HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-10-28, Page 8PAS; Ei
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
DO WIVES REALLY 'HAVE . IT 'MADE?'
Some " of ' my best friends are
women,' f like .women, generally,
'because • " they are compassion-
ate, courageous, andsmell nice:
• Some are 'good lookers. Others
are good cookers. • Most have a
great fund of common sense.
For . these very reasons; I have
refused to stand by and let • that
file creature, the housewife,. be
led, of .misled, intoa morass . of
frustration and unhappiness by
A few frustrated, unhappy gem -
ale agitators.. •
For years, f .have .been fight
.%g 'a battle. It " has been made,
up of . skirmishes , in speeches,
fullscale attacks in this • col
umn, . and • occasional hand-to-
hand combat with my old lady..
Onsome occasions, I have
• routed,banners -
.beenmytat.
tered, • my forces in . disarray.
But my :ideals; have remained
intact, my cause untarnished.
Once in, a while;... I've won a
minor encounter. At a" party, for
instance,when a : housewife bas
flung:. a .drink 'in my face and
noshed off to the .bathroom an a
confusion .'of rage and tears.,
Idon't , regret' a minute of the
Yong campaign. The only thing
that has depressed me has been.
the intense loneliness:. `Time and
again= I have felt like a. lost pa-"
, - trot; cut - off . from all reinforce -
meats, . betrayed by ' allies.
But . my . heart. leaped _ in my
breast with new,: hope the other
day, when I . read' an article in:.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 211, 1,44
THE LU CKNOW :SENTINEL, LIf CKNOW„ ONTARIO
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MacLean's magazine, For' . the
first time in a decade or more, I•
felt that my cause, "Equality
for . Husbands"had. an outside
chance of winning,
Title of the article was, "Mar-
riage is Easy Street (For Wo-
men)". Written by Sidney Katz,
it was a sober, factual., refutation
of thatbase, insidious and in-
creasing whine .of the .tunes —
that a housewife is "bored, trap-
ped, a slave to her family, and
unfulfilled as 'a human being."
Mr. Katz ., quotes . sociologist,
psychologist and anthropologist
to prove what I have been 'say-
ing for years: that it is just the
opposite that it is . the male creat-
ure in, marriage who is • trapped,
who is the slave to : his family,
and who, very' . often," is bored
silly with the whole business:.
i' have .no need to quote' any
kind of an "ologist". All "I have
to:. do' is look around me
There's the' former terror of
the tank corps.' A tiger in action,
his . name was a by -word among
the troops, "a symbol of dash and
elan. There's not :.much . left of
his former., fiendish skill . as he
steersbis shopping cart submis-
'sively about the supermarket.. His
wife is busy Friday nights with
her little theatre group, •
There's the former bomber pi-
lot. For . three .years, he held
within his :clever and . capable
hands. six thousand horsepower,.
six tons of bombs,' and the lives
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Donna Nicholson
Wed At Kinlough
LANGFOI D NICHOLSON
Bronze and white mums form-
ed the setting at the Kiniough
Anglican Church on October loth,
1964, when the Rey. James Palm-
er of St, Lukes Church Windsor
united in marriage Donna May,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Nicholson of Kinlough James
Clifton; son of Mr. and Mrs, ; Ken-
neth Langford. of R.R. 1 Lakeside,
in a ' double ring ceremony.
Mrs. 'Harold Haldenby. • sang,
"The :Wedding Prayer" and dun.
ing the 'signingof the register,
"O Perfect. Love" • accompanied
by the organist Miss Edna Boyle
of Kinlough, u
The bride given in marriage
by her father wore a full length
gown of white silk organza over
peau de -soie, accented. • with
flowered motifs, the full ' skirt.
with self roses.. at the back swept
to a slight . train,. Her wedding -
band head dress' held a two tier
veil of ' silk illusion and she car-
ried a 'cascade of burntorange
roses and. white . mums. .
