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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-10-15, Page 2ANNE .1-FIRST *RA. 0740:09.4et, RONICLES INGERFAR ever doLinz P. Ctatke 17-4.41.4 4622 SIZES 9-17 ' WAVE OF. THE, FUTURE -" 'Not to be outdone by the tale sex businessman Anthony MOSS hoS hia hdir Waved' at ta Lon o` salon for "Men. Hate'net keeps his tresses in place while tiedUticiari Me: Charles wields .an electric dryer that looks lirtit d MattiaWs Spate gun, the sarOh peoVideS Men with permanent ifVeiVet, mud packs and other beautyolds • STEPS TO A LONG LIFE— LIFE EXPECTANCY WOMEN mENet'-,;.- The Longer You I w e The l anger You Might Live 111111.411 This iiefi•r`gtook `11' Oir''areroa. "ipia tfOi "Am moleti end females) continues td groeithe longer o Oriel BretA boi, of. firo Can beierieeted nisi to 69 or More. And if he teiehei that dee; the ehonael are good, for another' deeede of Aeterding CO the Metiepoli', tan Lifejnseranee CO., *, the Otero white mall reachei holfrid0 markin 'life' shortii lifter 35, But halals eaeriteriiiiit dt that point'odl,l 3d or so Fo r nonwhites the middle point a 3i end 36 respectively i r:Wa, MISS AMERICA 1959 — Mary Ann Mobley, relaxes in Atlantic City after winning the Miss America title. The 21-year-old college senior, who wowed contest judges the' night of the' final judging with a jazzy dance routine, hopes• to be -in a Broadway musical comedy some day. "Pear Anne Hirst; After wait- ing three long years my VatIO0 and I planned to marry at Christmas, but two months ago his father died, leaving A. Meager provision for his which surprised them •all—they had .thou,ght, him comfortably off, His 'y011ilger brothers and. his sisters are still in school', What a blow to our plans! "My fiance feels his first ob, ligation is to take care of his mother and the family, and I have to agree. He makes a very good s.alany which would have been adequate for us, but of course they will need most of it now, "We have talked everything over—and he thinks we should. break our engagement, but still see each other. • "If we break up I do not think I could bear seeing him, knowing it may be several years before' we can merry. I have held a good position for seven years, and I wouldn't mind keeping it; but I am not getting any younger, and we both want children. "I .applaud his loyalty, but Pansy Square Win compliments, prizes, too, for accessories in this exquisite pansy-and-scroll design. Sheer beauty-LPansfes in cro- chet made into scarves, pillows, cloth, spread. Patten-842: directions for II-inch square in No. 50 cotton; 12 -in 7string. = • 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 Tor- onto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. As a bonu s, TWO complete patterns a r e printed right in our 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! when I think of my own future wonder whether I should wait indefinitely? DISTRESSIW" * Unless you are prepared to * live with your fiance's family * (and no matter how much * you like them, it would pre- * sent Problems) I agree with. * you. * What other solution is * there? If you saw him reg- * ularly you would wear your * heart out with longing, and * the strain could result in * emotional collapse. You have * to earn your own living, and * must not take chances with * your health. No matter how * cruel the wrench, I think your 4` decision is the only practical * one you can make. * You emphasize that his bre- * tilers and sisters are devoted * to him. When they learn he * has had, to break the engage- * ment, the older boy may want • to start helping out earlier * than he expected. This, how- * ever, you cannot count on. * Don't sit back sand resign * youself to maidenhood, though. * Look up your former friends, * cultivate 'them, Dating the * men you used to know will * divert you and keep your so- * cial life refreshing. This you * need to carry you on, so don't * let any false sense of loyalty * deter you. * One cannot, thank goodness, * anticipate the future. Marry- * Mg your fiancee may be pos- * sible earlier than you think * today. Meantime, refuse to * bury yourself and mourn your * fate. * * SOLDIER'S LETTERS STOP "Dear Anne Hirst: My boy friend and I had an understand- ing that when he comes back from his service we would be married. But he has been gone four months, and seems to have stopped writing me altogether. "I am sick from worrying. "Shall I keep on writing? Do you suppose he has found some- one else he's fallen in love with? LOVING AND