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"Dear Anne Hirst: I am so up-
set I don't know what to dot I've
been married nearly 18 months,
and expecting a baby soon, SO
I'm a housewife for the time be-
ing. My husband served over-
seas, and is still in service. We
love each other dearly. But he
slmply has no sense of money
matters.
'He is always wanting a new -
model car; he has had three—on
which I have had to make pay-
ments, as well as meet other
bills. Now he wants another,
though the present one will last
quite a while; he drives to and
from camp each day, and expects
me to help pay for gas.
"If he knows I've just got to
have something, he'll get if if
he has to borrow the money.
(He would lend his last penny,
and buy things that aren't neces-
sary,) All his life he's been
petted, and has money given him
by his people any time he wants
it. I feel he will not appreciate
money till he has to work for it,
as I've had to do,
"We could have had plenty, if
he would have let me work be-
fore I became pregnant, But
he says 'I can do that after the
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baby comes. I feel my place is
at home with my' child, don't
you?
"I live at some distance from
my people, and I just haven't
the money toseethem when I
want to. There's nothing left
after I pay the bills.
"I am so upset! Please give
me some advice,
* How many parents are re-
* sponsible for the situation in
* which you find yourself to-
*
day! Instead of inculcating in
* their sons the 'habits o1 hard
* work, regular saving, and fin-
* ancial stability, they indulge
* him like a child. Even your
* husband's marriage has not
* given him the sense of respon-
* sibility that every self-respect-
* ing husband accepts.
* For over a year you have
* borne the brunt of his weak-
* ness, and it has not been easy,
* now, however, when a baby is
* expected, you will have to take
*e a firm stand, and make him
* realize the need of living on a
* strict budget. He will shud-
* der at the idea, but he will
* have to admit its logic.
* List monthly expenses —
* household, upkeep of the car,
* and other living costs. Add
* the estimated hospitalization
* charges and your doctor's fee.
* Balance these against the fami-
• ly income—and show your hus-
* band where he stands. It will
* be a shock, but it is one he
* needs if he is ever to stand on
* his own feet, and not crawl to
* his family for continuous
* hand-outs. Tell him now how
* this habit has mortified you;
* every woman wants to be
* proud of her husband—and
* how can she be when he will
* not take care of his own?
* His objection to your work-
* ing earlier was a gesture of
* blind vanity. His complacent
* suggestion that you desert
* your baby for a position is as
* selfish, and reveals his ignor-
* mace of women and the sacred
* duties and joys of motherhood.
* Let us hope that the first
* sight of his son will awaken
* some sense of the responsibili-
* ties of fatherhood.
* Unless he is committed to an
* Army career, he should pre-
° pare himself for more remun-
* erative work when his term of
* service ends.
* His acceptance of the respon-
* sibilities he must assume will
* be proof of his love wor you,
* * *
How wise are those engaged
couples who discuss finances be-
fore they marry! That is the
time to prepare for the responsi-
bilities of marriage . . . Anne
Hirst has Ideas that will help
you face fats, Write her at
Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New
Toronto,
PRAYER BOOK CLUE
TO FORTUNE
Hidegarde Wimmer, of Reit-
im-Winkl, Germany, reading
through the family prayer book,
was surprised to find a passage
written in her dead father's
handwriting stating : "Whoever
reads this prayer book shall gat
my money."
The" rest of the passage di-
rected the reader to e hid-
ing place in a barn where re-
posed a substantial sum of sil-
ver coins,
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M. A. METCALF JOI4N PUL -LEN' J, A. ARCO D. I. CRANTT
Maynard A, Metcalf C.B.E., is 1 pppinted lice -president of truffle for
the Canadian National System succeeding John Pullen, who is retiring,
James A, Argo becomes deputy vice-president of traffic, Douglas I. Grant,
Q.C„ executive as*latent to' the president and Robert H, Tarr, secretary
of the company,
In announcing Mr, Metcalfe appointment, Donald Gordon, C.M.G,,
chairman end president of the C.N.R,, 'said, "His wide and intimate
knowledge of railroading, ars well a his extensive and close` association
With eaeoutives in business and industry in Caaada'and the United States
well qualitioe him for hie new post" Mr. Metcalf, who he been executive
essietant to the president end vice-president for the peat seven years,
coined the railway in 1910.
Triple -Treat Topper—imported from Italy is this innovation for
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can be worn three different ways, as shown above.
