ona THE STRATFO RD MIRROR Cae [ Address all letters to Miss Ina St. John, Mirror Office. ] Answers will appear the week following your enquiry. Dear Miss St. John: | John? Is it that she does not really I am in doubt, so will. come to the | love-me, or are all girls like that? "Corner" as so many have done, My father was a spoiled only child When he was twenty, he attended a party given by people of questionable The daughter of the After that party, my father disappeared for five years (returning with a wife and one reputation, : house was very pretty. son). When I was a month old, my moth- er (who is the daughter of the house "where the party was held) brought me to my father's parents, and they brought me up as their adopted child. TOM. Answer: : her own mind. you, you will just have to wait. Per- haps if you went away for a while she would miss you so much that' she would be willing to leave home to be with you.-Of course that is easier My mother never took any interest| said than done in these days of unem- in me and later she married a good- for-nothing man, and she is now a very unpleasant person. I am now married to a fine man who is well placed financially, He does not know that my foster parents are really my grandparents, and that 'my father and mother are alive. We live in a city some hundreds : of miles away from my home town. Last week I received a leter from my mother begging me to allow her to come to live with me. She resembles ployment. to marry you or return your ring. I wish you success and happiness. INA ST. JOHN, * * &* * Dear Miss St. John: f am the mother of two girls whom f shall call Mary and Ann. Mary is pretty. She has always had admir- ers. Anne is clever, but she is less attractive, and she has had very few male friends. Recently Mary married ft fear that your sweetheart is not., very deeply in love with you, Tom. | However, she is old enough to inoue Perhaps she is the | type who never give whole hearted | love even to their husbands. So if you feel that she is the only girl for | Or set a time, say six months, -and tell her you want ae MAKE YOUR HEATING - DOLLARS GO FARTHER WITH {Genuine Gas Coke Our gas coke is an economical fuel. Because it is practically all heat -- few ashes. materials that make smoke and soot have been re- moved. Because the quality is high and uniform. | $11.00 Go Bushels) Because the DELIVERED ANY PLACE IN CITY || Telephone your orders now and be prepared for | these cool mornings and evenings. | | PHONE 460 -- COKE DEPARTMENT HYDRO SHOP With the little hindering thing away? Ane And half a something akin to grief. - She thinks of a possible future morn, .or she has married he will have form-| ed habits of idleness that will be hard to break. He is evidently the mak-. ings of a first class dead beat, i If you have a male relative who would read the riot act to him it might work wonders. ff that fails [23K child should have a pocket-- CITY SIGN SERVICE For Signs and Show Cards Ring 1394w ; - .. What ever will he do om i ee ATFORD MIRROR Fame Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life made of.--Franklin. GONE TO SCHOOL. The baby has gone to school; ah me! "What will the mother do, ther basket to fill with lunch, Another good-bye to say, d the mother stands at the door to ae see Her baby march away, - turns with a sigh that is half relief, a When the children, one by one, Will go from their home out into the - world, To battle with life alone. 'And not even the baby be left to cheer | The desolate home of that future year. She picks up garments here and there. - Thrown down in careless haste, And tries to think how it would seem If nothing were displaced; ; If the house were always as stil] as ae this, How could she bear the loneliness? ot ale --Anon. POCKETS © - Supposing on the road 'He runs across a bettle, Or a lizard, or a toad?" 'How ever will he carry them? If he hasn't got a-pocket -- To put them into? ~ A child should have a pocket _}again for any purpose excepting that |of driving a motor. - Certainly one observe the requirements of sanitary etiquette, and every one will benefit. SAFETY SUGGESTIONS IN HANDLING GASOLINE So tragig are the accidents one reads of from time to time, as a result of almost determines never to employ it should decide to give up its use unless one is prepared to observe every pre- caution. But it is very usefu] for many purposes--cleaning floors, dis- solving wax and grease, and so forth --that one hesitates to ban it. For my own house I bought the smallest sized coal-oil can, and got a cork with which to keep the spout air- tight. This stands on a back porch right out of doors, and from it I oc- casionally fill a small bottle for use in the bathroom, because I find nothing else so speedily effective for wiping the careless use of gasoline, that one |- out bath and basin, and leaving them white and shining. This sma]l bottle is perhaps an unwarranted concession, for the best rules I know of for the use of gasoline are the following: 1. Keep gasoline outside the house, even when safety can with self-closing lids are used. 2. Mark the container for gasoline in large letters. 3. Use gasoline outside the house, removed from flames, and so that the vapors will be carried away as rapidly -as possible. 4. Keep a]l open lights, burning matches, and lighted cigars away from gasoline. Keep it away from lighted stoves. 5: Treat articles cleaned" with it with the same care observed with the gasoline itself until the vapors have been entirely removed. 