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she would be lonely now that the France. Bo they invit- make her home at the ww- when she u in London. Thoughtfully, the Queen has given her sister-ln-law the sunny third-

Other mem-

being offered the hospitality or the palace when they visit London. The Princess Royal has been spend- ing a. few days there, and moms are ready for the Duke and Duch- ess of Kent if they want them. The King, particularly. feels that I "family home" is desirable in WIT-lune and saves members of the family too much travelling, O O O O Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elam. like Lord Twcedsmuir, is a Scotsman descended of a long lme of British noblemen. He serv. ed in the First Great War with d15i111¢i1°1L and is mentioned an s Probable successor to Lord Tweeds. muir. O O O O T" Wstfllidkle social event of the week was Mrs. LePage; recap- iion at Government House on wed. nesday afternoon. The early win- ter sunset enhanced the natural beauty of the grounds, making e pictureque sfittlng. for my‘ historic residence, while the hospitality ex. tended-to her guests by Mrs, 1g- Fwse. with her assistants, ausplcl. 91151? marked her first public re- caption. O O O O Hon. Frank R. Hearts was reoeiv. 1-118 1-110 congratulations of his friends last Saturday, the m- Ofleion of his 62th. birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Putnam are b81118 welcomed to the city for the winter months.

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Mrs. W. A. Miller has returned from spending the holiday season with members of her family in Sackville, NIB,

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Miss Edith Rogers, who he; been on an extended visit to her broth. H‘. Mr. B. D. Rogers and Mrs. Rvgers. Westmoimt. P.Q., returned home last Saturday.

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liationNeg/rds Mgr; I for the first time at Sandrlnglnam, Where‘ the King and Queen are staying with Princes ‘Elizabeth end Mar- garet Rose. For some weeks how- aver. supplies of sugar, butter and bacon have been kept within the prescribed amounts at the Royal residences. so that rationing may be said already to have been tried out by‘ the lfoyal household.

Mrs. F. R. Heartz and Miss Ruth Heartz are visiting relatives in Souris this Week.

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lVLrs. John McLean, Bouris file been visiting in Campbellton, NB. as s, guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald.MacBeaEh.

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Mrs. Harry Weeks entertained this week for the Thursday after- noon bridge club. '

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Mr. and Mrs. D. R. H. Show and Miss Marlon shaw returned Mon- day from a holiday visit to their son, Dr. Harold Shaw and Mrs. Shaw, and daughter Miss Nan Shaw in ‘Toronto.

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The Montreal Edgehill Old Girls gave a tea. Tuesday afternoon from four to half past six o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Van Wagner, Northcliffe avenue, in honor of Miss Roechling, lady principal of "Edgehill", Windsor, N.S., who is an annual visitor here, and who is attending the meetings of the As- sociation of Headmistresses of Can- ada in Montreal.

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Hon, H. H. Cox and Mrs. Cox of Morell have taken up their resi- dence in the city for the winter ‘season.

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Mira. Ralph Parker of Sydney i visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lee Horne in Summcisida.

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Washing- ton, bong Illlnd, who elme bane owing to the deeth of her brother. Mr. Victor Saunders, is the Iuest of lifts.‘ ; M. Martin. Bllliphe-nt of Bum- wes one of the hostesses

this week, giving e seven table bridge for her friends.

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Mrs. (Dr) I. E. Crocken was hostess at s smart bridge Wed- nesday in honor of Mrs. Mac- Donald, wife of Senator J, A. MacDonald of Cardigan. Mrs. Mec- Donald,_who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Riley and returned home yesterday, came-in to assist at the Government House recep- tion when she received with Mrs.

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Mrs. L. B. MacMillan entertain- ed at a prettily arranged bridge at her home Thursday afternoon, her guest of honour being Mrs. J. A. MacDonald.

O O O Mrs. M. G. McNeeley. Fitzroy St. also entertained for Mrs. Mac- Donald inviting friends in for bridge on 'I‘i"'r"dav eveninz

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Mrs. Harold Crockett was hostess on Thursday evening for c, mixed bridge of five tables’ at her pretty bungalow on Granville street, Sum- merside. - O O O O Mrs. A. A. Pomeroy i5 spending s. few days with her friend, Mrs. Murdoch McKinnon. O O O The Misses Hunt and Mrs. Mus- sen, of Summerside, were hostesses for their Bridge Club this week. O O O O

Nilss Allison Tufts of Halifax, NS. will return to her home next week after spending her Christ- mas vacation with Mrs. B. C. Prowse, Dorchester Street. Miss Tufts is a graduate of Mount Saint Vincent College and the Pro- vincial Normal College in House- hold Economics. O O O O Miss Enid MacFarlane enter- tained her Bridge Club on Mon- day at her home on Fitzroy street. O O O O

Df- B0yl¢ ‘hovers of Saint John whose death occurred so suddenly Thursday morning, will be kindly remembered here. Nirs. Travers, who predeceased her husband, be- ing s sister of Mrs. J. E. B. Mc- Cready, who left Thursday by plane to attend the funeral.

