The Brussels Post, 1956-12-12, Page 6'ONICLE
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Before Kitchens
Were ..meCharlized
redskin lurks underneath,
That's why every dentist en-
eourages the copywriters, If
there are no deeaying teeth,
because of cleanliness and ade-
quate diet, there will be no
children in the dental office, No
more of Bob Benchley's little
Spurgeon, the lad who blushed
every time he stole a police gar
or little Fletcher, who helped
his aunt off with her mink coal
and then hung it up in the near-
est Pawnshop,
after ;in usually quiet weekrend,
We looked for the Toronto folks
but .David had a touch of stomach
flu so they didn't come, Maybe
the flu was the result of too
much excitement. His parents
took him to the. Royal. Winter
Fain and while they were watch-
ing the saddle horses ',One man
asked Dave if he would like a
ride. Pave, being crazy about
horses, was all for it. Art lifted
him on to the horse's back and
the fellow took him around the
ring, It is doubtful if any horse
ever had 'a prouder mount!
As for the other small fry,
Bob took Babs and the children
to London on Sunday, their last
visit before leaving for Elliot
Lake.„When,that will, be depends
on how, soon their house will be
ready, Watching day by day
developments on a house you are
waiting' to occupy must be quite
an ordeal,- besideS having to
move into it before it has a
chance to settle. 'However, you
would • at least be on hand to
discover, and remedy, the weak
spots in 'the plaster.
Ah, there goes the truck with
our tattle — a little bit of Ginger
Farm that we shall never see
again. We still' have a 'few left,
but, not many. Among them are
our pet twin, heifers, that are at
present pasturing near the back
of the house. I hote to think what
would happen these days if Part-
ner still had ten or twelve cows
to milk.
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STYLE WITH ZIP—Hit of a recent convention of French master
tailors in •Paris was this dual-purpose suit. Concealed slide
fasteners in the back and shoulders of the jacket quickly con-
vert it from a close fit fOr business to a loose, casuql coat for
leisure or hunting.
Dentists' Blues
"Dear Anne Hirst: I've just
finished reading that letter tell-
ing you about one happy mar-
riage where age didn't make
any difference, Maybe she
should have looked around be-
fore writing, . Iam married to
a man seven years older, and I
have friends in the same situa-
tion; *hers are married to
younger husbands.. We real-
ty could join a group called
'Lost Wives Club,'
"Older men want to, stay
home and watch TV, or have a
night out with the boys;, they
never want to do anything their
wives would like. When wo-
men marry younger men, the
wives are tired at night, while
the men want• to go out; often
the wife would go along, but
he doesn't want her, because
she is older and looks it.
"A person seven or more
years- older will likely, be used
to his freedom and will not
change, The younger one hasn't
had freedom long, 'so is expeet
ed tq change her ways.
"I have seen many happy
marriages, but most, of them
have only two or three years'
difference' in ages. , After the
wedding with them, marriage-
really is growing up or growing'
fled together — and their .love
grows stronger each year. The
tither kind of marriage is a strug-
gle all the way through, and
many times you lose your love
more each year, growing old
adore your time,
Courtroom. Capers
"1 understand you called on
the plaintiff," the lawyer stated.
"Yes," answered the witness.
"What did he say?"
The prosecutor leaped to his
feet and in a fit of anger de-
nounced the question as false,
misleading, tendig to incrimin
ate an entirely innocent party.
etc. He also accused the attor-
ney for the defence of illegal
tactics, being an immoral per-
son, guilty of malicious practices
in daring to try to introduce
such testimony. He also ques-
tioned the legitimacy of the
attorney's birth. The defence
lawyer sprang for the throat of
his accuser and the courtroom
was in bedlam. The judge
rapped for order and finally
court attendants subdued the
two antagonists but not before
they bloodied each other's nom
and blackened each other's eyes,
Then the judge ruled that if the
attorney would repeat the ques-
tion the witness would be dir-
ected to answer it.
"I repeat then," said the law-
yer, wiping blood from his
upper lip, "What did he say?"
"He didn't say nuttin'," ans-
wered the witness. "He weren't
home." Home Decorating!
Tr4 southern colonial homes,
as has been shown, many open„
ations, related to cooking, were
carried on outside the kitchen.
Meat Was cured and stored in
its ewn outbuilding, dairying'
took place in the springheuse,
fuel and ice were laid down in
their own sheds,, and even Seine
cooking was done 'in an outside
kitchen, In colonial New Eng-
land such procedures as cider
and apple butter making, maple
sugar and boiling, , , and lard
rendering were accomplished
outdoors,
With the coming of the nine-
teenth century, certain Cooking
techniques and apparatus be-.
gan to appear in the kitchen
proper. Outbuildings tended to
disappear, pantries arid storage
rooms replacing them. In theory,
this should have simplified the
work of the housewife, but
whether it did- is a matter of
question.
