HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-03-23, Page 2Stretchable Synthetic Knits Put ..Etastity Nn The Budget Modern Etiquette
By Roberta bee
BY EDNA MILES
Sizes are the bane of any housewife's shopping excursion.
Getting exactly the right sizes in socks, shirts, and pajamas for
'the male members of the family should be easy—but isn't.
if the fabric isn't sanforized, there must b'e allowante for
shrinkage, And in the, interest of the budget, there frequently
must be allowance for growth. Sizes, too, run somewhat differ.
ently with merchandise from different manufacturers, Air in
a shopping trip can turn into a guessing game, r.
The new, stretchable knitted fabrics .in nylon or a combin-
ation of nylon and dacron are removing much of the guesswork.
One garment stretches to be right fit for several sizes; without
sagging or binding. Thus it can span several seasons instead of
just a couple of months.
Such fabrics are completely washable (laj, hand or ma-
chine), and need little or no. ironing. They'r'e done in both plain
and ribbed types and in solid colors and stripes. And they're
nice as gifts, since the stretch feature practically does away with
the size problem.
S-t-r-e-t-c-h the budget with children's T-shirts such as these,
Both are of same size, but stretchable knit fabric insures fit
during several seasons of growth. •
ANNE HIRST
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this I must say — they are not
mere words. This friend of mine
has come through great trouble,
of a type that few of us are
called upon to face. What she
says is with the voice of ex-
perience, having risen abpve her
own bitter ordeal, which she
could not have done without the
triple faith that she mentions.
She is now .working on another
series—how to SevelOp that
faith that she advocates. So-
many people came to her asking
that very qqestion. In the city,
town or country it is' something
we all need' to know—possibly
now, more than at any other
time in history.
• campaign. Ask your wife out
* to dinner and a show; recap ▪ tare the spirit of your court-
* ship days, and pay her solidi-
• tous attention. Don't urge her
to come home, but when the
* question . comes up promise
* you will behave differently,
* and relieve the monotony that
inay have become unbearable.
* If you will pursue this plan
* with intelligence, your wife —
* may understand how unfair it
* is to separate you from the
* children and realize where she
* belongs, too.
54 4,
When trouble comes and you
don't know where to turn, ask
Anne Hirst what to do. Her
years .of experience, her know-
ledge ,of human weaknesses and
her warm sympathy can guide
you safely. through. Write her
at Box I, 123 Eighteenth St.,
' New Toronto, Ont.
Q. How long should a 'wed.'
OW ring be worn after the hus-
band, has Passed away?
A, A widow continues to wear
the wedding ring during her
lifetime, unless she becomes en-
gaged to marry a second time.
Following the announcement •of
her engagement, she ceases to
wear her first wedding ring,
Q. When the folded napkin is
laid on the left side of the plate,
should the open edge be toward
the plate or away from it?
A. Toward the plate.
Q. Is it ail right to have nick.,
names engraved on a •personal
calling cards?
A. No.
Q. If one is in doubt as to
whether a written invitation can
be accepted, !how should the
acknowledgment be worded?
A. The acknowledgment must
state definitely whether the in-
vitation is accepted or regret-
ed. It is imperative that a de-
cision be reached before answer-
ing — and this should be done
promptly,
Q. My' husband and I have
been invited to a double wed-
ding ceremony. The one couple
are very good friends, but the
other we know only slightly.
Are we obligated to send wed-
ding gifts to both couples?
A. A gift to your good friends
is the only requirement. Of
course, a little gift to the other
bride would not be improper,
but it isn't expected.
Q. What is customary to use
as ,cenierpiece for the wedding
breakfast table?
A. The wedding cake.
Q. What are the duties of the
bridegroom's parents before the
wedding?
A. Nothing special, outside of
paying a call on the• bride's par-
ents after the engagement has
been announced, and to buy the
bride as nice a wedding present
as possible. It's nice, too, for the
man's family to invite the girl
and her family to a gathering
sometime before the wedding.
Q. I'd like to give a baby
shower for a friend. How long
before the party should I send
invitations?
A. From one to two weeks
prior to the party. • Q. What should a woman t
wear to a day-time affair when
she has been asked to speak to
an audience?
A. She should wear street
clothes and a hat.
Where Women
Score
... especially with spring in the
offing.
Spring . . . what a happy
thought! I suppose many of you
are already planning your work,
whether it be seeding, garden-
ing or housecleaning. Early
spring brings with it a renewal
of f al tic in the year ahead.
