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Port Perry Star (1907-), 8 Mar 1956, p. 2

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: & EP gi . paar iY IE "Dear Anne Hirst: Three years ago 1 met a girl who fell in love with. me, When I had to tell her I only liked her, she tried to kill herself -- so I kept on seeing her, Finally I did fall in love. The day we celebrated our second wedding annjver- sary, she told me she did not love me nor the baby, and wanted a divorce. So two months ago 1 left. } * "I still cannot see how I fail- ed" her, I made a good. living, 1 "helped at home, 1 did all the cooking. She just. read love stories or listened to the radio. 1 was trying to save, but all she wanted was to spend and be on the go, sometimes being out half the night and drinking too much. Through two illnesses I nursed her like a father -- and this is "what I get! "Recently I wrote asking her to come back for the baby's sake, and she replied, 'Do you think I'm going to let that baby ruin my life?' Is there any hope of living together again? My mother has the child. A BROKEN LIFE" * I think there is little hope' 4671 SIZES 12--20: 40 bt Foes Your best friend is this. prin- cegs dress -- it whispers such lovely things about your figure! Its lines are simple, soft -- "adapt so beautifully to many different occasions. Have it in rayon or cotton for daytime; lustrous "taffeta, velveteen for gala evenings! : Pattern 4671: Misses' Sizes 12 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes -4'; yards 39-inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has Ams HIRST * that your wife will ever re- * turn. She has no feeling of * responsibility or love toward * you or her baby. When you * calmly review your life with * her you will, "1 believe. con- * clude that this way is best; * she is not a good wife, and * she certainly: would not make * a good mother to your baby. * You two will be better off * without her, * All she wants is an easy life * and her own way. She lacks * character and stability, Try- * * »* * ¥ * * * * * * * » M ing to kill herself was not - proof of any love for you; she could not have her own way and was too weak to face go- ing on without it. She was spoiled to begin with, and you continued the process; you were entirely too good to her. If she had been made to face her duties, she might have de- veloped some moral strength; but you cared too much to force her. IL was not love she needed so much as discipline. Plan your life now with no thought of her in mind. If she did consent to come back it would only mean, I'm afraid, that every other refuge had closed to her -- and mn that case she would continue * to be your major problem. There are other young wo- men in your world who would appreciate the devotion of which you are capable. 1 hope when you are free of this wife, you will find such a one. EE TE SR « x * ® » A CHILD WORRIES "Dear Anne Hirst: My daddy ~ has always drunk liquor ever since 1 remember. He comes home at night and starts 'quar- reling and disturbs everybody. "He and Mom have been mar- ried 17 years. She had said sev- eral times-she. is going to leave him, but then she reminds me he is good to us when he isn't . drinking. He always says he is going to stop but he never does. + "1 think vour advice will help us. . WORRIED" So many personal angles enter into this problem, 'I think it. best that your mother write me herself. She can ex- plain what she thinks causes your father to desire alcohol, HER LUCK RAN OUT--Mrs. Martin Snell was lucky not to be inside when her car was smashed by a falling stage wall. But after trying unsuccessfully to open the door, left, she turned and tripped on the debris, right. Result: A broken thumb and a bruised knee. Stage was being razed at the old 20th Century-Fox studios when the wall collapsed. The Real Crisis in Modern Education Modern education -- its faults, failings and problems -- is a subject that concerns every one of us; -and althought it applies to United States conditions specifically, we think the fol- lowing hard-hitting article has enough Canadian applicability to be worth reproducing. It is by Willian H. Stringer, Chief of the Washington Bureau of The "Christian Science Monitor. L * * N We hear a lot about the underdeveloped countries these days. Now, as the White House Conference on Education has sounded its sharp warnings, it is also pertinent to ask: Is the United States going to be known some day as an undereducated _country? Fantastic, one may say. And "if one listens to radio commen- tators who discuss only whether the White House conference has grass-roots support, instead | of dealing . with the stark needs, one may continue