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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-01-22, Page 6.4twzb • •r:"—=-=`-'et±..‘-`,;;;,,,,-7. "4,'"A(4-4 b 0 0 * 0> * 0 0 0 4843 141/2 -2611 6y-14447 etatalaip,it * Modern Etiquette by fvolietla Lee C C Q. is it necessary. always Ong a chaperon he married woman? A, No; any woman of mature years may serve in this capacity, 9,when a, man alld girl arc oming in public ;mil anotheg couple stops. at (lick table for a few words, should, the magi and girl rise? A, The man rises, but the girl remains seated, Q.. Should one always use the napkin before drinking from a glass of water at the dinner table? • A. Yes; this prevents any. chance of leaving an unsightly smudge of food on the rim of the glass,. Q. Is it all right for a hostess to serve two, or three dishes at a time, if she must do all the serv- ing rt/.one? A, Of , course, Considerate. guests would not criticize her for this, And, naturally, she would not be doing the serving if the dinner were formal, Q. Is it proper to address a wedding invitation to "Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferguson and. Fam- ily?" A. No, If the children in the family are old enough to be in- vited, then a separate invitation should be sent'to each: of them. Q. I have a figfired letup I wish to .place in front of a picture' win- dow in my home. Should the lamp face toward the living room or the outside? A. The decoration should face the living room. HOW DO I. LOOK'?—Queen Elizabeth II studies a bronze statue of herself during a visit lo the 228th Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists in. London. The statue, by Nigerian artist Benedict Enwonwu, will eventually be placed in the Nigerian House of Representatives at Lagos. "'Dear Anna Hirst; ''rhe only trouble my husband an4.1 have had is brought on by his mother and sister. It seems I married their `Meal tieket%. Y'at for a. long while afterward w' Supported them. The first three years I kept my job to help, buy our home; now we have a lovely one, a dear baby and a new car. Whenever I go there I take them 'teeth gifts, and I am careful behave to his mother as .peiltely as though she were my own, But. it takes a lot of doing, "They are se rude to me that my husband won't visit them it he can get out of it, and never goes alone. This is depressing; me go. T . can hardly take it. I lie Awake at night hearing all over again the horrid things they said. My husband never tries to stop them,. and tells me to forget it. "Twice I have mentioned di- vorce— He went out and got drunk, "Yet I am beginning to think seriously of leaving_ him. .1 have a small income of my own,' and can take care of both of us. I have got to find some peace, and I know that will only come when he stops their nasty tongues. My own people are lovely to him. Is divorce the solution? MARY ALICE' Half-Size Classic PRINTED PATTERN HRONICLES G.1.9.R FAT! SALLY'S SALLIES cost nearly $754000. 111 Court at last, on charge of involuntary homicide • (maximum penalty: two years).„ Monsieur Feuillet was confronted with 7Q0- pounds of evidence. When his trial end- ed he struggled weakly to. his. feet, his face pinched and aged behind his once debonair .spec, taeles, Hc tried to read few prepared words but could not speak And fell sobbing uncon- trollably onto his counsel's shoulder. But. France was asking deeper questions, Veuillet's only re., search equipment was a cage foe two mice, Neither he nor the chemist knew that tin salts be, COMO toxic when in Solution with fats, although this has been widely 'known since 1.869.. Equip- ment was antiquated, too, Out of 050. _tested by the government, no two capsules had the exact same chemical content. Prior to approval, the National Laborae tory for Control of Medicines had tested the capsules on three mice and then only in such quantities, that the poison ,was discharged intestinally, It even ,developed that the ,,Health Min- istry had waited a month after grenting Feuillet his visa be- fore sending his pellets to a lab test and the lab had not report- ed until Feb. 15, 1954, that the product was not in order with the formula, Feuillet was warn- ed but even then he merely re- duced the tin-salts content. What did the Ministry of Health have to say? Tight - lipped, Charles Vaille, secretary of the drug approval committee, took the stand. He ,refused to divulge