Without it we could not carry
on. It is as necessary to our
w ell-being as the air we
brerathe. A friend of mine gave
a series of talks on that very
subject just recently and I was
particularly impressed with
some of her remarks. I think
they will appeal to you as well.
"There are three levels of faith
—faith in God, faith in others
and faith in ourselves. They all
work together. A strong faith
in God makes a strong human
being. Then there is faith in
others. If you have faith in the
people around you, you trust and
respect them. If you lack this
faith- you mistrust and despise
them. Sometimes an unfortu-
nate experience destroys your
faith in people. Don't, whatever
the provocation, let this happen
to you for lack of faith can grow
like a bad weed and spoil your
relationship with all you meet.
Then there is faith in yourself.
Without faith he yourself you
become inadequate — without
vitality and lacking the power
that you should be using. But
you can develop faith in your-
self. It is an act of will. You
can have faith or distrust; con-
fidence or fear. The possibili-
ties are within your mind. You
must have this triple faith —
faikh in God, faith in others and
faith in yourself. You CAN have
it; faith can be developed and
with it comes an amazing bower..
Faith is the ingredient which
mixed ,with prayer, gives you
direct communication with the
Divine."
Well, I don't think I need add
anything to those remarks —
they speak for themselves. But
Were there really seven days
last week? I am beginning to
Wonder, We seem to have lost
a few somewhere. Or is that
what generally happens when
One has company? We had visi-
tors for three days and then
when they returned to Toronto
I went with them, intending to
visit Daughter and come back
on the 6;30 train. But I cut
things too fine, A delayed street-
car added to my troubles so I
missed my train by about two
minutes. The first time I have
done such a thing in years. For-
tunately Daughter's place is only
about 10 minutes ride from the
station so I went back until it
was time to leave for the mid-
night train. I had too much
work waiting at home for me to
stay overnight. However, wait-
ing for the late train allowed
me more time with Davey who
was quite happy to have an
extra person to play with. Then,,
too, I was able to get a full. eve-
ning with television. which I
had not done before. But I can't
say I am any more sold on it.
Certainly there are programmes;
that one naturally enjoys but I
find the advertising even more
annoying on TV than it is on
the radio, As for good music I
much prefer the radio — and
that goes for newscasts too.
However, I did enjoy a presen-
tation featuring R. L. Stevenson
on the island of Samoa. I sup-
pose eventually we shall suc-
cumb to mass enthusiasm and
get a set of our own but at the
moment neither Partner nor I
are too enthusiastic. Books,
papers, magazines and the radio
are about all we can handle at
present.
We have a little extra work
right now — looking after two
stck dogs. What ever ails them
I don't know unless it is dis-
temper. They both have coughs
and look pretty miserable. Tippy
hasn't eaten anything for three
days. As for Honey, she would•
eat if she were at her, last gasp.
Afterwards she acts like a horse
with the heaves. Tippy is eleyen
years old and, Honey six or eeven
so they are rather old for dis-
temper, especially as they were
both inoculated for it as pup-
pies.
Well, I guess the Folk School
for this County is over _for an-
other year and I didn't get to
it at all. That was quite a dis-
appointment—you may remem-
ber how much I enjoyed it last
year. However, these days it is
impossible to fit everything in
that one would like to do. There
were also two meetings that
Partner would liked to have
gone to and didn't, Socially-
minded farm folk can be very
busy nowadays. It is never a
problem now to know ,what to
do during the long winter eve-
nings. The real problem is to
find the long, winter evenings
Season to taste 1 0. minced cooked meat with grated onion,
salt; pepper and condiment sauce; moisten slightly with
gravy or sauce. Sift twice, then sift into a bowl, 2 c. once-
sifted pastry flour (or 194 c. once sifted all-purpose flour),
4 taps. Magic Baking Powder, tap. salt, 34 tsp. dry mus-
tard. Cut in finely' 5 tbs. chilled shortening. Make a well in
dry ingredients and add 3j c. chili sauce and 34 c. milk; mix
lightly, adding milk if necessary, to make a soft dough.
Knead for 10 seconds on floured •board and
divide dough into 2 parts. Pat one part into a'
greased round SW cake pan and spread almber
to edges with'meat mixture; moisten edges of
dough with water: Pat second part of dough into
an 8W round and place over, meat miiture;
press lightly around edges to seal; score top layer
deeply into 6 pie-shaped wedges. Bake in hot
Oven, 426% about 20 mins. Serve hot • with
brown tomato sauce. Yield-6 servings.
