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"Dear Anne Hirst: My wife
called my attention to a column
of yours some time ago, and I've
been reading It pretty regularly
since. I notice most of your mail,
comes from women, but I hope
you will give a perplexed'man
some advice. '
"I am 21, and we've been mar-
ried nearly three years. We
haven't had the usual life to-
gether because I am attending a
man's college in another part of
the state. I want a better educa-
tion so I can provide the things
my wife deserves.
"I have thefeeling lately that
my wife isn't happy. Her there
is no place for her to live, and
besides she has a good job.
Though this is my last term, I
think I should quit school and
go home and take my chances on
getting a job —. Or should I
stay on here and risk our hap-
piness?
"I love my wife more all the
time, and I ane so afraid she is
growing dissatisfied . Thank
you, and I'll be watching every
day for your answer.
JIM"
STAY WITli IT
* I hope you will stay where
a you are and complete your
* education. You have the sound
* view, ambitious and unselfish,
* and if you leave without your
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* degree I believe you would al-
* ways regret it --.and your wile
* might feel responsible,
* In the first .chill of separa-
* tion it was natural that her
* letters should glow with at-
* .fection and longing. Later she
* felt that you well know how
* much she loves you, and r•epi-
' tition was unnecessary; also,
* she believed you would be in-
* terested in: what she accom-
* plishes at home and at buss-
* ness. She is painting a picture
* of her little problem and the
* way she spends her time be-
* cause she believes that follow-
* ing her routine will keep you
* ciose to her. In your replies,
* comment on all she tells you
* to prove how engrossed you
* are in everything she does, To
• me her letters seem natural
* a n d illuminating, as coming
* from one partner to the other.
* Repeat often how much you
* love her, how lonely you grow;
* remind her she is your in-
* spiration, and the only thing
* that sustains you is anticipate-
* ing the day that starts a nor-
* mal life together. It is unfor-
* tunate that you have to be
* apart, but it is the man who
* must follow his bent while his
* woman waits.
* Dispel your fears, and trust
* her.
* It would be fine if you can
* arrange for her to spend a
* weekend with you soon; it
* would bring you both a lift;
* and help re-establish your con-
* fidence in her. As for her, it
* would give her something. to
* look forward to, and Iovely
* memories to take home that
* will carry her through. until
* you are together again for the
* rest of your Lives.
* * *
WELCOME NEW BEAU?
"Dear Anne Hirst: For nearly
eight months I dated a man I
loved, but six weeks ago he
stopped coming at all and never
told me why ... When I do see
him he is friendly, and I know
he doesn't date anyone else. I
believe he is still fond of me,
but pride prevents him from dat-
ing me.
"I've met another youn man
and we have lots of fun together;
I think he is really wonderful.
He has told me he loves me. I
don't think I return it, because
I think of my other friend all
the time.
"What do you think?
WONDERING"
You have known this second
* man too short a time to be
* sure how you feel,. so tell
* him so — but keep on see-
* ing him. Whether love comes
* or not, his attentions are weI-
* come, and the fact that he
care:e for you is in itself corn-
* forting.
e Don't be so sure that the
* young man you loved is still
* fond of you; if he were, he
* wouldn't let pride keep him
* away. His leaving with no ex-
* planation was crude and cruel;
* it indicates a lack of stability
'" whish you will be wise to re-
* cognize.
* If he .should call you, say
you have a date. If you take
* him back. I ani afraid you will
* only be hurt again.
* * *
Separation from the one you
love is hard to endure. One way
to keep your love alive is to
make your letters so descriptive
of your daily routine that each
can 'picture the ether happily,
• . Send Anne Hirst any prob-
Iem that worries vat. address-
ing her at Bos; 1, 123 Eighteenth
St.. New Toronto, Ont.
"FIev, you've got your shoes
mixed; you've got the right shoe
on your left font"
"I'll bet that's why I've been
going in circles all day."
S;Z lS POINT TOWARD 145AVg'l—Father Backes, Roman Catholic
p: lest of Overelvenich, West Germany, uses highway signs to
demonstrate his contenlion that correct behaviour on the high-
way is a matter of conscience. The priest told his parishioners
thou today's traffic problems are the concern of theology, even
tl,ey ore the concern of medicine and science.