committee names, but added: "You should know,' the entire world envies France its pharmaceutical organization," While the courtroom roared, Rene Floriot, counsel for t h e Stalinon Victinis Association and one • of France's most' brilliant -lawyeree replied with icy pre- cision: . . "You seem very proud of your work. Permit me to tell you there is truly no reason at all." — From Newsweek. "What's cooking? Why it hasn't thawed out yet!" CAUGHT OFF GUARD Philippine police hunted a gang specializing in cheque for- geries for almost three years be- fore running the gang to earth. They eventually discovered the gang in the Bacolod City Prison near Manila. Guards had been allowing gang members •to leave the prison to cash forged cheques in return for a share of the pickings. How vivid is your iinegina - tion? I-low, much self-control"., have you? Can't you put your- self in the place of these in- laws? Then you would realize * it is not you as a person they 4, resent; it would be any girl who married the son and brother who used to provide the only luxuries they had. They are not warm-hearted enough to be glad he is hap- pily married to a fine young woman, and being of small minds, they take it out on you. Why don't you consider the * source, as we used to say? In- * stead of losing sleep remem- * bering their taunts, think' * "Poor things, they don't know * any better!" Then you would * be free to enjoy your love for * your husband and his for you * and the joy you have in your * child and your home, This is * the Christian way and the * practical way. If you can adopt * the ilea, when you next visit * them you will be. able to brace * yourself for what you know * awaits, and then forget it * again. .* What a tragic thing to think * of leaving your husband! You * would miss him so you would * never forgive yourself. It is true he should put a stop to all * this, but how many men have * the courage the reprove their * own people? * Think it over. You have too * much at stake to act hastily. * "Dear Anne Hirst: I have been ,in love for over a year with a ' wonderful man who is in the service. He told me long ago he had been mar- ried and divorced, and because his wife was unfaithful he had lost all faith, "He did not confess his love to me, but to my mother. He sometimes doesn't come when I expect him, and often makes ex- cuses not to take me out. I be- lieve he is fighting against lov- ing me, and maybe I have no pride—but I am still holding on. "I am so unhappy! Can you guide me? IN LOVE" * To restore a man's faith in women takes a great deal of * patience and tact, plus a long 4 period of time. One must -be * quietly persistent, and tread * softly in her effort to prove * to him there are girls worthy * of his trust. * Prove that you trust him * completely, making an excuse * to do so if you have to, Be * sympathetic, but not curious. * Don't allow him to spend mon- • ey on you, show your pleasure * in simple things like a walk * through the park or dancing * to the radio. Concern yourself * unobtrusively with his health ' and well-being, for the ma- * ternal touch is welcome to a * man who has been hurt. Be * more concerned with whatever * interests him than with your * own ideas. * This is a large order, but your letter convinces me you * are up to it. Progress slowly, * and don't try to force any- * thing, ISSUE 52 — 1957 Si FASHION HINT The. Tragedy Of A .$0,Calletl. 'cure' Cleorges Feuillet was a lead, ing .eitizen in the little French town of Saint-Mande, He wore a jaunty • pair of -''gold,rininied glasses, served on the town cowl, cil, an d as a doctor of pharmacy, enjoyed the reputation of hay-. ing invented at least .a dozen. patent medicines, Just', one thing, bothered him An outbreak -of boils, The infection appeared, while. he was on a trip to. Madagascar and kept recurring after he got back home no matter what me- dications he used, Monsieur Feuillet was getting .desperate. But, being a logicel man,. Feuile let found a reletionShip between the claims of .some of his ad- quaintances that tin workers never "got boils and tbe claims- 'of some 'modern pharmaceutists that-so-called vitamin F; a fatty oleic acid derived from olive oil, also got results, Obviously, if tin in some form could be combin- ed with vitamin F then both the general public and Monsieur Feuillet would. be enriched. He found a chemist who gave him an organic tin salt