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Hobbies 0i Local ilitizens

By Uncle Jog

The hobby of Frank Howard of Cornwall village is the desire to help others, no matter what their needs are. Mr. Howard has been playing the part of the good Sa- maritan ever since he was old enough to understand what the "good neighbor policy" was all about-a period of time that goes back to well over a half century ago.

No stranger. whether he be prince or beggar, ever sought a night's lodging at Howard's home in vain, and enough free meals have

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low men do not stop here. In his own and adjoining communities this mlrt has rendered aid of inestirn- able vallle to the sick. Always one of the first on hand in any emer- gency, he could be relied on to make a hurried trip for a doctor, rush a patient to hospital, secure the services of a nurse, or do the chores himself when one of his neighbors fell sick.

And, mind you, this hobby of his is not one that pays off. Howard doesn't put any price on his ser- ‘vicc-s, Indeed, he no more would i think of accepting money from any- , one ilccding a helping hand than he

would think of taking a trip to the l planet Mars.

l-Iis little workshop, where one may find almost every conceivable kind of tool, never is locked, whether he is around or nway from home. Anyone is free to borrow this or that gadget. And when a borrower forgets to return some- thing he has picked up-Y-and such things do happen sometimes-Mr. Howard's only comment is: “Oh. well, I guess I'll have to get along without it till it comes back."

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mark. Frank Howard still does all the work on his little farm. Ev-‘ ery morning: he is up with the

chickens. Years of early rising and

days of well-spent toil are habits

not easy to shake off. even it‘ he

wanted to. Nor have the years

<altcrerl his hobby of helping oth-

‘ers, and just as long as he re-

mains active he will be doing his

daily good deed.~ Whether it be the

loan of a few bucks to tide over a

friend who suddenly finds himself

financially embarrassed. or of a. horse or farm implement tn helpi cultivate a neighbor's garden, iti matters not. I» never have known

the man to turn down any request,

he it great or small. that was? worthy of being granted.

It is only natural that many cal- lers arrive daily at the Howard home. as somebody always is want- ing something from the Howard farm or workshop.

This hobby of helping others is n grand one that pays big divi- dends in friendship.

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Q, How can I prevent window screens from sticking. when it is desired to slide them up and down?

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The highest automobile mad in the United States is the Mount Evans, highway in Clear Creek County, which rises to an altitude _of 14,260 feet.

Ellen ’s' Diary

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At Alderiee in "the back 40" the plowing-down of manure‘ makes steady progress end if the colt. is one of the team, once the hitching is part, James walks along the intervening fields to work It Rob's.

chore of spreading manure is a dis- couraging task to work at alone, he must go there to give him assist- ance theae days. On many farms, the immediate concern is the po- tam-planting and its attendant chore—the set-cutting. l I I

One is able to see from the yard, l indications too of the fertilizer- spreading, a prelude to the former, and in recent weeks more than one

Bu, ac“ of kindness m m, 191.; farmer has come to the door to in-

quire in different accents, often of Jeanie or me: “And would you know if they've any seed to spare?" This evening one came to ask this of James at the busy time, at edge of dusk, in cleaning and bedding e Si)’. making it ready to receive new tenants. O O O

We had come to regard him at

Because to his mind, Rob's current ,

THE GUARDIAN. CIIARLOTTETOWN

JUNE I 14. 1949

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Stylish Marriage Show Wedding For Middle-income Pair is Pretentious, Unfair To Parents

DEAR. DOROTHY DIX: Our daughter is planning to be married soon and resents our suggestion of having a. simple home wedding such as we feel that we can afford. Her plan is to have a brilliant church wedding at night with every friend and acquaintance invited. We ob- ject to this because it would be s great financial strain upon us. What shall we do? '

C. EL.

ANSWER: If you have even an elementary backbone you will re- fuse to accede to your daughter's unreasonable demands and simply tell her that you will not be bulldozed into going into debt for a silly display that you cannot af- ford.

Nowhere else in the world do people get so little run for their money as they do at a splurge wedding, and why people who are poor or in moderate circum- stances ever make such a bad investment is one of the things that nobody can explain. I-‘rom the time the bride trails her white satin and orange blossoms into the church and out of it generally does not consume more than 15 minutes, yet for that bricf period of having the spotlight turned on her she has paid hun- dreds and often thousands of dollars. And it isn't worth it.

