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CANADIAN NAT
EXHIBITION
!TOR:ONTO
Fourteen "exciting days of fun, features and
sparkling ontartainmoni for everyone — that's
the Canadian National Exhibition, the world's
largest 'annual exhibition!
AUG. 26TH.
SEPT. 10TH.
Dazzling Evening Grandstand Spectacle
STARRING
ED SULLIVAN (Toast of, the Town) and
MARILYN BELL (Lady of the Lake)
Top Entertainment—Famed Tri-Services Drill Squad
Fireworks Display.
Exciting Afternoon Grandstand Show
'STARRING
First: Weak: LASSIE (Werld's Beit•Known Dog)
Second' Wdek: THE FOUR LADS (Canada's Famed Quartet)
U. S. NAVY SAND
AVENUE Oi •THE PitoiriNcgi
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SPORTS FOR EVERY FAN
CROSS THE LAKE SWIM
NATIONAL HORSE *kb*
Aug, *6
WOMEN'S Wbkixi'"
Fashion, iced" Furnislti)ngs`
music; CHOIRS'
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Canadian National Exhibition , Aug..,26 Sept.'1
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Their Double. Beds Are Nations Apart r AWN NE 41 l't? ST married a Cerman opposite
couldn't resist peeing the new
hoine when her daughter called
across that, the furniture had ar.-
rived,
Guilty, She slipped over,
though she hadn't had time yet
to procure a permit. A frontier
policeman spotted her, and, it
took nine days to get her out
of prison!
When pretty Grete Kofeedr
the postmaster's daughter, fell in
love with a German farmer
they couldn't touch or kiss, only
talk across the street, But final-
ly it was agreed that they could
meet in the only piece of neut-
ral territory, a six-foot square
hut used on alternate nights for
shelter in bad weather.
Here they duly became en-
gaged by exchanging rings. Her
parents stood beaming on one
side of the hut with a large dish
of Danish food and bottles of
lager; his relations stood on the
other side with platters of
sauerkraut and pilsener.
"Somehow or other," said si
policeman, "everybody got mix-
ed up, and so did the food. And
I must say everybody was very
happy. But that was an excep-
tion for, after all, we have to
keep the law, even in Rudbot."
s$0.F..k4gio
* when possibleso they will
• associate her with .the good
tines YOU all enjoy.
• Have you considered settle
* ing in another part of town
* when you marry? Then the
* four of you will not be under
* such close surveillance. You
will see that the children visit
• their grandparents frequently,
' and include your wife. As they
* see the youngsters happy in
* their new life they will more
* fairly credit your wife with
• her efforts. It usually works
* out, that way, and .1 hope it
* will for you.
* It is not always possible to
* please the entire family in
* any marriage, particularly a
* second one,
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am very
much in love with a young wo-
man who expects to get a divorce
soon. I see her several times a
week and call her daily. Her
family are fine people and I feel
they approve of our marriage.
I would like that to be soon, but
as yet I am in no position to
take on the financial responsi-
bility.
"There seems no doubt she
will get her divorce without dif-
ficulty, though she still worries
about it. She sees her girl friends
regularly, and. I always call .to
take her home . , . If we had to
part, it would be the end of
everything for me! I do every-
thing I can to keep her mind at
ease, yet sometimes I fail.
"What do you think about us?
ROY"
* From your long letter
(which I, had to edit) I feel
* that once this fine girl is free,
* you two can enjoy a wonder-
* ful friendship which can lead
* to marriage when you are both
* ready for it.
* I urge you to remember that
* while she is bringing 'suit
* against her husband she must
* conduct herself discreetly. You
• should not show her such fre-
* quent attention; she must not
* be seen often with any one
• man, so don't embarrass her
* by urging more dates. She
* seems to know her way about,
and I think you, can safely
* leave the initiative to her.
• Be just a good friend. That
* is your role now. The better
a you play it, the better your
* chances with her Ivhen she is
• free. * • e
From teen-agers to grand-
parents, folks of every age send
their problems Anne Hirst.
