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Happenings 0f The Week

Aa the day approaches for tho Royal birth Princess Elizabeth la ronscientiously following a quiet routine -- a stroll in the palace garden on fine mornings, a rest in the afternoon and early to bed each night. Doctors see her regu- iariy and report she is in excellent

condition.

Friends say Princess Elizabeth in- tends to be a mother in the full tense of the word and will not Ielegate to servants any of the nor- nal duties of motherhood. She has teen entirely responsible for plan- llng the layette and insistent that inly hand-made garments be in- iluded. The wooiiies are of the ‘inest gossamer-weight shetland vool and each has been specially iesigned.

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The baby will be fortunate in that many members of the Royal Family, including the Queen. the Duchess of Kent and Queen Mary, are excellent knitters and have been working hard in anticipation No baby gifts are being accepted from strangers or commercial firms, although hundreds have been sent —and returned with a polite note ixplainlng the rule.

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Mrs. Ian Rankin, Mrs. Ralph Dumont and Miss Catherine Beth- ane had a surprise shower at Mi..s Bethune’: home last Saturday in honor of Miss Margaret Palmer who received many. very lovely gifts.

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On Wednesday Miss lrene Mac- Leod was tea hostess at her home for Miss Palmer, and was assisted in her pleasant duties by Mrs. Du- mont and Mrs. Rankin. The guests presented Miss Palmer with a joint gift which was very much appdecl- ated.

O O O . Last evening after the Commun- ity Concert Mrs. Wm. B. Asbury, Grafton Street, invited the members of her bridge club in for coffee and made it the occasion of bestowing on Miss Palmer a pretty Kenwood blanket as a token of the many hBPDY evenings they had spent to- gether.

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Mra. 'I‘rueman Davidson who has been the guest of Mrs. D. H. Mac- Lean. left this week to visit her former homs in Stellarton beforg returning to New York. Mra. Dav- idson had a most enjoyable V15“ and was guest of honor at several social gatherings.

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Major Wendall Worth, Mra. Worth and Mrs. R. E. Match lmvq gone on a visit to Montreal.

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Mra. J. M. Hunter entertained at two tables of bridge for friend; last Saturday evening.

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Dr. and Mrs. Donald Campbell have returned from a. very much ‘nloyed holiday at Marble Moun- tain. ‘C. B.

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Mra. Ewen MacMilian who has been a patient in the P. E. L Hos- pital was able to return home yes- lerday.

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Miss Ethel Stewart, who i; home after several weeks hospitalization, is convalescing nicely.

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Mra. W. E. Cotton was luncheon hostess at her home yesterday hon. orlng Mrs. W. MacLaren, who i; home from Scotland renewing old friendships.

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Other hostesses entertaining‘ for Mrs. MacLaren this week were Mrs. J’. P. Gordon, Mrs. C. A. Beer, Mrs. F. S. Wilkins, Mrs. R. R. Hurst, Mrs. G. D. DeBlois, Miss Hobkirk, Miss E. Nicholson, Mrs. A. V. Saunders, Mrs. E. W. Champion.

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Misses Alena and Irene Horne re- lturned Wednesday from a holiday visit to Montreal and Ottawa.

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Mr. M. Alban Farmer has gone up to Montreal to attend the mar- riage of his niece, Miss Margaret T. Farmer to Mr. Emmett Cyrus Deighan. which is taking place in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Church, this morning.

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Mrs. Alex Knox, Longworth Avg- lue, is being welcomed home. O O O

Mrs. MacDonald, wife cf Mayor B. Earle MacDonald, is regrettably confined to her home through ill- nus.

O O O - Mra. .7. C. Mills, Chelmsford, Mass, has been visiting in Sum- mersfdo for the past week the guest 0f her brother, Mr. Ralph Siliiph- ant and Mrs. Siiliphant. , o 0 o ‘

Mrs. Leslie Simmons, Summer- Iide, entertained her mixed bridge club on Wednesday evening.

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The Misses Wanda and Dorothy Wyatt were hostesses to the East End bridge club on Monday eve- ning.

