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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-12-17, Page 10• •••1t re. •••• e'eAft"*".,eir-d-paw HRONICL1E DIGERFARM everi.d.oLin.e, P. Cteake 4846 SIZES 10-20 • C ANINE. 14IRST voivit. FaMy CatA411414. 'Dear Anne Hiret: A little while ago yott publish- ed a warning reminding children, to be more kind to their aging parents, if only to escape the Punishment which Might be meted out to them later on, It made me feel so guilty( "But why always blame the children? "Recently I lost my mother, I loved her, and I know that in her own way she loved us, yet she made it so miserable for all of us in so many ways. Since I married there have been many times I wanted ,to be with her and I wasn't, because she would make our visits so unpleasant I dreaded to go again. She had a way of 'downing' us all, even saying things which were not true. "Shall ge get our come- uPPance, too, as you put it? "I think of my mother day and night. I pray for her. I have cried over her, and wish- ed things could have been more pleasant between us. But she never relented. (I've even blam- show and then Cancel it 04 a few weeks' notice without great toes to all concerned, Thanks to tape, network sponsors could have shows appear at exactly the same time all over the country —a great help in gauging au- diences- and ,national promotion. Perhaps most promising of all tape's prospects was the possi- bility of distributing successful local ehows nationally. Sylvester Weaver Jr., ex-chief of NBC and TV's most quoted kibitzer, com- mented: "You suddenly have a whole new world. It is a lot bigger step than any since we started TV. With tape you can produce serious, quality pro- gramming for a' small audience at low cost, One of these days the taped' programs itilT be big- ger than the networks:Pe—Froth NEWSWEEK. Modern Etiquette by Roberta Ler WELL ORIENTED — Her "Irish" eyes flashing, Nobu Otsumi McCarthy takes it easy in Hollywood. The former Japanese model who. married an American GI is succeeding in films, Poisoned By Bad Temper ! It was the lovely but sqpick- tempered- wife's 24,th.birthday,. She was expecting a costly gift from her well-to-do young hus- band, but on unwrapping the parcel he had given her, she found it contained only gloves, She was furious, for her hus- band was usually so generous with his presents to her. Her dark eyes flashed as she declared contemptuously: "You insult mg by such a tawdry gfit. You have a big in- come and yet you present me with three pairs of cheap-look- ing gloves, I don't like their colours, anyhow," she snapped. And she flung the gloves into the fire impulsively, Then, sat down and burst into tears, Her husband was appalled-. eat by her outburst, but by the loss of the gloves, which he tried in vain to save. For each one had banknotes concealed in it, and the total sum which his impetuous wife had consigned to the flames' was $500! Uncontrolled temper, like that of that Viennese woman, can cause a lot of trouble. But; say psychologists; people generally are bettered-tempered nowadays than they were 50 years ago, despite the fact that, the tempo of life today is so' much faster. Girls have been warned re- cently by a beauty expert that habitual bad • temper helps to destroy good looks, "TO be lovely, guard against the scowl -or frown which re- Low-Cost Luxury Q. Ts it considered excusable now to "reach" at the table? A. While the old "boarding- house reach" is still considered the sign of a chowhound, we can properly reach for things that we can get as easily as our neighbor can, instead of being over-genteel and bothering him needlessly to pass it. Q. When a bride is writing her thank-you notes for wedding gifts received. does she write also to the bridegroom's mother and father, and to his sisters and brothers for the gifts they gave? A. This is not necessary if she has been able to give them her sincere, verbal thanks. Q. At a buffet dinner, should the hostess wait until all her guests have been taken care of before she fills her own plate? A. While she does not have to make a thorough check of this, she should be among the last to fill her plate. Jumper-Dress, PRINTED PATTERN DECEIVING — The skirt buttons don't button, and the pockets are flaps only. They serve as accents for the black-and-white plaid skirt, which goes with a, wool jersey soverblouse. Blouse has detachable tie-bow. Make a bedset as a gift so easily! Embroider motifs . . . add ready-made eyelet ruffles. Low-cost luxury for gifts — hope-chest linens. Use smaller motifs as scarf ends, on towels. Pattern 591: transfer of one motif 7 x 18, two 5 3/4 x 15 inches. 