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Show n b-- & ft Kathleen Norris Says: Wen. New "a Ball ivndlraM. WNU raaturaa. tT A A St.' Iks . them puzzled on another count: i, who's always solving problems on Big Sister." does It In her dreams when she has to take an anesthetic. Has Uie dream so many of us have thinks she knows the answer to what life is all about. The last time, the dentist said she shout- Mer-cede- ttkf "Ute lay, 'it mafia, don't tend a variation of marital it comes ftem a Canadian mother who feels herself faced with an in- HERES dont think soluble problem. I so difficult, but then I know the persons involved. I dont dont know how strong or how weak Alan Stairs is, nor how attractive or how inadequate Jl his wife, Edith. Alan arid Edith met In 1942 at a Edith was a telephone oper-stoAlan was 2,000 miles sway tvm h'ime, and all ready to go with the army. Both were iwrn-ag Three weeks after they danced blether they were married; Alan bd another month before sailing, a e fiend lent them a delightful cotinge and they had a happy Then Alan went away; honeymoon. Edith worked on for five months, aid then because she was an without money wrote Alan'a aether and went west to the family. Btr daughter, Daphne, was born Kd the two women lived on Edith working again, Alans Bilker continuing to take a few hoarders and caring for the baby then Edith was away. "Edie was a weak, tearful little fcr.g when she came here," writes Xunel Stairs. "I hadn't wanted Alan to marry at all, at hia age, ed hadn't welcomed her too warm-- f But as the months went by, and when exquisite little epecially Daphne came, I began to be very ted of her, and now 1 may truly ny that I love her, and she defends upon me. "Three months ago a letter came tem Alan, in Scotland, asking for I divorce. Edie was hysterical with tuck, and afterwards went Into a ,ftl illness. I wrote Alan that he rust come home at once, and he did. He has grown Into a different king, strong, brown, firm. We hard-- b knnw him. He shows no sign of fcterrst In Daphne. He has not spent I eight here, staying at the hotel. Edie is crushed and continually In r; Alice. s sea-far- or-jfc- bars. Hants American Nurse. marry an Amer-ka- n girl who went to England as l nurse. He owns the house in which 1 live and says they will live here. He wants me to influence Edie to mike these changes easy for him, nd says he will send her 12 pounds i month, generous enough, as he kii no Job now, but ahe and the baby cannot live on that. "Alan la splendid, eager, ambitious, more loving with me than he bas ever been. He ii my only child, nd I am a widow. It is hard for me to live with little helpless Edie, and take her side against my son, as he and his new love, Hose, wants to use this big house as a aanitorium for children and are full of plana. If I advise Edie to divorce him, what becomes of bar and the baby? If I advise agsinst It. Alan may easily make it impossible for me to live on here. If he and Rose carry out their plan, on the other hand. 1 could be in ir.y element here, for I was once a mirse, have kept up with my profes-i- i in, and would have the cn'.iage back of the house aa my nvn home. Rose, it appears, has tome money, and would be able to :,at the aanitorium undertaking at Alan wants to one-roo- m or.ee. and my &M 0 "Sbt it continually in Iran . , , ' ' 'SOMEBODY BETTER , So many of tbt war marriages now seem a "mistake." This is especially true of the teen-ag- e unions. The serviceman has been away and bos matured rapidly and profoundly. His wife does not interest bim any more. He must bare someone more exciting and glamorous. If a child bus been bom while be was away, be finds the little one a source or irritation. This is the situation described in tbe letter Miss Norris answers in todays article. Alan Stairs, a Canadian soldier, married Edith when both were 19. They bed known each other only three weeks. After e months honeymoon Alan was sent overseas. Edith went to live with bis mother, Muriel. Tbe two women became very fond of one another, especially after tbe baby. Daphne, was bom. This happy little household was