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Dear Anne Hirst: I am a
widow in my late AO's. For three
who with
has three small children.
Re promised to marry me art
anon as he could to give me and
the children a home. They were
with a private family. Now I've
had the shack of my life.
"Some months ago he was
transferred to another city. He
staid he'd be back to see nee in a
month. I wrote him weekly, A
month ago a woman called me
Yong distance and told me to
leave him alone, I'd caused
enough trouble. She said she
had been his wife for seven
months!
"Why didn't he tell the the
truth—instead of taking me out
after he got married, begging
me never to leave him? I love
him dearly, he was always so
kind and so good.
"I hate the idea of this woman
telling people I ani a trouble-
maker. (A friend told me about
that.) Shall I write hint, and
ask him why he did such a cruel
thing to me? Or leave the mat-
ter as it is?
Crushed and Discouraged."
" The nature of man is in-
' scrutable. How one man can
• possess so many admirable
e qualities as your friend did
a and yet swop to deceive a lov-
e' lag, loyal, warm-hearted wo-
O man like you, is one of the
'" mysteries that Is hard to ex-
• plain. You and I can only be-
' neve he was entirely sincere
• with you, but got involved
with a determined woman and
• like many another male, had
K not the courage to confess it.
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S ri ftrirr to Bah 1, 123
;ightre,tth St., New Toronto, Ont.
ww The least he could have
O done was to tell you the truth
" himself, What cowards some
men are!
• What more could he a.*
° than all you have given him--
' your love, understand, and
a your loyalty, all your leisure?
' You would even have raised
a' his children as your own. For
" three long years you waited
" to marry him, and all that
• time your faith sustained hirn,
" Though your love would
F1 wish him to be happy, I am
"' afraid he will not find happi-
• nese. Already you have "caus-
• ed trouble" between him and
„ his new wife, who was brazen
+ enough to tell you so, His
"' conscience must have re-
t' preached him mouths ago, and .
" the knowledge of his deceit
"will nut leave him. I hope you
• will preserve your dignity, and
not send him any questions' of
+' reproaches.
^' I know haw bleak the future
'r seems before you, but klunving
" your 510 guiltless will comfort
0 you You have the sympathy
• of all your friends, which will
" help heal the hurt. Cling to
your church for the peace you
need, and for the faith le
yourself to cope with this sor-
e rote,
O Don't concert] yourself with
'' this woman's wicked coin-
"' meats; they only reflect her
" malicious nature. I do not
envy her husband nor his
children, who will bnvc' to
live with it.
'1'O. "1.. 111, 19.": In the States,
such ti situation as yours: requires
only a brief civil ceremony be-
fore a ;ledge. to struts:M e things
out
hlow•ever, to be late, I sus -
gest yew consult the Ontario Lei.
gal Aid Plan, in care of the Law
Society of Upper Canada, Os-
ennde Hall. Toronto 1, Canada,
i%'hen one's faith in another is
shattered, the blow is one of the
most cruel that lite can bring.
Turn then to Anne Hirst, vino
will help you through, Write to
Iter 51
Bos 1,133,
Eighteenth Street.
New Toronto,
Ontario,
Wrote Life Story
With l 1'iS Foot!
Still a swing mem, but 1i1z-
tirnized by cerebral palsy from
birth, and one of a 111/0113 of
seventeen children --fourteen are
still living -- Christy Brown of
Dublin is a human miracle.
He was born, doctors thought,
with sam0 injury- to his brain,
Throughout h i s childhood he
could not Sit, 010011, walk or for -
10,u late words, This physical
powerlessness extended to his
feet. His limbs were usless, so
it seemed. But he could use now
and then, very slightly, his left
leg ami foot.
Several friends, including
specialists, tried to get his pat-
ents to put him in a home for
mental detectives. They refused.
And clow splendidly bus their
faith been rewarded. In 1950,
the National Association tor
Cerebral Patsy took Christ y
under its wing. And by skilled
treatment, nitwit of it new, be
learned how to sit, stand, walk
a little and finally to speak.
Nate: with a pencil, gripped
between the•: toes of his left foot,
he's written ilia life story -- a
brave, humorous twit, sharp in
01- el'v0tton, and free 01 self-
pity, He paint.;, 100, toe -fashion,
shna,iug a flair for landscapes
end family portrait:. Now, with
a boor, ht's tokir,¢ a unlV 1'Nity'
001.01-X.
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i' oto Difference • Kenneth Arvidson playa a five -inch -long cot,
marl• which is said to be one of the world's smallest. However, thi
tt,st: urrlont hat the game length of tube (16 inches) as the slate
dord model being played by Christine Munsen,
Plggly-Mack Home — You'll never have to say "let's go home,"
if you own this folding home. The unit has a four -bunk sleeping
room and a downstairs living room, Demonstrating the outfit,
which weighs 300 pounds, are Bill Maloney, left, and Patricia
Marctnd. The portable home folds into -a 10 -inch pack on top
of the car and can be assembled in 15 minutes.
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' CSeWaaulolLsea, p Ce leis
V1re11, wei1--it looks. as if the
rural telephone is in for a little
housecleaning, especially the old
party line, Just in case you
missed that bit of news perhaps
I should explain what I ant talk-
ing about. A Bill was intro-
duced in the Ontario Legislature
last week to put the Rural Tele-
phone service under a new
branch of government, , created
by the Telephone Act of 1954.
The Act is aimed at giving "con-
tinuous and' efficient service" to
the 184,000 rural subscriber's - in
Ontario. the fir:at major change
since 1918:
under this new section it will
be au offence to hold the line
in someone needs it for an emer-
gency, such as fire, accident 01'
sickness. Penalty is $50 fine or
30 clays, A similar penalty :for
the use of "indecent, obscene,
blasphemous ur grossly insulting
language", Eavesdroppers w h o
gos:sip etre liable to a $50 fine—
that includes telephone company
employees 50 well as the general
public.
Looks • as .it a • lot or ground
will be covered by this new
act . maybe the person who
made the reeonunendations had
recently had some ewperience
with rural telephones:
The old party line—like park-
ing --isn't what it used to be. It
has changed even more than the
old gray mare:. Time was when
the party telephone was used
almost exclusively by farm
families living on one road. They
all knew each other and recog-
nized a neighbour's- voice if she
asked if the line was busy. There
was even a sort of unwritten
code on the party line. If you
came to the phone and found it
busy, and your need for it was
not really important, you hung
up again without saying a word,
returning in a little while, If,
however, you particularly wanted
the phone without too much
delay you asked politely: "Is the
line busy?" Chances are you
would hear your neighbors ring
off in a few minutes --a signal
that the line was now disengaged:
But, if they held on for another
ten or fifteen minutes, you asked
again --and waited. That usually
ciid the trick. Both parties would
say --- "Well, I guess someone
wants the line."
If polite Inquiries failed—which
was very rarely—then you would
get husband, brother or son to
inquire in a deep, masculine
voice—"Line Busy?" That nearly
always worked, A woman seldom
dared to hold out against a mao's
need of the telephone—he might
be wanting the vet' or a repair
man , and fast
Of course, in case of real enter-
ge1er•3. you had only to say: "May
1 have the line for the doctor.
please" ---anti the line was. sours.
Not only that., the chances are
0/1e of the neighbour's whose con-
versation you interrupted would
give you a ring latch', aslc who
was sick. •and was there anyihiut
she could do to help. Hoa'eve,,
if no one came on the line while
two neighbours 'there talking they
would talk on -..- the length of
time they chatted was entirels
their own affair, especially it
there were tmly .Le or eight on
• a lnarty line. Yes, the really got
along very nicely un the old
party line,
But stow times have! ensaigc-'J:
City .frills have moved out teethe
eottm'y;. sinal] teem • boundaries.
have been extended, and n,uq
and more iub:'"riliet' have l,e et
added to the party lilies Te,
mans tri. them slliu.rnr. a Ick •
phone it, s, (UM c i cui:•i r 11: •
hag 111 tin knnwled,r.' or the t.c
written cntnitr1 rr,d%',
taking the hitt whet' 10-11-4
t)01'run titles if the litifi' is t,,,:.t,.
they go right o11 talking. The
neighbourly feeling on a party
line has entirely disappeared—
that is, in congested areas, A per-
son at one end of the- line may
trot even have a nodding
acquaintance with the party at
the other end. Not only that
the rural party line was never
intended for business purposes,
other than farm business.
It seems to me there should be
et printed card of instructions
handed out to every party -line
subscriber, with general direc-
'tions- for using the rural tele-
phone and also how to ring
another person on the same lino.
Some years ago a new neighbour
on our line wanted to give me
a ring. She knew our ring was
13, but to this person "13" meant
thirteen. So she straightaway
proceeded to ring the telephone
thirteen times, I heard it -- who
wouldn'tl—had a hunch what was
happening and answered it • as
well 1 could for laughing.
The telephone company in our
nearby town is talking of a dial
system—and we hope it takes in
rural areas too. A few years ego
there were 15 subscribers 011 Dur
line, Then they divided it and
for a while there was compara-
tive peace and quietness. But
more and more people moved
into the district; more and more
were added to our line. Now we
are back to where we were be-
fore. That is the general pattern
so I am sure most rural people
will be glad the party line is
doming under the jurisdiction of
the Ontario Government -- that
is, if it means less subscribers on
every line.
Wolves Attack Bars
As the driver of an empty
motor -bus ploughed his way
through snow-covered, deserted
country in Northern Italy the
other night, he suddenly saw the
forms of half -a -dozen wolves
which, impelled by hunger, had
descended from the hills in
search of food.
The beasts ran abreast of the
bus for a mile and the driver
lungw that if he stopped they
would attack him. So he
switched on all his headlights
and drove full speed ahead, but
the wolves began to overtake
Trim again.
Finally he outstripped all but
two of the wolves which he
could see racing ahead of the
bus. Desperately, the man drove
straight at them, ran them down
:He arrived in Spoleto half an
hour later with the bodies of
the two wolves hanging over
the bonnet of the bus,
.his Was A
Rare
Real
° Wth Death"
One of the most dramatic
races against time ever known,
a race which saved a man from
being executed for a murder be
hadn't committed, occurred 111
November, 1938,
The extraordinary e v e n t s
which led to this sensational race
began in July of 1937, when • a
young farmhandamed Henri
Hervault, having gel up late one
morning, foolishly "borrowed" a
bicycle to get to work in time.
That evening he again mount-
ed the cycle, intending to restore
it to its owner with explanations
and apologies. But wliile pass-
ing through, a village he was
arrested for 'riding a stolen bike.
Despite his protests he was
lodged in jail, and next day
found himself in court.
His amazement and fear may
be imagined when he heard him-
self being charged with — metre
der! Dumbfounded, he listened
while the police told the court
how a sixteen -year-old girl
named Rachel Renard had been
knifed in a wood near his home.
The prisoner had been found
riding a bike stolen from the
salve district, and as the- evi-
dence -- including his lack of
an alibi to cover the vital mur-
cler period—pointed to his being
the murderer, he was arrested.
The police then asked for the
case to be remanded while they
searched for further evidence
against the- prisoner, and Her -
vault. was brought back to his
cell.
Somme months later Hervault •
faced his trial, and circumstan-
tial evidence was so strong that
111e judge sentenced him to
death.
One feature of the case which
gave Hcrvault.'s lawyer .reason
for still hoping, however, was
the fact that Hervault was the
second to be charged with the
crime. Somewhere, he reasoned,
there must be a third -- and
guilty—man.
Then, es he reviewed the evi-
dence, a sudden suspicion struck
him. Excitedly, he consulted a
large-scale men of 111e district.
His suspicion was confirmed, -
and with it new hope was born.
He •decided on a plan. and
immediately proceeded to put ft
into action. ths cngetted Roger
L e p e b ie, aee'cyelist of the
j<"re11ch race -tracks, to "ride a
race with death" along the same
road, near Paris, which the de-
fendant, Hervault, had used the
day he was arrested.
For several weeks Lapebie
went into intensive training. At
last came the vital day of the
race with time. Moving with
astonishing speed, Lapebie cycled
along the French roads, past sev-
eral hamlets and a village. At
the other end waited the lawyer.
and other officials, in deep
anxiety. From time to time they
consulted their watches. At last
Lapebie appeared, breathless and
very tired.
One of the officials looked
caret u11 y at his stop -watch.
"You've lost the race, Lapebiel"
he told the panting cyclist.
"I'm so . . , sorry," stammered
Lapebie , . , but his failure was
exactly the evidence the lawyer
needed. Armed with it he de-
manded a retrial at the Supreme
Court of Appeal.
In court he outlined 11.1s new
evidence, and in conclusion stat-
ed: "My Lord, only ten days ago
I gave Roger Lapebie, of whose
cycling fame you have all heard,
the task of cycling from the
place where the girl was mur-
dered to the farm where the
defendant works. He was given
seventy-five minutes to cover
the distance which is the exact
time the prosecuting counsel
gave Hervault to cover the same
distance — raid Lapebie filled' I
contend, therefore, that Henri
Hervault could not have, com-
mitted the murder. He could not
have got there in time!"
The speech created a sen-
sation. When Lapebin had given
his evidence, the judge declared
Hervault "not 1 iii I t y" and
ordered his immediate release,
ISSUE 12 — 1954
Work And Devotion _- Their faces concealed, two nuns in one
of the five cloisters of l errara, Italy, wash their clothes in a
wooden tub. These nuns lead an unbelievably severe life of self-
imposed hardship. They are not permitted to speak to each other,
except on special occasions, and must cover their faces when
seen or spoken to by anyone not belonging to the order,
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