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The Brussels Post, 1958-04-02, Page 2441., -46.5 4707 SIZES 2-8 teneseSetese Pebore '('rr Alec Guinness. Best Supporting Acrfess. .o.nd Actor Diane Varsi Bed Buttons eSe(1:eee- • HRONICLES Atig,14 NR1 "Dear Anne Hirst; We have sot a Sul-miler date for our wedding, but develops meats of the last few months make me really uneasy. Two friends have divorced their bus- bands and another is unhappy.. They are wonderful girls, af- fectionate and sensible, and. their husbands seemed above the avere age. I don't know what happen. ed, but their marriage only last- ed two years: It makes One ponder. "Can you give me some rules on how to make my husband- to-be contented, and keep him thinking I am the only girl in the worldlm * Marriage success depends so * much on background, tempera- * ment and the will to corn- * promise that this is really a big * order: a few fundamental hints * can be cut to size by smart * fiancees, however, and fitted * to their problems. * One of the leading causes * for divorce in this country is * opposing opinions on how to * spend the family income. The * time to discuss this is before * marriage. If your fiance has * not talked frankly about his * income and the living stand- * and it permits, you two had * better get down to brass tacks * and make up a budget, True, * you will revise it after mar- * riage puts it to the test, but * you should start with one, * no matter how simple. * If you do not know what * problems your fiance faces in * his business, inform yourself now. A man likes to discuss * his daily triumph and failures * when he gets home, and his * wife is the one to applaud or 4` sympathize. She is his part- * ner, and should be his favorite * audience, so he will not be * tempted to search elsewhere * for understanding. Never make dates for going * out or entertaining without * consulting him. Your home is * his home, too, you know. Wel- * come his friends whether you * want to or not, and make a * real effort to win their admire- * tion and their confidence. He * relies on them, so they must * be worth knowing. • In the intimacy of marriage * it is easy to let your manners * down. Never omit "please" and "thank you". Compliments, * and a little judicious flattery brighten the daily routine and t' maintain his wellbeing and * yours, too. Learn to be a good e housekeeper, of course, but It don't make that your initial * ambition; being a good com- ' panion is every bit as import- * ant. Keep up with what's * going on beyond your neigh- * boyhood, so you won't confine Easy Filet Design Gti ro.ute. 0 I. See how fast roses grow irik easy filet-crochet, Spend pleas- ant evenings making these. Crochet an heirloom- worthy spread, a cloth, dresser set, or scarf. Pattern 704 has easy-to- follow chart. directions for 8- inch square in No. 50 cotton, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, Use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Eox I, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. brit Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER your NAME and AD- BRESS. As a bonus, TWO complete patterns at printed right'in our LAURA. WHEELER Needlecraft took. Dozens of other designs you'll want to order — easy fascinating handwork Jot- your- eelf, yatir home, gifts, bazaar netts. Send 25 cents for your copy ert this book todayt • your conversation to the cost 4 ofliving and why the laundry man didn't come today, * Being more than nice to his family is a MUST. When mis- * understandings arise (arid they * will) it is comforting to know 4' they are open-minded. Be as *considerate of. his mother as * hope he wilt be of yours, and 1* make sure she knows that * your one aim is to keep her * son well and happy. * Keep hirn as proud of you .* as he is today. See that your * appearance is immaculate and, * dainty, Maintain your personal integrity and sportsmanship— * and learn to hold your temper. * Firmly reuse to show jealousy, * no matter what doubts appear. ▪ Trust him completely, and let * him know it; a man usually * measures up to his wife's * opinion of him. * Nor will you ever descend * to nagging—and remember if * you mention a subject twice, * a man is apt to call it that. • No. disagreement should ever * last overnight, Not one of - * them is worth it. * It is realistic to approach * marriage with some trepida- * lion. I wish I had more space * today, but these hints will * suggest others and keep you e on the right track. Moreover, •* if you practice them daily your * husband will stay on his polite * toes, too, Fit your principles * to the man, and keep a tight * hold on your sense of humor. * Good luck to a smart girl. * * * A couple in love should re- member that the Golden • Rule works out in marriage, and the, will to follow it becomes. a habit. If trouble comes, write to Anne Hirst; you can be sure of her sympathy and help. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. Silent Finland The Finland of centuries past, and centuries to come, needs no re-creation in the mind. It lies there, before the eyes, yesterday, today, seemingly forever. Its silence and its solitariness, too, seem to spring from etern- ity. There are tens of miles of forest, lake and moorland, un- broken by a single house; there is here a dimly-tracked road, there a scarcely-worn path. Where fields have been culti- vated they are not neatly .rim- med with hedges and fences to break the limitless landscape, but divided only by ditches which the eye barely notes. Roads, paths, ditches all disap- pear in a vast sea of whiteness once winter comes and snow be- gins to fall. In summer the still- ness is undisturbed by whir of train or tractor; in winter it is deepened by the snow that blots out sound as well as mark of footfall, It is a stillness other than a mere absence of sound; it has its own quality, as positive as that of sound, and it gives to every note that breaks it a qual- ity to which the noisier West has become deafened, The Fin- nish language, so rich and var- ied in expression, has its great- est wealth in words which de- scribe minute variations of sound which any hut the Finns would fail to hear. When the wind soughs in the pine trees, it is humista. When the wind, soughs in the birch trees, it is kohista. Neither verb can be used in the place df the other. The birds of Finland seem, too, to share this heightened human sensitivity to every ca- dence. The notes of a piano, softly played in a lonely coun- try house, will draw them round the windows to sing in concert. The landscape is -made of a surprising mixture of monotony and variety. The forests, the lakes and the desolate moor- lands roll on 'for hours and miles, yet their monotony grows all the time more impressive. There are few of the small, fleeting and delicious vistas of England which disappear before the inward eye has nad time to photograph them, Instead the scene repeats itself, impresses itself with increasing intensity, and binds its spell all the time.. more firmly. ---From "Green Gold and 'Granite," by Wendy I fall. Favorites In Th y Best Actress Can .you smell it , . . see it . . sense it . , that first touch of spring? Oh yes, I know it is actually a long way off — there is still 'snow on the ground and we may 'yet have blizzards, ice- storms •and heaven , knows what — but not, we hope, anything like they are experiencing in Newfoundland at this moment. Here there is a certain some- thing in the air that precedes the coining of spring. There is a difference in the early morn- ing sun-rays; in the way the birds fly; in the colour of the willow branches, What's more you may even see crows flying. We have seen two and yesterday a cock-pheasant came running across our back lawn. Above all haven't you noticed a lifting of your own spirits? Isn't it won- derful whan• even the thought of spring can do to a person? We begin to think of gardens, seed catalogues, baby chicks and wee lambs, Oh yes, and house-' cleaning — that, I suppose is inevitable. But not, I hope, while it is still wet and slushy outside, Instead, maybe we can wonder — belatedly — where all those leisure winter hours have gone! Or didn't you have any? Some people just don't have any spare tim, or having it lack the energy to make use of it, which may result from a number of rea- sons, Yesterday, for instance, I had a letter in which the writer said - "I feel so disgusted when I look back over the winter months and realize how little I have to show for it, I have tried to knit and sew but can't seem tc, do much, not even reading, except for glancing at tha papers. Everything seems too much effort and I just lie and think of all the things I want to do and can't." I wonder how many people share her feelings. That letter worried me because of its depressed attitude, The writer is a clever woman, artis- tic, capable, loves good music, and can make a home out of al- most nothing. She and her hes band live on a fifty-acre farm and because they don't keep any help, her , time is probably pretty well taken up with house- held duties. It isn't like her to just "sit and think of all the things she would like to do art can't." Incidentally they don't have a television set. When a person feels that way it IS lime to look for a reason— possibly consult a doctor. A doctor will know if there is any- thing physically wrong but I always think the person herself is .a better judge of what to do to occupy her mind — and that sometimes depends upon what she does with her hands. Crea- tive