shattered by a letter from Alan, asking for a divorce. He said that be bad met an American nurse whom be wanted to marry. His mother asked bim to come borne and be did. Seeing Edith and bis baby did not change bis resolve, however. He is putting prey tore on bis mother to influence Edith to consent to e divorce. The answer to this is shopworn by this time. Alan is one not of hun- dreds. but of thousands of young husbands who have wanted a com- upon coming home He plcte has lived In another world for more than two years, he comes back to the old world disillusioned and changed. It Doesn't Work. Of course it would be pleasant, or lt seems so, if a man could shift off a wife after a few weeks' honey- moon, disclaim all responsibility for her and her child, and blandly plan a different sort of living with a more exciting mate. But all sorts of civilizations have found that that doein't work. That marriage isnt just a matter of a honeymoon. That girls who cheer- fuUy discuss marrying men who are already husbands and fathers don't turn out themselves to be particularly good wives. That a baby girl has her little rights, too. Russia had easy divorce 20 years ago. It was only necessary to say that it wai desired, and the fact was accomplished. One man under 30 told my brother blandly that he has been married 22 times. But that's all changed now. There are baste values that have to be preserved. r.ot for any ephemeral ideal of honor or fairness, but as foundation for solid human happiness. Let Alan give Edith another year or two; that's not loo much, at 22. Let him take his place in hts old community, standing by his mother, his wife and his child. He can't lose by this plan. When Daphne is of school age, Edith can find work again. In these years she can prepare herself for that work. But the chances are that normal home life, old friends, picnics, dartres, movies and the charms of Daphne will work the old miracle. Alan's escape will be not away from his own people, but from his own weakness and Chestnuts Srarre Now Members of the older generation have a feeling of noslalg.a wlu-they recall the joys that went with gathering chestnuts afer the lu.--i heavy frosts had (,ei;ed the burrs of the brown and savory nuts. Raw or roasted, chfs'.nu's aiwsis m km:?. (sled good, and whr,ri ing the holiday turkey, the r sl'.s were excellent. But about 40 years ago a de.,d!y blight imported from China struix our chestnut trees, killing practically aD of them. u.-(- ' k Christmas dinner Is for. family and friends. They should be given their favorite foods, prepared family style. Plan meal ahead and save last minute mussing and fussing. MERCEDES McCAMRRIUGE 2 tablespoons lemon 4i rup e hupped suet j ' i ' 4 M-P'- t, well-nig- h AI) l:nS$pomu,ri for fi hair timed LYNN SAYS: Christmaa Have an ttolyuund" Now that fveryoru t fn'tiii.g down a dul uit A t n:t trial. International to do rig In of thru story pioprrlias on to a normal life at la. 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" ( e.'o.-d- ai"o? ... ill-i- ii i -- rtaatte Work Glome A washable plaetie coating has been developed for work glovew Tbe Candy Land plaetie ia vinyl butyraL Tough bid In 1945 Illinois produced over 40 flexible, it can be cleaned with per cent of all tlie candy made in solvent to remove greaacb oil and tlie U. S. grime. marriagei. DO $iws$4 far fast; soothing, gently Hurry rub In Ben-Ga- y tha origiwanning relief! Insist on genuine Ben-Gacontaina up to 216 nal Baume Analgcaique, Ben-Gatimes more methyl salicylate and menthol two agents known to every doctor than five Ben-Ga- y acta fast where other widely offered rub-iny pain-relievi- f miiiin YooMayT, ri cf an,'i-nrr'- ar. Cranberry rrlish salad is made rt foods like apples, oranges und honey. It ran be prepared the day before and garnished prettily by rutting the molded salad with a scalloped rookie cutter, and lopped with an applr rut the same way, garnished with mayonnaise and a rrd rherry. casy-to-g- Add brntrn rgg yolks to brown sugar and mix in lemon juire. Blend in suet, bread crumbs and re- r, s Tao. , j BRING maining ingredients. Lastly, fold in stiffly EM IN LIKE THIS be iilrnegg whites. Use a 2 quart mold which litis been greased bSP- -' well. Sprinkle with flour and pour in pudding. Cover and steam for 3 hours, or bake at 250 degrees for 3 i o"W hours. If individual molds are used, this will make nix puddings. To make a sauce for the pudding, b( at 1 egg yolk and odd 4 cup of ngar slowly. Fold in 1 alillly beaten egg white and auolhrr '4 cup of n of v.in.i.'a sugar. Add 1 Just before serving, fold in 4 eup of cream which lias been viiqj.