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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-02-13, Page 2• oil,. ; • cs '• • • 4.. • 810' :,7.••• • /770,A4‘0° -HRONICLE INGERrAR eurtviolinz P. Clevrike leiNSWMaginsNOFIGIlty •-rmnio. or fish, a 70,Yearoold from one, County Limerick, was. left a 4.10,0Q0 legacy by his brother, More than forty women, be,.. tWeen the ages of twenty-nine ' and fifty, to saying that they'd love to IPPPOPIe his wife, .• THArs DIvoggENT "A little overweight, dear?" queried a timid husband of his forbidding wife, as she weighed herself, "INTo," she • replied, "but ac- cording to my chart I should be six inches taller." NE!P PRINTED PATTERN EAstERFASTEn MORE, ACCURATE ionmreememiniein W-W-W-WELCOME B-B-131BACK, JOE — Old time vaudeville fans, veterans of the Roaring Twenties, will hail the news that Stuttering Joe Frisco, one of the all-time greati of show business, is making a comeback in• a couple of forthcoming Hollywood movies. Of fate years the b8-year-old former headliner has been in a state of suspended animation inside a racing form. Here's Joe today, complete with cigar and racing magazine,. telling folks: "I w-w-was .l-{-lucky at the f-t-track today. I got a r-r-ride home." Fashions in Hats The Twentieth. century found, Paris firmly established as dic- tator of fashion in the feminine world and London, .the arbiter of men's apparel.. • • Until th.e latter years a the period, the feminine hat in ,geri, .ggal .flared up and otT •the lam e bandeau setting it still higher on the heed, Many long hatpins, usually jeweled, held the hat Se,,, purely place. Larger and Jar- ger grew the hat, by 1907 ak taming an incredible si4e. In this Period the theater ruling arose;. compelling e. woman to remove her hat during the performance. The picturesque large velvet hat, ,the Oainsborough or 'Marl- borough of the eighteenth cen , tury,. was revived, In tailored hats, sailors end tricorees of mannish felts were smert, else fur toques for winter,. In 190a appeared the cartwheel type of sailor of straw for summer: wear and named the "Merry Widow" after the popular operetta by the Viennese composer, Franz Le- her,. This extremely large sailor. was also worn with the riding habit. Huge quantities of pared*, ostrich, aigrettes. covered the hat in piece of the former flowers and ribbon.. The vogue of the face veil , continued unabated, tied tightly under the chin or hanging loos- ely from. the hat. There were lace and colored chiffon veils, also coarse filet meshes spotted with chenille . or vetvet dots. Sometimes veils were lace- edged. Bright green was the fa- vored • color of . the "automobile veil," considered the most effec- tive protection for . the corn-. plexion.—From "The Mode in Hats and Headdress," by R. Tur- ner Wilcox. "Dear Ann Hirstl Where are the Men like our fathers, who Married and expected her to stay home and. raise a. family? I've been working since I was 19, arid when we got married my husband suggested.stay With the je13- We didn't need the money, but he thought I'd „be happier, lie also wanted chil- dren, and when I had our baby three months ago of course I expected. to take care of her- But I didn't know my husband; he took it for granted I'd keep on at the office and he employed a young nurse, I was furious but I Consented. Now I wish I hadn't. "I resent every hour I am not with my baby, and I'm at the point of giving up my position and taking over at home. I think every mother wants to look af- ter her children; nobody else can do it so well. I expect a bat- tle with my husband. But haven't I done my part? Now I want to, be all-wife and moth- er, What do you think? SORRY MOTHER." • I think you should take * over at home. With 'men corn- * plaining these days that wives * neglect their children to have ▪ * good times themselves your Seven Edgings Woman Proposes A good many young women don't bother to wait for leap year before they do the prof posing. In Queen Victoria's case, of course, she was more or less forced to take the initiative. It wouldn't have been possible for a relatively unimportant prince to propose to a reigning mon- arch. So one day she sent for Albert and sat him beside her on the sofa. As he told his grandmother later, "She declared to me in a genuine outburst of love and af- fection• that I had gained her whole heart and would make her intensely happy if I would make her the sacrifice of sharing her life with her.," Barbara. Kelly was only seven- teen when she proposed to Ber- nard Braden. They were in