work is usually the best — and it can take so many forms— painting, pottery, piecing quilts or just ordinary sewing and knit- ting. A grandmother is never at a loss to know what she shall sew or knit! And when the hands are active the mind has less time to worry about physical aches and pains. Last week I went to see an old lady of Cel who had fallen and broken her left wrist. She was wearing her third cast with just her fingers free. And what do you suppose she was doing? Piecing a quilt- top, no less! "Oh, I'm slow," she admitted, "but. I've plenty of time and I get there — and the work is keeping my fingers ex- ercised," She certainly wasn't worrying about the things she couldn't do but was determined to do as much as she was able. On ";he other side of the scales we have wome n, particularly farm women, who push them- selves beyond endurance and be- come over-tired and nervy as a result, Housecleaning — every nook and cranny must be gone over. Every bit of woodwork washed and some of it painted. Floors varnished and waxed. Pictures and ornaments cleaned and polished. Every housewife knows the story. But sometimes I wonder , do we own our possessions or do they own us? Taking care of plants and knick-knacks takes time. In fact as the years go by these things become a time-con- sunling worry, either to the owner, or if she becomes sick to those who have charge of her, Do we really value these things so much? If so, why? I am ask- ing myself that as well as you. Among my collection is a piece of wood, brought back from flgypt by an aunt long before I was born. It is supposed to be from the Mount of Olives. A tiny Irish lustre jug previously owned by a grandmother I never even knew and odds and ends of Ortiatnents, painted or carv- ed, brought back from Switzer- land by Partner's father: Well. I am now creating a treasure Of more practical value and making Use of my TV time, Crocheted bedspreads for twirl beds! Each wheel pattern t a k es about twenty Minutes to do and there will be 540 Wheels in each spread, Now youfignit that one out — I have been afraid to try! I have done, 20, As t say it is my TV work t eenlcit't be at Beauty Routine. For ausy .'Hands, Our hands become Fe occupied with household tasks at times that we give them little °poor- Utility to take care of themselves, If yours have been guilty of disenocerMo, behind your back- or under the table on sociat•oc- casions lately, console yourself with the thought that even a. busy pair of hands may become attractive in a week's time if you follow a simple hand-beauty routine. Begin .and end your day by massaging them with a lotion or a cream, Follow the same prom- dare before and after each task that is particularly hard On your hands, If they are rough and red, cover them with a face cream and a pair of loose cotton mitts for a few nights. Use a commercial softener if the water in your locality is hard, and protect your hands further by wearing rubber or neoprene gloves for cleaning, dishwashing and laundry work. Keep a pair of warm gloves handy in the kitchen and slip them on each time you venture out inti the cold, even if it is only for a few minutes. Use of cream, lotion and gloves will benefit • your nails as well as your hands, If your nails break easily because they are brittle, increase your orange juice intake and drink one envelope of .color- less gelatin dissolved in water daily. Give your nails a protec- tive coat of lacquer, either clear Or colored, To make your mani- cure last longer, add a film of lacquer or a topcoat daily, • Your cuticle will take care of itself if you press it back from the tip of the nail toward the base each time you dry -your hands. If the cuticle is hard, soak your hands in soapy water and then press lightly around the nail base with a cotton-tip- ped stick in cuticle remover. Damp hands chap easily so al- ways dry them thoroughly. A Real Prodigy Of The Theatre Peter Ustinov, 36, actor-play- wright-director, is just about the most conspicuous prodigy of the British theater. Now he seems to be rapidly establishing him- self as a prodigious jack-of-all- arts in American American TV, Some Sundays ago, in the role of the senile marshal in •a Usti- nov - directed, Ustinov - adapted television version of "The, Me-. ment of Truth" — written by Peter stinov — he had the sec- ond fattest dramatic assignment. of the TV season. (The fattest: Dr, Samuel. Johnson in "Omni- bus's" "The Life of Samuel John- son," also played by Peter Usti- nov,) Last Sunday, the tubby Briton — in a beard grown for his starring role in the Ustinov directed Brdadway hit, "Roman- off and Juliet" by Peter Ustinov acted as chief assisting co- median to - Steve Allen. Other- wise lee has been an amusing regular on "The Jack Paar Show," an