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 To- ronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. A NEW 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft. Book, JUST OUT, has lovely designs to; order: embroidery, crochef, 'knitting, weaving, quilting, toys.' In the book, a special surprise to make a little girl happy — a cut-out doll, clothes to color. Send 25 cents for this book. ect mYealrfOr hot being Mere tolerant and'understanding,) "Het we couldn't do it alone, could we? ANONYMOUS" 4' I have known a number Cf • families where the children * neglected their mothers for * the reaSoe you did, She was * so hard to get along with that * they avoided visiting her • ev,heriever they could, simply e because they reached the sat- * uration Poiet and could take 4` no more. She chastened those e who loved her, whom she lov- * ed, too, "in her own way." • Violent remorse that flagel- * gates one's spirit is not the * answer. Such an orgy of self- * punishment renders one unfit. * to cope with her own prob- * lems, and depresses the spirit * to hopeless confusion. Isn't it * better to admit that the past * cannot be lived again, and * accept the belief of religious * leaders that your mother's soul, freed of earthly limita- * tions, is at peace? In other * words, she understands now • that you all did the best you * could, and she would not have * you live on in self-inflicted * despondency., H your Mother had changed * her attitude, you would not * live with such depressing e memories.' But she could not * change. Remind yourself that * there is a limit to human en- e durance, and more than once 4 you reached it. I agree that * you "could not do it alone." * Life is a challenge to us all, * and a sane approach to the e unknown • hereafter charts * one's ship through calm seas, • * * "Dear Anne Hirst: A few months ago I was silly enough to fall in love with a young man, who attracted me *mmediately, but he is certainly eisappointing. He almost never takes me anywhere though he is here at least twice a week. know he dates other girls, but if I see, another boy he walks off in a huff. "I broke off with him twice, but I love him so much I can't bear it and I take him back... I think I know what you will say, butt this time I think. I can take it. UNHAPPY" • You guessed it. • What are you getting out of * this association but the pleas- * ure of being with the boy • when he condescends to spend an evening in your house? * Aren't you being foolhardy? • No girl will content with 4 him for long; he is too self- * centered to observe the social * rules most of us live by. If * you keep on dating him you * will find yourself apologizing * for his bad manners right and • left; you must know other * young men whom you can be * proud of. Stop dating this * boy, he isn't worth your time. • —And you 'need not give * him a reason. Just say you'll * be too busy for a while to • spare him an evening. * * * If you have reached a crisis in your life, confide in Anne Hirst. Her frank approach to your problem can calm your spirit and guide you toward peace. Address Anne Hirst at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 52 — 1958 "What's the idea of suddenly taking lessons in French?" "We've adopted a French baby, and we want to uriderstand what he says when he begins to talk." • Magic Tape A hundred, or SQ gray metal macti4m, harxrdesa,leolcing gee, sets each about the size of a kitchen .stove;. were whirling. brown plastic tape through their mechanical innards at feet per second, last month in .net, work studios on both coasts and. scattered stations in between. As they spun, they threatened to project. America's hufe tele, vision industry into a. whole new broadcasting era.1 Thanks to such Videotape re- corders, • TV viewers saw more than ,00' hours of taped .network programming in New York City, and nearly twice that much out West. On all three networks, shows, which had prided them- selves on their "liverieee" "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Perry Como," "Steve Allen," "Play,- house 90," "The Voice of Fire- tone" — reached. the unaware TV public, via tape. ConsiderablY 1 lees. unwitting than the public, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists made the control and use of Videotape a primary issue in negotiations which threatened network TV with a crippling strike' through most of November. One of the main reason's AFTRA is concerned about tape is that networks could pile 'up a tremendous backlog. "Obvious- ly.if a network had enough pro- grams on tape, a strike would mean nothing to them," said a union- spokesman last week. Also under current contracts no pay- ments are made to performers after the show has been replay- ed five times. The union would like a "pay for play" formula. These quietly whirring