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The Brussels Post, 1957-12-04, Page 6NE 14IRST ONICLES GERFARM ewen.d.oltrvz P. Cto„rke .Floifer Planter I 653 "1.14,i(10, p •?'s ip rta4ile4 MAL 'One4ard Wonders PRINTED PATTERN EACH GARMENT *-18 4860 444144 444.0, unit tightty • , PLACE re ttiakiinp inaretronisin CHERRY-t4UT SQUARES 34 cup oil.porpose flour toblespoons icing sugar • Op BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch rjs cup butler or margarine 2 eoi, slighily.beaten its cup glatg Cherries, halved cup brown sugar Val 4:: Chopped w ect 4 antes • qls I tableipaan ,13ENSORS, Or C 141ADikCOrti *edit t tedtpoOn'Oirni;0 e)Olott ViEt tocjetbetlfiest three dry ingredients. CUT or rub' butter into dry irigre4ienit. PRESS nitr.hi into the bottoni of an Odti. in &en (300°FI 12 Ito fe Or • MIX Weit;'•• siireeld alai . Rti*URI4 to even and btik6 ihinuies iriti,J15°P;coiert. COOGt tuc teitpar6 , /10.6: 25' squarer: For free folder of other delicious tacit:1404+i. to: Horiteteniice DePartirierit, 114E tA4AbA STARCH CoMilANY LIMITED Pb. lit* I2St, Montreal,: P.J. oe 0.• Modern Etiquette i)y Roberta Lee git,s.vbien _ the don)* carti for num O and W in good taste A, It is sent with wedding presents, with ROwerS .tO a funere al, with gifts to high school col- lege graduates, or wills any other gift that comes from both, It is? visits, Of course, used also for fOrrotil sag: for sit still co nsidered rin4tisS"ie301; to smoke when with a group o2 women lie knows do not smoke? Yes, this is still the courteous and thoughtlul thing to do. Q. Does it make any differenes whether one sits down from pa right or left side of the chair a3 tho dinner table? A. No; whichever side offers the easiest and quickest access It the one for you, "I'Zipek leteeeeeeeeen Address WAS given by Miss Ethel Chapinan .well,ltnown and loved by WJ, members from one end of Ontario to the other, Miss Chapman, by her sympathetic understanding of farm woken and their problems has a. way of petietilating to the things that really matter., Recognising. the practical .side of farm life she shows us how to preserve the idealism of the. *I; — the •old "principles thLt c,sall stand fur A "satisfying" home — mentally,. morally, physically'. and spiritu- o ily, As to worrd;tension Miss Chapman mentioned one clergy- 'man's reaction to. Sputniks. "So What „ isn't God still in con- trol pf things?" don't know how other people feel but that is my re- action too.; ,.just'can't work up any excitement :over- Sputnik at all. Certainly none of the news- paper reportS did' anything to spoil my enjoyment of the con- vention. Of course in this column I have only skimmed the sur- face so be sure you read all the details in Home and Country, especially if you are not at your next W,I.. meeting to hear a full report as given by your official delegate, SC? IT'S COMFORTABLE---While the ,m'adrw""sling" choir may be on object for derisidn"in mahy traditional home's, four-year- old Robin Xlempuss finds it's mighty handy for a siesta in Ciudad Trojillo, Dominican Republic. Robin's position shows that youngsters can be as free-form as any chair. Bathtub Killers Birds Again Mena' pd The rn artilicently American egret, .pribah,ly most handsome of IrAm wading birds; is one0.-.a;hin danger of disappearing, from slew end. swareplavid„ Less oublicized than the whooping crane', file cg: et came close, to crane', in the 'United States alba/id -1900. when the feminine pgsion exotic. planted „hats' • rea chcd .14, peak.'Ten the .".scalps"—Skiits• with the feathers on—Were;ohtP- ped to milliners in New' York in; batches of 100,00.Q. or wore, . This wholesale .slatighter,.was eventually stopped when an Au- dubon go,clety game warcl,enwak, shot and killed by egret' hunters' in theorElarida Everglades, re- suiting in strong protective laws.;' By 1930, the flocle.s, again ppm,- -here& inethe'llundred,s- of thous- ands,' ' • But last mbhth at the Audu- bon Society's ,an..itual coovention.,.. in New •York, Robert P. Mim e . research ornithologist for' the.50-: ciety, reported 'the afistaciatic egrets now number less" than 50,000. The reason, curiously, is a conflict between water and wild- life conservationists. Water drainage for human consump- tion has reduced water levels and dried up the swampy feed- ing areas that provide the egret. with his shellfish diet. A seven- year drought, lumbering, real- estate operations, and farmland development have also contri- buted to the egret's diminishing numbers, Some other wading birds, Al- len reported sadly, are in even worse shape than 'the egret. The. wood stork; known to cross- word-puzzle addicts as 'the ibis, was 150;000 strong in the early '30s. Now there are about 2,500 left, and these 'have not nested in the U.S, for several years. Al- len thinks another rare bird, the delicately hued 'roseate spoon- bill, now numbering less than 5,000, may