HRONICLES
INGERFA a,rM
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Last week I did a complete
right -about-face in regard to
Folk Schools, Heretofore I had
not been too enthusiastic about
this form of rural- education and
culture. Since we already have
Women's Institutes, Farm For-
ums, Junior Farmers, Night
Schools and various projects
sponsored by the Department of
Agriculture, I thought folk
schools must surely be overlap-
ping on some of these various
rural activities. Now I find my
opinion was the result of ignor-
ance as I had never before been
to a folk school to find out other-
wise. But I was away two days
last week and came home with
very different ideas. In fact it
was the most enjoyable two days
I had had for a long time. So
now my criticism is not of the
folk school but of the number of
country people who fail to take
advantage of it—just as I failed
in that respect myself until this
year.
However, I think the purpose
of folk schools is becoming bet-
ter known and as public aware-
ness of their function increases,
so, too, will their popularity in-
crease.
In this country the one held
last week was the biggest yet.
and I haven't a doubt but what
next year there will be an even
larger attendance.
Well, you may ask, what is a
Folk School? Strange as it may
seem I still find it hard to give
a good definition. However, this
is how Mr. D. E. Stauffer, of the
Ontario Folk School Council puts
it. "The folk school movement
is an ideal built on a foundation
of true faith in God, faith in de-
mocracy, and a belief that in
every community there is unlim-
ited talent, that can, and must be
used." That, I think, sums it up
very well.
There is no age limit for those
taking part in folk school acti-
vities but every effort is made
to encourage interest and parti-
cipation among the young folk,
as being the future leaders tie
community life. Thanks to the
generosity of rural families,
students enrolled for the four-
day course are generally- guests
at a farm home, but In addition
to house -students' every day car-
loads arrive for one or more ses-
sions and all take an active part
in the discussions and entertain-
ment. The keynote is friendly
informality. As a result there is
nodiscernible stiffness or ner-
vousness .at any of the gather-
ings. Living -in students have
various household duties before
the sessions begin and of course
there is plenty of fun, music and
Iaughter•. The theme for the Folk
School in this district was local
history—en intensely interest-
ing and informative programme
frorrr- beginning to end. There
were also other subjects given
by local talent - 'art and wild life
—plus short observation trio -4 of
antiques and model farm:. How-
ever, this is not meant to b., a
press report—far be it for, me to
'Meld anyone's thunder. A1] 1 nm
do
1. ori1ernedrecord witashnoisw puttingbeing wmyshole-
elf
,r�eltrtedly in favour of Ontario
elk Schools. If you who e ted
itat}eisl;column are no more enthu-
siastic than I was at one time
it 'laan prescribe a cure. Take
yourself out next time a folk
eleohbol is set up in your locality
and you'll come away, as I did,
completely sold on folk schools
and all they stand for.
One thing I must admit .
there was very little co-operation
on' the part of the weatherman.
The weather was about as bad as
1t had been any time during the
winter. Windy, cold, blowing
snowand ice On the roads. I
intended ntended driving and taking
friends with me, But I backed
out and we took a taxi. The
next day a neighbour, braver
than I, drove her car and two
of us went along as passengers.
I'suppose everyone; like our-
selves, is getting awfully tired
of winter. But cheer up, every
day brings spring a little • nearer.
The birds are sensing . its com-
ing. Starlings in increasing num-
bers are out in the yards and
gardens; crows flying across' the
fields, juncos and .bluejays more
in evidence, as are squirrels and
rabbits. In spite of these har-
bingers of spring, late winter is
not an attractive time on a farm
, but, if you ever feel inclined 'to
grumble at your surroundings,
take a drive past a few of the
newest suburban subdivisions
and you'll be thankful for your
home in the country; I came past.
one such locality last week — a
few miles west of Six Points' —'
and I saw a woman fighting her
way through the mud to a wait-
ing car at the road. Never in
my life have I seen such mud
before. How people ever man
age with small children I'll
never know.
Backstage — Charlie the Chin,.
chilia gets ready for a relax-
ing smoke after taking part in
the Chinchilla Show,
Rip Van Wei;k
-t®-date
For 30 years 50 -year-old Emile
Robert had been an honest,
assiduous bookkeeper of un-
blemished reputation. He had
been with the same Parisian
firm all his career, and was well
liked and highly esteemed both
by his boss and his colleagues.
Then just about a year ago he
suddenly .disappeared, and has
just been found. Police dis-
covered him in the middle of a
dark, wild forest, swarthy and
unkempt, with a long beard and
clad only in rags. They had to
drag him away by force from
the miserable little hut he had
built himself from tree trunks.
The berries he found in the
forest were his only food.
Now he has told his story. It
seems that one dayhe Was called
into the boss's ofice. "There is
money missing in the cash, lefon-
sieur Robert," bellowed the boss,
looking grim.
