CUPID'S CORNER ¢ 4 Address all letters to Miss Ina St. John, Mirror Office Auswers will appear the week following your sae I wonder if the Springtime of this year Will bring another Spring--both lost and dear-- If heart and spirit will find out their Spring, Till they too blosson and rejoice and sing! ea Sees. Dear Miss St. John: My only daughter has just gone to New York to complete her studies. She is twenty years of age but she has never spent a week away from me before. I shall not see her for se- veral months. My friends say that she will be a different girl when she does return from that great and wicked city. Have I done wrong in allowing her to go? Have I sent my innocent .daughter where she will become versed in wickedness?? WORRIED MOTHER. Answer: It seems to me Worried Mother, that you have acted wisely in send- ing your twenty-year-old daughter away from the parental roof tree for a time. She is old enough to 'stand on her own feet if she will ever be able to do so. It all depends upon her home training. A normal girl brought up in a Christian home wears an armour of innocence and purity that will protect her the world over. But if she is naturally easily led and has never been taught to conduct herself as a lady, she may not be able to 'withstand the temptatiqgns of New York City. However, rest assured that she would in all probability, eventual- 'ly meet with the same temptations in her home town. Hoping that your daughter's sojourn away from you may but serve to strengthen and 'broaden her character. Ina St. John. % * % Dear Miss St. John: I am engaged to a girl who is sev- en years my senior. She is the "baby" of a large family, and has always lived at home without having to. work or worry. She is just a "kid" at, heart. I have knocked around the, world for six years. I wear a mous--- tache and I look and am of the hard-| boiled, man-of-the world type. Mary's; people tell her she is foolish to marry a man younger than herself. They | say she will find out that I will pre- fer some one my own age later on. - But we are deeply in Jove. I could - never love any other girl, for she is my very life. Don't you think I can make her happy, Miss St. John?? a NED. Answer: ' ; I feel sure that you can and will make your sweetheart happy Ned. She is evidently the rare type who is never really grown up--who is as re- - freshingly young at her age as at ten years younger. One prefers to see the man at least as old as his bride. But circumstances alter cases. As to her folks, if you were the Prince of Wal- es you would find some opposition in marrying the "baby" of a large fam- ily. I wish you all joy. Ina St. John. % 2 e Dear Miss St. John: Last summer I became engaged to} a girl of wealthy parentage. I had a! splendid position, am well educated and rather above the average in ap- pearance, and I was welcomed by her: family and abs a5 But two months; yee * ma lad ago I lost my position (solely because the firm was forced to cut down their staff). My savings dwindled alarm- ingly, and. rather than seek help from my parents, I accepted the first job that turned up. It is hard, manual labor, but the pay is sufficient for me to live on, until something turns up in my own line. Here is the fly in the | ointment. Many of Jean's friends have cut me dead, and even her par- ents treat me coldly. She herself seems to feel ashamed of my occupa- tion, but she vows she still loves me. What should I do (as a gentleman)? I am haunted by the idea that it is up to me to set Jean free. But if I do so and my prospects brighten up, I shall regret it always. PUZZLED. Answer: For the present Puzzled, I should just let well enough alone. Naturally your Jean feels embarrassed because of the miserable attitude. her friends are taking. But as long as she loves you; why break your engagement. Remember she is at liberty to break with you if she wishes to do so. Hop- ing the skies will soon 'brighten for you. Ina St. John. * oF * Dear Miss St. John: I have kept company with a girl for six weeks. Nights "we do not go out I stay at her house until about eleven-thirty. Last night her Dad told me his door.would be locked at ten- thirty in future. Daisy is a great kid, but I won't stand for that kind of stuff from her Dad. I am eighteen. What should I do? Answer: eae You will have to do as Daisy's father says as long as you are 'not engaged to her. Do you think you should demand every evening? Nat- urally a young girl needs her rest so she will be fit for her daytime activ- ities. Ten-thirty is late enough for an every night program. Ina St. John. SEE THE NEW Beatty Porcelain Electric Washer Introductory Price 99.00 Only 25 offered for this price. = | FRASER'S LINES SHOULD BE CLEARED. THIS SALE WILL PROVE OUR STATEMENTS Extraordinary Values For 10 Days Printed SPECIAL! At . hn aig Price. ppl RS , YARD i e &, 0 Clearing Numbers The Latest Styles 4 ' x -- K NITTED ove SUITS |SWEATERS Two and three piece modes and 4 At A Special Discount. PULLOVERS , At Savings! f NEW _ SPRING PRINTS All Fast Colors 36 inches wide. YARD 29c 39c 45c RP gi ae ee we 84 TE nergy 1 hiahs tageage SEE OUR SPECIAL $1 BARGAIN TABLE CLEARANCE LINES WOOLLEN BLANKETS, Bed Covers and PLAID FLANNELETTE BLANKETS SEE THE PRICES Donald D. Fraser 18-20 ONTARIO STREET STRATFORD ile} WITH PRICES DOWN, WE FEEL THAT MANY # MIRROR The Beatty