BAT GIRL — Playing at being a "bdt-girl," six-year-old Belh
Barber uses a giant "elephant ear" for wings, The big leaf,
measuring 45 inches long by 31 inches wide, is from a tropical
elephant fern.
Gwev.d.oLia e P. C ts,t,1 e
If we could only have about
two days rain I, at least, could
do with about a month of this
nice coal weather, High for to-
day, 65. Isn't that wonderful?
It really makes you feel like liv-
ing. Of course, some people like
the heat — but just see what it
has done to the gardens. Nothing
is growing the way it should —
neither crops, flowers, fruits nor
vegetables. If only the condition
were local it wouldn't be so bad
but wherever you go drought
conditions seem much the same.
Last week we spent the most
of one day on a farm near
Hespeler and everything there
v -as as dry as tinder They had
been threshing the day before
sv we found the farmer and his
son busy baling straw. Partner
tmdertook to give them a hand—
forking straw into the baler—
and it wasn't long before he had
blisters on both hands, Ile was
most embarrassed. To think he
had got so soft! It was really
TiCKLY HEAT — Lovely Ruth
Platzer has found a do-it-your-
self method of beating the heat,
as she splashes herself cooling•-
ly with the aid of a garden
hose. And if that doesn't work,
she's not far from the fa`^'rus
beach at Atlantic City.
quite a surprise because he has
Leen doing heavy work at home
for a number of weeks working
with stone. But I suppose hand-
ling a fork for an hour or two
is a little different.
We have had grandson David
here for the past week — that
was one reason why we visited
at the farm just mentioned.
Nothing pleases David so much
as being among all the animal a
and machinery. There was also
Terry, a little boy about nine,
who took David under his wing
while he fed and watered the
chickens and tried to lug straw
bundles out of the way of the
baler. Before we came away
the 'teen-age son sang and play-
ed for us with his guitar, I told
him he was doing fine but not
to start growing sideburns. He
must be good because he won
a first and a second prize at
the Hamilton Music Festival just
recently.
And then what do you think
happened? I had the uncanne
*experience of hearing my own
voice — played back on a tape -
recorder. If you ever get the
chance to try the same thing don't
miss it. Not only is, it fun but
it's most revealing. After the
brief recording was over I ex
claimed in surprise — "So that's
what I sound like.) Now I know
why people always guess so
quickly that I originally came
from England." It was some-
thing I could never understand
before. I don't think anyone
really knows what his or her
voice sounds like, I think the
tape -recorder is a wonderful in-
vention — you can have lots of
fun with it too. One night our
friends had a card party. During
the evening they set the machine
behind a curtain and had it in
operation for about ten minutes
—unbeknown to the visitors, of
course. Then they played i,t
back and what a lot of fun it
created. Just so long as it is
used far fun and educational
purposes that is fine. It can also
create a lot of mischief if its use
is abused. It can he a worse and
more despicable sin than eaves-
dropping.
Coming home that same day
we slopped at Bob and Joy's
for supper and then we all went
up to Ginger Farm to have a
look around the old place. Re-
member how often I used to
speak of the giant cotton -tailed
poplar right on the' front lawn.
We loved that tree, For years it
had shaded the house for
descendants of the original Mac-
Nab pioneers who homesteaded
the property in 1813. Several
times Partner's brother had said
we ought to cut the tree down
but to us that would have been
desecration. Twice in our time
the tree was struck by lightning.
It happened again last week dur-
ing a severe storm. The people
who have the house rented were
Lightened and appealed to the
Department of Highways La
have the tree cut down, It has
prr ni d to d" so. If that hap—
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Cosmetic Colors : Count
Eyebrows are no' longer raised
when 'a woman decides to tint
or tochange the color of her.
hair, This has become such a
common practice that a national
news.. magazine reports that one
out of three women has changed
the color of her hair in the past
year,
Beauty experts 'point out,
however, that women do not
always realize that a change of
make-up should be made when
the hair color is changed.
The owner of a chain of cos-
metic shops, well known through
out the United States, offers the
following, advice;
Light blondes usually should
concentrate on the warmer pink
tones in base and powder, with
pink or peach for lip rouge.
