The Brussels Post, 1959-09-24, Page 64R ST
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Posyrilooquet Set
!'Deer Anne Hirst; We've been
married twor years, and I am sick
a and tired of the way we live,
My hesbehd. hadea,,gdod'Ible bait
he. Seen lost it, and since, then
he's only worked part-time. He
doesn't make enough to live on;
We have used up our savings,
end we ewe money (and I hate
debt) but, he doesn't show any
gumption. I've only had one new
tress eiriCe we married, and my
eld ones are falling apart; his
slothes are a disgrace.
'The place we live in has no
veneenienceS, but I de my best
';o keep it and myself neat, I am
,tot well enough to hold a job;
lust doing housework and cook-
'ng exhausts me, I want a nice
lame and better living, I like to
lance and play cards, see my
friends and have them in. He
doesn't ,eniey people, he only
wanes a place to eat and sleep,
Saturdays he takes me to the
grocery store, and that's all! We
eaven't even anything left to talk
about, and if I discuss the future
(or the present) Le just shuts up.
"Before we married he was
wonderful company; we had
good times, and I never dreamed
they wouldn't last , . . I let him
have his way• in everything, but
he is cranky and hard to please.
I've begged him to change, I've
even cried, but he is too stub-
born. Have you any i deas?
I am so- DISCOURAGED"
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Send order to ANNE ADAMS,
Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New
Toronto, Ont.
* Yeti are disappointed in your
marriage. Your husband has lest
* the glamor you once saw in
'foe /on* hold him- res,
**POnsible for yo* dloontent.
• HOW do you suppose be can
* keep on trying in the face of so
• many disappointments if he
e feels your dissatisfaction? He
* must find new faith in himself,
and teal. 'faith must conic from
• you.
• Put aside your own feelings,
* and attack the job ahead. Praise
* your husband for his efforts to
• find work and, when he fails,
* remind him that tomorrow will
• be different, Other brides have
• known hard times, bet they
* didn't sit down and cry for
* the happier yesterdays; they
e painted a smile on their lips
• and in their voice, they corn-
* forted their husbands when
• they came home empty-handed,
• and they so inspired their men
* that they "spit on their hands
" and took a fresh holt on the
* rope."
• Your husband needs you as
• he never needed you before.
• Let him see that you stand
* shoulder to - shoulder, sh a r-
• n g his bad luck as you
* shared better days, and that
• your faith in him is renewed
* every morning, If he is to do
• his best in these dark times,
• he needs his spirit refreshed
* and his confidence restored.
• Don't let a single day pass
• without showing your af-
• fection (in words, too) and
• send him off with wings on
• his feet and a heart that you
have filled with fresh courage.
* When a man knows his wife
• believes in him, miracles can
• happen. ' TIME ON MY HANDS - The • • • ring's the thing for telling time MARRIAGE DISAPPOINTS
"Dear Anne..Hirst; We've not as evidenced by*this new idea
in male fashion. Insignia rings been married six months; and
my husband is, I'm afraid, just engineered to carry quality
plain selfish. He never takes me watches were displayed in,
anywhere unless I beg him to: Geneva, Switzerland.
we used to dance once a week
regularly and I've asked him to
keep that up, but he won't. He Worth Twice Their goes alone, however, whenever
he feels like it.
"Whey- friends ask him about
me artIwonder why.I'm not with ,1
hienreem ashamed to tell theni. ,
He 'etc:Uses himself by saying lee
doeileeeewant any other man to •„
lookTat -me! I don't see how' I
can live like this much longer. I
think I'M going to have a baby,
and if that is true I shan't be
able to go anywhere.
"I have had many hints, from
your column, and thank you for
them now. Please tell we what
to do. EDITH"
• Your husband is being plain
* selfish in not taking you out.
• He 'knows you love dancing
• and people, and he hides you
• as though he were ashamed to
• be seen with you. That isn't
• fair, nor is it kind.