Ca- nada at the time, riding in his co nvertible. Suddenly she announced, "I want to get married and I think it had better be you," Apparently he held out for a ,month or so, but as, the whole world knows, they are now a very happily married couple. A very forward minx was painter Jean-Baptiste. Greuze's model. Without the slightest en- couragement, she asked him to marry her. Finding it difficult to be dis- courteous to a woman, he agreed, but had to be pushed before he would, decide on the date. They were eventually married two years later. Modern misses aren't at all backward in making the run- ning. A few years ago, when a bus conductor put a ticket into the hand of one of his, passen- gers, she said, "When will you give 'me a ring instead of just a ticket?" She was his girl friend, whom he hadn't really noticed in the rush of selling tickets; now she's his wife. In Manchester 'a young couple were saying good-night and she was upset because she'd been taken to task by her mother for not ,washing the dishes. "If you don't marry me soon I'll kill myself," she cried, so her boy friend obligingly saved her life. In the film world it seems al- most normal for the usual situa- tion to be reversed. An actor re- ported that a film star asked him to marry her. "It wasn't the other way, round," he added tactlessly. Of course, when there's a for- tune to be gained, women are rarely backward in coming for- ward. - In 1953, bachelor Ned Eng- AU, YOUTH. — Nothing fazed by subzero temperatures, three- and-one-half-year-old Betsy Fish obviously eats up her Arctic-like surroundings. While her soft elders huddle indoors for warmth, Betsy ploys in her snow tunnel and nibbles at an icy sandwich. some years ago at the age of 103! She directed her two un- married daughters • in their housekeeping , duties until two weeks before her death. She might have stepped straight from the pages of Jalna — ex- cept that Jalna wasn't even written then, • Modern Etiquette . . 4667 SIZES 2-10 PRIM' M PAT' EP Z1 A Printed Pattern them doubly wonderful! Daughter will love a whirl-skirted jumper and blouse for school, Mother will love its new easy sewing — with directions printed on each pattern part. Printed Pattern 4667: Chil- dren's Sizes 2, 4, 6,, 8, 10. Size 6 jumper requires 21/4 yards 35- inch fabric; blouse takes 11/4 yards. Directions printed on each tissue pattern part. Easy-to-use, accurate, assures perfect fit. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, ust postal note for safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE N AME, ADDRESS, STYLI NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., Nee Toronto, Ont. privi- recep,. * husband should he proud that * you want to fulfill your nor- * mei role, Modern physicians * agree that babies thrive on a * mother's love; deprived of it, • they do not develp as they should. Ver a man to deny his * wife her natural destiny * stamps him as heartless; his * child will stiffer fOr Relater * en, and you and I know who * will be blamed, * The average man expects to * support his wife and is proud • to. Many of them who mar- * ried business girls .find their wives insist on working; they * find the field more exciting * than household routine. They • neglect their homes, feed their * men makeshift meals and (re- * versing the normal habit) their * conversation deals largely • with what happened down- * town today. The men mar- * rled the girls ' because they # loved them, and they have the * right to expect a well-run home and cheldren. The busi- * peSS wife who deliberately 4' denies them these expecte- * tions is deng to pay more * dearly than she thinks, • The nobleest reason that a '• wife wants to stay home is to * give her child a mother's * loving care, Your husband * seems so *devoid of parental * feelings that he denies his off- * spring the best advantage that 4 nature offers. * Take your stand and stick * to it. Remind the man you e can budget household needs * within the reduced income; * that is thealeast important an- * gle. If he still hesitates, sug- * gest he talk this over with * your physician. He seems to * require the facts of life set * before him so he will under-, * stand how essential to your * happiness and spiritual peace * it is that you perform the ma- * ternal role to its fullest. You * have my sympathy, but also *. my conviction that your hus- h band's objections will melt e beneath your arguments. * * * NO MARRIAGE MART "Dear Ann Hirst: I had begun to think all women are alike, but one or two who have writ- ten you have changed my mind. They seem like real ladies, and I'd appreciate it if you could tell me. how I can get in touch with them. "I've been wronged by one woman, and divorced her two years ago. (Women are so un- predictable these days, and men are 'too.) I am very lonely. stay home every night, have a good job, don't drink or play the horses. "I'd like to meet a nice wo- man who is in the same situa- tion. Could you help two of us find happiness? I've tried every- thing else, T. R." • This column, I must re- * mind new readers, is not a * marriage mart. I cannot re- * veal, the identity of anyone to * another. 