HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-07-06, Page 2Far from ne
ignoble strife;
Their'sober Wishes never
learted to stray;
Along' the cool, teiltiester'd vale
off life
They kept the• noiseless tenth'
Of their Ivey
Th °Mee Grey.
"That letter YOU published
while ago froze), the wife who re-
Xttseti to have her mother-in-law
live with her brings sharply be-
fore me the nine years I *pen!
With my own," writes a regret-
ful wife. "I em glad that her
husband stood by her; I don't
think mine would have . . I
had thought I loved his mother,
but I came to hate her and hated
myself for it,"
* The nine years that followed
* her mother-in-law's coming
have been nine years of sub-
* jugation for this couple. The
older woman took over com-
* pletely, She has run their pri-
* vate lives, checked their corn.
* ings and goings, even planned
* the family meals. "All my
* husband did was to bring in
* the money," his wife com-
* plains, "I have been, maid of
4, all work, cleaning and laun-
* dering whether I felt like it or
* not; my mother-in-law, healthy
* and active, has never even
* made her own bed. She just
* had all the fun of running our
" lives — and neither of us had
* the spunk to prevent it."
* As some people grow older,
* they are apt to become self-
*. centered; like spoiled children,
* they do as they please with no
* thought of the consequences
* Here are two nice people who,
* with every good intent, made
the mother welcome. What
• happened? For nine long years
" she has robbed them of the
* privacy without which no mar-
* riage can flower. She has
* supervised their activities as
* though they were tenn-agers,
* she has even chosen their
* friends. Without a qualm she
* has swept them blindly on her
* imperious way, and today is
* probably preening herself on
* how she "helped the children
* out."
"My husband and 1 finally
faced it -- and only a month
ago he found a place for her to
live with mutual friends. You
„..._esunderstand 'how grateful 1 `am
for the'', -but, ,cannot help
reproaching, neye,eIfi tor, not put-
ting my footd'O';wrpm the very
first. We havievairegh-fiI be good -
'debrief best
This one topped them all . .
When it conies to crazy hats, just leave it to grandma. At
least that's what Charter 1.15 of the Federated Grandmothers'
Club believes. So they held a Crazy Hat contest and here are
the winners:'Mrs. R."1-i. Lambert, top, walked off (a bit unsteadi-
ly) with all the hanors for her "Picnicking With My Grand-
children in the Park." Mrs. Sophie Lubowski, bottom left, came
in second with her creation, which features a hen setting on two
hard-boiled eggs in a nest of yarn. Flag on top reads: "Hatch-
ng, Don't Disturb." And Mrs. Jessie Thompson, bottom right,
showed up with 'a' fashion that was super back in 1917-and is
still good enough to win the "oldest hat" ,:prize in the contest.
Proceeds' from the contest went to youth welfare propects the
group sponsors. „t
e. cis .
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t°12447A4 C01/401,S ei#0"te
Christians, and I learned to con-
MI RST
ly many of us. would have
planned our lives! Nine years
ago all of your clouds were
* rose-lined, and you had not
• the heart to refuse, your
• mother-in-law; don't waste this
* new freedom you know today
* in regrets, for it is unlikely
* your husband would have felt
* he could refuse his mother a
* home. Now YOu are both wiser,
* The years which lie ahead
* will be all the sweeter for the
* memory of those trying ones
* you lived through,
GRANDMA SPOILS
"Dear Anne Hirst: Our little
son is six, and devoted to his
grandmother. We have been dis-
tressed for some time by her
spoiling him. He has a delicate
digestion, and though, she knows
it, when he is at her house she
lets him have foods that disegree
with him. The: child and we
must pay the penalty, I have
talked this over time and again
with my mother-in-law, yet she
still. persists and, of course, our
son loves it.
"I should not, like to stop his
visiting her; they love each other
dearly, and, in every other way
she is discretion itself. But what
else can I do? His father agrees
with me, but you know a man
won't face an issue.
WORRIED MOTHER"
* Your mother-in-law brought
* up her children, I' ereteet, with
4' the old-fashioned idea that
* any food's the youngsters liked
* were good for them. Fortu-
* nately they survived, so she
* can prove her point. But your
* little son reqUires a special
* diet, and though she admits
* it, she is too tender-hearted
* to refuse him.
* Try once more. Convince
* her that;' you know how 'she
* loves the heye, but tell her,
'eee'• eee
ceal my feelings, but the strain
has told on me,"
"1-.1ow true it is, as you've
ten • remarked, that even in her
own home a wife cannot compete,
with • her man's mother!" — the
wife concludes..
