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* K it v.. . 5 t I,- *, r r CHRONICLES OF GINGEK I ARM L'y Gwendoline P. Clarke Every oiui- in a while bonnbody manages to take the joy out of life for many of us by sayiny or doinK somethin)^ iiK-aii aiui contemptible And that is wluit happened jii^t recently in connection with the berry patch where we have l;een wont to pick. It was tlic grandest i.atcl. â€" the walking not lo rouyli; tlie mos- quitoes comparatively well be- haved and the berries so plentiful that there was enough rml to spare for all who came. Many of us who lived in this district have picked in this particular patch for sevc- al years. We knew the patch pret'V well; we also knew that cattle were pastured there and for tlmt rea- son we were particularly carefui of the fences. Many, like myself, looked for places along the wire fence where there was room enough to roll underneath; others looked for a strong place reinforced with an anchor post and climbeil over. Either way would not be likely to damage the fence if proper care were taken. 7 â- * - But alas, there were also others . . some who gave no thought to the cattle in the bush, or to the fact that wire fences cost money to build and maintain. They broke down fences or climbed over them in slack places, bending them over and making them slacker still. These people had no regard for the fence or for the bush as being pri- vate property. All they wanted was the berries and an easy way to get them. According to grapevine informa- tion the present owner had acquired the property quite recently. This then was his first experience at what can happen to private proper- ty when berry picking is in sea- ion. Apparently he was amazed and appalled at the damage that was done. But the real climax came when someone took down the gap â€" ^and left it down â€" witli the result that the cattle got out and went in search of pastures new. It so happened I saw these same cattle on the road myself and wondered where they came from and to wliom they belonged. Was the owner mad? Well, what would you think? People around here were left in no doubt as to his reaction because the very next day notices wore nailed up about every hundred yards along the bush which said â€" "Tresspassers will be prose- cuted" and "Private Property â€" Keep Out" There was a'sn a wo- man- on horseback patrolling the loads and the bush as it the owner really niornt busines.s. Anil wlio can blame him? Bui oh, those beautiful, luscious ber- ries going to waste 1 I could quite cheerfully crown the person or persons whose thoughtlessness was responsible for the owner having to take such drastic action â€" except for the fact that I don't know who they were. The best 1 can do is hope they choke on their ill-got- ten berries. Looking back, am I glad I didn't lose any opportunity for picking berries when the going was good. And I had such splendid help â€" my sister-in-law, my niece, and. en two occasions .tolin came with me and helped pick. I'm telling you those berries look wonderfully good to me in their sealers on my cellar ihelf. But still, I am afraid every time I open a jar I shall remem- ber how easy it is for one or two irresponsible people to spoil things for the rest of us. ^< * * Well, the junior mend)crs of our family seem to have developed a wanderlust. Daughter recently spent a week of her holidays near Val O'Or with her uncle and cou- sins. And son Bob is at pic«rnt away some place the other side of Korth Bay. I suppose wc all have different ideas of what constiiuios » holid.iy. Talking about that just re,;entiy 1 told my family my idea of a holi- day for myself would be for th» rest of them to go away i-id leave me at home alone. .V whole week â- Â»ybe to do what 1 liked â€" stay home when I liked, go out when I likedâ€" with no meals to cook or dishes to wash. Now wouldn t that be something? lu^%««-r <•» t*r- i*»4«> I'ttvslv U. S. Ainbassador AieiE: African Brave (?) "ily gocJ uiaii," said the mission- ary Itf the .•Iftit.an i/iiV/, "it is icroKg l» have more than one uife. T--H all yeur nii-cs except one that they lait mo longer look upon you cs their husband." After a moment's re^eeticn the thief replied: "Yon teil them!'' Oii*CERTAIN DAYS* Of Month* Tlui fin* meilicine U t»«r.v tff*ctn0 to t«li<>ve painful diatrew •ml tir«d, da** voui, lmtabl« ferliDfii, of iui.'h i^y* â€" «rliea du« to fein«l« functionAl nrnothty t t>tat»irb«tK'e«..TlM>uMmls report herell*! HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured IT. S ainbassador to exiled gov- ernment of Yugoslavia. Col Richard C . 