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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-05-16, Page 2:rya 5 19. ottido 207- BIRTHDAY,S-.-Between them,. tliese two women lyiy,,e,./,nearly tripled the Biblical life, span of three Score and ten ,yecirs.,,Mrs. Charlotte Bonner, left, winks as she shows off congratulations from president Eisenhower; and Cook County board president Daniel F. Ryan. She is 10'6, and has outlived three husbands and four children. Youngster of the two is Mrs. Pauline Sandoval, right, Who is only 101. Mrs. Sandoval, has had a doctor's at. tention only twice in her life. .The first time was 11 years ago, when the medico told her she'd soon be blind. She still has sight in ber right eye and now the doctor is getting glasses for her so she can enjoy her favorites-her flower garden and watching boxing, wrestling and cowboy =Vies on TV. Hired Baby-Sitter For Hips Dog higher level; Yesterday I heard. Pese up aloft, I couldn't see them because of the clouds, but at least it was cheery to hear them — and the song spqr- rows and robins, Later in the day we heard swamp frogs sing,, ing, So there we have life on three levels. Under the water, on the ground, and above the clouds. And all creatures keep to their own level except man, Man, by his ingenuity, has dis- covered means to dive below the surface of the waters and to soar above the skies, al- though the majority still swarm, over the earth like ants on a hill. Yesterday we realised this only too well as we went' down to Oakville to have dinner with Joy and Bob. In the afternoon Bob took us all around the town, and its surroundings; the huge Ford place, the new ce, ment plant that covers even more acreage, And then the houses . , subdivision after subdivision — and every finish- ed house was occupied. If they were not already being lived in you would wonder where the people were all coming from to fiilr them. I'm telling you, it seemed very quiet and secluded when we got back to Ginger Farm. But during the night I was awake quite a bit, and do you knew, while I was trying to get off to sleep again, all I could see was houses . rows and rows of houses. Houses with pink roofs and yellow doors -- or blue, green or terra-cotta. Houses, except for the colour- ing, all so very much alike, Our hundred-and-two-year-old house looked drab by comparison. Ali, well . . . I hear a truck coming up the lane. That means two more of our farm family will soon be on their way to the stockyards. Who knows, next time you buy veal steak or cutlets you may be eating veal that was raised at Ginger Farm. Now that should be a privilege! ,I think we should have "G.F." stamped on the carcass just for fun. On the other hand initials can be misleading. "G.F," could stand equally well for "Good • For- tune" or "Great Failure" -- just depending on your sepse of values, "'Pear Arne Hirst: For over a year I went with an awfully nice boy who was like a brother loo Me. After he joined the Army. though, he wrote he was in love with me and hoped I would wait ;for him , Now 'he is on his Way Net, and thinks I'm ready t.0 m airy IiiMI 'He has some wonderful traits 'whiai other friends of mine lack. He is kind and Unselfish, and always thinking of me; he doesn't smoke or driuk, I kept all' this in mind when I said he waiting, though I knew it wasn't love I felt. ,IncidentallY, his parents are grand and they like me a lot, I know he would make a wonderful husband, "I haven't been able to tell him I'm not in love—it would hurt him too much. I keep think- ing "that maybe I'll get to love him after we marry. But what if that didn't happen?. GRACIE" .BE HONEST * Don't think of marrying any * lad with whom you. are not * in love. It isn't fair to yourself or to him; he 'would sense it, * and no self»,respeeting, man * wants an unwilling bride. It 4 is P9SSible, tooe that even * though married, you would Week's Sew-Thrifty s l/it ii:1:117littrili:!:11:1 lit: zip ;I; ;;r . %AI CR eau r 4 ,..z iiE ail la' to ''1 Pa ill lir 1 Mail iii. .1-alitl, Mt r114,,, -lig iiiiilfit. i....,......rar,o,„ " iiiii aiei iii"e 0-,,, ee...e, :12 !Pea. el sem ila -0‘ - Pm ',ff' iii , trO WII ' n- : 17, 1 rat SI tom eV Eite 3 10 fir r. Ili 1 1 ti ..I: 3; 1,13 " • ... • era ror. °R El 1;1 a t sail I r4:2-7,106 SIZES 12 —70 (egi ..,fe 1101 oat Only FOUR main pattern parts to cut out, stitch! See the diagram how EASY it is to make this pretty summer dress! Its smooth, simple lines are so --flattering to your figure, Shoul- der bows untie-for jiffy ironing. Choose a gay cotton -- ,sew it now! Pattern 4506: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 51/4 yards 35-inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (350) (stamps cannot lee accept- ed, use postal note' for safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, Al) DRES S," STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123, Eighteenth St. New