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The Brussels Post, 1958-09-03, Page 4.„ 47- MARGARET GETS WET —15'rincesss Margaret get's' a look at Niagarals famous Horseshoe Falls the- hard way.,' She donned a slicker and went down to Table Rock where the, huge cataract on the Canadian side can best be viewed. HRONICLES INGERFARM ewendolinz P Clexice • ss7. (v.-‘2•,T.f,7,40.440 -"*•- * C11612 !Ifs el ref GIRL, RIG FLOWER—Shirley ttedrriatid, is entranced by the beautiful iris which non her sister, Glenda, 11, a ribbon ixir a flower show. • , ' • , • OP • ./.* • All of a sudden, the movies hay* citieakieted Iodide sl4a§, A number of. neW'MOVie parade their feminine storm across the screen in them. From' left to right, Elizabeth taylar e'Crit on a Hat Tilt Christine tarere Irl Certain Smile"' arid, Tina in "The Trap".. ''Dear Anne Hirst: I know you Will think me im- pulsive when I tell you I've been married three years and am on the verge of leaving my husband. Not until we came back from our honeymoon did I learn what a dreadful temper he had, nor dream he could even show physical cruelty. I soon learned I dare ,not disagree with him over the slightest thing; he shouts and curses, and he has struck me more than once. He is the most opinionated man I ever knew, always right, He makes me feel like a worm. Well, the worm is about to turn, "To give him his due, he is in some ways a good man. He, loves our baby, and sometimes_ he seems proud of me, too He works hard, and provides weal, but material comforts aren't all there is to marriage, For the baby's sake, I have felt I had to stay married, but I can no longer love a man who is cruel. If I thought he would ever change, I'd take the chance; but now that I see his real nature, I are actually afraid to stay with him. "I am only 23, arid in good health. If I had to, I could make s living for me and the baby, [1\1:.v- father would help.) Shall I leave now? Or try to recall the nice things he does for us, and let him treat me as he pleases? ON THE VERGE" Favorite Roses dot Chet« Won& Dream gift for the bride or bride-at-heart! Beautify a bed set, guest towels, scarf ends. Easy- 8--to-inch crosses — use', :shaded effect in. 6-strand cotton. Pattern 603: transfer of one 7 x 191/2 inch motif; two 5 3/4 x 121/2 , directions for crocheted edging. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS ‘stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New 'itoronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME rind ADDRESS, As a bonus, TWO complete, patterns are printed right in our LAURA WHEELER Needlecraft 'Book. Dozens of other designs. you'll want to order — easy fas- cinating handwork for yourself, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents far your copy of this book today! Has, your husband any idea how much you resent his .con,,, duct or have yeti .accepted * it without prOteat? Does he *It•now you..are actually tempted to leave him? How your love and respect are being destroy- ed by his double , edged cruelties? I think you .s,houlc1,,,,explain„ calmly and without anger, that you cannot go on like; this, You will take the baby and go to your father (or else,, where) and leave your hus, band alone for a while to live ▪ his life without you both.. # When (or whether) you will * come back is not to. be decided * now. Be sure to tell him how 4 much you appreciate his gen- erosity, but that without kind- * ness and justice, it is not 4' enough, * If your only reason for stay- ing is for the baby's Sake, * ask yourself what sort of home * life she will have as she grows * up, living with a father whose * ungovernable temper and oily- 4' steal abuse of her mother * poison her young mind, Re- * mind him that she is just one * of your reasons for 'leaving, 'K Perhaps that is all you will * have to say. He may be more shocked than you to learn the * extent of your rebellion — or * he .may not believe that you * mean what you say,' At any ", rate, he will have to think of 4' himself as,you see him, which ▪ is exactly what he needs to do. * If you are as desperate as * your letter implies, this SUMS t your only .course. . *. 'Dear ;Anne Hirst: I am deeply in love with a nice girl 15 years old. I. am 57, and never married. She loves the and wants to marry me. "Her :father•• is dead, her mother has married again, and she is now staying in a home and in charge of the 'D.P.A.;.she will have to stay there until she is 18. At- times I think I cannot • live without her, I .haVe good health, education, I am a good Workers :a church member and of goo& habits. I live with a, •bro-: ther,,s79S.:elta a bachelor. • Pleases • letsSnfe-*.ew what I should do.