She understands the situations
which confront each generation,
and her sympathy and guidance
are at your service. Write to
her at. Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
BELGIAN WEAVE —.This huge topestry, a woven, copy of a paliiting by Belgian Painter' Exudit,
was part of the Belgian textile industry's display at the second international Textile. Exhibition
in Brussels. Some 700 entries representing 18 countries were shown.
"Dear Anne Hirst: When my
wife died two years ago, her
parents tole our two youngsters
to live with them , I have
since fallen in Wye with a fine
girl, and I want to marry her
in a feW month$, lYTY par-
ents have met her twice, and
while they don't prominence a,
dislike for her they do object
to the idea of my marrying. Un-
fortunately, they are trying to
influence my children, too.
Would you advise my taking
them to live with us immedi-
ately?
"Or must I give up this lovely
girl and try to find someone who .
might be acceptable to my first
wife's people?
WORRIED AND LONELY"
• Don't be hurt because these
older people oppose your mar-
* rying again. That frequently
a happens, and it is no reflec-
• tion on the girl you have cho-
*"see; they would. resent anyone
• taking their daughter's place.
• Also, perhaps they are reluc-
• taut to give up the children.
• The welfare of your chil-
* dren is your first concern.
* Your fiance will do all she
* can to win them and when
* that happens the grandparents
• will, I expect, come to accept
* her, too. Why not delay mar-
* rying until the girl can get to
• know the children? Take them
* to visit her on week-ends and
* spend afternoons tog ether Allto J r -"s•
42)11
• • /7.ee;e,ere'a#
HRONICLE
1NGERFAR
thor certainly has to his credit
the restoration of this ancient
village church.
Anoher interesting historic site
is that of Todpuddle which com-
memorates the six farm labour-
ers who, in 1833 appealed for
better living and working con-
ditions for agricultural workers.
At that time wages were about
eight shillings a week—althOugh
a loaf of wheaten bread was one
shilling a 4-pound loaf. The six
men were deported to Australia
for daring to attempt to form a
union against their employees.
'At Todpuddle there is a seat un-
der an ancient oak tree where
the men held their secret meet-
ings. There is also a row of six
houses erected in memory of the
men, the houses being named
one for each of the men. An-
other landmark' we passed was
the ruins of the *famous Corfe
Castle, of which I may tell you
more later. In fact there, is much,
much more I could tell you
about. Dorset — even , though I
have been here such 'a short time.
But tomorrow I must be on my
way to Bath. Maybe I shall
drink of the famous 'waters and
get omse of the travelling aches
and pains out of my bones! The
weather has been quite. chilly.
Gwen-doll:1%e P. Cioxike
CANADA FOURTH IN
BUTTER CONSUMPTION
Among the nine butter pro-
ducing countries of the world
Canada ranked fourth in domes-
tic disappearance in 1953 with
a per capita figure of 21 pounds.
-Roving newspaper Corres-
pondent Noel Barber make*
strange discoveries on his trav-
els, In Saigon he found that in-
come tax collectors were hav-
ing trouble on the China-Indo-
China border, which was mark-
ed with great boulders.
When the Viet Nam collectors
arrived, all the locals moved
t h e boulders and became
Chinese residents. When the
Chinese collectors appeared, the
Chinese pushed the houlders
the other way and became tem-
porary Vietnamese.
At Vallauris in the South ef
France, where the painter Picas-
so lives and works, Barber saw
the flat whose walls he had
painted with masterpieces as a
wedding present to one of his
workers, Jean Bernier. One in
the living-room depicted the
wedding procession of Jean and
his bride Suzanne.
On the tiny bedroom wall was
a nude; in the kitchen were two,
pictures, one of food for the fat
years, one of food for the lean
— a very bony fish — and ivy
leaf garlands over the fireplace.
But, alas, the flat proved to
be very damp. One child ar-
rived . . a second . . . and the
fiat was too small. But how
could they leave such a treas-
ure-house of modernist art?
Only after three years could
they bring themselves to move.
Barber found the place empty,
deserted, with damp "oozing
from the precious walls.
