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"Dear Anne Hirst. Seven years
ago when I was 15, I married
a man 10 years older, my parents
tried to dissuade me, but I
thought I knew everything,
Now we have a little girl, and it
is chiefly for her sake that I ask
your counsel . . Her father has
been drinking for years (which
I did not know when we mar-
ried) and he is getting worse;
then he has physically mis-
treated me so that I am really
afraid.
"So far I have been able to
prevent her seeing or hearing
him at such times, but I don't
know whether I can keep that
up. Strangely enough, he is de-
voted to her and she to. him . • .
He travels sometimes now, and
when he is home he drinks al-
most consistently. He tells peo-
ple I am a spendthrift, and that
I date men in his absence! He
gives me so little money (barely
enough to get along on) that I
am almost destitute of clothes
and must count every dime. The
only places I go are to church
and an occasionalmovie with
my little girl.
"I would leave him, but 1
can't bear to separate the child
from him, even thought I expect
he will get worse as he grows
older. Yet how can I let her dis-
cover what sort of father she
has? I must do something soon,
and I will do anything you say.
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A SLIM HOPE
* Your marriage still could
* be a good marriage if yOur
* husband behaved as a hus-
* band should. He must be con-
* scious that he is failing in his
41 job. To attack a faithful wife
* is monstrous; to spread tales
* about her is the act of a cad;
* to squander money he cannot
* afford is utterly selfish.
* The picture of his future is
* not heartening, and I see only
* one hope — your husband's
* love for his little girl.
* There may lie the answer
* you hope to find. He must
* know that he cannot conceal
* his weakness from her for
* long — and then he will have
* to face the horror and the
* shame she will feel. You will
* convince him that unless he
transforms himself into a de-
* cent, right -living person you
* will take . her from him, for
* you refuse to allow his influ-
* ence to darken her life. •
* The time for him to reform
* is today — not next month
* nor next year. If he laughs off
* your threat, you will have to
* go through with it.
* If your husband would ad-
* mit his failures and try to be-
* have himself. I know you
* would call on all your pa-
* tience and faith to help him.
* Perhaps it is not too late. It
* is up to him.
*
IN LOVE WITH LOVE
"Dear Anne Hirst: You, with
my parents, will say I am too
young to be in love, but really
I am. My family makes fun of
me and says it won't last, but I
know it will. The young man
is 21, and doesn't know I care
for him; I'm afraid we couldn't
be friends if he found out.
"But how can I act when he
drops in? I am so miserable!
DORIS"
* Almost all girls in their
* early teens get a crush on a
* young man several years old-
* er. It is nothing to be ashamed
* of. Indeed, it can have a salu-
* tary effect. Subconsciously
* you will mold yourself into
* the kind of girl you think he
* admires, and instead of aping
* other girls you will just con-
tinue to be your own best self.
* You are so wise to give no
* sign of your emotions; if he
* sensed your affection he would
* avoid you. By using restraint,
* you can keep your secret and
* remain the little pal he likes
* to see now and then. When
* your family teases you, don't
* retort; ignore it, and they will
* cease, Go out with your girl
* friends often and learn some-
* thing from them all. This is
* one way to grow more inter-
* esting, and develop into the
* fine, normal young woman
* that nice lads will want to
* date.
* It is likely you will outgrow
* this phase, but you can •al-
* ways hold this young man as
* your ideal.• one by which to
* measure other boys you'll be
* dating soon.
* * *
Many a man has changed his
life for the sake of a child he
loves, when all other appeals
failed to move him. Anne Hirst
has helped thousands of couples
to a happier life, and her wis-
dom and experience is at your
service. Write her at Box 1,
123 Eighteenth St., New Tor-
onto, Ont.
RAILWAY POLICE
Canada's railways had a po-
lice force of 1,080 in 1953, Aver-
age salary of the 197 inspectors
and sergeants was $4,367, and of
the 883 constables $3,455,
WHERE THERE'S WOOL, THERE'S A WAY — A way to publicize it,
that is. TV actress Lisa Perrctday finds Ws easy to pull the wool
over the eyes of Dernecratic Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney who
hails from Wyoming, where sheep -raising is a major factor
In the agricultural' economy. Lisa' and pet iamb, "Wooly," pos.