• I int', worried. F.D." * • • • 4. • • ' • • You are old enough to be, a grandfather, and' you want to' marry' a 15-year-old child, to live with you and your bro- ther, 70. Dontt be, "worried", as you say! Tell the pastor of your church-that you crave to wreck the life of a child. Jefferson David wrote, "Old fools are too' dumb to teach mules". Don't be a fool, unless on your pastor's advice. * If you find yourself married to a man who concealed his real nature, do something about it. Often a frank talk will open his eyes . . Anne Hirst's success in helping couples get along to- gether is long established. Per- haps she can help you, too. Write her at Box 1, 123',Eihteenth St., New Toronto, Ontario. QUICK SERVICE The airline information clerk sat at his desk and, when the 'phone rang, picked it up, with a cheery "Hello." A woman's voice said: "I am flying.by jet airliner from Lon- don to South Africa—how long will the journey take?" "Just a minute," Said the cour- teous clerk, as he reached across' . the desk to get the time-table that would give the information, "Thank you," replied the wo- man, as she hung up. Is there anyone who reads this column thinking of buying a 'ouse? If so here is a tip I pick- ed up yesterday. In making' an ,offer: to purchase. have your lawyer include the, following condition. "I' offer' to purchase said property subject to satis- factory reports following inspec-. *lion by` plumbing and electrical - inspectors". This suggestion was -offered by a man who had been called in .by friends of ours to see what was wrong with, their septic bed. The weeper-tile area is always •swampyvas the surface . water doesn't get away properly. The Plumber said' it was, due to the heavy- clay soil riot providing proper ,drainage. He added that if a man is building • his own house'and knows thezoil is heavy he would-be well advised to have the tile trenches filled in with sand. Never knowing what we might run into ourselves we were very interested in finding out all we could. So far we haven't had any trouble. Well, there is a nice breeze this morning and I am sitting, cn our back patio, enjoying it. It has been a hot week and the lawns and gardens are looking very thirtsy again., Playing under the trees is a ,wee black squirrel —the first I have seen. Hope he stays around as squirrels are fascinating little creatures to watch — a change "from cats, dogs and rabbits. Probably I shall have a few bird stories to tell later on as I have discovered there is a bird, sanctuary near here that I didn't know about until yesterday. That I must visit. I -am also wondering if there is a secluded spot near the lake within easy driving distance, where we could picnic. I suppose the only 'way to find., out is to go • exploring. I have been disap- 'pointed in the Port Credit area. There' 'it is, right on the ,lake shore and •no place to enjoy' it. That is, as 'far as we 'know at present. We' are not lOoking.for a beach — just,a shady spot with cool brutes off the lake = but without a long hot drive to get to it, From where I. am sitting I can see the cars whizzing by along the Dundas — so many cars — apparently there are many people who don't mind hot clriveS. Yes, so many shining, streamlined ears, We very rarely set a jalopy any more, And such pretty. colors, making a never- ending splash Of brightness against the background of trees along the highway. In the immediate foreground Partner Is out digging, in the garden, He wants a bigger gar- den next year — more space be-, tween the rows. And iris ori the edge, the full length est the vege-, table garden. That is in re- sPonte to an urgent request, Partner doesn't like iris. NO rides Bob. They say it takes up too fritieh room arid lasts stich,a short While. And collects weeds. But I like iris se Partner don- Ceded — "Alt tight, you can have ,your iris if yOtt want them, but instead of cluttering bp the flower beds we'll have a whole row along the edge of the vege- table garden." That suits me fine. I don't care where they are just so long as I have them. The perennials 'are giving us lots_of bloom just now and the perfume after sundoWn is just .grand •—• mostly from petunias, r.icotines and stocks. And yet we, never see a humming- bird. They were flitting around' quite. often at Ginger