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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-08-27, Page 6I warn you, however, net to * be so optimistic as to believe * his watching you throughout * an evening means he still * cares; he may be congratulat- * ing himself on having °seep- ed a girl with such a temper. * No matter what his response, * your mind will be relieved; * you have made the gracious * gesture and given him the op- * portunity to be as generous. * If he is not inclined that way, * it is his decision and you will * have to accept it as final. * You need not grovel in your letter, and certainly say noth- * ing of your hope that he will * want to "go steady" again. It * he still likes you, a hint that * the. door is open is all he *slinEeedics,Nos ;OU "Dear Anne Hirst: I will be 14 in December, and gm writing you about dating. My mother says I'm too young, but I know how to act and I'm sensible enough to date. I'm in the ninth grade and the boys I like are in the 10th; they're 15 and 16. "My mother approves of the boys, but still says I am just not .old enough to date. Please give me your opinion, CAROLYN" * 'Some 13. year-old girls are * as mature as if they were 15; * others still act as if they * were 11 and 12. No other * human being knowns you, as * a person, as well as your mo- * ther does. you does anyone * else want you to be as happy * —believe that, for it is true. * So, for a while yet you will * be smart to follow her coun- * sel, and without argument or * complaint. • When she f eels you are * ready to date, she will wel- * come these nice boys and en- * courage their coming. So next time they mention it, just say, "Maybe next year, and until then have fun with the group of girls you like. Let other youngsters make the mistakes they so often do (which embarrass boys they are with), and content your- self now with being, an obe• dient daughter. You may not., -believe it, but the boys will::, think you are worth waiting.' 4. for. * * * When problems arise, turn to Anne Hirst. For nearly 30, years she has been an understanding friend to this column's readers, and her sympathy and counsel will comfort you. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Just An Aneent Irish Custom. Dublin Horse Show has long been the most famous social event of the Irish season. This year 1,070 horses, including t).20 children's ponies, have been en- tered in the various campeti, t i on classes at BOWS Bridge. Everything is ready for the five days — from. Aug. 4 to 8 Mehl- sive — when, to the rear of the onlookers on the crowded stands, the horses will ride out to compete in the jumping events, The extraordinary variety Of the spectators — drawn from every part of the Republic of Ireland and abroad — adds to the attraction. Here are imma- culately dress e d gentlemen wearing gray toppers and car- rying new binoculars in shiny leather cases. Alongside are burly, red-fac- ed farmers with their tweed caps, the mud of the Irish fields sticking to their t h ick boots, carrying stout ashplants, and looking as if they had come to a country fair. Many of them regard the horse show as a su- perfair where they see the best horses and cattle. Visitors from Britain and far- ther afield, form another section of the onlookers, interested al- most as much in the-industrial display as in the horses or the cattle exhibits, There is always something for strangers to mar- vel at. During the war period I saw one Englishwoman gazing with rapt admiration at huge sides of bacon ranged in glis- tening rows. In England at that time bacon was strictly rationed- of course. "Are they real?" she whis- pered to her companion, unable in those days of scarcity to be- lieve her eyes. Today the unfamiliar still makes its appeal. Men and wo- men from the cities crowd into the narrow lane between the paddocks where the ponies put t h ei r velvety noses over the wooden d o ors to be stroked. The cattle stand or lie placidly among their heaps of straw. The din of the poultry section, The butter, cheese, fruit, ani flower exhibits, all draw their admirers. Yet countrymen and their wives can be seen crowding into the industrial section .ranged in four great halls and 'Overflow- ing to the machinery.. ,paddock, where horsepower instead of horses is the prevailing topic. These people' from the rural areas are as delighted with the gadgets of the city as the towns• people are with the thudding of the horses' hoofs as they strive for victory writes R. M. Fox 'in The Christian Science Monitor. This year five teams, from Denmark, Britain, Spain, Switz- erland and Ireland, are compet- ing in the international jump- ing — and more may enter. The grand parades will be headed each day by packs of hounds from famous hunts. The show grounds are ideal, for there is a long and rich tradition behind this event, The first Dublin Horse Show was held in 1868. And 'the Royal Dublin Society began with 14 men who met in the rooms of the Philosophical Society, Trini- ty College, Dublin, on June 25, 1731, to discuss the formation of a society for improving husban, dry, manufactures, and. other useful arts. Ever since, this society has been a great civic and cultural force, It established the Botanic Gardens, which now belong to the city, and was responsible for the first National Library. This was taken over by the govern- ment, but the society still has one of the most comprehensive libraries in Ireland. Its lectures and concerts a r e famous' for their distidction. The National Museum and the National Art Gallery owe their origin to the society, as does • the College of Science. Yet, in the Irish Republic, the society is popularly known 'only . in connection, With the horse show, When that is held, all roads lead to the - show. Buses, cars, cycles, and pedestrians stream to the grounds, where rows Of white-coated attendants supervise the clicking turnstiles. 