to avoid- reality. But let an official be quoted on the subject who is somewhat removed from the educational world but knows firsthand the tremendous need for teachers +.70, and nine times as much per pupil is spent on education. The question is whether he is adequately trained for the de- mands of today's society. : Too many graduates consider their degree merely as a ticket to a job and a pass for security. "This desire for security in terms of money rather than in opportunity for ment is hard to understand in a society where security is so readily available." The United States is spending about 21% per cent of its nation- al income on education. In con- trast it spends more than 4 per cent on recreation, In 1951 the amount spent for advertising was $199 for every family in the United States, but the amount spent for primary and secondary education was only $152 per houschold. The national outlay "for educating citizens is substan- tially less than the outiay for educating customers. Industry, which = already has made splendid vontributions of schelarships, could help still ;mgre 'By contributing directly 'to gross wsales -- and by loaning Ane educaffon -- say a percentage of self - improve- | f(D) =~ Si RTRSY Nr for VY Sl Lasiniainnd HRONICLES ~ %GiNger Farm Gwendoline P Clarke 1 wonder how many farmers, in how many farm homes last Saturday were either late with their chores or else hurrying to get them done ahead of time so | as to be in the house to watch or listen to the Grey Cup finals. Personally I am not interested in the game itself--not under- standing. the play--but like most people I was very inter-. ested in the final score. Not only that but it is nice to know so many people are enthusiastic over a common interest. Part- ner and Bob were following the game with close attention. Joy and I soon found it was hardly safe to speak so we retired to another room where we could talk jn peace. It was surely a bist day' for Vancouver. Visi- tors obviously were well enter- tained and must. have been quite" impressed with the western type" of hospitality. Every year Can- Re I AE riages and deaths; or a detailed write-up of church concerts, ba- zaars and the annual election of officers of various organizations. During municipal, provincial or were long-winded letters, usual- ly far from complimentary, from public-spirited citizens. Now | local news' is much wider in- scope, It 'concerns ~super-high- 'ways, large land deals, labour unions and health . insurance. General news is like an octopus with téntacles 'that reach out to every village and farm so that general . news inevitably be- comes, to a great extent, local news. For this reason farm: folk how need an awareness of pub- lic affairs that was not actually necessary a decade ago. Unless we cultivate this awareness we may find ourselves left out in schemes in which we should be included. : ' : Referring again to the recent- ly" suggested Health Insurance, Delegates of the Provincial Fed- eration of Labour are putting on -the heat for the early formation of some kind of health plan. And remember, labour usually gets what it wants, So, if a health .|- plan comes into being for or- ganized labour, where does that leave the farmer? Isn't this , something that should be inves- | tigated by the Federation of Agriculture; by the Women's In- stitute and by Farm Forums across Ontario? Who needs to be included in 'a government- sponsored health insurance: plan more than the farmes? Farming is a hazardous occupation. On very few farms are farm em-. ployees insured-under the Work- men's Compensation Act and it the farmer himself is involved in an accident about all he can claim is the cost of -hospitalizar buted to some such scheme. It not he must bear the entire cost of his accident, plus the expense of extra help while he is laid up.. For {this reason, we certainly 'hope that if, and when, a Health Plan is organized, the farmer will not be the Forgotten Man. Before it is too late, the Voice of the Farmer should be heard across Ontario through an or- ganjzed group or society of which he is a member, : And now supposing we con- tinue in lighter vein. I wonder how many of you read an article a few days ago in a Toronto + papeg written by a 'woman who DID NOT own: a television set. federal election campaigns there . | tion--that is if he has contri- | "Those Rosy Lips Are Turning Rusty It a lover told his sweetheart, "I love your rusty lips, Jarling," she - probably wouldn't like it. But this may happen: in future, "for chemical research workers in Wales have discovered how te -make . most attractive lipstick ' from rust and beeswax It's about the first time rust has proved useful. $120,000,000. is