Farin. Our Toronto family came \ in last night and' the three boys were in great form. Was late when they arrived — too dark to play outside. " But that didn't worry them. They made a, bee- line for the hall cloSet where we keep a small wagon and the lest of their toys. •They pile floor and play happily until it them all on' to the .1iVingroarn is time to go hoMe. They never ask to take any of the toys away with them. Somehow their little minds must, reason things out, know-the toys are meant to stay here and will be waiting for them next time they come: The above' was written on. Sat- urday. They 'came' Sunday and our Toronto family packed us, the boys, a lunch and. Honey into their car and we went for a , drive to Eugenia Lake, away the other side of Flesherton. At one: point between Flesherton and Shelburne we saw a sign which read "1700 feet above sea level". No wonder the air is so fresh and. cool ;in that di •trict. I be- lieve it is supposed to be the highest ,point in this part of Ontario. Dee and Art are be- , ginnig to feel the need of a like shore cottage that: we could all share in turns,. But it is hard loqind the ideal' spot — not -ton -isolated, nor too far away anti yet fairly secluded with a beach suitable for ,rhildrers. We' are going -on the hunt' again tornor-' row —7 where, I. don't know — Happiness 14. Where You find It It was the day the British 1/4 0. berets" had flown into Amman at young King I.Iussein's urgent request,. The Americans were al- ready in Beirut. No .9.11e knew what the Russians would do. I chided myself for coming away without my portable radio, but one .would'not„ have supposed so. much could happen in five days. The sound -of a radio came to me through the trees, I got ..41) from the ground-sheet apread beside' my car, and made my way through a clearing, There. was a very small Ford,, not -in: its first. flush. Arc elderly couple were 'having a •picnic - lunch the woman on -the back seat of the car, the man on a low chair. beside the open door,. The', parts able radio lay on the grass be- side, him. The one o'cloCk new$,• it announced, would begin in • half a minute, • I greeted the women silently, raised my eyebrows queetions ingly, and' she nodded kindly. I sat down on the grass at a little distance, reluctant to intrude up- on their meal, 'She called out: "Dont 'ke..cp. away; come right close." We listened quietly to the an- nouncer. At the end I expressed an opinion. "That's just what my. huSband was. saying,, ,wasn't it, love?" said the woman. It .gave one a warm feeling of . being -cabinet material. "If • things.. get any worse," I said, "I shill go back to London."- "Are- you on holiday?" asked the woman. 4 "Yes and no," I replied, "not -my real holiday. But just packed.. up without a -word to anyone, at. a' moment's notice, and come away for five days. We 'spend too much time on everything. under the sun. Some., times we need. to spend, .time getting to know, ourselves." "That's right," said the man, ,...,., , • WELL-TRAVELED—A towel, dec- orated like a Well-traveled 'piece of ,luggage, is, displayed 'by shapely Penny Donne, "Miss Western Linens and Domestics." Department store buyers from all over the west will see Miss Donne modeling at a San Fancisco hotel. that is up to Dee and Art to deide ' Incidentally, we stopped at the Horning's Mills. farm on the way home and found Mir friends very diittirbed over the fact that a neighbor had killed a rabid fox, forttsnately before- it 'had a chance to attack,him..-There is quite a dense bush boidering- their prOpertY, .close to' where the cows pasture, so they are , decidedly Uneasy. AI Onlyai race's t. .ca u gh t pt afraid 13. 1 things And people," "$11a11 we tell you what We'v,e 3„, done?" said, the woman. "We had a lovely house, our own freehold, neat' Bristol. We'd furnished it beautifully. There were carpets right up to the walls on all the floors, and a Welsh dresser, and all, My hus- band's retired, on a good pen- sion. don?6PI4t '.11114 kSelleomw'ed"aart,tivilePt'n3, trying to do better than one§ neighbors, you know. So we . sold it, and we've bought a rest- dential caravan, and that's *here we` live now, We've never been so happy; have we, love?" "That's a fact," said the man. "It was a big adventure—we're over seventy, you know. But my wife—she's made it a real home." "He's handy about the place for the odd jobs," broke in his wife with a laugh. "We have rare times, and there's televi- sion and all, It's so easy 'to