One of his most remarkable
accounts in "Strangers in the
Sun" is of the village of Rurbol,
for one side ofe the main street
is in Denmark, the other in
Germany, and none but a privi-
leged few may cross.
When boundaries were being
revised in 1920 after Germany's
defeat, a plebiscite was held
along t h e border. Rudbol
couldn't make up its mind, so
the boundary was fixed along
the middle of the street.
It actually passed through the
middle of the corner house of
Mr. and Mrs. Nielson, so that
while she ate in Denmark, her
husband, the opposite side of
the table, was in. Germany; and
even as they lay in bed in the
room above, her half was in
Denmark, his in Germany.
A small "V" was nicked in
the boundary •to correct this, but
half the garden still remained
in Germany, behind barbech
wire, so it is' never cultivated,
for to reach it she would have
to go nine miles to the nearest
frontier post and nine miles.
back.
So would her son Anton, to
visit the village inn only ten
yards from his door. One Dane,
Herr Porken, drove the eigh-
teen miles in order 'to attend a
cabaret-dance at the, inn, which
was opposite his home.
Afterwards he actually had to
back his car partly into his own
farmyard in order to turn it
round and return the eighteen
miles home via the official fron-
tier post!
Only a very few villagers
with close relatives who have
married across the border, are
given special permits to cross.
Mrs. Conek, whose daughter
Doily or centrepiece in pretty
tulip pattern—a fascinating Com-
bination of filet crochet and reg-
ular crochet. Fun, easy to dot
Crochet Pattern 506: Direc-
tions for 22-inch design in No. 30
mercerized. 'cotton; smaller in
No. 50; larger in bedspread cote
ton.
Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
in coins (stamps cannot be. etc-
cepted) for this pattern to Box.
1, 123 Eighteenth. St. New Tor-
onto Ont,
sALLY'S SALLIES
Wrote His Will
On Postage Stamp
A will written on a restaurant
table mat has been filed for pro-
bate in a Chicago court. It dis-
posed of aabout $30,009 arid was
witnessed' by the restaurant own-
er, who Said: "This' is surely the
most remarkable will ev er
made."
He apparently had never heard
of the wills that have been made
. out on pieces of furniture, peb-
bles, oyster and other shells or ,
of the eccentric and" wealthy
American who had his will-tat-
tooed on his back.
A North Country solicitor
actually wrote his will on ice.
While skating on Windermere
he fell through- the ice, but
managed to support himself for
a time. Then, despairing of be-
ing rescued, he used his pen-
knife to Scrawl a few words on
the ice disposing of his fortune.
Luckily he was rescued.
One of the most pathetic of
all odd wills was written on
a package of cigarettes found in
the clothing of a Hampshire man
who Was found lying face down-
wards in a river. On the Cig-
arette packet were also 'the
words: "I can stand the strain
no 'longer."
About the smallest will on re-
cord was Written on the gummed
back of an ordinary postage
stamp. The writing, though very
tiny, was easily decipheiabla
with the aid of magnifying glass.
As this will was properly signed
and witneased, there was no cif-,
ficulty about admitting it to
probate.
ever• made to stay on the. roof
I can't imagine. • Of . course,
there are modern buildings too
— ,of necessity as, Swan-
age .suffered considerably from
bomb damage during the` war.
Fortunately many: historic build-
ings' are 'still left.' For in-
stance, at the back •of the Town
Hall there is "The Old Lock-
up," built entirely of stone. It
is about the size of an average
bathroom. There is a thick oak
door, reinforced with iron bars,
no windows, just a small oblong '
opening high up on the wall for
ventilation, and a heayy oak
plank along one wall,,presurna-
bly fora bed. Over the door
there is the following inscription
—"Fcir 'the FreVention of Vice
and Immorality By the Friends
of Religion and Good Order.
A.D. 1803."
I am staying with a friend of
long ,standing in Swanage and
she has been a marvellous guide
and companion to many of the
--outstanding historic sites in Dor-
set. One day we took a bus trip
through "The Hardy Country".
