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all 1 "Looe Island" » hu Situated in 'lovely Looe Bay, Cornwall, is a little-known but attractive island which, although ficial'ly mapped as St. George's always referredito by locals on the mainland as "Looe Island," writes Bert Middleton who goes on to say: « 1 have known Looe Island for, well--1 cannot. even remember the first time I went there, I was so so young. But I have been there hundreds of times. As a boy, it was a favourite place for picnics, and 1 uced to go there shrimping, too. It is about a mile round, 1 sup- pose, and 170 feet high, There is a small landing beach on the morth- east--the side closest to Looe har- bour--and a long reef of rocks, run- ning out seaward- Narcissi grow wild there in their thousands, and are in full bloom at Christmas; and at certain times of the year hun- dreds of bass swim round the outer rocks, . 3 ; On top of the rocky coast there is a nice stretch of grassland. I was about nine or ten years old, the local butcher up the street own- ed some of this grass, and I often used to go across with him in the early summer and help when he # for hay. We used to bring it ba to Loge in a small boat, © Of course, everybody in Looe mows the island well: there hb a sort of unwritfen law that, who- aver owns it, the loeal inhabitants can go there on Thursday after- moons. That has always been our | a rou [Y - private early-closing day. In summer, small Boats ply for hire and take visitors 'over at a shilling a head. But many of them, lazing in the June. sun: shine, know very little about the real Looe Island. 3 People may be lying, perhaps, 'Just a few yards away from the cave cave once used 'by smugglers. has often been told how many a good keg of brandy has found 'Ms way into the old Jolly Sailor 'which tunnels far under the sea-- ba El, 'Freedom Ended?--"Muffy" is -a -sall «cat these days :as she snuggles 'up ito Carol Ann Hel- land, 6. A bill passed by the legislature would make it ille- 'gal for cats to roam at large, "requiring 'leashes for the -ani- 'mals. The 'measure could put. :an end to, Mutfy's moctufnal 'sessions on the back fence. ~~ Inn by this route. Barrel upon bar- 'rél-2has ibeen stored there iin the 'big 'cavern, .and later taken'away iin -small 'boats when the coast was «clear «af revenue 'men. : As 'late as 1890, :a restive cow in.. ithe shippon on fhe island kicked out 'part of a floor of a shed, and there below was a huge man- made «cavern, as-big as a ship's 'hald. I could tell you dozens of yarns about our island--about the .old owner, who took a donkey to the island to «draw up seaweed from the beach to his garden, of how the donkey would not work, but only ate the cabbages from the gar- den; of how; - eventually, this patience ended, the old man took the donkey to the edge of the cliff and shot it. And\when, in the twi- light, the corpse was, floating west- wards on the ebb-tide, the coast- guard wanted to laundh the life-' boat to save the apparent: survivors of a wreck. ' And then there is a war-time story that happened eight years ago. It was' a Sunday evening. I was a warsreserve constable, -then, and was attending the evening service at the church down on the quay- side at West Looe, when I suddenly heard a terrific explosion. It wag the biggest shaking Looe had had during the war, and many windows were smashed. Next day 'Lord Haw-Haw' announced that a direct hit had been made on a large . battleship lying in Looe Bay, It was a direct hit, all right, but"it did not sink our island! You can, perhaps, understand why the local council, finding that the island was once again 'up for "gale, were not anxious to see it become a free-for-all holiday camp. Fortunately, this is not to happen: the island has been acquired by a individual. But we Looe people will 'always think of it affec- tionately, as 'our island.' Ale Be ay fir They're Skiing On Air--Against a backdrop of clouds and cypress trees, Katy Turner, national jumping champion, adds the Dixie Jumping title to her laurels with this grace- ful flight through the air at Cypress Gardens. 5 Were you caught napping on the ehange-over to fast time? We have heard of a few who were. As for ws we had our clocks advanced all . right, but when it came to getting up--that was another story. And yet we had to--not.as early as we should have done--but for the first " morning 6:30 fast time seemed early enough. Yet the clock makes little difference to some people. My sister is here for the week-end and "the chances are I "shall have to wake her for dinner! But that's all right with me--she came for a rest, and she is getting it. After the men had gone to the barn this morning the first thing I did was light the furnace." And that wasn't as easy as it sounds, there being no more than a few shovels full of coal in the bin, and the good winter wood being practi- cally done, so whenever we need a lifle heat we rake up the wood- chips, gather up the cinders, use one or two of our precious chunks of wood--and presto! the house is warm again. It really takes so little to heat it this time of year, and yet --"the little more and how much it is" One thing 1 like about a cool spring, the flowering bulbs last so much longer. Maybe sometime 1 shall understand under what condi- tions