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Mrs. Waring gave a bridge of three tables at her home in Sum- merside on Thursday afternoon entertaining for a number of her friends. , c- o a a _,,,- Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Tanton gave a. dinner bridge of six tables on Tuesday evening, the occasion be- ing the doctor's birthday. The guests extended hearty felicita- tions to their genial hosts, wish- ing him many happy ‘returns. O

Miss Isabelle Jamieson has re- turned from Fredericton, NB. where she spent the holiday sea.- son.

, Several informal bridges and supper parties were given this week in honour of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, who are quite pop-

ular among the younger set, Mr, Lewis has taken a position in Moncton and left this wee!’ Mrs.

Lewis is remaining in Summsgfy for s short time. O O O O Miss Jessie Fullerton invit- ed the girls of the First Char- lottetown Ranger Company to a prettily arranged four Fable bridge in their honor, at her attractive home, '1 Greenfield Avenue.

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Miss Helen Mills entertained on ‘Thursday evening in honor of lvh-s. Ralph Parker of Sydney, C.B. and Mrs. Edward Crease. Mrs. Parker is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. L. Home; Mrs. Crease left on Friday on return to her home in Halifax. N.S. after spending the Christmas vacation with her parents, lVLr. and Mrs. J. LoRoy Holman, O O O O

The Rev. C. N‘. Palmer, who has been at hOme with his family dur- ing the last illness and death of his father, Mr. H. J. Palmer, left yesterday morning for India

take up his missionary work thflO.

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King Carol of Roumanis, who

WHfiHHfi YOUR INDIVIDUAL IIURUSGOPE

(By FRANCES DRAKE) (Copyright, 1939, King Features Syndicate Inc.) Look in the mtion your birthday comes in, and find who: your outlook is, according to the stars.

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Ibr V Saturday. January 18th

MARCH 2i to APRIL. 20 (Arlee) -Another benencent star-day with gains indicated in employment, selling, buying good values, saving something for the future, finishing ‘ leted work, also for whole- Oomc fun festivities.

APRIL 21 to MAY 20 (Taurus) -Y0ur planet, Venus and Mercury (the “1ntellectual") are in excellent lepects today. Personal attalnm/nt. all mental work and activities. literary efforts and mat/cur your plans, if they are honorame, are tinder friendly ravs

ilVfiAY 21 to JUNE 21 (Geminib- Dav can be productive of achieve- ment if you are earmst in intznt and apply iightfy your capabilty and talents. Immoderatlon and ex- travagance should be shunned. Re- member charity.

JUNE 22 to JULY 23 (Cancer) --Malu monotony vanish the min-

uto you open your eyes this morn- ing. Heres s. good day for your personality to shine and help you to pave the way for considerable activity of a beneficial character. Private affairs, generdl business, romance favored.

JULY 24 to AUGUST 22 (bee) -It may not be an easy task to cater to the wishes, perhaps even the dictates, of others but there are times when it is expedent and for your own good a..d advance- ment that you do it. Tcday spec- ifically asks that you be congenial and cooperative No pettnessl

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5 ‘Quit.’ ..'l.°‘i.*‘t“” Roger looked ou figures o!

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of the window. the guards were idle, The crowd on the

window Till

“Cheer o!" breathed Cullen.

He and the two others sat. in the bed to hold it steady. Roger grasp- ed the rope. and swung himself oi! the window sill into space. . . .

The knot on the post creaked, the balcony t Hastily he hauled

over hand alon the ro . and bumped e wal. and frantically to reduce the sound of | his movements, as he hung grimly by his hands.

A violent effort, and the balcony. post was at his shoulder; he Shifted! one hand to it. then gripped it with; both and hauled himsel over the, rail. Hastily he unknotted the

blanket noose. Cullen hauled the ro back into the window.

er glanced down into an empty‘ courtyard, the guards were loo g out into the street. The overhanging cornice was nine feet above. Roger climbed quickly on the rail 0t the balcony, found a foothold on the shutter, and a second later was dragging himself up on to the cornice.

For an unpleasant hu on, half clinging, half balanc- ing, en managed to reach the gut- ter He swung himself up on to it and lay there on his face resting, his ears on the quiver for the shouts and commotion n the courtyard his exploit would have aroused if it had been seen.

