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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-10-19, Page 6RONIC-CES 1NGE,REARPI r JRST c-tiaufk -'--5 police agent& Every day was passed in an agony of suspense:, Soldiers. and heroes in those grim days were being, sent In the :firing squad. Would Andrew be atnengst. them? The trial finished and pan. -MS Alice, tired and pale,. went • to, a church to pray., As .she OM out, she SAW her sister-in-. law • running tOwards her with news,. Her nand 'flew to her heart .and then she heard the.eryi safe! It's all right!" Andrew had been sentenced to banish- ,rnent, not death, And Princess Agee .turned back tewArcia the ehurchr :mode the sign of the cross and burst into tears, The rest of the story is known la' the world, A 'British warship • rescued Princess Alice and her -husband .arid, carried them' to ;safety.. -Andrew never forgot his debt to Royal Navy and re- . solved that his son, should enter its service, He-died in exile. . Buteepeipce'Se `Alice always re- n-remted..',Oat her prayers had been answered. That is why in nursing orders, in. Greece today • • syeierlsOtins1dnethe PoOr and lowly, remembering the days a- when her husband was spareds to. her , to lye. A. Hand-Loom Weaver And -His Work "Deer Anne Itirets Severe years. ago .wheu I was 15, I marriede a Man. IQ years older, my •parents tried to dissuade me, but thought I kneW everything,. Now we' have a tittle -girl, and it is chiefly for .her sake that I aSk your counsel — • Her father has been drinking for yearS fwhich• I did not know when we mar- ried) and he is getting worse;, then he has physically rais, treated me so that I am really Afraid. "So far I have been able to. prevent per seeing or hearing him at such times, but I don't know whether I can keep that up. Strangely enough,, he is de- voted to her and she to him , He travels sometimes now, and when he is home, he drinks al- most consistently, Ile tells pee- • pie I am a spendthrift, and that I •date men in his absence! He gives me so little money (barely enours,h to get along en) that am almoet destitute of clothes and must count every dime, The only pl,?,ces: I. go are to church and an ocersional movie with ro,-, little girl. "I would leave .him, but I can't bear to, separate the child 'from him, even thought 1 expect he will - get worse as he grows. °leer. Yet how can I let her die- cover what sort of father she, hes? I- must do • something soon, and I will do anything you say, IkSISERABLE" SETS UP RITZY PERON EXILE — Moria Goran Weiss, glamorous, tennis-playing friend of Juan Peron is s eeking a luxurious villa in Zurich, Switzerland, for the deposed Argentine dictator. She is backed by his "exile" fortune. The 3 5-year-old brunette armed wit Perons power of attorney.,ppron, is yeported to have a sum estimated , at between $6,000,6decin'cl")$20,000,000 in various banks in Switzerland. Miss Weiss is pictured in Buenos Aires, Where she competed in the Pan-American Games tennis matches. various events are not the only attractions, There are also the people you meet. Time after time you hear--"Well, for good- ness sake, I haven't seen you in years" And do you know, arn- beginning to believe it is a MY small world, I met one of Our District W,I, officers at, the fair who informed me the last time she saw me was at Montreal hurrying across the runway to board a plane for Prestwick, So you ace it doesn't matter bow far you are from home YOU, can never, be sure there isn't :someone around who knowl,,sVho you are. I'm telling you, folks, yoU have to watch your step these days in this lit- tle old world of ours! Well, there is quite a bit of excitement among the farmers around here these days, The Department of Highways is re- putedly checking on its last sur- vey for Highway 401, which cuts through our farm, When this check-up is completed it is said, ;valuators will be mak- ing the rounds. So now the local Federation of Agriculture is holding a series of small meetings, among the landowners concerned to establish some sort of protective policy. Partner is attending one such meeting this mIn the ning'meantime was, are get- ting a little action from the Main- tenance Division of the Depart- rnour on° the gCtrlayel.ls fon OPU