-edOrange or lemon flavor or graird rind may also be uted for Rawiiu.g S""' vsf m tca-peu- . .tv Jack Horner Pudding 24 rups milk 4 cup lirowo sugar 4 teaspoon salt 34 tablespoons rornstarih 4 rap seedless raisins 4 cup rut figs I teaspoon grated orange rind j !S teaspoon nutmeg It rup seeded raisins 4 rup rurranU 4 rup nutmrata 14 tablespoons flour Wipe sky-pil- nt ODDS temperatures sbovs 40 degress speed up the growth at spoilage gonna that era on and la pork. Warm pork s polls aa rapidly and far tha aarne rcaaon as warm mUk. and orange juice Add half as much ginger ale and chili thoroughly before serving. Remit Reef. roast with a damp cloth; Jnilge Ixittom of pan with flour. Place roast in pan, skin side down, nd rub over with flour. Place in a moderate 3(10 to 35(1 degrees) oven and rook as follows: for a well (lone roast 15 minutes per pound, plus 15 minutes; fur medium done, 12 min- Jtos per pound phis 15 minutes; and If Vali, the Italian actress, arrives for a rare roast 10 minutes to a in time she will make her American murid plus 15 minutes. screen debut in Alfred Hitchcork's Green Beans with Mushrooms "The Paradine Case," working with (Serves I to S) Ethel Hurryinorc, Gregory Peck, pounds green brans, cut In slivers Aml Todd jourdiIIli Ch8rIei fresh muahruoms Laughton and Charles Coburn. 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Trail au a pastor and bin help(Serves fi) meet. 2 cups fresh rrinbrrry rrlish 1 tablespoon plain grlalin A nationwide survey revealed that 4 cup cold water the best known motion picture star 12 apple slices ever to appear ori a screen was Kin Real mayonnaise Tin Tin The survey was conducted Salad greens fur PRC Pictures, Inc., in conriec- To eraiiU rry re!:. h, add gelatin tion with the forthcoming "The He- turn of Rin Tin Tin," starring R.T.T. soaked in ci Id water and dissolved In hot water. Turn into shallow pan III. rinsed w:h rnld water. Have mixture at least one When Britisn actor Rex Harrison inch drop. Chill was on the CHS "Academy Auaid. he invited Director Dee Ergelbash unt.l flrr:.. Cut o il to tea; telling the guest how to with a sra!ln.ed nach his home, he said, "It's a rookie cutter and walk to the top of the place on salad road, a t.q pence ha'penny ride. You grens. Top wi'Ji can't miss it. The ta bby at the cut with Just beyond the pub. slice same cutter and d.pi vi in lemon Kill direct you." Desp te those fatal words, "You can't rn:ss juice T.p wi'h roe! mayonnaise and garnish wiih a half a cherry. it," Engelbach found it. f h 'Cranberry Juice. Mix equal quantities of cranberry Skinnay Ennis, of the Abbott and Costello Show, got his best break because a friend got a bad one. Saxy Dowell was vocalist of Hal Kcirp's band, Ennis wus drummer. When Dowell fell and broke hia tiip. Kemp literally forced Skinnay to get out and sing and was the bashful, scared Mr. Ennis amazed when Ihe girls went "Wheel over his breathy, confidential style! iNute: He's no longer bashful!) round-abou- teaspoon oalt 14 teaspoons cinnamon S j Juleo IS rup soft bread crumbs 14 teaspoons baking powdrr li 2. Dig Dullinu. Cooking. Tog ma'aui, tight in your own kitchen, you can easily mix a cough medicine that ia a wonder for quwk iwoullw and gtveo you about four tinieo aa much for your money. And tt'o no troutiia a child could do it You'll need a syrup. Maka It by Stirring I cups of granulated augar and ona cup of water a few monicnt. until dissolved. No cooking needed, tir you ran use corn ayrup or liquid honey. Instead of auger syrup. Now got 24 ouncua of lines from any druggist, and pour it Into a pint bottle, and fill up with your syrup, Thera you hava a full pint of remarkable medicine for coughs duo to colds. It lasts a family a long time, and last on fine children lava It. You'll say It's hard to heat for real relief. It loosens the phlegm, soot lies the Irritated moinhranew and helps dear the air passage!. Esses the aoreneaw and lets you re: t at nlrht-Ilna- x la a apodal comiiound of proven tngrrdkmtw In concentrated form, wrell known for quid: act loo on throat and bronchial Irrltatlonw Just try It, and if not pleased, your money win bo refuadodL 'Royal Plum Pudding. "? Fourteen years. Ona-fiftof the population. S. The ocean (fish). 