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i:l.ma.l:l‘.’s Realm/Social- and iP’ers0I_1a

The future of two British women, one an aristocrat. the other middle- class, last week hung fire at the parliamentary elections. Whether the Conservatives or the Laborites won their way back into parlia- ment it was certain that either Mrs. Clementine Churchill or Mrs. Violet Attlee would follow their husbands back into No. 10 Down- ing Street, Britain’s home of prime ministers. Both women, as alike in their devotion to their husbands, as they are unalike in their back- grounds are vital to both men in shouldering the heavy responsibili- ties of statesmanship. His eyes brimming with tears, Winston Churchill said of his wifa at Stras- bourg last year: “It would not be possible for any public man to get through without the devoted assist- ance of what we call in England one‘: ‘better half'." That was not the first tribute Britain's wartime prime minister had paid to the W0- man who since 1908 had been his wile, confidante, hostess, house- keeper and mother of his five children. In the same manner Clement Attlce, prime minister of Brlta'|'s Labor government, has often praised his pleasant, rather shy 54-year-old wife and mother of his four children.

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Both women. one the daughter of a wealthy, titled landowner, the other the youngest of eleven whose father was a middle-class business man, are very much alike in the care of their husbands. Neither wife is far behind when her hus- band is’ seen out, either in public or private. When either Prime Minister Attlee or Winston Chur- chill makes an important speech in parliament. his wife is always to be seen seated in the private gal- lery. Mrs. Churchill generally gives her husband a little wave of her hand in .1-Incourflzd’-h'i€ t bef°l'° he begins to talk. During the war Mrs. Churchill accompanied her husband on every possible oc'- casion. She travelled to Quebec City and Washington with him. At home she toured the countryside when German bombing prevented Winston from returning home. Mrs. Churchill always motored to the underground cabinet secret head- quarters where she had her own bedroom next to W. C.'s, to be with him. Mrs. Attlee still often drives for the P. M. Helping out her husband. Ciemmy Churchill ad- vises him regularly of his day’s ap- pointments and often admonishes him “Now don't be late, darllnl-"

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Both women have silver-gray hair and while Mrs. Attlee has a partiality for smart hats Mrs. Churchill frequently visits the swank salons of Norman l-lartneli and Edward Molyneux. Mrs. Chur- chill is taller. more elegant and more dignified in her bearing than Violet Attlee but what the latter lacks in beauty she makes up in friendliness and a warm smile. Al- though both women are alike in their devotion their husbands they differ greaty in their politi- cal undertakings. Mrs. Churchill. conscious of her social and politi- cal upbringing. is far more active politically than Mrs. Attlee who :has said on a number of occasions. “I have never been a political wife. I have just looked after my hus- band and children." While Prime Minister Attlee's wife dislikes pub- lic-speaking and remains in the background whenever possible - churchill’s wife, who is a fins linguist and has a smattering of Churchillian twang, rclishes the pa spcct of speaking in favor of Conservatism at every opportunity. At times she has been known to ' rush to the defence of her absent

husband when a heckler attacks

him. . .

Princess Elizabeth is flying from London to Malta this month for has-.u'cond visit with her husband. A spokesman at Clarence House. Londonhonul of the Princess. said she intendbd ‘to leave for Malta about March 5. Her husband. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. is ,on sea duty there as first lieu- tenant of the.do:trn.ayer Cheque!!-

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Vllcounu . Alexander of Tunis. -- ass by the Hon. Elizabeth

Lawrence and Mal. the Hon. Des- d Chichsstcr. were present at

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Cfal on Monday .eve.nin-._

J. A. MacMillan and Mrs. iflulflln‘ have returned from Jlontrsal where Dr. MacMillan at- tended a medical. m:sting.

‘Mr. and Mrs. r. R. Machine left

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they-willfattend the curlers’ meet and whdlegithere will visit their daughtci-,.M,iss Elizabeth Mackalne of W¢s(;;Vanc¢.>uv.er..

Mr..§,rld‘Mrs. J. A. Lawson gave a party at their home on Tuesday evening ’_for the members of the cast ot,,the Little Theatre play, "Brigh.tel1'-"The Corner."

s a s Mlss“‘Jerui_ha Lefurgey of Mont- real w-no-sbenl a brief visit with her mothervliilrs. Robert Nicholson, 1'-‘itzro'y"Sfi‘1ébt this week, returned by pla‘rie,.,p_sl Friday. Miss Lefurgey is con'v,al,e_scing after an illness of several -weeks.

3. l ° 0 - Miss.ji-lelen- Jenkins oi Char- lottetown‘ is-.visiting Mrs. Edward 0'Bri'erj,";.Qttawa, for a few days on her way! to Calgary, Alta.. where she w,llf,be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan ._il.egdin.