With the Senator in front of the nation* Capital before taking
off oti a erc:iss-eountry tour in behalf of the nation's woolen
geode industry.
SETS UP RITZY PERON EXILE — Maria Goran Weiss, glamorous,
tennis -playing friend of Juan Peron is seeking a luxurious villa
in Zurich, Switzerland, for the deposed Argentine dictator. She
is backed by his "exile" fortune. The 35 -year-old brunette is
armed with Peron's power of attorney. Peron is reported to have
a sum estimated at between $6,000,000 and $20,000,000 in
various banks in Switzerland. Miss Weiss is pictured in Buenos
Aires, where she competed in the Pan-American Games tennis
m etch es.
ROYAL BRIDE SAID
"NO" BY MISTAKE
Amid the glittering splendour
of the Coronation ceremony a
princess in the simple grey habit
of a nursing order sat in one of
the honoured central seats of the
royal box and gazed down lov-
ingly at her only son, the Duke •
of Edinburgh, and at his wife,
our youthful Queen.
Most people imagine that the ..
Duke of Edinburgh's another,
H.R.H. Princess Alice of- Greece,e'
is Grecian by birth. But the
truth is that she was born in
Windsor Castle as a ranking
great-granddaughter of Queen
Victoria . . . and Princess Alice
was soon adored as one of Bri-
tain's . loveliest young princesses.
Her doting great-uncle, King
Edward VII, used to run his
hands through her soft, fair ring-
lets and declare bluffly that no
throne in the whole of Europe
would be too good for her.
Her father, Prince Louis of
Battenberg, was fully alive to
the dynastic undertones of these
royal compliments.
Alice passed her girlhood in a
happy though regal atmosphere
There were visits to cousins in
Russia, exciting holidays against
a background of jolly sleigh -bells
and glistening snow. There were
tours through Germany, an end-
less succession of balls and
parties.
And of course there were
plenty of matchmakers among
her aunts and uncles, some hope-
fully linking Alice with the fu-
ture Tsar of Russia, others dis-
cussing prospects in Sweden, and
Prussia. Then, unpredictably,
when barely eighteen, brown -
eyed Princess Alice fell in love
with handsome Prince Andrew
of Greece.
He was just twenty-one years
old, tall, fair-haired, as strikingly
good-looking as the Duke of Ed-
inburgh is today. Princess Alice
was unable to speak a word of
Greek; Andrew's English was
halting. But with the blithe as-
surance of youth he Made his
hopes and passions known
The betrothal required the
King's consent under the Royal
Marriages Act, and Edward VII
wanted it fully emphasized that
the bride was a British subject
As a result, the shy ash -blonde
princess had to undergo three.
marriage cerem.onies.
One was civil, another Protes.
tent. The third, and most pic-
turesque, ceremony was held ac-
cording to the rites of the Greek
Orthodox Church in the lovely
old cathedral church at Darm-
stadt. By this time, it is not to
be wondered at if the bride was
a little confused!
During the service, the priest
had to ask her two questions —
whether she Consented of her
own free will to marry Andrew
or whether she had promised her
hand 10 someone else.
In some perplexity Alice naur-
Inured "Ne" 10 the first questiOn,
and "Yes" tothe second, and a
ripple Of amusement ran 'through
the cefigregation.
As the pair dreve away for
their honeyrnreon royal guests In
their tiaras, ribbons and stars
began to run after the carriage,
clutching paper bags of rice and
confetti. To a startled posse of
German police, the paper bags
looked like bombs. And they,
too, joined in the rush!
The Emperor of Russia spied
a short cut through the crowd,
and putting his head down, ram-
med his way through the cheer-
ing people. Just as she was bow-
ing her acknowledgments, Alice
received the contents of a bag of
rice full in the face, followed by
a satin slipper. Catching the
slipper, she hit the Emperor
over the head with it, then re-
sumed her seat with an idyllic.
