CORNER ue Address all letters to Miss Ina St. John, Mirror Office. Answers will appear the week following your enquiry. A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and ' thou Beside me singing in ness-- Ah! Wilderness were Paradise now! L, * * ae the wilder- Dear Miss St. John: I would like to go in training for a nurse but do not know how to g0 about doing it. Please tell me. : 1--What are the qualifications ne- cesary? 2--What are some hospitals out- side of Stratford that I could apply to? 3--To whom do you apply? 4--Is there much chance of being taken on? Thanking you. PEGGY-- Answer: ; Some hospitals require different qualifications from others Peggy. So you would be wise to decide which hospital you wish to enter and write to them direct for particulars. Your family doctor could advise you. Or why riot go to the Stratford hospital and ask for a general idea of what is required? Most towns ville, Brampton, etc), have a hospital. Small cities (such as St. Thomas) have at least one hospital; Guelph has two (Protestant and Catholic). .. London has two, Victoria and S&t. Joseph's. Many Canadians go to Am- erican cities to train. The John Hop- kins Hospital at Baltimore is one of the most popular, though there are many in New York and some in De- --troit where Canadian girls like to train. So first of all, decide where you wish to train. Then get your informa- tion fully direct from that hospital. It is a splendid calling Peggy. I think you will be accepted and I wish you success. Ina St. John. * # & Dear Miss St. John: I have been happily married for three -years. We have a dear baby fifteen months' old and my husband is doing well. We have bought a nice home. So far wé have only what is necessary in the line of furnishings. But when we make our last payment Jack says I may buy what I like. Now Miss St. John I just can't wait for a good radio, etc. And to tell the truth I am tired of the humdrum round of household duties. So I am thinking of going back to work. An old lady who lives quite near will look after Sonny Boy for very little money. My husband is strongly op- posed to my plan. He says all he wants me to do is to take care of myself and our home. I have never gone against his wishes. But I think TI must step out and try my luck as a wage earner again. Am I wise or otherwise, Miss St. John? ERMA. Answer: You are decidedly Erma. Many of the girls you see trudging past your door to their work would gladly change places with you - for the shelter and protection of your -life--not to mention the joy of that little son and good husband. At the rate you are going you will soon have everything (within reason) that you need or want. A home and family--no. matter how small-- de mand all the brains and energy (out- -gide of. necessary recreation) hy Aste (Bowman- | / "Otherwise," ; { any one woman possesses. If you go} back to work your home, husband, and above all your little child will suffer. You may have a wonderful radio. But you will have scant time to enjoy it by the time you attend to the thousand and one details that will demand your personal attention dur- ing the evening. Indeed you would The Stratford Fish Market | se ¥. HAS REMOVED TO 143 DOWNIE STREET where we will be glad to serve our former and new customers. -- FIRST QUALITY FRESH AND SMOKED FISH GIVE US A CALL J. WILSON & SON PHONE 2371 need to be exceptionally strong to burn the candle at both ends. So you would have to neglect your home and family, or ruin your own health. And what woman would care for your | child as you yourself would care for him. How would you feel if some ac- 'cident robbed him of life or limb dur- ing your absence? So all in all, I strongly advise you to leave the work outside your home for ,the hundreds who need it, and make a success of your chosen calling of wife and motherhood. Ina St. John. a * * Dear Miss St. John: When one enters a public place with a boy friend, who leads the way? ~ ALICE. Answer: Where there is an usher--at_ the theatre, etc., the lady goes first. But when there is a seat or a table (at a restaurant) to be found, the man leads the way Alice. Ina St. John. Dear Miss St. John: Please let me know if I am right } about the groom's part in the wed- ! ding -expenses. Aside from gifts to the bride, etc., he pays the minister's fee, the taxi fares and buys_ the bride's bouquet. Thanking you in ad- vance. TOM. Answer: You are right Tom--only the bride selects her own flowers, the groom merely pays for them. Ina St. John. To say that we make THE VERY BEST Bread AND Pastry Is a big claim, BUT There is one way of finding out if we live up to what we say. Just give us a trial order today. . USE THE PHONE T.V.B. Bread Co. Makers of the Best Bread and Cakes Phone 2345 56 Huron St. 'Just Over The River' Showing smart wear. A wide variety of things for out-door WE INVITE THE LADIES TO SEE OUR SELECTION of SWEATERS and PULLOVERS priced at $4.95 We believe the best valu and styles for SPORTSWEAR can be had from our stock. Donald D. Fraser SEE THE NEW 18-20 Ontario Street West Beatty Porcelain Electric Washer Introductory Price 99.00 GIVE US A CHANCE TO QUOTE PRICES Painting or Paper- Hanging (Prices Reasonable) Good Workmanship C. W. MURRAY Phone 15193 105 Norman St. PLUMBER AND ELECTRICIAN 110 Downie St. been among us. They now can é the history of our town. Their Phone 178 "The sheer pleasure of _ living," -somebody writes, "has decreased ap- | pallingly." j are ignored? So that's why stop-signs Only 25 offered for this price. The Beatty Washer Store 151 Ontario St. Phone 30 How unfortunate that the only people 'who know how to run the world become authors instead of 6 ad 3 » % that & . ION'S ICE CARNIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 13 THE STRATFORD MIRROR