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the rattle of dishes, During tea,
he got under the table and
chewed at My shoes, Our hostess
'assured 'Ino he was perfectly
harmless. as his claws had been
cut and his teeth filed — after.
he had twice .wtten, the man of
the 1.14•444 who was subsequently
given anti-tetanus shots, Nice
little pet! His mistress said he
was completely housebroken ex
eept that he .hael. no' respect for
property, Recently she had to
Answer the telephone during
breakfast and same baCk to find.
Kelly had eaten her bacon and
eggs. "But he doesn't like, to be •,
scolded," she said, "so I just
ignored him and cooked myself
a second breakfast!"
Our wonderful weather con-
tinues, but no rain, That reminds
me — remember a few Weeks.
ago we thought something had
been struck around here during
a severe thunderstorm, but could
find no sign of damage. Last
Sunday we discovered the •
trouble. After our trip to Toronto
Partner was naturally late with.
the chores at the barn — and
never a light could he get out-
side at all, Evidently during the
storm some wires and • been
struck, The result was two blown
fuses and a bulb burnt out in
the pole light. We thought our-
selves lucky it was nothing
worse.
L A PE ST
liottik antotheect--)
Shot Himself To
Cure Toothache
An eighteen-year-old steeple,.
jack fell from the top of a 71
foot chimney, Ile landed in
tank full of water 45 feet below.
Ile was unconscious and, would
have drowned, but a huge stony
which was displaced when ha
slipped had fallen with him into
the tank and smashed a bole in
the bottom, draining the water
out.
But the stone also smashed a
six-inch gas main and gag
swirled into the tank. Firemen
reached him just in time to sa"vi
him from being gassed, He
escaped in the end with only 1
few bruises.
Yes, there is ample evidence
that truth is stranger than fic-
tion.
Even an everyday matter like
the adjustment of a clock can
cause tragedy. A workman wet
instructed to climb up into one
of the towers of the Law Court!
in London's Strand and adjust
the chiming mechanism of the
huge clock. As he worked hit
jacket caught in one of the re-
volving wheels and he was drag•
ged into the mechanism.
His cries for help were drown-
ed by the roar• of the traffic. The
clock ticked remorselessly on
keeping perfect time, while the
huge cogs slowly crushed inn
to death,
You'd think that, there are very
few hazards attached to a game
of chess, but there is always the
exception to the rule, During ar
international chess congress a'
Hastings, a player clenched hi:
teeth ,with such concentratior
that he cracked his dental plate
He had to withdraw from the
tournament while he went to
dentist for repairs.
Most motorists have, at some
time or other, had narrow
escapes while jacking up their
cars, when the jack chooses to
slip or collapse at the most awk-
ward moment. And a moment%
carelessness can result in a per-
manent injury or loss of life
as Samuel Chriest, of San Fran.
cisco, discovered, He borrowed
a jack from the owner of a ser-
vice station. But the jack slipped
and the car fell on Mr. Chriest
breaking his neck.
On coming out of hospital, Mr
Chriest sued the service static'',
owner for $100,000. Although the
owner's lawyers proved there
was nothing wrong with the jack
the judge ruled that the lender
of an article is liable for injuries
to the borrower when the lender
knows that the instrument is go.
ing to be put to dangerous use.
Sonietimes injuries are self-
inflicted, as was the case when a
New Jersey 'man thought to take
his mind off a toothache which
was plaguing him bY•i'IShooting
himself in the stomach,
There can be tir'clereng that
some 'people iareJborlDarrilucky,
Postman'Daniel Fineran;., stung
by a wasp in Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa raced into the
nearest house foillotirst-!aid and
was promptly bitten in the leg
by the owner's dog.
A Southampton man ,went one
better than that—he knocked
„himself out while trying to dis-
lodge a coconut at a local fair.
'The ball reb&indedAndihif him
" on the beak he was taken to
• hospital "'%:vith a spirt` skull.
