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by Tom A. Callen
NEA Staff (*respondent
London (NEA) Millioor
aire Sir Bernad. Docker has Net
his job and the stockholders.
won't give him another chance.
Nevertheless, most-Britons are
secretly, proud . of the dazzling
Sir Bernard and Ma honey-
haired wife,' Lady Norah,
The,/ are the living lie to Sir
Anthony Eden's dirk warnings
that Britain' is headed for the
poorhouse, for who else but the
.Dockers, having' been sacked,
would promptly fly to Naples
nad board their private 860-ton
yacht for a -six-week ,vacation?
Up "to now, every time Prime
Minister Edon Called for en-
other bitch' in the belt to halt
inflation the Dockers threw an-
other -pink champag,ne party.
Every time the Chancellor of
the Exchequer announced a
new credit squeeze, ,Lady Dock-
er drove by in a new Daimler
car, designed ' to match her
.latest hat,
When Lady Docker complain-
ed recently that "mink is too
hot to sit on," a million women
sighed and envied her ladyship
her "hot. seat,"
BUt Sir Berhard's ouster as
boss of the 75 million dollar
Birmingham Small Arms group
of companies, which makes
Daimler motor.cars.among other'
things'," has somewhat changed
the picture.
Between the time of the ini-
tial, firing and the stockholders'
meeting at . which Sir Bernard
pleaded in vain for his re=
instatement, Lady Docker, stuck
close to home. She- made do
with ,the $21,000 Bentley (in two.
tones sef blue) which was a gift
from' Sir Bernard, on her, 50th
birthday in. June.
And she even waxed contrite,
Docked Dockers Gird
For- Battle • .on. Yacht
flashy motorccars are all de-
ductible from company profits,
and hence nontaxable, as they
'were all used to boost the sales
of Daimler motorcars,
Said Lady Docker: "You
can't sell Daimlers by riding
around on a motor-scooter,"
Some Britons are of the opin-
ion that the Dockers should be
subsidized by the government.
for the note of verve and lavish
living which they have intro-
duced into otherwise drab Bri-
tish life.
Lady Docker, who started life
as a $7.50 a week salesgirl, is to
the British' public what Rita
Hayworth, Bobo Rockefeller
and Gloria Vanderbilt Stokow-
SIR BERNARD AND LADY DOCKER: The stockholders wouldn't
pitk up marbles, but Norah has just begun to fight.
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better. However, Babs and her
family are young and adven-
turous and seem to be quite
'happy about the new move, al-
though she and the children
have to wait until a house is
built for them. Babs was born
in the cold north country so I
suppose she is quite acclimatized
anyway. We were given a cor-
dial invitation to visit them
when they are settled—and
that, I think, would be an in-
teresting experience.
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ISSUE; 35 -- 11934
ski, if rolled into one, would be
to Americans.
Headline writers thrive on
her, gossip columnists find her
manna in a parched desert.
Even British Communists
have' cause to he grateful to
Norah. Docker. Everytime she
boasts she spends $60,000 a year
on clothes they sign up new re-
cruits.
But nobody expects the sack-
ing of Sir Bernard to end the
saga of the Dockers.
We've only just begun to
fight," said Lady -Docker as they
soared off to Naples. She knows
how' to fight, too. She was once
bounced, from the casino at
Monte Caro for blaeking,, the
eye of a croupier,
Summer Memo
-For Lawn Lovers ........ ...„
re* Things can give us More
lasting satisfaction that an a t -
4 tractive, well-planned t'orden,
4bent this time of yoke we're
beginning to ease .up on;tlie spa-
ding,, fertilizing, weeding and.
spraying that kept us busy all.
s'''ing, and enjoy the ..t.§:ults of
our labor,
But what about the lawn? It's
a continuing job to keep grass
looking fresh and green. One
item you need for it is lots of
water, but water wisely applied,
Ws surprising how many popu-
lar beliefs about watering are
wrong. For instance, most pea-
pie believe they should water
their lawns in the evening.