That was too much for Emile
Robert, An accusation like that
after 30 years' faithful service!
With a white face he turned
round, banged the door, and dis-
appeared. No trace of him could
be found, until recently a peasant
woman was walking through the
woods and discovered his hide-
out. Police were soon on the
spot, but he obstinately refused
to come back to Paris, civiliza-
tion, and his old job. He felt
he would not be able to stand
the disgrace.
Brought home hi spite .of his
protests, he learned that his
innocence had long been proved,
The boss himself arrived by car
seen after, embraced his 'long•
lost bookkeeper, and humbly
begged his forgiveness, Now
Emile ie back at his ledgers,
Modern Etiquette.
Q, May one use a small piece
Of bread for dipping up the
gravy that is left on one's piste?
A. It is bad manners to
"wipe up" the gravy with re piece
of bread held in the fingers,
However, 1t is all right to place
the bread down in the:'gtavy,
and then eat it with a fork.
Q, When a matt is in an Cie.`
vator in an office building, and tc
*•'woman acquaintance en •t ears,.
t Should he remove his hat?
- ' A, He should lift his hat in
greeting; 'but ft is not necessary
for him to remove it In an 04-
11ce elevator,
Q. Is a man ever privileged
to remain seated 'while being In-
troduced?
A, No; he should always:rise,
regardless of whether the other
theother person is'e man or a
-woman.
Q. Would it be all right for ,
- a man's family' to give an "en-'
' gagement• announcement party,,
If the girf's family cannot afford
the expense of ones
• A, No. The man's family may
give a celebration party, 'but the
announcement must be made by
• the girl's parents, and they could'
do this very well through the
local newspapers.
Q. Is '`1 know Miss Brown"
the proper .thing to say when
being Introduced to her for the
second time?
A. No; this sounds as if it
were trouble to make a second
acknowledgment. It is better to
say, "I have already had the
pleasure of meeting Miss
Brown."
Q. Is it all right fora guest,
to eat the -skin of a baked po-
tato?
• A. Yes; many people consider
this the best part 01 the potato.
Q. A friend has told me that
our dining room chairs should
not be placed under the table be-
tiveen meals, but should be plac-
ed elsewhere about the room.
IS this correct?
A, No. There is nothing at
all wrong with placing the chairs
under the table.
Q. When introducing a per-
son to a group of people, Is it
-necessary to repeat his name to
everyone in the group?
A. Usually once is sufficient.
However, if the group is rather
'large and there is a chance some-
one' did not catch the name, it
.may be repeated,
Q. How should the invitation
to act as a godparent be ex-
tended? 1
A. Either verbally or by for-
mal note. The request can hard-
ly be refused, and one should
consider it an honor to be asked
to stand sponsor for a child,
Q. Is it really considered
proper to eat the olive or cherry
in one's cocktail glass?
A. There is nothing at 111
wrong with this.
Time - ®ems For
Sleeping Sickness
Time -bombs will be used later
this year in a new blitz against
the dreaded tsetse fly in Africa—
chief cause of sleeping sickness.
War on this mottled brown,
blood -sucking scourge of the Af-
riean continent has been waged
for years, but today plans are in
preparation for bombing large
areas with time -bombs contain-
ing poisonous gases.
Test bombs have already been
dropped in recent weeks in this
country. Each bomb includes a
clockwork mechanism which can .
be set for any period up to thir-
teen hours.
Aeroplanes will fly over mil-
lions of square miles in West and
Mist Africa, Tanganyika and
Uganda, carpeting the bush with
the bombs. All will be set so
that, at a set time, they will emit
the poison gas.
Hopes are high that the blitz
will wipe out a large proportion
of the deadly flies whose bite has
caused the death of 200,000 peo-
ple from sleeping sickness in
five years in Uganda alone,
Burning out the bush coun-
try has in the past rid the reg-
ions of millions of the flies which
lie low during the day but
swarm at • nightfall, attacking
cattle as web al humans.
Now it is realized that much
more drastic action is vital, If
the time -bombs are effective, vast
areas of fertile land will be sav-
ed:
Aerial spraying of drugs over
thousands of square miles of
Zululand has helped in recent
years to keep the tsetse fly at
bay there, It costs about five
shillings an acre -.- money web
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ISSUE 14 1954
•
You Can Learn
While You Sleep.
