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"Dear Anne Hirst: Three
years ago I met a girl who fell
in love with me. When I had to
tell her I only liked her, she
tried to kill herself — so I kept
on seeing her, Finally I did fall
in love, The day we celebrated
our second wedding anniver-
sary, she told me she did not
love me nor the baby, and
wanted a divorce. So two
months ago 1 left,
"I still cannot see how 1 fail-
ed her. 1 made a good living, 1
helped at home, I did all the
cooking. She just read love
stories or listened to the radio.
I was trying to save, but all she
wanted was to spend and be on
the go, sometimes being out
half the night and drinking too
much. Through two illnesses 1
nursed her like a father — and
this is what I get!
"Recently I wrote asking her
to come back for the baby's
sake, and she replied, `Do you
think I'm going to let that baby
ruin my life?' Is there any hope
of living together again? My
mother has the child.
A BROKEN LIFE"
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Call4reeigth elate-,
that your wife will ever 50-
* turn. She has no feeling of
* responsibility or love toward
* you or .her baby. When You
* calmly review your life with
* her you will, I believe. con
* elude that this way is best;
* she is not a good wife, and
* she certainly would not make
c' a good mother to your baby.
* You two will be better off
* without her.
* All she wants is an easy life
., and her own way. She lacks
* character and stability. Try-
* ing to kill herself was not
* proof of any love for you; she
* could not have her own way
* and was too weak to face go-
* ing on without it. She was
* spoiled to begin with, and you
* continued the process; you
* were entirely too good to het.
* If she had been made to face
* her duties, she might have de-
* veloped some moral strength;
* but you cared too much to
* force her. It was not love she
* needed so much as discipline.
* Plan your life now with no
;, thought of her in mind. If
she did consent to come back
* it would only mean, I'm
• afraid, that every other refuge
• had closed to her — and in
" that case she would continue
to be your major problem.
There are other young we-
" men in your world who would
appreciate the devotion of
• which you are capable. 1 hope
when you are free of this
wife, you will find such a one.
A CILILD) WORRIES -
"Dear Anne Hirst: My daddy
has always drunk liquor ever
since I remember. He comes
home at night and starts quar-
reling and disturbs everybody.
"He and Mom have been mar-
ried 17 years. She had said sev-
eral times she is going to leave
him, but then she reminds me
he- is good to u; when he isn't
drinking. He always says ne
ming to stop but he never dies.
"I think your advice will help
u• WORRIED"
So tunny• personal angles
enter intu this- problem, I
think it beat that your mother
write me herself. She can ex-
plain, whit_ she :, ,-^s sauces
bur father to desire alcohol,
;• and other -points that should
wcieh in any counsel offered. If
• she will loll me more about
the situation I shall be glad
- 10 try to help.
Daioking i* on cit the
cut.:.s el the world. It can
" change a happy family life
into one fraught with tear,
anxiety and shame. Yet every
day we learn more how a vic-
tim helps cure himself
through intelligent aid and
his own determination, •
-
I realize how your tattler's
• behavior embarrasses you,
• and perhaps touches your so-
vial life, and I am sorry.- What
* you can do is to let your
* mother sense your sympathy,
and in every sweet way show
' how you want to relieve her
' anxieties. She is the one that
• suffer: most, you know.
A broken marriage i, a- tragic
chair. but sometimes it turns
out to be a blessing If this has
happened to you, - refuse - to
mourn; pick up the pieces .and
ee en to happier days. Anne
Hirst is sympathetic and wise,
and will •help you through.
Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh-
teenth St. New Toronto, Ont.
MARGARET'S SUCCESSOR? - Rumrrs, are all over Europe that
Group Captain Peter Townsend is involved in a new romance
with another titled lady. She's beautiful Dutch -Belgian Countess
Alin, Van Limburg Styrum, shown here at a -horse show in
Gen " i. 'trridnd.
HER LUCK RAN OUT—Mrs, Martin Snell was lucky not to be inside when her car was smashed
by a falling stage wall. But after frying unsuccessfully to open the door, left, she turned and
tripped on the debris, right. Result: A broken thumb and a bruised knee. Stage was being razed
at the old 20th Century -Fox studios when the wall collapsed.