man- age. Money's just easy enough too, what with what we got for the house, and his pension, and both our old-age pensions. We don't need a lot of money, All we need is, happiness, and we've got that." "I've got friends who are fabu- lously rich," I said, "and others who have scarcely a penny to bless themselves with, and it has shown me that happiness has ab- solutely nothing to do with either wealth for the lack of it." "Or things," said the woman, "or even people. I think really," she•continued, puzzling it out as she went along, 'fit's more what you can give that makes you happy. Like in a marriage, if you can give something really worth-while, like patience and understanding and sympathy — comfort perhaps. Well, that makes you happy. Not just what salary he can bring back to you. D'you know what I--mean?" "I know fine," I said. "Not only in marriage, either." "That's right," said the man comfortably, "we're all differ- ent." "You know," said his wife, "I used to want to have everything better than anyone else. Now it doesn't Seem at all important. I don't want things any more. I just want to'be happy, and it's So easy. Oh, dear!" she branched . off, suddenly 'self - conscious, "what a funny conversation we're .havirtgri" s "Well, it's: a' tunny •time," I said, "what •"with' the Middle East and ell..it's-the sort of,tirne when Ws,• nice ,to talk. about .real things,. Happiness is very real; and so, are, yen. Thank you for letting me listen to. your- radio." 'a: *lot of nice. people there' are about," said the wo- man, stinting broadly. • "It's a ,fact,"•,,skid_ her hus- . band, -"we ,must, ,remember' it." , --Sy liosernaVY CAI-lath 'in. The • Christian Seienee: Monitor. • , • WHAT% Thl; A .NAME? The Lord Mayor of`' Bristol, England; Fitiroy, W.G.. Chamber- lain, arriVed.,in'New• York „with a new ,explanation of how, America got• its 'name,: When ex- plorer JebU'Cabot, sailing' out Of Bristol, discovered 'Newfoun d land in 1498, he said,, Richard •Aineryek,. a British customs:of- ficial, arranged ,for him to get a 'pension from Henry VII. In , gratitude, ,Cabot named America after him: 'Lined up against, Chamberlain are history profes- sors and experts of the Encyclo- pedia Britannica. They're stick- ing to , the standard opinion that America is named after the Italian; merchant-trader 'Amerigc Vespucei. STRUCK HOME A newspaper editor' with some SpaCe to fill set up the Ten- CommandMents and ran them without editorial comment. The next day" he got a letter from a' subscriber which said:, "Cancel my, subscription; you're .,getting 'too- personal," Modern. Etiggetto. : by Roberta Lee. Q. is it proper, when cheeks have been received as wedding gifts, to display them with the other gifts? A. Ordinarily it is in very bad taste to display gifts of money. However, if there are a number of checks received, You may properly display them with the amounts concealed. This can be cone' by, laying • them under a parte. of glass, one above the other, so that only the signatures are revealed --- using an envel- ope to cover the amount of the top check. Q. When a woman drops some article on the street and' a stranger picks it up for her, what should she say? A. A pleasant "thank you", ac- companied by a smile, is suffi- cient. Q. Should the used silverware be gathered up before removing the plates from the dinner table? A. No; the silver should be left on the plates, and all removed from the table together. Q. When are `11nformals" prop- erly used in correspondence? A. The "informal" is a fold- over card, and may be used for any short note—for sending and replying to invitations, for en- closing with a gift, and so• on. This type of 'card is not proper, however, as a letter of con- dolence. Week's Sew-Thrifty MIN ED PA FTERN Cut for coolness, flattery — and jiffy sewing? Note breezy- but-modest scoop neckline, grace- skirt and !suggestion °I 'sleeves. A Printed Pattern de- signed to fit Without' alterations. Printed, Pattern 4666:. Hall Sizes 121/2,141/2, 161/2, 181/2, 201/z, 22%,241/2. Size 161/2 reqtsires'31/4 yards 39-inch fabric. Printed_ directions on each pat- tern part, tasiei, accurate: Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be 'accepted, use postal note'for safety) far,this pattern. Please print plainly' SIZE, •:NAME; ADDRESS, BT YLE NUMBER.,*' • Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Pox I, 123 Eighteenth. St.,. .New Torontp, 'Ont. ISSUE 35 1953' LAN NE. 4#iRST Ziotat aknay erkezinAgiat • *4' • rae