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-*1 The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C, Thursday, March 14, 1935 Should brents Part With Child if Worldly Advantage Would Seem to Be Assured? "My husband and I are faced with I problem which* after wearing us rat for months, is as far as ever tom a solution. # Perhaps you can idvlse me on it. **I am the mother of four children if school age. Due to a recent 111- tess, my husband’s earnings, never arge, have been considerably de creased, and we cannot do for our children what ,we would like to. A tew^months ago,a dear friend asked )o adopt one of them legally. Tht^ couple Is In very comfortable circum- itances and could give the child ad rantages In life which we could tfford. At first we were ov hut upon further deliberation have :hild ad- ild never rerjoyed, found It a. terrific ordeal. Unable to part with any one of the children, we have delayed the Issue, and the more we think about It, the more of a maze we are In. My husband has de cided to leave the matter In my hands. If I turn down the offer I shall, I fear, blame myself for being selfish and shortsighted." Surely no sterner problem can face a parent! The experienced writer and counselor to whom the pathetic appeal was addressed thus answers it: *T am reminded of an aid American poem depicting a similar situation. Here there are seven children, and here too the parents are torn between lore and what they consider duty. "Which shall It bs?" thsjr ask ta thslr distress. Which shall It be? Which shall It bet I looked at John; John looked at me. First td * ths cradle lightly stsppsd, Whers Lillian, the baby, slept. 'Softly the father stooped to lay His rough hand down In a loving . way. When dream or whisper made ... ’ - And huskily he said, "Not her.** I saw on James' rough, red chaek A tear ur.drled. Ere John could speak, “He’s but a baby, too," said L ONE POINT OF VIEW - When yon work, you sre a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns tb music.—From "The Prophet,” by KahU Gibran. How Calotabs Help Nature To Throw Off a Bad Cold Dr. Pisroe’s Tavodte Prescription makes weak women strong. No alcohol. Bud by druggists in tajjsts or liquid.—Ad Smile That Appeals Take care, to. feel like smiling, be fore you smile. Then it will look real. wnwema hate found In Ctlotoba a boost valuable aid in the treatment of colds. They take one or two tab lets the first night and If needed. How do CJotabe hdUk Nature throw off a cold? First, Calotaba are one of the most thorough and'de- —■ndable of all intestinal ellmtnants, us cleansing the intestinal tract of the germ-laden mucus and toartnea. both «• and Of fortbefamfig (AdO Poor Dick, bad Dick, ■*©ur wayward son— Turbblent, restless, Idle one— Could he be spared? Nay. 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But It Is also rare, to say the least, to con sider transferring a child of thinking age from his own pafepts, to foster | parents in the same city and expect to effect an adoption In every sense of the word. “The feelings of the parents who relinquish the child are not-the mosf important element In the matter. That Is the happiness of the ghild himself. And to me it seems ques tionable, to say the least, that great er material comforts or luxuries can m#ke up to a child of normal affec tions, already of school age, for be ing uprooted from even the poorest home circle of decent parents who love him, and three brothers and sis ters. — “Going to live with a wealthy friend but retaining his home ties might be one thing. But when peo-1 pie legally adopt a child they want nim to be their child. And If fair ness to the foster parents Is'an> con sideration it seems to me another point against this scheme. “I believe my dear reader, your an swer too will be found In the con cluding lines of the little poem I have quoted: And so we %vrote, In a courteous way, W* could not give one child away; Happy In truth that not one face Was missed from Its accustomed place.” ©, Bell Syndicate—WNU Service. “SIMONIZ Made the Finish Last Longer!” Simoniz your car. Then notice how much longer the finish lasts. Fifty or even a hundred thousand miles are nothing tb a Simonized car. Simoniz protects the finish in all weather and makes it stay beauti ful. So, always insist on Simoniz and Simoniz Kleener for your car. The new improved Simoniz Kleener quickly re stores the lustre to dull cars. Simoniz, too, is easy to apply and it keeps the finish beautiful for years. It soon brings relief and pro motes healing. 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As a matter of fact It does not. People l® the back settlements are much more friendly than those In the towns. There Is probably more ignorance about worth-while things In the city than In the country, certainly as much If not more selfishness. Curi ously enough, the city seems to promote Individualism more ..than does the country. The city Individual lives to himself. He does not know, nor care to know his next door neighbor. He will deal with a mer chant for 20 years without knowing him. He Is concerned with the pro motion of his own interests'. And that Is not good for a person or for his world. Individualism can never better the race very ifcuch. Nothing can but co-operation. Country folk are learning that mere quickly than townsfolk. . Perfect Defense The perfect alibi was established by a Cambridge (Mass.) professor when a policeman called at his door and ordered him to shovel the snow off bis sidewalk. 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