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"Deer Anne Hirst:
*I should be the happiest girl
in the world, incense the finest
man I- knew Wants to marry me.
But I am miserable . I have
kept him waiting over a year
:now, and it is because my
mother would have to live with
us, She is not only physically
handicapped She is a spoiled and
Jealous woman who dreads the
thought of my loving anyone
else, She never liked any beau
I had, and when, this one pro-
posed she revert for days, Called
Me selfish and ungrateful, and
one night she threatened sui-
cide!
"My fiance is 30 (I am 25) and
he is a quiet, polished gentle-
man whom everybody admires.
he has been patience itself
with my mother's unpredictable
moods, but nothing he does can
please her. I wonder why he
still wants to marry me, and the
prospect really frightens me, I
cannot trust her to be even
decent to him,
"Last week I decided to break
my engagement and set him free
to find some girl who wasn't
so encumbered. He would not
hear of it. He insists we will
manage somehow, and he asks
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ISSUE 3 — 1958
me to marry him even earlier
than. We planned. But is it fair
to expose him to my mother's
biting sarcasms and silly whims?
I value your opinion, so pleas.,
let me have it,
AFRAID TO. MARRY"
TAKE, THE CHANCE
Your fiance is not a lovesick
e adolescent, He is mature
* enough to see your mother as
* she is, yet be is so eager to
marry you that he is un-
* afraid. Why not take the
e chance? He would not, insist
* if he had any doubt the three
4' of you could live agreeably
* together.
* I suggest you tell your
* mother you have set your
* wedding date, Such stubborn
* characters of ten reconcile
* themselves unexpectedly to
* the inevitable, Self-centered
* though she is, I expect you
will find her submitting with
* more grace than you knew she
had.
* Include in your living ar-
* rangements a pleasant room
* for her, with her own furni-
• ture, books and radio. When
* you get settled, invite her
* friends to drop in often, and
* try to find other interests for
her to cultivate. After awhile,
perhaps you can find a private
family nearby who will give
her the little care she needs;
many people are glad to add
to their income in this fashion,
Neither of these suggestions
'' is ideal, of course, yet how
* else can you marry at all?
* Your fiance has waited long
* enough for a home of his own,
* and he does not want that to
* be your mother's house, So
* go along with the idea, and
take it for granted that things
* will work out as he believes.
* His stabilizing influence will
* soon be felt in your new
* home, and y.ou will probably
* find that the troubles you an-
* ticipate will not materialize.
* *
IGNORES COURTESIES
"Dear Anne Hirst:
My husband and. I often go out
with other couples, and the
other men, joke with their wives,
help them with their coats, and
sometimes hold hands. My hus-
band doesn't do these things and
I am so afraid others will think
he doesn't love me; I know he
does because he is wonderful in
every other way.
"Am I wrong in asking him
to? y He thinks so, but asks me
to get your opinion. We've been
married four years, and have
two children. There isn't, any
other worry on my mind.
ETHEL"
* Of course, your husband is
* not compelled to use these
* little courtesies he does not
* practice. You might tell him,
* though, that if he would you
* would be so proud of him, and
* even happier than you are.
* You want your friends to see
* how attentive he is, because
* you like to show him off.
* Such little attentions are
* easily acquired, and soon be-
* come a part of one's habits.
* Your husband pleases you in
* all other ways, and I expect
* he will shake his head, corn-
* plain how foolish women are,
* and do just what you want
* him to.
* * *.
Inviting an older relative to
share your home is never a wel-
come idea, yet the emotional
adjustments which intelligent
people can make can prevent
anticipated discord. Anne Hirst's
practical ideas will be useful.
Write her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth Street, New Toronto,
Ontario.
Dancing
Pelted 'With Torts.
Peeping out from behind their
chintz curtains,. the neighbours
kept watch on the house in Hes-
cabel Place. They knew some-
thing strange was going On
there.
Such things luppened in
Paris, ne. doubt, and in. the :Far
East. But in. St. John's Wood.
