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YOUR BIRTHDAY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3
you love a deep and DAN ada B"
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have exosed to become a "dabbler' and lave learned to concentrate in unc field of endeavour The arts. the ministry pelitles. teaching pro- motion or advertising-a wide held of professiona is open to your talents
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The Air Marshal's wife supports
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By EILEEN ASCROFT
WHAT is the perfect age for is bride as they lef: the registry marriage? Twenty-lve is Mee win all the enthusiasm of quite carly enough," Marshal of a farsi romance. the RAF, Sir John Slessor. tuld RAF apprentices at a graduation parade at Halton, Buck!.
Lady Slessor agreed with her husband when I spoke to bet at Der Strand-cu-the-Green home. and my "I was twenty-four
when husband twenty-five
married," she said.
Outsize babies
TWO 141b-double the normal weight-bables have been born in England within the past
семе First
Muster
Bradley (141b. 2oz.), whom the doctors at
few days.
we Rankin Memorial Maternity
Hospital, Greenock, described as She believes that young people "The biggest child born in the
this age miss hospital's history.
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heavy weight Maiter Woed (14b. Meadow Way, Chellaston,
marrying below something. "It is too early to Second give up a carefree life for home and family."
Marriage
Mayo Derby. consultant Wingate, of the Marriage Society, endorses this view.
"Very young marriages do not work.'
"Broken Lold me. he marriage figures prove this, some running into trouble within the first year."
Basis of most youthful mar- rages is infatuation and reason for the break-ups that the man not in a position to support a wife and children.
was 4ox.), of
near
MIGHTY JOE: to-day's picture.
in six months, and on his first birthday weighod 2st, 81b. 3oz.. Mrs Codling said: "He is still gaining steadily. His weight is 101b. 4oz; his height now 3st. 3ft. 7in.
"Mighty Joe." at three yeaTB has to have his trousers made to measure, pinys football and pays fore on the save arguments.
Strange coincidence about all the heavy-weight babies on re- cord is that they are boys.
Child with the most amazing 15 "Mighty Joe" weight record
Ramsgate House, Codling. of East Hill Estate. Wandsworth, old, born October 1949.
His weight at birth was nor- mal-81b. 4oz. But he trebled it
buses to
MINIMUM LABOUR
is
what
Is going into what to save.
"The Marriage Society view is That 30 is the best age for a man wed. And a woman should be I calmly strikes your large gether with thread and
She has not bad A least 23."
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don't throw all of it away. Kee, They form that and send the cornỪN
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really doing the job. This in- the larger pieces and Let your birth pending talagsopla
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water and let room all up with steam. Then wash walls and IT is very unusual for divorced storage space. Everything gets woodwork as usual. Note that shelving and dir: just rolle off like magic,
plece,
and even if tiling and
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Do not krep inflammable couples to remarry, said this:
kitchen. cleaning uds in the
marriage expert, commenting on
Wood- Hall remarriage such Caxion Tumes Even the If your small rugs ski-mā De- wind
a dangerous wealthy company director, John last canister and cup, all shin- work seemed clean, loads
itself. When Inquis DDY CRUSC
delach dirt will quent cause of dents
Crandon Gridley, to his ex-wife. clean.
the finished, go over The medicine cabinet in
all surfaces th: ce preserving far rubber rings blaze
He only members one similar
really gets a going with a clean dry cloth, case in the Marriage Society's bathroom
over with all vid bottles, jary,
Replace window curtains, history.
out. We shower curtain, restock medi- containers, always have on hand a record cine cabinet, polish up fixtures, and date of all prescriptions and there's the bathroom, bright special remedies and pre- and clean with a minimum of
we know just labour.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Trouble Over At O'Cheer Hall
-Everything Came Out the Chimney-But Smoke!—
aturmed voice Co-WorkIN
21-Auc Protect you job by keening mall or neumonia with your end quersally, the boss 11:
<Ang. 24-Sept 231-- VIRG Be su to ask all the proper ques- tops befine tick m aided the:1- irms that could prove troublesome
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A-Double. The "reopening daichler may be made with a hand of only average strength, but you any instead band. a. in this have a really Kod
e. The difference h that you will pass your partner's response with an Average hund and you will raise his response with hand like today's.
TODAY'S QUESTION
B 4X zreful that you keep a appointments on the Preampiness
is an important step of the success Schla
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The bidd..nk is the Faine an question just answereri Yran. Schat)), holl Spades K-8 Hearts Q-6-5-% Diamonds 4-2, Clubs A-10-8-7 What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCE TEST HIS MODEST AMBITION
By T. O. HARE
chess "I'm playing in a
tonirgament, Hare," said my friend Knight. Each of un plays one game suis each of the others, one point being awarded for a win, and ha a point for a draw. My modest ambition is to secure el points."
DEL
"Who 6 PORES ?" I asked,
"Because
I must clock up that number to be sure of i prite. There are three prizes one or more of which may, of course, be divided. Thus, if three players segare the same total of points, the prizes wil Xumped together and divided between the thras of them. If one player has e elour lesd, and four others tie for second place, those four will divide the second and third prizes. And so on."
How many competitore in ail are there?