soon vanish from the Florida, Keys, once its favorite wading grounds. To bring back the birds, Allen. is drawing up a list of recom- mendations to present to the Department of the Interior. One suggestion for Florida: Tap wa- ter from Lake Oleeechobee and flood the now drying Everglades to bolster the shellfish supply. —From NEWSWEEK, "lever since my husband. died /gee years ago, my daughter and I have lived alone and I have come to depend on her for all my pleasure in living," writ'm a dis',.znterl mother. "She has had 4 few beatu but none of thew eeeined serious, and I never had any idea she would ever 1 -wc. me. Now she intends to marry f of them after Christmas! I am almost crazy at the prospect of living without her. I resent fiance terribly, and I ATtl ing the marriage with all my heart. "My boys have their s. homes, but I don't life either of their wives. When I've visited them they expect me,to 'do most of the housework, and baby sit so they can go out and have a good time. I won't be made us, of that way, I'd rather live myself, I can afford to, and don't need any of them — "But how can I fill the ion*. days and longer nights after illy girl leaves me? I simply cannot face that, and I'm about ready to give up!" THAT IS LIFE • Most mothers look forward * to the day their daughters will ▪ establish a home of their own; * in that they see the fruition of their mutual hopes, and only * pray that her life will be as • richly c6inplete as theirs has * been. Long beforehand they * have prepared themselves for * the leisure that is to come, * They have kept their own • freendships intact; they have grewn useful in their church * and community projects, and • made themselves almost irre- * placeable in the local scene, * If this mother had been wise * enough to foresee the future, * she would feel only gratitude * today that her daughter is to * fulfill her natural destiny and * see in it the natural rhythm * of the generations. She would * give her daughter her blessing, * and send her forth from home * with love and praises to cheer * heron— • Instead, she clouds the girl's * joyous engagement days with * the blackness of her own des- * pair! 141 it is living alone in her big * house that distresses her, sure- * ly she can find among her con- * temporaries some congenial * friend who will be glad to * share her home. Or a business or college girl that will ap- * preciate the mothering she e yearns to give? The future is * what she makes it. If she will 1r plan it sensibly, and welcome * the many avenues of service it "Flower" beauty for the walls of your home! Crochet this graceful planter in easy pine- apple design—as a lovely holder for artificial blossoms or,leaves. Pattern 653: crochet directions for planter 12x15 inches in heavy jiffy 'cotton. ' Quick to do. Send -THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps canot be accepted—use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New To- ronto, Ont. Print 'plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Two FREE patterns as a gift to our 'readers—printed right in our 1957 Laura Wheeler Needle- craft Book. Dozens of other de- signs you'll want to order—easy fascinating handwork for your- self, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! opens for her, she will find the * day 1,00 short for all the *a- * grassing opportunities ' await liar, * TO "DESPERATE"; If your own mother has protc...ted * your marriage because she * would be left alone, wouldn't * you have questioned her Live * for you and resented her s,?.1f- WI preoccupation with her own prObielIti? • Don't deprive your girl of * a mother's love and under- * standing through these pm- * cious days. Conceal your fears * of your future, and throw * yourself whole-beartedly into * her wedding plans. She will * never forget it, and how she * will, love you for it! That is what a mother is for„ and I am • sure you will not let your * daughter down. Then, as soon as she has left * on her honeymoon, ring up e your minister and your closest * friends. Remind them that now 4' you 'will have time on your * hands, and ask their advice as 4 to where you can be most use- * ful. They know your talents e and your temperament, and * will help you find rewarding * fields to explore. Good luck! * * * IIE MUST REFORM "Dear Anne Hirst*, I have found out that the man I expect to marry after Christmas has been seen drinking too much in vari- ous places lately. I did not even know he touched alcohol, and I ain just about frantic. Whatever am I going to do? "I hesitate to say anything to him, but I simply cannot accept this. Is he having one last fling before marrying? Or has he done this before, and kept it from me? . I have been reading your column for years now, and so I turn to you to guide me now. FRIGHTENED" e Tell your parents about this * at once. They are the ones to * put your