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FAGE TWO

JUNE 27. 1950

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EI.I.Ell'S DIARY

3: An Island Fennere wIfeQ t9e

"Hi. gran' daddy. come and see what we found!" granddaughter nailed him this morning. when having lifted a sitting hen from her nest, we had uncovered a number of alert turkey poults. Now" she smiled to him "lsut zhat good luck? we'll have turkey !or everybody's birthday now.. 7our's ...and mine and" after a sause filled with happy anticipat- on "James. Junior's, and all"' 'You may not resemble her much, rut you've inherited some of your grandmother's traits" he laughed catching her up in his arms "al.- vays counting chickens before ihey hatched! It's true these are rut of the shell. but the chances ire "he teased" it will be only the aid gobbler we'll have to eat-that s if he survives the Summerl" And together then they were off

I: prepare for a new interest.- g ohme of the morning: the eep-shearing.

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Always at Alderlea the flock of iheep has contributed a share to our llveihcod and comfort. Very small, sometimes, it is true. but even when prices were low to give little cash return, there was woo! for yarn for the farmers' socks, ind by way of it also, blankets for the beds. Lamb too, in season, if these were not ewes ear-marked to )e added to the flock, or such as nust go to warrant some expendi- tures for a needed work of repair ar replacement about the farm. We may say, in connection with '.his, we have experienced our nornents of yearning, "earthy" serson that we are, over the dow- ry of a bride of the long ago of whom we have heard she brought to her husband "three as fine a ,'oung ewes as ever you'd lay eyes ml" and thereby earned the right to cleaim as her yearly personal in- aome, the cash from the surplu- wool and any lambs that were told.

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Not, we suppose, that it would have made much difference at Al- derlea, if we had brought three or a dozen! It is likely that in no time. James would have persuaded us- piastic clay that we can be in his hands on occasion-to make some shi.ft which would have vested ownership in the "firm", so that any prior rights of ours would have presently lost their Identity in the farm's weal. Plauslbly he would have explained the propos-

al. and logically, with a hurt ex- pression to nail his "I'm. sure-what's-mine-is-yours. Elienl"

which we have found even wit'i our most generous of husband: has definite limitations to a farm- wife. ("Not ear-rings, Ellen! and, a roof needing shingles!" or a pic- ture, 9. plant. a book or some. "senseless" but extremely desir- able item of personal buying" and we that have been laying up to buy another farm! Oh. Ellen!"l Yes, we envied that bride who by way of her ewes could lay claim to tangible wealth of her ownl O C 0

Though at present our flock is only ordinary in numbers, the shearing presents its labour for the wee ewes to be retained in the flock as well as the lambs destined for market. The dipping or powd- ering for parasites is also done now. There is a mental sorting out of the breeding stock and site- gether plans are made for the future of this husbandry. The shearing commences with a call for "the whet-stone, Ellen!" the same one that has seen service all our years at Alderlea. one was aware that James sat a bit leisure- ly on the edge of the back ver- andah this morning, during the sharpening of shears, now th.-it the insistence of the cropping is W. O O O

Presently the sound of the sharpening ceased. one heard then brisk foot-steps and the patter of small ones dying away in the disi- ence and n silence. Today the work took them to an improvised fold in a corner of the field across the creek, by roadside where the flock is on pasture from whence granddaughter kept a line of com- munication open between us. "They want to know" she appear- ed at thedoorway once to say "if it's nearly dinner-time. You'd better hurry with it gran'daddy said, be- cause he's as hungry as a bear! No sitting around, he said!" And then a smile, revealing her amuse- ment over his words. and "They sheared the ram, did you know? It was the biggest fleece you'd

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True Success Story

By F. ll. MacArthur

While the principles of elec- tricity had been known for cen- turies. several outstanding men in the field of science were respon- sible for bringing the hidden mys- lery to full fruition.

Thales. Pliny, Robert Doyle, Sir William Watson were among this group. Each contributed his part to the building up of a great sci- ence- It was. however. not until 1739 that rapid progress in this

fascinating science began to step

forward at a rapid pace,

It was Hans Orested who open- ed one of the closed doors. shed- ding further light on the poten- tialities of electricity but it look a poor blacksmlth's son. Michael Farady, to bring Oresied's ideas to perfection.