• The happiest marriages are
• between two people, who are
• so thoughtful of each other
• that they plan the other's hap-
• pines ahead, and 'find their
• own joy in• giving such plea-
•• stare. Your husband is; robbing,
• himself as well as you _"and, if
• he will practice the above idea,
• he will soon find how well it
• pays off. These are the days
• he should indulge you, while
• you are able to get about. Ask
• hint to read this today, and
• think about it. 5 5
II misfortune'hu attacked your
marriage, stand, by' your man. He
'depends on you now as he never
did before, and he looks to you
for comfort and hope . . Anne
Hirst stands ready to cheer you
on. Write her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., 'New Toronto.
g. just What is the Coned,
waY to eat an olive? DoeS
put the witOte olive into the
IltOlitti orice j or does one take
only small bites Mit of it while
holding it hi the fingers?
A, A very sniall stuffed Oliee
May be pet inte the month
whole: A larger sniffed One
seietild be eaten iti teeite
A plain oliee is held in the
firigete and Pletee bitten Off
ekotiiiti the btehe.
It,. must have been "the heat
. . . whae else weuld make me
do what,I,.did? My usual invi-
tation came along from the
C.N.E. lor Press and Radio
Day.' Too hot to'16,-,I thought.
And then —but it won't be any
hotter there than here. So I
took* the; mid-morning bus, pres-
ented my pass at the gates. 'The
man took jt, Idoked. at it, looked
at me and then -;, "Lady," -he
said, "this-isn't any good to you
today - you should--:haye come
yesterdayrt• 'He' wee- reght , -
there it 'Was in the top -right,
hand `corner etThursdaye August
27'.'Why hadn't I ,noticed?,•Well,
emtil thie year Frees bay had
always been oe a Fridae so I.
'just 'jumped to conclusions. Rs,-
sides that the invitation card
was woeded differently - a elif-
feeence that probably saved the
managemeet quite a lot of
money. The cards applied to any
,day - after the blanks had been
filled in by , hand with the name
aed date .foe their presentation.
Well, I thought, I'm here so I
mak es well make ,the most of
my 'day.
My first trip was te see the
flotilla of destroyers lying et
anchor in the bay. They were
elightly shrotided in mist whicn
somehow added- to their at-
tractiveness • -; „grey geiests on
the water. There ii scimething.
abOut ships at sea - or boats
en the ' bay that stirs , the
emotional imagination. I ean't
describe it it Ise 'something
yeti steel ,-- or. yoe . don'e'efeel.
They are so many' ehings aus.'
tere, protectiee ahd .magnifl-
cent. Maybe my- feelings go
• hack to _early' ceildhood, when it'
+Ras, Mestilled into ue thate Brit-
ain was "mistress of the seas"
and we sang "Rule. Briteania"
with pride and ,aesurance Be
that as it may the boats had
more faecination for me than
the planes and nuclear Weapons
that were on display:
Preseetly I left the weter-
front in tearch of a place' to
eat, - cool and not too crowd-
ed. At the Exhibition : . what
a hope! You reight.be ,sutprisecle
ae .I was. I found e new. plaee
in the Manufacturers' Btilldieg.
Aireconditioned, good food, good
sereice, oveelooking the lake and
not too erowded -- probably be-
cause Meal-hunting folk haVe
not yet discovered its where-
abouts. I thought it was quite a
find arid came out rested arid re-
ereshed, ready to visit the ex-
hibits in the Queen Elizabeth.
