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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1947-11-29, Page 2"SAL L ANN N HIRST Is Another Girl Spreading Tales? SO MANY young girls have writtea * lately that they're victims of un- * true gossip that I think they rate *.apiece of their own today. It is * a sad. state of affairs when one girl * goes about smearing the name of * another one, yet it does happen * frequently, and among the nicest * youngsters. * "You know how it is, Anne * Hirst," writes one sufferer, "Boys * believe eyery'thing they hear about a girl when they're young. And this jealous girl is giving me an awful repu- tation. If she doesn't know a new boy I meet, she calls him up and tells him what a liar I * am!! ''I never told a lie to anyone * about any boy ,. I'lf go on meeting * new _.7y5 and she'll go on telling flits abe t:t me. I simply can't * stand Et any longer!" * W\ -hat can she do about it? • IT WON'T LAST frhet?ce os.•sip is spread f: a spirit of rr:•e,: -c cr through a dog- in-the-ma'toer 3'ti>;tde, it is one of the meanest ks in the world. It indicates a 1 tt decree of intelligence when girls Yesart la saris a habit is a desperate.fart to prove herself su r; r t:!:ie girl she attacks. In reality, it does n 'thing of the sort. It only reveals her as a poor sport wlio would hit below the belt rather than lose an argument. As one boy after another finds out the truth, it is she who will find her- self not only friendless but ridicul- ed. Slee will be ostracized for a long, long while—and how precious is a single week or a month in the social year of a teen-ager! I don't agree that young boys be- lieve all they hear, too many of them prefer to do their own thinking. An attack on a girl's integrity often arouses all their chivalry. ?rot only will they despise the girl who made it, but they'll stubbornly cultivate the one against whom it is made. This girl who is so upset by cruel gossip will, of course, da nothing to refute it. She cannot, and any pro- test she makes will only weaken her cause. lf•hat she can do is to reveal by her daily conduct and manner the sort of person she is. and console herself with the fact that truth will out. If site holds her head high and refuses to talk about it, her enemy will have to retreat and find a sub- ject more easily hurt. There's pre- cious little satisfaction in continuing to aim a poiosned arrow at a char- acter that is fully armored. * * * If another girl spreads stories about you, dont let it get you down. All boys aren't dumb, and you'll meet many smart ones. Watch this column for wise advice, and write Anne Hirst if you want to—at Box A, room 421, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto. Your Handwriting and YouBy Alex S. Arnott What Shall I Write About? Many of my readers express re- gret in not knowing what to write about when requesting an analysis of their handwriting. Other readers, write, "I do not know -whether or not you will be able to read my handwriting for there are times when I cannot read it myself." Mat you write about in your letter has little consequence in making an analysis of your writing. The important thing in analyzing script for character ana- lysis is the strokes'you use in mak- ing the script. It snakes no differ- ence whether .you write with a steel pen or a fountain pen or even a goose quill. It is the formation of the strokes and the contour of the letters and numbers that reveal one's characteristics, personal ten- dencies and habits. The implements or tools of writing do not enter into the analysis for the script may even be written by a person with artificial hands; in extraordinary cases, by a boy or a girl horn with- out hands having learned to write by holding a pen between the teeth or between the toes. Whatever the method is, the analysis is made front the formation of the strokes and not from the method used to make the strokes. If your handwriting is not what you would like it to be, there should be no reason for regret. Your writ- ing is one way of expressing thought, and what you think, you will write. It is not what you write, it is how you write that counts. Anyonewishing a more complete analysis please send self-addressed stamped envelope to Box B, room 421, 73 Adelaide St. )fest, Toronto. There is no charge for this service. Double Crochet Hair Band Materials: Pearl Cotton, Size 11, 1 ball each of Red, Green and Yellow , , , Steel Crochet Hogk No. 7. With Red, ch 14, 151 row: Double crochet (dc) in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across (12 de on row, counting turning chain as 1 de). Ch 8, turn. and row: Skip 1st dc (last de on previous row), de in each de across, dc in top of turning chain. Ch 3, turn. Repeat 2nd row until piece measures 16 inches. Break off. Make a Green and a Yellow piece exactly like the Red piece, Finishing: Place the short ends of each piece over each other and sew theta neatly together. Sew a piece of ribbon to both ends for tie;. The above is one of the many attractive patterns shown in the new 6 "Conpletc Book of ('roehet." Full information is to he found elsewhere on this page. F REQ''° "" Z 13 Y J A C I. 5 O N• C 0 L Synopsis Chapter XIV: Michael Valdez sets out fur Coronado to trace Flash Conroy, a notorious gamb- ler. Valdez finds him at the poker table in his own saloon, "Flash' Conroy's Palace. CHAPTER XV As _'tfichael Valdez mo,ed slowly across the barroom floor now, the gambler turned to face him, and for a tense moment neither of them spoke, Then Conroy Clashed his white teeth in what might or might not have been a friendly grin and saki: "How's tricks, cowboy'? it's a treat to see you around here. Didn't know you often moved so far away from the border." "Everything's fine," Valdez drawled and slightly moved his charro test so that his well-filled money belt came into plain sight. "I've just come into a little dinero, and thought this was just as good a place as any for me to incest it so it would bring me in More." "Invest it, eh? You'd like to run it up?" Cc,nroy's full lips quirked and again his white teeth shoved. "Certainly, certainly," he said affably. "Draw up a chair and have yourself a stack of chips. I figure we can give you a run for your money." As Michael Valdez drew up a chair to the table and sat down he cast a swift, comprehensive, but apparently* idle glance around the room. He wanted to single out Con- roy's henchmen, and he did that with one sweep of his eyes. They were some of those half-breeds loung- ing at the bar, of course. * * But he gave no single sign of interest as he sat down and care- lessly dumped the contents of tltc money belt onto the table in front of him. Flash Conroy began method- ically counting out red, white, and blue