The caretakez,ofNew York
,club has a story to cats itibst. He
was wakene4,00ne,,,,ilight,,,, by, a
seratchingAMI,se., ,
Thinking it was! Mouse, he
,;reached forea golf,,club and flung
it in the 'direction Of the noise.
He turned on light, and Round
a burglar. .lying :finconscibus oa
the floor.
``Dear Anne Birst: My Problem
$ breaking my heart and make
ng me ill with loneliness, My
)ply daughter went with a boy
two years and then ELOPEP—
after I had scrimped and saved
for a beautiful and honorable
wedding. I feel I am a terrible
failure! ... I have never worked
Dr belonged to clubs; I've lived
lust for my children, and the
only repayment I've asked is
love and consideration,
"I bought my daughter' every-
thing she wanted, She had nice.
Jewelry and clothes. At 16 I made
her go to driving School and get
the license for her own car. I'd
give my life to make her happy.
"I've gotten over the elope-
ment, What really hurts is that
the wouldn't live with me nor
near me = but she is living in
the same house with her hus-
band's sister, She prefers his
family to her own! Before all
this (six months ago), she'and I
were close and she always was
affectionete. Now she ignores me,
doesn't even telephone or care
if she ever sees me.
"I am wracking my brain to
find where I've failed. The only
thing I can see is that her hus-
band and his sister are keeping
her away from me. But isn't that
really up to her? She's only 20,
though, and doesn't really know
any better.
"What can I do to have, her
love again? Should I visit her, or
stay away?
SAD MOTHER"
Tots Love Him
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Permanent and temporary are the cases in point. Hitting the
vertical extreme is Gilbert Reichert, left, all of eight feet, four
inches tall. Gilbert, weighing 327 pounds and wearing size
20 boats, gives even Texas something to think about. A perverse
African breeze gave Princess Margaret, right,. an unexpected
wide-angle look, while she was on tour in East Africa recently.
Fortunately, inflated royalty was gone with the wind.
•
* Many a girl balks at a for-
* mat wedding these days, she
* had rather use the money prat-
! tically. Try to realize that a
• girl in love wants just one
• thing — to belong to her man
* as soon as possible. I am sure
* your daughter listened patient-
'," ly time after time to your
* elaborate plans, but all the
• while she was growing more
* restless, Suddenly she thought,
* "Why wait? We'll be just as
* much married if we run off,
• and we can start our honey-
* moon tomorrow!". She did not
* know how much this wedding
M▪ eant to you; she thought only
of herself, and persuaded her
fiance that an elopement would
be fun. So they left-
When they returned it was
natural for you to show your
distress, When she saw 'how
she had hurt you, she escaped
from your complaints and went
to her husband's family. There
she is living — and thinks you
are still angry. I do not be-
lieve she has stopped loving
* you, but she is relieved to be
** away from your laments. She
* is self-centered in her new
• happiness, and believes that
• should satisfy you, too..
• You say all you wanted was
* her happiness. Well, she has it
• now. Can't you understand
* that and leave her alone? One
* day she will pop in to see you
* and before you know it, you
• two will be close again.
• Spoiling a child is no guar-
* antee she will love you for, it.
* Your daughter has taken your
• attention as her due; until she
matures, she will not feel
* properly grateful.
Don't blame her husband's
* family. She is free; when she
e wants to see you, they will not
* object. In your place I should
* drop in on her some day --- and
* be careful to act as a dear
* friend, not 'as a hurt mother.
• Forget all you, have done for
• her and -only show how glad
* you are to see her. If she re-
* sents your coming, accept this.
• She will come around when
* she sees you are no longer hurt
* or resentful.
*
his high chair surveying the
scene and obviously wondering
what' all the fuss was about and
even getting a taste of his
christening cake.
Coming bailie that night we
passed ejour or five car pile-up
on the Queen E., traffic held up
for about a mile. Next morning
never a word' about it in the
morning paper which makes us
wonder how many accidents
there are that we never hear
about. As Partner says, accidents
are now so numerous they don't
even make the news unless
someone is killed. Which is just,
as well — the Monday.morning
newscast is depressing enough- as
it is.
