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Memo To Mrs, Jones RE: Soviet Peope First, my7 apologies for hav- 4ig neglected you, Mrs Jories, $iie the Geneva conference of Ï959. You will note that they are stili conferrilig Ln Geneva. This report, however, is 'based pn observations farther tast- Ân Minsk, Moscow, Leingrad, end way stations during a 10-day Visit to thie Soviet Union as anl ordinary tourist. Tvwo Westerxi couples in, a car qncounter a 'lot of peopleý, Mrs. Jones. So 1 an going to skip'the usual political and diplomatie Àictails. instead, here are a few highlights of what one finds and feels - in termrs of people. First of al :their humnor. We hall expected Soviet officiais to be very difficuit at the border. Gut in Our first excour.ter, at Brest, a Russian-spealking Eng- lish fellow. tourist turned on the sunshine at onec witfr a jolie. "They wvant ýo kow"he boomied as an echellon of cus- toms mien formâlly appru ached îour car, "hto or fot you are Carrying a torn bombs. One is li right - btit tw%ýo, nyei 1 Broad smiles lit the fcsof the eaiir at that. "Da, da, ojne is a(il riglit,» they chuckled, "but twýo is ahsove the oquota." From thiat miom-ent, thýe inspec- tion wn off smo-othly, vithi high good hmr They even passed s;ome suispicio)us-looking W e st Germnan orang-es and iunmerous American maazies ,c%'ciud of being propaganda-ridden Lesson i herefore i, < CJnte y'ourself or them -ail tensed Up and You'Il -get along eter In thisý respoect, they're n dif- ferent frm ou there iii the Am- encan idws or your cousins in Britaini and Western Europe, This taste for a littile gaiety manifests itseif in other ways, too, Mrs. Jones. The dining, rooms of each hotel at which we stayed were packed each eveiing with Soviet couples and parity grou ps, cýbviously havig anv xpns, night out on the towh,, - and spendinIg their rUbles lland over ýiist. Without -i quiver, tch rev- elers paid the equlva1ý,nt oM 50 -ents apiece for oranges and ý early $3 for a fresh 1>,ineappIe. o cus, their ,i!Ilingrînsjs pnd lvlshly on ente rtailinmeott under- iffy-Knit Add içh i;nterest lto a bedroomi Perfect pick-up workW 1shel p'rdalins-IFY'NIT on 2 jarge needes-join to f ona 4lghtveiglit spread, Use rug cot- ý,on. Padtenn 814: directions. Sendi THIRTY - FIVE CENTS ' tamrps cannilot b. accepte'd, useý postal naotýe fo-r safety) fEor tus, pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenith St, New Toronx- to, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBEýR, your NAME and AD- »RESS. J U S T OF F T -HE PRFS S Èn c no10w' for our excitin, new-i 1961j Needlrcraft Catalog. Oveýr 125 bsigns . 'croc eknit, sEW, ,e)nibroidm, qulit, we-e- f cii- licushoiefurushiugltüy, giftns, cua-r il4.Plua 2 nsrN ",)r s,1ý3utrt vil e& sc-ored the continued shortage oi morthw;hle items te purchase li the. stores. Nevertheless, Mrs. Jone epic change of cliniate already has occurred. Soviet citizeis have begun to relax for the first timeI sine the repressions of thc Stalin regimne ended, Nowadays, people can afford to be mnorc rat ural, more pleasant. The contrasQI with; eight years ago ns marked. Thius coincides wîth the emer- gence of new vested interests li the3 offîcially classless soiciety 0f the Soviet Union - people whose managenial or scientific skills are rewarded with surplus mioney anid possessions, people no longer satisfied with the lot of the laborer or paat Meanwhile, one cannot travel through their country, watch them, and talk with themr with- eut noticilig certain basic points: First, Most of these people not only takze profound pride ini their nation's achievements but also identify themse1ves with, a usq- toric movemnent. Their outlook is oddly akçin to that of Americans dluring thie westward expansion a centùry ago. Second, Lhey have a tremnen- dious sense of compietitioni par- tieularly with the United Sýtates. Although Americans no longer are a novelty li the. majorc cities, theyv study themr like laboratory specinens. And they like it best wvhen they ean emphansize Soviet superiority. They suggeýst, for instance, that the Shepard flighýt -was really, a failure becaiue the United States astronattt did not go into orbit. They inquire about racial segre- gation. They point ou" that their inicomne tax is scheduled for abo- lition - although it is net a mnajor revenue source anyhow. Finally, they exude anover- powering- confidencein the even- tuai suiccess of their system over demnocracy. Su strong and'calcu- lated is their optimismthat on., literally lias to guard against ac- cepting this constant smilixig sug- gestion o! their ultimate victory - and of demnocracy's eventual Ilowever, they cannot hide frum .any open-eyed tour ist cer- tin gargantuan shortcomnings cf their own system - shortages, wasted effort, regimentation, pri- Ynitiveness, the sacrifice of rmany ordinary freedomis. 