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Vary different taetlex Were
Pursued by Alf Watson of Auck-
land, New Zealand, When he sus-
pected his wife, Miranda, of in-
fidelity, Though of st highly jeal-
ous character, he did not flare
up the very instant he discover-
ed her deception.
He bought himself a false
beard, and so disguised, tracked
her to a shady park area, where
he identified her lover, a twenty-
four-year-old farmer.
Watson then shadowed his wife
to the other man's farm and, still
wearing his beard, caught her
sitting with him in a station
wagon.
That was too much for him.
Roaring like a madman, he dash-
ed up to the car, an automatic
in his band, and emptied it
through the open window at the
pair of terrified lovers.
.By a miracle, both escaped
with minor wounds. The farmer
was nicked twice in the' leg, and
Miranda had no more than a
scratch as a bullet tore,ftrough
her blouse.
It took the collected efforts of
two farmhands to restrain Wat-
son.
For this ferocious assault, the
ffiealous husband was jailed for
three years.
Have the very "miracle' drags"
Which conquered pneumonia,
streptococcus infections, and ty-
phoid lever only saved man for
death from germs "harmless" up
to now? Dr, Maxwell Finland of
the Harvard Medical School
fears so. At the Associatien
American Physicians meeting in
Atlantic City be warned that
once dormant germs are now
able to produce lethal infections
in the blood, intestines, kidneys,
and other organs, One possible
reason: Sulfa drugs, penicillin,
and the newer antibiotics may
have lulled the huamn body's
natural defenses into inactivity,
Dr. Findland's grim warning
is based on autopsy reports of
10,000 deaths in Boston City
Hospital between 1935 and 1959.
These have shown, he said, that
deaths from supposedly harmless
bacteria which live in the body
"are increasing in .requency."
Years ago, illness or death from
these germs was rare.
At the Boston Hospital in 1935,
Dr. Finland said, "the ntunber
of deaths from bacterial infec-
tions of all kinds was 50 per
cent. After the introduction of
penicillin and the sulfa drugs,
it dropped to 20' per cent. Now,
it is more than' 30 per cent."
Some of this rise, he said, is due
to staphylococcus, the deadly bac-
teria which recently: has devel-
oped immunity to antibiotics.
But Dr. Finland suggested that
the rest is due to the so-called
harmless bacteria, and predicted
that such deaths- will increase
until researchers find the reasons
for the new' virulence and the
drugs to combat it.
FromeN'EWSWlEEK.
SUCH A DISPLAY - Madelle Hegeler takes on the charm of a
gargoyle, She's displaying jewelry by surrealist Salvador Dali.
Fantastic pieces include a leaf-veined hand, "eye of time"
watch in three shades of enamel, ruby lips with pearls4for
teeth and a "corset" ring.
* stone," and those whe) stand
* by you in your present need
* will bring you comfort.
IlIS MOWER OB3UTS
"Dear Anne Hirst: 1, am still
very much in love with a boy 1
elated last school term. He said
he loved me too, but he has not
asked for a data inr two
months —
"Because his mother objected
to our going together! I don't
know why, she doesn't know me
well . I can't enjoy myself
with anyone else, I want so much
to be with him!
t "I have always tried to do what
is right. I work, though I'm still
I in high school, and my family
I are very nice people.
I "What do I do now?
UNHAPFY"
I '" When you have a son of your
* own you will better undestand
* why this boy's mother doesn't
* want him to fall in love now.
* He is just in college, and
* must prepare himself for a
* career; she is afraid that, so
* much in love, he will not give
* enough time to his studies. A
* mother's. fears have often been
* justified, Since she does not
* know you well she can't have
* any personal objection to you,
* so try not to feel so hurt.
* You are industrious, ambi-
* tious, a good student and' ma-
* tune for your age. Take the
* situation objectively and, relax.
* (I think you can.) This en-
* forced separation will prove a
* test of your love and his, When
* he nears graduation there
* probably will be no abjection.
* to his resuming the romance.
* Meantime, be a good sport.
* Have fun with other friends,
* and you will if you keep on
* dating them, and hold on to
* your faith in the future. *
If you are the victim of, an
old scandal, don't be' despondent.
Those who know you as you are
today will rally around, and the
few who malign you show them-
selves for what they are.: Anne
Hirst's understanding will cheer
you. Write her at Box 1,'123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
Tore Down Houses
To Find An Echo
Week's Sew-Thrifty
PRINTED PATTER1.4
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"Dear Anne 'Meet: Can you.
tell me why women are so slow
to forgive their own sex.? WhY
do they keep- on reviling a girt
Who Made . a Mistake which she
;las bitterir repented? She has
trj", lone end couregc‘euele to
• live a both( elife.