WORRIED" Many a soldier cannot find * time to write his girl as often * as he'd like to. Besides, sol- • diers are frequently moved * from place to place without * notice, and letters are some- * times lost in the mail or late * reaching their destination. • You do not say how often o your young man wrote be- * fore he ceased to; wait a bit * longer, but send your own * letters through. Mention that * his are not coming as they * did, but'you are trying not to * worry. * Even when he is in love, • many a young man dislikes. o writing to his girl and is apt • to postpone it unduly. * Some men in service do o meet other girls at service * dances and other affairs, but •- •,,dotti cotasider this idea un- *4' less you find, later that it, is . • true. o Cheer up! Leis "of other * girls are wondering these * days, too, but this is all a part * of loving a soldier.' • e • llf your plans for the fu- ture must be postponed, be a good sport. about it and adjust youiself as best yOu can. Telling Anne Hirst about it can relieve the burden, and often she can suggest practical ideas to light the way. . . Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Wonders will never cease. We actually f ound a repair 'man who was willing to work on a Saturday , . . and a plumber at that. We were having trouble with our kitchen sink.. The wa- ter became slower and slower in' draining away and , finally quit running' entirely. Partner un- screwed goose necks and T- pipes, worried away with wire cleaners and solvents. but with- out any appreciable, improve- ment. Finally he said, 'You'd better look through the phone book and see if you can locate a plumber. If we contact some- one today maybe we can gpt him to come first thing Monday': morning." Not haying ,,been in this district Very long we natur-, ally don't know whom to con- tact when it comes to repair men. The best. thing. I could do was thumb through the. "yellow pages" and pick 'out names at random. The first one didn't•an- swer; the second had had his, phone disconnected; the third was answered by a woman who said she would have, her broL ther call when came But we were not too hopeful. The best we could "do was wait. The man didn't 'phone at all — he came instead, ready and willing to get on with the job: The trouble was soon located and thirty feet of 'straight pipe cleaned out; He told us we had probably been too' sparing with the water, not letting.enough go, down the sink_to ,keep ed. We knew he was 'right be- cause every day we Put the dish water in a pail and used it to water the garden to"" sava drawing fresh, water from the well. So naturally the sink wasn't •getting properly flushed. To prevent further trouble the dumber told us to close the sink trap once a week, fill the sink -full of water, clean and hot, Then open the trap, and let the water go suddenly, He said force, combined with the hot vtater, should carry away any deposits left in the .pipe. It sounds like good advice so am passing the 'infOrmation along for what it may be worth. But' pliirribing trouble wasn't our worst experience last week. No, indeed. I was On my way down to Port Credit, tried to stop at the first stop sign and my brake went right to the floor. J had often this I'd of brakes falling but this Was My first eXperiepcd. It gives one a 'horrible; helpless and terrifying feelleg, I hope to heaven it never happens again. Fortirti- attly "I was on a quiet read: Even ph I had to driVe with one hand on the emergencY brake Ana the,, 'Other on the wheel. I wouldn't have had tee much tremble ekcept that the children were just pining out or Scheel and, the road seethed to be teeth, frig' with, bikers and, first grad- ers, wandering front bile side ot, the road to the other. By the time I got to the garage near home, I was in. a bath of pers- piration. Incidentally I met a police cruiser, on, the way but apparently 'my, predicament ;was not obvious to II i m. It was, ironic I should run into serious trouble on the very eve of the n e w traffic' law enforcements for the prevention of highway 'accidents. Now what else happened last week? Oh yes, .Partner e n,t twice to the Exhibition. I didn't go any more I was getting all, the excitement I 'wanted at home. One day Partner went down on the bus; .the next time ,* 'with Bob arid Joy to -see the air show. They specially wanted to see the -Arrow but as yeti probably know the Arrow did not appear. They were so dis- appointed. While they • were ' away I, took care of Ross who wasn't too happy when he saw Mummy and.Daddy drive ,away „without 'hirri. Happily_ baby fears and tears are soon -forgotten and ir a , little while "lie was playing around 'With Ditto and the puppy. That same puppy giveS me plenty of exercise around the block twice a day and then walking over our acre lot in search of Mushropms. We generally get enough for supper every day — and, we're still alive to tell the tale. In between sessions with the car, plumbing, h'ea't and humi- dity -- and the puppy.