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Frances Holl Trainor en- tertainbd»3ln_"l'oronto for Mrs. Leigh Dingwell who spent some time on holiday the e. Mrs. Dingwell re- turned ‘io‘_.C ar.lot.tet:)wr. this week.

Friends'“.will_ be interested to hear 'of"=L_the birth in Montreal on Monday ‘of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.l_F. Thomas Judah, nee Vlrginia."Sc'arth.

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Mr. {and Mrs. Allison Foster and their young son will return today from a'_,holiday in Poughkeepsie. N. Y.,\and'Fl£lrida..

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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MacEwen. who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. ‘J2’ E. R. Macliwen, Upper Prince ‘Street, have returned to Sydney, N. S. I O O Mrs.'Lorne' Ives, who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Hogg and. Dr. l-Iogg, Brighton Road,.will leave shortly for Kent- vllle, N.S., where she and Mr. Ives wlll~take. up residence. .. 0

The members of the Queen Mary Needlework Guild held a sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. J. P. Gordon, Longworth Avenue, on Monday.aft.crn.oori. .

Friends will be sorry to learn that Mrs. A. G. Ley is now a pa- tlent in the Prince Edward Island Hospital,

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Miss Fleur l-iiliion entertained at bridge on .Wednesday night. 0 O I

Mrs. B.‘,C. Howard, who was formerly Miss Dorothy Holman of Charlottetown, has been appoint- ed prasident of the Y. W. C. A. at Sherbrooke, Que. . O 0

Mr..and .Mrs. Willard Coffin of Charlottetown left Friday to visit relatives-‘in South Boston, Mass. ‘ . . . O O I

Mrs and Mrs. Torquil MacNelll. Milton, left on Monday morning for ‘a. tlirae<months' visit to San Diego,"Cal!fornia. While there they will~be ahe' guests of their son and his wife,‘.4Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur

MacNcl1i.'-— , __.‘_ . 0 0 0 Mnqpuljllrs. I‘. W. Williams en- tertained informally a number of thefrqfi lull . at their home in Summers de'on Tuesday evening.

") r:‘*...~ .4 0 0 Mrs:~l.J;u C..'SimpIon of Summer- sldc l3ft"on'rFrlday morning with the Masitltnc Flying Curlers on a trip tcrthc Pacific Coast. 0 D

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Mrsl,-.W.;LA. Currie entertained a numbe .'o'f-,fl-"lends at her home in Summ _s_ _e'on Monday evening when three tables of bridge were in l7lay._

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Mr.L"and Mrs. Alan Holman left Summerside on Thursday morning on a triple Halifax, N. S.

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Miss Zilpha Sharp. Summerslde. entertained a number of friends at brid_gevj,on Wednesday evening.

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Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Nash left on 'l‘hursday~morning for their home ‘in Berwiclr, N.S. after visit- ing relatfvcs in the Province. In Summerildo they were the guests of Mrs;-N‘ash's brother-in-law and slster,"‘Mr.‘and Mrs. W. A. Allen.

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Mrs._ Lucas R. Allen, summer- Iidc; entertained a number I her friendfat the tea hour racont- ‘y' ’ ‘5 5* s s 0

Mr. "and Mrs. George C. Walker. Surnmaulds, _entertaincd a number

of thcr_.frlel_lds st their home in Summ rsldd on T.uea.tlay evening. . . .

Miss iJoan Macradysn of Sum- rnarsidmllcft yesterday morning with tit‘ Maritime l-‘lying Curlers

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Lenten Meditations mnuruncs AND neclslou

(Tho London-Times)

It is not mrprlsing that Jesus chose fisherman for his disciples. Among his neighbours in Galileo there were none better fitted by their training for the rigours of a long campaign.

on the morning described in the Gospel. Simon Peter and his com- panions had tolled all night and taken nothing. They knew their fishing grounds; they knew it was no use trying any more. Yet it. was yust at this point oi despair that the word came to them from the one whom they yet know but little, though already they had accepted him as master: "Larch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught."

He was no skilled fisherman who spoke to them but a craftsman from the. land. Yet he had that about him which could not be refused. Soon their nets were full; and sim- on. finding himself in deeper spir- itual waters than he had ever ex- pected. was crying. “De;:art from me, for I am a sinful man. 0 Lord." Jesus did not denart from him;

he began to use his fisherman: training for the greater end oi catching men, and changlrg the world's history.