Golden blondes need copper un-
dertones in base and powder
and softer rouge tones, with
bright lipstick to avoid a drab
look. ,
For women with chestnut or
medium brown hair, shades
from rose to cream beige are
recommended, while darker
brown hair can be highlighted
by the use of vivid clear red
lipstick and a rose base. Russet
and orange go well, too, with
brown hair.
Women with jet black hair
have a choice of vibrant reds and
orange, and, for a cooler effect,
look well also in lighter shades.
The redhead should avoid pink
and blue -reds. Creamy beige and
orange shades are most compli-
mentary to her; while gleaming
bronze hair combined with clear
skin is set off by cream beige
base and powder used with
orange or pink -blue undertones
in lip rouge.
This expert advises a face
powder one to three shades
lighter than the skin tone, with
darker powder to be used under
evening lights, with a vivid lip-
stick, But for sallow skin, a
pinkish base is always more
appropriate.
Enlarging School
Was Cheaper Then
The old saying, "Where there's
a will there's a way," I believe
should be changed to "Where
there's a good will there's a good
way." The education of these
little Negro children was a good
thing and surely there must he
a good way to bring it about..
The board, after much urging.
finally promised to pay a salary
of $20 a month for an additional
teacher, provided the people
themselves would add another
room to the recently built cabin
that we had Ieft because it
would not accommodate rill tl'e
children.
The board, however, did no;
oblige us to wait for the teacher
until the new schoolhouse cou'cl
be made ready, so Miss Kennan
arrived while we were still in
the church. She taught the
younger boys and girls at one
end of the room while I taught
the older ones at the other. At -
ter we had gotten the school
organized and graded we would,
to a certain extent, alternate our
classes so that she would hate
an opportunity to canto into con•
tact with the larger girls ana
moved, If the tree crashed dur•
ing a storm part of it would de-
finitely fall on the main roof
of the house.
There isn't very much crud
work going on at the farm right
now. Grading and ditching has
been completed, ready for gra-
velling. We were able to drive
right over the new road (401)
to the next concession. Prob-
ably we were not supposed to
but it was the only way to find
out what had been done on the
old farm. Such changes .. , years
ago we wouldn't have believed
it possible.
Well, I can hear a great con-
versation going on out on the
front doorstep. David and some
of our little neighbours are
playing. The garden lounge is a
boat and all around them is
water. "Dry Water" — so there
is no fear of their getting wet.
What a pity we can't retain our
vivid childhood imaginations on
through the years. Some of us
do, of course, but usually at the
expense of being thought
"queer." And yet it is from vivid
imaginations that great inven-
tions are born.
Well, I am glad the children's
present imagination period has
lasted long enough for me to
get this typing done. Now I
must see about dinner.
talk to them of the need for pure
Womanhood and clean living.
Our next task was .to raise
enough money to add 'a second
loom on the new schoolhouse as
I had told the school board we
would do. We certainly had re
apply our ingenuity to keep this
promise for our people had very
little money, not to mention time
and labor. Some of them collect-
ed all the old rags and paper
they could find and traded them
for lumber at the sawmill. The
sawmill proprietor was another
Quaker by the name of Weaver.
He had come to Gloucester from
the North and, being interested
In our project, was glad to help
us out. Besides this trading he
let some of our people work at
the mill after their regular hours
and paid them in lumber for the
•sew schoolroom. Some people
gathered "shoemake" that grew
abundantly in our neighborhood
and the juice of which was used
for tanning leather. After this
weed had been bagged, the gen-
eral store would exchange it for
such things as nails and window-
panes, In addition to this, we
gave entertainments and solicit-
ed contributions from one nickel
up. But there was not much
When everything necessary
had been gathered together I
hired a carpenter, advancing, the
money for his pay • out of my
salary. The school was closed so
that I could devote all my time
to helping him with the build-
ing, and in just three weeks we
had it far enough along so that
we could move in, We now re-
joiced in a two -room schoolhouse
not very artistic perhaps but
much better than Old Poplars.
To make it ready for school use
the earpenter built some pine-
board seats and desks. This com-
pleted, the fathers and mothers
who had taken such an active
part in its creation assembled
for the dedication. Such a great
time as they had in setting apart
this new self -supplied school for
their children! Their faces shone
with gratification and happiness.
From "The Honey -pod Tree: The
Life Story of Thomas Calhoun
Walker," 1914.
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