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"Which child is yours? The dreamer? The gamin? The tomâ€" boy? The student? Whichever he is, yor have it in your power to open him a world filled with his partichlar magie. He will begin to learn,!with the first picture books you show to him, that these are exâ€" ‘iting new acquaintancesg; and then that they are loved and trusted friends, f Help in interests, Activities ‘There are so imany things that books will ‘mean to your growing boy or girl. First it means the close and happy contact with the adult who reads to him; just a little while latey, it becomeées the medium for his Towh" ‘dccomplishment â€" seading» And then, whon the child ¢an réad for;himself, books become not merely entertainment, but acâ€" tive l:tlm in the interests and ac tivitieb ‘ofâ€"tie child.} C 0 0 .0 > Phose: ehridren~ who grow up without learning to like books are missing not only lifolong friends, happy hours, but the pleasures of knowledge and tools for carving careers. The child who isn‘t "book ish" can profit just as much as the student, says Toni Taylor, io Meâ€" Call‘s. Not Having Them Means Missâ€" img Happy Hours, and Lifeâ€" What Books Can Y the bill." Dean Cornwall (illustrator and mural painter): "She‘h have a fu‘} figure with nice long straight legs. And she‘ll be bursting with health. Medium height, wellâ€"rounded, and muscles all coâ€"ordinated." Specifications Here‘s a composite view of the Heightâ€"about five feet seven. (No taller than before, perhaps even a tiny bit shorter). Slender but wellâ€"rounded body. Average weightâ€"120 pound«. Bustâ€"34â€"36; waist, 26â€"27; hips about 35. Skinâ€"healthy, glowing, preferâ€" ably ivoryâ€"white with a rosy Bursting With Health Tony Sarg (illustrator and maviâ€" onette artist): "She‘ll be a fullâ€" iledged ladyâ€"and not cafe socâ€" iety. The Duchess of Kent fil‘s of Kent mere are some of the forecasis abon: the new type: Mainbocher (Paris designer responsible for the wasp waist and backâ€"toâ€"corsets movement}: "She‘ll look like a inge, Hairâ€"blondes, redâ€"heads and wunettes all come into the picture ‘or a change. (Black was the colâ€" r last year). & % Experts Picture The ideal Girl Of 1940 To Be in the Style of the Duchess of Kent â€"â€" Slender, But We‘lâ€"Rounded 1940 Glamor Girl An Elegant Lady other men of his age group, at its best, marriage can only mean a wife who is expensively and perâ€" peiually moved from place to place. Thus, the married dance band musician ordinarily, particuâ€" larly if he has children, Jeaves his wife behind and sees her when GWamour, 1940â€"how will it difâ€" er from 1939% And who will best ypify it? # The answer, according to sevâ€" ral experts, would be the Duche:s is as where these men eat and sleep. They enforee an average of at least ten changes of residence 2 year. They offer no economic security, And they preclude quite largely the achievement of family, home or friends, outside the ocâ€" cupation, as roots of a stable exâ€" istence." Lead No Stable Existence Other findings of the savants follow: "Their working activities are such that all their other acâ€" tivities are affected. Working conâ€" ditions determine how, when and where these men eat and sleep. They enforee an average of at least ten changes of residence 2 A warning to the girls of this continent that dance band leaders make bad husbands was voiced last week by two sociologists, Dr. Richâ€" ard T. Lapiare of ifiaud Stanford University, and Dr. Carlo Lastrucâ€" cl of San Francisco State College. They reported on the results of thieir study of 100 successful band leaders, from whom they had exâ€" tracted answers to questionaires. The professors said they found out, from it, that danee band muâ€" sicians lead very nonâ€"typical lives, and that their idealization of early jJazsa band leaders, such as Beiderâ€" becke, "border on religiouns worâ€" ship." Psychologists Explain Kind of Life Dance Maestro‘s® Wife de iD hile the dance band musician "kely to be married as are men of