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AMHERTRC, YRJO P"LAIN HO4"RSE SENSE __________ y Y. (BOB) vos p»4x___ j"', Iobs asthug w C bee lvin-g under a delusin about the Iiif the wri'trers of a book, " The î \Taenîshing Irish", that bas Pist coine out, are to be biee.The- popular coneptO f the tpca riSh- famly-haring witypaddy daigon bis stii pretty wife an is household of Coen o chiiren besdestbe cbickens andplg-us isn' true.11nfact, Irelaýnd, once reno-wn7ed for- its big familles, is nowv a land of batch-ýor.S an("pnses of rcoanu's population,1-4 peý. cent aresnge 6 per cent widowed, and only 30 pu- cent ïnarried. Ard the average age «~ mIac1iagj is roundabotd 34 for, men ýaIj 28 for womren. As acneune the popula,;- f ion ô1f Irelanti bas fallen fromi over ,00ýO0,000 iin 1841 taý- 4,300,- 000 ýýt the last censusý in 19.51, In SothrnIeland t-e -pasi.- ion iseven moe-nù rlou ,anýd naw theýýre are !lèssthan 3,.000,- 000 in theý Republie. What are the reasans? WCi gratIon accounta for part cl the lo-ss, Ibut by n eanis al 0f it, What is 1t that keeps Paddy ~way foul the aitar? (On une pcint n ieariy ail te onrîufr atgreeý.110 may be 'a fine, wîýttY loiver, but ais a lbubby ,Lh e is out. When if cornes ta a marriage, he loksf~o weltband streîgth fa keep himn, rfl beauity ýforbi ta adinîre îor cmainhpfor lmnoto enjoy, He iS irrespon- .sible anid mi-ucb reer terace.- track a-nti the pub ta tbe borne, Celibacy bas been raised int avru.Marriage isni't regn,,rd- easa normialgol andi any- fhing fi tbeleast zsugýgestive of clos- frenc~hipbetwe-enme aniwonnen efr mriaeis Mfen regarded- as the worst of sincs In miany country districts this is eýxtended ,-Jta incIlde akengcomnpany" whîcbis jutnorml heltby cortsbp Many a nice rîsb coleen, would ratherwalk home alone in tbe dark than face tbe shamenc Of boing "aet"byletn a by see Lertoe îeisca gatheings, far from being orga-. S nzedby b~piests, aegene- rally fowned pon. prîde Mha marrid cuplesbad! conetatem after ayarta chlie.inquiry clsciosed thatý tb.ey were igorantf the f acts7 bavebeard onlýy ifoura plausibfle eýxpljaations fori sb otn ec:that seuaJesire is suî- JJ--.Latetiby religion; xhuset by sport, drugged by drnk, air d,îlected by either an inniate o1ýr an inculcateti puritanismi lus BEQUESTr Timete& siona man -epc ially ;,,goci f time, as ,Mary pîett- bone ýPoole once obser.ved Andisethemn) died. 1Jý>a hýiend was cnshn tewid '5ndtii redleveyu uc Little bottie iich sbe x ara. Itseeipobbeta h murderer of fith e-ea-l girl ba-d been tarûiliar with the hiospitai; so, while rpode Lionjs of the prints on-c the bat, Lie er s,ýen-t te every rjoiice force in Britain, andti t eveiy inger pý-rntbueau la the-ý( worid, a special local investiga- ian was set on foot, C Oveýr 2,000 persons wbo bad bat accessta the hIospitai Idurj.ing tbe previaus two years were traceti and thiry linger prints taken. EverywhVrl the "D, tcie drewx a blnk. Thie prints e mnained un-idenitifieti. Then CPel Inspctor Coin Campbel l. a tbe Lancashire County Finger- print Bureau, sugglested ab op eraiion wý',itbiout Pre2C'cdeht in PO. lice inqiries - thefnepît ing as the bole nmsaiepuIa tion oýf' Blac'kbuvrn ove tege ai sixeen, and oe everyman wbl-o worked -.nin te twnbut livet oupside it, Sîxty local plc ffcr n a-- cotntingc;ifen t f tbc Mtropolitan, Poic wraipt on th-e job . Tbey went a wo nlaPUiIs, cl&ig'a every house in Blaekpurn withi tirnkinig pads aid finger- print cords. There weve bmutî4ta e e ie pie wbo wouWtisrsent having their prixits tkeantisae wbG ihad reasojns, fordiikn 'et used~ ni onIy~ [sol lateot Is. Box voa, 1; Iatei r lýr't Infor tin.c IEPOWAN¶e~ WANtED HelOl fTHEoworketsl Ove FOR PIHAINS INGRDIETS 14 DXOS REEO .OR ...... AT . PA.S, - -----S -oo , ï ud$2 halh Aid dx ti ARTHRITIS met oi atbtlii pajnO. Pf 2 a n aFe,, bsch 7 UaCIail ee , Write f (or 5parlu 3f. PICKWOD PHARAcAL 1i.LTt