5cm.n observ- ers considrt a miracle that the Soviet Union has held to- ,gether tuis long. Yet It has, Mrs. Jones It hq ahl there, both better and worse than you mlght expect. Ard the Soviets seemn to be wo 'rking harder te beat the West than the West is to keep ahead cf -themn. You rmight give Mr. Jones and the nieighbors a. reminder about that. -By Henry, S. Hlayward, Chief of the Londoni N e w s Bureau of the Christian Science Monitor. Modèrn Etiquette By Annxe Ashley Q.How is the best way te i- vite a~ wedding guest to the A. By Includi-g a smnall card with the wedding invitation,_ reading: "Reçeption, immiredlateiy affter the ceremiony (or at such- .nd-such -a Urne) at such-anid- suoh address - P_.s.v.p. Q. L It niecessary for ea bride- eleect t. repl 'Y te notes ",Pl g0od wlshe3 fromn friends who have seen her engagement annousice- ment in, the. newspaper? A. 'While -not neýcessary ta write notes, sue maRy telephon siùmqcf lier friejida and sh cerztalnly shiould ltank ail tho-'e whmshe ,Meets. Q.At mny father's funeral e cently, 1 was criticlzed for wear- ilig lipstick and rousge. Was 1 wronkg? A, Today, when such miakeup i la aiost universally used, a JUTIN CASE" - Mrs. Caola Murdock once learneci the mnouth- fo-meouth respiration technique' "just in case somnething hap- pens ot the pool." It did - at theîr home in Bel Air, Çalif, - and Mrs. Murdock saved the lifea of her 23-month-old daughter, Ceryl Ann. At last wc are hav\ing oii'- warmn weather - and how weM appreciate it. But it works for and against us. Tt gives us plenty o! opportunfity te work li the garden but it also gives us the urge to get out and seýc things and go places. 0f course we don't feel so guilty about going places if it coincides with doing thingas. For instance I had to go around wlth ii. hospitai sewing 1 men- tioned last week and that little job took me to, beautiful homes 1 didn't even know existed. One, place was a fruit farn %with al the. trees out li full bloom, You can imagine how loveiy it was, 1 don't know what thi. sct-up !h on tusý particular fanm, whetiier the owners~ had sold off lots or what but there were at least, six bouses with driveways run- ning off the. main f arm entrance. So, althouýh the owners wene away ou, in the, country they weestf11 not 1isolated. lI fart niost of tii. womnen werecnge gated i one bouse when 1 get there. Another place 1 went to w,.as a single dwelii"ng amnid about ten, acres o! land, mucli of it w,,ooded, Tii. house could -net be seen. froin the road so to get to it ene had to drive along a, narrow, winding, hilly farnm ian.. I was enthralied with the. beauty of the place. I thought tuis wouid be an ideal place in wvhich to lii.,. But now every time l think c,,f it I remnind mryseif o! that narrow, winding lane and, imag-ine what JIt wouid be like to get out of the. place in winter-time - especial- ]y a!ter an ice storm., Partner and 1, altiiough ioving the. -country, have managed to convinçe our- selves, that at our time cf lie we are better off in a Luilt-up area. After ail w. can, aiways get away Io the counitry7 for an hour or twc any time we want to -- or anywhere else for that miat- ter. Last Thursday we did just that. Joy and tue! boys caine up fromn Milton tiien w. ail drove to High Park li the west end of Toron.ta. It la ont o! tue fnicest parks I know. Fiowera, animnais, wtr fowl, nature trailsý, pleýnty of Space and severalQ playgrounda for the children. Rosaý and Cedni*ýc ,ver(è aile toru loose andi real-' ly enjoy tiieniselves - and with' littie supervision. The tulips and rock gardens weýAre lovely but cf course w. wFere too eaniy for the. roses. We shahl have to nakze another trip later on as the rose gàrdens at High Park are real- iy wortii a visit. Higli Park, is only about ten ýminutes waik frorn Dee's place se aft(er oun oiuting we stopped i there for lunch, She was itheii. mifd.o!, painting her bednoom but seemred quit. willing to stop for a visit. îAnd so wene the boys. David was home for lunch but atter h. had gene back te schooi thie four little boys pla-yed around as hap- py as could. b.. Sometimies we couldni't hear ourselves think but that was to be expected. Yesterday w. had another out. ing. Art came eut for us anxd then wc ail went to,ýsèe tht COar- ison Parade alofig Univers4lty _Avenue. W. ïncy xifind-' lng a place to park - îr the, ishade - and wltii a gooid view o!fti.parade. On. thing lu cer- tain, it wae muit eoiler waiting and atching than t .was rmarcii- SALI BALLET -- Starting ber career early in life, this 5-yeur- old girl proctices intricate dance, maneuvers on the island of Sali. The girl la one of 35 mil- lion children ï n lntlonesia (which includýSoBlil), many of whomi are being aided by U.N. n.Partner, beîng an "oid vet" of the first World War, and Art of the sec-ond, they were both in- terested li picking out the' well itrainied men from the round- shouldered loose-limbed recruits. Outstanding were a few sergeant- majors who had the typica' bear- lng of the traditionai sergeant- maijor who had