Faraday. a poor English lad. was born in 1791 and, with almost no education. he was apprenticed to a London book-binder. Many poor children in those days were forced to earn their livelihood in a cold. cruel world. Michael Faraday be- longed to this class.

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The story of Faraday's humble bellflnlng and final triumph in- terests every right-thinking per- son who read: if. It interests the business man who has made a success for the reason that he probably travelled along the hard road before he reached llls goal. and it should interest the young man because he may .have to go through the some thing. or part 0f it. It stirs one's blood. The heroism of a youth who worked eighteen hours a day. under ad. verse circumstances to make good -a boy who lifted himself up by his own bootstraps. .

One day a gentleman, on enter- in: the shop, found the boy bind- ing kn cncyclopaedla, al the same time trying to read an article in it on electricity. Naturally enough, this man was surprised to see a mere youth so taken up with such a difficult subject. By sub- jecting the boy to a number of questions. he found that Fnrady. working late into the night, had already been experimenting on his own with nothing but a home- made battery.

Before leaving the building, the stranger handed Faraday some tlckeis for a series of lcctures which Sir l-lumphrey Davy was at that time delivering at the Royal Institute.

When he heard ihe learned lec- turer. the youth was over-powered by his own ignorance. would he ever be able to give an exposi. lion like the one he heard? Well, hardly. yet he listened attentively and made some rough notes which he later rewrole and sent them to the great man. together with a little note asking if he might serve the lcciurer in some capa- city.

Late one night. when our Suc- cess Story boy was retiring to his attic bed. he heard a loud knock- in: on the outer door. "Now who could that be?" The next moment a messenger appeared asking the youth to call at Mr. Davy's home in the morning, A

The great man remembered his own early days and his heart went out to the plucky youngster who Was trylnzz to forge ahead under Brent handicaps. So Faraday be. Came Sir DBVy's assistant of twenty-five shillings a week, and the young assistant did not dis- appoint his employer. From the Very first. the boy's work was satisfactory in every way. Furth- ermore. Davy recognized a spark of genius in the untutored lad. Everything the boy took up, he advanced and improved.

Now and then, Davy had the young man accompany him abroad. but his wife was mean to Faraday and led him a rather bad time of it. She would not permit him to eat his meals with the family, so he had to dine with the grooms. MF5- DHVY was the sort of woman who looked down upon everybody who did not belong to the mg. '1" Ulshed EYOUD. and we can pic- ”? her haughty disdain, even to her own husband though this is not in the records.

Faraday. however. bore 311 pm, with patience and uncomplainlng dlRn'liy- He felt that the great mans sympathy was with hlm.and therefore nothing that Mrs. Davy said or did annoyed him to any extent. Maybe he was. dreaming of the day when he, too, would receive high honor.

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That great day in Faraday": life came when he succeeded Sir Humphrey Davy at the Royal In-

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VICTIM OF FREAK ACCIDENT

Seba Hogeierp, 10, of Villa Nova. died in hospital at Simcoe, Ont. after he was crushed beneaih the dual wheels of a truck on a neigh- bor's farm. Riding on the vehicle. the boy fell off and the right rear wheels passed over him.

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BABIES DYING IN THEIR CRIBS

One of the tragedies that causes a shudder in everybody is the smothering of a baby in its crib. We all grieve with the mother, not only because of the loss of her baby but because she blames her- self for neglecting the child and feels that she can never forgive herself. Thai; all infants supposed- ly "smothered in their cribs" are not really smothered but die nat- ural deaths, is just now becoming known.

In "The Australian Medical Jour- nal." and recorded by Time mag- azine, Dr. Keith Boivden, chief pathologist of the state of Victoria and head of the Melbourne morgue. reports that he did a series of 40 detailed autopsies on babies who had died in their cribs, most of them supposedly from suffocation. He did not find a single case in which his investigation showed suffocation to be the cause. While the mechanism of death is obscure, in almost every case natural dis- ease was present. If more autopsies were made. and many are not

thorough enough, unsuspected dis- ease frequently would be found to be the cause of death.

slltuta where eventually he im.

