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DEAR DOROTHY DIX:

I am s 19-year-old girl and there is some-

lhing I can't understand-that is. _why I am not popular with the boys.

Dther girls no better-looking than I am have plenty of dates.

1 know

hat looks don't count, but just why is it that I don't make a hlt

ith the boys? I am very particular about the

kind of boys I go with and I have

not as yet found one who has all the characteristics that I want in a

own. sex ‘I

boy. I would like to marry a minister. fect either, but there is something about them that I like. And I want a very extra. special fellow for my very How can I get more attention from the opposite

They aren't per-

J UAN ITA

ANSWER: Well. Juanita. you know the old saying is that beggars shouldn't be choosers, and perhaps the

reason that you do not have any boy friends is because you are too hard

Ito please. many dates have always more dates

Popularity is contagious. so to speak. The girls who have

than they can handle, but the girls

.who have only one date generally lose that. So if you want to be popular, don't be snooty. Don't be too critical.

Be friendly and cordial.

set. your standards too high. Don't

characteristics that you want in a boy."

_ Make every boy you step out with feel that he ls giving you a treat and that you are tickled to death over it.

Don't wait for that lad who has "all the lie is non-existent. Nor will

you ever find the "very extra. special fellow" whom ynti can monopolize.

J-le also belongs in the wishful thinking class.

You have tn take men as

lhey come, and thank Heaven they are as good as they are.

' MOTHER IS IMPORTANT For a girl to be popular with boys depends more on the girl's mother than it does on the girl herself. If Mother is nverstrict and never lets her daughter go out with the gang and do the things that the other kids are doing, she is hopelessly handicapped. But if Mother is cordial ;nd friendly and makes the boys and girls welcome. and if she always as plenty of fudge and cookies handy, she can offset a daughter's down-

right homeliness. Other aids to s girl's popularity

are to have pretty clothes. to learn

how to comb her hair and put on her makeup. to he a good dancer. t0 know how to play games, and to know when tn talk to a boy and when

lo listen to him. Given these qualities, any girl can be popular.

She

may even marry the minister upon whom she has set her heart.

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I am

greatly worried about a friend of

Inlne who thinks herself in love with a man who continually holds her

up for money.

She gives it to him at his demand and he never even

pretends to pay it back. He writes her love letters and tells her that Ihe is the only one in his life. but I know better.

This girl has to work hard for her money and she needs it for Iierself. What do you think of her, and what do you think of him?

ANSWER: girl who lets n glib-talking grafter

WORRIED PAL

I think that your friend is a mental case. and that any

hold her up for her money should

be put: in s padded cell until she recovers her sanity. No girl who is in her right mind would let a deadbeat rob her of her pitiful earnings, for

lhe would know that he belongs to the lowest type of humanity,

the

Insn who sponges his living off of a working woman.

DEAR. MISS DIX: I am s widoviqfil years old, financially inde-

pendent. sitter and nurse for her children,

grandchildren and do my best to help their parents with them.

My problem is that my daughter expects me to be a baby-

and I hate to refuse. I love my

Ido

ewing, shopping, sometimes cooking, but I a mnot willing to take care

the children over a week-end.

Please tell me what: I should do.

lsntll they grow up? What is your

‘t

Must I sit’ up with the babies opinion in the matter? A DISGUSTED GRANDMA

ANSWER! You have reared one batch of children and that seems ito me any woman's quota, unless. of course. there is sickness and lack of service in the house; then Grandma can be called upon to help out

lhe situation.

But when Grandma is called upon to be n baby-sitter night after

night when the children's mothers having a good time, it is asking too

and fathers are stepping out and much of her. Grandma would like

lo step s little herself sometimes. Or even rest her feet.

Modern Etiquette

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Q. How and when should a bridegroom offer his fee to the clergyman who performs the cere- mony?

A. l-le entrrusts sn envelope con- taining the money to his best man. rwho gives it to the clergyman after the ceremony.

Q. Ls it permissible to use postal cards for social correspondence?

A. No; the postal card is reserv- ed for busines purposes only, er- cepting of course the popular greet- ing, holiday. iind vacation picture and decorative cards.

