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CUPID'S CORNER * Mirror Office. | Answers will appear the week following your enquiry. Addresé all letters to Miss Ina St. John, * YOUR WIFE Bs you ever go home from the office at night, When everything's wrong and you're all out of fight, And everything's happened, couldn't be worse, And your heartbroken prayer is al- - most a curse? When the golden sun setting © means nothing to you, And Fame is a mocker and ndkaiiig is «: true; ' : : And each lagging step makes feet feel like lead, And ten thousand devils are pounding "your head. Too weary to suffer, too deadened to feel The wreck of your dreamings, the sear . of the steel; Too lifeless to anger, too numb to know fear-- - But, oh, what a difference when she calls you 'Dear," She hurries to meet you as feet hit the stair, And a woman's. soft fingers are run through your hair, There's a feeling of heaven, and life no d more seems drear 'When a voice full of pity sige "Tired, -old dear?" « -Your backbone gets atiffer. you man- age a smile, - You lie like a trooper; your heart sings the while; The kiss that she gives you, more bracing than wine, 'And. lovelight a-shining makes living divine. There's courage within you and every- thing fair, things your - Forgotten the induniee the trials, the _ eare; ~ And love soothes your spirit, and : on everything's clear When she's there to meet you and call you "old dear." a * * a : Dear Miss St. John: ~ I am about to be married. My fiance wishes to rent a cottage with a view to _ buying it. There is a garage ance gar- ~ den. He loves the idea of puttering a- round a garden 'and 'making little things for the home # winter. I think that is his real reason to wanting the house. My idea is to rent a small up-to-date apartment, and keep the car in ~ the 'nearest garage for rent, For I think that the smaller space we have the less drudgery. I will have to tell the truth housekeeping is all new to me. I like to eat and sleep at home, and spend ' my time in more pleasant ways than _ keeping a house clean, However, Jim is set in his little home stuff, and it looks as if our first quar- rel is coming along before the wedding day. ts neht. Miss St. John? MARYANNE . Answer: ~@ _. I wonder just why you are getting married Maryanne. You evidently hoid a distorted idea of the 'drudgery' in- wie how it sounds to an gutsider, What do C4 volved in keeping house for two, You would learn to manage a small home just_as quickly in a house as in an ap- artment. And you will find it more fun to stay in occasionally than_to be on the .go all the time after you are mar- ried. How much more cosy and private those evenings will be in a little house, than in an apartment home sandwich- ed in between dozens of others. That is, if you love your Jim. But that is rather an open question in my mind. For if you do you will surely give in to his longing for a real home--at least until you have tried it out. Wishing you. happiness, Ina St. Seas * * * Dear Miss St. John,-- é My wife and I have always worked together to make every dollar'stretch | to the limit. It was rather fun too-- just because we worked it together. But now all that' is changed. A few weeks ago her uncle left her a few thousand dollars. Without con- sulting me, she went downtown and -/purchased a piano, a radio and a new car. Now Mary does not know a thing about radios or cars--only that she likes them to look pretty. So I was / not surprised that she payed almost twice as much as she should have. But I did not say a word, for I noticed the licenses were in her name. (We always had a joint bank account). However, now I wish I had told her she should let me help her choose, Dear Sally: At the club I overheard Mrs. Mack say she'd already bought her fall outfit, Of course she would take ad-~ vantage of the first showings at (Extract from Mary's Letter) {03 ONTARIO ST. and he is always so pleasant on the ' street. He has a smile for every one. IT wish you both much. joy and suc- cess, E L. -E.. C. Answer: We are pleased to hear from you and to know that you enjoy the Corner (L. H. C.) Thank you for your kind wishes for our genial editor and my- self. It seems to me that in the last analysis it will hold a greater honor to to have made a million dollars. Come again, Ina St. John. * * * - Dear Miss St. John,-- | | specialists, and they all say the same | fail and cause blindness. | 'The child's appearance is ruined by her eyes, though she is brilliantly things, for yesterday she stepped