'People 'crowd into the sdairy section to see the girls in sp6t- less Overalls comPete in 'thurfi- ing the golden iouttbr, Then they m. surge r 0 U. n d the industrial stands'. But the main •streant coin verges ori the jumping ground for the big ev'ent, 'Soon they roar their drieottedgerrieht to the riders, shod in triumph for the winner or sigh in, sympathy when a rider just fella to make a titrip., When the prize-winners Parade round the ring, th ey form part Of a historical pageant that reaches far bac in the life of the' nation, IS8VE g3 = 1959 A KISS FROM GRANDPA — Sir Winston Churchill kisses his newest grandson, Rupert Christopher, who is held by his mother, Mary Soames, during a christening ceremony in Lon- don. Mrs. Soames is Churchill's youngest daughter. At right is the baby's father, Capt. Christopher Soames. In foreground is another son, Jeremy Soames. FLYING STICKS Gene Kru pa (left) giVes Sal Mined a few' pointers on the drums between recording sessions at Columbia' Studio, Mine° to portray the farnOUS drUrtirrier in the '"Gen* Krupa Story': Quick-to-Sew Set PRINTED PATTERN 4720 SIZES 2-10 41-4H4. -44+4 SURF FROLIC L. Actor Steve Reeves bulges all over the place as he hoists German actress Christine Kaufmann in the surf et Ostia, Italy: Reeves, whose muscles won him ,the titles of "Mr. America," "Mr. World" and "Mr. Universe" in physical culture contests; put them to good use in the title role of the movie "Hercules." LIFE PRESERVER 1Happy floats , cork;l buOyed •U p. by a nOVet cottoi shirt;wbitti. .itiees'etv0K. Made for .Mdn i and childeohi .fro flares duioffittireally ,lef water., A 'e6pidedobie, chemtcOl..packet. does the'. job,, can' . Weettee.iii1661 toe'4S iiinUtes 14Pear Anne Hirstt I've known WS boy since I Was 14,. but '..anly about a year ago did we all in love, ...He asked Ole to • gq steady, But SPOrk. I broke up (ever some imagined slight), and I haven't heard from him sinee. Only long after that did I realize how much I cared for him, 0A1.1 this was three months, ago; but I believe he still loves s'n1e, Everywhere I go, to parties or dances or barbecues. he is there and lie watches 'me all evening, I think. he's afraid of being hurt again, and I expect it will be a long time before he asks.. me for a date, if ever. "How can I let him know that I would never, never be so unfair again, I went him to come back!. • JESSIE" HONEST CONFESSION * There is no better relief for. •4` a guilty conscience than an * honest confession; if it is not '0, Made, the offender harbour3 a ,fe...eling of guilt • which, is destructive. Where the heart is concerned, the need be- comes imperative. I 'hope you will ;not allow pride. to delay admitting how wrong yott were.. Write the lad a friendly letter apologizing for your bad temper, and ask him to forgive you. It's such fun to mix and switch all the pretty, button-on toppings that turn this princess sundress into three different fa- shions. Beginners' delight, - - no waist seams. Printed Pattern 4720: Chil- dren's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, See pattern for yardages. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate, Send. FORTY CENTS (40d) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plain- ly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Hot, dry weather still persists. I wonder when it will end. Walking on our lawn is like treading on crisp cornflakes. Greet% string beans are limp before I pick them. A remedy for that is to wash them in cold .water and leave for awhile in the crisper. Beets are growing exactly the opposite from last summer. Then they had healthy, leafy tops but small beets. This year the tops appear dry and ragged but the beets are sur- prisingly good. Tomatoes look as if they will develop stem- rot before they have a chance to ripen. T able turnips have thin, spindley roots but the puinpkin vines are growing well. So" are the scarlet runners ex- cept that the flowers drop without producing bean-pods. Could be there are not enough bees around,,to pollinate the blossoms. So that's our garden. A lot of work went into it but I doubt if we get five dollars 'worth of produce from it. But I guess we shall in time develop -a "next year" spirit like the 'prairie farmers: Put in garden year after year and hope for the best. Plant a garden and you MAY get a ,crop 'of vege- tables. If you don't plant one, you certainly won't. By a n d large, the odds are about even. This week-end Art went up to the cottage and Partner went along with him z— more :for company than anything else as Art had not been feeling well. So I have had the week-end to myself — sitting out, the heat. The same applies to Taffy and Ditto — they were not too ac- tive either. Under normal con- ditions have you ever noticed how animals establish their own ‘living habits — given an oppor- tunity. Taffy, f o r instance, wants a run before breakfast. After breakfast another run- outside — but for a very dif- ferent — purpose. Then he is ready for anything — to play ball, chase birds or just plain running. After one o'clock he' is ready for two or three hours sleep. Following, supper a pro- longed run outside is very ne-, cessary: After dark he looks for a genie of ball in the house or to play hide and seek with the cat if she's around. One More trip outside and he's ready for .f ;bad a bed he Otiose for himself when we first got hiM. That is; a braided mat at the tbt5 of 'the - basement stair s. • Slightly ehowed now but still 'quite Serviceable: Ditto's habits differ greatly hi one respect. After dark she