fiance on probation, * and they will not be so easily * swayed by his pleas as you * might bet. * If you have read this column * for long, you cannot have ig- * nored all the misery and de- * gradation that a drinking hus- * band causes. Unless the man * you love conquers his appetite * before marriage, you • would * find no escape from the shame * and grief you would face after- * ward. * Be brave now, and firm, It is * for his sake, too, you. know, A * man will find the strength to * give up bad habits for his flan- * cee when he would indignant- * ly refuse to reform for hs wife, * 4, * The role of a loving mother can be heart-breaking at times, but It is only in the faithful ad- herence to her maternal respon- sibilities that she can conquer . ; . In time of anxiety or any other trouble, write Anne Hirst about it. Address her at. Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Mothers-in-law Are No Headache Here ISSUE 9 1957 John George Smith, who diowned his wives by suddenly seizing their feet while they were in the bath, publicized the sinister use of this ordinary piece of household equipment. But he was by no means the first to recognize the fatal use to which a bath could be put. The ancient Romans used- to commit suicide by cutting their veins and relaxing in a Warm bath, till they died. In 1922, police looking for a missing 'woman broke into a shop in Regent's Park, London, and found her body, wrapped in a sheet, laid in an empty bath. She had been shot dead some days previously. Her loVer, locked in the fiat above the shop with her, shot himself as the police broke in. He had been eating his meals off a board laid across the bath. The method of John Haigh, who disposed of his victim's body in an acid bath, was anti- cipated-in 1925 by a Frenchman who took a lonely villa at Aix. He ordered a bath and a large quantity of sulphuric acid to be delivered. Then a man whose life was heavily insured was in- vited to the villa. He was shot, his body placed in the bath, and later the resi- due was tipped on to the gar- den. A ghastly threat was used by a German kidnapper in 1936. He snatched a small boy and sent a note to the father. The note stated that the boy would be trussed up and placed in an empty bath. The water would be turned on slowly while the ransom was being fetched. "If we get the money without any bother," said the note,-"your son will only have had a bath. But if there is any delay, you will be responsible for his death." Fortunately, the youngster was traced by the police before the threat could be carried out, and soon afterwards his kidnap- per was arrested. drums. She has a charming, vivacious and completely femi- nine personality. Years ago we used to speak of bitter medicine being sugar-coated for palata- bility. Dr. Nix doesn't use sugar- coating. She takes the stark realities of life and puts them up in humourous wrappings. She makes you see the absurdity of treating everyday problems as major calamities. By just talking wittily and rationally she does more in half-an-hour to disperse stress and tension than could be accomplished by ad- minstering double doses of so- called tranquillizers, She sym- bolizes a happy home life as be- ing 'built on a foundation of love and understanding — not de- pendent cm the number of gad- gets in the individual home. Another excellent speaker was Dr. Marion Hilliard who urged women to recognize their own limitations — as all women do not have the same capacity for work and pleasure. "Not only fretting and worrying but some- times what gives you pleasure can lead t to a state of exhaus- tion," warned Dr. Hilliard. I am sure most of the women left the lecture room with a better un- derstanding of themselves — the first requisite in learning to live with ourselves. Friday morning the closing WINNER These gams, lodged "the most beautiful legs in the world", earned for actress 121,ela- ra Paget a pair of sheer, ci-f- black hose studded with $10,000 worth of diamonds, Miss. Paget, modeling the hose with clia- ,monds attached, above, won over 10 other nominees in cr poll of 150,000 persons Ls- sociated with the hosiery in- dustry. Women St Prtp-s Froti .13-ert Getting on with mother-in-law remains for many couples an acid test of marriage. It is the same practically all over the world. But in one primitive South American tegion, mothers-in- law are no headache at all. Among the fierce Campa Indians, living in the jungles of Peru, a man, on taking a wife, at once puts himself beyond his mother- in-law's reach or, perhaps more important, beyond her tongue, Tribal law decrees that she may only talk to him if a very serious emergency arises. And then not to his face, She can only converse with him, on such rare occasions, on a back-to- back basis, As a result, mother-in-law in- terference among these croco- dile-hunters and monkey-caters is non-existent. To these