H RONICLEIS
INGERF r,4 M
ew.pd:,Ii,,* o Clarke
1 wliil--., .. 1.1551ters,
in how many farm Domes last
Saturday were either late with
their chores or else hurrying to
get them done ahead of time so
as to be in the house to watch
or listen to the Grey Cup finals. -
Personally I am not interested
in the game itself—not under-
standing the play—but like
most people I was very inter-
ested in the final score. Not
only that but it is nice to know
so many people are enthusiastic
over a common interest. Part-
ner and Bob were following the
game with close attention. Joy
and' I soon found it was hardly
safe to speak so WO retired to
another room where we could
talk in peace. 1t was surely a
great day for Vancouver. Vis i.
tors obviously were well enter-
, Mined and must have been quite
impressed with the western type
of hospitality. Every year Can
ada is increasing her reputation
as a sports -minded (.0 1111 t r v,
which includes the farming pop- -
Itlation from east to west. No
doubt radin has helped to pro-
mote this interest and now tow.
vision 1105 added to
1 wonder it people e gee as .
interested in the ttominntinus
for municipal Wee that were
held in many centres the night
before. Certainly the city papers
did not show too much temeern
for out of town news. There
50,55 uom!naiion:: in several
parts of our county that same
night. We were very anxious to
know the result which we na-
turally expected to find in our
morning paper. There wasnl a
line! We bought two evening
papers. One of them did men-
tion the fact that in the county
town a woman was nominated
for council. Beyond that, not a
word Thank goodness we have
our weekly paper to look for-
ward to. Without it how would
we ever get our local news?
Which raises a question .
what, exactly, is local news?.
At one time it was mostly a
column devoted to births, mar-
riages and deaths; or a detailed
write-up of church concerts, ba-
zaars and the annual election of
officers of various organizations.
During municipal, provincial or
federal election campaigns there
were long-winded letters, usual-
ly far from complimentary, from
public-spirited citizens. Now
local news is much wider in
scope. It concerns super -high-
ways, large land deals, labour
unions and health insurance.
General news is like an octopus
with tentacles that reach out to
every village and farm so that
general news inevitably be-
comes, to a great extent, local
news 'For this reason farm folk
now need an awareness of pub-
lic affairs that was not actually
necessary a decade ago. Unless
we cultivate this awareness we
may find ourselves left out in
Schemes in which we should he
included.
Referring again to the recent-
ly suggested Health Insurance,
Delegates of the Provincial Fed-
eration of Labour are putting on
the heat foe the early formation
of some kind of health plan: And
remember, labour usually gets
what it wants.' So, if a health
plan comes into being for or-
ganized labour, where does that
leave the farmer? Isn't this
something that should be inves-
tigated by the Federation of
Agriculture; by the Women's in-
stitute . and by Farm Forums
across Ontario? Who needs to
be included in a government
sponsored health insurance plan
more than the farmer? .Farming,
is a hazardous occupation, On
very few farms are farm ,-em-
ployees insured under the Work-
men's Compensation Act and i1'
the farmer himself is involved
in an accident about all he can
claim is the cost of hospitaliza-
tion—that is if he has contri-
buted to some such scheme. 11
not he must bear the entire cost
of his accident, plus the expense
of extra help while he is laic] up.
For this reason, we certainly
hope that if, and when, a Ilealth
Plan is organized, the farmer
will not be the Forgotten Man.
Before it is too late, the Voice
of the Farmer should be heard
across Ontario through an or-
ganized group or society of
which he is a member.
And now supposing We can
tinue in lighter vein. I wonder
how many of you read an article
a few days ago in a Toronto
paper written by a woman who
DID NOT own a television set,
Just in case you missed it—the
writer called on some friends.
arriving in the middle ei a. TV
programme. They greeted het
in a hushed voice, motioned her
to a chair. and there she sal
twine to piclr up the gist of the;
plat One drama fnllewed .551'
01he., and then the news. with
an interlude of conversation
during the advertising. The
-guest had to leave fairly eaely
and .seicl her farewell* with 1151'
hostess looking sideways at the
'PV screen. There had been nu
chance fur the guest to talk over
the main purpose of her, visit.