6. Do all cleaning in the daytime, and never in the vicinity of open 7. Throw discarded gasoline outside on the ground, and not into sinks or drains. PETER & SYLVESTER Will do your Repairs in Plumbing Heating Electric Phone 219 12 Ontario St. flames, burners or fires of any kind. . pice { a4 . . r n- ' 2 s . : me in appearance, but she is very u a very young man who lost his posi- perhaps some friend could induce her . tidy and careless about her clothes. tion right after their wed ding: Anke to take a long trip or to visit a dis- Not one, or two, but many -- 'What should I do? I always try to |tant relative for a few months. In his little waistcoats-- - ; = 7 , has practically supported them since j | , a ag Fight ak dame UE. Anything to throw the young man _,And one will be for money ; W s that time. She has a small legacy left|-- ab es eae by her godfather. -My on his own resources for a few : : ie He finds on the roads, And one for cake and cookies-- DOWN & FLEMING 3 ALL THAT THE NAME IMPLIES ! son-in-law seems to be quite happy to be out of "specter ase And one for hoptoads! --By Susan Adger Williams. Funeral Service Rooms 94 Ontario St. These All-Wool Rugs Are Fast Color--and Such Color! (See them this week in the window) I do not think that you owe your| employment and the three of them | Phone 314 ENGLISH HEARTH RUGS mother anything, Sylvia. - But you! put in a very good time. Amne is should tell your husband about your! drawing her money out of* the bank Mr. Down, 306; Mr. Fleming 311 Reversible -- exactly the same on-both sides -- and such COM- FORTABLE-looking rugs they are! parentage. And just because she is) recklessly. She has even allowed her your mother you should see that she} brother-in-law to take her car to his Size about 24x48 ins. Size about 40x80 ins. 3.95 10.00 never actually comes to destitution. |home. - . Hoping to hear from you again, I fear that Anne is in love with her Size about 30x60 ins. Sizé about 48x84 ins. 4.95 12.75 INA 8T. JOHN. sister's husband, althouzh she does} == ee ge not realize it. In that case my girls Dear Miss St. John: who have been inseparable all their A year ago I became engaged to a lives will be alienated, and perhaps "girl of my own age (twenty-eight). I Mary's home life will be ruined. NEW "ROOM-SIZE" RUGS Give your home a new appeal. Special Axminster Rugs are now featured at the low price, for 6' 9" x 9 of Other sizes in proportion. J. W. LENNON 172 Ontario 'On which he fairly dotes! SYLVIA. Answer: INA ST. JOHN. MIRROR ADVERTISING BRINGS _RESULTS SANITARY ETIQUETTE The golden rule is an ideal health A guide for our health habits, says the Health Almanac, issued by the On- WARM WOOL RUG but only 5 AT tario Department of Health. It never Ge aoe | through the thoughtfulness of the in- , YOUR BEDSIDE functions by compulsion, dividual. Consideration for others is the essence of good manners. This is se]dom observed in everyday life to the extent that it might be. In public - health of disease prevention there is an excellent opportunity for the ap- plication of the golden rule. Here it is synonymous with "sanitary eti- quette." Many diseases are spread from per- son to person by the insanitary prac- tices of thoughtless people. Sanitary etiquette, with proper regard for others, would materially reduce these infections. "Unhygenic manners" are manifest in such ways as coughing and sneezing without protecting the mouth; spitting on the sidewalk; in- discriminate kissing; the use of com- mon drinking cups; moistening with saliva such common articles as pen- cils, money, books, tickets, etc. Al] these constitute bad habits. Such practices are objectionable to oneself, and they are very unfair. to others. By practising the golden rule we can So comforting on horrid cold mornings. Everything Baked In Our Ovens is the best that fine materials, skilled labor and infinite care can produce. Whether it be bréad, rolls, buns, biscuits, cake or pie you will find it or them nothing less than per- fect. Hundreds of people en-~ joy them every day. We know that once you try them, they will always be welcome visit- ors to your home. T. V. B. BREAD Co. Phone 2345 "Just Over The River" By the way, can anything be more maddening than the THOUGHT of a cold floor awaiting your warm, bare feet on a frosty morning? See that YOUR bedside is provided with one of these warm, all wool rugs in bed- side sizes-- 8,95 wm 4.95 love. her dearly. When I asked her| DP you suppose I am right in my to marry me I had enough money surmise, Miss St. John?' If so, can saved to furnish a house. She said|Y°U think of anything I can do? 'she did not wish to be married for a _ WORRIED MOTHER. time, though I was eager to settle| Answer: down in a home of our own. Molly} I certainly hope for the sake of all keeps house for her father, but she|} concerned that you are mistaken, has a younger sister who could take| Worried Mother. I really think that her place.: Six months ago she per-| Anne is merely humoring her new suaded me to use my savings to buy 4! brother because of her love for her car so we could have a good time.|sister. She is making a sad mistake, She says. now that she would never| however. For Mary will be the one "marry if she thought her Dad wouid|to suffer. The young man is losing live as long as she does. I cannot in-| his ambition because Anne makes it duce her to set a date for our wed-}so easy for him to live without work- ding. What is the matter, Miss St.|/ing. By the time her money is gone 19.00 We are ready this week with all the new Fall Rugs. WHITE & CoO. 80 ONTARIO 8ST. 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