chips. Valdez called for a new deck and began to re -shuffle the cards, Flash Conroy accepted his cards fob the cut and deal as though this man who bad just sat in at the game were no unusual visitor, instead of the spectacular one every man present knew him to be. The five other players in the game also accepted the bit of melodrama, but shortly re- alized that whatever was the reason for the unexpected entry of this man front the border country, they were going to have to play a heads - up game in order to stand even a fighting chance with him. The game went on quietly, though, and men finally relaxed. The wins and losses see -sawed back and forth between the various players, while Michael Valdez studied them sur- reptitiously. Before the game had been going on fifteen minutes Viedlez got a pretty definite idea of the six men facing him around the table. The two directly opposite were obviously well-to-do ranchers who %would be able to stand any reasonable losses at the Palace gaming tables. A man sitting beside the ranchers looked like a drifter who appeared to have made a stake, either in a lucky mining prospect or in some other quick turn -over. He probably was ripe for Flash Conroy's plucking, And if later he should he found dead in some alley, With all his money miss- ing, there would be no explanation of that forthcoming. * * The other two sten in the game besides Conroy himself and Michael Valdez were plainly Con- roy decoys. That was definitely proved a few minutes after Valdez had pigeonholed thein in his mind, when they and Conroy swung into action trying 18 whipsaw Valdez. But they did not succeed. He was ready for them, and after that play he went on methodically raking in his winnings and pushing away his losses with cool indifcrcnce. His stake had been whittled in half when Valdez deckled that the show -down be had come here to force tonight might as well conte now as later. He had a good audi- ence too, now, for the other games had been suspended and all of the former participants were gathered around the poker table where the owner of the Palace himself played. Better still/ the drifter had reached his limit and had dropped out of the game. Valdez knew positively the time had come when, on Conroy's deal, the gambler hastily shuffled, and flipped out the cards without offer- ing them for a cut, Picking up his cards, one at a time, Valdez saw that his first four cards were three kings and an ace It did riot sur- prise him, therefore, when he picked up his fifth card and saw that it was his fourth Icing, Valdez notes blinked as betting before the draw opened ttp, and the players warmed up as it went round and round the table, A sizable sten of money, when the chips had all been tos,ed ,n t'.,:'tc• upnu the table. Fiaall \add ., found himself miming dotsto tb, last of the thirtytwo-t1+or.:ted dollar fund lie had brought with him fun this cy- press purpose. Conroy, dt:ding, oas seatrol to the right of Valdez. One. of Conroy's players sat on the other ih: of the tall wanderer from the border coun- try, and next to that man sat one of the ranchers. 'Ilte t ihrr Conroy than was across tl:e la:•lc from Michael Valdez. Finally, as the betting `became steeyer and st..-p,'r, Flash Conroy dropped out, 'Valdez, who had opened the pot, ehecl.c,1 !br bet to the house player who sat .,t his left hand. The mal bought rase chips. A good^ portion of the new stack of chips went into the center of the table as the man opened the betting. Again the hots trent :wound, but the two ranchers had reached their limit, and with the high wagers being made llivv had also lost con- fidence in the cards they held. Apparently they would he no good, even bettered after the draw, Simul- taneously they tossed their hands into the center of the table. Conroy and his men had been wait- ing for that moment. Valdez was not surprised when neither of Flash's henchmen raised again. The gamble, looked at Michael Valdez and lifter,. his eyebrows inquiringly. "How many cards, Valdez? he asked. Michael Valdez thumb famed his fire cards as he appeared to study them a moment more. He whipped out two cards then and tossed them into the discard in the center of the table, "Give me a pair to 1111 this hoose," he drawled. (To be Continued) Sunday School Lesson By Rev. R. Barclay Warren The Way Of Love 1 John 2:7-11, 13-17; 3:13-18. GOLDEN TEST — Follow after charity. -1 Corinthians 14:1. John, the apostle, has been term- ed the apostle of love. He was an affectionate man. It was he who lay close to the breast of Jesus at the last supper. It was he who left on record the best known verse in the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that Ire gave his only begotten Son, that whoso- ever beliet'eth in hint should not perish, but have everlasting life-" The words translated love or char- ity occur in his writings 120 times. * * * The lesson teaches us, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." We must use the things of the world but we must not set our affection upon these things which are doomed to perish. Money is neces- sary but the love of it is "the root of all evils." She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth;' On the other hand, 'to love one's brother' is a basic require- ment of a Christian. It is true that some profess to be Christians and yet are not on speaking terms with each other. \Ve wonder how will such ever get along in hea- ven. But let us not puzzle over • the answer for John says, "Whose hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in hint." The one who doesn't love his brother will not enter heaven. The love which John considers of such primary importance docs not exhaust itself in emotion. It is practical. "hereby perceive we the lose of Cod, because He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren," lie pertinently asks, "Whose hath this wor'ld's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shuttcth up his bowels of compassion from hint, how d;:elt- eth the love of God in him" * * * Suche love is needed in the world .today. Like the 1111111 ou the Jeri- cho road, the world has had a bad beating and has been robbed. \Vs nations who profess to be Christians must play out part in binding up his wounds and help- ing to pay for his steep till he is better. It is true that sometimes those whom we have helped be- come our enemies. But that does not alter our obligation to fulfil the law of love. "Let us not love lit word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth," Let Cts fol- low after love, ISSUE 47-1947 Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. when should a w, qua r res move her wrap, when dining in 11, re•dtnu':till of it hot .1? 4. 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