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A y Se x mp LS wha ¥ ; ne Tres i Tn rN ¢ eR a EES ST Sa on de ESSN BN i he Siaidh ~ - o> Ro ly in. 4 = Sia -- Se ha $ * Grandfather, What A Big i! "*"Dear Anne Hirst: My husband left me two years ago. I can get , divorce whenever 1 can afford 5. +s I've been in loves with a good } mows man for over a year, and he wants to. marry © me as 'soon as "I'm free, "The trouble + lies: with my father; my three 'young sons and [. have lived i h with" him since my husband left. All my life my father has dominated me. Now he ~ forbids: this man to. come to the touse . , 1 stood it for a long while, but lately [-slip out to see . him. (I am 30). "He_is crazy about the -boys, and they love him dearly. He is anx- ious to marry me and take care of us all, . "Would I be doing right to take some rooms for the boys and my- self? Then at least I could see him! - MARIE" SOCIETY 1S STERN * You find yourself in that agom=" * alous position which distresses SO 'many- women today: Married, but without a husband. In love. with another man, but risking your him. x . Your ~father "lives by the so- - er hE eo» 4 'Round-the-Clock! 1920 495 op Js, 315080 papa All, geen SIZES R4606 es a D350, byte Aol Trbrost at with" eyvelet--and youd! 'have the smartest "outfit to go everywhere on a summer day. Simple; casy lines make you look so much slimnier,. back zipper . assures smooth fit. Perfect for country, town trips! Pattern R4606- Women's Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 40, 48, 50. Size 36 sundress, bolero 4% yards 35-inch; 24 vards 23-inch eyelet. This pattern casy to use simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions, Send THIRTY - FIVE .CENTS (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) "for this -pattern. Print' plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, RN Send order Jo Box 1, 123 Eigh- + teenth St, New Torbnto, Ont. coolest, reputation if you receive | EE ERE eae oo Uo Py * * Rs vorce, you know. As a mot friendship doHar the you how much bet * pened to yo know them? "About day of her, with would believe it? : You do not tell me whether you 'have a position or not. you (and tlie man) save every bring _I. = your freedom much nearer. And having played thé" game of waiting so bravely, 1 sweeter will that day - can, * u?- that . wife's would cial rules of his generation. So as you are in his home, he ex-" pects you to observe them. Your only reléase lies in a di- Can't: you. reconcile "yourself to waiting a little longer? - Hay- ing the protection, of your father's presence? Saving the money you would spend on renting-a place? Besides, how. could your young- sters be contented, cooped up in a couple .of rooms when 'they've had. the run of their grandfather's. house? You must think of them . These questions deserve your' most thoughful consideration, You know how harsh are the social 'rules of civilized Ss you choose to.expose yourself to the gossip- that moving. However innocent your this living. would not follow your man, who If you will sO * READER REBUKES "Dear Anne Hirst: very great imagination! Have all . these things you write about hap- Or You have a how do you letter con- cernihg her domineering" hushand --why don't point? JVon talk you like get HIS Some when they that gets off work at L0 or 11 at night and goes to a floor show tilk-three , f To or four mn the morning, «1 feel I hive the right. to tell you this. LONG-TIME READER" "Lvery from advice, Cvrewpoints. LIE EE SS (a should Tke. the compla TOE letter column comes "through the mail readers who ask for my I have no doubt that some are I have to accept the situation -it- - self as a true one, however, and * ints that appears in En nuiny cases 1 could be twice as helpral it both people con- cerned -wrote me their individual Occ do, but not nearly as often as | asionally they of exaggerated, * described with honest mtent, at * least/--"~ * C4 When you are tempted to. break any social law, remember the cost is- high and long, long time . . | you'll pay jt for a Anne Hirst's sympathy, and wisdom, are yours for the askin '1, 123 Eighteen Ont, DOWN SOUTH g. Write her at Box th St. Ne'7 Toranto, 4 During the train's ten niinutes stopover at. a small southern town: a woman and man walked over to.a snack"bar." Inside they saw steam- ing pots of creamed chick bread, pork chops, creole, tempting dishes, "May we havetwo creamed. chickens in a hurry?" the man "asked -the motherly old lady behind the counter. J "Are you from the train?" The men nodded. "No creamed chicken." "How: abont pork choy si "Not when you're on the train," . asked what When they . could have sheiréplied seriously, "cheese sandw hes, People with only ten down food IT speiit all the after- noon preparin', 1 like folks to daw- dle over my it i, =: Te food and appreciate i Car You Had----Appropriately shy,. De-' borah Collier, left, 3%, and Grace Lyons, 4, pose beside the : . overturned cat which gave them a wild downhill ride when they "accidentally