his age group, at its marriage can only mean a U Bad Husbands To 10 ©IG "Yes. Ames brought her in this morning." Dolan sat down opposite her. "The old story. Ames and his wifo haven‘t, hit it off for years, and Mrs. Wheeler‘s the other woâ€" man. Ames has children and he is fearful of the scandal}; I feel sort of sorry for them ... " "I see you‘ve located Mrs. Whoe}â€" er?" Cilly mentioned. She resumed the same chair she had occupied these several minutes, "Been waiting for me long?" he asked. His voice was matterâ€"ofâ€"fact and brusk; Cilly thought it lacked the rather cordial friendliness of other occasions.. But perhaps she imagined that. He led the way back into the small anteâ€"room, shutting the door behind him. "We can talk in here as well as any plz«s," he observed. k + The Other Woman Cilly walked to the door and starâ€" ed after them. There was someâ€" thing gently pathetic in their attitâ€" vde, and she felt a warmih of symâ€" pathy toward them, despite the knowledge that they had defied the conventions. "Good morning, Miss Pierce!" Cilly turned abrupily to face Serâ€" geant Dolan. line of Cilly‘s vision. She sat up suddenly. The man was Harvey Ames! And the woman who leaned against him, her face hidden in one of his voluâ€" wminous handkerchiefs, was the one who had fled the Bayview Apartâ€" ments two days before . . . Mrs. Wheelert Long before dawn on Thursday the rain started; by 9 o‘clock it had seitled to a dismal, depressing downpour, Alone in her apartment, Cilly shivered, not so much from the cold as from the penetrating gloom. Though she could not foreâ€" see it, this was to be the most evâ€" entful day of her life; perhaps it was the premonition which provokâ€" ed this quivering of her nerves. However, she could not know that. She thought it was a good day for the blues, and would bhave welcomâ€" ed the happy releaso of work at the office. But theore were other things which to attend. Most of all, she had to see Sergeant Dolan, even if it meant waiting at police headquarters all day. They could be no more desolate than her own rooms, and not nearly as lonely. After a quick breakfast, she put m a warm woolen dress, one that had beon held over from the prevâ€" ious winter pending the emergency of just such a day as this. Then, fortified against the olements by a long rainceat and waterproof hat, she ventured downtown. It was not quite 10 o‘clock wihen sho reached police headquarters. A vouthful ofificer ushered her into a amall anteâ€"room oif the same corriâ€" lor as the meeting room which had held the investigation the day beâ€" fore, Sergeant Dolan, the officor explained, was busy for the momâ€" eont, but would see her shortly. Mrs. Wheeler Again She sat down to wait. The door into the corridor was left open, so that she could watch those who passed by. Beyond the door, she heard a woman sobbing, and the low murmur of a man‘s voice, ofâ€" fering reassuring comfort. Thevrg was something familiar in the voice, lowâ€"pitched thorgh it was, She watched the door for their apâ€" proach. The woman was making an effort to control herself now; the sobs ceased, only the sharp intake of sicadying breaths was audible. They passed the door, directly in line of Cilly‘s vision. She sat up Last week: Cilly bluffs Mrs, Hunâ€" ter, who confesses that her husâ€" band is not a cripple but instead feigned paralysis in an accident to collect $50,000 from a hitâ€"andâ€"run driver. SERGEANT DOLAN â€"â€" officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr. AMY KERRâ€"Cilly‘s roommate and murderer‘s victim. JIM KERRIGANâ€"Cilly‘s fiance. HARRY _ HUTCHINS â€" Amy‘s strange visitor. CAST OF CHARACTERS PRISCILLA PIERCE â€" heroine, young woman attorney. IBY MARION WHITE _ Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc. OUT of the NIGHT CHAPTER XXILH Blended For Quality *TE A Rheumatism is "actively affect.