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ee "Dear Anne Hirst: Since my
wife died four years ago, my
little son and his sister have
lived with _ er parents. Over
a year ago I fell in love with a
grand girl, and we are anxious
to marry to make a home for
the children. My wife's family
have met her, but they oppose
the idea of my marrying again,
and unfortunately they've tried
to influence the youngsters.
"When we do marry, shall we
take them to live with us right
away, or wait a while? --Ar must
I give up this lovely girl and
allow my wife's family to run
my life? .
WORRIED WIDOWER"
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MAKE HASTE SLOWLY
* It is not uncommon that
* older people resent anyone
r, taking their daughter's place;
* also, they are probably re-
* luctant to give up the child-
* ren, Wouldn't it be tactful to
* wait until your fiancee can
* know these parents, and also
* the children, better than she
* does now? Onee she wins the
* affection of the youngsters
* they all will feel differently
* toward her.
* Take the children to visit
* the girl on weekends, so they
e will begin to• associate her
* with the pleasures you provide
* for them. When the day of
„ your marriage arrives, of
"' course they will attend the
* ceremony.
* Have you thought of settling
* in another part of town when
* you reniarrel If this is prae-
* ticablo, the four of you would
* not be under such close sur-
e velilance.. The children can
" visit their -grandparents regu-
* Earl, with you and your wife;
* as they see the youngsters
e happy iu their new life they
* more fairly credit her ef-
" forts, It usually works out
* this war, and I hope it will
* with yea,
* I trust you will not we-
" eider giving up this fine girl
„ It is not always possible to
• please the entire family in
" Any Marriage, particularly a
* -ee•osad on.
WIDOW IS LONELY
"Dear Anne Hirst: Siure my
husband died three years ago,'I
have come to this .city from the
middle west to he near my mar-
ried son. I hasten to say that
we all get along wonderfully.
Bet I, per-r,.n :tilt', am so lone-
seme: I ant NOT net to, marry
I _. v. art e' n penion-
c.',*n age.
• t. ei teet M He w:3
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there
MRS. F. R."
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Ii a delicate situation con-
fronts you, ask Anne Hirst's
opinion. Her understanding of
family relations makes her
peculiarly successful in guiding
her readers. Write her at Box
1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor-
onto, Ont.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT -Angus, a mixed -breed dog, belong-
ing to the Rod Van Avery family, got the shock of its life when
this rat jumped off the piano right in front of his nose. The rat
ilg ane of five that the family is taking care of during midyear
school examinations.
iT'S ONLY PLAYTIME — Polly the parrot and Pluto the kitten have
a nightly cut-up. The seven -month-old kitten climbs atop the
parrot's cage and slaps at Polly, while Polly gets into the fun
with a few gentle nips at the offending kitten.
abIWNICL 'eS
INGERFA M
ff seeeerieloierse 1) Cle.el,,e
This is tate fust day for Si week
without an early nwrning sub-
zero temperature. Yes. it has
been cold --- but we were afraid
to wish fur a change in the
weather in ease it might be for
the worse! You never know, we
might get a storm from the east
and be snowed in — and then
what? Even though the high-
way is cleared, there is still
one's swan latae to contend with.
What with one thing and an-
other, last week was quite a
week. While it was so intensely
cold, Partner developed an acute
attack of neuritis. One day we
had to get someone in to help at
the barn with the chores, espe-
cially es a young heifer chose
that day to have: her first calf.
However, mother and son came
thruusett all right and Partner
has more or les: returned to
n meal.
r:: terdac Bel, and Joy were
here ter supper. Bob looked
one. all the 60 c; cle motors and
was : atisfied they were all in
geed runnh,t; order. it comes in
handy eteneti tx.s having a
: ecee:uea" -ini: Ciel person in
the fanlike. He also brought
i.ne. ;-•,n a l:il,rl of stuff for my
car th:,t aets ae a cleaner and
cor:rit>•, her for the motor.
On Sunday, Dee, Arthur and
ee ...rived for a short visit.
Da -'e made rood use of his legs,
erre r:,,:; every nook and ser-
<. ..l going about a mile a
He just loves the dogs
ere the dogs are equally de-
1::tet nave him around. But
• ^eet;:ci,-. t make a fuss of hint
he vas far too busy to
..• .: t t, he bothered with his
f a _n 1pa:ents. The pump h:.n:ile
in the kitchen was a great r-t-
tie:ctier Ile tiNe thought it a
grid ilea to squeeze his way
into ioecceenble places—behind
the er,esterfield and under the
coffee table and chairs. We
brought out his Christmas -
present, kiddie -car, but he is
still a little too small far it. So,
not being able to ride it proper-
ly Dave decided it was more
fun to - carry it around. This he
-did until he got tangled up in
the pedals and fell over it a
few tithes. As the weather was
still very cold yesterday, they
started for home before dark.