loosened the hand brake. The car, owned by De- borah's grandfather, went over a curb, sideswiped a free, +knocked down a fence and came to a final halt with its rear end high and its front wheels hanging over a 15.foot drop. 2 b) view- He may have a good rea- _son for the things he does. wives _ilnagine a lot want their own way. "for your article about her husband, T woman but. thanks ~ "minutes ain't settin' here. to gobble" 122 "Sally's late st flirtation with disaster occurred when she 'caught her head between risers of the poreh stairs. ' 'Sally seems properly penitent, at. left, as mother At right, the would-be manicurist is patched up. for the umpteenth time. 3 'Calamity Sal' = "Makes Trouble ~~ Her Career Sally: Richards, 4, has spent most. of her short life flirting with disaster. squads never know when they'll be called to 'the Richard's home, perpetual state of anxiety. Re- ~ "cently, Sally 'caught her head between the porch steps, Six -- months ago, she imbibed rub- ' - bing "alcohol; a y pentine was the beverage. Be- -. - fore that, disinfectant was the drink of the day. To vary the program, she has even tried to manicure her nails with a meat cleaver. Everyone is afraid to - think of 'what may come next, lectures her on the dangers of meat cleavers, Police . rescue di: Sally's mother. exists in a r ago, tur- an] "GiNeER FARM of Gwendoline D Clavke The great need of the moment is Ram for the berries aifp gardens; rain; for the wheat "and spring crops; rain for the pastures--yes, Crain for everythingz=is--mneeded-- 1 TEN except the hay. And that i$ where we lose out. Our first field of Lay for the coming of "the baler next day. During' the night it rained-- not enough to. do good to the thirsty | fields 4nd . gardens enough to toughen the hay so that it-could not be baled. That. was on the 21st. of June--and the wind ! that the weather on the official opening day of summer determines the "weather for tlie next three |-months. -East winds and rain mean unsettled weather for tliat length cof "time: "T'hat is not a very en- couraging forecast for the haying and harvest season. On the other haud who wants it to be lot and dry? However, 1 suppose it is foolish to waste 'time worrying about- it--wet or dry, we have to "take what . comes - and make the best of it. Right now, drought 1s more 'to be feared than - excess. moisture. In Australia drought has already killed more cattle than we, disease? One hates to think of the poor animals literally dying from thirst--and the ranchers powerless to cope with the situation. Well, we are losing more neigh- hours -- comparatively new. ones this time. The man went back to a government job some months ago, © now his wife is joining "him in Ottawa. The farm land has been rented to one man. and the house to another. -And again 1 have fallen heir | gi ~~ books |! Enough books to keep me spend half of every day reading-- « which I am "not likely to do. We can" find room for the fern; we are only too happy to look after the books; we don't mind adopting "Alicat" but we are thankful we. --were--~not-asked to take over! the seven dogs--registered Irish: setters at that, with cups and ribbons galore to their credit. Fortunately the dogs are also moving to Ottawa to the cottage their owners have © rented, If the accomodation is not sufficient for then -- that humans "and. dogs--then the dogs will be sent to a boarding kennel. "Truly a canine family can become a problem--and an expensive one . at that. So Higa Actually the same applies to - books. Many of these books" are Book-o-the-Month selections for the past five years, However, they for rain--rain.and still more rain, but was in the east. Old-timers_ tell us, to an oversize house plant--- this time an 'dsparagus fer. And was. cut and most of it raked, ready - . in? Canada, lost by foot find 'mouth ; busy "all summer if [ wanted to is," for. are more casily taken care of than, dogs--some- have already gone to -- convalescents«--the 'books, 1 mean . --others are destined for the public library, so there will: only remain a few that I am keeping for myself-- all of which -are non-fiction. One that T.have already started reading is' "Saints - and * Strangers": by George I." Wilson--a- history. of the Pilgrim: Fathers and their. families, Another good: book js-- "A Thousand Things to Know" a collection of gdd- and interesting items. For instance,. this will be news fo most of us--nekt year is the Sparrow Centennial--my own description. 'That is to say it was'in - 1853 that the first successful libera- tion - of emigrant sparrows took place. (Successful, is right 1) It was * Nicholas Pike, a director of the Brooklyn Institute,_who had spar- rows--about one hundred to start . with--imported . from England for the purpose of-destroying leaf-- cating caterpillars. Altogether there "were fifteen importations of sphr- Transfer Designs ~in'3 colors THIRTY - TWO_ MOTIFS in color! Red, yellow, green -- fruits and vegetables all ready to iron on your kitclren towels, - curtains, aprons, potholders. Quick! Easy! Washable! No embroidery --- just iron. onl That's alll Color in a jiffy! Three - color transfer designs, | Pattern. "612; thirty-two , motifs 'Ix1% to 3x44: - inches. ; : : Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coing (stamps -cannot be ac- - cepted) for this patterit to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont." Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER and SIZE; your NAME and ADDRESS. Hy Such a colorful roundup of handi- work ideas! Send twenty-five cents now for our Laura Wheeler Needle- craft Catalog. Choose your patterns from our gaily illustrated toys, dolls, household and' personal ac- ""¢éwsories. A pattern for a handbag - ds printed right in the book. < 1 i - | Aes H rows between 1852 and 1881.. Of - course it wasn't long before people realized" that the sparrows' insect- destroying. qualities had been over-.' rated and that the sparrow was fast becoming a public | nuisance -- multiplying and spreading.to other ~ districts, * including = Canada, in great numbers. But the item ends 'on a_hopeful note." It says nature has taken, the problem of the 'spar- row pgPulation "in hand and that theitfnumber is" said to He on' the decrease in. 'both urban. and rural areas. Can't say that T have notic- ced it, have you? Admittedly there are too many sparrows, and they can be an awful nuisance, bi} yet our farms and .. buildings would seem kind of lone- some without ~ them, don't you - _think? After all, - "sparrow in a tree-top" "can be a cheerful ttle bigdy. Gk BEE And now, to celebrate the begin, ning .of summer, I am going down -to put a few sticks of wood in the furnace! : , Big Betting on Fighting Fish >] The craze for keeping tropical fish scems to be growing rapidly. Many new enthusiasts have re- --cently installed aquaria and they soon discover. that watching the. gambols of their finny inhabitants is a fascinating way of passing the time, 4 Merry, Widows, Black Widows, Sail-fin Mollies, Flag Fish, Angels, Head and Tail Lights, = Rosy Barbs, Harlequins, Neon - Tetras, Three-spot Gouramis, and a host of other exotic fish are displayed with pride. The Australian Rain- bow Fish, reflecting a myriad dif-. ferent tints as its streamlined body €lashes "through ~ the water, and the small, pretty Pearl 'Danio's coloripg'is surely as near to Mother of Pearl as can possibly be achieved . by; living tissue. .. .. The Chinese. have, for 'many years," bred" the, Siamese Fighter solely for: its pugnacious qualities, states D. C. Gohm, in his interest- ing and delightful book, "Tropical Fish in the Home." This ~ game little fish will tackle' any other male member of his race on sight, Large wagers are 'placed on favor- ite scrapers at local "fish fights," . the two fish fighting until one is 'killed, or decides to beat a hasty but strategic withdrawal. "And yet "this same battler proves the most patient ahd devoted of, fathers, When the eggs are spawn- i ed, 'it is the male who collects and encases them in a bubble made " by coating a mouthful of air with a thin film of saliva. The bubble is then carefully placed. in the nest. . Should the eggs, or later micro- scopic fry, fall out of the nest, they . are immediately encased in another bubble and returned by an ever vigilant father, iit Mr, -Gohm's" book, dealing com- prehensively with aquaria, plants and lay-out,' aquarium manage: ment, digease, and a wide variety of fish, will prove a valuable asset to the enthusiast and makes de- "WOTE STOFies per mile of salt chuck on a coastal islands They were 'even more distant harbor. - ! . lie, but were forced back by the _ contacted over the radio-phone of a "We're not 'just sure where Willie -his "sister by private plane." 'emn hush as the Reverend Clarke 'Modern Etiquette : " Q. Does a divorcee continue to maiden and" her- married name. If .-T have seen this done by people .. - of apparent refinement? Toothpicks should never be 'seen .in use, "at the table or anywhere one, does she speak of herself as - Jones." In. business, she says, "I'm or descending stairways, by laying - telephone her thanks stances, should she thank friends be each gift. last bit of soup? soup that's intended to be eaten. ficial flowers in the home? --porcelain or plastic they are proper. However, 'if made of paper, or_of - muslin intended as hat or dress. suitable. \ - lightful reading. : ou pia i 'Willie's Epitaph * The British Columbia coast has (Chinook jargon for "salt water") | than any other place I have: ever known. - Take the tale about Wil- lie Wilson, for instance, . : Willie, who retired a few years - ago after 40 years"of:light-keeping on the coast, died recently near: Vancouver, But' after a stormy life "there was still no "peace to his -ashes," - ~~. 