The disciple iolimved Jesrs. not because he knew all about him. but because he trusted what he .new. The modem Christian believes that in the same Jesus the ultimate sec- ret of life is revealed. "lie that hath seen me." said Jesus. "hath seen the Father."

Because of the life that he lived, the death that he died. and his new life won in triumph over death and sin, the deepest fears of his disciples have already been re oived. That to which they are called is not case but difficrlty and dis- comfort, the insecurl y.of the open boat, They follow one who was put to death upon a cross. But where he triumphed they. through him. can triumph also.

The shallow pieces of liie to-day are crowded, but in the deep plac- es there is room for all. Many in the shallows are fatigued. They feel that stem toll has brought them very few results. Yet once more to them also there comes the div- ine impulse to try again, to ta"e the risk. to attempt the greater rather than the smaller task.

They may not know much about the one who has planted that im- pulse within them. But if they trust the little that they know they find themselves led forward in unex- pected ways to new discoveries. It is decisions of this kind ‘which change the course of history.

Be'H'er ‘English

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1. What is wrong with this sen- tence? "The Blumlllils of the col- lege gathered for their reunion." 2. What is the correct pronunc- iation of "illusive"?

3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Tcnnpelmerrt. tem- porai, tempestuous. temerity.

4. What does the word “impen- etrsble" mean?

5. What is a word beginning with cir that means “to gain ad- vantage over by stlatagcmfll

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1. say. “The alumni (plunl) of the college." 2. Pronounce i-lau-siv, u uincube,saaslrislt,nclti-lvu- xiv. 3. Temperament. 4. Incaipamle of being entered. or passed through. "Highest words impenet- raible to star or sunlight." —- Mil- ton. 5. Cizcumverrt.

ACTIVE VOLCANO Mount Etna in eastern Siciiy. 10,000 feet high. has had over 80 recorded erruptions.

. Pioneer llays In P. E. ‘I.’

By I‘. ll. MIOAIHIIII

Child life in tlic early days of this Island was vastly different than it is nowadays. but we are not at all certain that they were less happy. In this brief sketch. I am going to try to point out some‘ of these differences as the article takes shape.

Have you ever thought how much is done for the boys and girls of this generation? The school of today is a palace com- pared with the school of pioneer days; costly books are printed for them. toys are unlimited and amusernen-is of many kinds are provided. This was not me case in pioneer days; than children were “expected to be seen and not heard’. and they were also taught to obey their parents and respect other folk, especially the elderly persons in the district.

No doubt parents loved their children then as much as they do now. but they were not pam- pered or spoiled by having things their way. or by over indulgence.

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The life of our forefathers was one long grind of poverty and hard work. They had to do without many things; and so did their children. for large families were quite common eight or ten being an average family. Often children were named after some flowers or again, names would be taken from the Bible, such as Pansy, Buttercup, Daisy, Jeremiah. Jacob. Adam. etc.

‘In the earliest days of the Is- land settlers there was little’ reg- ular education of the children. The brighter of the boys learned to read. write. and do a few sim- ple problems in arithmetic; the girls did a bit of sewing. Their

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Now comes the pleasant . lull that follows tbs end of oil: wad: of work. the cairn and quiet and order that usually brings ‘us to our Day of Best. Small fellows weary from the varied interests of their day are snug in bed. the 'I:nalle.r lad» suffering no_ escort but his father. Jamie granted a later hour of retiring, and more accustomed to our mlnistrations. is not so particular about his. Even though eyelids are weighed. ends of some topics still remain to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. before sleep finally settles. And so we sometimes loi- ter in his room until a last word of the day hesitates on his lips. it is, we think. strange and touch- ing that no matter how trying at times children may be during the day. every last irritation is for- gotlcn when they come to their pillows. and they are then espe- cially innocent and dear. “The poor little fellow". James will say

caressing one deep in slumber. “they have their own troubles too!"

_But James is not with us at this house “in the road" tonight. Avowedly faithful to us in our continuing absence from Alder- lea, only because his present busy situation leaves him as he says "no time to look around!" he in- tended to come to spend this even- ing with the famiiy here if to- day's snowfall and drifts had not continued into the dark and in an on-again. off-again, gone-again manner that has patterned the travelling along this road of ours this Winter, once" more motor traffic is suspended. and the far- mers expect that February has given them some drifts to clear

E DOROTHY DIX SAYS -

Ideal Mother

Nei+her Doormat Nor Martyr. Says Miss Div

A correspondent asks: "What is your ideal of_a good

mother?"

Well, my ideal’ of a good mother is not the popular one of tral dltion. She isn't the sweet saint who enslaves herself to_her children

and lets them run roughshod over herself up as a living sacrifice on"

poultice. post and she has

dren. have to look up action. dren will turn out. and keeps them walking anywhere else.