ma- chines were indeed remarkable They could record on a ribbon of Mylar plastic — 2 inches wide — anything a TV camera and microphone might pick up. They could play it back seconds later with a clarity that was practi- cally indistinguishable from the. live variety of TV. The tape could be duplicated or wiped clear and then re-used approxi- mately 100 times. Being turned out at the rate of twenty a month by the Ampex Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., 53 of the machines — at $45,000 apiece— had already been delivered to the networks and 54 well-heeled local stations across the country. Advance orders already spoke for the entire factory output through May 1959. Why was tape taking over? For the producer and director it offered the opporunity to dorrect mistakes before air time and present .a.flawless show to the audience. Run-throughs could be taped and examined immediate- ly, and then production values corrected' and improved. Studio facilities and personnel could be used with maximum efficiency, since shows could be tepee either hours or days in advance, Stars, often unvailable for speci- fic shows, could perform at their . convenience, Big productions such as last month's "Kiss Me Kate," could be taped in a single day, while filming might re- quire several weeks. — There' were advantages for writers, too. Because interrupt- ions were • permitted,, writers could have greater freedom in costume and scenery 'changes, and riot 'have to Worry about putting their actors through the obstacle race that live TV drama sometime does. Actors experienced certain ether benefits. Fluffs could be smoothed out; performances could be viewed and refined right on the set; a little of the disparity between TV and stage drama due to hasty preparation could be eliminated. Advertisers, too, were dis- covering blessings in tape. De- fects in conernercials could be spotted immediately after re- cordihg;" the costly 'delays and reshooting soinetimes• required by ,filmed' commercials could be eliminated .without. risking any embarrassing lapses that have occurred in the live , variety. 'Also,' nervous 'sponsors, unwill- ing to' sign up in advance. for long series, could ,buy a taped s • tgAete. 44.4 Jumper with companion blouse — or figure - flattering dresil You'll love the versatility of this pattern. Note double - breasted effect; easy fit#ng skirt. Printed Pattern 4846: Misses° Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, /8, 20. Size 16 jumper 2'9e yards 54-inch nap; blouse' 1% yards, 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part, Easier, 5ccurate. Send * FIFTY' -CENTS (500 (stamps cannot lie 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 Street, New Toronto, Ont. hardly know well enough to pass the time of day. We pore over last year's list, fearful of committing the social sin of for- getting someone, even though it be our next door neighbours to whom ,we ' can wish a Happy Christmas just by lifting the telephone receiver or calling a greeting as we see them going from their house to the garage. So often greeting cards give me a let-down feeling. I like them, of course, they are so cheerful and Christmassey, I can't imagine the Yuletide sea- son without them. But how of- ten I have opened an envelope, sent by someone I haven't heard from for some time, and I have looked on the inside of the card, on the outside, inside the enve- lope again and what do I find— nothing but a signature. What I like best is a simple card; with a short personal note. Then I feel I've got something. But how many of us have time to take this extra trouble? Most folk have so many cards to send about all they' can manage is to scrawl their names on the cards and write addresses on the enve- lopes. Who. dares to be differ- ent? Very feev. But wouldn't it be nice if we took the courage. to ignore convention; cut out sending cards to casual acquaint- ances and spent more time on those to whom a personal mes- sage, from ourselves might real- lyly mean something. That is just my idea, of course —and one that I don't always live up to. Like everyone else I get caught up in a last minute rush and cards are popped into envelopes regardless. The road to Heaven is paved with good intentions and the Christmas season is, littered with good wishes and loving thoughts; only the half of which are given ex- pression. We all try to do too much in too short a time, And here I am at the end of my, column, 'end I haven't even said "Happy Christmas to you all", But neither have I sent yott a greeting card without a message! This tithe you've% got the message and not the card. Which would you rather have? Y. Isn't it wonderful to be able to wish each other a Happy Christmas once again? Suppos- ing