Q. When serving coffee to guests. how should the spoons be distributed?

A. Place the spoons on the sauc- ers when the coffee is served.

_~S'ILK PRINTS

This season silk prints are really ‘back-for the first time in substan- tial quantity and satisfactory qual- ity. You'll see. them now as one of the favourites for resort wear: Very classic as to lines, extremely brief as to sleeves. pleasing ns to

Q. cuibe tray from sticking?

A. Slip a one-half inch rubber band over the outer end otf the tray

How can 1' prevent the lee-

and it will help to prevent this trouble. The band raises the tirsy so that the bottom does not come into full contact with the freezing chamber.

Q. What. can I use as s sibeti- tutc for eggs?

A. One teaspoonful of gslatlne dissolved in hot. milk is s good sub stitute for t/wo eggs when making puddings or cake.

Q. How can I thin ink that has thickened?

A. If the ink in the bottle has become thick. add a. little vinegar to it and it will be usable again.

their popularity. and prints are innumerable. New and very re- freshing are the small scale pat- terns, often so conventionalized of stylized that they are entirely new- looking.

BLUE COMES HIGH Cobalt blue. made of an oxide of cobalt metal, is the most expen- slve color on most artists pal-

patterns. Polka dots will continue

To Learn

ettes.

Ways ‘Of American

Real

Of P. E. Island

By Uncle Joe

THE IIEFOBMATION _ OF‘ JACK SHARKEY

The Sharkeys, one-time residents of King's County, had two chil- dren: Jack. Junior. and Mary Jane. Mary had inherited all the virtues of her mother, who. everybody ad- mitted, was a woman of sterling qualities. a fine neighbor and a friend to those who needed help. Jack, Junior, got his wild blood from his father's side of the fam- ily tree, or so people said. though his dad never did anything worse than steal the family Christmas dinner when cash was hard to come by, or maybe a jar of liquor, when his monthly thlrsts came upon him. Always headstrong and disobedi- ent. the youth was hitting it dan- gerously fast way of living by the time he had reached his six- teenth birthday. Five nights out of every week. and sometimes on the Sabbath, he could be found at the Sullivans, a family whose repu- tation would never get them into heaven.

What was he doing at the Sulli- vans?

Well, for one thing he played cards. Secondly, he carried on a sort of love affair with their only daughterAi-is wild a young blade as over lived in that section of Prince Edward Island. Sally was the kind of girl who had no enemies. In her parents‘ eyes she could do no wrong. That's the kind of girl that Sally was.

By the time he was eighteen. young Sharkey had been mixed up in so many scandalous affairs that his poor mother was driven to despair and sometimes wished she had never owned him.

O O O

As he grew in years he also grew in sin. and one night while court- ing Sally he openly boasted that he was afraid of nothing in heaven or on the earth.

“Not even the Devil?" questioned Sally. I

"No. siree. not even the Devil." came ‘his prompt reply. "Why. I'd just as leave walk home with the Old Boy this very night as I would with anybody else. that I wduld."

The love-rs parted company shortly after midnight. Jack had a walk of about two miles before he reached home. a walk that led partly along the highway and partly through a pasture field, with not even a single dwelling to break the isolation. It was a dark nikllt, but Jack didn't mind dark nights. though he lived in an age when almost everyone believed in witches and what-not. ~ The sort of life he had been liv- ing tended to make him tough. above silly superstitions. What was there to be afraid of. anyway? There was no hereafter. as his saintly mother believed. Anybody who held s. contrary opinion to his was soft and weak, and not fit to inherit the earth.

When about halfway home. he felt an arm being linked in his arm. It was a strong arm and it held him in a vise-like grip. Then s body pressed against his side. and ths two continued to walk in silence.

Perhaps for the first time in his young life Jack Sharkey had a feeling of fear. As they continued down the road this fear increased to a panic. and he tried to shake the grip of the thing that was holding fast to his arm, but all his efforts proved futile, The thing would not let go.

The moon was just clearing s

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iliils Mothers In - lihililren’: Lillie Ills

Emergent sickness is sure to arise ln even; home where there are children. There will be muscular pains, colds. sore thrnst and other minor ills. To combat these condi- tions, what could be more helpful than Nervlllne.‘ "ln our family." writes Miss Godln, "we would not be without Nervillne. It is indis- pensable for simple sore throat. colds, esraches and tonslittls." Miss Godin speaks from experience. She knows that Nervlllne helps mothers to overcome small ills, and often prevents a serious sickness inter on. All dealers sell Nervlllne in 85c bottles.