, No, my ideal mother is not a is more of a hard-boiled egg than‘ she is a mush She has a heart as big as all outdoors. but she also has a backbone as large as a telephone

her. She isn't a martyr who offers the family altar. , bit like that. She

an enlargement of the funny bone.

She does not make herself a doormat for her chil- She puts herself on a pedestal so that they

to her. And she is ll woman of

She doesn't trust to luck about how her chil- She bats them into the straight and narrow path it until they like it and don't feel at home

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My ideal mother tries to see her children as they are. She doesn't think that all her geese are swans and that each individual child

is an infant phenomenon. If Mary is an ugly duckling,

mother sees to it that she is given

the education and: taught the parlor tricks that take the curse off her

homellness and save her from being a wallflower.

at his books but clever with his where ingenuity counts instead of

She gives her children a sporting

If John is dull hands. she steers him into a career the dead languages.

in life ‘ she has

the intelligence to recognize their defects and help them to correct

them. - My ideal mother knows that,

every mother writes licr own price

tag for her children, and that they take her absolutely at her own

valuation. if she holds herself ch

eaply. they regard her as worthless.

If she makes herself a servant to_thcm, they treat her as they would a

servant.

If she is shabby, they are ashamed of her. them to talk back to her, they are insolent to her,

if she permits If she gives them

the best of everything, they take it without even a "thank you." My ideal mother knows that her children will treat her exactly as she teaches them to treat her. and so she exalts herself in their eyes.

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‘ Wor_nen’s Liberal Club Entertains

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ASTHMA. HAY ' FIVE AND ITCEING CID!

Now that allugists. and _ ‘ nndim

physicians also. are

the reason some of us are afflicted with hay fever. urtioaris (hives). frequent head colds and itching oi the skin. and otholsare not, is that the afflicted ones have too much histamine in their system. The new drugs that lessen the of- fcct‘of histamine are becoming po;'yu1a.r: show one seems to be re- ported almost monthly by research workers scattered throughout the world. Two of these an bcnwclryl and pyrebensaminc.

Recently I wrote about iz patr ients v.1‘.lo were relieved of asth- matic attacks by a solution of ben- adlyl rprsyed up the nose. Ben- adlryl entirely prevented sttacks. decreased their severity or grosifiy iengtlllcncd the time between at. tacks.

Ben “ si is helping many cases of hay fever in patients who have had several series of injections of ragweed pollen. The fact that benadryl can be taken by mouth also makes it popular‘ with pat- ients.

In "The Journal of Allergy." Dr. J. E. Rothschild reports a case, a 25-year-old-man. who. while hold- ing a‘ piece oi’ ice noted swelling. nlunbuess and tingling of the hands. The same symptoms oc- curred while holding a. glass of iced tea, on eating ice cream, or drinking cold beverages. "After entering a air-conditioned building. the patient’s hands. feet and legs felt as though pins and needles were sticking into them." The patient was desensltaiz ‘ (made free of symptoms due to coldness) by two water baths daily. first at is temperature of 97 degrees F. then gradually reduced. during four weeks to 75 degrees F. In ad- dition, 50 mg. of heraldry] and 5 mg. amphetamine (Beslzedrine Sul- fate) were given by mouth four times daily. Upon discharge from hospital the patient could eat ice cream with no ill effect.

In "New York. State Journal of Medicine." Dr. A. J. Philip reports that bensdryl in a 2 per cent oint- ment brought complete and lasting relief in 44 of 85 cases cl severe itching at the skin and partial ro- lief in 18. There was no relief in 23 cases. v

Judging by the above experienc- es with benadryi. this antihista- minic drug is worth is trial in the various formula of allergy.

fi fi 4 g The Stars Say- - ’ By Genevieve Kunhla For Sunday. March ii A POSSJBLE conflict. a sur- prising break in progressive and promising situations. a sudden withdrawal of cooperation ixc-.n essential sources. even the aliens- tion of so erstwhile friend may give some poignant anxiety or stress. While such may be dis- tressing and deep-seated in ten- sions and feelings, at the same time there is quite a surprising

sppsszancc of an "eleventh ilou: friend" to give balm and stimulluus.

For the Birthday

Th-zso whose birthday it is. Inav find themselves in a disquieting and pcirlurtled state of mind and

" due to an unforeseen break in either support. ship or business prospects. with ururavppy reactions and conflicts on the personal life. While the break seems drastic and regret- table. thcre is bs‘m in the shape of another proffer of friendship snd cooperation also arising from sn unexpected or unpredictable quarter. Take herd of this and mend broken fences. with assured