rVra pro- perty. It had previously been "repaired" with loose stone. Now a permanent job is in pro- gress—a cement retaining wall directing the course of the creek away from our property, We are' well satisfied with the job, Action was. finally taken after we had sent pne letter to Ham- ilton and another to Queen's Park calling attention to the matter. Sometimes a little co- operation between the public- and the Department helps both parties. ROYAL BRIDE SAID "NO" •BY MISTAKE SLIM 11011t; Your marriage still could "' be a good marriage if your. * husband behaved as a hus- * baud should, He must be cell,- * scious that he is. falling in his * jab. To attack a faithful wife * is monstrous; to spread tales * about her is the act of a cad; * to squander money he cannot • afford is utterly selfish, * The picture of his future is, * not heartening, and I see only * one hope — your husband's * love for his little girl, * There may lie the answer " you hope to find. Be must * know that he cannot conceal * his weakness from her for * long — and then he will have * to face the horror and the * shame she will :feel. You will * convince him that unless he * transforms himself into a de- '0 cent, right-living person you * will take her from him, for * you refuse to allow his influ- ence to darken her life. * The time for him to reform * is today — not next month * nor next year. If he laughs off C` your threat, you will have to * go through with it. " If your husband would ad- * mit his failures and try to be- * have himself. I know you * would call on all your pa- * tience and faith to help him " Perhaps it is, not too late. It * is up to him. * * IN LOVE WITH LOVE "Dear Anne Hirst: You, with my parents, will say I am too • young to be in love, but really I am. My family makes fun of me and says it won't last, but I know it will. The young man is 21, and doesn't 'know I care for him; I'm afraid we couldn't be friends if he found out. "But how can I act when he drops in? I am so miserable! DORIS" * Almost all girls in their * early teens get a crush on a * young man several years old- * er. It is nothing to be ashamed * of. Indeed, it can, have a salts- * tart' effect, Subconsciously„ * you will mold yourself into * the kind of girl You think he * admires, and instead of aping * other girls you will just con- * tinue to be your own best self. * You are so wise to give no * sign of your emotions; if he * sensed your affection he would * avoid you. By using restraint, You can keep your secret and * remain the little ,pal he likes to see now and then. When * your family teases You, don't " retort; ignore it, and they will " cease. Go out with your girl * friends often and learn some- * thing from them all; This . is * one way to grow more inter- * esting, and develop into the * fine, normal young woman * that nice lads wit.l want to * date. " It is likely you will outgrow * this phase, but you can al- * ways hold this young man as * your ideal, one 'by which to * measure other boys you'll -be * dating soon. * Many a man has changed his' life for the sake of "i child • he loves, when all other appeals failed to move him. Anne Hirst has helped thousatOs of, couples to a happier life, and her wis- dom and experience is at your service. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eirrhteentli St., New Tor- onto, Ont. INTERNATIONAL —Greci an- . t inspired, Swedish-designed and fashioned in Britain, this striped worsted •evening gown brought "oohs" and "aahs" from fash- ionwise buyers at the recent International Wool Fashion Fes- tival, in London. Back to good old standard time . , arid wasn't it grand to get that extra hour last Sun- day morning? Unfortunately nightfall POW comes all too early, But we can't have it both ways, can we? ,The last day of fast time was also the day of our County Fair --and we did manage to get to it for a couple of hours. Not longer because the plumber was here that morning fixing the furnace, I wonder how many people had an experience sim- ilar to OUT own, Practically all our smoke pipes rotted. Fifteen lengths and four elbows, as our pipes go right through the house. We have since heard of quite a few people in this dis- trict who had furnace pipe trouble. Why should that be? Was