Happenings Of. A The Week

The bells of St. Paul's Cathe- dral, London, peaied a salute to Queen Elizabeth Wednesday as me celebrated her 43rd birthday quietly ill the country with the hing and the two Princesses. 1t was the first time SlllCg the start of the war that the Cathedral bells had been rung to celebrate. a Royal birthday‘.

- Queen Wilhemina of tiie Neih-l eriaiids was the dinner guest of‘ Prime Minister and Mrs. Chur- chill at l0 Downing Street, Lon- don, 'I‘tic;lay' night. Also pres- ent were uie British Secretary and Mrs. Anthony Eden. . . . i Major Lord ’I‘\veedsniuir. son of the lute Governor General of Canada, has been slightly wound- ed in North Africa but expects to soon "be back in action with his Eastern Ontario regiment, the Hastings and Prince Edward Re- giment." o e o Mr. and Mrs. Prank MacKinnon of Ottawa are being cordially wel- comed cn a visit to Mr. Mac- Kinnons grandmother, Mrs. F. P. 'I‘ayloi' and his mother Mrs. Mur- dock MacKinnon. Coming as a bride on her first visi-t to her hus- band's home Mrs. MacKinnon is readily making friends who are‘ showering the young peoplg with happiest congratulations. ~ o o

Friends are today congratulat- ing Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Hubert Beer on the 54th anniversary of their marriage which took place in Old St. Paul's Church, Amust ‘I, i889.

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Mrs. Stewart. wife of Col. Cecil Stewart, entertained at her home “Plcardy" on Wednesday after- noon at s tea honoring Mrs. '13. B. Rogers who is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R, H. Rogers.

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The choir of Trinity United church honored Miss Berna Hues- tis last Friday evening in tho East Parlor when they presented her with a gift of a beautiful sliver water pitcher. Mrs. George J. Tweedy read an address to Miss Huestis on behalf of Prof. A. Roy Kendall, choir director in ap- preciation of her valued contribu- tion to the choir. Refreshments were served from a table which was centered with a. bowl of sum- mer flowers snd candelabra. Mrs. Kendall poured tea and fellow members of the choir assisted in serving, Miss Htiestis has been the guest of several informal gather- ings during the week.

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Colonel and Mrs. B. L. Mac- Kay, formerly of Vancouver, will leave early in August to spend a holiday in Prince Edward Island. according to the Vancouver Daily Province. They plan to visit in Charlottetown and also spend some time in Stanhope Hotel, Stanhope Beach.‘

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. B. Long- worth and Miss Norah Longwonh are spending some weeks at Gre- gor's Hotel, Brackiey Beach.

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Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Howard of Halifax are vacationing at Gre- gor's Hotel, Mr. Howard is man- éiger of Bank of Montreal in Hali- BX.

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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson of Saint John. who are visiting Mrs. Anderson's old me. are having a pleasant ‘holl ay.

Dr. Bailey of Evnnston. Ill, ar- rived by Liane this week to Join Mrs. Bailey who is the guest of her sister, Mrs. (Dr) V. L. Good- will. Mrs. Goodwill was among the hostesses entertaining at a. luncheon party Wednesday at the Charlottetown.‘ '

Mrs. T. Lantz is convalescing nicely at her home following her illness in the REX. H0817"!!-

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Miss Beatrice MacKinnon visiting in Georgetown.

D.- G. D. Stegi rand Mrs. Steel arc summering in Saint John, NB. - - -

Mrs. H. Ronald Stewart of Ot- tawa accompanied by her daugh- ter Miss Janet and YOU"! 5°"- John Ronnie are having a delight- fui visit among old friends. the guests of Mrs. Stewarts mother, Mrs. T, B. Woodman-

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Gordon are holidaying for a few weeks at Fernwood, Bedeqllt.’

Mr. A. G. Christie of Sydney has arrived at Bay Fortune where he will spend several days with his family who are summering there.

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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis of Toronto, ccompanicd by their daughter hirley and son Keith are spend- ing six weeks at. Stanhope Beach Inn. _

Capt. and Mrs. Ramsay of Hali- fax are also holidaying at Stan- hope. . ’ '

Mi Jessie Davidson of Tor- onto visiting Flt. Lieut. Rev. T. H. B. Somers and Mrs. Somers at the Kirk House.

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Mrs. R. R. Hurst. aocompnni ‘ n! her twin dau hters Marjorie and

uriel are visit ng in Sydney the

uests of Mrs. Hurst's father, Mr.

ank Miller. .

' Rev. G. Carlyle Webster and .Mrs. Webster are spending their . holidays in New _1.o:idon.