If one lingers over this amus-
ing scene, it is because the sands
were running out. Though so
happily begun, Princess Alice's
married life was to be fraught
with 'danger and tragedy.
When she was blessed with
four delightful daughters, no wo-
man in all the world was hap-
pier. One, during aefamily re-
union in Malta, she met her
youngest brother, now Earl
Mountbatten, and as a young
naval cadet he cheekily ex-
pressed indignation at having
been made four times an uncle
before he was fourteen years
old!
But the storm clouds were
gathering. Her father-in-law,
King George 1 of Greece, was
assassinated at pointblank range
by a madman in the streets of
Salonika, and Andrew's elder
brother, Constantine, assumed
• the throne. With her four little
girls, Britain's Princess Alice
found herself embroiled in plot
and counter -plot and military
revolt as a result of divided loy-
alties in the first world war.
During one, uprising, Alice was
busy in. a tapestry shop in Ath-
ens, which she ran for charity.
Through a hail of falling shrap-
nel), she ran home . . . and saw
with horror that her *children's
nursery window had been shat-
• tered.
Smashing through" the glass, a
bullet had whizzed above the
princesses as they played and
buried itself in the plaster.
"You • should return to Eng-
land," Andrew told her. Tender.
ly Princess Alice 'answered, "I
will never leave your side . ."
Then King Constantine abdi-
cated and in the resulting. up- .
heaval Andrew and Alice fled
with their family to Switzerland.
But it was not long before the
Royal Family were welcomed
back. Delirious with joy, a
cheering crowd even tried to
tear off Andrew's garters as sou-
venirs. •
On the Allied sidew Andrew
commanded a valiant arm y
against the Turks. While he was
away he received the long-
awaited news that a son, Priece
Philip, had been born. A period
of renewed happiness seethed 10
dawn. But just as suddenly
events took •a savage turn.
The Greek Army met with
reverses. In the throes Of revolve
tion a ti d cOunter-revOlution,
Prince Andrew was stripped of
hie &mates and arrested,
"I• mist go to him" was his.
wife's only thOught. Her home
'M watched day and night by
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HRONicLES
IGINGEREARI4
Back to good old standard
time . , , and wasn't it grand
to get that extra hour last Sun-
day morning? Unfortunately
nightfall now comes all too
early. But we can't have it
both ways, can we?
The last day of fast time was
also the day of our County Fair
—and we did manage to get to
it for a couple of hours. Not
longer because the plumber was
here that morning fixing the
futnace. I wonder how many
people had an experience sim-
ilar to our own. Practically all
our smoke pipes rotted. Fifteen
lengths and four elbows, as our
pipes go right through the
house. We have since heard of
quite a few people in this dis-
trict who had furnace pipe
trouble. Why should that be?
Was it the humidity this sum-
mer, or was it because most of
the coal last year was oil -treat-
ed to prevent dust? We are in -
lined to think it was the oil
which produced some sort of
chemical reaction on the pipes.
Be that as it may we under-
stand the use of oil has been
discontinued. •The explanation?
Customers were objecting to the
oily odour that permeated their
homes.
But to get back to the fair.
Friday afternoon there was a
drenching ram and the "probs"
did not sound too good for the
morrow. But the weatherman
was kind. The day was com-
fortably warm and sunny. There
was a wonderful attendance
and something, somewhere, go- ,
ing on all the time. Local fairs
are no longer 'slow' •the way
they used to be. In fact it is
like a small C.N.E. ! You can't
take it all in. Stop to watch the
cattle being judged and you
miss a trotting race. Or look
at the dray horses in the ring
and you lose out in seeing the
square dance competition. And
in the display halls you can't
see the work for the people.
Such a lot of good exhibits .
sewing, knitting, quilts and so
on, representing hundreds of
close work by scores of people.
And ' the Junior Farmers and
Homemakers . . . clever and
original displays. Yes, it was
police agents. Every day was
passed in an agony of suspense.
Soldiers and heroes in those
grim days were being sent to
the firing squad. Would Andrew
be amongst them?