"I fen etie who has euffers.c1 like
'hie. Atter moving to this town
enel having a wonderful husband
rnd twc tine children, I have
tnade a good life for them and
myself. — Or at least I did Un-
til a woman (a highly respected
church member) somehow learn-
ed my secret. In no time it was
aired ail over town! A family
was almost wrecked, and the
:self-righteous one goes happily
on her way with one more good
deer: deae.
"I belie' 1 am a b;?tt.r Ceris-
tian than she is, I am praying
desporately not to feel bitter to-
ward her I am only trying to
le.!)!I the best of my life together
— my marriage, my husband and
my children.
NO SIGNATURE"
W.'.GGING TONGUES
* Some people have a wagging
* tongue, and not all of them
* are women. When they hear a,
juicy hit of gossip, they can-
* not wait to repeat it; I have
known a few, and they can-
* not resist the temptation any
more than they can turn aside
a dessert when they're on a
diet. Forbidden delicacies are
their life blood, and being the
4 first to learn of a scandal gives
* them a false sense of impor-
• tance. Some of their listeners
* prove as avid, and the tale.
* spreads with an embroidering
* that multiples with each re-
* cita I.
* To be fair, congenital gos-
* sippers do not always repeat
• stories with deliberate malice;
they do not anticipate the'
* harm they cause, they only
* feel a glow of satisfaction in
* being in the know. Most of us
" delight in the dramatic; veter-
* an gossipers often lead such
* dreary personal lives that they
* seize upon the slightest tattle
* as a mouth-watering morsel.
* One can only pity their empty
* heads and hearts, and deplore
* the vanity that causes such
* destruction.
• Like a true Christian, you
* are making a brave effort to
* forgive this woman and you
* are to be commended. Neigh-
* hors who have watched your
* fine family life will not con-
* demn you now, hut see you as
* you are, a warm-hearted
* friend with human frailties
* who has overcome them and
tried to make amends for her
* one mistake.
* They will not forget the ad-
* monition, "Let him that is
* without sin cast 'the first
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the Women's Voluntary Service
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with uncontrollable
rage when he found his. girl
friend entertaining another man,
in her apartment, Thornton,
forty-eight-year-old c a in patty
executive, whipped out a revol-
ver, "Now clip off all her hair,"
he ordered his rival.
Geoffrey, the rival, picked up
the scissors, Threatened from
Point-Wank range, he had no
thought of disobeying, Snip. by
snip, he loped off the loeks of
trembling Georgia until she re-
sembled a female Yul Brynner.
Madly jealous, Thornton then
ordered Geoffrey to treat him-
self to the shortest of crew-cuts.
Apparently, this French Maquis
practice of dealing with girls
who collaborated with amorous
Nazi soldiers seemed to Thorn-
ton a proper way of taking
vengeance ageinst a woman he
professed to love.. And by forc-
ing her new boy friend to do
the job he gratified his somewhat
micabre sense of justice.
But this outburst of jealousy
led to arrest. Charged with car-
rying a pistol and threatening to
take his life, he excused himself
by saying; "I came here to take
her back and marry her. I didn't
drive 1,000 miles to find her car-
rying on like, that!"
Are men more jealous than
women? "Yes," says a survey
conducted recently by two
French sociologists, Claude Ibert
and Jerome Charles.,
For their investigation they
took a sample selection of peo-
ple, aged sixteen to eighty-seven,
and questioned them in detail
about their earliest flirtations,
first loves, engagements, mar-
riages, clandestine affairs and
divorces. And it soon appeared
that men are more resentful and
suspicious of their wives' male
friends than vice versa.
But then Frenchmen are no-
toriously passionate and posses-
sive!
This tempestuous and danger-
ous spirit is always sparking .off
domestic rows among the Latin
races. And trouble, unfortun-
ately, often goes' far beyond
mere wordy clashes.
A Portugese husband, Jose,
was shocked recently when, re-
turning home, he found his wife
clasped in another man's arms.
But Jose evidently feared a dis-
covery of ,that sort, for he car-
ried a loaded pistol' in his pocket
Bursting into, the room, revol-
ver at the ready, he didn't wait
.for explanations but blazed
away at the pair of them as they
fell out of each other's arms,
Under this mad fusillade his
wife's lover crumpled up, but
she escaped with wounds.
Brought for trial, Jose was ac-
quitted both on killing and
wounding charges. But the court
fined him because he had no li-
cence for his gun!
In Western Germany, Franz
was passionately devoted to his
wife, Inge. Near Coblenz, they
had a luxurious newly- built
villa overlooking a glorious
sweep of the Rhine,
"I will love you for ever,
Franz," Inge had told him, hug-
ging him. passionately, and he
even wcit'd;'a gold' ring bearing
the inscription "For Ever, Inge."