Building. But there Illy enthu-
siasm mei gave otit ,arid I head-
ed 'for the Fashioe ,Shdee. where
it Was Cool, comfortable ane
„Tineteking tio chances, netts
iiihersjet rstethoicepe flay'
easy on the feet. There was one
delightful little mu-ober that I
thoroughly enjoyed — a Jap-
anese children's teaparty. The. '
iiehtieg, costumes and charac-`
terization were delightful. Then
came the tea where I ,met several
people k knew. (I had had my
card chenged at the executive
office). '
My next trip was to the Elec.
trice): Building and the Motor
Show - by Aueo-traih. I waet-
ed to see what Was new in cars
and radios. We don't want .to
trade eneour present car but, you
never know .. . We Ilketo shOP
aroupd aeyway, jest case. By
that time I waS• 'ready to call
it a day ,end took a cab over to'
Dee's place as Arthur had prom-•
ised to run me home. Ten mM-
utes. later a terrine storm blew
up. Rain' pelted down so fast
the gutters couldn't take it. I
sat ,on the veranda watching.
Presently aleng the street Came
two little girls, about five end
three years old, runeing, soaked
through, aed bawling to high
heaven. I , knew they lived two
doors up so I made no attempt
to rescue them.,After the worst
Of the storm was 'over I thought
I had better let Partner know ,
I was sitting ' high and dey.
"Thought ' you might like ' to'
know I wasn't caught "in that-
rain," I said to him on the'phong.
qtain -,..What 'rain?" Says he.
"Don3 tell,,ine it .hasn't been
raining there," -.I aid:aimed. ,
"Just , a few drops,ehothing,•ton
speak ote
I could efiardly. believe ite But:
that, Of courseelta.er been , the
weather .pateetrr foe most:of. this •
summer:
And eit le still hot and hor-
ribly .huMideDee and family ate
still lit the cottage' end' bating
the thought' or coining hOme.
But nexe Week ,they.ey ill, have:to.
. . school-Iiine for DaVid. The
English lady :we had sleeping
here for' feur monthT, is now, rin
the Atlantic, heading „for, home,
Friday night, while driving Me
home, 'Art stopped at Dixie
shopPing centre ' to get a' few
supplies ` and I went into the
grocery store ' with him. HoW
,people go through that ordeal
week after, Week never
letiteVe Threehing your Wey
thiongh the aisles, dodging shop.:,
., ping carts fore, aft and sidtways;,
'peeking' up stuff yeti. had no
thoeght of htiying, 4- and fOr
gettittg thinge you' should .liaVe,
botight. Then making' a quiek
servey of the cesh desks - look-
ing for the shortest line-up and
the leeteloadeci darts, But there's.,
a queue evetyWheke, and
the double-deck cakts ,ate leaded
to. the limit. AfterabOut tiVen.p?
minuteS you cash In - and I,
et least, Caine evoAy thankfui I ,
tee Weep' in the daytime. I -gut'
it down aS brie of the" compen=
•tatiotis of tetieditient,
ilNiStiit ISTithitt
Mahism Agernyi Of betroit;
geed thaSe td the thief Whe hed
Stolen his coat front a peg in."111S
hetet btit failed te catch hint,
Returning tO his hotel the
,eirapeletor wee torieidetably. eris
fieyeel to disboede ehat, , &fling
ereitleee elided, a seeped
thief had kinfitied the tilt of. $99.
ISSUE 39
Famous Belli
And Theht Stories
When PrinCess gargaret
ed Moyd's of Londee, centre oe
tit e worid's insurance market,
,recently, the famous Lutine
was sPunded• The bell' was
struck twice the signal for
good neWa. A single stroke
means bad neW,s,
in a
/geld 0_ Cell P. in the
vast lJnderwriting Xtoorn,
dates back Moee than 150 years
- when the frigate Ltitine wap
sent by the A.dmiraity with a
eargo of .gold and coin worth
half a million pounds to Hama
burg, to preeide funds for the
„British merchants trading there
during the, war against Holland,
The Lutine went to the bot-
tom in a gale off the, island of
Vlieland, and all hands were
lost.
