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HRONICLIE
INGERFARM
Gwe,n.dolit‘e P: Clair
Dear Anne Hirett I em shock,
ed to learn that my fience's
family object to his marrying
me, and after we have been en-
gaged for two months! I have
met most of them and believe I
could get along well with them
all, He claims he still levee me
but is too confused to think
straight. Ile is obligated to his
lather for setting him up in
business, and I can. only think
he fears to oppose their wishes.
Why don't they like me? My
people have been here for three
generations, and my family life
has been a happy one, I'm a col-
lege graduate and hold a good
position, belong to two good
clubs and have many fine
friends. If his people have any
reason for their attitude I don't
know what it is, and apparently
my ex-fiance doesn't either, (I
broke the engagement at once,
of course.)
I know he is seeing another
girl who his family have enter-
tained; he says he feels he "must
play along with them." We still
date once a week, but it isn't
the same. What is the matter
with him? He is 30, I'm 26, and,
we are both mature enough to
know what we want. Why won't
he Beet for us?
Shall I keep on seeing him?
Or leave town for a while? I
can get a leave of absence.
Please advise me, for I am—
MISERABLE.
A WEAK CHARACTER
* I don't quite get the point
* of this man's feeling obligated
* to his father. His father's
* starting him in business' is not
* reason enough to allow his
* family to run his personal
* life; his 'financial arrangements
* weth his father can be carried'
* on no matter whom he mar-
* ries.
* Why his family suddenly
* object to you I cannot know,
* unless they have chosen this
• fr.! for him and demanded
-Alt he marry her. (Why
* didn't they say so earlier?)
* And what does his acquies-
* cence indicate? That he is a
* spineless creature whose love
* for you is not so deep as to
* make him strong enough to
* battle for his rights?
• In such a crisis, it will be
* well for you to take a leave
* and disappear from his sight.
* Only missing you can reveal
* to him the real state of his
* heart. When you come back
* you will find out where you
* stand, and design the pattern.
* of your future accordingly.
* I am so sorry! * * *
WIFE MISSES FUN
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Modern Etiquette
by Roberta Lee AN NE, 1141 ST
vc;itit. Fattvady Catuit4eArt,
Q. If one is eating in a res,
taurant where small butter pat$
are served in a little paper con-
tainers, is it all right• to let the
,Itnife rest on the pat when not
'in use?
A. Never. The knife, when not
in use, should rest along the
upper right part of the plate —
„ and never, of course, with the
handle of the knife resting on
the table.
Q. When approaching a re-
volving door with a woman,
does the man enter first so. as
to push the door for her, or does
he allow her to enter first?
A. He allows the woman to go
ahead of him, In fact, he is
better able to control the re-
volving door if she does go first.
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wears the rileaed and star of the Order, of the Garter. Her diamond-and-emerald tiara and
necklace belonged to the late Queen Mary. Prince Philip wears the uniform of a field
marshal. The wings above his ribbons indicate he is a qualified pilot in the Royal Air Force.
years of marriage I've decided
that all my husband enjoys is
his radio. and TV. lie doesn't
care to visit nor to entertain; he
thinks married couples should
stay home, Period, He used to
enjoy the theater, but we
haven't been for nearly a year,
I used love dancing more than
anything and I miss it so much!
Before we married, he premised
we would go dancing regularly,
but now he says he thinks it's
silly,
My friends are gradually pas-
sing us by and I can't blame
them. I feel we are shutting our-
selves off from the usual social
life, and I confess the prospect
alarms and irritates me, when
it is so easy to solve. I would
compromise if he would. What
do you think?
ESTHER.
* You have struck the chord
* that can bring harmony into
* your married life. If your bus-
* band will take you to the
* theater once or twice a month,
* welcome your mutual friends
* at home, and plan evenings of
* dancing, you will be as gen-
* erous and sit before TV with-
* out a whimper.
• Radio and TV, to •my mind,
* can never take the place of
* friends. They are one-sided
• entertainment, they permit of
* no participation. One needs
* the give-and-take of good con-
* versation, the exchange of
* opinions and idea s, t h e
* thoughtfulness and kindness
* and loyalty that hold people
* together throughout the years.
* Your husband mixes with oth-
* ers all day, but you have no
* such outlet; it is you who need
* social intercourse, the lift of
* psplii er ist. and laughter that it sup-
* Marriage is always a com-
* promise of conflicting tastes,
* and most of us work it out
* satisfactorily, I am sure that
* you can, too,
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Whether your problem is large
or small, write to Anne Hirst
about it. She has helped two
generations through devious sit-
uations, and been able to com-
fort and guide them safely
through. Address her at Box 1,
123 Eighteenth St., New Toron-
to, Ont.
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Old Byroads
Each year more and more of
the pleasant old reads are being
"improved"; which means that
the curves are straightened, the
hill's levelled and the trees cat
down—all in Accordance lee
"standard" practice. The rood-
surfaced, Straight road is .0ife
to drive on, but the charmtenhe
ever-changing picture, of eke
unknown end unexpected just
around the bend or over the
next, rise, is gone forever, .