— I haire been trying-to houseclean, ready "for a W.I. .meeting that. is to be held here next week. We have also been refiniShini some of our old furniture but 'if we 'hadn't' had 'a deadline for the meeting it probably wouldn't have been, done yet. Partner made two, night tables from odds and en& of furniture and for one dresser 'he took the mirror cut of the fram'e and hung it on the' walk -Then I -enamelled the dresser to blend in with the Vilas beds. The drester in our Mom is solid oak so on pit 1 did a refinishing job with flat varnish stain and h a v'e been quite pleased with. the result. Honest to ,goodness it. is,. much More fun making over what ou've got around than it is going out and btlYing- new 'stuff =just for the sake of being Modern. Why net date to be dif, ferent't I find it very, very bor- ing to go into One hOuSe after another and find 'So many of them' with- the same type of fur-, titure; window drapes froin core her to corner and broadloom from wall to wall. Like that old English music hall song about the whole family Sleeping in One bed "end when Father said 'Turn' we all hated.° iSSLIE 10Mi, Groom, Forgot Wedding Ring shone hi' the eyes 01 the lovely Italian girl as, helped by her two bridesmaids, she put on her smart wedding costume, them adc ed the .finishing_ touches to her make-up. She looked exquisite, and her bridesmaids told her so, Pr/on't forget your key. You'll be coining back.tes•tiles%11,0,14.Se to,-.ti change before going away,"' onp' of them reminded her, She pick- ed up the key and slipped it in- to her pocket As 'they drove to the chureh, the bride's- heart-beat-faster In a very short time now, she and the young professor she loved would be uttering their vows, and he would slip on to -her .finger the ring they had chosen with-so much care hi- a _Milan jeweller's shop some weeks earlier. -• "Hope Luigi hasn't forgotten the date,"'she said 'to her com- panions when they neared the church. It was a joking refer- ence to her young man's occa- sional absent-mindedness. She did not really believe he would forget. She was right. He was there, looking spruce, but a little har- assed, because he had got up rather later than he intended and had had to dash to the church. A "stag party" the preyious night had made him sleep late. All went well until the priest asked the bridegroom to place the ring on the girl's finger. He fumbled in his waistcoat pocket for it, for he had no best man to carry it ' for him. It was not there! He felt in the other pocket—all his pock- ets. Still no ring. Like a' flash, she thought of the key in her pocket and took 'it out unob- trustively. and gave it to him. "Use this," she whispered. ,"It's all right, dear. Don't worry." Using the loOp of the key as a ring, he slid it'on to her fin- ger < under the astonished- eyes of the priest. Nobody elsein the church' was near enough to see what was happening. But the bride well knew that anything in the form of a circle is legal' 'substitute for a wedding ring in most countries — and her presence of mind prevented an $AA-BER — PrePiaring for' the . Fair, pretty Anila' Solite', 16, giVes this'Dorsef sheep 'the latest :coiffure. embarrassing situation from de, veloping. As they were signing the reg- ister—the bride having, slipped the key back into her pocket the bridegroom had an inspire, tion. He felt in, the turn-ups of his trousers and found the miss- ing ring. It must have fallen there before he got his taxi to the church, There are many people like that resourceful bride who know how to keep cool in a sud- ,"den emergency. ,prQs0wq of A• mind is a most valuable asset when things go wrong. Consider the dilemma of an- other wedding couple, in Lon, don not long ago. Guests turned up for their wedding at a fash- ionable London church — she was a beautiful air hostess, be a U.S. airline supervisor, But they were told at the door by ushers: "Sorry the wedding has been cancelled. There was a lost-minute hitch." Yet, although the ceremony was OFF, the wedding reception went ON as planned—thanks to the couple's swift decision not to disappoint their friends. , The hitch had been a technical one over residential qualifice-t, tions, so the couple at once made alternative plans to be wed by special licence at a reg- ister office next day. 