served -i combat duty. And while the parade wasý on, President Kennedy was li conference with Premier Khrush- chov, (rincidentally Mr. Khrush- chov might be enraged to know that in, spîte of his name belng su well known I can neyer remnem- ber how to spell it!) Iti.ight rf the conference and wor.dered . . . would the outeome of that little get-together bring us nearer7 or drive us furtiier away from ac- tual war? Would the. men noýw marching ini parade ever be eall- ed upon for combat duty? It was5 a soberîng thought as the1 sun shone brightly upon tii, crowds mnoving freely through the streets anid planes flew over- head saluting the troops. While w. were waling for th*. parade tuo start De. and I toouk a fewmiue to visit a frlend who has been a patient li th,> Toronto General Hospital for ,seven months. In the samne rooni with her la a, patient with leu- kemia. Thinking about them both I 'woke up this morning feeling thankful for the ability to be up and around. After the parade Art drove us over tu Cherry Beach just to take a look at the old lighthouse. W.e always -welcomez an oppoituniity to b. near the water f ora-while. Then back to Dee's place te an appetising dinrner. After the- dishes were 'dqie the. drive ýhome.;' It was quit. a day. Today the "probs" are for 85' temperature so I amn starting early to do what has 4o b. don. before it gets toc hot. lI between going, places wve stili manage to do Ra little work! hands a few times to becorne fiction. ISSUE zà - 1961 Did, Lizzie Borden ReaIIy Use Thot Axe? I lxiei pantheon of Amenicani foilklore, Lîzzie Borden occupïes asfrmapdestal as Davy Cr:oc- kett, although hier credentiais derive frein the world's most famnous hatchet job. Tii. legend o! Lizzie goes back to Fali River, Mass,, and a sweitering August meorning in 1892. A- tiirtyish spinster then with a reputedfly ,sour disposition, ,Lizzie la aup- posed to have slipped into the. room where lier stepniother was making a bed and eut lier down with an, ax. For the next, hour and' a .half, Lizzie ironed and sewe-d whule she wailed for lier skinflint father. to retunn froni a downtownl tour of hus real- estate properties. When the oid mnan. came back and stretched out on the. sofa for a midmorî- ing rest, Lizzie came uüp with lier trusty ax andhewed hlm in nib- bons also. Or so goes the public fable. When, Lizzie had lier day ini court, the jury found hier not guilty. But hier subsequent trial- by-f olklore' reversed the verdict. Lri old age,, when Lizzie drove f orthin x her chauffeuned cr- ofteýn on erraands offutv charity-iiornified murmurs stili followed lier. Lizzie suffered, says Edward Radin in thus deeply resecarched and very convincing,, defense o! hier -goodnanie, froem on. arch-defamer. Tuis, was the noted crime writer Edmund Pearson, who, i the 1920s, and' î'10%s wrote a number o! studies cf the Borden case, ah so biased as to am.ount to a "iiterary hoax." So who did- ax the 'eider Ber- dens? Edward D. Radin in hua new book "'Lizzie Borden: the. Untold Story", gives his suirprise, versilon. But h. irianages sa inuch suspenIse, thiat it would be an act o! sabotage to give him away. Sweden Gots Tough On Its Juveniles It takes imor, effort to get inte trouble in Stockholm than li any other city i the world. Drink- ing is rationed; night clubs are controlled; automobile traff ieý mloves at a moderate pare. It î-§ ail highiy efficient-and deadiy dil. D e s p it e ths, 3tockhII-'sï young pe-ole mianage to blow off eteam everyý now and then by *ioting or oveturning automo- biles, At ethier Uies, young Oie and us girl fiend break the. law by careening around on motor sïcooters. (Swedený'a juvenu.ie deI- lfinquency rate has doubied li the postwar yearsý. Recently, Swýedeýn'ma welfare- mninded legisiators- passed a law designed to bri ng young Oie up short by choppi-ng off is spend- ing mny iatr a n y Swede under 21 %Tho hý as a joli but doesnl't behave himse1.,li, wil be required to pay, room -1and board at home-if lits parents request it. The idea is thai h less moniey a tenae has, thec better he wil behave-a thies;is that may nlot be foolproof but àt at least should make it evenl harder to get into trouble iù% Sweden. To Size 48 PRINTED PA', Exclusively designed for hip.. alimrning flattery plus comf ont- hi-fit!-Classie shirt, pedal push- ors, shorts, slacks-all are easy- sew in crisp cottons. Printed Pattern 4794: Women,-'g Sizes 3M., 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. 46, 48, Size 36 shirt takes 17%s yards 35- inchi;pe pu.shers 2½ý yards. Senid FIFTY CENTS (stampajs eannot 'be accepted, use postal note for safety) for tuis pattern, Please p r i n t plainly SIZE, NAME, 'A4DDRE SS, STYLE NUMBER. Send ordEýr to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ANNOUNCING the b ig9g 0eit fashion show of Spring7Sunnmer, 1961-pages, pages, 'pages of pat- terni in our new Color Catalog- just, out! 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