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MAIDEN. VOYAGE, Aerial pholOgraph shows the,new 22,000,-ton Cunard liner Carinthia as she
arrived in Montreal, harbor recently' on her maiden voyage todanada. Third of four sister, vessels
specially designed for the Canadian service, the Carinthia received the most vociferous wel-
come accorde& a new linet in the Port of Montreal since before the Second World' War. As
Carinthia steamed into the garbor, in brilliant sunshine, tugs, fire boats and •other vessels in
port saluted her with long blasts on their whistles. Carinthia is commanded by veteran' Cunard
master, Capt. Andrew MacKellar, R.D., R.N.R.
1).9d.r Anne Hirst;AM a very
ctistgilied woman, Nine Ye00
a01'Vplarried 'very young, and
not b'ecause T. wee, in love, I was,
lonely, all of my girl friends
were getting married and I. de-
cided it was time for me, I chose
my husband as I'd have selected
a new, hat, I was, too young to
knew any better,
"I stayed married, and had two
babies, thinking (as so many
people say) that I'd learn to love
him. I didn't, He is not repulsive
to me, he is kind and, loving, and
we do have a geed family life
With fun together and two dar-
ling children. But I feel my life
is being wasted; my heart still
longs, for a man I could love•
passionately. I see married cou-
ples so happy together, but my
husband seems like a dear rela-
tive.
"This is my only reason for
wanting to leave him. Often I
feel it is really wrong to us both
to stay on without the thrilling
love I'd read about. I am so con-
lused, I'm almost sick, Aren't I
missing something, really essen-
tial? Must. I keep on hungering
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for love, or do the thrills Wear
off even with loving c014P104?
M, T,"
FIlTILE YgAAN1NO
am sorry for you; yeti are
* reaching for a star that seems
* not destined to rise in your
* firmament. In the midst of
* your confusion, I must remind
* You that you promised to
* honor and cherish the man
* you married; your role is fixed,
* your duty clear—to be the
* best possible wife to the bus-
* band who loves you, and a
* good mother to the children
* who look to you both for gui-
* dance and emotional security.
• Think first; What would
* happen if you went your own
* way? Left your husband, took
* his children with you, and
* started the search for love?
* Where would you turn to find
* it? What a terrifying chance
* to take, particularly with two
4' young children!
* Now, at least you are spared
* the painful disillusion which
* sometimes follows love,
* Though your present life
* seems empty to you, it is really
* rich in' the devotion of a good
* man and the companionship of
* your children. The thrills of
* loving do indeed diminish
* with the passing of years. But
* after passion departs, a cou-
* pie find the' true meaning of
* a deep love with a compan-
* ionship in which each aims to
* keep the other happy, and to-
* gether raise a family—often
* the highest recompense of all.
* I wish that the great love
* you miss had come to you. But
* remember that many a cou-
* plc who appear to be happily
* married have ,missed the ful-
* lest lile—because after pas-
* sion is gone, they find they
* have nothing to hold them to-
* gether down through the years.
* Compared with them, you are
* a fortunate woman indeed.
* Count your many blessings,
and look forward to an even
* richer life in the maturing of
* your children.
e
DON'T TELL
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am so
worried! My closest friend is
engaged to marry a young man
very soon, and the other evening
I saw him in a night club with
a girl whom everybody knows
is no good. From what I over-
heard, they go there regularly.
"Shell I tell my girl friend?
She is naive and trusting, and
terribly in love. I should hate to
see her hurt, Aren't I being dis-
loyal if I don't warn her?
LOYAL"
* I understand how respon-
* sible you feel, but I hope you
* will keep out of it.
* The bearer of bad news,
* however good her intentions,
* is never welcome and seldom
'1‘ believed. Your friend may tell
* you she appreciates your rrio-
* tive, but in her heart she will
* wish you had kept quiet.
* Besides, if her young man
* is as guilty as, you suspect, the
* story will reach her ears. But
* don't you be the one to spread
* it.
If you are disappointed in
life, don't envy those more
fortunate; compare yourself
with those who have less to
be thankful for. Anne first's
understanding and ideas can
help you find a richer life
than you think you have.
Write her at Sol( 1, 123 Eigh-
teenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
Many times in this column I
have expressed regret that we
are in danger of being hernmed
in by highways and the, exten-
ded boundaries of our nearby
town. I have said we like rural
life and the quiet, of the country.,
All, that was, and Is, perfectly
true. But now I find there are
degrees of quietness and
more than one kind of rural
life. We have friends in Duf-
ferin county who were injured
in a car' accident last year. Of
course we have been writing
back and forth but that is not
like seeing one another. So
last Tuesday I drove up to the
Shelburne district, stayed over-
night and came back next day.
It was a lovely drive through
the Caledon hiller-except that I
was too busy watching the road
to look around at the scenery
The farm where I was visit,
ing is situated only a few miles
from a spot that is supposed to
be the highest point in. Ontario.
The scenery was beautiful. And
the air—I just cannot describe
how wonderful the air felt.
Our friends live about two
miles back from the highway.
They have the hydro and tele-
phone and there are neighbours
just across the road "so they are
not exactly isolated. The us-
ual farm activities were going
on while. I was there—cows to
milk, pigs and poultry to feed,
places to fix up ready for hay-
ing, A truck came in to pick
up eggs and 'cream, Electricians
Were doing. a repair job—some-
body coming and going enost of
the time.
Then came night. I knew our
friends were used to going to
bed early'and I was tired after
driving, So we were all in bed
by ten o'clock.. And then I lay
awake—listening . . just, list-
ening, And do you know there
wasn't a thing to listen to—no
trains in the distance;• no
whistles, no cars or trucks on
the road, no wind blowing, not
even a dog, barking,• I never
"heard" so Much "nothingness"
in all my life. It was uncanny.