which was soluble in vitamin F and be found a manufacturer in the reputable pharmaceutical firm of Fevrier-Decoisy. The product was packaged as Stalinon cap- stiles .. and presented to author- ities as a later development of an earlier vitamin-F drug previ- ously approved by the Ministry of Public Health, Samplings were -passed by the National La- boratory for the ,COntrol of Me- dicines and tested, out by a phy- sician' oil eight military patients. On June 24, 1953, it was approv- ed by the government. Stalinon went on sale at a dollar a box of 50 and was boosted by Feuil- let as the happy solution to staphylococcus (bacteria free quently found on the skin) which . resist even antibiotics and as a cure for boils, carbuncles, acne, and pimples. In the next year some 2,000 boxes were .sold, usually to self- conscious, pirtiply-faced adoles- cents. Then came a deeply dis- tressed letter ..from the chief phy- sician at the hospital of Niort to the Inspector General of Pharmacies at Paris. "I don't ,• understand *it," the physician wrote. "Three women in child- . birt h, under treatment ,102 benign abscesses of the breast have died suddenly of encephal- itis. All three .have been treated with Stanton." Immediately there began the most harrowing and .horrifying investigation in medical history. From all over Frances and the colonies there now poured in ghastly and heart' - rending ac- counts of how Stalinon reacted —fiery headaches, blackouts, .in- testinal and urinary disorders followed by intra-cranial pres- sure in which the brain swells and vision is impaired. This, came with the deposit of tin salts in the brain's nerve tissues and made the victims scream with al- most unbearable pain before finally lapsing into comas. • After about nine days of this torture, according to govern- ment testimony, sudden death • . followed for 102 persons, but of another 117 who survived only a few could be listed as "appar- ently cured." The rest have re- mained partially blind or help- lessly crippled. Shudderingly typical Was a description of the death of his 12-year-old son by a police inspector from Annecy: "He screamed for a w e ek in spite of morphine. But what I can never forgiVe is that we ourselves killed him. We forced him to take his pills . . . regu- larly . . in a glass of water." The government's case was three years in the making and * Faced with a cruel problem, our own common sense often supplies the answer. If you are too angry or confused to think Straight, write Anne LIirst for her opinion; it_ has helped so many troubled readers. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New'Toronto, Ont. Our Printed Pattern — in a flattering classic for the half- size figure! 'Favorite 6-gore skirt with pretty pocket inter- est; graceful revers to slim the bodice. Three sleeve versions, Printed Pattern 4843: Half Sizes 141/2 , 161/2 , 181/2 , 201/2 , 221/2 , .241/2 , 261/2 . Size 161/2 re- quires 4 yards 35-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate, Send FORTY CENTS (40c) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRES S, STYLE NUMBER., Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New 'Tomtit()) Ont. S A V E FINGERNAILS a n d prevent sore fingertips when USING THUMBTACKS by plac- ing a thimble over finger. —in sports and in the game of life. My sympathy is alivays with the losers—with those, whc, in spite of all they can do, never quite make the grade. It often happens the ones who merit the greatest praise are on the losing side—in life as in sports. the new baby. While she was here we entirely re-arranged my living room. Leave. 'two like- minded women together—with- ' out any men underfoot—and what they, will accomplish! Partner and I had' felt the room looked over-crowded. The new arrange, ment simplified things a lot—and yet we didn't take a thing away. In fact we added an extra lamp. A . TV set always complicates. room-arranging. There are' only certain .places where you can put a TV and then you just have to build around it--and it' isn't al- ways easy, taking lights and outlets into consideration. It's no wonder some people put their ,set in an entirely different"'DOM— in a den or basement. I can ap- prciate that but we prefer our TV in the living room, even though it is inconvenient. "Ditto" is still with us and seems quite content to stay. Yes- terday she was away nearly all day, I was afraid a neighbor's