Miss Evelyn Nicholson of
Downsview was her sister's maid
of honour. Mrs. Alex. Monteith of
London aad• Lois Nicholson; brides-
maids, wore identical street len-
gth gowns of burnt orange peau'de
soie with . full skirt and, self bows,.
and matching wedding band head
piece. . They carried white and
orange. tinted , mums. Flower
girl was Linda Evans of Downs-
view .niece of the bride, : who wore
a white . nylon dress .and carried.
a basket. of pinnochio mums.
Mr. Alex Monteith'. of . London,
acted .as best man: Mr, Pat Lang-
ford of Chicago and -Mr Norman.
Evans of Downsview were ushers.
The bride's .. mother received
the .guests Wearing a dress. with
three quarter coat of gold, broc-
ade, rayon, : and polyeser, with
brown' accessories and corsage of
white and :metalic. flame mums.
Thea groom'smother assisted
and chose a dress of Worlds Fair
blue brocade, and;' corsage ofwhite
and pink mums
The reception was : held in the
Church parlours, . Cannon R W.
Stump gave the blessing an d; Mrs.
Harold Haldenby sang "The Bells:
of 'St. ` Marys" and "Bless This.
House" during the . dinner hour..
For travelling the bride wore
a chocolate ...:brown double .. knit.
suit with beige vest and accessor-
ies and wore.. a yellow. 'throated,
white orchid
• They . will reside at 64 .. Gene-
vieve :Crescent London, Ontario.
Guests attended from: St.
Marys, Sudbury, 'New Brunswick,
Kitchener, Windsor, Hamilton . St.
Catharines, 'and surrounding corn.
munities."
The man who discovered •the tele-
graph in 1847, Samuel Finley
Breeze Morse was a world famous'
painter.
of six' men.. I, wonder if he feels
"fulfilled as a human being" as.
he drOps ,other quarter in the
coin wash. But it's ' Saturday night
and hiswife likes to . watch the:
movie on TV. ,
Most of . the damage has been
done by ' a comparatively small
group of harridans who have pro-
duced a veritable. tidal wave
ofbooks,_:. magazine articles and
TV diatribes, all with the ;sant
theime: if you ,are a housewife (a)'
you are :unhappy and frustrated;
(b). you're a slob because you're
not ' out . working, or writing a
novel . or sculpting 'a sculp or
something. :.
Normal, intelligent ' housewives,
under 'this finger of scorn, are.
'slinking around guiltily, trying le
convince' themselves that they are
unhappyfrustrated shirker'#, The
only ng • Iirn '.worried • about is
that Niel, may succeed.
As any woman of real 'insight
knows, it is the male of the fam-
ily who is a slave to the family,,
who is frustrated, unfulfilled and.
trapped. Let me quote from the
article. In a survey, one house
wife said, "A harried woman has
it made."
Welcoine rn:tore. barricades,
Katz. ''You can pile sandbags
while 1 sharpen my finger to
Stick it in the ' dyke,
Go get him, girls. Raiz that is.
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The Junior Girls' Choir of Knox
Presbyterian Church, Goderich,
sang in the service in ' Ashfield
Presbyterian • . Church, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen .Elliott
and children of . Port Huron visit-
ed , with Wm: .Macdonald on
' of Mrs. 'Duncan Farrish. Mrs.. R.
West, who was in charge of the
program, 'began with a prayer,
The .'Thanksgiving ' Leaflet was:
used with . Mrs. Hugh Mackenzie,
Mrs. Earl Howes, Mrs. " West, and.
Miss Sadie Johnson takinig. part.:
Mrs. Wm., Ross" read a poem,.
and 'Mrs Duncan "Farrish led in •
prayer.- A new assistant leader
is needed for the C.G:JT. as Mrs.
Wallace MacLean• is moving to.
Kincardine. The hostess 'and .corn
mittee served, lunch:
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar ; Maize of
Scarborough visited, with Fred
Vassella last week -end: • • r
Mr. . and Mrs. Georges: Foster
and .Donna . of London spent Sun-
day with relatives here.
The ,.October meeting of the
W.M.S. was held • at' the • home
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