London, in the reign of Queen
Victoria ? They were almost
speechless with horror,
For the top-hatted gentleman
who visited that house in Bo-
Patel. Place was running a kind
of Felies• 13erg4e 'show • — for
an audience of one,
Begularly, at a certain time,.
on certain days, he arrived in a
' two-horse carriage with a groom
in the diekey, ,The groom opened
the door with a flourish and out
stepped Fredericle Cooper,
quiquire,wealthy gentleman-about-
town,
He walked quickly into the
house and the neighbours no-
ticed that he invariably carried
a large, bulging,paper bag,
As soon as Mr. Cooper was in-
side the house, the curtains of a
large room on the ground floor
were always pulled across. But
the neighbours knew what was
happening behind those cur-
tains, They knew that in that
room, which used to be a school-
room, Frederick Cooper was be-
ing entertained with a Folies
Bergere-type show. It was ,q,
show with a .difference, however;
for the one-man audience pelted
the beautiful dancers with jam
tarts from the bag he carried!
"He took inexplicable plea-
sure in throwing these tarts at
the women as they danced
around the roone" said a his-
torian thought no doubt much
to thee'arrnoyance of the dancers.
Cooper soon earned the title
of the "Minotaur of the Wood".
because of these shows. (The
Minotaur was a terrible mon-
ster of Greek fable, half-man,
half-bull, which ate seven young,
men and seven beautiful girls,
"MISS ENIGMA"— That's what
Hollywood's calling 20-year-old
Diane Varsi, who has the im-
portant role of Allison Mac-
Kenzie, in the movie version of
"Peyton Place". Called an "odd-
bail" by her schoolmates, a
"rebel" by her teachers and
"confused" by her drama
coach, after three years in Hol-
lywood, she's still "Little Miss
Enigma" to her associates.
sent as annual tribute to his
labyrinth lair in Crete.)
The prim-and-proper folk of
St. John's Wood objected to the
scandal that was going on in
their sedate suburb. They ap'
pealed to an influential resident
to speak to Mr. and Mrs. Wat-
son, who occupied the house, to
put a stop to it at once.
The Watsons agreed that in
view of the public feeling, Coop-
er should be interviewed at his
next visit.
But Cooper got wind of it, and
as soon as he saw the "influen-
tial resident" coming up the
steps to the front door, he nip-
ped out the back way,
Although Boscabel Place was
now rid of him, Cooper trans-
ferred his entertainments to an-
other part of Si. John's Wood,
Apart from his strange emu e-
ments, Cooper was a mystery,
although some clue to his char-
acter was given by a woman
friend who organized his she ws.
She said his eccentricities might'
be excused partly by the fact
that he had a "white livare" and
ran a risk of dying from want
of food.
Whether this was true or not,
Cooper died in. December, 1897,
a few years after his visits to
I3oscabel Place. He left $150 ON
to a relative, giving strict in-
structions that to one should
see his body after death.
SO Cooper's body was crema-
ted. And the mystery of the
Minotaur of the Wood was never
solved.
A badly SCUFFED PIECE OF
LUGGAGE may improve in tip-
Peararice and be usable far a few
Morejeunte by COATING, IT
WITH LIQUID SHOE POLISH.
When dry; coat with thin white
shellac which gives the appear-
ance of glazed finish:
This, I thought, would be an
easy column to write, Christmas
and New Year's both being over,
for me as well as for you. Noes.
it would be easy, straight-for-
ward writing with plenty to
write about too. In that I was
right — there is plenty to write
about — too much in fact — and
it all adds up to a mixture of
joy and sadness, calm and activi-
ty. Unexpected — but so it is.
Two days before Christmas I
received word that my sister
Kathleen had had a severe stroke
and was in a coma. My nephew
Klemi promised to keep me in-
formed of any change but until
that happened he said thete was
no point in my going to see her.
To that I agreed as any other
arrangement would have spoilt
Christmas for three families.
But you can well imagine how
little my heart was in it when
it came to last minute prepara-
tions. However, I went ahead.
Put our 23 ppund turkey in a
.. slow oven Christmas Eve; pack-
ed up all the mysterious parcels
and then 'went to bed with one
ear open for the telephone.
Christmas morning I phoned
Klemi; there was still no change.
About two, o'clock Bob, Joy and
little Ross. collected Partner and
me, the. turkey straight from the
oven; the parcels; and then we
all went to Daughter's for Christ-
mas dinner. My worries were
temporarily forgotten as I help-
ed with the dinner and watch-
ed our grandsons at play. Four
little boys ranging in age from
three months to four years. They
had a wonderful time, noisy and
excited but as good as gold. The
dinner was perfect — even my
share of it — that is to say the
turkey and plum pudding. 01
course I was afraid both would
be a failure! Then came presents
off the tree and as usual_Santa
Claus had been good to every,
body, We all seemed to gee`just
what we wanted" — except Dee.
