insects flourish. When use of the powder spread to Europe, Dalmatia and Montenegro, other homes of wild pyrethrum plants, became the chiff sources of supply. When world demand increased, Japan, as in the cases of other products, put its cheap labor to work at pyrethrum culture and at one time had almost a monopoly. But within the last decade production has . grown rapidly in Kenya and | other East African areas, Belgian Congo, and Brazil. Recently thousands of pounds of pyrethrum seed have been sent from Kenya, present chief grower of the plant, to such scattered regions as the Russian Caucasus, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Australia and Jamaica, with a view to stepping up world production. Romans Bathed 'At did Rome when the workmen had been at work all day they would go in the evening to the public bath and |er a trifling sum w«r« cleai* : 8mokeless Explosive Wood is used in some EuropesH* countries as a "smokeless" expltfr sive. Wooden pegs driven into holes bored into quarry rock swell and break the rock apart, whet) is poured on them. WAR BONDS vital invegtinents^ a future Free World. * < Record Ballet Footflrtnta ** Vulnerable spots in gears, shafts^ valves and other parts of war equip*, ment and in armor plate can be de» tected by spraying a smooth lacquef coating on the metal and then contorting the surface until the brittlt skin cracks, says "Witcombings'.*«> In the development of tougher armof . plate and better armor-piercing . shells, the impact of the speeding ' . ' b u l l e t makes " f o o t p r i n t s " which a r ^ L y ; : thin, closely spaced oracks which- ..' .' appear on a lacquer cbated steel tar* fcet. Gov. John W. Bricker .the big issue will be: "Shall government direct the lives-of our. people or shall the people direct the government?" At Dallas, Texas, he said: MThere "is no compromise between autocracy and a. republic. Either the people will control their government or government will control them." In a recent New York address, he attacked growing bureaucracy which substitutes "rule by men" for rule by law. "Not accountable to the Congress," this bureaucracy, he said, "exercises its power through decrees, orders and directives issued in the name of the Executive-branch of the government. They make government policy. They are legislature, administrator, judge, jury and sheriff all rolled up in one." Repeatedly, he has declared: "The gravest duty we hdvtf is to keep this government the kind our soldiers are fighting to preserve." During his three successive terms as Governor of Ohio, Mr. Bricker has consistently urged the Legislature to "keep localgovernment close to the heart ancf thfe hand of the people." [J ( Governor Bricker, bitterly opposed to the world trend toward centralization of government authority, points out: "If America is to remain a dominant force for good in the , world, if our people are to continue to enjoy self-government, policymaking power must be taken from the hands of bureaucrats and returned to the elected representatives of the people. We are involved in such a mixture of social reforms and regimentation for political power in the conduct of war, that the party in power cannot unscramble it. That will be the responsibility of the Republican Party." Beats Average •Hie 1942 dried pea crop beat the ten-year average by 350 per cent «nd the 1943 production will be about one-third larger. Compost a Vitamin Source Compost is decayed leaves, a rich source of vitamin Bl, minor plant food materials, and soil enzymes, with no equal for root making and moisture holding. Spaded into vegetable and flower gardens, it greatly enriches the soil and helps produce abundant crops and attractive flowers. Hurt Eyes In spite of warning signs and constant efforts to teach them not to do so, people will look at a welder's arc. The result is sore eyes, frequently a consequent nervousness causing loss of sleep, and sometimes temporary blindness. Welders, handling 6500-degree P. heat, seldom burn themselves. It is the bystander or passer-by who gets hurt. People will touch metal recently welded--this also in spite of the most liberal use of warning -digns.' \ WAR BONDS--buy them and Win This War." 'Let's * ' And or But Teacher--This sounds like some thing I've read before somewhere. Are you sure that this is a purely Original composition? : Willy--Yes, teacher, but £ou will find one or two of the words in thf dictionary. Transfers Vitamins » V The pig is unique among animdls in that he can absorb the extra vit»»Hn fF<>m the foods he eats and transfer it <0 his I DON'T LET DREADED MASTITIS I • ROB YOU OF YOUR PROFllS j About 90% o! all Mastitis, or Garget, II { caused by Streptococcus a&alactiae. I'll# 1 otw discovery, Beebe (j-lac, (Tyrothrlcin) ; i stops the action of Streptococcus afalaettoe. If Mastitis due to this microbe. Is i cutting into the milk production of y<nir best dairy cows, act now* Get Beebe (I-tact Busy to inject. Goes right to work l>onvt' let Mastitis rob you of your profits Beebe G-Lac today. Ask about our special j milk teatlng service. | "VV A TIL liS DRUG STORE ! West McHenry, Illinois Sp;: ' Vitamin A Green leafy vegetables, such as broccoli, chard, kale, mustard and dandelion, greens, spinach, and turtops, are sources of vitamin A. Roasting Soybeans Soak soybeans overnight. Simmer for an hour in fresh, salted water; drain in sieve. Pour out on kitchen towel and pat dry. Spread in shallow pan. Roast in moderate oven (350 degrees), until brown. with salt. Too Old for Cake Betty -- Grandmother's birthday would have been a success except the cake fell. • : Sissie---Too much shortening? . " Betty--No. Too many candles! Gunners Busy A light 'anti-aircraft battery uses up enough ammunition in one minute of intensive firing to fill a three-ton. truck. 4 Pipelines Camouflaged Hu>ge quantities of precious gasoline that formerly were used as fuel in army tank trucks for transporting the fusl are now saved by the use of sectional pipelines which can be laid I •" -- -' down in a hurry over a desert, 1 through a jungle or across streams, j , Fall Plowing In addition to being painted for pro? Heavy and clayey soils will be in tection against the elements they are , better condition for crops if they also painted colors corresponding to , are fall-plowed. The frost breaks the surfaces in which the pipes are ; up any lumps, and if the ground is laid to make them inconspicuous, to . stirred &t the right time in spriug, it the enemy. N;||julcUy leedbeii&w; Tune-Up Your Car For Spring Driving If you need your car--your car needs special care as we get into warmer weather. Better drive around and get expert opinion as to the amojint of servicing your ca^ will need to have enough "go" for the months ahead. Qlir prices are in line with wartime economy. .Our truck safety lane awaits your visit. CENTRAL GARAGE FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200^J Towing Johnsburg ESSENTIAL WAR WORK . A n i m m e d i a t e o p e n i n g f o r r e l i a b l e m a n o n r e t a i l breaefcroute. Delivery to war workers. Post war security and . opportunities, with wages above average. ** * OMAR INC., Wauconda, 111. Phone Wauconda 3321, collect, or write ' : ' L ' ill * v::' C'- LOOKING fOR BIG, STRONG. [ SMOOTH BOARDS ? 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