4 Are you sure you have ex- * hausted all the customary * sources of friendship? Does * your minister know how lone- * ly you are? Your co-workers? * Tell them, if you haven't, and * ask their aid. I am sure they * will look around and intro- * duce you to a few eligible * lonesome young women. * * Problems of every kind flow in to Anne Hirst from readers of all ages. , Her long experience and hurtle!) sympathy give her an understanding that has kept many a family together . . . If you are troubled, too, write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Torono, Ont, Seven pretty edgings in filet crochet! You'll find these de- signs so useful for decorating all types of linens. Three have new picotrhesh background. Pattern 810! Charts, crochet directions for seven edgings, 11/4 to 41/4 inches in. No, 50 cotton. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box, 123 Eighteenth. St., New To- ronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- "TERN NUMBER, your NAME- and- ADDRESS. Our gift to you — two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home — printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecrift Book . . Plus dozens of other new designs to order — crochet, knitting, embroidery, iron-ons, novelties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW — with gift patterns printed in it! ISSUE 7 1957 "FOP AWARDS Actress Ingrid Bergman, left, miles at actor Kirk• Douglas as they are presented the New York Film Critic; Award for 1956 by Irene Thiret d party in their honor in' Manhattan. Miss Bergman had flown over from Paris to spend lust 36 hours in. this country ond receive the award 'for her performance in 11,Ancistasian. Douglas received his for his work in "rust For Life. right box for the right , person. And in each case it was excus- able. Being Friday afternoon the stores, and the taxis busy and I, being used to my own car and picking up my own parcels, didn't keep my wits about me. It could be they were partially frozen! However, all's well, that ends well. In spite of difficulties we now have enough of every- thing to keep us fed for another week, supposing we either get frozen in or snowed in. As for the car it hasn't been out of the garage for over a week. During, rough weather it can stay there so far ea. I am concerned. What we pay for a taxi we save on gas, so what's the difference? The cold weather had its drawbacks for us but the four- legged creatures seemed to like it. Our neighbour's horses were racing around in the pastures having a grand time. Our few cattle were equally active in the barnyard. As for Rusty he was full of beans and Mitchie- White played around like a, kit- ten, Two big grey -squirrels chased each other up, down, and around the poplar tree in front, of the house and one day we saw a huge hawk resting on the breeches of a nearby, oak tree. In fact it looked too big to be a hawk. Perhaps it was some kind of owl. We couldn't tell from the house — and to go out bird-watching didn't appeal to us in zero weather. Well, we got weld -from Eng- land this week that Partner has lost two aunts and an uncle since Christmas and the young- est of the three was 85 — Aunt Lottie. I went to see her when I was -in England and found a bright, active little woman, liv- ing alone in a big house arid do, ing most of her own work. The other one — Aunt Mary — was around 90„ and had been ill for some time. As for Uncles Will, Partner thinks he was crowd-a ing a hundred. The whole fain-, fly has been noted for its lon- gevity. The mother — Partner's maternal grandmother — died ialea iiAelliD WITH POWER — Speed's kicking, but there's plenty of power for this one-elepharlf open sleigh. Going arcing for the ride is seven-year old'. Waiter Theisinger, of Hamburg, Getniany* ayet - " ie"The .prodding Othdt 65yedr-old Menn, retidenf at file local zoo. Walter's• father is the tea keeper, thus eXplaining the