Forty years ago there were
People who walked for pleasure,
To some extent English people
do still, but in this country not
only has the automobile long
ago forced, walkers and bicyc-
lists off the roads, but now the
simple pleasure of a walk over
country roads (and there are
still some to be found) is no
longer thought of any interest.
To the old-time walker there
was something particularly al-
luring about an old abandoned
road—the rough, grass-grown
track, long washed and rutted
by winter storms and summer
showers, the way in places all
impassable with interwoven
:wiles of scrub oak and birch.
.expectedly one might come
upon some old and weather-
beaten deserted house, its roof
sagging from the weight of un-
numbered snows. Left by the di-
verted stream of traffie of the
modern highway, it stood by
the roadside, the doorway over-
grown by ancient lilac bushes,
still partly sheltered perhaps by
one or two great elms. With the
reconstruction of the more im-
portant town or county roads,
these old byways, which some-
times served only a single farm-
house, have long been abandoned
and 'forgotten. •
There are many of these old
abandoned roads throughout New
England. From one of the well-
travelled highways of Massa-
chusetts, scarcely to be noticed
unless one knows -just where to
look for it, an abandoned road
leads up through the woods on
the hillside. Once a town way,
it winds between the crumbling
walls of old pastures with here
and there delightful outlooks
through the trees and across the
open fields to distant hills, fin-
ally coming out by a fine old
brick house and farm buildings
on a shady .road skirting broad
green meadows—a walk of a
mile or more through one of the
most delightful country lanes to
b.d found anywhere, its only
"traffic" a herd of cows on their
way to or from their hillside
pasture.—F,rom "Byroads of Old
New England," by George Fran-
cis Marlowe
binder canvasses in order. Some-
times by hand, sometimes with
the sewing machine, I struggled
to get patches on those blessed
canvasses, year after year—and
they were always brought in for
repairs on the hottest and stick-
iest days. But perhaps my work
paid off as in the years the
binder was in use we bought
only pne extra canvas—and that
was a used one.
During World War II Johnny
was with us and we got through
a lot of work. About the time
Bob came out of, the army Part-
ner more or less went to pieces.
Help was hard to get and com-
bines came into their own. We
had our grain custom-harvested.
The old binder stayed in its cor-
ner of the shed until now, a
dusty derelict of the past, re-
minding ,us only of the years
that have come and gOne; of good
fortune and misfortune that
'came our way—but most of it, as
I look back, was good. The hard
times taught us much that we
would never have learnt had it
been easy going all the time.
And the binder . . . well it is
bringing us more now as scrap
iron than it would as a piece of
machinery.
And what of the scrap metal?
Ploughshares to swords, swords
to shares, binders to battlefields
—where does it all end? I won-
der. The bindpr had a long and
useful life. It would appear its
final destiny will be undeserved-
ly uncertain and inglorious. And
yet, how are we to know -- it
mght be just the opposite!'
. eat
4784 le-na
InArig. 4414
JIFFY-CUT Printed Pattern
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Printed Pattern 4784: Misses'
Sizes 10, .12, 14, 16, 18.. Sizes it
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Printed directions on each pat-
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Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., NeN
Toronto, Ont.
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ISSUE' 15 — 1957
sent to town post-haste in the
horse and buggy to get a new
reel-arm maybe. Partner would
be stooking until I got back. I
• can't remember that we ever
had any major. breaks although
we sometimes lost• considerable
time when the knotter refused
to function or the twine would
break.
Eventually we, got a tractor—
a used one of course. Adjust-
ments were made to the binder
and it Continued to give faithful
service. By this time Bob was
able to drve the tractor while
Partner rode 'the binder. And
what a beating he and the bin-
der took! The horses had had
far more intelligence than the
tractor. Instinctively they slowed
up and prepared for the jolt
that always followed after cros-
sing a water-furrow. But, with
a Somewhat inexperienced 'driv-
er, the tractor kept right oil go-
ing. I was no longer needed in
the field but my services were
definitely required to keep the
OFF THE CUPP
Without doubt the oddest
piece of evidence produced in
a court of law in recent years
was the starched cuff of a fifty-
year,-,.old shirt which was shown
to a judge in the Supreme Court
of San Franisico — and accept-
ed as legal evidence.
It was necessary for a,woman
to prove her *age, but all rec-
ords of her birth had been des-
troyed in the San Fransisco
earthquake and fire of 1906. The
woman had, for 50 years, treas-
ured her late father's starched
shirt cuff on which he had
written a note in ink to one of
his sisters announcing his
daughter's birth.
Q. What is a good home rem-
edy for boils?'
A. A remedy that is often ef-
fective is the skin of a boiled
egg. Peel the ,skin off carefully
and apply it to the boil. It will
draw off the matter and often
removes soreness within a few
hours.