Washer Store 151 Ontario St. Phone 30 HORACE B. SILLIFANT Plumbing and Tinsmithing GOOD WORKMANSHIP 332 Cambria St. Phone 1485w ADVERTISING BRINGS RESULTS TR er oe re en - to a house cSt, THE STRATFORD MIRROR ing for a day or two in a quart of water to which has been added a piece of potash, size of a nut; take from water and rub carefully with a cork dipped in oil, then polish with a cham- ois and whiting. After it has once been cleaned it can be kept bright by washing with shot water and soap. Cut glass can be best cleaned by washing in warm soapsuds and cover 'it with sawdust; when sawdust is dry, brush it out very carefully with a soft brush which reaches all crev- ices. It will come out clear and sparkling. HOUSE-WEARY I'm going out! I'm tired of tables, -chairs; I'm tired of walls that hedge me all about; Ym tired of rooms and ceilings, car- pets, stairs. And so--I'm going out! a * * Somehow or other what I need today, BUCKWHEAT CAKES Are skies, and birds that carol,' 4 cups buckwheat flour 1-3 cup Ben- winds that shout! son's Corn Starch. 2 teaspoons salt, I want Dame Nature's_ friendship. 1-3 yeast cake, % cup lukewarm wat- Thus I say, er, 1 tablespoon Crown Brand Corn "Good-bye--I'm going out!" Syrup, 2 cups lukewarm water, 2 tablespoons Mazola, % teaspoon soda. Add Crown Brand Corn Syrup and ;yeast to one half cup lukewarm water and when dissolved add to the It's ust house-tiredness. Trivial hum- drum strain! two cups lukewarm water. Sift to- gether buckwheat flour and corn starch and add to liquid. Beat thor- oughly and set away in a warm place to rise over night. In the morning add the Mazola, salt and soda. Beat thoroughly and bake on a hot grid- dle oiled with Mazola. * * ca ORANGE CAKE 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, a pinch of GIVE ME A CHANCE To quote on your next painting or paperhanging R. JAMESON '> : Phone 352 J. 159 Romeo St. salt, 14 cup Mazola, - cup sour cream, 1-4 cup Benson's Corn Starch, 2 tea- spoons baking powder, 1 cup raisins, 1 large or 2 small oranges, unpeeled, put through food chopper twice. Cream sugar and Mazola and beat with eggs until very light. Sift dry ingredients and mix in cleaned and dried chopped raisins and minced orange. Add the dry ingredients to the batter alternately with the sour cream and bake in shallow pan for about half an hour. The oven should R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario Phone 38 Night 376, be moderate, about 350 degrees. Monotony! But when I've climbed = = the hill, My heart refreshed will laught and sing again, Dear home! I'll love it still! ae Wee i The man or woman beset by the complications of 1931 is likely to cher- ish the dream of a time somewhat hazily known as the good old days, when living was simpler, less hurried, and far more endurable. Try t oimagine a few of the things that you use today that are the same in all respects as they were in your grandfather's day, and decide how many of them you would be quite con- tent to live with. Some things are the same--chairs, knives, forks, plates,-- yes, yes, 80 on ..... but not matches, not razors, not underwear (thank heaven, not underwear), not lamps, not tooth- brushes. Maybe hair-brushes, maybe shaving brushes--but a rag, a broom, and a turkey wing are no more like a vacuum cleaner than the family al- bum is like a movie show. We don't write with the same kind of pens. Type-writing is new. Our very food is different. ' We can get up on wintry mornings) whose temperature has) been regulated by a clock on the wall.' Dinners are cooked on a stove that turns itself off when the roast is, brown. The dishes are washed with a}; form of soap at which your grand-| mother would have rebelled, in a machine she could not understand, | 'ariven by a kind of power the exist- ence of which she would have flatly denied. The sheer amount of drudgery that) has been lifted out of living in the last: fifty years justifies the phrase "Thank Heaven" that we have used after our title "Gone are the good old days." ~ po YOU KNOW? You will find helpful suggestions that, will make your household tasks eas-| The new structure and finish, it is - When an old broom has become, anything more shorter at one side than the other, | dip in hot water for a few minutes, and trim evenly with shears; it will then be as serviceable as new. Adhesive tape can be easily remov- ed from the skin when it is softened with benzine or gasoline; apply with _ @ sponge. ++ egg ' Stains on the hands can be remov- ed by rubbing with a paste made of | Olive oil and white sugar. Wax paper wrappings from bread are excellent for cleaning and polish- HOME FURNITURE FUNERAL SERVICE Furniture from the Shows suites now being shown are so beautiful in design and so perfected in beautiful--and yet never before have there been such Values. Time to buy furniture-NOW R. NEVER BEFORE SUCH VALUES AS THIS YEAR'S FEBRUARY SALE! Starting Saturday With the co-operation of Canadian fac- is planned with . tories, this February Sale care and enthusiasm. The obective being to furniture of high quality and real never hard to imagine place beauty in Stratford Homes at prices possible before. 80 ONTARIO ST. PHONE 33, NIGHT 876 WHITE & CO. ing the stove. Pewter may be brightened by soak- ime a ha ---- SILVERWOOD'S "SMOOTHER THAN VELVET" ICE CREAM ALWAYS PLEASES THE PALATE ~ Sa