â€" ed" by the stress of war condiâ€" tions, the institute recently report. ed, and mainutrition and anaemia are frequent results of the blackâ€" out. Remedies recommended are "as much sleep as possible," exerâ€" cise in the fresh air, nourishing diet and artificial sun baths under medical direction. ; â€" The Institute of Ray Therapy, a London clinic, is specializing in war worry cures. Coâ€"operating with more than 2,000 doctors, the inâ€" stitute is studying remedies for ailments caused by wartime conâ€" ditions, including the "blackout." Cilly‘s eyes widened in surprise. "What a small world this case inâ€" volves," she murmured thoughtâ€" fully." Dolan smiled. "You‘ll have to be a little more thorough before you qualify for police work, Miss Pierce," he admonished. "We found out yesterday afternoon who drove the car that knocked Hunter down. It was young Billy Harmon, the brother of that girl the Hutchins fellow is interested in." Cilly shook her head. "No, 1 did not ask her, That will be simple to find out, if you wish to question Mr. Hunter." * "Who was this fellow they rookâ€" ed?" he asked. "Did she tell you his name?" A Smali World "Yes." Cilly repeated the story which the woman had told her. Doâ€" lan listened attentively. When she finished, ho looked at her quizzicalâ€" ly. > Cilly sighed. "I won‘t argue with you on that any more," she said, "I know that Jim will be back, but I can‘t expect you to feel the same way I do. That‘s not what I came to talk about toâ€"day." "What‘s new now?" "It‘s about Hunter. 1 took it upon myself to call on Mrs. Hunter yesâ€" terday when I knew her husband was up on the roof. I thought I conld get the truth from her." "Did you?" Cilly stiffened. "I still prefer to be the judge of that, Sergeant Doâ€" lan," she said quietly. "In the meantime, however, we have two new suspects; Harvey Ames and Hunter," "Oh, they‘re not on the up and up, perhaps, but I don‘t think we can tie them to the murder. I‘ll adâ€" mit both possibilities. And believe me, we‘ll check these new angles thoroughly. But I‘m still looking for Kerr, I‘ve got a tighter case agâ€" ainst him than against either of the other two." ‘"‘Thank you, sergeant. You know this case means a great deal to me, and you know that I‘ll do anyâ€" thing I can to disprove the.theory you are working on." Dolan turned his gaze to Cilly, "I‘m sorry you feel that way," he said. "We all make mistakes, you know, and I think you are making a tremendoxs one in keeping faith with this Kerr. Me‘s not worth it." "Wel," he said, "I‘ve already started a little investigation on Mr. Hunter. Don‘t think that I wasn‘t going to consider it. Matter of fact, I guess I‘d take your word any day against Corbett‘s, Miss Pierco." . . . & little genial, you might say. He met me in the hall, and insistâ€" ed on my stopping in for a drink â€" which I didn‘t finish incidentaly, When I insisted on leaving, he did seem a little disappointed. Perhaps I wounded his vanity in some way, . . . However, I went up on the roof to watch the people in our house, and what I told you about Mr. Hunter is absolutely true." "He‘s Not Worth It" Dolan was looking out of the window thoughtfully. War Worry Cures ."Yes, You believed what Mr. Corâ€" bett said about mo yesterday." "Md 12" "It wasn‘t the truth, Sergeant Dolan. Please beliove that. 1 went acrosg the street with a definite Idea in mind â€" to get up on the roof and see what was going on in the Bayview. I had to ring someâ€" body‘s doorbell in order to gain adâ€" mittance to the house, and Corbett was the first name that popped into my head. I didn‘t go to call on them, but Mr. Corbett was feeling "Any reason why 1 shouldn‘t be the same?" "I‘m glad to find you so underâ€" standing this morning, sergeant," Cilly remarked. "What do you mean?" "I hope you‘ll be as kindly disâ€" posed to me." (To Be Continued) The calorific value of food is the proportion of heating units the food contains, The harder you work, the more calories you need. These are the calories per day OoNTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO How Many Calories Do People Require? Back to regular foods, the order of things may be speedily