WHAT GOD HATH PROMISED God hath not promised skies always blue, lower-strewn pathways all our lives through; eh God hath not promised sun without ; rain; Joy without pain. sorrow, peace without But God hath promised strength for the day, Rest for the labor, light for the way. Grace for the trials, help from above. Unfailing sympathy, undying love. * * * "Prosperity hath always been the cause of far greater evils to men than adversity." --Seneca. * * * In the winter, when all paths of hospitality must lead to your own | home, each room in the house should | be able to take great pride in its beauty and interesting character. We can't all have rare old pieces in our living-rooms, handsomely set off by richly papered walls, priceless carpets, tapestries and paintings. Nor do we all want to spill the paint pot too modernly over all our belongings everyone who has a home-sense likes to create a contemporary offset. But that warm glow that comes with the consciousness that his home has an intriguing, comfortable beauty about it. : * ca * A lamp apiece in the living-room is a sane and modern motto for a fam- ily this winter. Such a plan would prevent every- one in the family from crowding the other to get just the right light on his book. It makes for better feeling all around. By way of being this modern, in- - troduce one or two of the new mo- dernistic lamps into your home _ to brighten some of the corners. The new lamps have toned down consid- erably during the few years they have take their place amicably with furniture of all periods and lamps of other days. | Seem, ae | Only the wealthy collector can hope to own an original piece of Chippen- dale furniture--unless it has been in- es herited--but fortunately anyone may buy a piece of Chippendale, correct in type and modelled in the best de- sign of the great English Master who first used mahogany because it-- "best expressed his ideas." * % * From almost every centre in the Dominion of Canada furniture buy- ers came to Stratford during the past two weeks to visit one of the most outstanding furniture exhibitions in pre- sence at the many exhibits located both in the armories and in private showrooms was sufficient of the re- cognition which is being paid Strat- _ford as a furniture manufacturing centre. foe oe Though to those who attended the furniture shows of 1930 it would un- _ doubtedly be surprising, the display _ of the Kroehler Manufacturing Com- pany, during the past two weeks of the furniture shows, was undisputed- ly better than last season, and one 'that the name Kroehler will be - re- Company, were in a position to dis-| the firm. Though many could con-|tory showrooms. ceive no improvement in such a per-| The popularity of the solid walnut fect line, Kroehler quality, Kroehler | product in both dining-room and bed- designs, Kroehler appointments have | room suites was evident from the dis- been enhanced greatly during the|play which the Stratford Chair Com- past year and these new creations by | pany exhibited. Solid oak for dining- one of the largest furniture manufac- | room suites, the greatly favored also, turing organizations known willraise | particularly in the English designs. Kroehler standards even higher than| In the dining-room suites the most they have hitherto attained. jimportant feature was the collapsible It can be truthfully stated that the | hidden leaf. With a simple motion the name Kroehler is known in practical-|leaf, which is hidden from view, is ly every home in the Dominion of Ca- drawn up into the table and in posi- nada as a firm whose reputation for |tion for use. quality merchandise, the finest qual- eae apes ity, has been unsullied after more} With the> acquisition of the sole | than a quarter of a century of ser- Canadian manufacturing rights for | vice. During 1931 it is safe to predict | Knoll Spring, the Imperial Rattan | play, something entirely new in com- | fort in furniture of thi ; The motto of the Stratford Chair /colorful as ever, even ed ge A Company, manufacturers of fine fur-|ly arranged than in past years the | niture, "Quality at a Price" was_truly |exhibit of this firm was cited by buy- exemplified in the many remarkable'ers from every part of the Dominion values in solid walnut and oak furni-|as among the most beautiful of all ture which was displayed in the fac- held this season. garded with even greater esteem. bd % * As in the past, one of the most out- standing attractions of the Stratford -- Furniture Shows, was the display of the McLagan Furniture Company, oc- cupying practically one complete floor of their spacious plant. The display rooms were filled with the rarest treasures that the modern furniture craftsman has so far been able to manufacture. Skillful designing has been combined with the finest and the choicest. woods to make home furnishings which are almost beyond description. FUNERAL SERVICE R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario Phone 33 Night 376, = - z = 2 = Priceless-- --But Today It Has Its Price and Furniture Show Last Week. ture and finish, so beautiful in design and choice of they have ever been. HOME FURNITURE FUNERAL SERVICE This Furniture Will Some Day Be So said a prominent furniture manufacturer at the IT'S WORTH THINKING ABOUT. The new suites of furniture now being shown are so perfected in struc- hard to conceive of anything more beautiful--and yet prices are lower than IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BUY FURNITURE Furniture from the Shows will be on sale at this Store during the February Sale--Watch for It! R. WHITE & CO. a very low one! cabinet woods, it is 80 ONTARIO ST. PHONE 383, NIGHT 876 of, if not the finest, in the history of SILVERWOOD'S "SMOOTHER THAN VEVLET" ICE CREAM ALWAYS * PLEASES THE PALATE