That's not correct, After the sun
has gone down, water isn't as
quickly evaporated or absorbed
into the soil; it tends to sit
around in puddles and is one of
the *chief eauses of brown pat-
ches on the lawn. Experts say
yen should water the lawn first
thing in the morning. Then the
water can evaporate or soak in
before the heat of the day. But
if you're like most people, you
have other things to do at that
time, so the next best thing is
to set the sprinkler out before
breakfast and give at least one
area a gbod soaking each mor-
ning. Leave the water turned
on long enough to penetrate six
inches into the ground. That's
how deeply roots should be an-
chored for a healthy lawn.
Many people think that grass
in shaded areas requires less wa-
ter. Wrong again! Shaded areas
don't get enough sun and grass
in these spots usually has poorer
roots. If anything, shaded areas
should get more water to pro-
mote stronger, deeper roots,
Trees and shrubs require lots
of water, too, and a hollow water
lance or root irrigator attached
to the end of the hose is a handy
tool for getting water down to
their roots. Push it way down
into the ground near the base of
the shrub or tree, turn on the
water and the lance will do the
rest. Then to get at shallower
roots, lay perforated plastic
sprinkler tube in circles around
the base of the tree or along a
line of shrubs and give them- a
good soaking. A canvas work
glove tied around the end of the
hose• as a "water breaker" is a
good idea to prevent soil from
washing away around surface
roots.
EnoughIs Plenty
In a small two-room, candle-
lit cottage in Ireland, Pat was
sitting with the doctor in one
room. In the other room was
Pat's wife, who was expecting
a baby, and the local midwife.
Pat and the doctor were talk-
ing of this and that when the
midwife opened the door from
the bedroom and said, 'Will ye
bring the candle, doctor.'
iGive me the candle, Pat,' says
the doctot and got up and went
into the bedroom.
Some time later he emerged
from the bedroom and said, 'Con-
gratulations, Pat, ye're the la-
ther of a fine boy.'
'Nose God be praised,' says
Pat, 'haven't I always wanted
a boy. I can watch him grow up,
and he can help me about the
steading when he's older. Will
you have a drink, doctor?'
Thee had, hardly' had the first
sip when the midwife pokes her
head around the door again and
says, 'Will you, bring the candle,
doctor.'
'Give me the candle, Pat,' says
the- doctor, and again goes into
the bedroom,
Half-an-hour later he comes
out, and says, 'Congratulations,
Pat. You're the father of twins.
A fine bouncing girl it is this
time.'
'Now praise be to God,' says
Pat, 'hasn't the wife always wan-
ted a girl who can help her
about the house. The boy and
the girl can grow up together
and be friends and pla"ymates.
Have a drink, doctor,'
They had had a couple of
mouthfuls apiece when once
again the head of the midwife
appears round the door, and
again her theme song is, 'Will
you bring the candle, doctor.'
'Give me the candle, Pat,' says
the doctor, arid trudges back into
the bedroom for the third time.
He was not gone so long this
time, and when he came back,
he says to Pat, 'Well my boy,
how does it feel to be the father
of triplets? Ahother girl it is.'
There was no beam of joy on
Pat's" face hoW, neither was any
praise forthcoining. He sat in
silence fora itarinte, then looking
UP at the doctor be .said, 'D'ye
think it's "the light attracts them,
doctor?'
A Canadian Was visiting Co-
ventry at the time, end his Brig
lish. friend invited him to the
pageant, gift, playing Lady
GbrIiVa, will ride through the
town nude. She'll be astride a
White horses, Quite jolly fun
'and all that.
"Good," said the Cariedian. "I
Wouldn't Mite it for anythitig,
haven't keen a white horse i n
kepi' 3.."
01 fit miserably here today
wondering how many foolish
women are thinking of leaving
their husbands for some other
man? I made that mistake, and
how I am paying for it!" writes
one woman, "I let a good man
go, and , 'am tied to another
male who has let me down,
"I was young to marry in the
first place, but my husband, was
going to war, I got all mixed up,
felt I had had no fun in life.
"Then met a boy I'd known
from high school. He had mar-
ried, too, but we wanted each
other so much that we finally got
divorces and married:
"In less than a year we both
knew how wrong we had been,
He wants his first wife back,
but she has remarried, I realized
I'd given up one I still love
dearly — and he has another
wife now, I am fond of my pres-
ent husband, but it is nothing
compared to the yearning I feel
for my first. lie deserves the
happiness he didn't find with
me,
"This is my problem: My hus-
bane shows how sorry he is that
we got married, and doesn't
hesitate to blame me. That
hurts, for I do. want this mar-
riage to last. I think for all our
sakes — we have a baby now
— he should conceal his thoughts
as I do. I have been a good wife
and could go on being one, if
only he would do his part ,
Is there any future ahead for
us?"