Then came a tragic awakening,
Returning home unexpectedly at
11 o'clock one morning, he found
Inge with another man.
Blind fury Seized Franz. Rush-
ing out into the kitehene he grab- -
bed a meat chopper and felled
the secret lever.
He knocked 'Inge unconscious
with the chopper's blunt end,
then he-bundled the pair into his
car and dumped them in a near-
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How does important mail oc-
casionally go astray? Don't you
sometimes wonder? Well, I've .
found one of the answers any-
way. Saturday I was in Toronto
all day. On my return I asked
Partner if there had been any
mail,, "Nothing much—just the
morning paper and a mail-order
catalogue," I had already seen a
paper and as I was tired I didn't
bother to open the catalogue.
Next morning I thought I might
as well see 'if there were any
summer sale' bargains. I found
more than I expected. Tucked.
inside the paper wrapper were
two letters — one personal, the
other a cheque — interest on a
Canada Savings Bond! They
could easily have slipped out un-
noticed and thereby have caused
a lot of embarrassment. I sup-
pose the mailman had tucked
them inside the wrapper for
safety. It is a method I don't ap-
prove of as there is now so much
unsolicited advertising sent
through the mails one doesn't
always look it over too well.
Guess I'll watch a bit more care-
fully from now on.
My, but last week was a busy
week. Tuesday quilting all day.
Wednesday running people back
and forth to visit a friend in hos-
pital. Thursday making calls
and getting things ready for
Partner to spend two days in
Toronto to do a few odd carpen-
try jobs for Daughter. While he
was away I started houseclean-
ing, also had a man come in to
fix the television. He put in a
new picture tube but thank
goodness it came under the
year's warranty. We arc now
getting a better picture than
when the set was new.
Friday night Art brought Part.
ncr home and took me back with
him—to baby-sit all day Satur-
day while Daughter took charge
of her Girl Guide Company on
"Cookie Day". . It was quite a
success. While I was away a
young chap come along and
wanted Partner to go with him
to look over a farm he was
thinking of buying. Partner got
lunch for them both and away
they went somewhere up in Duf. 898
Did you know that lip-prints
are as individual as finger-
prints? Los Angeles police, seek-
ing a hit-and-run driver who had
killed a girl, were told at a gar-
age, of a car with a dented fen-
der which had just come in for
a quick repair.
In the dent was a `perfect' im-
print of a woman's lip which
revealed, microscopically, four-
teen crease-harks matching those
on the victim's lip. They justified
a manslaughter conviction, and
the officer on the case said: "It
was the first time we had ever
tried to get a lip impression
from a body. But each set of lips
has its own characteristics, which
are as identifiable al finger-
prints."
Another unusual story in Jack
(Dragnet) Webb's "The Badge"
a graphic account of the Los
Angeles Police Department, con-
cerns four young teenage boys
found sleeping in a car which
contained a machine-gun, .45
automatic, two shotguns, two
rifles, two sticks of dynamite, a
bayonet and three hunting
knives.
The fifteen - year =old ring-
leader explained that things go-
ing on in the world• had bother-
ed hire, so they'd planned to steal
a boat and escape to San Miguel
island, sixty miles off, arid create
a neW' nation: where boys could
be happy farming, fishing, hunt-
ing and' relaxing!
Modern Etiquette
ht Roberta
Is it necessary or propel
for a wonnin to rise froth het
chair When 'acknoWledging an
introduction?
A. While' -not toriiidered•
necessary, it .eertairiIy is hot .but
of Ofddr — and it 'does indicate
geritline pleasure Over t 11
,theetitig,
Q Is it my privilege, as the
bride to select whAte*ee music
tivisii to he played at: our wed,
ding
A. Yes but- you should
suit yleiit tninaster, tOO It niay
be that yeti wish' to itiehide
arsine • secular hitielek. *bleb rosy'
bo forbidden in your tiattletflat
church.
_fain county. They were late
getting back and before. Partner
had a chance to get ,any supper
a neighbour came in with a sur-
prise request. (More about that
later). It was after nine o'clock
before. Art brought me home.
Partner was tired and so was I
but of course we had to swap
stories on what 'we each had
been doing. Then he told me
about "the request", said it was
up to me and I had better make
up my mind what I wanted to
.do and then phone neighbour
Bert and tell him to come in.
again and talk things over.
The situation was this. Bert's
mother was coming „over 'from
England for four months and
they hadn't a place to sleep her.
Would we let her have a room
in our house? Well, we have the
room all right but at first I
didn't Much like the idea of
committing myself to taking any-
one. However, I knew these
people were in a fix and it seem-
ed mean not to help them out.