None came. The murmur of the cmwd rose unchanged from the main street. He was alone at the foot of a dim slope of tiles, the roof rising towards the still stars. He had escaped,

0n the other hand. if the guard chose to go into the room it might be found out at any moment. He

an to creep rap dly along the wi e gutter to the angle of the roofs; he crawled hastily up to the gutter in the crook of an angle, over the top of the roof, and out of range (grfletshe sight of the courtyard sen-

On the other side was darkness, and a. roof garden below. on the lev- el of the first floor; on the left an alley ran from the street alongside the hotel barracks, to the dimly seen fronts of some white houses at the back. Roger crouched on the gutter edge, loo ing for s. way down.

THE COMMANDANT i

Innumeralble drain pipe; descend- ed saving the scarce rain water in wells below; there were some women

king on the roof garden, and it was useless to try to descend there.

instant he

AUGUST 23 to SEr-‘HMBER 23 (Vlrg:)--O:ig.na1ity, finesse, mak-i ing mediocre things aive with new, glamor and inunst-thcse are t .61. thmBS plrtlculary favcLd torhy,’ and you can and thrsa embsih, fshments with your cwn clevern ss and inherznt doll-y. B ush up!

ER. 24 to OCTOBER

“rel. main pipeuearest-the-eomer of the house, down which he might have tried t0 sWBIm. came to earth a foot to the left of an open door- way out of which light poured . . . Towards the front of he building another pipe went down, and a large holm oak rose to meet it. True, the 06k SWOd in the entrance to the alleywacy almost on the street. But it woul at least hide the last of his descent.

There was no time to lose. Roger crept along the gutter to a point Just short of the angle which over- looked the street; not pausing to view an unpleasant tgrospect too 10118. he was over e side and swarming down the drain pipe in twenty seconds . . .

It was not s. new or sound pipe; in one Place the lead crushed u. under his heel as he clung, slipped, and clung . . . But with much ess noise, and in much less time mall;

among the oak branches. They rose like a dark sea about him. Another wrissle and s11 . and he ma his foot on a stur y branch. ufifkihitdwit°gmd '1” “w”

. A m C fl ~ sible not to make me branchess m- tle, he found}. perch in them, and buys most of his clothes in lifng- land, has Just sent an order to London for complete new equip- ment for his royal coach. The harness for the eight horses will replace the outfit now thirty years old that also came from Eng- land. Accessories will be all in silver, embossed with g, crown over King Carol's initials, which constitute the royal crest.

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lvirs. James Murchison accom- panied by her two children Phyllis and John Harry Murchison are‘ leaving next Saturday on return to i Buenos Aires, after an extended, visit to Mrs. Murchisons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winchestu. Mrs. Murchison will be accom- panied by her sister, Miss Joan Winchester who will be her guest.

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w... Pauline Nicholson, student nurse at the Royal Victoria Hos- pital, Montreal, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Nichol-

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23 (Libra) - Day advises reason- able thriftixrscs, especially regatdms non-essentials. A favorable day for you with inclination for study, ut- erary talent, pamting, decorating, inventions.

OGIDBER. 24 to NOVEMBER 22 (Scorpio) - It can be an interest- ing if not showiiy productive, day for you Scorpio folks who like to solve difficult propositions and wrestle with things many pecpie can't understand much lam man- age. Tackle the “tough" tasks-or. enjoy a serene, pleasant day.

NOVEMBER. 23 to DECEMBER 22 (Sagittarius) — Not particularly favorable for starting new under- takings or making extensive im- provements or changes but agree- able for necessary rcutine. whole- scme sports and enter anment.

DECEMBER. 23 to JANUARY 2i (Capricorn) — Str aspects fir for mechanics. manuLicfuiv-g, sel- ling and other everyfay act vlties. Best not to oversmvn in anything: Just jog 3'21)! everi". T ere stouici

» mends to other men as wives but never takes himself.

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DorothyADIBrb Letter Box

There Are Many Reasons Why Girls Do Not Marry.» One of the Principal Causes is too Much Mother and Her Treatment of the Boys Who Call on Daughter

Dear Miss Dix-What causes old maids? Will you please give us m: explanation of why so many women who are good-looking and st- tive in every d3 do not 111% S0 EGIRLB DONTWANTNBETTIEM.

wer:

Oh, there are innumerable reasons why women become old maids. Sometimes women don't marry They are oeu-

y like to be iree and they regard a husband as Jusoa. nuisance wno would always be smoking in the living room and scattering cigarette ashes on the floor, and who would have to have heavy dinners _000K€(i for him instead of being satisfied with a dainty fruit salad.

met-lines a. woman an old maid be- . . , . cause she is too choosey. Mr. Right never comes ' riding down her alley and if she cant get the Prince Charming she desires, she won't take a substitute. ' thousands of lonely, solitary women who might have had husba homes and children ii they had not wasted their time 100K418 about for some rich, handsome, glamorous romantic, great lover to marry them.

