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X After all is said and dor\e, how does it taste in the cup? That is what counts! SALADA" TEA BAGS yield the perfect flavour. ANN£ HIRST "Dear Anne Hirst: My maia trouble is tliat I can't talk with my mother about this. I'm 16, in high school â€" and I am in level The boy is nearly 20. "My mother doesn't l:now the the way we feel so I can't just come ripht out and tell her that we want to mar- ry in two years. Slic wants to fend me to an- I' otlicr school next fall and to college afterwards, for four whole years! "What's the sense in spendinjj that money â€" when I want to get married.' The boy leaves this fall for two years in college. "He and I are botli satisfied â- with one another, and we do not think there will ever be anyone 4984 SIZES 12-20 ' So smart! So simple! This new •Wirtwaistcr has an upstanding little Cliincse collar, outstanding pockets, winged cuffs. You need an import- ant fashion like thisâ€" for important events. Sew it now! Pattern 4984 sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 4 J^yds. 35-in. This pattern, easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS X25c) in coins (stamps cannot he â- ceepledl for this pattern t.i Hox 1, 1123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto^ Out. I'rint plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. else. â€" But something could happen. Will you please help me decide? PUZZLED'" NOT FOR CHILDREN * Marriage is not for children. * It is a job which many mature * persons find exceedingly difficult. * The way for a girl to prepare * herself for this great adventure * is to develop her mind and body * and spirit by every means she * can, so she becomes a well- * balanced individual competent to * meet the multitudinous problems * which attack every marriage. * If you do not go to college, * how will you spend the next two * years? Yearning for your sweet- â- ^ heart? t'loundering from one in- * consequential interest to another * in your effort to kill time? Stimu- * lating those emotions so recently * aroused? * The boy you love is finishing * his education, to fit him for the * career that will provide lor a wife * and family. It is likely he cannot * marry anybody for two years * after he graduates, until he has * launched himself properly in his * life work. * Can you do less? * Your years in college will not * only help you accumulate knowl- * edge, they will teach you disci- * pline, and train your mind. * Daily association with the stu- â- " dent body and teachers will help. '' you learn to get along with diff- * erent temperaments. Your taste * will be educated. You will learn *â-  the value of loyalty and good * sportsmanship, and other spirit- * ual traits which you will need to * be a good wife and mother. * When you graduate, you will be "^ able to meet your sweetheart on * his own ground, and feel your- * self a real partner in this most * demanding of all partnerships. * And how proud he will be of * you! * Vou seem to be a smart girl * for your age. Now pro\t it. * Tell your mother how you feel * about each other. You will find * her more understanding than * you tliink. Assure her you know * you are too young to feel entirely " certain of each other, and you * have no idea of allowing your * emotions to override your com- * mon sense. * Tell her you will go on with * your education as she plans, and * give these years all your best * energies and application. * And don't be formally engaged * until you are of age, at least. By * tliat lime you will know whether * you two are really "meant for * each other." As you say, many * things can happen between now * and then. • • * Confide your secrets to your mother. She was once in love, too, and she hasn't forgotten it. Anne Hirst understands, and will help you find the courage. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St„ New Toronto, Ont. If your wife described you as a man of rare gifts, just what would she mean? CROSSWORD PUZZLE Acnoss 1. Scotcl-cap 4. Mzanl 9. Tlie Rlrl It. Northwesloin Stnto (ab.) IJ. Heathen 14. liquallty 15. Orlftve with Another IT. Turkish decree 19. Antic to. Skip tl. Former emperor IS. Marchers VI. IlOBnrdcd 29. Appointment 10. Near .11. ralm leaf It. Attorenng 14. Self JB. You and I It. Mark of an Injury ST. Itound rooft tt, DeTica for â- catterlnv 4S. Frees 41. FInlshee 44. Man's nam< 4(. Malice 15. TrlBHRl* with unequal nnglr il. WelRht 51. Rcniffs S4. NeKatlv* 6t. Anirmatlvt S(. Maetlnir (T. Malayan coin DOWN l.TwItchIn* 2. Fuss 3 Order 4. I'"oolleai animal IS Knst dance «. Kpoch 7, .Mother 8. Vivarloua 9. Flood 10. Ownsd 11. ncforc 1«. Terrible 18. Tie carried 20. Toward the mouth tl. Thinks (archaic) 22. Orchid meal 24. Worship 1X%. Rtormed 26. FnelnRT up- stream on a Sl.icler 2S, Delcrloratlnii .1.1. Cushions 34. Famous 36. Made to so 38. Spoken 40. r.lnes 41. .Speed contest! 