Ramon Vinay, the Chilean op„
era star, was a very worried loan,
With less than a week to go he
had t0 'sing a role in "Carmen"
in .Italian in the famous opera
house of La Scala, Milan, and his
Italian was poor.. lee had a
heavy Spanish accent and Senor,
Vinay feared be would be booed
off the stage by the hard40•please
and excitable audiences,•
It was suggegted to Vinay -that
he have a recording of his,.rple,
Sung in Italian, played to him
awhile dropping off t0 sleep and
while asleep, Vinay thought the
idea fantastic, but was persuaded
to give it a trial, Within a week
he could sing his part without a
trace of a Spanish accent,
Ramon Vinay's experience is
,but one in' the' new method of
learning while you sleep,which
is being more and mere widely
, used in America today. jt is,
serne scientists' believe; a blue-
print for the future when school
for our grandchildren will not be
school in a classroom but on a
spring mattress.
The idea' comes from New
Yorker Mike Sherover, who was
chairman •of a company that
taught people foreign rlanguag-
es by recordings, Always inter-
ested in the problem of learning,
he was impressed by a statement
of a doctor friend that we learnt
best when we were in a relaxed
state, We were most relaxed
when asleep, he reamed,
He experimented first with his
small son; Charles. In the small
hours of the night while his son
slept, Father Sherover read over
the verses the boy hadbeenset
to learn in school. It seemed to
promise results, but Father Sher -
over began to get circles under
his eyes. So he got a record-play-
er to stand-in for him at certain
hours of the night. Young Charl-
es learnt his poems faster than
he had before, so Sherover put
his idea up to the University of
Carolina. Impressed, the Univer-
sity decided to test a group of
students.
The students were told they
were being tested with the elec
tro-encelphalograph which meas-
ures the waves of the brain, and
they went to sleep with,the ma-
chine electrodes attached to the
skull. Nothing was said to them
about the experiment of learning
during sleep.
Actually, the encephalograph
was an essential paft of the test.
Our brains give off different tiny
electrical waves when we are
are away and when we are
asleep. The waves when we are,
awake are short, sharp and fast
In sleep the waves are slower
and lacking in pattern. When the
'encephalograph recorded that a
student was asleep, a miniature
gramophone, which had been
concealed In the pillow, began to
recite a list of fifteen short words.
It repeated them monotonously
over and over again, thirty times.
The next morning the students
who had been taught fn their
sleep were tested, together vtith
a group which had not been
taught in this fashion.
The two groups were asked to
memorize the list of fifteen
words, while scientists stood by -
with stop -watches, Those who
had been chanted to in the night
memorized the list In a quarter
less time than those who had not,
Other experiments also showed
the same satisfactory results;
The spring mattress school meth-
ods may mean a general speed-
ing ug, in all learning.
The system has possibilities,
too, in getting rid of bad habits
such as nail-biting. At the col-
lege of William and Mary, Dr.
Lawrence Leshan made an ex-
periment to see if he could cure
twenty boys at a summer school
of this habit. While the boys
chewed their nails in their sleep,
the doctor's voice ,ironed away.
"My finger -nails taste very bit-
t'1 t,ml
jR 1,
Ate
ter . , , My finger -nails taste very
bitter," The voiee said the aneT
sentence aver and over for 000
times every night,
Results came after a month
when One boy had hod elleugb;
and stopped, Two weeks4a1,0r
two others joined him, anal ,•9t'
week later five more stopped;
When the camp closed, eight had ,
lost -the habit,
Another praetieal use of Sher-
Over's discovery of learning
through sleep was made by a
Ifollyw0od director, He knew
that many actors and actresses,
being very busy people, could
not find time to read much more
than their own parts in a film
play, He knew also that for a
perfectly directed film he want-
ed actors and •actresses who
knew every part so they would
feel the play properly. Not with-
Out some trouble he • persuaded.
them to have a” recording of the
whole story of a forthcoming
film played 10 them each night
for a week while they slept.
The result of, the, experiment
was a vastly superior perform-
ance by all members of the cast.
Another use of 'the technique
was applied in the- case of -apo- _
tentially brilliant student • who
persistently failed Irl his exam-
inetlens because his 'confidence
had been shattered and he ex-
pected to fail. Every night for
a month while he slept a re-
cording implanted a positive at-
titude in the student's mind with
carefully selected` phrases such
as, "You have nothing to fear.
You can pass this 'examination
easily,"
The student passed his next
examination brililently.
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His Spirit's Not Broken—Joe Diehl, hos been confined to a hospital
for mote than 28 years, but he hasn't let the time, go to waste..
He has a basement. Cubbyhole where he ,spends his time re-
pairing scissors, blood pressure instruments and other hospital
equipment. Diehl has been in the hospital since 1925, when
he fr'11 from a tree and broke his back in three ploce3,