The scene of Thomas Hardy's
"Tees of the ,D'urbeiville's". On
the way we passed the little
country churchyard where Law-
,rence of Arabia lies buried.
More interesting still is the town
of Wareham where there is' a
stone church—St. Martin's—with
a seating accommodation for
eighteen! It is said to have been
built in 705 by St. Adhelm,, first'
Bishop, of Sherborne. After 17,62
it was used "very little and had
fallen into a state of neglect:
For two centuries 'it was little
more han a landmark. Then
came Lawrence of Arabia. By
his influence and interest the'
church was preserved, aria nec-
essary repairs completed with-
out destroying any of its archi-
tecttiral features. For instance
at the side of the altar there is
lie "Devil's Door", a relic of
early superstitio,n Its only pus-
pose was to stand open when
the church bells were rung to
allow the Devil to escape. Why
they should expect the devil to
be in the House of God I don't
know. The stone front bears the
inscription 1607 so /the church
was evidentyl added to through
the centuries'.; Inside the church
there is a recumbent effiev in
stone' of Lawrence Of Arabia in
Arabian costume. Sb whatever
his failings this well;-known ISgri. 30 =,-;1955
From The South of England
Now I am really seeing .Eng-
land! .Not the England of
cities and busy traffic but -Eng-
land with its white cliffs, irreg-
ular rugged shoreline washed,
by the incoming tide. England
with its hills and downs and
ancient little villages with mar-
row winding country roads.
I travelled by motor'-coach
from London to Bournemouth
and the drive was unbelievably
beautiful. Very few straight line
fences, instead Miles and miles
of hedgerows, very; often a solid
mass Of rhododendrons, of a most
beautiful shade of mauve, In
parks and in the grounds. of large
estates the rhododendrons are
cultivated and the colours are
then more varied—red, old rose
and different shades of mauve.
Russell lupins are everywhere
and the roses are out of this,
world. In the fields there is
plenty of Queen Anne's lace,
mustard, and to my delight,
occasionally a patch of red pop-
pies. But of course, not a bit of
chicory! Birds . . . I am too late
for cuckoos and nightingales but
there are plenty of singing
blackbirds and magpies.
I stayed overnight at Bouine-
mouth with my sister-in-law. A
longer stay was not possible as
she was going to Norway the
following mornin g. Bourne-,
mouth is a fashionable seaside
summer resort on the South
coast. It is very beautiful but
'you can't go in or out of it With-
out climbing terrific hills. The
residential district covers a wide
area—of hills, of course. We went
On a sight-seeing bus to nearby
Boscombe and the driver went
for at least one and a.half miles
in low gear through a residential
area with several hairpin turns
on steep hills. Certainly Bourne-
mouth is a beautiful place but I
wouldn't live here for anything
--not With those
On my Tourney from London
to Bournemouth by motor-coach
we came through New Forest
where there wasn't a fence' of
any description. Cattle and fer-
est ponies wandered at will
along the bylaws and highways,
It waS nothing to see a picnic
party joined by a few ponies
eager for tidbits arid a little
petting. On the other hand
Some of the ponies are decidedly
wild, "New Forest" is a heaVily
wooded area Set aside by
Hain the Conqueror as a Conger-
vatiOn Project. It Was larger at
one -time but it still covers at
area of 92,000 acres, or about
twenty miles by fourteen]
My next journey was to' SWati=
age — a beautiful little seaside'
town, completely different froM -
any tided I belie seen so far.
There' are Many quarries in Dor-,
set to'naturally a good deal Of
the bilildihg injears gone by
was with Stone: Not only are
many of the houses and Other
Buildings 'Made with stone but
the roofs are too, Great big stone
shingles if One can call their)"
that e= arid ha* they We.
Perfect twosome for summer
— sundress with pretty yoke
detail, and cover-up bolero! Per-
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you look inches taller, sizes
slimmer! Proportioned to fit
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iCreitier• had. choice Of :either trying fOr $64;000
or keeping $12,006 she had won in previous' appearaketi
Quoting. the Bible, Mrs. kreitzer accepted her earlier Winning%
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