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Mrs. l-l. '1‘. Holman. Jr.. Summer- Ilde, has as her guests her sis- ter, Mrs. George Cox and Mr. Cox of Halifax.

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Mrs. Gladys MacQuari-ie and

ra. l-Iarry Silllphant, Summerside,

ft on a motor trip on Friday to the United States. They were ac- Oompanied by Mrs. J. C. Mills who is returning to her home in Cheima- ford. Mass. ' O O’ O

' The closing golf tea of the sea- n is scheduled for thia afternoon. he tea hostesses being Miss Edith ernsrd, M Margaret MacMiIlan. Mra. V. Fraser. Mrs. l-l. J. A. Brown.

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Mr. and Mra. I’. S. Wilkins are leaving early next week for Hali- fax where they will visit with their daughter, Mrs. Roy and in the new year will go south on their annual visit.

Mrs. Douglas Hopgood. i190 Mar" go Affleck. of Vancouver, is visit- lng her familylin Bedeque before going to Montreal to join her hus- band who is attending McGill Uni-

versity. .

Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Lockhart and son Frank, with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Williams, spent last week-end in Mcncton.

The transfer of Mr. Norman L. Ford, manager of the Bank of Montreal in the near future to Toronto is much regretted by his wide circle of friends and doubly so as Mrs. Ford was called to Mont- real on Monday owing to the illn.ss of her mother.

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Last evening Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Parent entertained for Mr. Ford at a mixed party at their hospitable home at the Experimental Station. when a most delightful time was enjoyed with cards, and after a late supper, dancing, many of the guests joining the party after the Community Concert. Everyone re- gretted Mrs. Ford's absence but she and Mr. Ford were presented with a very lovely gift as a memento of their Charlottetown friends.

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On Tuesday Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Beer entertained with Mr. Ford as guest of honor at a mixed bridge and later in the week Mrs. Norman McLelian was hostess for Mr. Ford.

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Mrs. W. T. Weir. West Street, was among the bridge hostesses entertaining on Monday evening.

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Mrs. J. M. Trueman, Mrs. W. A. Miller. Charlottetown, and Mrs. H. D. Henderson of Sackville, N.B.. motored to Fredericton last week and attended the inauguration of lVlrs. Trueman'a son, Dr. A. W. Trueman, as President of the Uni- versity of New Brunswick.

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Charlottetown friends will be in- terested to learn of the promotion of Mr. Frederick C. Johnson, form- erly in charge of the Amerlc n Vice Consulate in Fredericton, N. B. Mr. Johnson has been promoted to the post of American Consul at Cardiff. Wales. When the Frederic- ton offlce was closed in 1947. Mr. Johnson was transferred to Brad- ford, and ha: since been detailed for special servicea at Plymouth. Bristol and Cardiff.

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Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Saunders spent the last week-end with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Saund- ers. They left Monday afternoon on a short holiday visit-to Mont- real before returning to their home in Louisburg, C.B.

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Mr. and Mra. Ernest B. Wright of Beverly, Massachusetts, were recent visitors to Toronto. Ontariw, guests at the Royal York Hotel. Mrs. Wright was formerly Miss Ethel Maude Coffin of Moreil.

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The ten-year-old Marquess of Dufferin gave hla mother away when the Marchionesa of Dlifferin married Major H. A. D. Buchanan, of the Grenadier Guards. The late Marquess of Dufferin was killed in Burma in April, 1945.

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Mra. Cecil Stewart. Fitzroy Street, is visiting in Montreal the guest of her daughter and son-ln-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McConnell.

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The lndlsposltion of Mrs. Pope

Beer in the P. E; I. Hospital is regretted by her many friends. O O O The London University has an-

nounced it will confer honorary de- grees next month on Hon. Winston Churchill and State Secretary Mar- shall of the United States.

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Mr. and Mrs. John Simmonds, Capt. and Mrs. Eddie Blair have returned home from a holiday trip to Boston where they attended the horse race at Foxboro.