tribespeople such a system is quite logical. For the Campos place' no limit on the number of wives' a man rn.r y take. Skilled hunters and w; :- riots take their pick of It young ,girls. The wedding e,. mony almost non-exietent batch of wives, too, can be - changed for one very pr one. The women don't oh; 'et But, however many wives 1- has, a Campa is honour-borer 1. to feed arid accommodate al; r. them, A first-class warrior may Lave ten or more wives living under his thatched roof. Imagine what arguments might arise if Moth- ers-in-law had 'the power to in- terfere! Last week eleven hundred women, mostly farm women, took a brief holiday. Where did they go and what did they do? They went to Toronto, no less, to attend the last Ontario Conven- tion of the year for the Women's Institutes of the Province held at the Royal York hotel, Many of the women had rooms at the hotel. In some cases two wo- men, previously completely un- known to each other, shared brie room. It ,all added to the fun and to the "get acquainted" op- portunities for W.I. members with a common interest. Most of those who registered were dele- gates. Some, like myself, were there through choice — and without the obligation at taking back a report — unless you call this column a "report". Be that as it may, it will certainly not be a report in the ordinary sense of the word as I don't want to steal any delegate's thunder. So I'll just be satisfied with giving you my impressions and ,a few of the highlights, It must be fifteen years since I attended a W,I. Convention in Toronto — not since the last re- distribution of district areas to convention centres, after which' the district to which I belonged was given Guelph as its conven- tion area. This year I was far too busy baby-sitting to get to Guelph but when the Central Ontario branches were schedul- ed to meet in Toronto I thought, here's my chance — • id I took i t. Actually, it makes little d:f- Terence which Convention you attend. You naturally meet the same Provincial officers and the subjects under discussion are common to the W,I. as a whole. Even the reports cover similar ground as every W.I. branch has the same standing conimitteee. Bute yet there is an individualism among the delegates, partly be- cause the members come train widely scattered 'districts For this reason they learn a good deal from each other, just by chatting before meetings, or at meal-times, or in little groups gathered together in One or other of the hotel -bedrooms. In- troductions don't matter; the WA, badge is a passport to friend- ship, Not only on the Convene don floor but also in restaurants and on the streets adjacent to the hotel. It is truly amazing the number of women you meet who know someone you know, Be- fore the first day is over you feel more than ever convinced that the WI is just one big, happy family, including all ages, races and creeds. But or; with the show The first day was taken up with re- ports, all of them good, with a variety programme winding up the evening session, acting as a good social ice-breaker, as dele- gates sang, laughed, listened arid applauded in unison. You rarely hear a critical or dissenting voice at a V.Y. convention. Thrusday, after lunch in Hu: banquet hall, one of the In- stitute's favourite speakers ad- dre8std the delegate's — none 'other than Dr. Margaret Nix, from McGill University, Medical F.'c"u:ty, Dr, Nix has the ability l, anvonc out of the dol- Students of bird migratio,. Central Africa are up in .nee against .the vanity of wane I, Every Year thousands of t•tv,4 ate 'used to mark migrant b but mare Ulan six ,mt of every' ten rings' tiled thter way Inv, African women's jewellery b :Idornment of ;leek!, and to be used as rings. Major B, Ileydock, e Rho- -desian ornithologist, told the Pan-African Ornithological Con- gress at Livingstone that he had broadcast In four languages to. return the rings, but net one 11,.u1 turned up,. The Aericatee, catch the birds, remove the rings and gain favor in their girl leiende' eyes by presenting them with' the rings. in this way much vdoable data on bird tuieral' en is lost. tfer Little Girl — look at that kind man across the street, Mother — What is he doing, dear? Little Girl — He's sitting on the sidewalk, talking to a ba- nana peel. One yard 54-inch fabric for bolero — one' yard for skirt! No need to bankrupt your budget — choose a Wool remnant, make this ensemble! Printed directions ate easy to follow!, Printed Pattern 4860: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, Bolero, skirt irr all given Sizse each gar- nient 1 yard."54-irich fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate, Send itteRTY CPNrra (400 (etainpe cannot be accepted,, use peatal nate for safety) for this pattern, Please print plainly 8/ZE, NAME; AbDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, in Eighteenth St., New tororit0, Ont.