Dr. Bowden states that the rea- son that smothering by bedclothes or by the child lying on its face is believed the cause is the "appall- ing swiftness with which death snatches the young. A baby may be overwhelmed in a few hours by a disease of such an iexplosive' type that no symptoms are show- ing when the child is put to bed.' These diseases are usually of heart, ear. nose. throat and lungs. Fur- ther. up to the age of six months all babies like to sleep flat on their backs. After six months, they pre- fer to sleep on their faces with knees drawn up.

A healthy baby can take care of himself and will push away I cov- erlng over his face; he will fight for his life and yell to attract atten- tion. "Why should a healthy baby die without much fuss just because he is face downward or his face is covered? But 8 baby dying of nat- ural disease might well be expected to leave this world quietly."

I believe the knowledge that babies dying in their cribs. t.houg7ht to be smothered by bedclothes or from lying on their face, really die of disease unknown or , A ” by the parent and the physician. will relieve our minds and bring comfort to all mothers.

ALLEBGY

write today for Dr. Barton's helpful booklet entitled "Allergy" (which means sensitivity to various foods and other substances). mud 10 cents and a 3-cent stamp. w cover cost of handling and mailing, to 'l'he Bell syndicate, Inc.. in care of this newspaper. Post Office Box 99, station G. New York 19. N. Y. and ask for your copy.

mortallzed his name with discover- ies which placed him among the mightiest.

"What is the use of such knowl- edge?" a lady once asked him. "Madam." he replied. "what is the use of a new-born baby?"

His own new-born baby gave ihe world the eleciric dynamo and the dynamo supplies the current for our "phones. ships. subs, 'planes. motor car: and what have you.

The poor boy entered into a fruitful and honorable life and all because he had it in him to euc- ceed. Apart from his useful gifts to mankind. Hans Orested has RIV- en the world a human lnlereet eiory that every poor may well ponder,

boy

"l'ml'uslqoinqfol1ave my cup often. . . i Come and join me!"

Regularly. day-after-day millions of Canadians enjoy the friendly pick-me-up from a good cup of tee. liefreeb yourself with a cheery. leafy brew. Remember nothing givee so much satisfaction to no many people of ac little

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DEAR MISS DIX:

-man, most interesting talker, never She was unhappily married and is

one ehe would be foolish again. near this woman. time. ute of the day and

marry me?

she went.

once in his power. on earth with a man who believed

and that although now you don't have perfect faith in her as soon over you. Forget it. You will be and has no right to any personal li

conquered the demon within you. of happiness in marriage is faith.

school kid. A man 28 years old is

company.

ANSWER: Nearly all young girls are

take of violently opposing the man like opposition. is at least 20.

upsets her for life. She is always

dais married in their teens.

ANSWER: You can make the

on and do it while she was young well.

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By Appointment

The big business man had died and gone to--well, not to Heaven. But hardly had he settled down for a nice long smoke when I hearty hand slapped him on the back. and into his ear boomed the voice of a persistent salesman who had pestered him on earth.

"well, Mr. smith." chortled the

salesman. ''I'm here for the ap- pointment." "What lntment?"

"Why don't you rememb 7" the sa' n went on. "Every time I entered your offce on earth you told me you'd see me here!"

I ) Cook's Corner talk about strawberry shortcakes- 'I'het'a wmiv. you'll nnd our result to suggest individual shorioekae. INDIVIDUAL STRAWBERRY speaking-the rich, biscuit-dough W90 extra garnish of berries. whole or sliced. flour or 2 2-3 oupe one!-lifted hard- !6 teaspoon eelt 96 cup milk mix in the auger. Make a well in the dry ingredi- Tum dough out on I Roll out to in-inch thickness and round: on e greeeed eodle

7 and while we are about it, they from this morning's recipe. we They are among the most dogg- SEOITCAKIS Serve pouring cream with these Yield-Eight shortcakqe. wheat flour 56 cup fine granulated nicer Measure em eift together twice gran

Add the chilled ebortening and ents and stir in the milk; combine floured oanvea or baking board and cut into 10 rounds. using I ali- iightly with eeft

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Just stall for time.

but you can't force it down the ihrout. of a grown man. husband won't follow the diet the doctor prescribes. there is nothing you can do about it. Certainly you can't nag him into doing it and you only make yourself unpopular by trying to force it on him.

i once knew a wife who got her husband to listen in his doctor by telling him that if he was determined to kill himself. to please go

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Jealousy

Over-Suspicious Suifor

nge Tactics.

