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"Dear Anne Hirst: My peplos
lent is intimate and age-old, hut
ant either too dense or too easy-
going to find a suitable solution.
met a young man axxy own age,
*5. We are both divorced. I
have two children. He is more
than kind to us, but insists that
.I don't date anyone else, I had
been seeing. another man, too,
an both seemed so nice dthat 1
couldn't decide between thein.
"This young man somehow
swept me orf my feet; I find no
exettse for myself. Now. he in-
sists that I BELONG to him! 1
feel caught. 1 can't figure out,
nor understand how things got
like this.
FRIGHT i;:.N.x. _ ,
"The man know 1 value xxxy,'
reputation; we belong to the
Same church. If I quit him, he
aright tell. 1 get scared to death
when I think of it:
"The other man, who has
never asked anything of me,
hopes I'll stop seeing this one.
1 don't want to marry anybody,
I am too upset .. . I need your -
help, Anne Hirst. ,
BEWILDERED''
• The only way to break up a.
* situation so fraught with fear
* is to end it--abruptlx' and fin-
* ally. You may find yourself
* married to this possessive, ar-
* regent young: male, and that
* would be a disastrous finale.
* You would grow • to despise
* him, and to hate yourself,—
* What would that do to your
children?
• Tell him you will not see
" him again, in any circumstanc-
* es. If he is actually such a
* cad as to threaten to expose
* you, remember that your repu-
' * tation and your word are as
* good as his. He would find
* himself despised among those
*' who know you both.
* To avoid further complica-
* tions, don't see the other man,
* either, for a good Iong• while
* —until this decadent character
• is convinced you are through
* with him, and for good. You
* can send word to the other
* that you have broken off, but
* you need a period of solitude
* to regain your piece of Mind.
* I believe he will understand,
* and not intrude until you can
* think clearly again..
* This is the only way to es -
,v, cape from the degrading situ-
* ation in which you find your-
* self. Once yo'u do. you can.
* brush the mud off your skirts
* and feel cleansed again.
BEREFT MOTHER MOURNS
"Dear Anne Hirst: Why can't
1 take my son's death bravely;
as so many other war -mothers
do? He was killed some months
ago. I still cannot orient myself
into any routine that helps.
"His brother, thank God., is
safely back home, and suh a
acOmfort!
"I have tried to show interest
in my friends and in my church
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work, but my heart is not in it.
Can you help? •
GRIEVING"
There is no solace like that
which comes from helping
* others.
* Why don't you consult the
* nearest Red Cross center and
* see where they can use you?
* Or visit a veterans' hospital?
* Sick lads need the motherly
* touch that you can give, and
* comforting them will. relieve
* your anguish. Maybe boys
* from your own church are hos-
* pitalized, too; how they would
* appreciate your. coming! Ask
* your minister about it.
* Cheering up other mother's
* sons will bring you more con-
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* you have one boy left; rejoice
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14, *RINGER l
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Yesterday four of us took ra
run around the country, with-
in a ten -mile r: dius of home.
What we saw probably describes
most of central Ontario'- farm
lands. Wheat — excellent_ Hay
-- in abundance but naive of it
standing than cut or in bales.
and only a few fields hart been
cleared Spring crop -- lignt and
patchy, some of it in head. Corn
in many cases only a few
inches above the ground. Gar -
dent -.• fab'. Trees, shrues and
hedges --- luxuriant. growth.
The day was hot and sultry
but et the county park, at Low—
vine which we passed on out
was, -- "kiddies and grown-ups
ton'' were having a grand time
by the shady Twelve - Mile
creek, We bought ice-cream at
the booth and Arthur gays soon
of h:is to a little wee terrier
that came around, Thai diel it!
The little dog promptly folliowed
us wherever we went and we
couldn't 'find tout to whom it be-
longed, The only time it left us
was when a big German Shep-
herd hove in sight. Size meant
bothix1g to Midget --- .tie chal-
lenged the big dog with undine
guleed fury. -When we were
reeds, to le:: ve aur' park i'.'e asked
a little boy and his motkaer „t
look after Midget until 'stet r
out of sight, although Arthut
would love to have brought the
little dog home with hiim
We left the park and travelled
along gravel roads uxitil we were
on top of the escarpment. from
there we had a magnificent view
of the country for miles around,
I wonder . . . is there anything
more awe-inspiring than beau-,
tiful scenery? It sort of does
something to you that vol.. can't
explain. Yesterday I realized.
how this bountiful wooded dis-
trict must have cheered the early
settlers, trekking through Onta-
rio in search of suitable sites for
their future homes. This south-
ern part of Nelson Township was
the first. .part of Halton county
to see white settlers. The .Bates
family, in 1800 were the first
settlers, and Augustus Bates, the
first white baby of Halton Coun-
t', was born in Nelson Township
It must have been a lonely or-
deal for the Bates family ae the
township made little proga'ass
towards settlement unti, 1807
when a few more families moved
in. 'However, by 1850 the popula-
tion had increased to 3,277. The
first Presbyterian Church was
built in 1822 on a farm owned by.,
Gilbert Bastedo. The first Meth-
odist church was built soon af-
terwards. The Reverend Egerton
Ryerson was one of the first
ministers to preach in this dis-
trict The southern part of Nei -
son township was the see ne of
many a hard fought battle be-
tween the Indians and the first.
homesteaders. Many of the early"
settlers also took part in the
battle of 1812, no doubt fighting
Por strategic positions along the
c'scea rprn en t.