Her kitchen was more crowd-
ed than it had been in the days
of the fireplace. Though it might
still have an open hearth,
she had to find space for a
range and an icebox, which, in
turn, meant she needed add-
itional work space. .
It is hardly possible to de-
scribe every kind of kitchen in
operation from 1800 to 1900,
even if we omit the dislocations
and makeshifts of the war per-
iod. Sugar cane workers in the
South, for instance, punched
holes in a metal pot, filled it
with coal or wood, and 'cooked
over it in the dooryard. In the
West, herdes cooked over coals
or on a tiny stove in a wheeled
herdsman's house; and cowboys
and work gangs ate food off a
chuck wagon; Mississippi River
rafters on sheets of metal nailed
to the logs, hoboes in tin cans.
. . . But we must confine our
story to the most widespread
and therefore the most influen-
tial to cookery; the kitchen of
a well-settled family in an est-
ablished community, ru-n1 or
urban. . . .
One might ask how our nine-
teenth century housewife found
time to cook, since the getting
out and putting away of her
stores .and utensils and the
maintenance of her equipment
required so many hours of her
life. It was a versatile woman
who could manage the job.. . .
—From "The Everlasting Plea-
sure," by Kathleen Ann Small-
zried.
".Marry someone IR yOur age
bracket. You will have a health-
ier, happier love for each other
because you will enjoy being,
together and doing things to-
gether. In. most eases when a
man or woman marries some-
body much older, he or she
dreams about young love. But
When you marry one about your
age, you have it.
FOUR. FRUSTRATED
MARRIED WOMEN."
PERSONALITIES
COUNT MOST
* This controversial question
• is always good for hours of
• agreement or opposition in
* any group. The problem
* comes to this desk regularly,
It is difficult to take sides,
for I'm of the belief that it
not a matter of age, but a
matter of individual persona-
lities. I know women who
married men 10 years young-
er, and several such couples
of my acquaintance have had
successful marriages for 12 to
20 years. The wife, being,
more mature, exercises a lov-
ing maternal influence to
which many young husbands
respond; as one wife told me,
"We are each other's children,
and there can be no more
satisfying companionship than
we have." Older men (with
the exceptions you mention)
are usually proud to have
captured young brides, and
are indulgent and completely
* satisfied. Only the' years can
* reveal whether the girl will
* be.
* Notwithstanding these ex-
* amples, I agree that the same
* age brecket is the safest of
* all. The couple who are
* mutually happy in their leis-
* ure hours together can cope
* with, other differences through
* mutual compromises that re-
* suit in harmony.
* Thank you warmly for your
* good letter; which explains
* clearly the dangers of wide
* differences in age. I know it
* will be applauded by other
* readers, many of whom will
* see their own experiences
* mirrored here.
* *
Whether readers of this col-
umn agree or not with the opin-
ions given, Anne Hirst is always
happy to hear from them and
will print letters as space Per-
mits. Address her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
CASHING IN—This bride in'Mes-
sina, Sicily, gets a quick nest- '
egg through the custom of pin-
ning money on her bridal:gown -
as a "fee" for dancing with her.
Chap in photo gave the most,
so he got first dance.
These millibn dollar sales of
toothbrushes, million dollar
sales of toothpaste, and, countless
millions of allied dental pro-
ducts, make the mouth a fertile
field for exploitation. It all be-
gins with dentition, that physio-
logical force that propels ,the
tooth through the gum.
The youngster of five years
explains it. "Wadda yer mean,
I'm cuttin' teeth? The teeth are
cuttin' me."
As the child gets older, he is
taken for his first visit to the
dentist. The introduction is a
very simple one. The child bites
the dentist, then turns to his
mother and says. " I thought
you said he' was painless. Hear
how he's yellin'?"
Then little Delphina enters
dental office. Here's a child who
bites her nails, so often her
stomach needs a manicure every
hour. Delphina is only eight
years old, but she already has
so many cavities in• her teeth
she must have had her mouth
open while she was passing a
shooting gallery.
While the dentist is attending
to Delphin* dental needs, he
is interrupted by a detail man
from a pharmaceutical house
showing him the latest in anti-
biotics and three phone calls
from promoters of oil stocks.
Outside in the reception room,
all is bedlam. It is the Child-
rens' Hour. Magazines are be-
ing torn into shreds, and the
upholstered chairs are being cut
to pieces with bowie knives
(four box tops and fifteen cents)
in the Hopalong belief that a
forego a night's rest to keep
watch over his sick animal at
any time.