speht every year "in Britain alone to protect iron 'losses due to rust are estimated at a billion and a half a year. To protect a 10,000-ton cruiser from rust requires 100 tons of paint yearly. It was proved that the fuel' consumption of a war- ship increased by fifty per cent in six months owing to rust which formed while it was in temperate waters. © : Three years ago a team of chemists in Britain evolved a solution in which of metal can be washed free of rust iff under two hours. To-day a vast fortune awaits the person who can find a fool- - proof way to keep iron and steel permanently free from corrosiom by rust. 5 \ \ Stal) SN () 7 fs 0. EE and other points that Should weigh in any counsel offered. If she will tell-me more about the situation I shall be glad fo try to help. Drinking is- one of the curses of the world. change a happy family. life into one fraught with fear, anxiety and shame. Yet every day we learn more how a vic- tim helps cure himself through intelligent aid and his own determination. I realize how your father's behavior embarrasses you, and perhaps touches your so- cial life, and IT am sorry. What you can do is to let. your and in every sweet way show how you want to relieve her LEE ZE I EE EE aE a EE EE EE EE ERE EEE Ere suffers most, you know. * * * = complete illustrated instruc- A broken marriage is a tragic tions. affair, but sometimes it turns Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS out to be a blessing. If this has (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot happened to you, refuse to be accepfed) for this pattern. mourn; pick up the picces and Print plainly SIZE, NAME, go on to" happier days. 'Anne | ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Hirst is sympathiefiey and wise, Send order to Box 1, 123 and will help" yoy through. Fighteenth St. New Toronto, Write her at Box }/ 123 Eigh- Ont. teenth, St. Newcfofonto, Ont, SET a - Rt, ™ va i MARGARET'S SUCCESSOR? -- Rumors are all over Europe that V/| Lg Eh i Group Captain Peter Townsend is involved in a new romance with another titled lady, She's heautiful Duich-Belgian Countess Alin: Van Limburg Styrum, shown 'here at a horsa show in ' Geneva, Switzerland, It can' mother sense your sympathy, | anxieties. She is the one that - Awic and good teaching in the United States. In' fact, as an innovation, let this column from here on be- come largely the statements and statistics of Rear Admiral H. G. Rickover, who built the at- omic = submarine Nautilus and who has had intense experience in searching for young ¢ngin- cers and. young college gradu- ates for some of the most mod- ern -- yet most typical for the future -- problems in engineer- ing, metallurgy, physics, and electronics. His awareness of educational needs extends well beyond the engineering phase. _ Here, then, as' presented in a recént address by Admiral Rick- over to the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, Inc. are pertinent points about American educa- tiontoday. To save space I will list them briefly without fur- ther s.ttribution or comment; they speak for themselves: On the engineering side some experts believe the United States is not even graduating enough trained people {o gustain, to fer- tilize, -its present rate of techni- ¢ 11 expansion beyond the year 1970. To maintain present liv- ing standards in the face of rapid population growth indus- try must produce 10 years from now 40 per cent more than Sth, does today. : The United States has used up in minerals and fuels since 1914 ore than the entire world consumed in all of history be- fore 1914. A similar growth in consumption simply canpot oc- cur in the next 30 years 'unless we make profound changes in technology." This requires more and more laboratory and engin- cering skill oy It is well known that the Soviet Union is going to pass the United States in scientific and 'engineering education un- less something is done. The United States today has dbout 800,000 engineers, the U.S.S.R. 650,000. Between 1950 and 1960 the Soviet Union will have graduated 1,200,000 engineers and nafutat scientists, the, United States 900,000 as presently pro- gram.d. The Soviet engineers will be as expert in their fields as th- Americans are. The Rus- sians are educating as many women - as men in the profes- sions; far fewer American women enter the great profes- sions. . "Perhaps the most insidious weakness a nation can have is the belief . . . that everything better than other ple. We are subjected to this nd , propaganda in variouf edla, Xuch as the slick adver: " tisements of our magazines. . . . The present-day -Anerican school pupil haz a school vear as long as the pupil of it can do ~ I :aipticia and EY 1. prysicists--ana-engimeers for-one and universities (more "people's capitalism"). It is more important to have better teachers than better school buildings. The main, the fundamental problem is that teachers' salaries are desperately low -- hence do not attract enough highly qualified men and women, "It will profit us very little to spend millions of dol- lars on scholarships and 'then place the students under incom- 'petent teaches" Niggardly teaching salaries -- to those upon whom we depend to transmit our culture and our civilization -- commit a fraud on our chil- dren. . 