The trial finished ... and Prin-
cess Alice, tired and pale, went
to a church to pray. As she
came out, she saw her sister-in-
law running towards her with
news.
Her hand flew to her heart
and then she heard the cry, "He's
safe! It's all right!" Andrew
had been sentenced to banish-
ment, not death. And Princess
Alice turned back towards the
church, made the sign of the
cross and burst into tears.
The rest of the story is known
to the world, A British warship
rescued Princess Alice and her
husband and carried them to
safety. Andrew never forgot his
debt to the Royal Navy and re-
solved that his son should enter
its service. He died in exile.
But Princess Alice always xe-
rnembered that her prayers had
been answered. That is why in
a nursing order in Greece today
she works among • the poor and
lowly, remembering the days
when her husband was spared
to her to love,
all very good—but do you know
. what impressed me most? Just
the terrific amount of work and
planning that had preceded the
day of the fair. How many
people who do no more than
pay their way in realise how
hard the directors work to make
their Own particular fair a suc-
cess. A successful fair doesn't
just happen. Itis the result of
weeks and weeks ot careful
thought and planning and in-
tensive activity just before, and
during the fair. And all a labour
of love. The same applies to the
organiations that set up refresh-
ment booths as a means of
bringing in a little money for
their W.I., W.A,, or whatever
organization they happen to re-
present. Working in cramped
quarters isn't easy—nor is the
catering. Which will be the,
best seller — hot 'dogs or pop?
What the public demands de-
pends on the day—and no one
can plan the weather, So I say
hats off to the directors, the
exhibitors, the caterers and to
all those who in any way help
to make the local fair a success.
And this applies to all fairs. not
to any one fair in particular.
But of course the exhibits and
various events are not the only
attractions. There are also the
people you meet. Time after
time you hear—"Well, for.good-
ness sake, I haven't seen you
in years" And do you know. I
am beginning to believe it is
a very small world. I met one
of our ' District W.I. officers at
the fair who informed me the
last time she saw Inc was at
Montreal hurrying across the
runway to board a plane for
Prestwick. So you see it doesn't
matter how far you are from
home you can never be sure
there isn't someone around who
knows who you are. I'm telliee
you, folks, you have to watch
your step these- days in this lie
Ile old world of ours!
Well, there is quite a bit of
excitement among the farmers
around here these days. The
Department of Highways is re-
putedle checking un its last sur-
vey for Highway 401, which,
cuts through our farm. When
this check-up is completed it
is said valuators will be mak-
ing the rounds. So now the
local Federation of Agriculture
is holding a series of small
meetings among the landowners
concerned to establish some sort et
of protective policy. Partner is -L.
attending one such meeting thee
morning.
In the meantime was are get- •
ting a little action from the Main- •
tenance Division of the Depart-
ment of Highways on a wash-.
• out on the corner of our pro-. ,
perty. It had previously been .
"repaired" with loose stone:
Now a permanent job is in pro-
gress—a cement retaining wall, e, •
directing the course of the creek
away from our property, We •
are well satisfied with the job.. '•
Action. was finally taken after •
we had sent one letter to Ham-
ilton and another to Queen's
Park calling attention to the
matter. Sometimes a little co-
operation between the public
and the Department helps both
parties.
MORE BEEVES
SLAUGHTERED
Canada's slaughtering
and
meat packing industry slaught-
ered 1,469,346 beeves in 1953 ass
compared with 1,251,892 in 1952,
but the cost of the animals was
lower at $229,361,419. versus
$258,892,737.
Drive With Care
MMTIVRIF
PAITHFUL LUTHERAN — Rounding out 64 years of perfect Sun-
day school attendance, Amelia Grim, left, was honoured at
Promotion Day services in the Grade Lutheran Church of Frank-
lin. Labricla Hanby, assistant Sunday School superintendent, is
affixing the special pin awarded to her, Miss Grim's attendance
has been broken only once, for a trip to hr mother's native
Germany in 1907. Since thee she hes o record er 2476 Sundays
in Sunday school.
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