4. Robin Hood. 5. ller uncle, William XV. 6. About 63 feet. divorces for every 7. Thirty-on- e 1. Fork Spoilage Cold, pork will rarely ipoQ, bed mild fill days which raise the ait Splendid Cough Relief, Mixed lin YourKitchen Raves No 2 eggs, separated K eup brown augur j ' 1. recipe: We may all get somewhat worn-oed I know now. Please remind me by the hustle and bustls of the to tell you." But the gal who does holidays, but, confess now, would so well on so many air shows. ' 1 OT'1 thlnk iVe any y0U eluding "Grand Centr.l St.tion." would say because anyone yea" never can remember what she half the fun of Otistmai. learned In her dream, to her friends' that's Christmas Is the tine to put on annoyance. your feast of the yes', for this Is k truly the meal James Baskett owes his film de- rememthat's but in Walt Disney's RKO released Whit-eve- r bered. "Song of the South" to the fact that you have, the "Amos 'll' Andy program came set It on a colorto Hollywood. Hearing that Disney ful table with red wanted sumeone for "Uncle Remus," and green colors Baskett made a recording: when in food snd dec- Via BasDisney heard it, the iratiuns predominating. Have evkett, who's "Gabby Gibsun" on the erything cooked to perfection and air, got the Jub. He also doubled let the rest take care of itself. for the voices of the butterfly and Do your marketing and planning "Brer Fox." well in advanre so you won't be disapixiiiilfd, and do get most of the Joyce Reynolds, who received a food prepared in advance so you leave of absence from Warner Broa. won't be caught in the last minute eighteen months ago to marry Ma- rush. Dessert, refrigerator roll rine Lt. Robert ICwis, has returned dough and snlad ran all be preto the fold, and will star with Robpared the day before Christmaa if ert Hutton In The Wallflower." She you follow tlie suggested menu. was last paired with him In "Janie." ut . .l,sCifa'WvX4X.i& 1 '! V,&S. 1 Vi'f'fr'Kfr Wash berries, orange and core apple. Put through tlie meat grinder, using medium knife. Add syrup and let stand in the refrigerator. This wili make 34 cups of relish. It may e used as a relish fur meat, if drsired. Trimmings from the jellied relish salad can be added to fruit cup tlie following day. A good ilum pudding may be kept for sevrral weeks. If drsired, and allowed to mellow like a good fruit cake. Or, If yuu want some fur New Years Day also, double Die fullow-in- g M'SS My away "Edie aays, Auntie, dont send and my baby away. Alan says, T.x it up for me. mother, and fix it up In s hurry. Edith and I never 'ere rightful males. Let's save what e can from ths wreck.' What shall I do?" fully. n - v KATHLEEN NORRIS By ' r.i The Quest tone The Constitution of the United Statei provides that tlie President CHRISTMAA DINNER must be a resident of the United Statei for how many years? 2. How many Americans have 'Cranberry Juice 'Rib Roast of Beef moved from one part of the counBrowned Potatoes try to another in tlie last three 'Green Brans with Mushrooms years? Hot Rolls S. A schoolmaster, an alewife 'Molded Salad Rtlishes and a sailor's choice can be found Flum Pudding with Sauro in one place. Where? or Fruit Cake 4. The sung "O Promise Me is Recipe given. from what light opera? 5. Whom did Queen Victoria To make Ihe cranlerry relish used succeed to the English throne? in the it ripe far (lie salad use tlia 6. What was tlie approximate following (iirct'liuns; length of Columbus' boat, the Santa Maria? French Cranberry Relish. 7. 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