7» maintain the present pupil- teacher ratio in the face of heavy population growth, the elemen- tary and high schools will have to enlarge their teaching staffs by 500,000 in the next 10 years, yet there is already a present shortage of 140,000 qualified teachers. To make-up the slack ally "more than half the college graduates during the next 10 years _will have to enter the teaching profession." "Moreover, the school year should be lengthened. The pres- ent "*merican school year is based on an agricultural econ- omy where children had to help on the farm. Students in Europe, including the Soviet Union, at- tend school six days a week in- stead of five, and their vacation period .is about two-thirds of cours. "In a word, I expect Admiral Rickover would sum up by say- ing that the American people must give far more thought. to and pay out far more sums on education from here on -- if only so that the United States may hold its own in the matter of living standards, world leader- ship, and the raising of citizens of ability and wisdom and vision. E The Abbe Talleyrand, that supreme artist in - diplomacy, was slightly crippled by a game ' letter woman', if ever there was one -- suffered from a squint. She hated Talleyrand like poi- son and knowing that he *was rather sensitive about his leg, 'commiserating' with him ma- liciously, about it. One day, in was announced and 'he seated himself with some difficulty. 'And your poor leg, my dear Abbe," she gushed, 'how ig it today?" Talleyrand put one leg over the "other. 'Crossed, ag you, see (Croisse, comme vous voyez) Madame, ha answered, ; and: prépare for the future actu- got a lot of horrid -pleasure by vear '» ching periods to schools | leg. Madam deStael -- a 'five- . her crowded salon, "Felleyrand - da--1 in in her--rentifatin ada-is--imereasing ner reputation - as .a sports-minded country, . which includes the farming pop- ulation from east to west. No doubt radio has helped to pro-. mote this interest and now tele- ~ vision has added to it. I wonder if people were ag interested in the nominations for municipal office that were held in many centres the night before. Certainly the city papers did not show foo much concern for out of town news. There were nominations in several parts of our county that same night. We were very anxious to know the result which we 'na- turally expected to find in our morning paper. There wasn't a' line! We bought two evening papers. One of 'them did men- tion the fact that in the county town a woman was nominated for council. Beyond that, not a word. Thank goodness we have our weekly paper to look for- ward to. Without it how would we ever get our local news? Which raises a question what, exactly, is local news? At one time it was mostly a column devoted to births, mar- Hg case you missed it--the .wNiteT called on some friends, -arriving in the middle of a TV programme, They greeted her - in a hushed voice, motioned her to a chair, and there she sat trying to pick yp the gist the play One drama followed an- other, and then- the news, with an interlude of conversation during ® the advertising. The guest had to leave fairly early and said her farewells with her hostess looking sideways at the TV screen. There had been no chance for the guest to talk over "the main purpose of her visit, It .is that sort of thing that makes me dubious about us get- ting a set. It would be easy to become so enthused over a pro- gramme one would forget to be courteous. And yet TV must be very nice to watch--in your own home--when you are too tired to be bothered with anything else, And there is much that is relaxing and educational. As for Partner, I know he would __go for the sports telecasts. How- ever, we are still sitting on the fence . . . shall we or shall we More than, and steel from rust. The world's ' two tons © 75% Ne: 75 ol PAS FP re we 7 X72 ls Ve, BS . Knit a shrug to toss over everything, to keep' you warm . and cosy! Ils done in a fast 'nt' easy pattern stitch--so becom- ing witht all your fall and win- ter fashions! 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