reversâ€" ed, but for the present Yvonne, once heavyweight of the quints, is the lightest. When Dr. Dafoe found his five charges were getting â€" chubbily overweight he reduced to a minâ€" imum on their menus food containâ€" ing starches and sugars. The diet produced the desired results, the weights of the little girls evening out in correct proportions to their heights. Routine of their diet broken by the Christmas Day turkey feast, the Dionne quintuplets are not going back to the restricted diect put into force early last summer, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe announces. Results Attained When Sisters‘ Weights Brought Down to Desired Level Quints Finish g Crying spelis, irritable nerves due to l&n:cdoul e "monthlz”pdn uld find &real "woman‘s friend" in Lydia E. Pink= ham‘s Vegetable Co-m.lwm i . LydiaE. Pinkham‘s u2s Round rugs are always popular. This one crocheted in shell stitch in cight easy pieces is done in four strands of cotton, in candlewick or rags. Pattern 2369 contains directions for making rug; illustrations of it and stitches; materials required; photograph of section of rug. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly PATTERN NUMEBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. er, and a small erown nearly 4 inches high. It is done in baku in a soft Nattier blue, which makes a lovely contrast with three sprays of rosy pink wall flowers against one side of the crown. Flowers or Fruit There are pretty flower trimâ€" mings at Suzy also, among the smartest being small bunches of violets, one a little larger than the other, at opposite sides of the brim of a small canotier of blacfl felt, each side rolled a little. Fruit is also being used by this milliner; tiny, smart and picturesque is a small shape in honey color felt or straw covered by velvet crab apâ€" ples tinted by hand in rosy tones over the golden base. One such hat is almost small enough to be called a toque in three round layers, the largest beâ€" ing the lowest. One of the pretâ€" tiest is a fairly wide brimmed shape with a little sweep to it, up at one side and down at the othâ€" PARISâ€"The , tendency toward slightly higher crowns for spring, noticed in one or two other colâ€" lections, is apparent in several hats at Molyneux. By higher crowns are meant those of three or four inches, in contrast to the flat little pillbaxes and canotiers, or the fur toques.raised at front only, which have been so. successful all winâ€" ter. The height of the new hats is not so great that it is worth special comment except that usâ€" vually Paris milliners promote height for fall and not for spring. ISSUE NO. 3â€"‘40 Crowns High In â€" : New Spring Hats Flowers and Fabrics Uzed ‘As Well As Straw ; Reducing Diet LAURA WHEELER DESIGNS SHELL STITCH RUG 1N EIGHT EASY PIECES ‘Next year gives even greater promise of soaring figures,. With so many gallant lads leaving for the smoke and din of battle on the other side of the Atlantic, reâ€" sistance to the fair set is likely to be at a lowerâ€"thanâ€" average ebb. Adequate protection â€" against feminine leap year wiles is still a minus quantity judging from 1936 results, when marriage in Canada showed an increase of fiveâ€"andâ€"a half per cent over 1985. Cultivation by the male sex of that "demned elusive" art of wariness will need to be at a high pitch to keep marriage statistics in the Dominion within bounds the next twelve months. In Canada in 1936 A Five Per More Got Married Last Leap Y e ar ‘"The popularity of the Shakesâ€" eare revivals is another sign that uman nature is Rolding its own." ‘_~~â€"Otis Skinper Woodcutter ........ Stonemason ...... Blacksmith ........ University rower Labourer ............ Painter .......00..0.. Carpenter ... Shoemaker ........ Soldier in war ..... Soldier in peace Housewife ........... DOcto® ....:..«......«.. TAHOY iyclsscccrscccsss Teather ....:: ... "__ needed to maintain health by difâ€" ferent classes of workers:â€" Calories per day WOOUCUTLEF ..........