From the top of the hilts look-
ing down to the valley, across
the still heavily woodect slopes,
it is not too difficult to visualize
the life of the hardy immigrants
who settled neve, defying the
Indian:;, raking a steering
among the heavy t.tnbee ana
at long last, harvesting good
crops from the fertile soil. On
niail boxes along the road. one
reads familiar names, direct
descendants of the early settlers
Without a doubt many of these
farmers treasure the Crown
deed to their property - - as we
do ours. Many of the industries,
lumber and grist mills have dis-
appeared but others have taken
their place. One of the largest.
gravel pits in Ontario, along
with all the bull -dozers, stone
crusher's, power shovels and all,
such equipment, is situated at
Mount Nemo, Huge stockpiles of
crushed stone replaces the wood-
ed acres of days gore by 'Dear.-
by Lowviile ie a favourite haunt
of„at?ti is and authors, who ift d
Keep 'Young Swimmers O'tlt (Of gr fat teen orotecte them for Meares
In the. ift►ay $.seat of "Better
Living" Atellre Fontaine has an
stu'ticle entitled "Keep Swimmers
Out Of .iflanger"—an sartiele so
timely and with suueli useftuj MOs-
sibilities that we're reprinting it,
in )Par t, without waiting for
iier:ission from Mr. Fontaine, or
the Dominion Stores who control
the distribution of the mmakazixie.
After all, courtesy is one thing
—but not so inxgxorttiult as the
possibility of preventing a few
unnecessary tragedies,
Every time your child swirls
in yowl.. local pool his life may
be endangered. Precisely how
great the danger is, scientists do
not know. Though . polluted
:water often contains polio virus,
test after test in the Laboratory
has failed to prove—without a
fraction of doubt—that children
-with. polio . were infected by
'swimming in unclean water, in
fact there .is room for the suspi-
cian that swimming has nothing
to do with the virus transference.
:Recent research by the American
'Public Health Association states
that swirnrning pools are not a
major public health menace, but
that the danger in pools should
be watched and curbed to an ab-
solute minimum. For years ail-
ments have been traced to bath-
ing places—a very few cases of
typhoid, many sinus infections,
eases of the skin diseases, impe-
tigo and athlete's foot. Doctors
-have also tracked to this source
dysentery, occasional mastoid and
bone infections and, in Wisconsin
and Michigan, • a local ailment
called "swimmer's itch," caused
by worm larvae.
The effects of underwater
swimming on human subjects
''s were studied by the U.S. Public
;,Health Service and a preparu-
tory school in New England. The
U.S.P.H.S. study centered
three test areas—Long Island
e: Sound, Lake Michigan and the
Ohio River, covering ocean, lake
and river waters—places where
people have bathed for many
generations without a second
thought. The conclusion reached
'ryas startling and simple. People
who go in swimming are sick
oftener than those who don't,
regardless of the purity of the
t. water. The New England study,
conducted by Dr. Roswell Gal-
`i- lagher, showed that the boy who
swam in the school pool comes
down with more of the virus
diseases, like mumps and measles,
'•than. the boy who stayed our of
'The water.
eleal txy and keep any child in-
d`e''house When it's 102° in
t: a shade. Swimming is a lot of
fun and wonderful exercise—its
the , only exercise which calls
all the muscles into play with-
out strain, and with coordination.
We've come to realize that a child
is in danger from the time he
gets out of bed in the morning;
he might step on a marble. fall
and break an arm. So the com-
mon-sense question is; What are
the dangers and what will pro-
tect your child against them?
No hazard is greater than pol-
luted water. Most swimming
pools take a precaution against
bacteria in the" water by adding
germ -killing chlorine. Health de-
partments, which keep a safety
eye on these pools, require that
enough chemical chlorine be used
to hold the bacteria count down
to a count of 200 bacteria per
milliliter of water. This, up un-
til recently, has been thought of
• as a low danger point and is the
figure specified by the Ameri-
can Public Health Association,
Pool water is sampled every day
or on a two-day frequency to
make sure the count goes no
higher.