topes Her father leaves it to me. alone and bought a new home. That took her last hundred. I have not seen | it yet. But I feel inclined to stay in the old place. For I will feel cheap paying | taxes on my wife's house! I have not told'Mary how all this has hit me. For I wanted to find out you think of it all? Thanking you, / SAM... .Answed: Well Sam, I must admit that you | have cause to feel slighted. But try to see it all as it really is. Your wife probably meant no slight te you. But it her first fling with money, and it went to her head. It is all gone now, so that part is over. Think of the pleasure you will both get out of all those luxuries. Just forget they are not | actually in your name. For you will both enjoy them. Don't you think it would be a great pity to make this gift that has come to brighten your lives into an apple of discord between you? Ina St. Join. ee Joes I really haven't any question for to answer but I want to tell you I enjoy your letters to others, I think it's a very good thing for people to get your advice free as I know they are very few that are pay- ing for the Mirror. ' I have been distracted by this prob- (lem for years. What do you think I should do? ARLENE'S MOTHER. Answer: It is indeed a great trial for, you. But since your husband leaves it all to | you and you rightly hesitate to en- danger your little girls' eyesight fur- ther, why not leave the matter until 'she is grown up and able to decide for herself. Hoping her sight neds be wholly re- have had a smile for everybody than , Our only child was born with defect- | ive eyesight. She is now twelve years _ old: We have taken her to the best. thing. An operation is her only hope. of clear vision. And the operation may | | stored some day. Ina St. John, CITY SIGN SERVICE For Signs and Show Cards Ring 1394w J. W. LENNON 172 Ontario PHONE 66 PHONE ROY HUEHNERGARD PETER & SYLVESTER Will do your Repairs in Plumbing Heating Electric Phone 219 . 12 Ontario St. Phone 2345 It's left at every door. I don't see how Mr. Johnson makes anything T. V. B. BREAD CO. Everything Baked In Our Ovens is the best that fine materials, skilled labor and infinite care can produce. Whether it be bread, rolls, buns, biscuits, cake or pie you will find it or them nothing less than per- fect. Hundreds of people en- joy them every day. We know that once you try them, they will always be welcome visit- ors to your home. 'Just Over The River" 'The advertising pages " - | SILVERWOOD'S F INEST CREAMERY BUTTER Can be obtained from your grocer or from a Silverwood 'Milk-wagon Salesman THE STRATFORD MIRROR Home furnishings today should fit into and reflect the purpose and _ at- mosphere of the rooms in which they are used. Some roomsare planned to be formal, others informal, depending upon their use. Many people want liv- ing rooms that give the feeling of a library, or a drawing room. Others want furnishings that are not only in fashion but that also express their own individuality. "The demand now is for 'many _ types of home furnishings which will fit many types of people and the Many interests which' these people have. This interest in individuality has gone so far that some of the fur- niture today is quite new and differ- ent from anything that has ever been used before. "There is an increasing demand for furniture that is comfortable and easy to usé. Also an increasing interest in pieces of furniture that go together and build up small groups or ensem- bles. "The average living room anda certain ruggedness are charac- teristics, The ever growing recognition of the importance of properly draped win- | dows and doors is evidenced on every "hand. Try an experiment in observation. Think, for a moment, of the home of your friends that most appeal to you. 'Paint a mental picture of the atmos- phere of warm welcome and pleasing charm that is apparent. Then--attempt to visualize the same rooms without draperies or striving of any kind. The placing of the furniture re- mains the same, the inhabitants in no way differ--and yet, the entire ef- fect has changed. It is like a stage setting without a background to frame the personality of the actor and the theme of the play. Like the background of the stage, windows serve*a similar purpose in the home. Properly curtained and draped, they form a scenic effect of beauty that blends harmoniously with the architecture and furnishings of every room. With a little care given to design and - color harmony, they turn an ordinary habitation into an extremely pleasant