â€"sâ€"sss:â€"â€"eâ€"â€"«=0,;000 Wash the fruit thoroughly, Use the squeezer for extracting juice from all fruit. From the peel reâ€" move all the white membrane. Slice the peel very thin and cut in 3 lemons 3 oranges 3 grapefruit 1 cup of white corn syrup Sugar an equal measure of fwuit minus the corn syrup. Cent. Increase Was Noted Over Previous Year â€" A Chance for Spinsters in 1940 For the orange, lemon and grapeâ€" fruit marmalade be sure the fruit is fresh and the skins of the fruit, smooth and unblemished. This is one of the secrats of a clear amber colored mixture. Do not use fruit you have had for some time, with skins wrinkled and blemished, Orange, Lemon and Grapefruit Marmalade For any of these, shop for the very best fruit, This has always been a favorite season of mine for making these concoctions as the very choicest of fruits are now beâ€" ing offered. A CHAT ON. MARMALADES About this time of the year as weâ€" make an â€" inventory of the shelves of the jellies and jams, we find they are beginning to become depleted espacially after the extra demands of the holiday season. The wise homemaker begins now to replenish,. 1 am giving a few of my favorites. PATTERN 2369 assrbctvertescescec e Li eesssessere 4i08Q a»â€"+«»»â€"4,850 ...3,611 ...3,600 ...3,194 ...3,150 ..3,146 3,029 2,800 2,162 2,150 2,600 "Mark you, the soâ€"called athletic heart is one that already has been damaged before being subjected to severe physical strains and trainâ€" ing." "I should like to go on record here as being violently opposed to the participation of our girls in strenuous sports in leagues beyond the confines of this school, The tragic course of what I believe was one of our most famous girls‘ teams speaks eloquently for itself. Athletic Heart May Result "It is a terrible and a shocking thing to have grown up with a group of girls, to have been proud of them and cheered them on, and then to have experienced the tragic end of nearly some third of that group, to re@lize now that those cheers were hollow mockery and the urgings with which we forced them on but sped them more quickâ€" ly to an untimely end. Qutspoken opposition to the parâ€" ticlpation by girls in the more strenuous sports was voiced by Dr. G. Shepherd, in his address to graduates of the _ Walkerviile, (Ont.) Collegiate Institute, at the school‘s commencement exercises. Strict Supervision "To the student body, and especâ€" ially the girls," Dr. Shepherd, who is himsolf a graduate of Walker ville Collegiate, declared, "I would beg of them to refrain from violent excursions in the realm of physical exercise, except under the strictest of trained supervision, Violent Exertion Not For Girls â€"â€" Strenuous Athletics Often Have IIlâ€"Effects in Later Life Advises Against Strenuous Sports Wash apricots thoroughly; add the water and allow to remain over night. In the morning, add the pineâ€" apple and boil until the apricots are tender, Add sugar and corn syrup and boil until the mixture thickens. Add the ginger and the juice of lemon and orange and simmer for ten minutes. Remove from heat, put in jelly glasses, parâ€" affin the top and store in cool, dry place, Apricot Marmalade 2 lbs. dried apricots 1 lemon â€"â€" 1 orange 6 cups water 1 can shredded pincapple 1‘4 cups sugar 1 cup corn syrup 14 cup candied ginger 1 lb. prunes 1 lemon 1 orange 1 lb. sugar Wash prunes carefully, also the lemon and orange. Extract the juice of orange and lemon and slice peols finely. Boil all the fruit toâ€" gether after having soaked the prunes for three hours. When boilâ€" ed thoroughly, remove from the heat, put through the colander. Measure the pulp, using equal amâ€" ounts of svgar. Boil for 20 minâ€" utes, then remove from heat and placo in jelly glasses,. Top with paraffin an dstore in a dry, cool place. READERS, WRITE IN: Miss _ Chambers â€" welcomes personal letters from interestâ€" ed readers. She is pleased to receive suggestions on topics for her column, and is even ready to listen to your "pet peeves." Requests for recipes Oor special menus are is order. Address