3 Those *ashés were, placed in an urn to' be delivered to 'his. sister sent by parcel post to a friend of . a a FL A TN eg 80. AN 3 AE REPPIN Recovery From Within Excerpt from a BBC Talk by The Very Revererid M. P. GQ. Leonard, Provost of St. Mary's Ca- thedra!, Glasgow, Scotland. Some years. ago a certain board. * 'ing schaol had fallen on evil days, The tone of the school was low, and 'public opinion within its walls was' apathetic. = At "this school a certain small boy, arrived from a decent Christian: home. He 'was shocked at the things boys talked about and at the jokes they laugh-- ed. at," andj he determined in his Willie's but -arrived too. late for "| ~heart that he would have nothing - him to put- them -on 'thie coastal |[- steamer. A" fisherman volunteered. to take them across, but was blown off his course by a sudden storm. and had to run for shelter into an Other boats started out with Wil- gale. The government radio station, * tug as to Willie's whereabouts, be- gan. to issue such bulletins as: is now, but if this storm lets up a bit we'may be able to get him to At last Willie reached the. cot- tage where minister and mourn- ers were gathered for the delayed funeral service. There was.a. sol- placed the urn in the centre of .the living-room table. . Suddenly a wo- man's voice broke the silence. "Oh, Mr. Clagke," exclaimed Wil- lie's sister, "isn't it wonderful to think that we got Willie here for only thirty-five cents!" -- Gilean Douglas in "Prairie Farm." @ use her husband's name? A. This~depends. + Sometimes she has - her maiden name" restored. However, it is customary now for a divorced woman to use 'her her. name was Elizabeth Preston and her married name -is Carlson, she becomes Mrs. Elizabeth Pres- ton Carlson. : nial Q. Is' it good manners to use a toothpick at the table. Lately A. The rules 'remain unchanged. else. Q. When a young unmarried |. woman introduces "herself to some: Miss Jones or as Mary Jones? A. Socially, she says, "I'm Mary Miss Jones™ Q. Isn't it all right for a man to take the arm. of a woman com- panion when walking along the street? - A. No. However, 'he should "as- sist an clderly woman by taking her arm, and he may guide any woman companion in crossing streets or. assist her in ascending his hand lightly on her arm. - -Q. Isn't all right for a bride to -|- for wedding gifts received? : ' A. Never, under any circum- for wedding gifts-by telephone or- in person. A personal note should nt promptly upon regeipt of Q. Is it proper to tip the sou plate in order to scoop. out the A. There!s nothing at all wrong with this. . You don't have to leave , Q. Is it improper to display arti- . A. If the flowers are made of trimming; then they really are not' | fw "to do with it. As a small boy he cut no ice, and of course he was ragged 'and laughed at, but- some- how other small boys found life less. -: sordid in his company. As he grew older "and worked his. way up in the sehool he began to. have more influence, and an in- creasing number of boys sheltered - gratfully behind his. sturdy char- acter. He wasn't' a 'great athlete, but everybody respected and ad- mired him, - In due course he be- came Headboy, and "when he left: the miracle had happened--the school was reformed. Its tone" was clean and fine and wholesome. This wasn't due to_any action "Maken by the Headmaster, or to any - 'new rules and regulations imposed from above; it was. solely due to one small healthy-minded boy hold- ing" steadfastly to tiis ideals, so that his influence was like heaven that ultimately leavened 'the "hole school. ™ TT TT It was_atase of reformation from within, and that is the way ia which the bounds of God's King- * dom are increased. That js our' Lord's own 'recipe. The -Kmgdom of Heaven is like leaven, He said; and if you want to kmow the joy -- of a heart uplifted, try to be a bit of leaven in the community in ~ which you live--and all the raising power of God will 'be behind you. Foot Comfort | If your -heels have suffered from: ° chapping--er scaling, try .to cure them before. you wear those peek- * a-boo lattice shoes and sandals. , After a bath, rub feet thorough- ly with a thick towel to remove "all rough and flaky scales. If ne- cessary, rub a bit of -cold cream or hand "lotion into the skin after washing, Comforting foot baths in warm _soapy. water will 'help soft- en the stiff hardened skin spots from snagging your nylons. "For real beauty, try massaging: . your feet in they're still suds. ° the bathtub while lathered with soap- Spotty Future -- If your wife breaks out. in spots this sum- . mer don't call a doctor. Chances are she's just experimenting with a new shampoo that light- ens the hair without ammonia and can be yted for spot-dying. The model, above, demonstrates the polka-dot « version. Other variations include semi-circular stripes and light 'chignons with dark hair. Secretaries' Best Friend--Secretaries visiting the annual Inventors' Fair in Paris have shown so much interest in this gadget that it _ is to-be put into production. A'tin can, an auto hub cap, a note pad and an alarm clock were used to fashion the original model. A nimble_secretary can light her desk, take notes, ond time ppointments with the minimum of effort, by using the device, . i © on