we were not allowed to . . supposing there were not any Christmas. Wouldn't it be ghast- ly if. December 25 were just an- other date on the calendar? But it isn't, thank goodness—it is Christmas•Day—the most glori- ous day of all the year; the birthday of the Infant Christ. It is a day that means many things to many, people. What we get out of it depends a lot upon what we put into it. You hear so often Christmas isn't what it used to be. Tha is perfectly true, no one realizes and regrets it more than I. But still, underneath all the commercialism, the over-empha- sis on. Santa Claus, the showers of greeting cards given and re- ceived, the Star in the East nev- er diminishes in brightness. It is there if we look for it. It pointe the way in our,hearts and inner corisciousness to the won- der and joy of the Saviour's birth. To me, Christmas now is something like the gift parcels we used to delight in as chil- dren. Very myeterious parcels parcels with all kinds of labels and coloured ribbons. You shook the parcel inquisitively— but there was no sound. You care- fully untied the fancy ribbons, and tote off the outer layer .of bright coloured paper. And what did you find? Only more papers, more ribbons and more labels—maybe even another box. You removed the second layer only to find the same thing again. This might be repeated several times until a package that started out in dimensions of twenty inches by thirty was re- duced to a small box that could be held in the hand. And what ,did the box contain? More than 1;kely something that had been chosen with loving care; bdught, perhaps, with nickels and dimes that had been saved for weeks. Something for Mother, Dad, big sister Or brother; for Grandma, Gramp or baby sister. Maybe the mysterious wrappings. were duplicated in all seven parcels. The tinsel and gilt, the gaudy paper arid string;, the ithneces- eery boxing created an. of Christmas. They Were. all there. So, also, was the gift of love, often quite inexpensive and sometimes quite inappropre. ate, Yet it symbolized all the desire of the giver to bring joy and happiness to loved ones in the family circle. So it is,• in a t,tray, with our' present-day Chelettas, There ate too many wrappings; many boxes wtihin boxes; Coloured labels plastered here. and there, together with too much noise anti Ostentation, But yet if we have patience; if as it Weed, We remove the papers one by one, eventually we come to the true. theaning. of Christmas. It is still there, just de it iii.Weye has beeti, but a little harder to find among all the tOhiteletelei wrappings. The same applies to greeting cards, in our anxiety' not to MISS' anyone who is likely to send, tie ti card, we rush out and buy "cards and stamps by the 'scare. We send cards to people We sults from a bad temper," she' says. "Violent fits of temper generate poisonous toxins within us which interfere with the cor- rect functioning of all our phy- sical faculties." Most people, when they are beginning to lose their temper, contract their chests and hunch their shoulders although they may not realize they are doing so, "If they squared their shoul- ders instead they would find it much more difficult to become bad-tempered," declared a Lon- don doctor. "This is why I have not lost my temper once during the last five years," he added. A Scottish woman who had occasional outbursts of temper claimed that she found the per- fect remedy for' them. "I just went out into my gar- den and sauntered around it for five minutes," she said. "No one can stay sore long in a garden." Scientists have tiled to invent cures for bad temper. One, Sir Lauder` Brunton, claimed to haVe found a drug that acted oh bad temper as quinine acts on a fever, All that a bad-tempered per- son had to do was to take the scientist's prescription to a drug- gist and, when he felt a fit of temper corning on, swallow the drug tabloid form. '? • wit .„ _ . WHAT MAKES HARRY FLOAT? like any tithe? tier, Harry the 'hate lolls on a eWitilenirig-poat raft HoltyWedd, With dark glee-tee dna, swim &oho, frunkt, yel, Harry ttittdet with Jerry Lewis' Iri "The Geisha 24-Cori-Of liTe,‘ itA,CK TO WORK Pal O'Laughlin, Trans World Airlines tiostfts in New York, is smiling as she adjusts• her hat befatei leaving for Idiewild Airport to board the first TWA flight eiricat the line Wet grounded by a mechanics strike that stopped open:diet:le otepl e tely an NbvertAier 24. Drive With Crae A continental pianist was en, gaged as accompanist to an erne, tour whose voice was always out of tune, At last the tithe nine when the Maestro threw up his hand* in despair, "Madam," he Said, gift tip dery chob. I play "der black notes, I play der white notes—and always you sing in der` cracks," •