To"WEAK WOMAN": If we
* could see ahead, how different,.
•
•
• n
* in detail, how much and how
e long he suffers the consequenc-
* es of her indulgence It you
* remind her that these attacks
* weaken his resistance and can
* impair ,his general health, I
* believe she will co-operate,
e Make out a new list of foods
* he should not have, and tell
* her your doctor insists= upon
* his following it. Say you must
* depend upon her to,resist his
* entreaties (which, you do at
* home) and stress your faith in
* her compliance.
* 'This should turn the trick.
* If it does riot, then you will s
* have to forbid his eating any-
* thing at all at her house. .
*
"If 1 had only knc;wn How
we regret what we haie not
done! The fact that we did:What
we thought right at the time'
should comfort us; it surely
strengthened our character. If
you face an'important decision,
ask Anne .Hirst's opinion before
you. make ,it. .Write her at Box
1, 123 Eighteenth 'St., 'New Tor.
onto, Ont,
•••
, Last week as;I wrote this col-
umn we were still waiting for
"the truck to arrive, for transport-
ing the doves' that Partner, had
sold. -It was, almost nine o'clock
at night before the...big tractor-
trailer pulled into the' yard.' In
about half-an-hour it was on its way again — with all ,our
milking cows and three calves
at ,foot. •
• • We put in-along rerve-raek-
ing day waiting for that truck
to come! And of purse Partner
had to milk the cows ,again. But
now it allebelOngs to the past
and we have r already ,had the
experiencef-'"one week with-
Out cows. But we are' not with:
ut milk. yet -- I had plenty
tacked, away in the ..refrigera-
3 to' see us over for a little
Bile. It will' seem odd when
e start 'getting our milk in
ottles —= or= cans,' or packets' —
cording to what . We want.
Wednesday morning 'pee took
ironic twisi. I was but in ;the.
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New Toronto, Otit,
kitchen at 0 a,M. — force of
habit will continue to get us
up early for awhile yet, I ON -
peat. looking out the window
what should I see but a number
of cattle -- all over the garden,
of course, In a few minutes
Partner, in his pyjamas, was out
chasing them away from the
house, We phoned our neeeest
neighbour but he was not the
owner of the strays, which we
found, to be five two-year-old
Holstein heifers. While Partner
was getting dressed the heifers
wandered down the lane to the
road and the last we saw qg
them they were running down
the highway ahead of two pre-
viously fast-moving care. At
noon we were told they were
in a neighbour's • wheat-field --
but we baven't heard yet who
these cattle belonged to: When
I saw those heifers I really
thought it Was a. NemeSis on us
for selling the cows!
News travels fast these days.
Qelr cows were still in the
stable when a young fellow liv-
ing twenty-five • m i I e s away
came in to see If, partner wanted
' to sell the milking madhine. lie
did: A little later we had two
offers for the milk-cooler — so
that's going out too, Before'long
I shell really believe we are out
of the dairy business! At pre-
sent it seems *like a wonderful
dream from which. I fear a rude
awakening. It was really splen-
did to see Partner stepping out
for the O.A.G. at Guelph last
Friday without a worry in the
world about what time he would
be home.
However, the fOrces of nature
are conniving to keep him em-
ployed. There .was a strong wind.
the other day which blew down
part of a big chestnut tree in
the backyard Completely wreck-
ing my triple clotheline.' So now
Partner has some Work tb'
with buck-saw — plus a Clothes-
line to fix.
There 'have also been pails
and, pails of water to carry to
the garden it has been so
dry — but jhank gOodn'eSS we
had a beautiful rain last''night.
'Also a thunderstorm — 'and I
could watch the lightning- and
listen to the fall 'of ,the thunder"
Without eating 'if' the, power ,did
go off — .insofar is we, were
concerned., So often storms come
up just about fehore time and •
in the,past a power-failure' was
my one tear• ----'rforoing,:Partner
to inilk.bY hand'--a thing which
'his 'crippled; arthritic bends are
no-longer capable ,With-
out.tremendous. effoli and 'con-,
siderable ,pain.
