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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-11-20, Page 2evendolin..e, P. Ctexike SALLY'S sews re.e. Modern Etiquette . by Roberta Lee moolvg13,'S, IN-LAWS. USg.NT Rumikratmog. "Dear Anne Hirst: My wife died five years age and, she al- ways read your column, so now that I face a delicate situation I ask your advice. I have et Kin of seven, and his mother's par- ents have been raising him for me,. Nearly a year ago I fell. in love with a fine girl, and we plan to marry soon sa the boy can have a real home, Here's the rub: "I took her to see my wife's family and they seemed to like her — but they vigorously op- poee my marrying again, Unfor- tunately, they have tried to in- fluence the boy, too. "When we do marry shall we take him to live with us right away, or wait a while? Or do you think it is my duty to re- nouece this sweet girl and let teee,e • older people have their wee? UNEASY DAD" DON'T RUSH THINGS • It is not unusual that older *..people resent anyone taking * their daughter's place in her *.husband's home, They forget * that for him life must go on, * and especially where a child is .* involved the satisfactory an- •** etver is to provide a well-bal- *.anced home life for him. Now you have this opportunity. I * think you should take it. The * boy's grandparents are natu- Shapely Sheath PRINTED PATTERN .00 SIZES I 4560 12-20: 40 441 44 40014 With this shapely sheath in your wardrobe, you'll never have another "what-to-wear" worry! It's so smart, new-looking! Choose faille, wool jersey, win- ter cotton — fast, accurate sew- ing with our Printed Pattern! Printed Pattern 4560: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4 yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (400) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal not for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New `Toronto, Ont. ISSUE -- 44 1951 rally loath to part with him, ° but after all, they want what is best for his 'future. Your son should get • queinted with your lianeee * new. I suggest you take him 10 to. visit her on Saturdays or * Sundays, when you three can have the day together. Plan real outings that will appeal to the boy, and he will come to associate, his • future step- mother with the happy times you and she share with him. All week long he will look for- ward to these visits, and so will be eager to come and live 4'. with you when you return from your honeymoon. Then you will, of course, see that he visits his grand- • * him contented in his new life, they will, give credit to his parents regularly. As they see stepmother's influence. It us- * wally works out this way, and e I expect it will for you. • Don't worry about them. It e is almost impossible to please * the whole family in any mar- * riage, particularly a second * one. Your good fortune in win- * ning this fine girl brings your * son back to you. again and * opens up a richer life than his * grandparents, with all their * love, can offer him. They will * grow reconciled to the idea and * realize he is where he belongs. I * MAY AND DECEMBER "Dear Anne Hirst: I am just 18, and for three years I've been going with a man 45. We have exciting times together, going al- ways where I choose, and in other ways, too, he is most con- sderate. I think it will be won- derful to marry him, which he has begged me to do more than once. "I've been told by three friends that he has a wife, but he de- nies it. Even my Dad feels I would regret marrying him. I have always heard that older men are kinder husbands than young ones, and anyhow, I can't get interested in boys my age. "Yet lately I' have felt so un- certain! I couldn't marry any- body else; if I couldn't have his love I'd be miserable. RITA" * I hope you will not consider * marrying a man more than * twice your age. While he is * dating you he is generous and * thoughtful, but after marriage * he may find a quieter life more * to his taste. In 20 years you * will be in your prime, while * old age will be creeping up on * him and he will not enjoy the * recreations that delight you. * Why have your parents al- * lowed you to date a man of * his age for so long, with no * other boy friends on your list? * I'm afraid you have been so * dazzled by his sophistication * that your mind is closed to * anyone younger. Your present * uncertainty is a hopeful sign; * subconsciously you sense how * unfit would be such a union * and your common sense cries * out against it. * His undetermined marital * status is not to his credit, How * did the rumor -get started? * Your father can find out, and * I hope he will before more * time passes. I urge you to heed * his warning, and begin now to * encourage younger men. I * * Men who read this column ap• predate Anne Hirst's warm un- derstanding and practical solu- tions of their problems. Write her frankly, addressing her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. "This car is absolutely the last word, sir," said the salesman to a prospective customer. "Well, that should suit my