The big "if" factor is the time
this sample is taken. This test
was tried on a pool in Hartford,
Connecticut, by several scientists
from the Yale School of Public
Health. lf, for example, the safe-
ty .count was taken in the moan-
ing, the ratio of bacteria to water
ranged around. 200, meaning the
water was quite safe. If the
plenty of inspirational material
amid such beautiful surround-
ings. One of the loveliest home-
'', owned gardens I have ever seen
is at the residence adjoining the
l:,owville feed mill, To give an
instance -- can you imagine anys
thing more striking than Brim-
son ramblers against a back.
.. ground of blue spruce?
There are some wonderful
houses too -- houses over a hun-
dred years old, ancl; by contrast.
there also fine, modern dwel-
lings amid landscaped grounds.
One doesn't .need to go into these
houses to know they are equip-
ped and styled like magazine
models of what interior decora-
tors think a home should be.
But back to Ginger Farm .
the smell of new mown hay is
being wafted to me through the
open window. It is thick and
heavy with so and Partner 1E-
worrying
sworrying. over the prob.'ern' of
getting it dry',particularly if the
weather remains as catchy as it
bas been for weeks or, end.
Mitehie*White is walking back
and forth over xray typewriter ---••
'"'which Mktg it a good time to
say goodbye until we meet agaitti
Aril te
others have nolle ,arid nmy Frei:
chilled in a few minutes:,
Ctuarding Against Eye
and Ear Trouble
Protection of eyes„ ears, xxos,e
and sinuses again varies from
ease to case. If your child has
frequent sinus infections, it
would probably be wisest if tat
stayed away from diving or
jumping into 'the water ---one 41
the quickest ways of forcing,
water into the sinuses. A nose
clip might be a safeguard. If ixe
has had eac infections, he prob-
ably should wear ear plugs,.
Watch year child's eyes for signs
of inflammation because water
washes away the protective fluid
that normally guards the eyes.
Don't permit 'him to swim if ixc,
or anybody else at a pool has
highly contagious pink eye.
There axe other ailments that
stage their attack at pools, notab-
ly' athlete's foot and impetigo,.
"Impetigo is transmitted most
frequently," says Professor Mood,.
"hy use of the common towel,"
Be sure your child has his owe
towel and that he isn't gener-
ously sharing it with his pais.
le's Magic!
samples were 'ta'ken in the after-
noon, when the largest number
of people attended the pool, the
taunt hit 2,000 or over—water
so clear you could see botton,
with all the dangers of a 'murky
polluted pond.
Here was an above average
s pool, meeting every requirement
of the health department, that
admitted to a soaring bacteria
count when most swfmmers were
in the water. Unfortunately this
has been the common afad un-
questioned danger of every swim-
ming pool. Nothing could be done
abcn'i. 014: 11�1it11 danger signal
—until now.
New Cleansing Process
A pioneering group of scierr••
• tilts front Yale, headed by Pro-
fessor Eric Mood, have worked
out a new process of water puri-
fication which puts us one step
further along the road toward
stopping disease before it starts.
Called in science journals "high -
free residual, chlorination," it
means to those who enjoy the
swimming sport that pool water
can be made free of germs --•-and
kept that way. This is done by
putting ten to twenty times more
chlorine into the water than is
used currently; despite the quan-
tity the water is less irritating
to the eyes and skin of swim-
mers than under the old method.
Mood's new ,process had its
trial dip at the Hartford pool.
Measuring the average bacteria
Of samples of water taken during
the afternoon's peak, the count
which once had totaled 2.000,
was .now 1.
High -free residual chlorination.
the newly discovered Yale puri-
fication process, is so new that it
was announced to Mood's fellow
scientists only a few months ago.
Experimental tests conducted
over a period of two years at
the Smith College pool never re-
vealed any drawbacks, Swim-
ming pools across the country
probably will adopt this new
purification measure this year;
if yours .hasn't, urge it.
Other Dangers, Other defenses
But aside from water pollu-
tion, there are other dangers in
swimming that you ought to
know about. Several of these
were summed up by Dr. H. Mar-
shall Taylor in the Journal of
the American Nattiest] Associa-
tion when he pointed out that
"man is not normally a water
animal." He's not equipped with
adequate protection for keeping
water out of eyes,' nose, ears and
sinuses; nor has he inherited a
satisfactory system for maintain-
ing norinal body temperatures
in cold Water. Consequently, says
Dr. Taylor, "unless he takes cog-
nizance of the limitations nature
has placed on him, he subjects
himself to the likelihood of con-
tracting the infections that fre-
quently beset swimmers."
All experts agree that the num-
ber one thing to avoid is chilling.
When your child becomes chill-
ed, his resistance is lowered and
he's fair game for any bacteria
or virus. This rneans you
shouldn't let him wear his suit
in the pool and home again; he
should change as soon as he
comes out of the water. Also it's
'better if he doesn't stay in too
long. Whether "too long" is fif-
teen minutes or three hours de-
pends oh the child. Some young-
sters have an insulating layer of
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Oivirij tire`Sride Away—Pretty polio victim, iucltie toses,oCe woe
literally carried away cif her wedding. Seen above in the arms
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