One other day last week a
friend and I visited briefly at a
farm in another county. This
farm was decidedly out of the
ordinary. The only, crop grown
`was a forage crop; the only
animals raised' were thorough-
bred horses, There were about
forty of them; beautiful creatures
with a marvellous ,carriage and
sleek, shiny coats. Afternoon tea
was quite an interesting event.
We had it in the kitchen and
shared it with a German Shep-
herd dog, a huge St. Bernard,
a year-old baby and a pet rac-
coon!
The raccoon has the run of the
house and, came up from the
basement as soon, as he heard ISSUE 48 — 1956
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Luxurious Lace
That aristocratic favorite of
elegant ladies and gentlemen,
frern, the RonaisSallee to ,the
present day -- lace — has this
year swept back into a position
of najor fashion importance
with the return of the frankly
feminine look.
When, in the past, luxurious
laces were accessible only to the
wealthy, modern industrial
methods have now made laces
an integral part of nearly every
woman's wardrobe. Closely
rivalling in beauty the :deli
cat, hand-made patterns, to-
day's machine-made laces of
nylon, cotton, acetate, metalized
and elasticized threads are
blossoming forth into a host of,
new and exciting uses. These
range from a sweeping gold-
trimmed evening coat to bath-
ing suits, sturdy enough to brave
the strongest currents.
Though its history dates back
into antiquity, lace, as we know
it, was first made about the 15th
century, It probably evolved
from a type of needle work
made by Italian nuns who
painstakingly decorated church
vestments by drawing threads,
out of linen fabric and then
filling in the spaces with intri-
cate patterns, Eventually, the
original framework of linen ma-
terial was abandoned and an
open lacy network of twisted
stitches developed. This de'eign
was worked over a parchment
pattern with a skein of thread
and needle, using various forms
of the buttonhole stitch. The
Venetians, who perfcted this
"point" or "needle lace," poeti-
cally called it "punta in aira"
(stitches in the air).
Almost simultaneously a sec-
ond type of „lace was• developed
in Germany. This was made by
twisting. and plaiting 'groups ^of
threads fastened by pins at one
end to a small cushion. The
threads were wound on bobbins
and the worker was guided by
a paper pattern fastened over
the pillow:
The finer the pattern, the
more bobbins were needed and
it was` not unusual for a single
small piece of lace to require
up to 1,200 bobbins.
Needless to say, lacemaking
was a slow, laborious proceis.
Working 15 hours • a day, it.
might take a lacernaker a year
to complete 'a single pair of lace
ruffles for an elegant gentle-
man's coat. But so popular was
the fabric among the aristoc-
racy that throughout Europe
lacemaking became a fine art
with various small communities•
excelling in the beauty of their
products. From France came
the Alencon, Chantilly and Val
laces, from Italy the rich Venice
Rose Point, and from Brussels
the Point de Gazes and Point
d'Esprit whose names, we still
use today.
For nearly 300 years, some of
the best mechanical minds in
Europe wrestled with the prob-
lem of building a machine
which could duplicate the in-
tricate designs of hand-n.ade
lace. So it was perhaps surpris-
ing that it should be an Eng-
lishman, John Heathcoat, who
invented the first bobbinet ma-
chine in 1809, for England was
not at the time outstanding as
a lace producer. However, the
government was not slow to
realize the significance of this
invention and, to, stop outside
competition, quickly forbade
its export abroad.
For this reason it was not un-
til early this century that lace-
making started in the United
States, In 1948 Canada followed
suit with an industry. built on
the Levers machine — a modi-
fication of the Heathcoat model
which is able to produce all
types of lace and considered to
make the only "true" machine
lace. So closely can this gigan-
tic machine imitate the laby-
rinth of threads found in the
best hand-made lace, that it
requires an expert to distin-
guish between them.