Just a short visit but long
ennurh for us to keep track of
our grandson's development.
Well, now -- that alwey's
helps! Mitchie-white hes just
jumped up on my des's. and
sprawled himself across the top
of. it regardless of typewriter,
pentrays, notepads and a few
other odds and ends. His plain-
tive me -ow is an indication he is
is prepared to be petted or play-
ed with, whichever I prefer,
just so long es he get some at-
tention. Sorry, Mitchie, - I'm
afraid the attention you get will
be a removal to the kitchen.
• Mrs. 13, ... Illinois — thank
you so much for your nice let-
ter and kind words. Hope you
enjoyed the books. Another I
am sure you would like is "Love
is Eternal" by Irving Stone. It
concerns the family life of
Abraham Lincoln and is both
entertaining and informative.
Reading it, one can be thankful
. that civil wars are no longer
a threat, •
At the present time everyone
is feeling uneasy about the lfor-
Mesa situatlosa, Ail democratie
THE END—You won't be seeing
Mamie Van Doren posing with
her mouth open in the future.
in response to reports that she's
another Marilyn Monroe, Mamie
sayse r'i'm keeping my mouth
shut in cheesecake photos until
they quit saying such things."
nations are anxious for a world
at peace. We get very weary of
continual conflict, which, it
would seem, should be avoid-
able among civilized people.
And yet there is hardly a period
in history without its record of
war, either on land or at sea.
War between nations is bad
enough hut, as I said before, we
can be thankful civil war is a
thing of the past, insofar as
English-speaking nations are
concerned. Civil wars ceased as
people came to have a better
understanding of the problems
affecting both sides. Maybe
global war will likewise cease
when international problems
are more clearly understood.
And contributing towards this
better understanding is the Wo-
men's Institute of Canada, That
one really appreciates in read-
ing through that excellent lit-
tle magazine "For Home and
Country" especially in regard to
International Day programmes.
Many branches report addresses
by New Canadians at their
meetings.
I do hope every W.I. member
takes time to read " home and
Country' from cover to cover.
It is packed full of worthwhile
information. "Here and There
With the Institutes" is a chal-
lenge in itself. You scan it
hastily at first, seeking the name
of your own branch. If it isn't
there you ask yourself why.
"Could it be that our Branch was
not considered worthy of men-
tion? If not, why not — and
what can we do about it?"
Incidentally I wonder how
many W. I. members appreciate
the tremendous amount of work
and expense of "Homo and
Country." Do you know that
46,000 copies of each issue are
sentout and that the publication
cost of even one issue: is ap-
proximately $3,000? And yet,
for a nominal subscription sent
in by each branch, ever; mem-
ber of the W. L is entitled to
a copy of "Home and Country"
free of charge. The least we can
do is f it,e it tl,r- careful read-
ing it deserves, don't you think?
Hundred
;Ilion Treasure Hunt
For years men have searched,
and are still searching, for the
fabulous gold -mine that lies hid-
den in the barren, rattlesnake -
infested Superstition Mountains
of Arizona. The "Lost Dutch-
man" it is called. Its existence is
certain. Yet since 1895 everyone
who has set out to find it has
met with a violent end.
The outer reaches of the
Superstition Mountains resemble
the wails of a mediaeval fortress,
says Sims Ely in his enthralling.
book; "The Lost Dutchman
Mine Towering over the
desert, they enclose hundreds of
square miles of tortured land
that was once the haunt of the
predatory Apache, a country of
solt pudding stone, gashed and
carved into fantastic shapes,
Criss-crossed by yawning
chasms.
Bare of vegetation, almost
waterless in summer, it's a place
where shadows lengthen eerily at
sundown, where compass direc-
tions are undependable, where
a man can easily become lost or
a prey to ambush.
Such a man was Adolph Ruth,
who ventured there alone in
June of 1931, never to return.
With his dismembered skeleton
were found notebook jottings,
including Julius Caesar's• cele-
brated quotation: "Veni, vidi,
vici" (I came, I saw, I con-
quered). Was it a triumphant
cry that he had discovered the
location of the mine? It's a
question—like the question of
his murder -that may never be
answered, the author says.
The first American white man
to see gold from the "Dutchman"
was almost certainly Dr. Abra-
ham D. Thorne, who was forced
to play a sort of "blind man's
buff" for it when he was led
there, blindfolded and on horse-
back, by Apache braves back in
1865. Ile had doctored the fami-
lies at the Apaches, curing their
children of eye trouble, and as
a reward they took him to a
place where there was "gold on
the ground."