home. ee, ee of our coun- try's magazines Have given me a liberal education; I know exactly what to buy in yachts and limousines. And where to spend a glorious vaca-|' cation. I know what hose. What shoes and clothes, The well-dressed woman is always clad in: The ads I scan _. Are richer than The sight that thrilled Aladdin. . is still very much of a man's room. Comfort THE SECOND MILE. There is a woman in our town Who seldom wears a stylish gown; She isn't great at holding meetings, But, oh! she's fine at friendly greet- ings; She meets her neighbors with a smile, And always goes the second mile! What do I mean? Why, this, If you Should ask her for a flower or two, She'll pluck for you her choicest treasure, And say it only gives her pleasure . To cut that canterbury-bell, And would you like a rose as well? She never feels "imposed upon," This kindly Mrs. Robinson, She says it gives her joy to find -- hat everybody is so kind; No. wonder she _ thinks while, Those do who go the second mile! life worth DILL PICKLES. Take 50 dill-size cucumbers and let stand over night in cold water. Scrub them and let drain, then pack them into large jars, as Many as you can squeeze in. Take 1 quart cider vine- gar, 3 quarts cold water, 1 cup salt. Stir until salt is dissolved. Break up a ten cent bunch of dill into short pieces and put an equal amount into each jar with the cucumbers. Pour the vinegar mixtur e into the jars until they overflow, then seal. * * * GRILLED TOMATOES. 3 large tomatoes, 12 slices of bacon, 6 rounds of toast, 1 green pepper, 2 white onions, 1 cup_ grated yellow cheese, seasonings. Run the pepper and bacon through the food chopper. Place tomatoes in boiling water, then slip off the skins and cut in half. Cut the bread in rounds a little larger than the toma- toes and toast them. Place a half tomato on each round of toast. Salt liberally. Place a heaping tablespoon- ful of chopped pepper and onion on éach tomato and top with a heaping tablespoonful grated cheese. Sprinkle with salt and paprika. Place on a baking sheet undef the boiler flame until the cheese melts and browns. Garnish with crisp bacon and stuffed | Olives. This makes an excellent one- plate luncheon with French fried po- tatoes, frésh mushrooms BER, and stuffed egg salad. = A iit These Curtains Make LADY BUYS NEW CURTAI And evervbadt feels better 'I eame home from work all down in the dumps" my neighbor man was telling me. little change in the scenery round home. for just that _ quisette with a little HQME FURNITURE . FUNERAL SERVICE Because they are beautiful and cost less than you expect to pay. SILK MARQUISETTE AND SILK NET in the plain and small figured weaves are still most popular for rooms that have windows of various sizes and shapes. Widths 36" to 50". Priced 60c 75c 95c » 1.50 sara PAIRS OF SILK NET CURTAINS in biscuit shade, artificial silk, 36" wide, 2% yards eae per pair ~ 2.35 ona 2.65 COLORED RUFFLE CURTAINS ivory mar- modernistic figure of color woven in. Just a touch of orange and black, orange and blue, or rose and green, here and there, French heading, 3" ruffles; ruffled tie-backs: Per 1 50 pair = a KITCHEN CURTAINS IN COLOR -- White scrim with colored check pattern across the valance and across the bottom of the side cur- tains, tie-backs and ruffles stitched in color, green, blue, yellow or red. 1 2 5 Per pair P R. WHITE & CO. "But the minute I slammed the screen door on my way into the kitchen, I saw there was some excitement on. The oldest girl was setting the table sort of free wide and handsome -- the little one was sliding on the linoleum display- ing great but useless energy -- mother was coming form the direction of the front door, where she had been seeing her friends "Lou and Emm" off the premises.' "When mother looks like she did right then, you look twice at her--and by gum, it does you good -- cheeks, eyes, hair, smooth! -- her daughter will go some to be the girl her mother is' "what's it all about" > I inquire. "So I'm paraded in on the carpet. And there was the livingroom all turned 'round -- and, the cause of all the hilarity, and the object of all fie enthusiasm, 'a new pair of curtains on the window." "I say--you get all this kick out of new cur- tains!" "Lou and Em were crazy about them" she says. "Well, you know, they did look sort of nice, and, gee whiz, it cost about nothing to give them such a good time. There was more fun going at the table tonight than we've had for a long time." 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