A CRIME

work, resting arms on the top rail and showing light in the darker corners by means of the flash- light we had been using on a pro- ject of our own. We had come from satisfying ourself that "that hen was back to her eggs and con- tent on her nest." O O l

And now, prior to the farmer's appearance, and Jack's from his field-work James had us busy add- ing the number of’ weanlings which were to be housed presently there. Totalling numbers is an intriguing business always with James and me. “And two from that far-off pen, Ellen", he said, “and four - - - and that other pair, from the sow we got from Rob - - - and - - -" And after a silence, indicative of wandering thoughts, for there are so many different rind insistent en- terprises of farming to think of these days, we must commence all

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Mrs. Watts-“Bridget. these bal- usters seem always dusty. I was at Mrs. Johnson's today and her stair rails are clean and as smooth as glass."

Bridget-“Yi-s mum. lsree small boys."

As the train pulled into the eta- tion the porter knocked on s compartment door.

“Chioaacf he announced. "Shall

She has

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"Certainly not.’ she replied iciiy. “I'll descend in the usual way."

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By Genevieve let-table

For Wednesday, June l5

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When e poor girl has a show wedding it is a crime, lfecause it means that for the sake of flaunting herself in the public eye she has been willing to run her poor old father into debt. to lay upon his already burdened shoulders an additional load that will make them sag still further downward and that she has subjected her whole family to pinching economies that they will have to endure for years to come while they are trying to pay off the debt of her folly and vanity.

Moreover, unless she is marrying a rich man. and that is seldom the case, she is starting out in her new life on the wrong foot because she is beginning in a way that she cannot keep up. Also, she is making both herself and her young husband ridiculous because for a poor young couple who are going to live in a two-byiour flat and who have not even their furniture paid for, to get married as if they were millionaires is merely to hand all of their friends and acquaintances a derisivo

laugh.

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Is there any cure for a liar? Or for one who finds it easier and pieasanter to believe a lie than to face the truth? I am still a young girl, though I have been married for six years to a liar. Have left him three times and have only just returned to try a fresh start again, but: find after only four months that he has been lying to me just the same. Once again I find myself hating ‘him for it and planning to leave and go back to business, Do you think I am

right or wrong? MARY

ANSWER: I do not believe that a liar ever ceases to lie or becomes trustworthy. The truth simply lsn‘t in such a one, and he or she cannot become dependable and straightforward.

lf you have tried on three different occasions to get along with your husband and every time he has deceived you. I think you are foolish to waste any more time on him. It will always be the same old story of fair promises that are never kept, of reformation that never reforms, of quarrels and reconciliations that keep you forever upset and miserable. Better just give the liar up unless you love him well enough to forgive his duplicity and not let it. make any difference to you.

DEAR MISS DIX: I am a girl. 24 years old, madly infatuated with a married man and he is with me. Now the fact about our relationship has been discovered, even his wife knows it. How can I justify my position before my many friends so it will appear that I am the victim

of his wiles, instead of being equally guilty with him in the matter? SAPPHIRA

ANSWER: You can't. The day has gone by when a girl could pose as a victim of the perfldy of man and be wept over and pitted in- stead of being condemned. The old ignorant, innocent, credulous racket has played out. Everybody now knows that the modern girl knows her way about and is perfectly aware of what she is doing and that when a man leads her into temptation it is because she is out looking for it.

So my advice to you is to be a good sport and take your medicine. Your friends and acquaintances will have a. lot more respect for you than they will if you leave the man to stand all the obliquy alone. And you will simply give them a laugh if you try to play the innocent.

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‘A iiountry Garden

By Mrs. Gordon Macmillan

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--_. "Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, under the blossom that hangs on the boush." Aithoulh this was written over three hundred years ago, I em sure we all feel the same about the blossoms in our orchards and the fragrance is so grand. I do not think gardens can be any lovelier than the past week and now the lilacs are adding their beauty and fragrance, as Rupert Brooke writes of his garden: “Just now the lilac is in bloom

All before my little room,

And in the flower beds I think Smile the carnation and the pink. And down the borders well I know The Poppy and the Pansy blow. 0h! there the Chestnuts, Summer through,

Beside the river. make for you

A tunnel of green gloom."

And as this is the month for poets, I will quote ‘Alfred Noyes‘ invitation to "Conic (igwp to 1{_-~,.,» in’ Lilac Time". I am afraid we Will find this a difficult journey to make, but lilacs are everywhere on this Island of ours. They are so hard)’. so fragrant and lovely for shrub borders or used singly as Specimens 0n the lawn.