45. Final 41. PiKpen 47. Anierlcaa author 48. Watch from cover 49. And not 6(1. Oreek letter 6J. Land measure 35 3S 40 35 > A a 47 40 43 36 2S W â- n w 33 a S3 i^ 19 *f so 41 44 V 45 42 10 m 34 25 30 49 m ^o Teaching The Young Idea How Toâ€" Swimâ€" At Thunder Bay, on the sandy shores of Lake Erie, a Red Cross swimming instructor is shown with his youthful class intently listening to his instructions. â€" Ptiolo by Ceorge S. Butt. Answer elsewhere on thii pagei HRONICLES *& QvQ,ndoiii\e, P Cla-uke Between painting and entertain- ing; canning and writing, I have done a little reading â€" that is over and above the papers and maga- zines that come to the house â€" and overflow onto tables, chairs and chesterfield. I never can keep our reading material in order. I have been trying to read Louis Broni- field's books â€" "Pleasant Valley" and "Malabar Farm." And when I say "trying" that is no reflection on the author â€" quite the opposite. It was this way. I brought home "Malabar Farm" from the library â€" ostensibly to read it myself. But V, hen I had read about ten pages Partner got hold of it. When lie was through it was time for the book to go hack. Because it was new I could not get it renewed. So I brought back "Pleasant Vall- ey" instead and am halfway through it. Both books are too meaty to hurry over. Read carefully a lot can be learnt from Louis Broni- field's writting, both as regards farming and life in general. His philosophy is pretty good. Mr. Bromfield's pet subject is soil conservation. He thinks that soil conservationâ€" or the lack of it â€" has a much greater effect upon farming, and the welfare of a people, than is generally realised. Lack of soil conservation is already thrcat- ing the world's food supply. Mr. Bromfield claims their never has been a world surplus of food but always a scarcity â€" uneven distri- bution is the only factor making surpluses in some countries. Scar- city is likely to Increase unless still more is done to prevent further soil erosion, which, L. B. contends, is mainly the result of poor farming â€" that is, farmers taking all they can out of the soil and putting noth- ing back. This practise dates back to the early settlement days in the United States when the fertile land was cleared indiscriminately and cropped so intensely that in two or three generations the top soil was worn out. Then farmers moved further west, took up more virgin land and continued the process of -soil erosion. He likens these early immigrants to "a plague of locusts moving across the continent"â€" the main exceptions being the Pennsyl- vania Dutch who settled on the land and enriched it by their good larming. Eventually agriculturists reali- sed that something was happening to what had been their good earth. No longer was it producing the bountiful crops to which they prev- iously had been accustomed. An in- tern iv\; rescach programme was carried out and as a result, twenty- five years ago, a movement was started to systemize farming, recla- iain the impoverished land and stop further soil erosion. But what has been done is apparently still not enough and Mr. Bromfield contends that unless wasteful farming meth- ods are changed there will event- ually be a shorlage of food in the L'. S. A. He aoinit.s that such a con- dition sounds fantastic but he also reminds his readers that a fev» generations ago such a theory was ahso fantastic to the people of India and China. Yet now, half the people in those countries live their lives out without ever having had enough to eat. Soil erosion not only means poor financial returns for the farmer I ut the loss of minerals in the soil also affects the hc.Tlth of a nation, since it is impossible for any man to he better than the food he cats. Incidentally Louis Bromfield's the- ory for world distribution of food is much the same as that of Cana- da's H. H. Hannam. "Pleasant Valley" has one chap- ter devoted entitely to the buildins of "The Big House" and was quite amusing. Every member of the fam- ily was given the privilege of decor- ating his or her own room. Tastes were vastly different so the result «as unusual, to say the least. In one respect all rooms were alikeâ€" windows so low that anyone