it the humidity this sum- mer, or was it because most of the coal last year was oil-treat- ed to prevent dust? •We are in- clined to think it was the oil which produced , some sort of chemical reaction on the pipes. Be that as it may we under- stand the use of oil has been discontinued. The explanation? Customers were objecting to the oily odour that permeated their homes, .But to get back to the fair. Friday 'afternoon there was a drenching rain and the "probs" did not sound too good for the morrow. -But the weatherman was kind. The day was com- fortably warm and sunny. There was a wonderful attendance. and something, somewhere, go- ing on all the time, Local fairs are no longer 'slow' the way they used to be. In fact it is like a small C.N.E. ! You can't take it all in. Stop to watch the cattle .being judged and you miss a trotting race, Or look at the dray 'horses in the king and you lose out in seeing the square dance Competition, And in the display halls you can't see the„work for the people. Such 'a lot of good eXhibits . . . sewing, knitting, quilts 'and so on, representing hundreds of close, work by 'scores of, people. And the Junior Farmers and Homemakers . . clever and 'original diSplays, Yes,• it was all very good—but do you know what; impressed me meet? Just the terrific amount of work and planning-that had preceded the day of the fair. How many people who do no more than pay their way in realise how hard the directors work to make their own particular fair a suc- cess. A successful fair doesn't just happen, It is the result of weeks and weeks of careful thought and planning and in- tensive activity just before and during the fair. And all a labour of love. The same applies to the organiations that set up refresh- ment ' booths as a means of bringing in a little money for their W.I., W.A,, or whatever organization they happen to re- present. Working in cramped quarters isn't easy—nor is the .catering. Which will be the best seller— hot dogs or pop? What the public 'demands de- pends on sthe day—and no one can plan the 'weather. -So I say hats off to the directors, the exhibitors, the caterers and to all 'those who in any way help to make the local fair a success, And this applies to all fairs, not to any one fair in particular. But of course the exhibits and Make 'this attractive cover for any size TV -set! It's pretty grape pattern—a smarti'combination of sfileteerochet and, regular crochet! Ffattern , 600: Crochet TV square 25 inches in No. 30 mer- cerized cotton; smaller in No. 50; largerqn• prochetLand knit- ting cotton, ': Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS In coins (stamps. cannot be ac- "ceptic1)%for this pattern •'to Box 1, 122 Eighteenth St„ New Tor- onto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. LOOK for smart gift ideas in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog.. Crochet, knitting, em- broidery, lovely things to wear. Dolls, iron-ons, quilts, aprons, novelties — easy, fun to make! Send 25 cents for your copy of this book. NOW! Yous`will want to order every new design in it. RAILWAY POLICE Canada's railways had a , po- lice force of 1,080 in 1953. Aver- age salary of the 197 inspectors and sergeants was $4,367, and of the 883 constables $3,455. David Robb is the weaver of Pettybaw. All day long he sits at his old-fashioned Sand-loom, whicli, like the fruit of his toil and the dear old graybeard himself, belongs to a day that is past and gone. He might have work enough to keep an 'apprentice busy, but where would he find a lad suffi- ciently behind the times to learn a liumble trade now banished to the limbo of superseded, al- most' forgotten things? His home is but a poor place, but the rough room in which he works is big enough to hold a deal of sweet content, It is cheery enough, too, to attract the Pettybaw weans, who steal in on wet days and sit on the floor 'playing with the thrums, or with bits of colored ravelings. Sometimes when they have proved themselves wise and. Prudent little virgins, &Oise are even allowed to touch theehinlie of pihk and yellow, yarn that lie in raintaiiIsseed confueion'on,thelong dedlaable. All this time the "hedclIs'„f lb up and 'down,' up, On d, ,e' With their ceaseless clatter,' and .David