We gave her a mixette .and so
did Art. We left for home early
in the evening but instead of
going straight home Bob ttok
all around the residential streets
off the Kingsway to see the
Christmas decorations. They
were wonderful; we had never
seen anything like them before.
What we liked best were the
simpler decorations thrown onto
relief by well-place floodlights
. . . they were really lovely.
Early next morning nine a
call from. Klerni , my sister
had passed away jest- before
midnight on Christmas Day.
Many years ago our mother had
also died on Christmas Day. it
brought it all back very vividly.
Friday Morning I went by traie
to Peterborough and helped
Klerni through the trying ordeal
Modern
Etiquette t 4
by ttoherta
Q, After "going steady" with
a boy for a Year, We parted. IS
it necessary that I return e watch
that he gave to me for Christ-
;pas?
A. Since tills was not an en-
gagement gift, it is not necessary
to return it.
Q, is the correct way to
address a letter to a friend.
whose husband has recently
PasS.Pd away?
.,. A, The same as always--"Mrs.
Frank W. Harrison," •
Q. I have been, asked to pour
the tea at an afternoon 'affair,
Am I also supposed to put in
the sugar, ,.cream or lemon?
A. This is not generally done
anymore. The person pours the
tea Wen hands the cup to the
guest who helps himself to
sugar, cream, or lemon.
Q. My husband passed away
more than two year's ago. Now
my friends tell me I should not
he wearing my wedding ring
anymore. Are they correct?
A. Decidedly not. A widow
may wear her wedding ring for
life — or until she marries
again.
Q. Just what is proper when
eating a chicken leg? Is it all
right, after cutting off most of
the meat, to pick up the hone
in the fingers in order to chew
off the rest of the meat?
A. At most dinner tables, the
only proper way is to manage as
best you can with your knife
and fork, Picking up the bones
is condoned at picnics, and in
children but back of it the anxie-
ty and uncertainty of my sister's
illness. Now I am the only one
left of our immediate family.
Father, mother, two sisters and
three brothers, all are gone. It
leaves one with a strange sense
of loneliness, Now our main in-
terest in family life is by follow-
ing the growth and development
of the younger ones -- David,
Edward, Ross and Gerald. Be-
cause of them we do not-antici-
pate many dull moments. We
look forward to a New Year but
doubt if it can be as eventful
as the old in which we sold the
farm, established a new home,
welcomed a new grandson 'last
February, another, in October
and had such a mixed-up Christ-
mas. 'Tomorrow is Bob's birth-
day — and that will conclude an
eventful family year.
SOCKS ALIVE!-Tide Wcishday chore being performed by Brenalp
Sue Redding, 8, left, and her sister Gloria, 7, gives these pupa
a hangdog look. The Irish setter pooches don't seem tecpprova
of the stocking feat.
of meeting his many friends. In
the few months they had been
in Peterborough Kathleen had
written many times of the friend-
liness that had been shown
them. I found she had not ex-
aggerated one .bit. The people
were wonderful. We were invit-
ed out for every meal, friends.
were always on hand to offer
transportation and their wives
took over at the house the day
of the funeral and prepared a
lovely lunch for those who came
from a distance — from Toronto
and Oshawa. Arthur came along
with Partner and daughter for
the funeral and I came back
with them knowing Klemi would
be well looked after by , the
friends with whom. he was stay-
ing. Out of it all, amid the
sense of sorrow and loss, we-were
very conscious of the warmth
and friendliness shown to Klemi
— friendliness which was also
'extended to me, a stranger. It
means so much, especially to an
only son whose only home com-
panionship had been that of his
mother. But Klemi stood up to
it remarkably well. He is a pro-
fessional violinist• and on Christ-
mas Day he had three' engage-
ments to play at Church ser-
vices, all of which he fulfilled.
Whether it was the environment
or not he didn't know but he
said that all that day he was
conscious of a strange peace and
felt that all would be well. It
was. Neither he nor I have, any.
regrets that his mother passed
away as she-did. She had been a
loving and devoted 'mother, al-
ways active although very frail.
We could not wish for her to
linger and ,perhaps be a helpless
invalid for years. The day she
was buried was the same day
she and Kle.mi were to have
come here for the week-end. .
You just never know.
So, that was our Christmas. The
happiness of a family gathering
with our children and :grand-,
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