wants to stay out. It is good hunting then— for things that creep, crawl or fly, She doesn't deign to consort With other' cats, -'She often leads the a inert/ chase before coining in -foe the night. We like both animals the basement at night, then We' know they are safe, net get- ting' into Mischief, On someone else's property or jumping out of ditches into the path of fast &dying carp, To a great extent we feel the life of domestic pets depends• upon their owners. Now it's Monday. Partner got home last night about midnight after an enjoyable week-end at the cottage. That is, between showers I Yes, it actually rain- ed up Peterborough way — heavy rain at night and show- ers during 'both days. Partner could hardly believe it when I told him all we had had was a fifteen-minute shower. By all accounts Dee and the boys have ,been having a good time on their own — except they all have a dose of ppison ivy and a variety of insect bites. Part- ner said it was almost as hot there as it is h e r e. But of course they have the lake and a shallow shore-line. For a mo- ther with small children • that means a lot. What means even more is getting the boys away from the neighbourhood gang. Of course, when they are at home they, too, are part of the gang, and you know how it is, what one doesn't think of an- other one The wear and tear on the mothers' nerves must be terrific. It is something I know little about from actu- al experience. That is, except for on'OSyesk's "holiday" in TorontoAvhen Dee was seven and Bob7frPtit. It 'was a quiet street !....eye--we were staying and th,e.,,-:ghildren played in the garden when I was' getting up each day. At least they were supposed to. One morning I looked out, saw them' on the sidewalk, using a wooden box as a sleigh• — Bob riding, Dee pushing, The box had been bor- rowed from someone's garbage-- farther down the street. That same day' I secretly' put in a, long distance call to Partner suggesting that he write saying he would be glad to have us home again as he was awfully Summer Afternoon Henry James thought that the two most beautiful words in the English language were "summer afternoon," And summer after- noons b e c o rn.e progressive'y more beautiful in the afternoon of Sttrnmer, As August arrives. we knew that the season has passed its high *noon. The morniog's• plea- sant chines are over The re- mainder of the midday meal is Cleared away from• the table whereon sunlight and shadow laid a damask of leaf pattern, This magic cloth, will disap- pear of its own accord by the time the dishes are dried, And if we pull our chairs up to the table again later, its top will wait, uncluttered by design and smooth of prejudice, for books, papers, or even a little radio, June, if we believe Lowell, has rarer days. They are pi- quant with promise. But they lack, for that very reason, the poignancy of midsummer hours ' bounded by the inexorable di- mensions of "nownese—boun- daries dismissing' past as mere preparation and future as irrele- vant. In the afternoon of summer there comes some m omen t strangely close to fulfillment — some sense of welcome inevita- bility. This is apart from all the rest of the, year's experience. It does not depend on what good or what bad we may suppose has marked some other seaso.m. A flight of birds wheels round in a brazen sky, -their wings catching and shedding the sun., light and making the mass seem like a shimmering cloud borne on a veering wind, The ,rough bark of the bole of an oak ap- pears as a vast valley system through which busy insects has- ten their caravans. So one touch of sudden unex- plained contentment makes the whole jumble of human calcula- busy at the barn. Two days later we were back to the wide open spaces of the farm—with the children tearing around, as if they had been let out of prison. I don't think our friends were sorry to see us go although they said it was too bad—they thought I needed a rest. I did —and I had it — after I got home. I think the farm is the best place to raise a family. sloths, misgivings, possihilities„ merely the overwrought and im- pertinent frame for "Summer Afternoon"----Prom 'rue Christian, Science Monitor, Happy Headlines Gy raWtei Wittai Flatttery goes right to your head with these veil "halos." They keep your hair-do perfect. Alluring for days or dates, the year round. SIX veil caps -- each costs about a dollar. to make. Trim is velvet petals, flowers, ribbon. Pattern 632: directions. 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 Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your' NAME and ADDRESS. Send for a Copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It has lovely designs to order: em- broidery, crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting, toys. In the book, a special surprise to make a little girl happy — a cut-out doll, clothes to colour." Send 25 cents for this book. ANNE 14IRST 7,fouh, -Famay cate4,24tecrt. Cattle Rustlers 'Getting Sneaky Warning to Western druggists and drug supply salesmen. That slow-spoken hombre ask- ing about tranquilizing drugs may be wanted by the •sheriff. According to a dispatch from Montana, rustlers are using tranquilizing means to slow critters down and make them happy -about being rustled, It takes the. moo and the kick out of the beast, and he can then, be easily scuttled into a truck and off the home place. This is a pretty sneaky low the range varmints have sunk, to. It used to be that a rustler at least gave the owner some- thing of a fair shake in,-that he had a chance to notice some commotion and perhaps hear his gold-on-the-hoof being removed. If this is what modern science is accomplishing, there'll oe some does and druggists on the run. — Denver Post. S r. r.