BQIIOGHGY

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m/Social and

sn old gentlemen

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World Is _ Ides:

Oyster _ i i ,

At 5 months, Juanita Evans is believed to be the youngest traveler to fly around the world. Her father, Kenneth Evans, is a ceramics engineer in Calcutta, India. With her parents, Juanita paused halfway in her globe-girdling expedition to visit relatives in Cleveland. 0- Cllltchlng he!‘ 511M159. She fiXamlnf-"s her route-Calcutta. Bangkok. Manila, Guam. wake Island, Midway, Honolulu, Los Angeles and thence to Cleveland, The family will return to India via Elliot)?-

‘ CONFLICT

A headache was the lady's woe And into a rage she flew.

But this is what she didn't know: The clerk was troubled, too.

The lady thought that she should

be Allowed attention kind. But we are made that none can see What's on each other‘s mind.

A headache is a fretting pain

That anger often starts.

But there are those who must re- main

At work with aching hearts.

Oh lady. if you could have known The hurt that salesgirl hid.

There is no doubt you would have shown

More patience than you did.

(Copyright, 1949. Edgar A. Guest)

SOME Qlfll-{IIIVTIES FOR HOUSIHVIFE

Rinse starchy foods such as po- tatoes, rice and cereals off dish sur- faces while foods are still soft and moist if you want to save dish washing time. Starch foods tend to shrink as they dry and to cling more stubbornly to dish surfaces than when moist.

Unsteady pots and pans have no place on a kitchen stove whore they may upset and cause a serious burn. If cooking utensils can't be fixed to re-steady them, they should be dis- carded.

A small oil can painted to har- monize with kitchen colour scheme makes a convenient and decorative container for cooking oil. The fil- led container can be stored near the kitchen stove where oil will be ready to use to grease griddle or skillet. Narrow spout on can keeps dust from reaching oil.

Greasy burners on n gas stove can be cleaned with a minimum rif effort by washing in hot soapy wa- ter to which ammonia has been added. HATS

Paris — French hat-makers have taken over the baker's cap. Some hats this spring will have crowns three to four inches too high. collapsed to almost fit the head. Gilbert Orcel is turning nut these hats in sky blue, camel beige and flame red straw cloche nntl narrow-brimmed boater typos that fit on the back of the head. A hat made by Mnnde Et Nano also has this pouched crown. It is of white Florentine straw with A tioiich pulled to the back of the head.

Bowler and boster crowns are also great favourites this spring.

Narrow-brlmmed numbers have crowns of leather with fluted tulle or felt brims. One number had o black leather bowler crown, Kelly green felt brim and a pile of rosy

Morning Smile

RELIEVE!) There was once an American lady travelling in s bus. she nursed an extremely homely anus ‘that roved to be s most. hypnotic sweet on for seated opposite ha. The American lady wu natur-

indignant. fftutaberl" she sald. The gentleman s.

' ppesrsd utly - relieved. "Thank Godi" he laid. "I

ulfllflhl it Wll NIL"

"Why don't you walk down the street instead of galloping around in the revolving dons?" the hotel porter siedeguestwl-iohsdex- plsined that he was just taking a walk beta? bslskfsst to sharpen I”! O. "I mustn't go too for," ssfd the guest. "I'm expecting a telephone call any minim." . _

Living&Leisure ITHE WOMAN'S REALM/

apples stabbed tiirougii with two black quills set in front. Large oval shapes with shallow blocked crowns which sit either square or at a slant on the oack of the head are popular.

Suzanne Talbot shows this shape a lot. and also shows skull caps with life-size birds sitting on the top and large tricorn and square pincushlon shapes that perch on the head at an angle of 75 de- grees.

sarr INJURIES GRASS

Salt or calcium chlorides used qn walks and driveways to melt ice can injure grass or shrubs which grow alongside if these chemicals wash into the soil, reports the De- partment of Agriculture. As the ice melts. the department suggests shoveling or brushing it into gut- tors. Or you carsusc sand or ashes instead of salt. '

The ring watch. common today. is not new: George III of Eng- land had one.

POCKET nmsov son SOUR STOMACH

Anytime 0f anywhere sour stomach botbsn you. est s couple of Reunion tablets like esndise. Each nun u wrlppeti: handy for Mist w bls- 15° sod 76o: all drum-mu.