'Then they went to the hotel reception, where a hundred guests toasted them, although they were not yet married. The bride wore her bridal gown, stood on tip-toe to kiss her fi- ance and posed for pictures with her maid of honour and four little pink-sashed brides- . maids. After the reception, the groom-to-be went to stay the night at the home of his best man, while his bride remained in her room at the hotel. But it isn't only at weddings that awkward situations calling for quick decisions arise. A rumour once circulated a town that a bank had gone broke. Hundreds of anxious de- positors flocked to the bank's head office. It seemed that seri- ous trouble was coming, for the crowd began to get out of hand. The manager kept his head. He knew that something' had to be done at once to restore confi- dence in the bank, Stopped A Riot Hurriedly, he instructed his staff to have all available money in the bank.brought up and de- posited in the windows. The sight of so many banknotes, such great piles of coins, had an immediate quietening effect on the people. -They dispersed in orderly fashion. The manager sighed with re- lief. His presence of mind, the police told him, had saved What might have been 'an ugly riot. Every actor can tell a story of an aWkWard moment on the stage. One Who, was playing in 'a melodrama some years ago told me: - ' "Therlieroihe and myself were supposed td be trapped, in a tur- ret chan3ber, with every door locked and barred on the out- side," an a bOmb underneath whier. WAS ""thiled- to eXplhde 'in five minutes. "The audiende were breath- less with exeiteinent." I made a dash, towards one.'of the doors to try to break it down.. To my annoyance, I found it wide open, owing, to p =mistake by, a stage-hand.. I had to 'think fast. Then I had an inspiration: "Seizing- my sweetheart bythe arm, I dragged her througk;the 'open door Shouting, ."Thank Heavens! A'way of escape!' "Then I dashed back on stage • with her, crying with a wail of agony: 'No,- the, outer door is fastened. We are " Another man's ability to. make a,split-second decision saved his life recently. He fell acciden- tally between the lines at a London Underground Station. A train- WO alineit on .him, so he calmly folded his arms above his head, „tucked his feet in, and• kept quite still. The train passed ,over, him, leaving him unhurt. Ostrich Waltz Amazes. Ohserver "I liked the clean sparkle -of the morning air just outside 4.0, hannesburg and often got up early to take walks, On one of these walks when. I was Some distance from my hotel, I no, ticed a movement far away on the veld;" writes Cecile de in her autobiography,. "Bright Weft," ''from a distanee it appeared to be blown grass. But as I got nearer, I saw 04 there were two, long lines, run- ning parallel to each other, of what I thought were tall animals. jumping up and, down," As Miss de Banke got closer. she saw that the "animals" were, ostriches. The birds were (Irasin up in two long lines facing each. other,, those on one side being light in colour and those facing them. dark, with red markings down the front of their legs. Both lines danced up and down, the dark birds occasion- ally jostling one another and changing places, as though they wished to get opposite one par- ticular bird. When this was ac, complished„ the pair would move round each other with a waltz- ing movement and then go off together across the veld.. "Later I was told that I had seen the mating . dance of the ostriches and that no one else who had' gone near enough to see the sight had ever lived to describe' it, He explained that. with one powerful kick the red, marked male ostriches had been known to disembowel horses and to kill men with one blow," says the author. Jrs.! The Trapeze PRINTED PATTERN The dashing, young Trapeze— designed for you who are always first in fashion, love to look exciting. T h e front is wise., darted to reveal the figure the baCk flows freely with a half-belt for `smart 'accent. Printed Pattern 74622: Junior Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes 4' yards 35-inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (MO) (stamps cannot be accepted use postal note for safety) tor this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send, order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont.