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"Pear Ana Hirst: 1. lost my
husband five'"years ago, and I
have been So'lonely Since, that
many a time I thought 'I did not
want to wake up torhoitruw, .But
a few months ago some friends
introduced a man from out of
town, and we both' have become
interested in each other. He has
already declared his love, and I
really do believe I have found
someone I could consider marry-
ing.
"He seems to think only of my
pleasure, he enjoys good music
and the theatre as I used to, and
we are so congenial i feel I
have known him for years.
"He is about ready to retire,
and says he will move here
where all my friendsare if that
will make me happy. He isof
my faith, just my age, and as
actively interested in young
people as I am.
"I can tell you it would be
very easy to love him. What 3o
you think A.R"
TAKE YOUR TIME
* I would not predict what sort
* of husband the man would
* make when all I know is what
* you, a woman about to fall
* in love, tell me of him. When
* a man falls in love he appears
* at his best, as a woman does.
* These friends, some of whom
* have known him for a dozen
* years, say "You are made fon
* each other."
• It seems to me the best way
* to study him is to become en-
* gaged, and take your time in
* setting the wedding date.
* * *
QUESTIONS FIDELITY
"Dear Anne Hirst: I've been
going with a fine young man for
nearly a year, and in many ways
he has proven his love.
"Very soon he leaves for col-
lege, and we are both miser-
able at the prospect. (He feels
he reeds a special course for a
more distinguished career.)
"Will he stay faithful to me?
How can I be sure? Or will he
forget me once he is gone?
WORRIEI)"
* If a man's love- depends upon
* his seeing you frequently, it is
* a poor emotion indeed.. Don't
* insultyour young man by
* such a question.
* The separation gives you the
* chance to know him even
* better. Letters • you exchange
* will keep you close, and r-
* veal ideas and aspirations he
" has not yet confided; in return
* you can encourage him with
* assurance of your faith and
t
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TALL ORDER — Filling a tall
order of glamour, Roberta
Booth tries a streamlined
stretch at Miami Beach. She says
she keeps in shape with exer-
cise on the beach while a lot
of folks in cooler areas are get-
ting theirs with. a snow shovel.
ISSUE 2 --- 1959
* future hopes. As '. he eoneen-.
* Crates on his studies he may
*.not write as often as. you
would like, • but don't be
* alarmed, Keep up lour end of
* the correspondence anyhow.'
* Go out with other men •
* friends, too. It will keep your
* mind alert, and help you, un-
* derstand him better.
• *
Eroblems attack all of us, and
it is good to have an under`-
standing of unseen friend who
can see your situation objective,
ly, Anne Hirst is wise and kind,
and has aided thousands of
readers who turned to her. Write
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
No More Sunburn?
For the legion of fair -skinned
folk who painfully sunburn but
do not tan, Dr. S. W. Becker of
the University of Illinois has
hopeful news. Addressing the
American Academy of Derma-
tology in Chicago last month he
reported that the highly public-
ized "suntan pills" not only pro-
tect against sunburn and in-
crease tanning, but are helpful
in fighting eczema, vitiligo
(white spots) and psoriasis.
At first these pills, called
psoralens, seemed almost too
good to be true, Now, Dr. Beck-
er announced, after many
months of research by several.
investigators;, the manner in
which the psoralens affect the
skin has been clarified. "The
chemicals," he said last week,
"act as photosensitizers. When
taken by mouth, the patient be-
comes more sensitive to sunlight
for about eight hours. If the
skin is exposed to a small amount
of sunlight at this time, the hor-
ny (top) layer thickens.
"After about two weeks of
daily exposure, the horny layer
becomes quite thick, and pro-
vides a filter which protects the
skin against sunburn" and, at
the same time, produces a good
tan, Dr. Becker added. In ordin-
ary sunburn, without drugs, the
skin's brown color is lost as,
soon as the top layer of the skin
scales off."But the horny layer
produced by the psoralens does
not peel, and it holds all the
brown pigment" for about' six
months. In this way, it would
be possible to use' the suntan
pills in the early summerand•
be immune to sunburn for the
rest of the season..
Didi asked his father, "Is it
true that man has descended
from monkeys?"
"It's been pretty well proven."
"But what about all the mon-
keys who are monkeys now?" I'
"They were smart enough to
want to stay that way!"
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FORGOTTEN MAN Guy Williams, who stars on TV as Zorro
and Don Diego, is afraid those fictional characters will corn-
'pletely overshadow his real personality. So he's hired a press
agent to let people know about actor Guy Williams. Here's
Guy giving the upsy-daisy to his 7 -month-old daughter, An-
toinette, as wife Jolene looks on. The couple also has a 9 -year-
old son.
What I am about to write could
-be called a 'few words for . and
against small town shopping ver-
sus shopping centres. My remarks
also take into consideration the
age and agility of the shoppers.
It isn't a plug for any store,
either big or small — just a few
observations based 'on ma own
experience. So here goes.
All things being equal I like
small stores. I like to shop where
I am known; I like the friendly
approach — "Good morning, Mrs.
Clarke, what can we do for you
today?" But .alas, the accommo-
dation 'isn't whatit used to, be,
and that in itselfcreates a hard-
• ship for people past their prime.
Here is an example of one day's
shopping well before' the Christ-
mas rush.
Scene: a small but bhsy nearby
town. Trouble started in finding
a place to park. My first call was
at the bank. (Wouldn't you know.
it?) It was busy, with as many
people behind the wickets as in
front yet only one teller was
available: I stood in line for
some time. There were two chairs
but to sit meant losing my tarn.
Then I went to the drugstore—
phone bill to pay, two prescrip-
tions to get filled; odds and ends
to buy. I went to the pharmacy
counter first — only one of the
druggists was on hand. In be-
tween filling prescriptions he
had four telephone calls — and
each one lengthy. I looked around
for a place to sit, There wasn't
a chair in sight, nor even a spa-
cious ledge. It was my first time
out after battling a virus bug. It
was cold outside but inside my
fur coat was too' hot and felt like
a ton weight. Finally I noticed
a steep step to the pharmacy de-
partment. I . asked the druggist
could I sit there until he was
through. Which I did as he didn't
offer to get me a chair.
My next call was for groceries.
That wasn't too bad. There was
parking space and I got along
fine until it came to checking out.
Then of course I had to wait my
turn as there was a clerk at only
one of the pay -desks. My last
call was, at a jewellers to leave
Partner's watch for cleaning. The
saleslady was busy with a travel-
ler and apparently her business
with him was more important
than waiting on customers. More
standing. By the time I got home
I'd had it.
Well, that and similar experi-
ences brought about certain
changes. Since then I have
phoned the drugstore for any-
thing I want and had them de-
liver. It is more trouble for them
but considerably less for me. And
after all, I am the customer..
Then Partner and I considered
the banking situation and de-
cided to open an account with a
small branch that has just open-
ed up within walking distance
of our home, Provisions? Well,
for everyday requirements 1
shop at the little village store
but I make a trip to a shopping
centre about once in ten days.
There I' don't And the very things
i' want missing from the shelves
and there is never any problem
about parking. But oh dear, how
vcry impersonal — no one knows
me at all. But at least there is
very little waiting — that is, If
I choose my time and avoid the
rush. hours.
Department store buying . , •
that's a nightmare, I do very
little. Instead I use the phone
and the mail order catalogues.
To sum up I would suggest
that small town stores offer more
accommodation for customers.
Surely at least one chair could
be provided for those who need
to rest. And wouldn't it be pos-
sible for branch banks to have
at least two tellers on duty at
all times? Local post offices might
also provide a bench or a couple
of chairs for waiting customers.
Well, we had another experi-
ence last week, of a very differ-
ent nature — a sort of seeing is
believing affair. Coming through
the village one day we saw a
fox, right in .the middle of the
road. It dodged in and out among
several cottages and then sat
down in an orchard, as if be-
wildered. We came 'home and
called the police. Two days `later
a fox- hunt was organized. Re-
sult, one fox killed about two
miles from here. We don't know
yet whether it was rabid. Next.
day I took Taffy for a rabies
shot. I would have taken him
before but he wasn't old enough.
Yesterday a neighbour reported
a cat had taken a fit in her drive-
way.
Really this rabies outbreak
has everyone worried. People .
with children and animals can't
be too careful. And no one
should befriend any stray ani-
mal' that comes around. Rough
on the animals but safety comes
first. Take your own animals to
be inoculated. Most districts have
free clinics at a central location.
Inquire from the police or the
Township council. Animals show
no ill effects from the shot. They
are luckier than humans who
suffer considerably. For that rea-
son, inoculation is not given
unless a person has been bitten
or otherwise in contact with an
animal' known to be rabid.
"It is alcohol, and alcohol
alone that is responsible for
your present plight," said the
judge.
"Thank you, your Honor, for
saying that," the prisoner said.
"You're the first person that
has not said that it was all my
fault."
New 'York City
Without Paupers
Varied substitute news chan-
nels have opened up in this
•te) effect doesss �not begin to fibut their ll
"the information void
News bulletins distributed by
Some large firms to their cus-
tomers are among the nnusuel
and , spontaneous methods of
piercing the printed -news cur-
tain which the lengthening de-
livery workers strike ha; drawn
over this city, '
Schxafft's serves two one -
nage. bulletins a day' to patrons
in ,half of its 39 restaurants
along with the menu. The news
is picked of radio broadcasts.
At Pennsylvania Station, the
Long Island Rail Road flashed
newsbulletins on a screen at
the start of the strike, Now it
has set up a screen of 12panels
slowly revolving with latest
news. Items are phoned in from
the city desk of the Long Island
Press, one of the nine strike-
bound papers.
Passengers of the New York
Central Railroad each night are
handed one-page news, digests
in the Grand Central concourse
or can find them on their seats
in the trains, About 45,000 such
sheets are passed out daily.
Out-of-town newspapers, as
well as news and feature maga-
zines, sell fast. The heaviest de-
mand• is for stock -market and
sports news, A spokesman for
Hotaling's News Agency said:
"They'll take any paper as long
as it carries those two kinds of
news." Sales of foreign periodi-
cals at that agency have 'in-
creased 25 to 30 per cent The
Dallas News reportedly flies in
100 copies each day, one-half for
prominent Texans, the rest for
general sale.
"Man, those crazy Texans,"
was the comment from -a taxi
driver quoted by the Wall Street
Journal (which continues to
operate as usual.)
Those of the city's ubiquitous
newsstands still in operation sell
anything remotely connected
with news. 'Publications such as
the Hobo News were seen sold
on Park and Fifth Avenues,
writes Frederick W. Roevekamo
in The Christan Science Moni-
tor.
A team of Harvard University
students sold copies of the Har-
vard Crimson in a 'marathon
sales campaign last week. To
avoid police interference for un-
licensed sales, they gave away
the papers and their asked for
"contributions."
After at least 30 sleepless
hours of selling, they told a tele-
vision interviewer that the
Crimson was sel'l'ing on Times
Square as wen as . among Har-
vard alumni along Fifth and
Madison Avenues.
Radio and television stations
• have increased the frequency of
their news; programs. WCBS-TV
alone added six daily shows: one
of 30 minutes, one of 25 minutes,
two of i5 minutes, and two of
five minutes each.
Networks also are receiving
editorials and reviewsof books
and plays from strike -bound
papers such as the New York
Times and the Herald Tribune
for use on the air. Broadway
Theatre business reportedly is
seriously slowed down, since
patrons miss the reviews and ads
to guide them in buying tickets.
The national syndicate sexy -
SALLY'S 'SALLIES
"1 really had to drag George
along."
tees of both papers eontinue to
send out staff -gathered Trews,
Nut it New Yorltcrs want to read
them they must eateh an out-of-
town paper.
Meanwhile, an Associated.
Press survey estimated the total
loss in newspaper revenue at
1.5 million dollars a day and 3.8'
million dollars for Sunday'sedi-
tions.
Ancient Sport
Except for archery, lawn hoed-
big
oding 13 our oldest known sport,
It was declared illegal by Ed-
ward III way back in 1361, be-
cause he feared it wooed, sup
plant the bow and arrow - then,
our principal means of defence
as a pastime.
When the ban was lifted it
became so popular ins the four-
teenth and fifteenth centuries
that many nobfernen had' their
own greens laid down,
Women played it in those
days, Henry U's wife, Eleanor,
confessed that when she was
feeling irritable a game had "a
sweetening effect" on her tem-
per. Henry VIII had a green laid
at, Whitehall Palace, although at
the time the game was once more
illegal — banned by his own act!
One suggested origin of bowls
is that an ancient king of Scot-
land amused himself by rolling
the heads of his enemies along
a flat meadow towards a peg
stuck in the turf. There may be
something in it, for even to -day
the woods clustered round 'the
jack are referred to as the
"head."
Q. Is it proper for an office
girl to use perfume?
.A. Only .if she keeps her per-
fume down to a' mere "hint."
Her perfume must not "shout."
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SIZES
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OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY WINTER — Amish, buggies In the snow lend a turn-cf.the-century
look to this scene. Breakneck modern pace hasn't disturbed a 'flake of this sevens country
winter. Buggy owners were attending meeting.