Many women do not marry ause they never have the opportunity. Environment is a great matchmaker and has a. lot to do Witn whether a girl monies or not. There are plenty of small towns from which every eligible male has gone to seek his fortune and wnere a girl has 11157. as little chance of landing a husband as she W0l1id of catching a. wnaie in a. fished-out stream. one of the maxi reasons why even weli-to-do girls are going into business is because business oinoes are happy hunting grounds for women anxious to marry.

Another prime promoter of spinsterhood is Mother. There are

plenty of possessive mothers who will not let their daughters marry be- cause the want to keep them to be s ves to themselves. There are other mo iers who prevent their daughters from marrying because they want the money their daughters earn. And there are still other mothers who kee their daughters from ever having suitors by hanging around the girls necks and plainly showing the young men that if they married their Sallies they would also marr Mother. Other mothers uarantine the r. daughters against marriage by never letting them have ates, or g0 to parties, or do any of the things the other young people are doing, and who thus prevent them from ever get- ting acquainied with any men. 1i Mother treats every young man who comes to the house as if he were poison; if she sits in the room Whale she can eavesdrop all of his conversation; if she makes her daughters come home at l0 o'clock every night just when the party is starting, she needn't worry about her daughters marrying and leaving her. They will. hang on the family tree. -

And. finally, there are many girls who would like to marry. but who never do because for some inscrutable reason they lewk charm ior men. The world is full of women win would have made wondcriul wives who are old They are the kind of women that eveiy man recom-

_ '1ney are pretty. Tney are intelligent. Theyyare sweet-tempered. They are dommtic They have every chann and virtue but the one to which men rise as tmut

ttgeiar ftgfilbsgllllzg‘ lack oomph. And so they have "Spinster" carved on O O O O O In

, Punishment Should Always Be Just 4

Dear lviiss Dix-l am a. girl of 16 and have been having trouble with my mother over her silly punishments of me when 1 dispiease her. For instance, I had invited,_with her PCYHIISSIOILUE new girl friend to dinner. The night before this girl was coming my mother didn't like something I did, so she punished me by making me ‘phone her on the very day that she was coming that I couldnt have her. Another time I had invited three boys and girls for the evening. They were coming at a o'clock and about 7 oclock 1 had an argument with my mother 8.1141 she made me ’phone them not to come. ‘This kind of punlshnwnf, not, only makes me

firbl€g guaspoils the evenings of other people. Do you thinilramy rgother wer: No, I don’t. I think she is eactremiey cruel to humiliate you before

your friends and to put you in such m awkward ponticn with them. If she feels called upon to punish you for some infraction of her rules, she might at least take some method of dealing with you that would save KW!‘ 1B”- 5119 mlsht well consider how she would like it if after she ad invited a group of her friends to_ dinner, your far/her male her call it all off because he had got peeved with her for something ,4 _ Anyway, a. 16-year-old girl is not a. child. She is mnenaole to rea- son, anrfflitiway to reachher 15 not by doi. corner-hing v he: :22: will lower her in the eyes of her companions, bu by talking to her tenderly andhsymlioatheticelly and trying to get her point of view and meet it with mo er ove.

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o Quit Fighting — Act Intcllglently

Dear Dorothy Dix—Do you think a couple who have been married HEB-Fly i/WO years. who have no children and who find that they make Life a hell on earth to each other should stay together or part? They gusrrel until they are ruinm their health and the husband has taken to Arink, which he never did be ore. What should they do? EVE.

swer:

The sensible thing would be for them to quit fl%hi.1flg and try to act like intelli ent human beings. But if they cannot o this, they are bet- ter apart an together. No moral purpose is gained by a man and “man “V1118 $986511" W110 1111118 011i- all the worst that is in each other?» nature. and who are potential murderers in thought, st least.

v DOROTHYDIX. leaning against the main stem,

only wait. The branch he was

rested there. He was thoroughly standing on gradually began to 5.4;; screened from the street-so thor- ne began LU wonder wnetner it WOWQ support hi5 weight. he was

o J ging his chance 0f getting to the gr und unseen, He moved round, trying not to shake the tree, away from the wail the house; and found himself looking down through the branchss at the tables on the sidewalk .n front of the adJoining cafe. he nearest table..- were haidly l5 ft. away from him. The men who sat there were talking herd, drinlcng coffee and playing dominoes. Airan that his slightest move- ment might draw their attention and make them look up and see him, lie stood cudgeiling h.s brains as to what his next move had best