This .teeesure ship, insured by
Lloyd'e, attracted many search-
ers, ier her gold. Some of it
was broeght up, also the ship's
eucteler Veleleh, was made into
a tabje .and chair for Lloyd's
librarY"'-- arid the -bell,
The recovered gold was cog-
verted into a fund and, years
later, 'most of it was used to
build signal Atations for the ra-
pid dispatch of shioping news
- long since made obsolete by
radio ahd other modern inven-
noes.
There, .are other bells which
have played' a big part in his-
tory, bells which have had spe-
cific %uses. ,''Pancake Bell" was
regularly rung on Shrove Tues-
d a y, w h e t he "Harvest,"
"Seeding" or "Gleaning 'Bell"
needs , no g-xplanation, The
"Oven Bell" was sounded for
bread,- making fo start in the
, manors, ,end the "Merket Bell"
for 'telling to ..begin.
The "Passieg Bell" is eften
collet:teed' Vitheehe luneral
The former was tolled when
someone was, dying, and °vies,
its, origin to a very ,ancienecees-
tom. The Athenians used to beat
on beezen dtettles.at-the moment
of death to spare away Pre
Furies apd invoke 'a prayer -for
the safe passage of the goul ,to
paradise.
,Once, at least, the chiming of
a has 'laved a man's life.
In the reign- of William III a
.sentrY •at -Windsor Castle was
accused: of falling asleep at mid-
'night..
If he had been proved guilty
he would ',most likely have, been
shot; but he. Was. able to prove
conclusively that „he ewas 'wide
awalce and heard "Geeat Tom"
of Westminster strike thirteen!,
They didn't, belieVe his seeni-
ingly fanteetie itorY ,at first. Bet
,give the benefit :of the
doubt, an inquiry was ordered
and et was found that the' man
.was 'eelling the truth.
The mechanism of Great Torn '
.had gene wroeg that night :arid
it really. had sounded thirteen
strokes
Great Tom dated back to the
reign of fEeseard I and evase hung
in,;Westiniristei. Hall, init Wil-
liarn III, afterwards' presented
the '.old,!bell AO ,,eS Cathe-
ecleaee' ehottebi haienot been -
'heard - sexitepte
.fl on_einpettant siste-',:i/ca.Slcfn._.
the* Norrnin -TMverc.: of 'r
,Escetfrathedialltherels,4.1-4.f:
cwt. helr4nTiedltfGreatAleter,"
strikes, Ithei'' hoUrs -.for a
tinigne',istraiiiiti4a1 "chick, one
of , the ,onlY fonr •still'egisting
tritain,.`„It shotvs the Phases:
with ,,the hours of 'the
: day,;:and, bears -an 'inscription .1n-
Latin, tneaning: "They pass by
and are reckoned he our ae,
count,'"
William the conciueror found
egod uee eor belle When he
introduced his curfew, which
rang at sunset, ostensibly mean,
iog "cover fire" on aecceent of
the danger to the wOodee houses
of those days, but actually to
keel) the people in their homo
and Prevent Plotters meeting at
aight;"
'The eurfeW ringriiii rhitnyw.
places, .one of which is Newport,
capital of the Isle of Wight,
when the bell of St Thomas's
Church (burial place of Charles
I's daughter Elizabeth) soundt
by special privilege.
BUSY, BUZZY, MUZZY
A housewife in Turin, Italy,
was vexed with the persistent
buzzing of a bee which had fol-
lowed her into the house from
the garden.
Despite numerous attempts to
shoo the ineect out through the
door she failed to evict the un-
wanted visitor, The buzzing ie-
creased in volume and by now
.the scared woman snatched a
hammer 'from the hand of her
husband and made a vicious
swipe at the bee. She missee the
bee but 'dazed her husband with
a blow on the head.
Roses, tulips„parisies and but-
qeeely-in-flight! See how mesh
backgroued, accents design. ,
Flowers for a hostess lovely
.design for chair andpiatiffet set,
scarf ends. Pattern 578: charts, -
direetions 12% e 16-inch chair
back armrest x 121/2 in. No. 50.