There was, too. When the
Apaches removed his blindfold
Thorne found himself in a can-
yon with a pile of almost pure
gold at his feet. A sackful was
thrown across his saddle and he
was led away—blindfolded. He
was never able to find his way
back.
Two men who undoubtedly did
know the whereabouts of the
mine were 'Jacob Waltz and
Jacob Weiser, who were taken
there in 1871 by its owner,
Miguel Peralta, after they had
saved his life in a Mexican
gambling fight. The mine, had
been in his family since 1748,
when Ferdinand VI of Spain had
bestowed 3,750 miles of what is
now Arizona on his grandfather
for services to the Crown, plus
the resounding title of Baron of
the Colorados.
In the late 1860's a Mr. James
A. Reavis caused a tremendous
stir by laying claim to the Per-
alta lands, then worth some 100
million dollars. But when his
evidence—ancient Spanish docu-
ments -were scrutinized by legal
experts they discovered that,
held up to the light, they bore
a modern watermark, As for
Mr. Reavis, he turned out to be
the ex -conductor of a St. Louis
horse -bus.
Their share in gold of that
first visit to the Dutchman was
worth $30,000 to Waltz and
Weiser. And, back in Mexico,
Peralta told them that if they
made the money over to him
the mine was theirs to work.
Naturally, they jumped at it,
"The ore was so rich you just
wouldn't believe it," Waltz said
later. "The nuggets of gold
simply fell out when you crush-
ed the rock with hammers." He
described the mine as "a large
pit shaped like a funnel with
the large end up."
But on their second visit to
the "Dutchman" deadly. disaster
dogged them. As they approach-
ed they saw two men hammer-
ing there, brown -skinned, strip-
ed to the waist. Apaches, they
These days most people wort under
pressure, worry more s eep less. This
strain on body and brain makes phys cal
fitness easier to rose -.harder to regain.
Today's tense living, oWered resistance,
overwork, worry --,any of these may affect
normal kidney action. When kidneys get
mit of order, excess acids and wastes
remain in the system. Then backache,
disturbed rest, that "tiredwut" heavy -
headed feeling often follow. That's the
time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd'a
stimulate the 'kidneys to normal action:
Then you feel better—sleep better -work
better. Ask for Dodd'a Kidney Pills et
any drug counter. 53
decided — and shot them dead,
Then saw to their horror that
the men were two of Peralta's
peons . , . but worse followed.
They had recovered sufficiently
from the shock of their cold-
blooded murder to start digging
gold out of the mine, when their
mule ruined their flour supply,
eating some of it, trampling on
the rest. Waltz decided to ride
off to the nearest mill and get
some—a four-day journey. He
was held up through no fault of
his own. And when he got back
—a day late—he found to his
terror that the Apaches had
been. The camp was a shambles.
AU that remained of his partner
was his shirt—hanging on a tree.
"Because I took the fifth day
I caused the death of my partner,
just as' sure as shootin'," Waltz
said later. "Leastways I've al-
ways felt that way. I caused the
death of my best friend and I've
never forgiven myself,"
It weighed so heavily on his
conscience that he lost all inter-
est in the mine. And when he
died, twenty years later, the last
claim to ownership of the Lost
Dutchman—and the secret of its
whereabouts—died with him.
Many have tried to find 1;si•'ce
, and have met violent deaths.
The last serious attempt was in
1947, when James Cravey Was
flown into the Superstitions by
helicopter. His beheaded skele-
ton was found some months
later. To the reader's inevitr b e
question—Why, even with mod-
ern resources, is the Dutchman
so difficult to locate? .Sims Ely
provides a convincing answer,
To do so he goes back to the year
1912 when an ageing Indian,
known as Apache Jack, revealed
how, many years earlier, when
he was only a boy, a number of
Mexicans were working the
mine. The Apaches always stay-
ed near the Mexican camp be-
cause of the food that was hand-
ed out to them ... until one of
the gold -crazy Mexicans molest-
ed an Apache woman and a ter-
rible running fight lasting three
days ensued. Eventually most
of the Mexicans were wiped out.
And it was then that, having
seen how gold can inflame white
men's minds, the Apaches de-
cided to obliterate' all surface
signs of the mine so that it could
never be found,
The squaws worked "all one
winter," Apache Jack said, shov-
ing "into the hole" everything
movable, then smoothing the
whole surface over until it look-
ed like the surrounding country.
Sims Ely's book is a true, ex-
citing adventure story that con-
veys to the reader not only his
own conviction that the Dutch-
man Mine exists, but also that
one day it will yield up its fabu-
lous wealth and secrets,
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