A SOLOMON ON LOVE TANGLES

Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 January 1931, Page 16

A SOLOMON ON LOVE TANGLES

20,000 Ask Him for Advice

fjh} see the mender of broken romances, the healer and soother of marital wounds at work accomplishing the seemingly impossible is to realise what an imtnense amount of needless unhappiness there is in life.

tieeu seen in town with a girl, had ‘confirmed’ her suspicions by discoverI ing that he did not work overtime when h last said he did. With the assurance that. a. foolish action did not involve moral wrong, and a promise to keep a wary eye on the east*, the woman went away happy. in three years about, twenty thousand people have sought Mr Clancy’s aid on matrimonial difficulties or contemplated ilia fringes.

And you understand, too, in a flash why Mr Cyril Clancy, the Liverpool police court missioner, finds his services so much in demand.

When I entered his office, at which the unhappy seek sanctuary (writes a “Sunday Chroneilc’’ correspondent), I was followed by a middle-aged woman with tear-stained face, who in her haste had no eyes for me.

“Then: is a real necessity of making people realise the responsibility of marriage l ,” Mr Clancy said in explain-

A kindly voice requested me. to withdraw for a few moments. I was recalled in time to see the woman departing with a smile on her face and to catch her last words: “I’ll have his dinner ready by the time he gets home. ’ ’

ing his method. “The vast majority of cases are those which can be kept out. of the courts by judicious dealing. Although most of them naturally come from the working classes, I have had people come to me in their motor-cars. Complete misunderstandings have been

“And if lie is pleased hold your cheek up for a kiss," was the final word of comfort and advice.

followed by bitter estrangements, but often after bringing the parties together at inv office a reconciliation lias fol-

Mr Clancy let me peep into his latest lowed, and the apparent trouble has secret. The distressed visitor had heard made them appreciate each other far tittle-tattle about her husband having more than thy did previously.”