throws' 'the shuttle bade and—forth as he weaves his old- fashioned .winseys.. • . The loom stands by an east- ern windoW, and the rare Petty- baw sunshine filters through the branches of a tree, shines upon the dusty windowpanes, and throws a halo round 'David's head that he well deserves and little Suspects. In my fore- ground sit Meg and Jean and Elspeth playing with thrums and wearing the fruit of David's loom in their gingham feocks. David himself sits on his wood- . en bench behind the maze of cords that form the "loom har- ness." The snows of seventy winters powder his hair and beard. . . . Arid as for his smile. I have riot the art to paint that! It holds in solution so many' sweet though humble virtues' of pa- tience, temperance, self-denial, honest endeavor, that my brush falters in the attempt to fix 'the radiant whole upon the canves. Fashions come and go, modern itnprovements transform the arts' and trades, manual skill, gives way to, the cunning of machine, but old David' Rob, afer more than fifty years of toil; still sits at his hand-loom and weaves his winseys for the Pettybaw bairnie's. David Chas small book learn- ' ing, so he tells me; and indeed he had need to tell ine, for I should never have discovered 'it myself — one misses it so little when the larger things, are all present! Notwithstanding his unfamili- arity with' langnebbit words. David has absorbed a deal of wisdom in his quiet life; though so far as I ,can see, his Only books have been the green tree outside his window, a., glimpse. of the distant ocean, and the toil of his hands. But I 'Sometimes question if as many scholars are not made as marred' in this Wise, for — to the seeing eye — the waiting leaf and the far sea,, the daily task, one's own heart-beats, and one's neighbor's — these" teach Us in good time to interpret Nature's secrets, and man's, and God's age -- Froth "Pene- lope's Progress," by Kate Doug- las Wiggitt. MORE iiiktVgg, SliAtfOtitkfttb Canada's , slaughtering , rid Meat fAoking indtistrY slaught- ered 1,469;46' beeves irk 1953' 0S eorriPared with 1461,g62 In 105, but the cast 'of the arilinalS' Wee letter at W9',36.1,41.0` versus 056;g0,13'ii then Varak:ribbons and stars began ''to run after the carriage, clutching 'paper' bags of rice and confetti: lTo ;a:startled posse 'Of German police, the paper bags• looked alike bombs. And they, too,Joitied in the rush! The Emperor of Russia spied a short ,cut through the crowd, and putting his head down, ram- med his way through the cheer- ing'people Just 'as she was bow- ing her acknowledgments, Alice received the contents of a bag of rice full in the face, followed by a satin slipper. Catciiing the slipper, she hit the Emperor over the lead with it, then re- sumed her seat with an idyllic smile. If •one lingers over this amus- ing scene; it is because the sands were itirming out. Though so happily beauty; s,Princess Alice's married life was to be fraught. with danger and tragedy. When she was blessed with four delightful daughters; no- wo- man in all the world was, hap- pier. Once, during a family re- union in Malta, she met her youngest brother, ' now Earl Mountbatten, and as a young naval cadet he cheekily ex- pressed indignation at having been made four times an uncle before he was fourteen years old! But, the storm clouds, were gathering. Her father-in-law. King George 1 of Greece, was assassinated at point-blank range by a Jnadman in the streets of Salonika, and Andrew's elder brother, Constantine; assumed the throne. With her 'four little girls, Britain's Princess Alice found herself embroiled in plot and, counter-plot and military revolt as :a result of divided loy- alties—in the first world war. During one uprising, Alice was busy in a' tepestry shop in' Ath- ens, which She ran for charity.' Through a hail of falling sheep- nell, she rail home . . , and saw with horror that her children's nursery window had been shat. toned, Smashing through the glass, a bullet had whizzed above the princesses as they played and buried itself in the plaster. "You should return to Eng- land," Andrew told her, Tender- 1St Princess Alice answered, "I will never leave your side . ." Then King Constantine abdi- cated and in the resulting up- heaval Andrew and Alice fled