And •yet neither the faymer nor
his family can afford to get
overly sentimental about the
livestock because the time in-
evitably comes when age or
barn-room makes;' it necessary
for some of the stock to be sold.
That is the situation we are faced
with this morning. At this very
moment a truck is down at the
barn loading cattle, all of whom
Partner has raised from heifer
calves born right here on the,
farm. We hate to think of them
ending their lives at the stock-
yards. But there is no alterna-
tive, They have outlived their
usefulness as milk cows and for
breeding purposes but I suppose
they will still' make beef — of
a kind. Two of then certainly
will as they are being sold as
butcher heifers, so there- should
be a few good steaks on the
market.
And so activity begins again
Who are the real children —
the youngsters or the grown-ups?
Sometimes we wonder. Take the
Santa Claus parade. Why are
mothers and fathers —..yes, and
° even grandparents — so willing
to take youngsters to watch the
parade that heralds Santa. Claus'
entry into town? Why, indeed,
unless it is that "kiddies and
grown-ups too-o-o" enjoy equally
well all the fun and excitement
of the big event, Even if it is
only possible to watch it on
television you find just as many
oldsters as youngsterA among the
viewers. r nu.is'C'admit 'Partner
and I are among'those'who share
in the fun. Saturday morning,
for instance, we dropped our
work and spent part of, the morn-
ing watching Eaton's Annual
Santa Claus Parade. For the
children there is all the excite-
ment and fan-fare but I really
think it takes an; adult to appre-
ciate the beauty; the pageantry
and the ingenuitY‘thet,makes the
parade what it iS. And what, a
wonderful touch of fun and
fantasy it brings into our every-
day world. A world, which of
late has brought little but anxiety
and distrust to the minds of men,
particularly to those who remem-
ber the pattern that preceded two
former world wars. We must,
perforce, carry on with our daily
work, but we certainly welcome
any distraction that takes us out
of ourselves and makes us feel
gay and carefree for awhile.
What a dull world it would be
if we lacked the power of enjoy-
ment, Imagine seeing a beauti-
ful sunset, a painting; or children.
at play and yet not have the
awareness to enjoy any of it. Or
imagine living on a farm and
only able to think of the work
involved. Actually, every season
.has its work, and its pleasure.
On most farms at present there
is the usual pre-winter activity.•
Livestock that has been free as
the wind all summer must now
be driven or cajoled to the shel-
ter of the barnyard so they may
be shut in at night should the
weather get rough. But cattle
are peculiar creatures. They
resent sudden changes;: they balk
at being tied up in strange stalls
and will do everything but stand
quietly While confining chains
are slipped into place. But once
that has been done even a young
heifer becomes as tractable, as
an old cow. Apparently she rec,,
Ognizes her boss and the next
day she puts up no resistance at
all. Unless she has been ill-
treated. A beast that haS been
beaten into submission is liable
to give trouble for some time.
That, happily, seldom happens'
on Canadian farms today, Alttioat
every fernier loves his liVeStecki
particularly , cattle and
hcirSeS,, if he has them Rd may
call ,them "ornery ,brittere acid
Make ether tinctnriPlinieriterY re=
marks but rlust let One of then)
get 'Sick tnci the farther will
Safety Hints For
Chopping Wood
For tightness on handle. Re-
place weak handles.
Chop so that the axe handle
is as nearly horizontal as poss-
ible when the axe strikes.
Champion woodchoppers keep
their axes sharp — it makes
chopping safer .and easier.
Of obstructions; keep chil-
dren and stock at a safe dis-
tance. Avoid bulky clothing.
Swing so that axe is always un-
der control. •
If possible, anchor wood so
that the ends will not fly up
when the axe strikes. Use short
strokes when chipping ice in
water tanks and troughs or
when killing chickens.
When not in use. Place it
where it cannot be stepped on
or bumped and where it 'Won't
fall.
Keep your eye on the point
where you want the axe to
strike, '
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Some of these food" faddists re
commend a daily eating of
swiss cheese- and limburger, It
has always been a puzzle why.
the 'swiss Cheese. has the holes
in it, whereas it's the liMbiliter
that needs the ventilation,
The bade was told by a Well
meaning friend that Sea food
Would give her :husband that
daily umph. So, she Went in and
:ordered Oysters,
arge or Sinall, Mal-ain't"
`Really, t don't know,
she said, 'they're for a mail
With' .size lfithCollar."'
She WAS 'probably the bride
Who worshipped' het' litiSbend,
According: to Don' Anie.cile, she
used to Piked btintit offerings
before' hiih three, (tines, day,
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