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But when a deadline is staring you in the face and it's almost mad time â€" well, lAe it or not, here goes. Why Not Try !♦? Toronto's leading picture maga- zine (we ihink it only has one, after the Life design ) welcomes picture-stories from amateurs as well as professionals, and pay s full rates for anything used. This is worth a try for some of you kids out there who have taken some real shots. Dress them up, tag on a good story and send them in. Who knows? Shirts, Shorts and Legs W'e happen to live in one of those i places where you find a good many â-  summer people. Strangers to the ; town, they stioll up the main drag ' in flashy sUirrs, shorts :uv' h.ire Athletes in Britain Denied Extra Food A rineved attfUHt to get extra food ratMiis for British competitors w'.'o will battle i^ainst world ath- letes in ne\t s'l.inier's Olympic Games was defeated in the House of Commons wh. n Food Minister John Straehey reaffirmed his recent statement that there could be no extra allowances, despite the fact that foreigners could bring their steaks with them. Mr. Strachey pointed out that there was nothing to stop the Brit- ish aspirants to Olympic honors frc>in going into restaurants for their meals as often as they wished. But So Appropriate ! .â- 4 very smalt, not lo say diminutive, man contracted a marriage with a uiifoiv ti/t.i was utiusuatty tall and liitge. A <CK xveeks after the ived- divg one of his friends came upon nun hok'ng r-cry glum. "/('/lo/'j the matter'" eried the fricf t "Isn't your nezf z<ife agree- able to yuu!" "Sl-e's kindness itself." sai'' the small one sadly "Isn't the a good honsi keeperâ€" a good eookf" "None better in the u-^rld." said the groom, drooping a liille more. "I hen <<.hot is the mutter^" "I'd be perfectly happy," blurted the It.lle mojt, "if people didn't call me 'the 2i.'id'>zi''s mi:e'!" One Better Lulu: "If yc7 J jeere half a man V".i'd take me to the circus tonior- ro-c." Pti'ld:: "Hvfy. if I -u'crc half a man i'd be in the circus." I legs. Personally we con'* a, pre- ciate seeing I ahes on the main 'Irag ot any town, dec!;ed out li'.<e this; but when they take the boy friend along and he, too, is wearing a flashy shirt and SHORTS: well brother that is too much for the stomach. The Lady Behind It No doubt you have all "^'J-d by now that the;e will *)e a "teen- town" in the automotre building at the C.N.E. this year They plan to have fashion shows wi'h boys being the judges, also movies and radio broadcasts And a record bar where you may find one of your favourite orchestra leaders, if you happen along at the right time. Do you know who is responsible for the kids getting all this hepped-i;p at- tention this year? Well, I'll tell you. It's Mrs. Kate Aitken, Director of the Women's Division of the "Ex." Yes, Kate Aitken that can accomplish more in ten hours than 15 men, is behind the big show for the teenei;. Seems strange, and yet so nice, to tl ink that we are con- sidered imporiant enough to merit all tl is. Well, we may see some of you down in that section, and if we do, don't forget to say hello. Drape Shape and Long Dresses There are two distinct changes in clothes for guys W gals which, in case you were.->'t a-^-'-re of it. are already in. For ''C boys, the drape shape has been buried and if you come out with a real drape in that new set c threads â€" well, brother, you might as well keep going. Vou are a has-been. The girls i bless 'em) will be seen wearing dresses that hang below the knees. Funny things about this, but one well known Canadian writer says that it's a sign of a coming depression. We think that the dress designers know there is still a little money in cir- culation and want to get some of it while it's still warm. Women have to be in style, so they'll run while the lettuce lasts and get the new longer-dresses Oh. you ladies, you! You Have To Be. Careful Several wcek.s ago. following publicaion, a writer-friend of ours called up and proceeded to put us straight on the SL.-\N"GU.