UPSET
REAL TRAGEDY
e How tragically young mar-
* riages often turn out! Passion-
* ately in love, a girl dashes to
* the altar 'before she knows
* the meaning of marriage re-
* sponsibilities. This bride was
* too immature to face the war's
* loneliness; she snatched at an
* old friend, who was as weak.
Now they find themselves
* chained by bonds that chafe
" painfully.
• Well, theirs is not the only
union rushed into without
* thought. What do stronger
* people do in such circum-
* stances? Don't they accept
* their lot and make the best
* of it? Don't they put behind
* them their lost dreams and
* merge their conscientious ef-
* forts to make a good family
* life for the child they profess
* to love?
* Tills wife . is eager to save
* her marriage. If her husband
* will rise above his personal
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• disillusion and co-operate,
* they can still enjoy a eons-
* panionable life together that
* Calls out the best in each, and
* both can learn the satisfaction
• of following, one's duty for the
4' good of all.
4' TO "UPSET": Your 41.14'-
4 band is making a poor show-
* ing in, this crisis,. 'Why can't
* he make 4,m, his mind to„ play
* the man? To regain, his lost
4 happiness, he would end his
* marriage, to you and (if he
* could) "break" up his former
* wife's home, How completely
* I. hope you can make him •
* see that ,now he has the chance
* to .be a "good sport"- in the
higl,est'sense and devote' him-
* self wholeheartedly, with you,
* to the' task that lies before'
* him. Else what lies ahead for
* you both but admission of
* failure and a guilty conscience?
* t *
"I'M LOSING MY FRIENDS!"
"Dear Anne Hirst: At the rate .
my parents are going, I won't
have any friends left. They are
so strict that whenever a girl
friend asks .me to go anywhere,
I have to make up some excuse
or tell them the truth that my
mother won't let me, By now
they understand and they have
stopped asking me.. I am 15.
"I'm not allowed even to go
to a girl friend's house. All they
say is, wherever you go, you go
with us.
"How ran I ever have a boy
friend when I can't even hold'
on to the girls I like? It isn't
that my parent; don't trust me,
for they know I wouldn't do any-
thing I'd be ashamed of. About
six. months ago, I was interested
in a nice boy and they knew it;
but when he came to my house
they completely ignored him, and
said he wasn't good enough for
me. I've made them think I've
forgotten him; but I 'still love
him and always will.
"I really don't understand my
father and mother, much as I
try. I thought it was a give-ande.
take affair, but I am giving and
not receiving anythiee in return.
DISGUSTED"
* I do sympathize with you in
* your plight, and understand
* how embarrassing your situ-
* ation it. But I am afraid that
* you. must abideby your par-
* ants' ruling and, if you can do
* that more gracefully, I am sure
*' they- will relax the order .
* earlier.
* No matter how mature she
* feels, a girl your age is still
* more or less a child. Try to
* show your sense of responsi-
* bility by understanding that
* your parents are proteCting you
* as best they. can, and though
* their ideas may seem old-
. *' fashioned, accept them as a
* temporary gesture to which
* you can subscribe without
* showing resentment. • *
When children are involved.
parents must think long and
hard before considering divorce.
Their responsibilities lie" clearly
before them. In any crisis,; Anne
Ilirst's wisdom and experience
are yours for the asking. Write
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Modern
Etiquette...
Q. Is a member of a. bereaved
family expected t o receive
friends who are making calls
of condolence?
A. Usually a close friend or
relative receives these persons.
Of &mite, in the case of an in-
timate friend, the fainily may
wish to see him — this being
left, however, to the decision of
the family, as no one should in-
trude at shell a time. * * *
).Q. Is it proper, when address,
ing a letter or an envelope, to
use the abbreviations; Chas., Jas.,
.Tos., Wm., R6bt., etc.?'
A. Only it that man abbrevi-
ates his name in his signature.
Otherwise, never Use an abbrevi-
ation when addressing' a Mare *
Q. Does it make any differ-
ence whether one sits flown frOm
the right or left Side of the 'Chair
at the dinner table?