different spec'es of flowers do best. Last year we had so few daffodils so 1 concluded that the bulbs needed lifting and dividing-- but it was just one of those jobs I'meant to do but never got around to, so T wasn't expecting very much Flowers used in a new way make this the most adorable pina- Pe A 3H & ren : She'll _love itl Easy-to-sew Pat- tern Si: ta hroide a cutting guide sizes ; Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in eoins (stamps Sanne}. be a eeptad) for this paftern to Box 1, 12% Bini St, New Toronto, nt. Print plainly PATTERN transfer; UMBER, your NAME and AD. DRESS, INGER FARM Gwendoline P.Clephe blocm this year. But to my sur- price the dailies are blooming this spring better than they have done o Just to enjoy them, just as we enjoy so 'much during "the uncertain glory of an April day." As, for instance, that rainbow last Satur- day. Did you sce it? TI think -it was possibly the most nearly per- fect rainbow TI ever saw. From - here it appeared as a complete half- circle and the colours did not fade in the middle as they so often do. Maybe it was seeing such a rainbow that inspired Wordsworth's immor- tal Jines--"My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky". We -are not all inspired to poetry but I imagine most of us know what it ic to have a heart that does a bit of a flip-flop in sheer wonder at this age-old phenomena. By comparison think of all the marvel- and all so complicated--a switch here and a lever there; wheels and gears all over the place. But when Nature puts on a show we are awed by its very simplicity. The rainbow is one instance, and another that - pesiect eclipse of the moon a short while back. ' But sometimes when Nature takes a hand in things we are not so well pleased. At the barn, for instance. For nearly four weeks Partner has been doctoring a young cow. She started off with indiges- tion, later she had a calf--and there were complications. After that we expected her to get: better. 'But no . . . in spite of Partner follow- ing the vet's instructions to the letter she gradually became worse: Yesterday other complications de- of giving out. The vet came along and gave her a "pep" dose, but this morning, in spite of it, she was dead. Doctoring a cow for weeks and one of those hard knocks a farmer has fo take in his stride once in awhile. «Partner says we can't grumble--in all our years of farm- ing this is only the third cattle . beast we have lost--not counting the calves, of course. We lost quite a few calves in our early days. be- cause ve fed them too well, The digestion of a calf is so easily up- set-- and we had to learn the hard way. : a Speaking of calves--have you seen the latest in calf-feeding epuipment? A pail, no less, especial- ly fitted with a nipple on the out- side. Partner says it would take one person one look. after the calves if there were many fo feed with that contraption. It would also need scrupulous cleariliness or else there: would be trouble. My, but it's a quiet house around here. Honey is away to the dog hospital for a little visit, so I have been able to keep the steps free of old bones and chicken wings. Late- "ly 1 have been taking Homey with me in the eab of the "plek-up." When 1 do that Tippy just about 8 wild. Tt would take brute ength to get Tippy into a car so maybe her fear extends to Honey as welll, But if a dog 1s scared of rid-- ing In a ear what must it be for a horse to travel by aeroplane? In the paper today there was a pleture of a . horse being taken off a plane at Malton. I wonder how they fasten. ed its safety belt when the plane came down for 'a landing! - for years. So now what do I do-- leave them or lift them? I don't know. t present I am satisfied lous inventions we know today-- veloped and her heart showed signs. then losing her in the end is just - Many Will Visit Famous Shrines Heavy passenger traffic t§ shrines in Quebec and Ontario is forecast [* for this summer by H. J. Nevin, Canadian National Railways gen- eral passenger agent, who said here that present surveys indicate pil- grimages will be on a larger scale that last year, . : Plons are now leing made to oncrate. CNR sp cal trains from Montreal and Quebec City to the Martyr's Shrine at Midland, Ont., where ceremonies will be held: to mark the tricentenary of the martyrdom of the Jesuit mission- arics, Another year since anniversary, the 299th the founding of the in Quebec, will be celebrated this summer and thousands of pilgrims are expected to attend from Canada and the United States. During" July more than 1500 pil- grims will travel from Sherbrooke de-la-Madelaine, and many hun- dreds from Montreal are planning visits to the Gaspe shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during the same month. Catty Stuff Miss Gertrude Charny loved birds and decided to do somethig about it: She organized the Friends of the Birds Inc, and launched a cam- .Paign against the predatory cat. Year after year, the elderly Chicago woman stalked the hal's of the State House in Springfield, lobbying for a bill which would impose a $1 fine on cat owners who permitted their pets to run at large. Last month, Miss Charney smiled like a canary that had swallowed a cat when her anti-feline bill, al- ready passed by the State Senate, came up in the lower house. As