(Solution on Page 10)
CHESS PROBLEM
By O. BTREKATH
Black, 10 pieces,"
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CROSSWORD
12
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Across
1. Darkle attached to the Auto-club
provides the animal. (7)
& Not laughs that are provided, or
28 it? (B)
10. Accommodation ago on board. (5)
12. Bolled potatoes have it, 13) 13. Residence. (5)
1. Must be read to be anawared, (4) 15. A broken lael.
(47
16. This animal sounds warmer. 15! 19 There is little doubt that part of the way it was travel by thin. (4)
21. It is bound to cotton on.
21. Ode to & D.F. could be. (5) 2. Child of 18 Down. (3)
26. Further, (4)
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Pixle O'Scowl growled: "Some- By MAX TRELL
thing's wrong with that fire." Then he dashed to the fire- MAYBE I'm wrong," Chir-
sturted poking pic Sparrow said in an place and
a the cinney with the poker. to Knarf
stuffed," he Hanid. the shadow-children The chimney's
"All kinds of chings have yid names. with a turned-about
golton up there." trouble "but think there's
at O'Cheer Hall." O'Cheer Hall was where the the Pixies lived, down under
Osk of the Old
he viher side of the garden wail.
what's
trouble, "Eu
the Chirpie?" Knerf asked.
"Funny things are coming up the chimney," replied Chirpie. "Funny things: What funny things?"
"Well," said Chirple,
The next second a cat and three kittens came fing down out of the chimney and drop- ped on Pixie O'Scowl's head. "Get away!" he yelled. "Ger them off me!" he shouted Knart and Hanid.
What's the Trouble?
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Krurf and Hanid drove the
cat and the three kittens away. "You poor dear," Hunid
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Pixie O'Scow! started poking up the chimney.
spinning
said, boxes, old "what
wheels.
usually comes up the chimney picking Pixic O'Scowl up. Carpets, nails. dishes, books, is smoke. But what's coming "Now what is the trouble with all kinds of things. Then they
chimney up the O'Cheer Holl
that fire in your fireplace?" forget all about them. Pixie O'Scowl squirmed зл grily. But finally he sighed.
now isn't anoke,"
Kharf and Hanid thanked Chupie for bringing them the news. Then they ran as fast as they could to O'Cheer Hall.
Strange Things
"It's like this every year," he said. "All summer long it's warm in 'Cheer Hall. So no one ever thinks of building a fire in the fireplace. Then what happens? I'll tell you what happens."
No Fire at All
O'Scowl "And then," Pixie said, "a cold day comes along. I come home. I decide to build myself a cheery fire and warm myself up. And — poof --- in- stead of a fine cheery fire, don't get any fire at all. Knart and Hand waited for poke up in the chimney. Mice
Sure enough, On getting near the Old Oak they saw strange things rising up out of the O'Cheer Hall chimney. They
Pixie O'Scowl to catch his saw what looked liked a blank- breath and tell them. el, several chairs, a spinning-
across the meadow. (4)
26. Economical finding the rivet in
the pond. (B)
Down
Debased style of architecture, (6) Fifty ends a vain upart. (6)
3. Bound of a split in the oil. (0)
Face of rerreshment. (B)
5. Brigand of sorts. (6)
Thereat you see the play. (7)
7. Many schooiboy has had shia
la Darta. (B)
9. & lute's grooting.
LL. OVAL (D
(5)
(0)
17. Just a salty trtokie..
16. Parent of 24 Acrom, (8)
30 Return of the tide. (*)
21. Found in the trapper's gutas (8) 29. Aged. (8)
Bciation of yesterday'a pussIDEOJ Averil 10, Pest; 11, til: PINOKIO) (19. Dabot: 13, noader: 18, Funder 18, ute: Isis: 22 Blorale! [48, YEREL: 24, Urns Dhèwn 1 1. Opossum: 2. Repaiti 5. Camata; 4. Alfernrza: 5, Neat: a. Inou; 7. Bike: 8. Ell 9. DIEZ 14. Losson? 16, Ediet: 27. Deteri 02. CA.
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native of Scotland? VAN
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Battle of Hartlister Pa
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wheel and a flock of swallows, "No one ever builds a fire in Then suddenly Pixie McSnooze the fireplace. So little by little came out, ugly curled in a things begin to creep into the blanket, and went floating chimney," he said. "The chim- ney swallows begin building Knart and Hamid waited no their nests there. The mice get the longer. They opened the little in. The cats get in after
Old mice. But that's not the worst door in the trunk of the Oak and ran down the long of it Oh no!”
into flight of stairs straight O'Cheer Hall.
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Again he stopped his breath before he continued, To their surprise
they saw "The worst of it is this. My that
was there but brothers and sisters and cou- Pixie O'Scowl. He was pacing sins and uncles and aunts
no
one
T
kittens
and
to
come down, cals and come down Blankets swallows and chairs and hun! dreds of other things go flying up. I tell you it's enough make you lose your temper.
Meanwhile Knarf went up- and stairs with a long branch succeeded in cleaning out the chimney. A few minutes later Hanid had a fire going, a "Ah," bright, crackling fire. said Pixie O'Scowl, smiling and warming his hands, his is much better!"
Then Knart and Hanid told
Men and
women have the instinct to start afresh and rarely
turn backwards.
A forty-seven-year-old bride- and groom does not agree. He kissed parations, &
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up and down grumpily before everybody who lives here with him they had seen Pixle Mc the fire place with a big black me in O'Cheer Hall begin Snooze come Boating out of the
fast chimney, the
asleep. "Oh, poker in his hand: "Hullo," he storing their things up
bo
all right, said. "Don't bother me.
of
putting he'll
"Nothing home. I'm making a fire."
in the store- O'Scowl said.
wake him up. Just At that moment there was a house, they stuff them up the ever scratching and it scraping chimney: blankels, chairs," old imagine going to sleep somewhere
the fireplace, clocks that don't go, broken chimney-just imagine!"
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