Toron- to, Ont. * fall in love with someone else. How tragic that would bet * When he arrives, tell him * honestly yon aren't, ready to be * engaged yet, that you like * and admire him More than • anyone you know, but you cannot marry anybody under * false pretenses Of course, you * should have told hint all this * earlier, so admit it. He will * be disappointed, but he will * appreciate your honesty and I * predict he will set put prompt- * ly to win your heart. * Too many young girls can- " pot bear to deny they will * wait for a lad leaving for the * service—sometimes they are * sorry for him, often because * they want to boast they're * engaged to a serviceman. Too * late, they see their mistake, * and the complications that * arise can be more than em- * barrassing. * It is best to be honest, even * at this late day, * WHY. WASTE TIME? "Dear Anne Hirst: My parents only let me date twice a week, and lately the only boy I like has broken a few dates on the spur of the moment. That was all right for a while, but now he keeps it up. Other things he does hurt me, too. "He declares-he loves me, but he has certainly changed in a big way. Shall I keep on seeing him? UNHAPPY" • When you have only two dates a week, isn't it extrava- * gant to give them to a boy * who treats you as he pleases? " What fun you could be having * with a well-bred lad whom you can trust to keep his * word! • You must be very easily * pleased to put up with such * nonsense; it is painful and is * getting you nowhere. A date * is a boy's given word;.„,if you * are constantly worried won- * dering whether he will live * up to it, what pleasure are you " having? * Send him off, date nicer * boys who think you are worth * their time and will treat you * as considerately "as you de- * serve. If you haven't known any, look about you in church * and in school and use that * litle head of yours to encour- * age those who seem worth * while. Cultivate girl friends, * too, for through them you will * meet boys who were brought * up to be gentlemen. In any time of indecision, -tell Anne. Hirst about it. Her long experience and her warm sym- pathy have given her a deep insight, and her counsel is safe to follow, Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. HIS MISTAKE He was a new office boy and was having great trouble in keeping callers from disturbing his boss. "When I say you're out, they never believe me, sir," he said. "They say they must see you." "Whatever they say, be firm," snapped the boss. "Tell them 'That's what they all say. It's im- possible.'" That afternoon a tough-look- ing woman called and asked to see the boss. "Impossible," said the boy, firmly. "But Fre his wife," said the woman. "That's what they all say, ma'am," was the reply, Some Useful Facts About Detergents, Did you know that a little liquid detergent added to rinse Water will help prevent static electricity in fabrics of *man- made fibres? It's a good trick to know if you are bothered with clothes sticking to your legs in dry weather. Detergent isn't ,strange name to homemakers these days, You would have a hard time finding a house without a box of one brand or another by the kitchen • sink. But what many,. hauee- wives don't realize, is that there are different kinds of detergents. Some are made for heaVY duty while others are especially adapted for lighter work, Just as one material isn't good for dresses and shoes, 'one de- tergent isn't good for cleaning everything. When we buy a de- tergent which is especially gbod for removing heavy grease from• pots and pans we shouldn't ex- pect it to be gentle with our silks and woolens. And incidentally, we shouldn't wonder at this. same grease, removing detergent also remov- ing 'the natural oil from our hands. A handy bottle of lotion is the best solution problem. After years of research, sci- entists have come up with de- tergents which make dishes sparkle, without wiping, as they never did before; and detergents which remove heavy grime from very dirty clothes without spend- ing hours of scrubbing. Some housewives have found out that a soft brush and a little de- tergent is an excellent cleaner for dianiond rings! But the success of detergents depends on the buyer*. Too often we are guilty of trying to make them do work for which • they were never intended. When you buy deterrents, -buy the right kind for the job you want to do. It is a misconception to be- lieve that'there is an all-pur.: pose detergent. Each one serves its own pOrpose best.