Send 'THIRTY.FIVE CENTS
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TERN 141,11tIRER,: your NAME
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'coPy of 1950 Laurd
'Wheelrey BOok. It
a'eleVelkilesigrOo,order: ern-
ii"elh et; ;knitting,
e•weaverige' ciuslting; toys. in 'the
'book, a speeial serpeise ,to make
a"little happe,' a 'cut-out
' to".Colour; Send '25
eent.“for this book.'
Weight In Gold -
Little animals whose. silky,
„ dense fur was once used tol, fa-
'shion robes for Inca royalty in
South America are rocketing ,to,
popularity ie many pareeeof the
world.'
They are chinchillas, whose
natural home is in the sunny
altitudes of the Andes, where,
they live at an 'elevetion of
nearly 10,090 ft. There's b. world
b o Om in their precious fur,
which is so light that a square
yard of chinchilla fabric weighs
no more than a square yard of
rayon..
'Chinchilla pelts were first im-
ported front Chile early last,
century. Today the breeding al
Chinchillas in many. "plades is'
,bpoming on a greater scale than
ever befere
The demand, for chinchilla fur,
becatise of its remarkable light-
ness and - fine quality, is-comine
not oply from furriers but ftern
,exclusiveedeese and hat design-
.ers as well. There is a World
market ior millions of thinchil-
la pelts.
Because of their. value chin-
chillas were once nearly trap-
'ped out of existence. Beceuse
of the height it which tire liv-
,ed, many ef the traPPers thein-
selves perished - victims a,. the
eetreme cold..
Forty years ago chinchillas
were just about the rarest ani-
mate irt the world. The" goveree
ment of Chile had already pass,
ed strict laws forbidding the
export, dead or alive, of these
almoet extinct creatures whieh
look a cross between a squirrel
ahd a bush baby.
So -serious, else, became the
problem et the disappearance' of
cbinchillas from Pent, Ecuador
and Bolivia that the govern-
ments there prohibited export
and trapping on pain ithe lose
of a hand foe the first . offence
and death for the secoeci, The
eeport bY sea and air of chin-
Chillas hed at ond time reached
400,000 pelts.
Today the t in y hut highly
prized ,ehinehillas are being
bred large nembers ori
Terms in mariy parts of Artierice,
It was reckoned irt 1989, When
the neatket price for every
bteeding pair sold was between
$2506 arid $300, that the tine
ehiniale were Werth abdut tWiee
their Weight in gold,
FASHIONS FOR THE BLIND Sightless` Barbara 'Card modeli
dress at a fail-lion show for the blirid, Aridther blind member a the: audience, Miss Ethel Miller touches her clothing as shoW
director Richard Blackwell ;Stands by, Chain in model's hdricl
leads to her seeing-eye doe:
t'tetlet tt
EAST MEETS WEST - AND LIKES HER -Relaxing on the floor in Oriental fashion, Elsie Richter,
studies the script sent,to herby a Japanese film studio in Tokyo. Although she speaks only
a little. Japanese, the. 24-year,old,. Chicage-born actress is' on the' way ,to becoming a
favorite of film-goers in Nippin,
. ,
:SHE DANCED ALL NIGHt -:L""Deitleirig bottle" f Oro gei MO,: right,
Called a holt fa her MUCh publicized back-yord,: doncino.
,Bikini sUit, clitirnin6 .1he hat fOUtiel a Career in thoW butinett.
The .33,yeen:-Old, MatlieVi Of . three cite* a •ItiVitOrtininling ctaWci
of li200 tO watch her dcinte :perfortnantit brie eVerting. She.
Wat-asSisted by:her Mother; Mra, Meir9-06MCirtov bOttle't
tire .d.!... her hubeind Any anyway, Ihe's dof a Couple of
odod, Offers horn' Novi York'reitaUtanls,,
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