A. No; whichever side otters
the easiest and quickest, access
is the one for you,
* *
q. Can you Please tell me how
to fold napkins into various fan-
cy &Signal'
A. I could' probably suggest
a few "fancy" folds, but this
ptactlee is frowned upon by good
society. It is far prefereble to
Make a plain, square fold of the
•e *
Q. Whose dirty.. is it to set
that' the bride and bridegrOotit's
ear is ready' and waiting for
them at the wedding reception?
A. The best Man testielly et-
tends to this.
It looks as if the farm family's
Saturday night outing will soon
be a, thing of .the past all over
Ontario. Merchants in one small
town after another are having
their council , pass a by-law to
enforce early closing on Satur-
day. night. Orangeville is now
joining the 'parade of early clos-
ers. And since it now seems the
trend of the times the' sooner
it becomes uniform the better.
Local shoppers will• then have
no excuse to leave their own
district to shop elsewhere but
will have to adjust to the ehange
the best way they can: The
Saturday night "outing belongs
to a past generation-e-just like
standard-time.,.We might regret
its passing but we have to ac-
cept it. I wish 'prices in all loc-
alities would • also be uniform.
With food prices already so
high it is irritating to find quite
a discrepancy in the mark up
from one place to ahother. For
instance,' when I was visiting in
Dufferin county I found the
brand of tea that I use five cents
cheaper per half pound in' Or-
angeville and Shelburne than it
is in our district., Now Why
should that be? I was under the
impression that freight charges
sometimes make a difference
to the selling price of staples:
If that were so I would" have
thought the more .central. towns
would have the lower prices,
instead of the other way round.
Well, the weather is still mak-
ing the news, I just can't ree
member any other year when
when We had so much rain in
haying time. Generally leek
forward to dry weather iii 'Iulie,
and July'-, but we didn't . get it,
this year., The gardens are dere
tally growing with .all the rain.
In fact our green beads, are so
busy growing they are forget=
ting to blOOM, But I suppose
they will eventually,
Yesterday was quite a day
aroinid here, Vhhiking We *eke
net likely to have any visitors
Partner and I planned a long.,
delayed call on seine friends in''"
Hespeler. We phoned first 'only
to •learn' their daughter was Ser=
icitiSly ill in Stratford hospital.
But arOtind 'four o'clock—much
to our surprise--along tune'
Dee, Art, the two' boys and
sister. That ended the cpaietnesi
—tiave,saw to that. We Were so
glad le sea baby Edward again.
Every week makes a difference:
'Now, he is' smiling and cooing
andwatching everything that
goes on.
After supper there were more
callers — decentdants of the
pioneer family , who 'first settled
on this farm. They come in per-
iodically and we are always
glad to welcome them. We hear
so many anecdotes of what hap-
peeled when "mother and dad
were living". They look over the
rooms and the garden and .the
reminiscences begin. "Remem--
her the 'old stove that was 'sit-
ting here , . . and that's the
cupboard where-mother kepther
china . . . and this is' the room
where we were all born, .
and there's the old lilac bush
. . and the poplar tree—re-
member what a time we used
to have on the awing? Oh, but
what, happened to the stone
steps at the front doorthey're
not there any more?"' What
indeed? There were .no stone
steps when we arrived on the
scene but we did ,find a solid
stone' slab, .about five by' three
feet, bridging the ditch at the
back of the house.' It could be
part 'of the 'Steps. What hap-
pened to the rest of the stones
we don't know, as another family„
lived here for two years be-
tween the original owners and
ourselves. Queer, how some
people like to tear down what
others have built up. While we
were telking'ewe happened oh
quite awhile as he has 'resigned
hemeecomihg •vieitore lives in
Oshawa, Pest one Street over
feorh where my sister lives. It's
a small world, isn't it? Or is it?
That eve wondered lasteSatur-
day ' as our niece, Bays, her, bus- •
band and two `children were
here from Chalk River. It may
be the lest eve` see of them for ,
qttite awhile as he ha sresigned
his
•
job at the Atomic Plant and
will presently be taking a fibs-
Won as chemist at' one Of *the
uranium mine& at Blind
When we think of 'them, going
to such an out-of4he,way part
Of Ontario it. doesn't• Seent.iluite
such a *nail world, it feelS at
it they Will be ever SO far away.