Always Dependable
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What are the ten small but
important things which a wo-
man can do.better than a man?
A romantic but rather cynical
Frenchman undertook to find
out. He studied women "for five
years, reports a Paris corres-
pondent, and then compiled this
list of things which, he said,
women of all ages can do in-
comparably better than mere
men:
Dress lightly without catching
cold.
Cry at the right moment.
Avoid an argument by a smile.
Choose, a present.
Obtain a special dish for a
dog in a restaurant.
Write a long letter and say
nothing.
Remove a speck of dust from
another person's eye.
Choose underwear for 'the op-
posite sex without embarrass-.
ment.
Disturb a score of people in a
cinema before finding a seat.
Drink very hot 'drinks without
flinching.
Well, that's his list. What's.
yours?
—"Dear Anne Hirst: afraid
I am losing my mind, trying to'
forget the girl I adore. We were
to have been married a month
ago. Two weeks before, I told
her someone saw her out with
another 'hey. 'I lost "ray tersiner
completely.' I told her off,
snatched. -my ring from her
finger, and left.'
"The one. time I've seen her
since, she asked me to go to
church with' her. I' made some
excuse, I have a day job With
a big firm, and I'm working six
hours at night at a service sta-
tion just to get her off my mind,
"I am miserable. How can
get her back? And how can I
overcome this mad jealousy? You
are the only one to help me, be-
cause I live with my lather and
,he says he is too busy to tialic
about it.
JIM"
"CRUEL AS THE GRAVE"
* I might remind you that,
* jealousy can be overcome by
* reason, for a jealous man is
* like one who has lost his rea-
* zoning powers. As a begining,
* however, I can assure you that
* faith can dispel jealousy, and
* it isf aith which you lack. To
'0 believe that a , girl about to
* become a bride would go out
* with another man is to insult
* her integrity; to accuse with-
* out giving,her a chance to an-
* swer is unjust and cruel. The
* manner of your charge die-
closes a temper' which should
* make any self-respecting girl
* shudder at the thought of
* marrying you—
Yet this girl was-. Seveet
* enough to offer you another
' chance! You should be on your
* knees to her. Go to her to-
* night, and beg her to forgive
* you.
' You can honestly tell her
* that you love her so that you
* forgot yourself. That you will
* never doubt her again. That
* you have been too ashamed to
* face her since, but now you
* cannot bear the thought of
* losing her, — And promise
* that if she will relent, you will
* try With all your strength` to ▪ control' this temper of yours.
• If she consents, you will be
* a very lucky' man indeed.
* In the Song of Solomon you
* find these words: "Love is
* strong as death,' jealousy is
" cruel as the grave," 'FiX them
* daily in your mind, end learn
* to be kind, instead of cruel. * *
HUSBAND WONDERS
"bear Anne Hirst; Three
weeks ago thy wife took the chil-
dren •'and moved to her father's
house. She told. me she was go-
ing, but would give no reason
except that she Was tired' of liv-
ing With me. I am at my wits'
end. to know why, I had no idea
she was not happy.
"I love my wife dearly. Per-
haps I took her for granted, but
whatever her reason for leaving,
I'd do anything to get het .back,
I might say -I'm just a honed-
body, and she loves cbmpany
and. amusement. Can you advise
ind what to do? -
LONELY MAN"
* Husbands often complain
• they are tired Of marriage, aced
* think that a. Stiffielent excuse.
* to seek new tingle, Why
" doesn't it Obeid' td them that
* their wives may have been
.N tired Of 'Marriage even leiter/
A Wife's daily tontine is more
dull than her luisband's,
If you visit your father-in,
laW'S home A'ecitteittly (Osten,
Stiiihalyy eltrititiSe6etittiNtewheyhillreount) you
• left you, Win her father' -t6
your Side; the SeparatiOn must
die ttess him,. and the children
'0! could' be -a burden in hiS well-
* arranged .'household.
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SHE plucked her dark eye-
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het nails.
SHE cherished a loVely cOna-
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which carried her Unstick, noW.
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Who was SHE?
SHE was Pre..Inete girl who
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and WIMSA iMutatny and net-
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FORCE OF LOVE
Ah! woe's me, that I should love
and conceal;
Long have I wish'd, but never
dare reveal,
Even thoUgh severely love's
pains' I feel;
Xerxes that great, was't free
from Cupid's dart,
And all, the greatest heroes felt
the 'smart.
—George Washingtoss
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True happiness
springs from
Moderation
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(1719-1832)
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