So we decided to try things on
a trial basis, The lady has a
key; she will come and go as
she likes, sleep here and get -
meals at her son's home just two
doors away. If we want to go
away we shall go; if we want
the guest room for family vis-
itors she will take a room at a
motel temporarily. We are also
accepting a small remuneration
so neither of us will feel under
any obligation to the other.
So today we were busy. Took
down the baby crib, cleaned out
drawers and clothes closet, gave
the room the "once over" and
it is now ready for the lady to
move in — and that is tonight,
It wild be quite a new experience
for us and the arrangement can
be terminated by either party if
it should prove unsatisfactory.
So that's that.
Actually the lady could be ac-
commodated quite well at her
son's home except that he didn't
want anyone to. be inconveni-
enced. Funny how some people
can make do and others have to
have everything just so.
Sunday we' expected a quiet
day but by mid-morning Bob,
Joy and the boys were here—
taking plants from the garden
heeled in last fall, For lunch
we had fresh. smelts from Parry
Sound—gift of our next-door
neighbour. Fresh smelts fried in
butter . . YUm, yurn!
That goes for the weather too.
Horn's, and hours of lovely sun-
shine, Some tam and cool winds
but little to grumble about.
Some Panniers e have their seed-
ing done aria rain WAS just what
Was needed. ?Lawn mowers are.iti
action, 'radishea and Spring on-
itiria Sprouting. In fact spring i.s
,.„Ottt: -all
you „glad to: welcome it' I Mut-
T,'m glad tocli that Arthur God,
TOY wean enjoy it enee'- again.
We '44rilimr,Godfrey—his deur,
'age,, his fortitude 'end his
lirignest to #lelp lame dogs over
stilet. The world is a better
place because Of men like
}Urea wishing' you a complete:
recovery, A.G., and a quick
ttirii tea norinal life.
One of the world's most fam-
ous echoes has vanished. For
centuries this echo, on lovely
Lake Balaton,, in Central Hun-
gary, has been a household word,
but to-day it can no longer be
heard.
This is because down the years,
as trees grew and new buildings
went up, the echo, which rever-
berated back five or six times
from the walls of the mediaeval
church that looks over the lake,
has been growing fainter. And
now it has finally disappeared.
Sound engineers were sent
there recently to try to restore
the echo. They returned and re-
ported that trees would have to
be cut down and houses demol-
ished, but even then the elusive
echo might still not return.
Echoes have been called the
radio stations of nature. Actual-
ly, an echo is the throwing back
of a sound wave. According to
a Greek myth, Echo was a
nymph who pined away for love
until only her voice remained.
Although echoes to-day retain a
romantic qualtiy, conics, the sci-
ence of sound waves, explains to
us how they magnify sound.
As curved mirrors play queer
tricks with an image, sound mir-
rors act similarly with sounds.
They "bounce" sound waves
from surface to surface, fre.
quently altering their volume,
pitch and number of repetitions.
There is an echo near Bingen,
in Germany, which will toss a
sound to and fro no fewer than
seventeen times. The tomb of the
wife of Sidle, in the Roman
Campagna, will repeat a line of
poetry which takes two and a
half seconds to utter. In a cave
in the Partheon in Rome the visi-
tor, by only flapping his coat,
can create an echo like the re-
port of a gun.
It was after he had heard the
famous bugle-echo at Xillarney
that Tennyson wrote the lyric,
"The Splendour Falls."
"A bugle blast is echoed and
re-echoed from the hills till it
,sounds: as though a hundred
bugles were blowing," he wrotz,
to a friend.
The effect produced in "whis-
pering galleries," like the gal-
lrey at St, Paul's Cathedral, Len-
der', is really a. form of echo, A
Whisper there will ereep across
the dome to be picked tip With
astonishing clearness on the op
posite tide, 102 feet aWay.
When, many years ago, the ▪ Hatiae of Representatives
Met in Statuary Hall, Washing.,
ten, it was said that the Speaker
used tb communicate ijkiiratelY
vnth ineinbers by means the
dairie'S "WhiSpering,track.t' A fit't
later' destroyed the :dome,
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lbAivcHat 'LAMA "sPtAKS The Panchen Latta, totritfitilitsi-
supported successor to the exiled Dalai Lama as Ti ru
addresses the Second National Peoplees Con rots; toniniUhislt
China in Peiping. He told the delegates: 'bre 6060 of all the -
tan people . Tibet ii (livid)/ Chin/41000
Mare than 13,00Q wives' and
relatiVeS of • hospitalized veteri,
tons We r e overnight guests et
the eight. Red Crass ledgei last
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