wife," was the reply. "If there's anything she loves, it's the last word." Such a wonderful Thanks- giving weekend —'and so much for which to be thankful . beautiful w e a th e r, glorious colours, and the visit of our Queen and her husband, Prince Phillip. I am sure nearly every- one will be following the Royal couple by radio and ,television as they make their., various ap- pearances. We who remember the baby princess, the little girl, Lillibet, the young bride — now find in our gracious Queen a combination of all the promis- ing attributes that accompanied her period of ,growing up. Yes, we watch her, but often with mixed emotions — glad that she is our Queen, yet knowing that but for unforeseen circumstances (the abdication of King Edward VIII) our Queen might even now be leading the compara- tively free, and much easier life of a royal princess. We watched on our television set the pageantry of the parade from Rideau Hall to the Parlia- ment Buildings and then the opening of Parliament. And we loved every detail of it. The Queen seemed more relaxed than when ,we had seen her on any previous occasion. Her deli- very of the Speech from the Throne was really wonderful. To read faultlesely for half an hour must be quite an ordeal, even for a Queen. Well, I hardly need say any more about this great and memorable occasion — the first time in Canada's history that a reigning monarch has'opened the Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Diefenbaker, as head of the Federal Government must be a proud and happy man. And now to come back to events nearer home. We have bad our own special reason for remembering this as a Happy Thanksgiving, weekend. 0 u daughter presented us with an- other grandson — a brother for David and Edward, We would have welcomed a little girl but by the time the baby arrived we were not caring whether it was a boy or a girl — just so long as it wasn't both! Twir., wouldn't have surprised us in the least especially as the arriVel was'ten days over-due. This fa.- low weighed in at a lusty tale and a half pounds,. Dee says hi' looks like a little Indian — by face, flat nose, black heee inclined to curl. Not a very (let- tering description but then how often cart newly, horn babiee bo called attractive? I think hie name will be Gerald Roe -- after the family tarries of his two grandmothere. No' doubt his everyday tante Wilt be. Gerry or Jerry — whichever way they decide to spell it. David IS al- ready talking Very proudly about his new brother. Eddie, Of course, IS Unaware that he IS no longer the bti.by of the family, Which is just as well as he had shed many 61 his baby,wayS since he dame • here and S hecOinizit mete adventurous With etierit Pasting day, If, my hair Were not already white it soon would be. Yesterday rfound him busi- ly engaged in an endeavour to plug in the' space heater, later on it was the floor lamp. He has also found out how, to open the door leading to the basement and a few days ago he pulled a fresh cherry pie on to the kitchen floor. So we have our moments! We also find plenty of work to do down in the laun- dry. I say "we" because Partner helps with the job. I do the washing and rinsing; Partner empties the tubs and hangs the washing on the line. He says he never expected the day would ever come when he would be hanging out diapers again. Which goes to show-you never can tell. HoWever, the end is in sight. By this time next week I suppose Dee will, be home and be look- ing forward to having her three boys together again. Until then there is no chance of my seeing the new baby as only fathers are allowed to visit 'the hospital because of the flu epidemic. We shall miss our wee Eddie When be goes home — but one thing is certain, we ought to be able to get a little more work done than we have done the_ last few weeks. A little more visiting too. Yesterday Bob and Joy camel along to take us for a drive to see the glorious colour of the leaves up around the Caleden Hills, I couldn't Sec any pleasure in taking ,Eddie along so I persuaded Partner to go and I stayed home. Actually, it was the line of least resistance. Trying to control a restless, squirming youngster in a car already full isn't my idea of fun. Baby R088 has the bed from his buggy on the back seat and that takes up a lot of room, Well, I wonder how many folk still have flowers in the garden. We have an absolute mass of golden nasturtiums and guinea gold marigolds. The geraniums and petunias are still very colourful too. Partner has been „very busy digging up a patch of land for next year's garden -- and Eddie loves to sit in the middle of it, We missed having fresh vegetables this summer. Maybe it is just as ,cheap to buy what you want'but it isn't nearly so satisfactory. What do yon think? ' "So thiS la called a Wei society romp. When do the ballodiai go to„ deartet SMART SACK — Pariis designers have succeeded in changing th,e shape of fashionable wo- men with this year's "sack" dresses. So Myrtice Hunsucker, carrying the theory TO its logical end, shows that a printed cotton seed sack