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irS FREE.,. S*<n*/*n9 >}ffiai ft^ ^**^ • • • * Laditi, now't th« Hm« that mNi for axtra-tpeciol baking know-how. If Chrittmat baking ii Important to you, why not send today for your gift copy of my new recipe booklet f It'i free, and it' will help you bake finer, tastier Plum Puddings, Christmas Cakes and other • delightful Holiday fore this year. Writ* lo: rAUlINf HAKVEY P.O. ftoM 6400, Mentrtel, P.O. * FIVE ROSES FLOUR for all-purpose baking Lhronicles ^ingerFarm "^ GvarvdoUt\e P ClOL.rke ANN£ HIRST "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 am a wo xnan with a past," and as such, 1 fee! qualified to give you somf opinions. Please preach. 'Think twice before you act.' My very im- pulsiveness hai brought iJie to where I amâ€" glitter of alco- hohsm. And do you know tliat ! have reached Ihe stage wliere I no longer care too much? 'I have made two marriage*, .which have not been successful I am Hving witli my second hu»- band, who is a 'good Joe' in every •ense, except one: He is a mother's darling boy. 1 was ratlier a apoiled ^at myself, so 1 can only pity him. (His first wife has caused us con- stant trouble.) "Rut lately we iiave indulged ♦urselves in drink and self-pity ^d 'confessions', until we are •bout to lose the respect and love %i both our families. Loit In Despair "Oddly enough, that fact doesn't f*a11y botlier us. We love each ♦ther deeply die adopted my son) ANNE AUAMS Its Mriart to have i I'reuch Ac- cent! Here it is, in that, sliawl- pluiiRc dollar, the wing-cufTs, tli« Frentli-typc cuffed potkelsl Skirt lulncss controlleu by pleat! • 1 'attorn 47J6 coiiits in Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18. 20; 40. Size K. takes 4% yar<l~ .39-iiich fabric. T lii.s pattern, easy to use, simple to >t w, is fisted lor lit. Has coin pletr illustrated instructions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (2Sc) in coins (stamp cannot be fccccptcih fur lliis pattern. Hnnt tiaiiih SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, TYLE NUMB'i'R. Send vnur jrdir i<] Box 1. 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. Ont. Upside do vn to prevent peeking. IK] 3 S 1 r 8 F 1 X 1 3 T\ a a l-i 1 tf M g| i n 3 V w 1 A N 3 II 11 1 n V Wfl â-  a i I? a- â-¡ r.i P 1 -L s 3 â- o l| X N i^ M44 3 'W V MBA. 4 ^ V 31011 BBS U nQQL 3 T V u nij $1 V ria?w V â- ^1 V H 6 â-¡lU VU'.^ X V 9 4 ua y 1 LsJ IWj J Ii ISS.UE 47 â€" 1949 but we are like two lost souls in the ocean 'oi despair. "Is there any possible hope for us? "We met in that halcyon year of 1940, and our hearts were high vk-ith ambition and childlike dreams â€" only to be shattered by fate â€" until tlic day he walked back into my mother's living room, an aged war veteran. He is 30 now, and I am 26. We have two sons by this union. "I started out to give you some opinions. But now I am crying for advice. HOPELESS" * In writing tliis letter to me. * reviewing tlie circumstances * which led to your present sad •state, you have seen yourself * more objectively than you liave * for a long while. The shame * you feel is the first step toward * hope. * If, t+irough your mutual re- * spcct for each other, you liave â- * not succeeded in lifting your- * selves from this slough into â- * which you have drifted, try once * more â€" * And tins time, with the lielp * of Alcholiolics .'\noiiymous. * You will find them a group * of people just like yourselves * who know every step of the "â-  heartbreaking path you have trod. * They can lielp you find the * strength to become once more * the fine, upstanding citizens yo.i * used to be. * They are non-sectarian, aii.l â- * asl< only that you admit your * need for encouragement. Write * for information to the Secretary, "â-  Alcoholics .Anonymous, in your * nearest large city or town. * That information will come to * you in a plain white envcloiie. * And you two can go on from * your.selvcs and in each other. â- â€¢ If you arc honest in your ai) * pcal (and 1 believe you arei yon * will do this not only for you; * own sakes, but because of these * three sons yon have brought into * the world. Whatever you two do * lowers or raises their ideals, and * must retard or forward their he- * coming the good, "right-tliiiiking * men you want them to he. * It is never too late. * *• * . . If you have been weak, do some- thing about it. There is hops for all who are sincere. Tell your troubles to Anne Hirst, and see how she can help. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto. Ont. Helptul Hints For Housewives To shave chocolate finely, ii--c a potato peeler â€" it's quicker anJ better than a knife ^or graler. • > • Use a meat cleaver and woodeo chopping board for dividing fru/en food packages, .lust chop off w'nat you need. Handy wlicii cooking for two. • . * • Whip cream ahead of time. It will not separate if you add a touch o; uuffavored gelatin. The gelatin also speeds up whipping. » â- â€¢ • Bake cookie dough scraps' along with the cookie>. .-a^-^ n the dough (wiiicii 'tonjilici:- Children delight in the queer sliapes of scrap cookies. Cover recipe cards with transpar- ent shellac. Greasy fingermarks and food stains can then we wiped off with damp cloth. • ♦ • After washing dark-colored sox, roll them up and put them in a large muffin pan â€" a pair to • section â€" to cany tlieni to the line. 'llicn they can't fade on the other laundrv. E^d you hear this' little item in the news last week? An old gen- tleman, celebrating his 109th birth- day was asked what he thought had been the most wonderful in- vention during his lifetime. His an- swer was â€" the refrigerator! "Be- cause." he said, "you can buy any food you like and can take care of , it after you've "got it." That amused me because some women liave to be pretty good at the art of convincing before the average man will admit the advantages of a refrigerator make it worth the money it costs. .And that is under- standable, too, because it isn't the man of the house who has to run i!