_ M . A. B. Warburion is visit- 111g with her daughter. Mrs. Bates

t St. Paul's Rectory, Saint John, ' N3

I I I I m, A. T. and Mrs. Bazen and .M|as Eleanor Banen have return- 'ed to Montreal after a holiday visit to this city and different

The in hostesses at the Tennis Courts this afternoon will be Miss Joan Gillis and Miss Paula Arsen- ault.

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Congratulations are being extend- ed to Fit. Lleut. Robert and Mrs.

Patchin of Ottawa on the arrival on Au-j. 5th of a daughter, Suzanne. - . .

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Miss Mary Jean Hogan of Hali- fax 1S visiting her uncle. Mr. Ar- thur Hogan and Mrs Hogan, l‘ Green Street

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Miss Audrey DeBiois. daughtsi of Mr. tnd Mrs. Noel DeBlois, has arrived home from visiting school friends in Montreal. During the month of July Miss DeBiois was Counselor at a camp in the Laur-

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ed yesterday to visit with friends. Her husband Flying Officer Earle. now stationed in Summerside, will spend his holidays Earle. I I I Mr- Arthur Belcher, manager of the Bank of Montreal, Mrs. Bel- cher and Miss Barbara. “ ‘ b are spending their holidays in Winiii-

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Miss Dorothy Williams of Toi-_ onto is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vi. H. V. Dunbar‘ at. Iieppoch Beach.

Mr. E. I-I. Beer who for the past month has been a. patient at the PEI. Hospital has recovered suf- ficiently to permit his return to Roscneath, ivhere he and Mrs. Beer have been summering with their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Beer.

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Rev. LoDrow Gardner and Mrs. Gardner are home from their holidays. . .

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Mrs. Ewen MacMillan and Mrs. A. A. Pomeroy were Joint hostesses at. York Poinit yesterday afternoon at the tea hour entertaining in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mac- Kinnon of Ottawa.‘ - -

Mrs. Gilbert Houston and chil-

dren Robin and Betsy are spend-

ing sometime in Sydney with Mrs. Houston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. MacDonald.

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Mn. C. H. Gorhsm and Miss Eileen B. Gotham of Halifax are guests at "Bayfield," Keppoch.

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Miss Katherine H. MacLeod, R..N., New Bedford, Mass, and Miss Isobel MacLeod of the South African Petroleum Commission staff in Washington, D.C., are visiting their sister, Miss Mabel Maclseod, Grafton street. The three sisters have gone to Murray River on a holiday outing.

Miss Winnifred Gillan returned by plane to Worcester Mass, last Saturday having greatly enjoyed her holiday with Dr. C. H. and Mrs. Boer. _ ' _

Mrs. Harry Hodgson of New York who has been stopping at the Charlottetown for the past three weeks left Tuesday on re- urn home. ‘ .

Mrs. Livermore and her daugh- ter Miss Hansen who had a. de- lightful three weeks holiday at the Charlottetown Hotel and their friend Mrs. Porter, who has been visiting her sister, Miss Edith Rogers, left Wednesday by plane on return to Brookline, Mass., with hligppy anticipations of a return v t

Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodside, N.S,, and Lieut. J. C. Ruse, Eng, are guests Keppoch. _ . .

Mr. and Mrs. Kurd Eidsheim of Saint John NB, are enjoying a holiday at “Bayiieldfl Keppoch.

The year-old secret engagement of Princess Alexandra oi Greece ...... ..'..iig reter of Yugoslavia was announced formally Sunday by Mimilos Trifunovic, rremier of the Yugoslav Government. No date has been set. for the wed- ding, Alexandra's mother, Princess Aspasia, explained that "we want to hear good news of the war be- fore anything else." The marri- age, which has been approved by the Yugoslav Government and both royal families, is expected to be helpful in the solving of post- war problems in Balkans. The vivacious princess, a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a cousin of the Duchess of Kent, works at U15 Allied prison- ers of war office in London. For nearly a year she has been wear- ing a huge blue diamond engage- ment rlng and has been seen al- most constantly with King Peter, but there was no formal announce- ment until Sunday. King Peter will reach his 21st birthday Sept. 6. He became King of Yugoslavia in October, i934, when his father, King‘ Alexander, was assassinated at arseille. Princess Alexandra iksl two years older than the yting

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C. Ruse of their son,

bondon, at "Bayfield",

PICNIC BASKET HAS JOB IN NUTRITION

Summer time is pelcnic time, and with so many peop holidaying at home this year family picnics are more popular than ever. "A picnic bukeg is really a glorified. lunch box," says Marion Harlow of Nutri. tion Services, "and some thought should be the meal will supply the foods ne- cessary to round out the day's sup- ply or essential foods" . . Three "mvsts" for the well planned picnic basket. flay-s Miss Harlow. are a fresh fruit or vegetable. preferably 50th; some form of protein food, such u meat. fish. eggs, cheese or