Lilac hedges are very aatislact- rncscavnvo otm EMOTIONAL 0W and quite lnexpenslvr, and they BALANCE

are often the only tree lcft around _

an old home of many years ago. The common lilac is called Syringa Vulizaris in the catalogue and comes in violet shade and is very frag- rant, and the most popular white lilac is also fragrant and is called Mme. Lemoine.

There are a large number of new French hybrids in many bealr- tiful new colors. The blooming per- iods are extended but the fragrance ts not so pronounced as in the old varieties. They seem to be quite as hardy but I have only had expert. encc with t\vo.nt:u"l“rcnch lilacs.

x That‘ Body 0f Yours

lanes W. Barton, I. I.

An expert in a certain line of work was sent to a small town to give advice to some factory work- ers. lie noticed that one of the workers was more adept than his fellow workers, and suggested that. as he could earn just twice the‘ amount in a neighboring city he should leave his prescn-t job.

In a few words the workman stated that he couldn't, and wouldnt, leave ius present work to get double the wages because he had been born in the town, so had his wife and parents, and also he would leave all his relatives and This week I have been busy fill- friends. He. would be unhappy. The ing my window boxes. I imagine city expert couldn't understand most of my readers know all about anyone turning down employment this. hut 1' shall give nly experi- with such high wages.

HYPE in (him? this work. Physicians today know. as never Boxes should be about eight ln- before, that it is disturbing close "W8 (‘P9P 8o they will ltoid a good ‘relationships that. cause many

deal of good compost and soil and cases of nervousness, which develop, some drainage must be provided into neuroses. l but not too much, as I have found In both wars it was found that in

when watering the flowers in win- hundreds of cases of neurosis —

dow boxes. Sometimes the water believing you have an ailment when

runs right down and out. It is no real or organic ailment is pre-

flot difficult. to make window boxes. S€Hi—1he 501G181‘. 5111101’ 0r airman

I have heltcd at this and it is sur- began to have his symptoms during

prising how nice they will look if his training in camp, before even

painted and hum with petunias or proceeding overseas or ensasms in

other hanging flowers which cover combat. ~

the box, In an address before the Cooper Union Forum in New York acme

months ago, Dr. Nathan Freeman stated that no one is born a neu- rotic. It is more our surrounding

"culture? our personal environ-

menlz. which drives us to neuroses.

A neurosis begins in disturbances in human relationships. “It is a dis- turbance in the relation of the 1n- dlvidual to himself, and in hLs re- latiom; with other human beings." How can neuroses. obsessions, cle- lusions and other behavior condi-

tlors be prevented?

In the armed forces it. was found that recruits who lt-ad lived too much within themselves, not mix- ing with others. became nlurotic during the training period for ser- vice. Thoso who had played in group games, engaged in church work. service clubs, dramatics had no nervous symptoms during the training period, and also stood up Well in actual combat.

Mixing with others. accepting our responsibilities takes tls out of ourselves, and develops the self- confldence we all need to preserve our mental and emotional balance

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Fuscilias and tuberons begonias are suitable for shady places out of the wind and geraniums are nice anywhere. The ivy leaf is good and I think the effect is better with only one color to a box.

The color of the house makes quite a difference in the plant ma- terial you may use. Scarlet looks well on white or grey but not so good on red brick walls, and if you have any planting underneath your window box, this must blend in with your color in it.

I have been wrestling with n nasty weed this week, and I do not know where it came from. Some people think it a very nice foliage plant but in a rich flower border it spreads and spreads and the tiniest of roots will grow.

There are two varieties. the green leafed plant and the green and white. The common name is gout weed, or bishops weed. and Mr. Blythe Hurst identified it. as acgo- podium podagraria.

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I have tried many kinds of D.D.T. and uprooted sections of the bor- tier and pulled and tugged but it is fZettinB the better of me. and this makes me think how careful we must be of several garden plants, when we plant them in our bor- ders.

In an out of the way corner you ca transplant the native plants lik Golden rod. the Violets from the woods. I once lanted many blue violets in the border, and they were lovely for n time but soon I had to move them back to the edge of the woods. And at one time in the late Fail the Gold- en Rnd in the garden smothered out the. other less hardy plants.

The lovely Sweet Rocket, the fragrant flower which looks like Phlox, can be very lovely, but in my garden it is almost too much. but can be controlled as it is zl- enniel in nature. The more ro- bust of the. plants must be kept within hounds by the gardener at all times.