Special pri'Vilege, PICTURES :"ON't :Lit ON MATtitittEt'EVeil When, it conies to. ifee0ing, the Russian' S606' td be far behind'the Western World,Abakie, at the Merchandise MOM' ,inadel Dee take get' oh an Artierican mattress and compares it with a Rtstatart. one: The two-inchthick tavisit indifeett was bought in Moscow by John VIte president Of a leading mattress firm After. peryie§, the equivalent of $42 for literally` carried it out of the Soviet Union uncle his ailn, We are just Corning out of the deep freeze — which we did not like oe bit. The temperature around here for a whole week ranged all the way from ten above zero to twenty below, of- ten with a strong wind blowing. Of course 'the cold weather broiight with it complications; the house was hard to heat.-and the car wouldn't start, but, thank goodness we didn't have trouble with the plumb ing. Lest Tues- day we had business to attend to down town and the easiest way was to call a taxi. That time everything was fine. But on Friday I had to go down town again — this time to shop. Another trip by taxi — but the result wasn't so good. In fact it practically amounted to a comedy of errors. I got together what I wanted from the grocer's and asked to have my order sent over to the taxi call office. Went up the street and did the rest of my shopping, calling at the but- chers, the drugstore, the bake• shop and the dairy, carrying most of the stuff with me, The same taxi, was available and ready to go so I thought all we had to do was• stop at the dairy and pick 1,1 ID my order. We got home and Partner was waiting to take everything into the house from the back seat of the car. Without actually checking I knew something was missing. "The groceries — where's my boa; of groceries?" I asked the driver. "Groceries? I never saw no droceries." "Well, for goodness sake — weren't they sent over?" "No ma'am, else they'd have been here." The taxi driver drove off and I came into the house and heeded straight for the tele- phone . . . "sure the groceries were sent over, almost as soon as you left the store," A tele- phone to the taxi office . , . "the Snare telle me my order was sent Ov`e'Ir'm." sorry, but nothing'tame here for any Mrs. Clarke." "Are you sure? There should have been a box of groceries and a small hag of potatoes." "Oh, that• order! Yes, I re- member it comingin but the boy said it was for "Mrs. Currie!'. The taxi is away now — with Mrs. Currie and the groceries!" "For goodness sake!' Well, I wonder if you can phone. Mrs Currie's place and See What you can do about it, If you ceri 'id- eate the groceries haVe the taki bring ,the in ternetitrie during the day." The tall-lady was most eblie. ing and a little While she talented back, told the everything had been straightened tout and the groceries would 'arrive 13efore long—which they did. A pretty fine ekarnple of the'advantage of living in a country district. I suppose everyone Was More or less at fault I tit not Mak,. lag sure the ix& Was in the eat the delivery boy for not giving the right riatnef the taxi-dreVer ter hot Making surd he Iihri the By J'ane Andrews Q. People ;hom I've just met often say, "I'm very glad to have met you." Is this cor- rect, and if so, how should I reply? A. This is quite correct, and the proper reply could he, "Thank you," or, "I'm Very glad to have met YOU." Q, When is a guest lcged to leave a wedding tion? A. At any time he wishes, but not before speaking to the bride and bridegroom, Q. Is it suitable to make a present of toilet soap to 'a girl on her birthday? A. If it is a very special kind' of soap that you know she par- titularly likes. Q. Is it good Manners for e girl to Ask her escort for a cigar- ette? ,. A. This is quitt all right. An attentive escort, of course, should make such a request tin- necessary, But should he be forgetful enough, it is perfectly proper for the girl to ask him. Q, Some friends hate just told me that I coining-tett a serious breath of eligitette by Corlett- tulating girl -upon her engage- ment e- that this suggested I thought she evas lucky to have found a man, 1g this triiel A. This WAS a mistake, but it is a very common One, and you should not watery too Muth about it. The usual prbeedtire is to congratulate the Man, end offer wishes of happiness to the girt Q, smoking is sokiir g At the- table in a restaurant, and there Is no 'ashtray, is It all eight to tee plate or saucer for' the ashes? A. 'Only an ill4recl person would do this. It is finial) better to ask the Waltet or Waitress, for art Ashtray,