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Prior to her marriage ‘Ifiglqy to Mr. Frank Mayhew of Summer-

alde, Miss Audrey Fraser was widely entertained by her friends. O O O

Over the week-end Mra. Arnold Calbeck, Mra. Clarence Mclnnea and Mra. J. Gillan were joint host- euea for her at a miscellaneous shower at the homo of Mra. W. W. Raid when many lovely gifts were showered on the ‘guest of honor.

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On Tuesday evening Miaa Fraser was again showered with an abund- ance of dainty gifta, her hostess be- ing lVlrs. Clarence Mclnnil.

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On Wednesday afternoon Mra. Colin Durber, 124 Brighton Road, entertained at a very pretty tea for Miss Fraser, when surrounded by intimate friends, aho received many happy good wishes.

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On Thursday, October 7th, Mra. C. M. Sinclair surprised Miss Mary Walsh with a lovely kitchen show- er. Mrs. Smith read the verses. after which a dainty lunch was served.

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On Friday Miss Josephine Brown, B.N., entertained for Miaa Walsh at the Chiarlottetpwn Hotel.

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On Monday Mra. L. D. Pryce and Mra. J. E. Dunning held a smartly arranged shower for Misa Walsh. Many lovely gifts were presented.

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On Tuesday Misses Joan and

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dlsoases were ellllepsy. asthma, rheumatism, per- nicious anemia, diabetes others. These diseases have been known for hundreds some for

“'85 billy dscovered durng the past 50 years.

many fear cancer, this very fact makes Physicians. medical students and the general public C\llC€!'-COH- scious so that many fear almost every pain or sore to be cancer until it is proved otherwme.

In a pamphlet issued by the Ln- formation Services Division of the

Department of National Health and Welfare. Ottawa. Canada, Dr J Llew Little. Exvutive Director National Cancer Institute of can. i168. states that the fear of cancer is almost as distressing as the dis. ease itself. "Fear that it is hope- less! Fear that it is contagious! Fear that is hereditary! Fear that cancer is too painful to endure! Fear without basis.”

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erer of radium. holds true for cancel! "Nothing in life is to be feared—it. is only to be understood." Thus if all of us understood more of what cancer is and what cancer is not, there would be less fear of it. Cancer would be as deadly as ever. but we could face it “m1. out fear because we all know or should know that cancer is cur. able if discovered and treated early.

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Josephine Brown honored Miss Walsh with a party. Miss Dorothy Conway played the piano for a sing-song. after which a delicious buffet lunch was served. The Misses Brown presented Miss Walsh with a lovely pink cardigan.

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Major and Mrs. Ronald Hodgson and young son Peter of Montreal have left for home after a visit with the Misses Hodgson, Brighton Road.

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Miss Jennifer Bevan, lady-in- waiting to Viscountess Alexander of Tunis since January, 1947, sail- ed for her home ln England on the Empress of Canada Saturday after relinquishing her position at Rideau Hall to allow another young woman the privilege of member- ship in the Governor-General! household.

For the cool autumn sailing day, Miss Bevan wore a. trim fawn suit topped by a velvet hat that match- ed her dark brown hair and smil- ing eyes. She was accompanied to the ship by Miss Kathleen Shaugh- nessy of 131 Brock avenue south, Montreal West. whose brothers met Miss Bevan in London during the war. Miss Bevan, who was in Char- lottetown with Their Excellencies on their first official visit, is the daughter of Col. John Henry Bevan. C.B., M.C., of Midhurst. Sussex, and a niece of Lady Alexander. "I am going home so that someone new can experience the delights of living and travelling in Canada." Miss Bevan said. "This was my first visit here. I hope it will not be my last."

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Min Bevan said her post as lady- ln-waitlng to Lady Alexander had been filled by another young Eng- lishwoman, Miss Anstice Gibbs, who is now in Ottawa.

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Another passenger aboard the big, white Canadian Pacific liner was Lord Bruce, great-grandson of the Earl of Elgin. Canada's Gov- ernor-General 100 years ago. Lord Bruce, 24-year-old war veteran. was homeward bound for Scotland after a two-month tour of Canada and the United States.

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1t has been said that. we read and hear so much about cancer be- cause we know so little about it.

or ' 0118111 of cancer is unknown. bui,'

sicians today, the causes of other unknown-namely . and

thousands of years, yet the cause.

