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OVERWEIGHT WOMEN

A revolt against dieting has started over in Paris where a new club has been formed to help stout women. forget about their welght and enjoy life just as they are, They contradict the popular notion that stout women are doomed to lead drab, unhap- py lives unless they diet and re- duce,

Actually, according to the club's founder, Pierrette Lecomte, fat women usually have fewer serious problems than thin ones. They are generally better balanc- ed both mentally and physically, are good company and don't worry about outdolng other wo- men, 2 ||. ‘Thefr main trouble‘is that they

feel inferior and are always on ‘Ithe defensive because of their weight, And Miss Lecompte should know what she's talking about. She’s a slim woman her- self, but she’s also a psychologist with a great.deal.of experience

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with. personal problems. She founded the club which now has 50. members, many of then? pro- fessional women and some of them married,

The club provides a gathering place where overwelght women can discuss their problems. in a sympathetic atmosphere, Fat wo- men DO have plenty of prob- lems, the founder states, but they are not solved by. dieting. The main problem for them is how to dress, Women who have been fat most of their lives tend to neglect their clothing because

no matter what they wear will not look right. Miss Lecompte claims this is nonsense because some of history’s best-dressed wo- men have been good and plump, and the same is true even today in Paris. But one thing the over- weight woman must always re member about dressing: She must always be meticulously neat!

The club helps the women over. come shyness by holding a week. jy roundtable discussion at’ which they speak their minds on com- mon problems.

rule. Nobody is urged to cut down on eating. Everybody eats as much as they like and is not ashamed of it. . eee NEW FABRICS New Canadian fabrics for spring are softer and more fem- inine in line with the trend of fashion’s silhouette. Suitings and coating fabrics have’ abandoned the rough rustic look, ‘Fabrics are flat, sometimes textured, but a survey of the latest products of our textile mills shows a def- inite trend towards absolutely

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smooth Nubs - have been changed. com- pletely.. Instead of the bright, multi-colored type that covered fabrics, nubs are now used more sparingly, often match the fabric in. color and are generally im- bedded in the cloth leaying it ‘smoother. *

Novelty weaves -have replaced nubs foi surface interest. Con-

they have the mistaken idea that).

_The club has only one strict,

$190,000,000 Fund

Administrators of the $100, 5, 000,000 fund éstablished at the parliamentary session to endow universities and to promote study in arts, sciences and humanities have been named by Prime Mini- ster St. Laurent.

Chairman of the. Canada Council will be former defence ministegpBrooke Claxton and the rest, of the 18. councillors have been chosen among industrialists, teachers, and public men across Canada. Some of the Councillors held office for four years, some for three, some for two,

(0 Children In Anglican|e Confirmation. Glass

St, Alban’s Anglican Church in Castlegar was filled to capaci- ty for Sunday’s Confirmation Services at which the Right Rev. P. R. Beattie, Bishop of Kooten- ay administered the laying on of hands to ten young people of the district.

In his address to the candi- dates and the- Bish-

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op Beattie said he felt it most fitting that the confirmation should come in the Easter Sea- i son, as these new members of the church, “are confirmed into the name of a Living Christ, not into the name of a dead Lord”.

Those confirmed were Doug-

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THURSDAY; MAY. 2, 1957,

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FOR RENT — Suite, completely furnished, phone 2381. 317

FOR SALE — Modern cottage, on Main highway, Villege of Kinnaird, 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bath, heavy

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_ splendid‘ orchard, garden and lawn, priced, will

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PRICE OF BRIDES

There fs no such thing as giv ing the bride away -in the Gusii tribe, ‘of British East Africa, When ‘a young tribesman wants to marry, he has to pay a cer tain number of livestock to his Prospective father - in - Jaw, For ‘many years the number of cat-

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iy a fetently inflation ‘started to set

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‘oung plants can be’ transp! lanbed with greater. safety on, cloudy. day.it tis a net’ convenient, net tem ost ‘te in the

young plants be it to! niiting ates being foes nb become canta more quickiy"and Teas

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trasting threads and honeycomb- “en DRO ae -ablebege tote yacenant Perhaps there’ was a. shortage

Spring Coats | AT A 20% DISCOUNT CORDUROY JACKETS REGULAR

TO CLEAR at HALF PRICE”

New Cotton SKIRTS & 'SLEEVLESS BLOUSES. . Arriving Daily

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ed designs are now being shown. _ Colors are also more feminine. The general effect on coating and suiting fabrics is that they have been greyed down to softer, more subtle shades instead of the strong bright colors of past sea- sons.

“Oatmeal is developing as one of the big, selling colors for spring. Mills report that navy is seldom mentioned in-orders, There is much talk about Glen checks, particularly, in wools and wor- steds and they are “to

las MecLuckie, ‘Louise Fink, Vay Hawkins, David Adshead, Sheryl Anderson, Faythe Toogood and Anne Henderson. :

.. Four adults were also. con- firmed.:in. a private ceremony later. Prior to.the acceptance of these new members into the

1956 Fairhanks-Morse FRIDGE’, ‘ CLEARING ATA GIVE- AWAY

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church, a presentation of a. Life- membership badge and certificate "was made to Mrs. L. E. Killough, by the Women's Auxiliary to St. Alban’s.

Mrs. A:T. Horswill, Past

grow in E-pularity in women's wear,

Woven cloths that resemble knits have been well received and mills say this-is because of the heavy demand for regular knit- goods.” :

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"AND THEY'RE INEXPENSIVE, wnat SEE. THEM ropa! FINISHED WITH. BRILLIANT, DECORATOR-APPROVED COLORS: <;

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GREEN COLORED BATH SETS " SELLING' AT ‘A ‘SPECIAL LOW PRICE

nition.of the long service to the

church and WA, -which Mrs. Advertising our’1957 mode!

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Killough had. given.

Bishop Beattie led the con- gregation in the special prayer of the Women’s Auxillary,

so are selling some way below regular price."

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of .eligible. young women in the tribe, or’ maybe the young mén had grown.téo ‘wealthy. What-

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es jumped alarmingly.” cae “Well, it’ seems''that govern- nents“ are the.‘same the whole world over. What happened was that’ the ‘tribe elders decided to ntroduce price ‘controls, “They ‘set'the exact number’ of live- stock that a’ young :¢ribesman tiilist ‘pay ‘for his‘ bride and’ for- bade 'the parents to’ ‘charge’ more, » But ‘perhaps human * “nature is thé “the whole* world over, =| too:--For the‘ ‘people‘ of the Gusif ‘tribe on't “seem fo” have’ taicen to *government’. regimentation of “Hl the ‘free? market. "‘The- latest “‘re- ports’ indicate’ that ‘a. black ‘mat-

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more for: their daughters* than the new laws-allow.': The’ suitor who is prepared to pay only the legal price is apt to be turned down,

The way things. are. working out, the bridegroom pays the fixed legal number of animals

_G. A. SUMNER Returopathic Physician

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“GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS All Kinds of Building

Y ,. at the public ceremonies, but gett ean also hands over some extra head 7:00 .a.m. Firday. : || behind the scenes, There is even Arrive Robson Wharf a class of -black marketeers who

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