erudite panel member on "The Last Word," and"a guest" guesser on "What's My Linea" What does Ustinov "think "of the medium that has given him such freewheeling? "I used to find TV fairly forbidding for myself," he recalled last week, "but now I'm rather bitten by it. It has lots of advantages. You can isolate a character. You don't have to think of people in the last row — you can carry them peace with my conscience if I were to watch TV with idle hands. I made a spread last year by utilizing the same time. Heir- looms for my children as they will last forever they are so strong. right along with you. TV is half- way toward reading a book, a private thn:., Therefore you can put a rath,:,r den.e content of thowtht in TV which you-couldn't n the stage." • Although he began acting in the theater at 13 and has written. for it .since he was 20, his first experience of TV's dense drains was. on BBC, starring in a four- hour BBC version of Ibsen's Weer Oynt," Ills only other dramatic appearance on British TV was in the premi6re of "The Moment of Truth." "One of the principal differences was that there were no commercials there. In the intervals, the BBC ran films of swaying plain trees, ap, parentiy to calm the audience." His other TV specialty in. Britain Was appearing on political panel shows, an activity for which he was equipped in part by the fact that his father, Jona Ustinov, now retired, was one of Britain's foremost political reporters.. Ustinov had done no acting on ELS, TV until Robert Saudek, producer of "Omnibue," ap- proached him last fall to do the Dr, Johnson role. He had ten days to prepare between per- formances of "Romanoff and *Juliet," "I just remembered. some elderly gentlemen I'd seen in London clubs," he says. En- couraged by the rave reviews, Saudek last week turned "Om- nibus's" entire 90 minutes over to concentrated Ustinov. As a comedian, Ustinov says he doesn't modify his humor in the least to accommodate the American audience: "The stories I've told on the Paar shows are the, same as those I would tell in England, and I get exactly the same results." —From NEWSWEEK. OH, DOCTOR! A farmer was highly incensed on entering the new doctor's of- fice to be told by the nurse that he had to go into the next room and undress. "But I just want the doctor to look at my throat," the farmer cried. "I can't help that," the nurse said. "It's the doctors rule." Madder than a wet hen, the farmer went into the other room where he saw another undressed man sitting. "Isnt this ridiculous?" he ask- ed, "All I came in here for was a throat checkup." "W h a t are you crabbing about?" the undressed man said, "I just came in to read the elec- tric meter." SOPHIA ACTS! — Sexpot Sophia Loren broods darkly in her first made-in-Hollywood film, "De- sire Under the Elms". It's being hailed as the first movie in which the Italian beauty comes up with some real dramatic acting. Modern Etiquette by Roberts I,ee „.,. Q, Is it considered, .p.ropot 40, repeat a per$94'.8 name when. yot; Are acknowledging .an lntroduo- tion7. A, This is riot only prOper, but practical too. Many persertS fall to remember the names of peo, pie to whom they are introduced, Repeating the name, as, sc low dp you do, Mr. Garrison," helps to- imprint the name in one's me- mbpy, (1, Is lit proper to as) the guest-of-bonor at our dinner table to say grace before the meal? A. Only if your guest is a clergyman. Otherwise graeo should be spoken by the host or, in his absence, by the hostess. Q. Should a woman walk otit a short distance, or should she wait wtili her escort while ha pays the taxi fare? A. She should wait with her escort. O. What is the proper length of time for a young woman to wear mourning for 'her fattiert • A. This is entirely up to her, The custom of wearing mourning is not so strict as it formerly was. Many people do not con- sider it necessary at all, Week's Sew-Thrifty PRINTED PAT i RN Quick, whip up these sun 'n' fun separates in a jiffy — daugh- ter will live, in, play in, love them, Make several versions of smock, shorts, pedal pushers in no-iron cotton, denim, seersucker with our easy Printed Pattern, Printed Pattern 4707: Child's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, Size 6 smock and shorts take 11/2 yards 35-inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note 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 13 — 1958 ANNE 141RST //mi.. Forimnligt, camplogreini "The tefrigeratof ca us, lne verb' much triliNe—t hot c." Oscar Derby , Best Actor „,. „, 'HOT NEWS1—.Sorrie dretted-fer-the-cold Eskimos crowd around a ittthe cerriptiiiii4, LOOM of'- the fitin-6atiks, News-Miner tO Watch foreman iri 'odd filly hit trade, It was tli.. first Itnotyp., that th'e' trittio ot.ti of AfdiAktir htit! eioeti