each "Aye" was cast, Miss Charny applauded loudly. The tally 87-31 * for the birds. ig But the legislature thus handed' 'Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson an explo- sive pile of birdseed, Wood he sign the anticat bill, or heed the 250,000 cat owners in Chicago alone and veto it? The Washington corres- pondent, Bascom Timmons, who owns 29 cats, promised to see that Stevenson was elected President if he vetoed the bill. Busy with .his "budget message, the governor, who himse'f keeps dogs, sheep, birds and a cat on his Libertyville farm, tem- porarily ducked the question. Even his pert, pretty wife refused to.com- ment herself. Asked if Stevenson was as cat-lover or a bird-lover, she said apprehensively: "That's a delicate issue. We'd lose either the bird vote or the cat vote." Ob- viously, Miss Charny's ornitholo- gical passion put the governor of Illinois in a real quandary. Too Much A good little girl was hurrying to school in a-state of extreme agita- tion, wae! "Please God, don't let me be | late," she murmured as the school bell began to ring in the distance. At that moment she tripped over a stone; and fell flat, "Please, God," she exclaimed in an injured voice, as she got up and dusted herself, "I didn't say 'push'" Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre | and Coaticook to the Shrine at Cap- J for moving. } Answer to Crossword Pussle Helpful Hints For Homemakers : Bottles and daubers from liquid shoe po'ish make good paint sets for the tiny tots. Wash bottles and daubers, fill bottles with water col ors. The dauber is easier to use than a slender brush----less messy than finger painting! - . L LJ To remove onion odor from your hands, "soap" them well with an unpeeled raw potato, .in cold run- ning water. 3 PU . Pack dishes in damp excelsior Excelsior expands as it. dries, wedging dishes in more snugly. ? * * To remove a light bulb that has been broken in the socket, push a cork against the- metal piece and unscrew it » '+ . * Protect upho stered furniture from soil, with back and arm mats of thhe upholstered material. If edges of mats are cut with pinking shears or picoted, they are almost invis- ible. * * * Slice cream cheese with a piece of white thread. Even thin slices won't crumble, * * * Favorite vase 'or bowl cracked? Coat the inside with a thick layer of paraffin, and let harden. Coat- ing lasts indefinitely, "and vase won't leak. a . . A piece of rough carpet, tacked on a b'ock of wood, makes a good Painting Plaster The subject of painting plaster, especially new plaster, is one which has received a lot of attention from the paint manufacturer and the painter alike. Of course, it is ex- tremely unwise to paint "green" plaster until it has been properly treated, but even plastes which has been in place for some considerable time may "burn through" a paint job unless. the surface is correctly prepared. The first thing to do then is to neutralize the lime in the plaster. Apply a coat of zinc sulphate solu- tion, made by adding four pounds of zinc sulphate crystals to one gallon tals are all dissolved. Before this solution is applied, however, any rough portions of the plaster should be given a good brushing move all loose sand particles. Let the job stand for two or three days following application of the zinc sulphate solution to give the chem- lcals sufficient time to neutralize the lime: Then, after the surface has been thoroughly dusted, it will be ready to rcceive a primer-sealer- coat oil paint. Two fathers were discussing the upbringing of chi'dren. "Yes," said one, "a great deal depends on the formation of early habits." 3 mother employed a woman to wheel me about when I was a baby, and I've been pushed for money ever since." : . of water and stirring until hg crys- with a stiff brush or broom to re-. "It does," replied the other. "My "brush". to paint wire screen. Dip £E carpeted end of block in paint and rub across the sereen -- it won't splash! J J * . * 0 . Delicious coating for croquettes: ry equal parts of potato chips and 7 7 Iv corn flakes, finely erushed. Good RIE 1315 TW topping for casseroles, too, : | opping iy Toes. R EPUICIE] Equip baby's diaper bag with Eh sheets of waxed paper. Wrap each soiled' diaper before putting 'in bag. . * LJ ' After the board of Aldermen of Milwaukee. passed the usual ordin- ance to authorize payment of salaries to city employees, they discovered they had forgotten to include their own in the bill. They For Sunday-breakfast treat, coat cooked pancakes with jelly. Roll: and skewer with toothpicks. - . * at once arranged for a special Pack Wool gloves (clean, and meeting. other small woolen articles in glass jars with tight lids, to kecp out / moths, » * LJ G:tting Even ~ - © An old whisk broom, cut to a A R E point, is wonderful for hard-to-clean corners. ) g 11] 12 sais - NERVES" 'A SIGN For a delicate onion flavor, use ] only a drop or two of onion juice. YOU'RE GROWING Just cut unpee ed onion in half and ' fqueeze on a lemon reamer, Oo L D ? N . . A phoe bag is a good "file" for Oh n as a woman. approache Cle r-rags - ¥ A Ls a d MIN i 'S Cleaning-rags. Label each Jockett middle life, Apolo 3 WK wax," "furniture polish, brass, she accepts this as a sign of age. and so on. 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