And then after about an hour
I heard a low rumble, away Off
in the distance, so far away I
couldn't recognise the sound,
Gradually it got louder and
knew it Was a plane, Sometime
later the wind go' up; the rain
came* pelting' clown and there
was distant, __thunder. -With
something to listen to I finally
went to sleep. Soon after day-
break I was awake once more.
Again that weird stillness. I
thought at least the hens would
be cackling. But they weren't
—or it they were I didn't hear
them. Still more extraordinary
—there wasn't a single bird
singing from the tree tops.
When I came down to break-
fast I couldn't help commenting
on the quietness. "Quiet. yes—
but the quietness is just heaven
to me," said Mrs.----. Well,
everyone to their taste. As I
said. before we like the peace
of the country—but I don't like
it that quiet!
By the next night I was home
and in my own bed. For a
second night I lay awake quite
awhile. This time I was listen-
ing to the rumble of the trains,
the whistle as the approached
various crossings; the comfort-
ing, homey sound ,of care as
they travelled up and down the
highway; dog answering dog,
each from his own backyard;
night-flying' planes going in and
out of Mahon, tail lights blink-
ing. And at daybreak—birds on
the wing; birds chirping and
singing— sparrows, sterlings,
robins, thrushes and orioles—
joyously greeting the new day.
I thought how wond'e'rful if it
could .stay this way for ever—
rural living but with all the
comforting sounds of life going
on around us. Each farm family
a complete Unit in itself but
sharing common interests and
all within easy reach of One
another. Plenty of trees, birds
and a few rabbits and ground-
hogs — and mosquitoes, But
definitely. Even in Dufferin there
were mosquitoee, If only I were•
less allergic to them. Instead
a' getting used to 'them my
resistance to the pesky things
seems to be getting lessancl
less. Gardening is completely
out so far as I am concerned.
In fact I have reached the stage
when I feel like saying anyone
can have thy that" Of the sum-,
nier. take the spring, winter'
and fall,
The foregoing was written
before the awful storm struck'
many parts of Ontario On Sun-
day. It was bad here but we
didn't get the worst of , it by a
long way: Power was off for
three hours, branches, ripped
from trees but no serious dam-
age that I know of. Our "moun-
tain" gives us good 'protection.
Just before the storm cars were
racing along the highway, no
doubt homeward bound. We
didn't have any company but,
we didn't feel too happy know-
ing that' Dee 'and family .were
planning to visit Art's brother
at Midland. And that dreadful
tragedy near Lake Simcoe.. It
seems to me long week-endi
are now a nightmare instead of
a time for relaxation and pleas-
ure. If only more people were
content to stay at home. In- -
stead one might almost think
they were bent on mass suicide.
There is so much in life to do
arid to enjoy; so many people
who need help, comfort and
sympathy. It seems 'too bad we
should throw away chances of
being of service to our .fellow-
men just by our own foolhard-
iness.
KIPLING REVISED
If you can smile when things go
wrong.
And say it doesn't matter.
If you can laugh off cares' and
woe
And trouble makes you fatter,
If you can keep a' cheerful face,
When all around are blue,
Then have your head examined,
Bud; -
There's something wrong with
you.
For One thing I'Ve arrived at,
There are no ands and-buts,
A guy that's grinning all the
time
Must be completely nuts.
Where Door Knobs
Really Matter
When we landed, the north-
east monsoon was blowing, for
it was the beginning of the hot
season and the thermometer sel-
dom dropped lower than eighty
degrees Fahrenheit. We mop-
Ind our foreheads and were
grateful for the great mango
trees that arched over, our
heads, as we approached the
town, forming tunnels of black.
green shade . . At last we
burst, into the blinding light of
a white Arabian town—Arabian
slightly Europeanised, an ara-
besque of disorderly lanes and
alleys, impossible for any but
the smallest of cars.
What a relief for the eye to
rest again on a semblance of
architecture! Not that the houses
of Zanzibar are particularly dis-
tinguished; the coralline lime-„
stone masonry shows not a
single straight line and the
arches are never similar in
form or size, But at least these
buildings have a certain air of
dignity, Perhaps Zanzibar's
famous doors, however, are its
most remarkable feature, their
hard polished surfaces of teak
of sesame' inlaid with shining
grass bosses. In the old days a
fine door was considered the
most important part of an
Arab house. It was the custom,
in fact, for a prospective build-
er first to order a carved door-
frame, and then, when it had
been fixed in place, to construct
a house around it. Each door is
different, the double doors
themselves being perfectly plain
except for the brass studs or
bosses. Decoration is concen-
trated on the frame and on a
heavy carved panel which covers
the junction of the two doors.
The carving is deep-cut and
stylised in the usual Islamic
fashion, patterned with rosettes
of leaves and inset with pas-
sages from the Koran . . .
Some simple doors are paint-
ed to match. the walls of the
house, but this is only in the
poor quarter. The palace and
the big houses along the water-
front all have doors to the
plainness- of the buildings. Their
gleaming bosses, probably of
Indian origin, a decorative
dapatation of the spikes that
fortified the doors of a fortress
against the battering of war-
elephants( are polished to shine
like brassese on a ship.—From
"Equator Farm" by Roderick.
Cameron, .
In Milwaukee, 54 - year - old
Walter Estes broke into a bar,
leaving the rear window open
for a getaway, took $864 from
the storeroom, paused for a nip,
was found next morning fast
asleep on the barroom floor,
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In rprt William, Ant., eight.
Wisconsin anglers were tined
$800 and
ing tackle
c11$ of fish, c710,owoath4 after
bringipg in
0.
pickerel
limit; 46), explained; "We were
tired of the bologna diet hack
home,"
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ISSUE 30 — 1956
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