could sit in a chair or lie in bed and still took out the wiculow. That would ISSUE 32 â€" 1950 suit me. Our windows are high set and I always wish I could low- er them about a foot. But back to soil erosion. In his books Louis Bromfield is referring mainly to the United States, but much of what he says is equally true of Canada. From our own ex- perience on the prairie we know onp ly too well the effect of soil erosion. >luch of the prairie land should never have been farmed at all. We also have a sample right near here. Two years ago the Department of Highways made a new piece of road past our place. They got ''fill" from a nearby hill. Steam shovels scooped up the good earth, trucks carried it away until the "hill" was lower than the road. Now that piece of land is like a desert â€" the subsoil is gone, in places there is nothing growing, not even a weed. Yet that piece of land is government property â€" and no doubt there are other such patches. The government spends thousands of dollars in con- servation propaganda â€" wouldn't it be more to the point to give a prac- tical demonstration on restoring fertilty to soil on waste land so that trees at least could be planted and encouraged to grow? Farmers arc not the only sinners. Clover â€" And Beec Roadsides are sweet now with honeysuckle and clover, the warm, sweet fragrance of summer at its peak. Honeysuckle begins to pass its prime, though there will be blossom and lesser sweetness till the asters bloom. But clover blooms all summer long, a delight to bees, a friend of the soil and a pleasure to anyone who pauses to look. One thing about clover: it takes the soil as it finds it, sends down eager roots, spends the whole sea- son at a complex chemical job and gives a new supply of fresh nitrates to the soil it occupies. Clover re- builds the soil, and is constantly reaching out for new soil to reclaim. Give it half a chance and it will take over a gravelly roadside or a worn-out field where ffw other plants will grow, and in a few sea- sons the clover has given it new life. And all the while the clover will cloak that soil in cool green. brighten the landscape with its miniature sweet pea blossoms, and feed every bee within^ range. The one thing clover needs to thrive is cooperation of the bees. Take away the bees and the clover won't, outlast the season, as Aus- tralia learned long ago. For the bees fertilize the clover blooms and thus enable it to reseed itself. On the other hand, take away the clover and the bees would be hard put to fill their hives. Clover honey outweighs all other varieties, year after year. It would be a dull and less fra- grant summer without the coopera- tion of bees and clover. Together they help keep the planet green and sweet, with no thanks asked. Mystery Of The Mighty Midgets One of the northland's most fas- cinating puzzles is the mystery of the "Little Men" â€" the dwarfs who are said to haunt the barren stretch beyond the Arctic Circle where be- cause of the winds and sudden storms, no other human could sur- vive. From generation to generation Eskimos have handed down the story to their children, as parents in other lands relate the adventures of "Alice in Wonderland" or "Jack and the Beanstalk." Legend says that these dwarfs are mighty men. Even though they are short they are supposed to be able to carry the largest caribou (deer) on their backs. It is only the huge caribou they hunt â€" not the timid seal which is highly valued by almost all other Eskimos. For many years white men dis- counted such stories as a fanciful bit of folk lore. Then Dr. D. Jenness, a Canadian explorer, made sevetal quick reconnaissances into the uninhabitable land and found oftnstct Bitesâ€" HeatRash SlOP'i^lTCH Quickl Stop itching of insect bites, heat rash, ecxema. hives, pimples, scales, scabies, athlete • loot and otlier externally caused skin troubles. •â- w4'JliMS^i'Jfi.*°°"*'"*' antiseptic D. D. D. '"'•'••'"TlOH. Greaseless, stainless. Itch stops or your money back. Your dnixost stocks O. D. O. PRESCRIPTION. ""'*»" evidence that the "little men" majr exist Do They Exist? He reported finding dwelling^ only eight feet long by four feet wide and from twelve to eighteen inches high, made of dolomite, a kind of white marble. Points from small hunting arrows were also found, though no one had hunted there within the memory of the Eskimos. CiviHzation's gradual, but irre- sistible advance into the northland race in those snowbound diminu. wastes may soon give us the answer. 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