|), and down the cellar stairs wit!i the butter, and the milk, and the little bit of meat which you hope will keep all right until tomorrow. But wouldn't it he too had 'if the average man had to live to be over a hundred before attaining that much wisdom? Fortunately the light usually dawns a little earlier than that . . and tlien again, sometimes it doesn't dawn at all I • • « Did you' also hear of the co- operative enterprise among a group OI hoine-builders who have become tjred of the liigli cost of construc- tion and have decided to form a little company of their own and build their own houses, doing the work between them? That sounds like' a good solution to our skilled laliour problem, and applies to more than building houses. The same principle is working all right here just now as my menfolk are pretty busy doing a job on the driving shed for which they have tried to get a carpenter for over a year. As for eavestroughing at the bam- that job has been hanging fire for nearly three years. Could be that when skilled labour has caught up .with its waiting listâ€" and has also become a little less independentâ€" maybe it will find that a number of potential good customers have learned to do quite a lot of (his extra, work for themselves. A few years ago a discussion often arose as to whether it was CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS aifls for tli« poor Thruat P.oIlliiK vi>likl» V'eliemence I-Mlt>l6 fern of New Zealand Hurry . Slum dwallliiKi Olrl'a natntt Devours .Sinned fncentlVM Notion Mr. rarson .lewlah nioiilh Resounfl To an (nsid* spot Artlflclal lanKUag« .Move Rqual Mot aiir Piece out Float Peel.'i T.ittia Of the aar Numeral r.Ike an aim Killer whalo Drudgeif Til area â- â€¢ Tiny DInnlnutIv* suffix â- Was windy DOWM Amerloan Indt^iii Slielter Adult bof 4. Pilot 5. Let It atunit 6. Browns In Un aun 7 Knaok H. Founded • yrurtnbol 10. tfelper 11. Peruse It. South weal era corn meal to. SaiidplpeiB 8) Omit 31 Cone-bearinf tree U Volu* 24. Metal 11. For. 9 88. Fusi 80 Tramp 81. Metal ?^.>'ir.'.»s 38 Poem «1 Sloping w«t«r <'liann«l ««. Rltler 41. Park 45. Simple 46. Leave out 47. Yiiin 50. Piece ot Rround 91. Paintlns niedluni S2. ICinpior h3. Stitch Answer elsewhere on this page. Courageous Scout â€" Scout Don Lee, 18, who has had no legs since lie was nine months old, beams with pride as ois foster mother pins an Eagle Scout badge on his chest. The youth, who lost both legs in an accident 17 vears ago, completed all the tpugh physical requirements for the 'badge, including a 14-mile hike. Don is saving, his money foV the trip to the next Scout jamboree. better policy to tackle a job whicli was outside a person's ordinary line of work or hire a person to do it who had been trained for the job. Tlie idea steadily gained ground that it was better economy to hire an experienced person to do the job. And it sounds logical. Why should a man try to fix his car when there are mechanics to do it? Or a farmer spend days, per- haps, trying to uproot a tree that a bulldozer could move in fifteen minutes? Or a woman do her own paper-hanging when there are ex- perts for the job? But that isn't the way our pioneers worked. In those days, necessity drove a tnan to be a jack-of-all-trades and the only time he called for help was when a job was too big for him to handle alone. Then a community bee was the obvious answer. But we have lost that indepen- dence, and now we are paying the price. On every side the hue and cry goes up â€" "We can't do this or that because we can't get- help, there isn't a carpenter or plasterer avail- able for months ahead. Sure, they promise to come hut that's as far as it goes." So I was glad when I heard that significant littfe news item about these men getting together to build their own homes; and I was glad when Partner and Bob took over this driving shed job themselves Actually, for that, this grand mild fall is responsible. Until the: field work was done big repair jobs had to wait. So it was the time element that made our men feel a carpen- ter was necessary â€" not unwilling- ness or lack of initiative. And I siippoSc that is true of many farms, and the main reason why a lot of farm buildings are in need of re- pair. The field work has to be at- tended to first. However, I am still not anxious to see my menfolk put eavestroi;ghing on the barn. A bro- ken neck would be more expensive than a plumber's bill. The sa^ne applies to women aind paper-hanging â€" or at least for those who have lost the agility to balance themselves on a step-lad- der while wrestling with a contrary piece of ceiling paper. There are limitations â€" and there are also other jobs to . do that help keep down the high cost of living. You don't have to risk breaking your neck to make your own aprons and house dresses, nor to do your own bak- ing. And where there are children . . I have said it before, and I say it again, the cost of keeping children well dressed can be fiter- ally cut in half by mothers making over garments to fit the youngsters. A little pair of pants for the wee boy; a play suit or a pretty frock for sister, can be made for next to nothing and will outwear, any ready-made garment bougrht from a store. Not only that, whether what you make or repair is a chick- en pen or an apron, something else is also gained â€" a sense of achieve- ment, that inner sense of satisfac- tion that comes with a job well done. You can't buy it â€" you cjsn only earn it. â-  Give a pig what it wants when it grunts, and a child when it cries. and you will have a fine pig and a bad child. 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