With their family to Switzerland ,But it was not long before the Royal Family were welcomed back. Delirious with joy,,a cheering crowd even tried 6 tear off Andrew's garters as sou- venirs. On the Allied side, Andrew colter-tended a valiant army against the Turks,. While lie was away lie received the long- awaited news that a sett, Prince Philip, had been bent, A period of renewed happiness seethed to down. 13ttt !test as suddenly events territ.savage turn. The Greek 'Army Met with reverses, Inthe throe' Of revOlu- tion ail d cotinter-revialution, Prince Andrew Was Stripped Of his honours' and arrested. ° "I must go 'was leis wife's only thotight, Her horns was watched day arid night by Amid the glittering splendour of the Coronation ceremony a princess in the simple grey habit of a nursing order sat in one of the honoured central seats of the royal box and gazed down lov- ingly'at her only son, the Duke of Edinburgh, and' at his wife, our youthful Queen', Most people imagine that the Duke of Edinburgh's mother, H.R.H. Princess Alice of Greece, is Grecian by birth. But the truth is that she was born in Windsor < Castle as a ranking great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria . . . and Princess .Alice was soon adored as one of Bri- tain's loveliest young princesses, Her doting, great-uncle, King Edward VII, used to run his hands through her soft, fair ring- lets and declare bluffly that no throne in the' whole of Europe would be too good for her, -Her father, Prince Louis of B0ttenberg, was fully alive to the dynastic undertones of these royal compliments. Alice passed her girlhood in a happy though, regal atmosphere. There were visits to cousins in Russia, exciting holidays against a background of jolly sleigh-bells and glistening snow. There were tours through Germany, an 'end- less succession of balls and parties. And of course there were plenty of matchmakers among her aunts and. uncles, some hope- , fully linking Alice with the fu- ture Tsar of Russia, others dis- cussing prospects in Sweden, and Prussia, Then, unpredictably, when barely eighteen, brown- eyed Princess Alice fell in love with, handsome Prince Andrew of Greece. • He was just twenty-one years old, tall, fair-haired, as strikingly ,good-looking as the Duke of Ed. inbUrgh is today. Princess Alice was unable to speak a word of Greek; Andrew's English was halting. But with 'the blithe as- surance of youth he made his hones and passions known, The betrothal required the. King's consent under the Royal Marriages Act, and Edward VII wanted it fully emphasized that the bride was a British subject As a result, the shy ash-blonde princess had to undergo three marriage ceremonies. One was civil, another Protes- tant. The third, and most pic- turesque, ceremony was held ac- cording to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church in the lovely old cathedral church at Deem- staclt, By this time, it is riot to be Wondered at if the bride Was A little confused! During the service, the priest had to ask her two questions — whether she consented of her own free will to Marry Andrew dr whether she had promised her hand to someone else, In seine perplexity Alice mur- mured No to the first question, and °Yee to the second, arid 4 ripple Of anitteenient tali through the tongtootion. As the pair drove away for their honeymoon 'Val guests .r. FAITHFUL LUTHERAN '—. . 64 ;years of perfect, day school atfericithites .Wat. ;honoured' of Oeorbotlob. toy services in the 'deoc6;Lutheeoh. tliutch of Frank- Iih: La ridsHobby,. aitisteirif Sunday chool nh e clent, ii affixing the Special pin' awarded 14 her: Mlii. attendance hot been broken only once, trip, to her mothers native Germany 1.1)67..,Sirit -e. :theft the; bet a record of 1406,Sunda s • in S•irritidy 'sellitrOL WHERE' {ERE'( WOOL, THERE'S A•WAV way lo publicize it, thatactrete tied t erraday finds its eosy to pull the wool' over ,,lie eyes of ,betnoerolic lose oh C. b'Mahoney who hdlis .6-6n1 ,M,Onlit-4„Where theep,raisiril ie neciicit factor Tit th eagrieultuforl. edteriorny.,.Litti. and pet lamb., ''Wooly;" pose' with the Senator!' iti froht 6f iht..‘ Halpin's topitel before taking tiff on 0 'cross-country tour in bal.:0.'1 of the ridtidsi'e weeoleei Jades industry;.