"" REIINIES

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The Stars Say--

B7 Genevieve Kemble

For Tuesday, Mas-ch 1

WHILE the day seems to move on with promise and the promotion at great expectations involving prestige, favors, finances and affec- tional or romantic gratlflcetions. suddenly, like a bolt from the blue. comes an unfcrseen commotion setting aside. for the moment. the fulfillment of all desires. D1805 Bnii aspirations. It might be just as well to prevent wear and tear 0f nerves and emotions, by relaxing and seek- ing diversion. until the astml situ- ation blows over. Make no major changes.

For the Birthday

Those whose birthday it is may view from affairs s wth '0 gcope, expansion, fulfilled wishes. in finances. resources. 081'"! l"! m‘ hanced pcovlmw and nresflse- While such objectives seem to have every promise of attsirmentt’ a I-lti- dent event. or incident is may t0 upstct plans and turn brilliant promises into dead sea fruit. It. might be n well to make the best of current opportunities. and tackle the problems at gr him! the 1*" plllding field of operation. Whilc deferring active work lt ml be d!‘ sirsble to seek emotional re sxstion and diversion in romantic. ¢INW¢ or other purely personal DEW-MS and enjoymcnts. Defer town-M change until stability be restored.

A child born of this dsy, while ho/ving fair prospects for success and hsptpinese. may be molest w sudden reversals or uDfli-l- 1* l! '4'

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Household Scrapbook

By Roberta Leo iwiim/uo-t/c -

metering l-‘lsiuiels IPlannels that have been badly washed. and are hard and shrunk- en, can be restored to their former softness by soaking them in gaso- line for a few hours. Then wash in soft soap suds as usual. Rinse in clear trailer of the same tempera- ture.

Roasting Fowl

When roasting a fowl. place the breast side downwards. and the juices will penetrate the breast. which is naturally dry,

Perfume Stains

Peroxide of hydrogen will usually remove perfume stains frcm linen.

Better English

o; c. Williams

1. What is wrong with this sen- tence? "She talked like she wished to sec you."

2. What is the correct pronunc- iation of “habitue“?

3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Chemise, chello, chauf- feur.

4. What does the word "mutil- ficent" mean?

5. what is s word beginning with ind that means “untirlnfl?

ANSWERS

1. Say. "She talked as if she wished to see you." 2. Pronounce ha-bit-u-a. first a as in ask. i as in bit. the tu as in nature. final a as in day. accent last. syllable. 3. Cello (tho-ugh pronounced shell-o). 4. Very liberal in Elvillll- "11 W!!! I munlflcent. gift to charity." 5. In- ilefiatigaibie.

Cook ’s Corner wQ-MQMtMi PEACH CUSTARD

Maple peach custard combines two delicate flavors to make a de- licious dessert.

MAPLE PEACH CUSTARD

if cup syrup from canned cling peaches i

‘A cup water

1 cup evaporated milk

1i cup granulated sugar Few grains of salt

2 eggs

2 teaspoons unflsvored gelatin I 2 tablespoons cold water

Few drops ma-ple flavoring

1 cup sliced canned cling peaches

MEN-DOD: Combine syrup, water. milk, sugar and salt. and heat over hot water. Add lich-tly beaten eggs and cook and stir until mixture coats spoon. Remove from heat. Gotten gelatin in the 2 tablespoons cold water and dissolve in hot. our- tsrd, Blend in flavoring. COOLAIIG range well-drained peaches in bot- tcm of oiled mold; pour gelatin- custard mixture over peaches. Gilli

vised to make decisions with P111- dence.

Help VTiie i+~Rcd Cross

until firm. Unmold to serve. 4 to 6 servings.

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Personal!Fashions/Literature

iEllen '3' iDiary

humans-pawns

James, husband of mine. has been heard more than once to remark, slghlng deeply: "I never sew the way the work has increased these late years! It seems u if there's no let-up to it now st all. If it's not one thing, it's another that en- gages u . We only finish one fob, when another is there waiting for us. It's the chorlng that's so time- consuming, I . . There's really too much of it nowsdsysl" Doubt- less those were the sentiments which made him remark while we breakfasted this morning: "I think. Ellen,- thst you and I had better leave here and buy s small place, where there wouldn't be so much to do. A cottage and n bit of land. where we could have a Borden. perhaps, and keep, just one cow and a horse." "And a few hens", I suggested, “you know it's real nice to have fresh eggs of one'| own. seems as though no others are nearly so flavorful. "But James was definitely ‘against that.