Recently there has been a
growing Use on this continent
of the American raschel Warp
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complicated Levers machine
which operates on a three-
dimensional action and may
take a month just to thread,
this machine works on a sim-
pler knitting technique. Due to
the increased stability and fine-
ness made possible with the
use of strong nylon threads, its
product has been so improved
during the last 10' years that
large quantities of this type of
trimming are now being made
and sold in 'Canada, making,
available to an even larger
group of women the luxury of
delicate laces.
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Remember — two or three
months ago I wrote of having
moved all my books, papers,
typrewriting materials upstairs
to a room that ,was to be ex-
clusively my own? It ,seemed
like it was worthwhile. Now I
know. It is the one room in the
house that is not invaded by
pattering feet, chattering tongues
and inquisitive fingers. Without
it this column would never get
written. But of course no room
in this house is sound-proof.
Occasionally I hear a crash and
then a cry -- long or short ac-
cording to the severity of the
bump that preceded it. And
when the television is on noises
that reach my retreat are many
and various — dogs ,barking,
children singine, /guns cracking
and a mixture of so-called music.
Last Wednesday, another niece
arrived with their two small
children. They stayed until Sat-
urday. The ages of the four
children then ranged from three
and a half, two and a half and
eighteen and seventeen months
old — with two cots and one high
chair between them. Yes, I
know many families have that
number or more in the house
all the time but usually the chil-
dren are in their own home,
amid familiar surroundings and
with furniture and toys, to' suit
their needs. Here it is different
— and that is where the fun
begins. We are not used to put-
ting things out of reach, so you
can imagine what happens. One
time Nancy was found on top of
the kitchen table with Partner's
glasses clutched tightly , in her
hand. Another time one of the
four was sitting quietly on the
floor giving my handbag and
wallet a thorough investigation.
But the pay-off came when the
two youngest were found having
a grand game in the bathroom.
I'll snare you the details! Result
— another door eouirmed with
a hook On the outside..
At noon and at Supper time
Partner comes in and describes
the various outside exploits Of
the children which leads US to
give full credit to the old saying
"the Lord takes care of children
and fools". There arc times when
none but the Lord collie! protect
theta' against'them selve's. And
yet. although we often get tired,
• and welcome bedtime for the
youngestera we are really enjoy-
ing the experience. Of course
We are not getting much Welk
done and I have lone'since given '•'
up any attempt at keeping the
house tidy, but so far we have
all managed to survive ee and
that. I guess, is the main thing.
beccasionallit Partner_ and I get
away front it all. But .not always
— sometimes We get away and
take it all with us, Last Sunday;
for instance: trlward's christens
ing natty which Included a big
farrii1V gathering. Edward WAS
en his heat behaviour: sat up
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THE BRUTE!
Art aggressive wife of Meek
little Man was hauling her hus-,
band enter the COOS for having
made a fool of hitrisell at a Patty.
He sat in dejected silence.
"And don't be sitting there,'
She slitottted, "making fists at nit
la Yelii Pocket', either!"
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FOR D011:0
TALL,
UP TO HIM
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am 17,
and last spring I met a fine boy
through friends in another city.
I visited there, and we, were to-
gether most of the time. We
have been writing each other
frequently since.
"He moved to a distant city
two months ago, and said that
when he could arrange to come
to see me he would let me
know. Meantime; we agreed not
to write regularly,
"I cannot forget him, and am
so. lonesome! Can't I write and
tell him so?
MARGY"
* I hope you will not. You
• two agreed that letters were
• not very satisfactory until you
• could see each other again.
• The arrangement satisfied him,
* or he would have broken his
* silence.
• Be smart. If you take the
* initiative, he may think you
• are forward. He knows where
* to reach you, and the next
* move is his.
• Have fun with your friends
* at home. And the time will
• pass more quickly. Associating
* with them will-make you more
* interesting to any boy, so make
*the most,of the chance.
• • a ,•
If you and your daughter do
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Iltratabout it.;.She has been suc-
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ation to another, and/ can be
helpful. Write her at' Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St.,' New Toronto,
Ont.