\GE we use in this space. It seems that we used a term that could be used in a nasty bodk. We didn't think about it until we asked several others. They missed the point too, until told about it and then they agreed with the man on the telephone. I hadn't realized before that one had to be so very, very careful with these modern expressions. No of- fence meant and the editor didn't say a word .ibout it. so from now on we'll w;.tch things like that. Thanks a lot Horace for drawing the matter to our attention. It will save our face rft a future date. Well, it's closing time. I'll whip this down to the post office and see you next week. HONEY WANTED Whtn vou have hon«*.v tu m-ll. mmhI a ftampir ta us. tVe can off<*r market price**. Cuiitainon* loaned or returne*! to }'UI1. MacFeeters Crean.ery S2 Jarvis Street, TOKONTO. Profitable Dealerships in n,^:lonalIy-aJve^t sej electrical [.irni etnjii>tiiei\t' are being offereO by a lea«l- inK Canadian manufacturer aniJ dis- tributor. Sound. aiTKressive dealers n"ill find an opportunit.v to ci-eaie neiv sjilee volume and profits in a hitcli- turnover line, backed by our 90 year* oC merchandising to the Canadian farm market. K letter wnl brins coinpiete iiiforinaticn. Write today. ElECTRICVI. lliVlSIOX. <»e«rKe Wliite & Son*, ('oiniiany Ltd.. l.ondun. Oiitnriu. .Sugiried, the lion, is on his way to London town. The pride of one of ( "lermany's finest zoos, Siegfried is niakiiij; his personal ii.vasion of Britain in search of good raw meat. The Germaii- are parting with bin and with several hundred other i.)o anima s, because of a shortage of food â€" pan • alarly a shortage of meat for the carnivores, such as lions and tigei^. says Magazine Di.tjest. The parting has been made les^ unpleasant by the knowledge that, at last, in their \ew British homes the animals will have enough to eat. Tile story of the exodus from Grrniany's zoos, and the surprising joker at the end of it. comes from a compilation of dispatches ap- pearing in Swiss and British news- papers. * * * The zoo harde^t hit by the food shorta;;e is the world-fan ous Ha- gcnbeck Tierpark at Su-1'ingen, wh'ch had 3,000 arimals before the wpr. The present total of «0U is to be reduced to 2.50: the .Mlied Con- trol Commission is paying the full price for M ar-'nials acquired. Th? export of zoo animals is coiiioulsory. The Commission has ru'-d that the vegetables and meat n'".v consumed by hundreds cl wild ami hungry ani.ii.,.15 would feed ti.':u sands of hungry Germans. It is felt that the re auctions are only fair, since the number of agricul- tural livestock, such as cows and hogs. IS already being reduced be- cause of the fodder shortage. » • • And now from London comes word that the new arrivals are in for a surprise. For British zoo- keepcis have learned that even wild animals can change their diet â€" when they have to. The monkeys, formerly fed on ap- rico-s melons, and nuts, are now getting by nicely on vegetables. What is more, they seem to enjoy this much cheaper food. Even the meat- eaters, such as lions anil tigers, have been forced to change their menu. The man-eating ti.trcr of Bengal now reaches for a stalk of celery instead of a pork chop. All the animals â€" excipi for some exotic equatorial species which pre- ferred death to being vegetarians â€" have adapted themselves to the Bri- tish <l:ot. !n f.icl. iIkv li;., , i-,ui on way BE ENVIOUS of other peoples' coffee when vou can serve Max-nell . House? It's the â- world's i leading brand and it con- ; tains choice Latin-An»eri- j can coffees for extra flavor. weight, and tiieir skins and furs are much more beautiful now The vegetables, which make up the bulk of the diet for the 9,000 ani- mals in the London Zoo, come from a lOOacre farm nearby. Fish scraps are also included occasionally in the meals. Snakes and other small ani- mals cat the rats and mice, plentiful in the zoo, which arc trapped for them. All the meat-eating animals arc given, as an appetizer the remains of a horse be.neen them â€" a sort of horse d'ocuvre. But it's only enough to remind the animals that once they were not \egetarians. Thra's the joker in Siegricd the lion's British passport. Ile'.s going to ear his salatl, and like it. BiniMM-Narstd F. Rittliie. co«»»» i* Men Wear Too Much In Summer Weather Men wear clothes, points out the Printed word, Toronto, but usually too niueh of them in hot weather. "Attempts to get men to accept more comfortable clothing succeed slowly, but a man dressed in Uia lightest tropical worsted suit ia still carrying several ounces mora weight than his womenfolk think requisite for either comfort or de- cency. Perhaps .nen would be bet- ter oft if they gave more encouraee« ment to the designers of theil fashions. A little imagination ap plieil tu the b;!S:iK = s suit c;)i;!a \vork wonders." .v^ti^r ,.ais^«^^® ^ ^^â- - I. A.SCYTM8 HWOOO A. HUOHn G«»«roJ MowQBT REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" Bargain Day Ahead By GENE BYRNES LOOK., / PINHEAD-- / I'lA HUNC=R.y1 ( I'LL filVe. YA V TWO CEN-Hi \ A Piece X^FOR-'eW ' 'J liSkTiL- -