I am a man 36 years old. Two years ago my wife and one child were killed in an accident. I swore I would never marry again. but now I have met a woman I'm crazy in love with. She is my age, highly educated. good-looking, fine buelnees wo-

a dull moment when she is around. separated but not divorced. Says

the reason lhe doesn't get a divorce ll that she is afraid if she had J in name mad moment to get married I am wildly jealous of everybody who comes

I am on her trail nearly all the

I want to know what she is doing every min-

night. She says she cares for me.

but if she does why won't she get a divorce and

E. M.

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ANSWER: The answer to your riddle in plain enough. Your insane Jealousy is your undoing. No woman who still retained her reasoning faculties, no matter how much in love she was. would be mad enough to marry a man who grew green-eyed every time she spoke to another man even when he knew it was a matter of business. who demanded that she produce an alibi for every minute of her time and who followed her and snooped on her everywhere

MAKES MARRIAGE BAD RISK

Any woman with a grain of sense in her head would know that no marriage could be happy that was built on suspicion. and that no husband could be so little desirable as one who even before marriage showed how monopolistic and tyrannical he would be if I iVDmIn WIS She would know that marriage would be a hell

the worst of her and who did not

give her credit for any sense of honor or loyalty or decency. You probably try to persuade her that marriage will kill jealousy

consider her trustworthy you will as the marriage ceremony is said even more lealous after marriage

than you are now, because then you will think she belongs to you

bcrty whatever.

If you really love this woman, don't marry her until you have

Try to see that the very essence

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I have a daughter aged 17. Just a high

paying attention to her. He is a

fine man in every respect, but I feel she is too young to have regular What would you do about it?

AN ANXIOUS MUN-IER

Just let it rock along wliliout making any issue of it. except that the girl cannot go out or have date: during school nights. so flattered by the attentions of grownup men that they imagine themselves in love with them. This is likely to happen to your daughter. If it does. don't make the mis- . Nothing precl-pitates a marriage

Make them well. until the girl

Seventeen is too young for any girl to marry. At that age her tastes are unformed and she has no idea of what kind of man she will want for a husband three years later. time of life, and to miss that does something terrible to a woman.

And she has had no play- It crazy for the fun she has missed.

hungry for the romance she never had. craving the admiration of men. Nearly all the women who. at middle age. get themselves into scan-

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: My husband has always eaten Just what he liked regardless of whether it was good for him or not. is ill and the doctors have put him on a diet which cuts out all of the rich food that he loves and substitute: the things he hates, and he refuses to follow it. I try so hard to prepare food for him in tempting ways, but it makes him cross even lo see ihem. We are so happy that I wonder whether I am making a mistake in trying to make him follow his diet, but my conscience bothers me every time I put a nice rich pie on the table. What, is your advice?

Now he

DEVOTED WIFE

baby est its loathesome spinach. So if your

and good-looking and could marry

That made him sit up And take notice.

DOROTHY DIX cannot reply personally to reeden. but will ans- wer problems of general Interest through her column.

? The Stars Say - -

By Genevieve lie-rnble !VW&AmvSVVk& For Wednesday. June 2!

IT may be dffcult to forge ahead on important issues on this day. since there may be complexi- ties or confusion in the judgment. particularly in making investments or in an overweenlng drive to "take a flyer." or risk funds in any form on gambling or "hunches." The way is hazardou the inclinations to- ward the sp lstive, and the men- tality involved too uncertain to make wise risk of funds or influ- ence. It would be wiser to sidestep all inflationary urges.

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If If. ll Your Birthday

Those whose birthday it is. are urged to watch out for

the way of a. gamble. a flyer or

Beach Towel with a Double Life