your letters to "Miss Sadie B. Chambers, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto." a dish, Cover with boiling water as you are preparing the fruit and before boiling the first morning, add to the juice. Have ready @n equal amount of sugar to that of fruit less one cup (for which use a eup of white corn syrup),. Slowly stirring, addâ€" to the juice, It is difficult to give an exact time of boilng but watch carefully and drop from the spoon; and as is gives tho jelly test réemove from the heat. Bo careful of ‘overboiling after the addition of sugar, or the mixture will be tco dark in color. Prune, Orange and Lemon Marmalade strips about 14 inches long, Place juice and psel in an earthonware dish and leave over night, adding three times as much water as juice and pulp of fruit. In the morning boil for 1% hours. Remove from the hoat; stand over night. The se: cond morning boil for 45 minutes, If you like the bitter taste of the seeds, save some of each fruit in on d omaine coornanan 20 Alidhns d tenoonc ns i vnctearman aeuevennp repriin mmipe smm erary . m s 2. 00 "Finally, it may indeed be weil to admit to ourselves that we are not as bad as we think and that 4 is not always wise to strain to reach some impossible and ilive jonary ideal of perfection." "A canvass of New Year‘s resoâ€" lutions would show that a majority of them represent a kind of seitâ€" punisbhment rather than a tecanic of change â€" and in most cases they are so numerovs and so harsh that there is no possibility of their ever being carried out." "Not As Bad As We Think" "This childish, hidden and oftep unconscious feeling of guilt is a powerful â€"â€" perhaps the chicft â€" motive for our New Year‘s resotuâ€" tions. Dr. Blanton declared in (he mag azine, Hygeia: Such annual resolves to qait »ad habits or change ways of living, ho said, merely are manifesiations of a childish "guilt complex." Don‘t make New Year‘s rosoluâ€" tions .~ they‘re foolish, Dr, Smiley Blanton, of New York, advises. Just Childish Why New Year‘s Resolutions? Th :s advice worth taking se; iously too â€" particularly the par about suitability to your way o life, A wardrobe composed entirel; of bustle dresses would be as un satisfactory fo: a business woma 4s one including only simple woo shirtwaisters would be for a wom an whoso life is a rounsd of parties Quality, Line, Fit, Suitability To ascertain what you rea!s need most, think a bit about *h« kind of iife you lead. Is it one con tinuous calendar of luncheons, 2t ternoon parties and â€" evening bridge? Then you need more drossy éry frocks than tailored street m»â€" dels, of course, Do you work in an office? Then suits and a couple of basic dresses are the answer, One, or at the most two, dressy frocks for cock» tail parties after work, dinner wear and Sunday suppors should suffice, Put the bulk of your clothes allow» ance into the kinds of clothes you have to wear most of the time, If you live in the couniry, twoels and other countryâ€"ish cloines should be your main concern, Proâ€" bably one citified outfit for shopâ€" ping lunch in town will do, Pag» haps not. "Prepire to see yourselt as m new woman this winter but don‘t get so excited about bustles, basq» ues, â€" etera, that you forget the fundamentals of good d:> ing â€" fine quality, good lines, perfect #it and suitability to your way of lite," This is advice compilod from the opinions of seven outsianding fash. ion authorities, Clothes Are Smart When Suib able for the Occasion â€" the Adapt Wardrobe To Way Of Life James Cromwell, husba Doris Duke, "the richest girl world," has been named by dent Roosevelt as the suc to Daniel Roper as represer of the United States to C; His appointment will have ratified by the U.S, senate. New Minister to Canada Says Psychologist romwell, husband o¢ "the richest girl in the b'oen named by Presi« as the successor ‘ _as representative States to Canada, to 14 Small No Heavy Per ment of Protects lt. s Name For Man L &n 148 Dating Leads t ed on Same Ti 25.00 Cost Mu Ba