• By the way, --if your, drain clogs clonq blame it on deter- gents. Experts ,.say that deter- 'rents are more likely to keep the drain clear than to clog , it! LOUIE, IVIAYI3E, Two cowboys were talking. One said, "My name's Tex:" Second one said; "You from Texas?" First one answered, ,"Nope, I'm from Louisiana, but wile: wants to be called Louise?" Figure-Flattery! Base your new spring` ward- robe On this most flattering dress! Easy sewing-- iron-on' flowers trim the neckline in Vivid colerst Pattern 898: lVlisses' Sizes; 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, Titette nattern, washable iron-on transfers in, - combination el pink, green. State Sled.' Send tiVENTT-kiVE CENTS (stamps cannot be eetented,"nie postal note for safety) for thie pattern to Laura Wheeier* 123 Eighteenth St., NeW Toronto, Ont. Print plainly kAttiEttN* NUMBER and SIZE, your NAME and ADDRESS., Our gift to you two -'vitaii= derftil Patteeng for Your" home' Printed in Mir Latta Wheeler Needlecraft book for 1956! Dozens of Other new designs cro- chet; knitting, embroidery; iron= Otis, novelties: Send 25 cents for 'YOUr copy 'of this bOok NOW gift patterns, printed hi it!- American humcirist H. 'Allen Smith says he's spent Blf his life glorifying• in his ignorance. One day he went to a neigh- bour's party, and the last guests to arrive were a wealthy manu-, facturer end nis wife. Apolo- • gizing for being late, -Man Said: "We had trouble getting a Allen ' Smith naturally " as- stimed . that -he meant, a baby- sitter, but found be,,rricant a sit- ter for his dog, which they never left alone. ,`: Around .-Mount Kisco, near. Stnith's home; 'there's a,.million- aire who' scurries 'about ,carry- ing large,baskets of, eggs,which „ he sells to. local groceries, When he went there to liVe he decid- ed to keep a few chickens. They Multiplied, and he kept build- ing More chicken houses, They "got filled up, and still he built more'lintil the time came when eggs ,were being produced at the rate of machine-gun fire. Either he couldn't get' help -or couldn't keep it, and he' was trapped. ' Meeting him lugging his eggs into a depot Smith laughed at him and asked why, with all his money, he spent his days carrying eggs around, ' "It's , this way," he said. "When I started blinding chick- en houses all my friends and even my wife said I was crazy. So I'd start another • chicken house,: and the more I added the more they told me I was a fool. "Then one day it `dawned on me that I had about 25,000 del- lars tied up in chicken housee. And something had to be. done about the eggs. I couldn't go out arid burn the chicken houses down and have done with them.; I had to prove that I had been right, So what have I been do- ing for the last four years? Peddling eggs. You need any?" Bergen Evans's selections, from Smith's books — "The World, the Flesh, ar,cl H. Allen Smith" are rich in stories like these, On the anniversary of Rudolph Valentino's death, Smith says, the press agent in- duced a reporter and photogra- pher to watch with him near the crypt. Soon a big car drove up, and out of it stepped a woman in black, heavily veiled, who placed red roses at the, tomb, knelt briefly, and didn't seem to notice when the camera clicked. When the reporter stepped out to question her, she ran to the car and escaped. It was a master-stroke. Newspapers all over the coun- try played Up the story of "The Lady in Black." There was wide spedilatiOn on her identity. The next August 23rd there were two ladies i i bleck With-red roses; the year after, more; and finally so Many _that ,they 'Woke other tifiderfOcit to get to'' the ' .Pratticelly trampling • one an. other tinderfciot to get to the Hollywood Undertakers ma. VertiSe -With zippy radio graffiti-lee and billboard .driSPlayS, One Old-established titidertak, er refuSed to join this CoibSiat 'prOrnOtibiv movement, but at last surrendered to the rilarelli Of trOgreas. They 'Phi tilt Of huge billboardi 'deetibirig thetriselyeS - simply as "Tlit NOT!' ADVERTISE$ "There are so pally, weird things you can see in a single day," Smith's friend, Fred Al- len, said. "There is a shoeshine stand where the coloured fel- low will not shine your shoes without turning,,nn some ,swing music and beating time . against your ankles with his lirtiih'es, thus attracting large ' crowds who stand and watch you be- ing polished to ragtime` A news agency reporter; he added, happened to' be at Para- mount, the day Dorotby Lamour had her hair cut. He asked her if he `could,. cut off the first lock, kept it, and' wrote .a story about it, which was used, in 200 'news papers all over the country, say- ing he'd "be glad to 'give 'the lock to the first „person who wrote in. The next day came a deluge of telegrams 'and long-distance calls from' as-far away- as. Bos- • • ton. 