- That rain must have, been "a
blessing ;to the strawberryTgrow-
ers. Withont it there would Prefab-
ably have been a `",very,, short
season. Next week I expect 'to
be away so I get 'thy berries
early. Now they are safely
stowed away in the jars. = Of .
course it being to nearly in the
-season I had to pay top price for
my fruit, Now.I'm thinking per-
haps it pays to buy early. These
are such beautiful berries —
no waste — so to my surprise I
put down ,tbirepen pints from
ten hokes -of 'berries. s
My goodnesS, I ahriost forgot
to mention that important, event
that 'took place .last week., The
Provincial Electien. HoWever, we
didn't forget to, vote — which is
more than some' people can say.
At the little 'country school
where we cast our, votes , there
were 164 "on the voters .list..ye
went along about fetal, p.m. and
at that time only 54 citizens bad
been to vote. 'How is' it:,peseible
for so many td care so little for
the privileges' of a free democ-
racyT No cidubt there were more
- out before ,the .polls closed but
usually the country people get
out early in the day.
' Well, this chronicle -is coming
from Ginger Farm. The next
One 3 if my plans hold good —
may' be'written many miles from
here — exact location unknown.
I have been . very' busy laying
in supplies for Partner—he says
it looke as if 1 were preparing
for a siege! However, he Will
not be alone for long at aelirne.
The family are taking it in
turns to come home and see
that all is well. So . . you'll
be hearing from me again next
week . . . I hope!
MORE DIPTHEitIA
The number of diptheria cases
reported* iii Canada climbed to
208 lest year from 182 in 1953,
the first increase since 1944.
"]ft's not a tikhill They're 'o:d
iieW!!"
Sir Anthony Eden
Called Sloppy Dresser
One thing you will not find
Sir Anthony Eden mentioning
in any of his speeches is how
be got ills M.O.
Anthony Eden went straight
from Eton at the age of seven"
teen into the. Army in 1915, and
within six months was hi the
thick of the Somme battles.
One night he took a small,
party into No Man's Land, but
when they returned found that
a man named Harrop was mis-
sing, At once he asked for vol-
unteers, and with two men re-
turned under heavy fire.
They found Harrop lying
wounded and bleeding profusely,
and brought him back. For this
Eden was given the M,C., which
he always said later was doled
out with his rations.
Harrop became director of a
Sheffield ironworks, and ' was
chairman of the Sheffield
Branch of the Old Contempti-
bles' Association.
One of Sir Anthony Eden's
greatest dislikes is the label that
has stuck to him all his life; that
of -being a natty dresser. He
hates it, Years ago an "Anthony
Eden suit" used to be sold in
Sweden, The picture which il-
lustrated it showed a crinkly
hair Apollo with the 'colossal
shoulders of a super-spiv and
a slim, wasp waist.
But the editor of the 'Tailor
and Cutter' pointed out that
Eden was really quite slovenly
and had several defects 'in his
dress. The fact is that. Sir An-
thony Eden, like most well-
dressed Englishmen, wears well-
cut clothes but is not conscious
of his. attire, and that alone gives
him a well turned out: appear-
ance.
Sir Anthony Eden's flair .for
languages stood 'him in good
stead when he was Foreign Sec-
retary.
His French and German are
particularly good. He once re-
vealed that he painstakingly and
conscientiously 'taught himself
'the complexities of • ,German
grammar out of a grammar bemek
prepped up next to his mirror
while shaving.
When he, was very young , his
mother ' took him iraVelling
• abroad.' Studying languagesewas
not 'the happiest part of those
holidays, but the young Anthony
did so for several hours every
day.,
On 'their return, he'eVas taken
by hii mother to the Eden an-
cestr• al mansion; Windlestone
Hall, Durham.
As they alighted on ,the vil-
lage station platform, the rail-
way porter g'rpet;ed the lad'a.
mother In 'broad Durham. dialect
and, she introduced. him to. her
son.
"Oh, Mummy! Not auothee
foreign.. language, please!" to,
protested.•
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ISSUE 27 1955
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FASHION TELLS;'FS'FIORIS ;•StORY--
Inspired by jockeys' silks, beach outfit; cit 'left,' is modeled in
Florence, Italy. It's made of white cotton, features long sleeves
and sewn-in neckerchief. Feedbag-like straw' bonnet doubles, as
beach bag, is carrier by ear pieces. Three-piece cotton ensem-
ble, at right, is in 'a traditional rose-and-scrolk print
and is an outfit in itself. One-piece playsuit has scoop, neckline
and above-the-knee Tyrolean shorts; is worn with matching but-
ton-front skirt. Short sleeved bolero packet is not shown.
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