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Last week was "wrecking
week" --e.ethe first of several I
imagine. Sdienetimes, in a man-
ner of speaking, things wreck
us—this tirne we were wrecking
things, While I was in the house
ruthlessly filling up boxes for
a bonfire, Partner was out in
the driving-shed wrecking the
faithful old binder. Johnny
came along to help him. There
it was in the corner of the shed,
untouched for several years, its
canvasses rolled and stacked on
the platform, along with the
reel-arms and other parts. It
was a dusty, cumbersome look-
ing piece of machinery that no
one would have said thank you
for had it been offered as a gift.
And yet, were it not for the in-
troduction of modern machinery
that same old binder would have
given good service for a number
of years. The iron on it was still
good and the woodwork as sound
as a bell. Machinery was built
to last when we bought it over
thirty years ago.
And what a history is con-
nected with that\ old binder.
Money was hard .to come by'
when we started farming so
machinery was bought on time.
It took us three years to pay for
the binder. It cut good crops and
poor. Sometimes the sheaves
were so heavy you would won,
der how it could deal with them.
Or sometimes, after a bad rain
and windstorm "lifters" had to
be used to get the crop cut at
all. One year, when spring crops
were very heavy, and a ten-acre
field of oats hall cut, there came
a terrific rain—a regular de-
luge. Before the field had a
chance to dry out there was
more rain. The first storm had
come suddenly. All that could
be done was loosen the canvas-
ses and leave the binder in the
field. It sat there all fall. It
couldn't be drawn through a
slough of mud, even by horses.
We lost heavily on our spring
crop that year—and I. believe it
was before the binder was en-,
tirely riaid for. •
Of course all our implements
at that time were horse-deawne
Perch and Queen were hitched
to the bihder for the first round,
then I would take Prince to the
field arid Partner would carry on
with the three horses while I
went along the outside of the
field throwing the Best sheaves
Out of his way. Sothetiniese if we
could afford it, We lied a, hired
man fota few Weeks. We Paid
hire the going wage—a dollar a
day and his keep. But even so I
had to help in the field and at
the -barn: Partner stayed out
Until dark (by Standatcl tithe)
end then did the chores after=
Weed. It was' veually ten o'clock
beore he was through. The ehil-
drele were hot old enough to do'
much more then set the isable,
Wash dishes arid feed the chic-
:tens,
Of course We beeeelentillYehad
binder trouble and t would be'
Boy's Toy Rang
Wedding Bells
After a Bolivian tourist had
hurled a stone at the famous
Mona Lisa painting in the Paris
Louvre, he explained away his
action by saying simply, "I was
seized wth the desire to do so."
Such impulses, however start-
ling, are not so very unusual. A
middle-aged businessman, high-
ly respected and a pillar of his
church, stood somewhat follish-
ly in the docke of an East Anglian
court. With his umbrella he had
smashed hundreds of eggs dis-
played outside a store. "Some-
thing came over me," he told
the puzzled magistrate. "I just
felt that I had to break those
eggs." e
In yielding to this impulse he
risked nothing more than a fine*
—and his reputation. But how
can you explain the conduct of
a normally steady and sensible
motorist who, driving along , a
country road, suddenly swerved
to the right and crashed through
a thick hedge into a field.
An amazed spectator asked if
his steering had gone wrong.
"No," he replied, dazedly. "But
I had an irresistible urge to see
what would happen."
These people were seized with
a sudden impulse, like the sailor
who walked into a pub soon af-
ter stepping ashore, was at once
attracted to the 'barmaid and al-
most immediately found hmself
popping the magic question
After a moment's hesitation
she softly murmured, "Yes."
Friends of both parties shook
their heads, prophesied that the
marriage would quickly go "on
the rocks. It didn't, The impe-
tuous couple were ideally hap.
Pee
A sudden kindly act was the
inspiration of Another happy
marriage. A girl was leoking
round a. big store when she saw
a poorly dressed small boy gaz-
ing longingly at a toy. Then he
pulled out a fr:w coins, counted
them, and sadly started to wall:
away. iris wistful expression
touched the girl's heart. "Let me
buy it for you," she said gently.
Standing near was a young man.
lie was deeply impressed.
"There's- a girl in a thousand,"
he told himself, and made an
ex:nese to get acquainted.. Not
long ',afterwards* Wedding-bells
rang out for the couple, brought
together by a generous impulse.
Now they have a little boy of
their own.
1 Cancer is the disorganized,
Unregulated groWth of body
cells. Although a great deal
has been discovered about the
nature of this growth, the Cause
is` still Unknown.
'S NO USE Althoudh it weft
almost April, it seemed` the,
closed season' for spring when
this v611001.6 Went out to
hunt, The thawreapi in the front
yard art Omaha home tar-
tied an bit trifle, It was built'
in the Wake of a 14-irieh, spring'
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