can t— with a little imagination—be turned into a sack. Ring Out the Old The biggest and most beloved bell in all Austria is a 15-foot, 23-ton monster called "Pum- rne.rin" (m eanin g, roughly, "pounder"). It was molded in 1683 from Turkish cannon which had been abandoned after the siege of Vienna, For more than 260 years Pummerin hung in the 450-foot Gothic tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vien- na. Because its stone-shaking vibrations endangered the cathe- dral's delicately fragile tower, its deep voice was heard each' Christmas, New Year's, and Easter, Pummerin was silent during the Nazi years. When Hitler's troops fired part of the cathedral in 1945 the great bell crashed to the ground and shat- tered. In 1952 the salvaged frag- ments' were recast at a foundry in Linz. The bell's slow, stately tourney back through the Rus- sian zone to Vienna became a symbol of Austria's deep defi- ance of the Soviets. Since then the bell has been awaiting the completion of a reinforced plat- form inside the great tower, One evening recently the Ro- man Catholic hierarchy, govern- ment officials, and some 10,000 Viennese gathered outside the cathedral for the teconsecratme of Pumnierin. There followed Et two-hour band concert, and then, With the arrival of Pres, Merit Adolf Scheel, twelve brightly costumed stonemasons pushed the bell on its Wheeled carriage into St. Stephens. Next week it will• be lifted MY feet to it place in' the timer; "Henceforth," said the .IVIost Rev, Franz Konig, Archbishop of Vienna, "the bell will be rung daily for peace.° oin Newsweek. "Was it a good party you went to last night'?" "It Ws treat—while I lasted." WW.94.t9£3.:511 ' .•. ",‘ Giant Pies And Even Bigger Cakes Centre of attraction at a re- cent Leicestershire village fair was the biggest pork pie ever macre — a monster three feet high and six feet in diameter. Two huge pigs were needed to fill it and more than 1,000 por- tions were cut from it and sold on souvenir plates to celebrate the '700th anniversary of the granting of a charter for the fair. English cooks have achieved some marvellous feats of cooking at various times. The Leicester- shire pork pie was tiny com- pared with the giant pie pro- duced by the people of Denby Dale, Yorkshire, seventy years ago — on August 24th, 1887 — to commemorate Queen Vic- toria's Jubilee. It weighed two and a half tons. It contained 1,850 lb. of beef, twenty-one ducks, 100 small birds, forty-two 'fowls, forty pigeons, sixty-four rabbits and half a ton of flour for the great crust. Ten horses were used to pull the pie to the feasting arena and hundreds looked forward to a meal, but they were disappoint- ed. By the time the pie could be cut it was a trifle "high" and only a few people dared sample it. Colossal cakes? The record probably goes to a Miami, Flori- da baker, who a feW years ago made a cake which contained the whites 01 14,000 eggs, 3,500 whole eggs, 2,280 pints of milk, 1,400 lb. of flour, 1,066 lb. of fats and but- ter, 3,490 lb. of sugar, 90 lb, of baking powder and 65 lb. of salt. Imagine a sausage 3,000 ft. long. That's more than half a mile. This fantastic "banger" was carried through the streets of Koenigsberg, Germany, in 1601, by the 103 butchers who had undertaken to make it as "a labour of 'love." An outsize in omelettes was cooked in New Jersey, three years ago. It contained 2,100 eggs and was fried beautifully by infra-red rays in ten minutes in a frying-pan measuring 13 ft. across. The reason for this astonishing culinary effort? It was a publi- city stunt to persuade people to eat more eggs. It was successful, too, for the sales of eggs soared for weeks afterwards. Q, What Shotild one eay to. people who have jest had a death in their family? A. Upon the occasion of _death,. some expression of sympathy is always appreciated by the famie ly„ but the less elaborate the expression the better. "I am epr, ry„ Is there anything I can 4o?" is sincere and sufficient, Q. I arm always uncertain about the lettuce on Which salad -is served. Is it really prop- er to eat Oils? A. Since the lettuce is as much a part of the salad as any other of the ingredients, it is quite proper to eat it. Q. What jewels, H Any, should a bride wear for her wedding, ceremony? A, Only the gift from her bridegroom, Q. Is it ever proper to use the knife for cutting the salad when dining? A. If it can be done easily, use just the fork. However, sometimes lettuce can be tough to, manage with the fork, and in that case, -it is quite all right to use the knife. Q. How does a married wom- an sign her name to a telegram asking for hotel reservations? A. She must include the "Mrs," with her name, so that the room clerk will know how to address her when she arrives, Welcome Gift fauAAINkull, Be prepared for Christmas and all its joyousness. Make this apron — colorful — quickly em- broidered. Makes most welcome gift. Pattern 803: transfer of Santa head for 17-inch apron; direc- tions. Done in white and red cotton material. Start early! 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