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zrkidnbsnns. and milk in some form

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LADIES’ DRESSES and COATS

Clearance of Printed Rayon, Sheer and Seersucker, one and two-piece dresses. Sec this attractive group which originally

sold at 3.95 to 5.95. Now clearing at

A splendid group of our better s to 8.95. Now in one

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Final clearance of sprin believable bargain of those at

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SOLDIERS SHO LD NEVER WASTE REGRET OVER FICKLE GIRLS

Sweetheart Left Behind Turning To Another Boy Friend Shows Lack Of Real Love

DEAR MISS DIX-I am in the army. Just before l left home for the training camp I became -' to a girl but we thought it best not to marry until after the war. Fbur weeks later I received a letter frgm her telling me that she had met a former boy friend and he wanted g to return my ring and marry him, and she asked me to 8W8 h" lmehe decide between us. That was five years ago and I haven t heard frltizm r since. What d0 Wu think? BEWKILDERED SOLDIE .

GIRL EASILY SATISFIED

ANSWER-My guess is that she is pmbabiy mar- ried to the other chap by now. You were away, Bhd he was Johnn -on-the-spot. and evidently She was like the no w o sang that. he could be happy with either dear charmer were ‘tether dear charmer 8W8)‘.

out.‘ my chief thought is how fortunate Y0“ I" that this shallow-hearted and tickle sirl fwnd W; how little she cared for you before marriage. lhsieh of afterwards. She didn't. really sincerely love YO"- . To her you were just a date. somebody to take her ' about and give her a good time. i1 lime b"- 0! Y°m' once. another boy to play at love with, and she could shift her affections from one to another as easily and quickly as she could change her frock. You are to be congratulated upon your escape from her.

1 get hundreds and hundreds of letters from boys in the Service that are practically a duplicate of yours. sometimes they are broken-hearted because the dgirls to whom they were engaged have Jilted them and mar- rli-‘il SOmBbO y else. Sometimes they are worried sick because they hear that their girls are running around with other boys. Sometimes a des- perate man writes that the wife he trusted has been unfaithful to him. Oftena bov, who is too young to marr and too to mar . asks me

. D001‘ if it will not keep some girl he is in lovevwith true to him whiierlyic is away if he marries her.

To all of these bovs I should like to say. as I says to ou, that they should look at the problem of the fickle woman real tic ly, instead of sentimentally. and that when she throws them over for some new man who has caught her changing fancing they should not waste a single regret. over her. She is a good riddance of bad rubbish. They would never have any peace, nor happiness, nor sense of security with her, and they are luckv. indeed if the rcak comes before marriage, instead 0f afterwards when there may be little children to be crushed in the Wreck of a home, and when there is always scandal and wounds that. leave scars that never heal.

DEEP FEELING NOT POSSIBLE 1N SUCK mug

Perh ps th f ht as they ‘were nieaileys lyhgvignheexdrgealitgz£tlcfllesa lblnaiinebloogeyigligyegxel made of flimsy. It is not in them to have any deep feeling, or any joy- alty. or sense of duty or responsibility. All they want is Dieasuge ex. citement pretty clothes. and they will ci-io ' ' thesc to them. They are not flt to be trusted with a man's life an name and his honor. So the man who rievss over losing one of t em is as foolish as if he spent his days weep over a broken doll,

when a real woman really loves a man. it goes deep. He is the ONLY one rind she doesn't have to ask for time to decide whether she prefers lilinn; tzg iréteighgié} "Alreidwshrehfioesn t need an engagemen ring or a wedding

A man once told me about hearing an old wife's funeral service. dog under a wago ." grieving over.

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DEAR DOROTHY DIX—My husband and I have been married a little over eight months and we have been very happy together. but now he has bccn called to the nrmv and I have the Problem that so many other voting wives have, of how to live during his Mv mother insists on my seliinmmwfumituiio and-oomlntrto live with her, but I love my little home and I feel that I would be much happier in it. Espec- ially as my mother is married again and I get along better wit-h my step. father when I don't sec too much of him.

mountaineer preach hil He said: "May was as faithful t0 me as a. yellow That is the only kind of woman who is worthi

I am working in |.n aircraft defense factory and make good pay. so I am amply able to stay in my home. I have thought of takin in c. girl to live with me and share eiobensos. as her husban is also in h .- Whnt do you think I should do? MRS. A. D

MARRIED WOMAN SHOULD KEEP OWN HOME

ANSWER-By all means keep your home. You will be far happier in it, surrounded by your own things. than you will be living at your mother's and fighting with your stepfather. I don't know why exactly. but when a girl has once left home and had her own home she vor can go bacl: and fit into her girlhood home. She has [Otinn accu having things her own way and being independent. and when her mo er treats her as if she were still a little girl in pinafores. it gets on her nerves.