'Mail continued coming, by the sackful, begging for that lock of hair, even offering large slums for it! Smith says that whenever Cecil B. DeMille is shooting even casehardened studio secre- taries knock • off work it• watch because the master director puts on ,a bigger show. than the actors. Smith witnessed him' arrive for a scene. A step or two be- hind him were six personal aides. He walked with slow, deliberate step, 'ignoring the mob of employees gathered on the side lines: 'He 'spoke nor word but stopped alongside, the big Technicolor camera, Removing his hat, he tossed it over his shoulder.. A hand came up and caught it. He took off his necktie; cast it into the air behind him. A necktie man grabbed it. Slowly he unbutton= ed his jacket, still. staring fix- edly at the scene, and let it slip from his arms. A jacket man caught it as it began to fall. Smith was surprised, then, to see the Master -actually roll ;up his own sleeves. He quotes a story of a New York newspaper Man Who, on his first visit to Hollywood as studio guest, was taken to see the sights -- the Hollywood Bowl, the Farmers' Market; the assorted Brown Derbies. the Sunset strip, and finally'Forest Lawn Memorial Park, man's most splendid achievement in the way of graveyards; with its lawns, fotintains, pools; trees, statutary, edifices and ,"Itestir., rection Slope." He 'drank in all the shining beauty, sighed and said: "These Hollywood people sure ,know how to live!" On a visit 'to England, Smith insisted On seeing the playing fields of Eton. He stood ibt several minutes at the edge. Of one, „feeling' .gb .of 'emotion Sweeping , through his.ISOut . mtirintired:•j'aust to c.think, 'Ors is Where the -Battle of YorktoWit - Was lost!" (By-the British' farces in the Arhericait War Of. 'tide, eienden den . tOMirtdr . ci,O81g A newspaper editor; with some space to fill, sekup the Teri torn- bancithents and ran them With, out editorial comment: The next dayvhe got it lettet .from a subscriber which •said; "Cancel MY subscription; you're getting toil pe'rsoneh" IHRONICCES 1NGEREARM That clock. I mentioned last week — the one that sounded like a buzz-saw :-- it's back, to normal again now. Apparently something was wrong with its lubrication system, Something very wrong, I would say, for never heard anything like it. Even after we got it home again . I thought att eirst it was just as bad as ever. There was still a • noise: I listened and listened — , and then I laughed. It wasn't the clock I heard but a passen- ger train chugging its way out of the station! I thought I would let you know about our timepiece just in case any of you might have a similar ex- perience. Incidentally, there was no charge for fixing the clock as it came under the guarantee, Well, I guess in time we shall get used to queer noises around here. The other night Rusty was barking like fury. There didn't seem to be anyone on the premises -so we finally called him in so that peace and quiet- ness might be restored. Next morning we discovered the reason for his excitement. On the highway, just below our line fence, there is a S-bend, complete with guard rails. Someone driving a new'car, ap- parently lost control of the vehicle, went through the fence and over the bank. I suppose Rusty heard voices when the tow-truck was called to the scene: We don't know why that accident happened but I was on a county road the other day on which anything could happen. Up to the brow of a certain hill the road was good. Just over the brow it was anything but good. The road had heaved bad- ly and left a huge 'boil" right across the road, Naturally this was 'obscured .by the hill. And yet there was no warning sign to • indicate what was ahead. -An •unwary motorist could be ,in the ditch before he knew what had happpned. `In which case I believe he could bring a charge against the county be- cause of, the absence of warn- ing sign — if he could prove the accident was the result of road conditions. Motorists are continually urged to drive care- fully. Isn't it just ,as necessary for those in charge of county and township roads to erect warning signs when road condi- tions' 'are unsafe for normal driving? Last week we saw a similar instance in another county. Only, worse. Again it was just over the brow of the hill. But in this case, for •the width of a car' the road was' good.' But iii that very spot a car, was ,:.parked! As 'a result Bolvhad- to drive through the worst of the 'boll. 'Roads are bound, to break up in spring. It is unreasonable to expect repairs to be made all at once. But I don't think it is unreasonable to • expect that warning signs be erected when necessary, After. all, farmers as taxpayers,r , are shareholders in county and township ,roads. And Surely shareholders are entitled to' express an opinion, or voice a complaint if insufficient atten- tion be given to roads that pro- vide hazards for motorists. But let's think of life on a lei me; :111 .,„, „ Al ?t Its 0 : • s as othl Hilf..4).A • 407 That's no epeeleilAlf reel d: that six- yeor•Old: Arturo Fernaniiet- i; Straggling' with its an average- siZeirlOof that -'folk's' BOincis AireV"Argititina, Argentines clam 136 the ididiisf doily leaf of .bridel the world, tl f'STC4E" THEef,Sjipy!iftro Poika- dotted: stole which,' cloublesnat each- 'end as an elbow-length glove has captured buyers' eyes at recent shoWings Paris, France. 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