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Un September 29th. at Stella Maris Church. i North ltustico. a double’ ring ceremony united In marriage. Louise Lr-Clair, daughter of Rudolph and ‘ Mrs. LeClair, to James Hanna. son of Mr. and Mrs. i llanna of Gladstone. Manitoba.

t Given in marriage by her father. the bride was ‘ attired ln a. gown of while moire taffeta and a floor i length veil held by a garland of orange blossoms. and carried a bouquet of deep pink roses and baby‘: breath.

Miss Corinne Doucette who attended the bride. wore a giwn of moire taffeta in an orchid shade. with a shoulder length matching veil, and carried a bouquet of mixed flowers.

Edward LeClair, brother of the bride acted as best. man.

The bride's mother wore a dress of grey crepe "ith a corsztge of red rosea.

wedding march a which the pastor. The choir consist ers. During the

A delightful was given at the the many guests matrimony.

bride wearing a grey accessories.

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The altar was of different shades. v Lawrence Gallant of Summerside playe

the bride sang an Ave Maria.

and groom a long and happy voyage on the sea of Later the happy couple left for Montreal, the The newly married will reside

where lilr. Hanna will continue his studies lt- the University of Montreal.

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the nd the music for a high mass at Rev. Father E. Robbins officiated. ‘ of the bride's father and broth-‘ ceremony Juliet LeClair. sister of

wedding breakfast and reception

home of the bride's parents. where in attendance wished the bride

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Career 0f liomesticity

Women iluallfy As Experts in Other Fields But Neglect Training For Homemaking

One of the strange things about women is that, although they all desire and expect to marry, have children and make homes and. al- though most of them realize this ambition, few of them think it worth while to prepare themselves for the life work they plan to undertake. They don't look upon domesticity as a career for which they have to fit themselves. They wouldn't dream of taking up any other occupation without being trained for it, but they think that running a family is a sort of jackleg trade that any dumb girl can pull off without any previous knowledge or ex- perience.

This simple fact. that we ignore so completely, goes a long way towards solving many of the prob- lems over which scientists and social economists and moralists puzzle their heads in vain. For it is ’ at the bottom of the restlessness and discontent of women, of family fights, of juvenile delinquency. of divorce, and of the failure of so many men of ability to succeed.

FAIL TO PREPARE

This is a sweeping indictment to bring against women for their failure to prepare themselves for marriage. but it is just one. For that women are not lacking in brains. or industry, or any of the qualities that it takes to make a go of any work for which they qualify them- selves. is abundantly proved by the number who hold down key posi- tiona with big firms. and who have achieved fortunes for themselves as lawyers, or doctors, or merchants, or what not.

\Vomen know that they must be experts elsewhere to succeed, but they feel that they can bungle the wife and mother career as much as they like, and still get away with it. So we have multitudes of women who loaf on the job. All of us know dozens of women who never learn how to cook and ,wiio feed their families on poisonous food. We know other dozens of women who keep their husbands‘ noses to the grind- stone with their extravagance, and other dozens who are querulous and complaining and who never make the slightest effort to be pleasant companions to the men who support them.

That the failure of womcn to be good wives causes more divorces than all the sirens. is a matter of common knowledge. The ancient] wheeze about the bride's soggy pies and burnt roasts isn't funny. It is ' stark tragedy. Men marry to get comfortable homes, as well as for love, and when the bridegroom discovers that Angel Face doesn't know anything more about how to run a gas range than she does about how to manipulate a Flying Fortress, the honeymoon sets.

And no one can doubt for an instant that it is the delinquent moth. ers who are responsible for the delinquent children. It la the mothers who complain about being tied down by their babies; who never have time to talk with their children or play with them; who are never at home when their children come from school; who park their children with their neighbors while they go off to amuse themselves; who do not make their homes places of good cheer and good comradeshlp, who bring up the youngsters who fill the police courts and the jails.

Being a wife and mother is the most complicated job on earth. What a pity that women don't oftener think it la worth while preparing themselves for it!

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