Don't even make a hard-and-fast long temi nra ngement with the girl you are thinkin of takimghin with you. You may like ner. You may not. Keep s. oor open at you can get out of if she gets on your IIQYVES.

DEAR MISS DIX-M y girl friend is vsry temperamental and only comes to her senses after a sound spanking, which is necessary nearly every month. Though every girl may need one spanking u; t 1m- in n81- placc, a girl who is still temperamental after a dozen span lngs and l - mlts she deserves them puss ea mo.

Would it be wise to marry ouch a girl! JACK. ANSWER-Certainly not. Wife-beating as a pastime a nls t0

very few men ,and you cannot picture a happy home in which t is the husband's favorite indoor sport.

given to its contents so,

Undoubtedly when a woman acts like a spoiled child she deserves f0 be treated like one, but very often we cannot make the punishment fit. the crime. or the avers e man would feel far more degraded in his own sight if he spanked h s wife than she would by being ' A woman must have very little decency and self-respect who either deserves to he spanked, or who submits to it. '

She is poor wife material, and my earnest advice to you is to D888 liter u‘: for some girl who behaves herself without the fear of the rod be- Ol’? ETCYES.

in Washington for n‘ ' of its routes from Syracuse, N.Y., to Ott- wa; and from Syracuse to Mont- ai via Waieriown and Massena,

SEEK T0 EXTEND AIR ROUTES

TORONTO, Aug 2 -fCPt —Of- ficials of American Airlines said here today the company has app- lfld b Ill Civil Aflonlufln laid

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ummer dresses, varying in prices 6.95

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_g_ and summer coals. Here you will find un- s. Original prices 17.95 to 29.75. Take advantage

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THE GREENDAL C0. LADIES’ WEAR

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IIITLEB FIRST

A smartly dressed women watch- ing war-savings parade in Edin- burgh walked up to one of we of- ficials and purchased a number of certificates. Said she: "I’ve been saving this to divorce my husband, but I can stick him better thm Hitler. I'll deal with Hitler first."

GOT ACQUAINTED

Dora: "What baame of that bashful man and bashful girl you were tell me about?"

Jack: "O , I ‘ ‘ ‘uoed them in each other. and in three weeks they were engaged."

L. O. B. A. CHURCH SERVICE. -Members of the Argyle Shore L. O. B. A. will hold their Annual Church Service at Argyle Shore Hall on Sunday afternoon. Au, 1st 8th at 3.00 P. M Members of Ss- ter lodges. and all Orangemen are cordially imvited to attend this service 7-31-8-5-7-3!

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Good Table Manners Are Mos important

connccr war r0 nivx

Do you hesitate over the correct way to do things at the dinner table? No need to fear that you're not holding your knife and forlt right or not drinking your tea in t polite manner. If you're not sure, you can soon learn.

Coffee and tea, after having ucel. stirred with s spoon, are drunli from the cup which is held by tlil handle. not cuddled in both hands . Unlike bouillon, coffee and in are never sipped from the spoon Also, many people think it neces~ sary to hold the cup with the fin- gers crooked away from the cup It is good form simply to hold the cup, as pictured above.

Good table manners are really simple — once learned they been so natural that you will never for get them.

Our SZ-page booklet giver a ful discussion of well-bred ways at thi table and will servo as a guide ant reminder to those anxious to learn

Don't offend your dinner purtnei by your offensive manner of cat- ing. Nothing rates a person If quickly u bad table manners.

Any careloI habit which call:

Send la cents in coins for your copy of Good Table Manners to the Charlottetown Guardian Hf\‘.6 Ser- vice, Address Be sure to write plainly your name. address and the name o booklet. .

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socia-tionb annual meeting that seamen would refuse to carry an ounce of cargo to or from Axis after the war until retribution had

1 this region. Tho answers an pm- Boor ’ Pl!’

~ swer was requested by the reader- ‘ A check revealed that the person

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inn 1| n feature non III! rho questions an thou which have ruched tho Wartime Prfoco and Trade Boa-rd from housewives In

tied b lb d 11'...- whlo ha.vo intelligent question:

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Women's lhllonnl Advisory Coin- mmcs of the Wartime Prices and iradg Board. a

Q-"On or about tho 30th of June, I applied for a rotlol} D00! .0; my bmy born Juno 14,; writes A reader of the Guardian. Instead if a ration book, I received a form to fill out and asked to have it agncci beiore a J. P. or send in tho Jabyb birth certificate. Why so much red tape obtaining a. ration cools“? I have not received a book u

AI-This letter was brousht in the attention of the ration Office in Charlottetown August 4 as an an-