dog had chased her out of the community—she is• terrified of dogs. But in the fternoon our doctor's • litle girl found her and brought her home. At the moment Partner is sweeping the floors and Ditto is running after the broom. It is nice to have a kitty-cat in the house again— just so long as I can • keep he.' out of the bathroom. She seem; to think the bathroom is meant for her convenience, too, By putting a box of dirt down in -the basement we are hoping to give her the right idea. We hope we. can keep her as she just levee children.: Dave and Eddie have not seen het yet. Such excite. Talent when .they come around. Incidentally the two boys saw. the Grey Cup parade and had a Wonderful time. And so, imagine, did a lot of Othee people I would have been bet- ter pleased if the scoring hadn't been quite so one-sided: I alWays feel so sorry' for the losers. May- be that isn't a sporting attitude. but it is my attitude nonetheless , CARRIER ROCKET'S COURSE — Heavy' black line On fieVetrittio teeprOkferiates course Moscow claims the carrier rocket Of Rifsa Sia'S first earth satellite fable tie it deseended 4'1.16 'the earth's' afthOzOliere on disintegrate:', Redi claiYt the 'rocket's refriains fell in the territory' of AlaSk-.1 and the West' Coast of Wirth Amorica, U.S.- officials slate -et chuck has failed to fuen tee r ns, &tit cure; is of ceiy portion of the rocket having Well, Partner is back home again — returned about six o'clock Sunday evening. Of course I had supper waiting for him and Bob, Joy and Ross were here to welcome him too. Dee and family were corning .but unexpected visitors detained them. Naturally we didn't do much else last night except talk. Ten days back on a farm con- vinced Partner he couldn't take it if he had to start farming again on his own although he said the clear, fresh air and be- ing right out in the open made him feel fine. As to that there is plenty of 'clear, fresh air' around here this morning, plus glorious sunshine, only there is nothing that Partner has to go outside for — no hens to feed, no wood to cut. All we have to do here to keep warm is watch the thermostat and the oil gauge . . . and pay the fuel bills. We, and plenty of others like us, are really getting spoilt. Even on many farms. Probably it isn't good for us at all — but it's very easy to take! While Partner was away I in- tended getting so much work done but my time was practi- cally taken up with entertain- ing, visiting and shopping. One morning I went 'to Milton and brought back a nice old lady of 84 to spend the day here. She is *always so alert, interested in everything around her and wanted so much to see. our new home. I was a little afraid she might think we had gone too modern. • Instead, she just loved it. While she was here it sud- denly struck me she had prob- ably never seen an up-to-date shopping centre so in the after- noon we went over to Apple- wood Acres and she was thrillci — never imagined shoppi: could be made so easy. At the same time she started compar- ing prices and got it figured out in her frugal way that she wes just as far ahead shopping r local stores in her own comma With that I agree. For t e the attraction in shopping cc '- tres is mainly the parking cilities — not the great varic of goods displayed. As far stretching the dollars goes I r'- ways maintain that the aye; person buys far beyond her tual requirements at a sue market, You sec this and see that and you thing " look:, nice, I thine: try Do thet a few times and ; autereaticelly cancel out the ( 1 ccr fee o you save en a pse.r./t/. ttan10.!,.L IT,.v,Pcnter, t pz-z.;:n w1.0 seort r to a shr-.:1r.g centre quite an adventure, We War0, into a large grocery store and when I thought my friend inie'et be tired 1 said—"Well, have ecet seen enough—shall we go now?" Beek tame the spirited answer- "No, not for awhile, we haverl been down these two aisles yet:" I expect the dear soul will I a talking about that trip for days to come. tater in the week Was bete and spent two days with m::—follow:tia my own visit to the home to 'buNkiNd— Playboy Errol Hytin playing, playboy John gartymare "Too Moth; too Edon' Ought to give the customers something id talk about: this scene; Errol, Bartyrriore; feint into a Hollywood swimming pool during drinking party but doesn't spill drert of his drink* Says Errol, No One can say I gOf loaded to play that role because I didn't"