Actually'they won't• be but,
suppose .We judge a Pike by ICS
aCcestibilitY, iint.clistante, Blind
'River MAY-be accessible though
in sorift keSPeetS, liut net to the
average peteett who tot'
keen on long; rough tideS, May-
be when the Trans-Canada
How Cani?
Cy Anne Ashley
Q. Dow can I make a tiressini
for white shoes?
A. By mixing 3 ounces create
of •tartar, 1 ounce oxalic acid
1 ounce alum, 3 pints milkeRul
this on the shoes, and whet
thoroughly dry, rub with a mix,.
lure of prepared chalk ani
magnesium carbonate,. ,,
Q. Bow can I clean soilei
candles.
A. Candles used for decorative
purposes often become dingy
To make them look like new
sponge with a piece of absor.
bent cotton dampened with al-,
C01101,
*
Q. How can f clean' ottdooi
brass fixtures?
A. They can be cleaned easily
it scouring soap is mixed with
kerosene, Apply this with i
flannel clo'h and rub well.
* * *
Q
.Ilo
gilt
can
frames?
Ikmeeeo
A.
keep 'flies frow,
bothering
If four or five onions are
boiled in one pint of water and
applied to the frames, or other
articles, 'with a swab or soft
brush, flies will not bothei
them,
Q. How san I tighten the sew ,
ing machine belt?
A., It is often unnecessary to re-
. move a sewing machine belt in
order to tighten it. A few drop'
of machine oil -on the wheel
will usually bring 'desired re-
sults. '
4
Q How can I make olive oil
A. If oliVe oil is to be taken
internally add a pinch Of salt to
the wineglass 6f, oil and, it will
prove much more palatable. • •• 4
Q. How can I prevent eurtairst
from blovving out of the win•
dow.and becoming soiled?
A. Buy lead dress-weights.
Cover with cloth the. color of
the curtains and slip into tha
bottom hem of the curtains. Us'
pablaocuet
,
five weights in each hen''
and the curtains will hang h
,
Q. Blew can I remove rust
from a knife?
A. Place the blade-into ail one
ion and leave it there an
thmittari owrays6.. Then polish in the
*
4, itow Bari I Cleatt,bliCk felt?
A By using ,a teaspoonful 01
OS fit chloOlditiat
ea
k a with a bait cup
How can "t eliminate the' n-
n0Yaitee. Of SqUeaking shoCit A. Take daehing needle- and
insert it several Plates betWeea
the layers Of leather in the Salem
of the shoes, Then. with a' small
inhiLs6 holes,c6, drop a little Oil lute(
There's one good thing about;
ignorance—it., causes a lot 41
interesting• arguments.
begging the stockholders' for-
giveness, "My whole idea has
been to help the company," she
said, "If I have tripped up.
any way and let anybody down,
I'm sorry, I did not mean
The apology worked no better
than Lady Docker's campaign.
of 10,500 autographed photo-,
graphs of herself in a black net
gown, which she sent to S.S.A.
atockluilders with the plea:
"Please put my husband back
as chairman."
For what incensed the stock,
holders was the revelation of
the, many dodges by which the
Dockers — and other business
executives — seek to evade Bri-
tain's tough tax. laws.
Take the $24,000 worth of
glad rags, including a sapphire
mink stole, which Lady Docker
wore at the recent opening of
the Daimler shewroom in Paris,
for example, The bill for these
was presented to the B.S.A.
group as "expenses."
And the gold-plated Daimler
with which Lady Docker used
to sear the eyeballs of London-
ers 7- this, was an "expense"
item,. too. The same goes for the
zebra-skin upholstered Daimler
and the, silver-starred Daimler,
both designed by Lady Docker.
Most guests drove their cars
to Grace Kelly's wedding in
Monte Carlo, but not the Dock-
ers. They chartered two planes
at a cost of $6,000 to have their
Daimlers flown to Monaco. The
cost was also written off as "ex-
penses,"
When the bill for all these
items was presented to the Bir-
mingham Small Arms group re-
Cently, the directors refused to
pay it.
Sir. Bernard's argument was
'that his wife's furs, clothes and
a