It is that sort of thing that
makes me dubious about us stet.
ting a set. It would be easy to
become so enthused over 11 pro.
gramme one would forget to be
courteous. And yet TV must be
very nice to watch—in your own
home—when you are too tired
to be bothered with anything
•Bite. And there is much that is
-o exing and educational. As
foe .Partner, 1 -know he would
go for the sports telecasts, flow-
ever. we are still sitting on the
fence 51ia11 we or shall eve
not?
NOT ANSWER TO A PRAYER
A woman, .lust having left
church, suddenly realized she
had left her purse on the seat.
When she returned, it was gone.
She sought out the minister and
found he had picked it up.
"I felt I'd better hold it," he
explained. "You know, there are
some in the congregation of such
simple faith as to believe it
might be ib" answer to a pray -
Fa hone Old Shp
Gets Reprieve
"Woodman, spare that tx'ee!"
might figuratively be the ad-
monition to many a demolisher
of old buildings in these days of
road widening and town im-
provements schemes,
You never know in what olcl
Luilding some famous man may
not have spent part of his child-
hood or written a masterpiece.
Often, when this information
h.. been forthcoming, a build-
ing seemingly ripe for demoli-
tion hi been saved at the last
moment and converted into an
immortal's shrine.
That is What has just happen-
ed at Grimstad, the port on the
Skagerrak, south Norway, where
Henrik Ibsen, one of the world's
greatest modern dramatists, liv-
ed hie early lite in bitter pov-
erty.
Apprenticed to a druggist, he
felt his greatest urge to be
writing, and it was in the little
druggist's shop at Grimstad
over 100 years ago that he wrote
the first of his plays, "Catilina,"
Afterwards, his gift for biting
satire earned universal fame.
Recently the druggist's shop
at Grimsiod Wee scheduled tb -tie
pulled down. Then, at the last
minute. someone remembered
its associations with Norway's
greatest literary figure.
So a fund was raised, and now
the old building, instead of
being reduced to dust by the
demolishers, will be dismantled
carefully - and lovingly, and re -
erected on a site where it will be
preserved for posterity.
The Abbe Talleyrand, that
supreme artist in diplomacy,
was slightly crippled by a game
leg. Madam deStael -- a 'five -
letter woman', if ever there was
one — suffered from a squint.
She hated Talleyrand like poi-
son 'and knowing that be was
rather sensitive about his leg,
got a lot of horrid pleasure by
`commiserating' with him ma-
liciously about it. One day, in
her crowded salon, Telleyrand
was announced and he seated
himself with some difficulty.
'And your poor leg, my dear
Abbe,' she gushed, 'how is it
today?"
Talleyrand put one leg over
the other. 'Crossed, as you see
(Croisse, comme vous voyez)
Madame', he answered.
Those Rosy Lips
Are Turning Ruisty
if a lover told his sweetheart,
"1 love your rusty lips, darling,"
she probably wouldn't like it.
But this may happen in future,.
for chemical research workers he
Wales have discovered how to
hake most attractive lipstick
from rust and beeswax. ,
It's about the first time rust
has proved useful. More than
$120,000,000 is spent every year
in Britain alone to protect iron
and steel from rust. The world's
losses due to rust are estimated
at a billion and a half a year.
To protect a 10,000 -ton, cruiser
from rust requires 100 tons as
paint yearly. It was proved that
the fuel consumption of a war-
ship increased by fifty per cent
in. six months owing to rust
which formed while it was 1n
temperate waters.
Three years ago a team . alt
chemists in Britain evolved o
solution in which two torus
of metal can be washed free of
rust in under two hours.
To -day a vast fortune awaits.
the person who can find a fool-
pioof way to keep iron and steel
permanently free from corrosion
by rust:
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HOLIDAY CHORES PiLE UP—Think YOU'RE busy this Christmas season? Consider woodsman
Sven Dubell, left. He's hip -deep In snow—and work—as heavy, early winter snows hamper har-
vesting of the Christmas tree crop. Sven has his job cut out for him as Santa's helper in the
North Woods near Big Falls, Minn. At right, Frank Romerse, head chef at New York City's Hotel
St, Moritz, really gets the bird from Thanksgiving right on through New Year's, He's shown as
lie prepares to carve his way through some 5000 pounds of turkeys, They're only a small portion
of the birds which will pass through his kitchens during the holiday season.
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