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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-04-14, Page 2Sew-Easy Trio PRINTED. PATTERN, 4946 SIZES 10-16 GETTING A BOOT OUT OF IT? — Two kittens show off at the home of 'Luella Lane in Jamaica, N,Y. The Fairy Well In the Highlands. The 'Petry Well belongs : to the fairy Glen. In the High ,ands of Scotland a teey., tulles- from the small Own of Creeparty, birth- -place of Hugh Millar, the Pipette. Scottish author and geologist, To reach the welheyote turn off the busy Main road that goeS to Cro, ntarty and enter g „thick woadt of neeelst beecheet and birches. Ivy and. honeyenekle festoon the trees and the labyrinth of green is pleasantly cool on. a hot summer day, The rutty, moss- grown track feels easy to tread even while it winds uphill For almost a mile, And every sound in the Glen is sweetly muted. The "whirr" of a pigeon in flight and the soft "peeing' as the bird settles into the nest. The gentle gurgle .of a burn almost hidden by ferns. Even the chetter of magpies building, in sand cliffs on the edge of the wood is softly subdued. The last twist of the path re- veals a woodland garden of white and pink 'fox-gloves, tall and erect, looking like fairy canettee amoeg the ferns and. green, bracken. And there a waterfall issues from a rock high above the flowers, sending tiny cascades of foam onto the fox- gloves. This is the water that feeds .the .Fairy Well nearby. It is made to look as lovely as its surroundings, composed of thiningewhite pebbles over which the spring water glistens like crystal; ice-cold water that has the quality of an elixir. You can - go down on your knees to drink, Decorator's Love ‘,/ wituilim. Embroider, this dainty Victo- rian bouquet to use as a picture, pillow-top or chair seat. Swift, ,easy 8-to-inch cross- stitch. Pink-to-red, yellow to gold roses, or a- favorite color scheme, tPattren 989: transfer 10 x 14-inches; color chart. Send THIRTY-EWE 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. New! New! New! Our 1960 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book is ready NOW! Crammed with exciting, unusual, popular de- signs to'' crochet, knit, sew, em- broider, quilt, weave—fashions, home furnishings, toys, gifts, bazaar hits. In the book FREE — 3 quilt patterns. Hurry; send 25 cents for your copy. HAVING A BALL d:Ai-Are Henry tited li t is the centre 'ushers at -her laVisti -delotit guests offended the ball di **IAA into the, orYstal depths, listening for one moment to the odrip,dre of water falling into the well, It is a high, fluting sound, and never quite on the same note, fascinating and eoeth- ing. And every ""drip" makes 14 own peculiar pettern ever the surface of well water. How good that water tastes, Scooped in thelitelloef of a sun, burped handl And how refresh- ing it feels, spilled over neck and arms before the long jour- ney home with a brimming Pail. As one well after another dried up during the amazing British summer of 1959, many people in the Highlands had to carry wa- ter from far-off places in the hills, For much of the tap water introduced to isolated parts with- in the past decade still depends for its source on the wells that are fed from springs issuing ,frorn the mountains, Aunt Jessy never allowed more than one pail of Water to be taken from the Fairy Well each day; she considered it her just portion, Often during my stay with her she entertained me with tales of famous wells familiar to her youth, when wells sup- plied all the available drinking water The Fairy Well was always different, since it was long con- sidered a private well. The man who made it was jealous of any- one who trespassed on his prop- erty and polluted the water. But those who succeeded him were different; they decided to make their Fairy Well part of the Glen and free to everyone in need of water. Like all reputable wells in the north' of Scotland it is steeped in legend and folklore. Aunt Jessy vows that if anyone is dar- ing enough to fetch water from the Fairy Well at midnight, the wee folk will pursue him be- cause they have been disturbed in their ploys among the fox- gloves. From the flowers they fashion their elfin gloves; hence the name of the plant. And the particular foxgloves that make a garden round the Fairy Well are reputedly finer and larger blooms than anywhere else. When I asked who was res- ponsible for the perfect condi- tion of the well in the Glen, Aunt Jessy informed me that people in the neighborhood took turns emptying and scrubbing it clean once a year. The tin mug fastened to a tree close to the well is in constant use, for one legend insists that the water is a magical potion, invigorating and beautifying those who drink it. — By Marion Henderson in the Christian Science Monitor. Million Wives Support Husbands "Trend of the, Times" is "viewed with alarm" by some folks who stop to think — our economic loss in the steel strike, the copper strike and accom- panying layoffs. But here's a fellow who has another angle on modern-day living. This was for- warded to us by one of our readers, "When Columbus discovered America, it was inhabited by men who hunted and fished all day while the women did the work. They paid no taxes. They had no national debt. They were. savages. "It took us 467 years to get so civilized that some men now chart their course of life on lines of lounge-itude and lass-itude. A government guarantee on pur- suit of happiness isn't enough. They want it to run interference, too. "Maybe we're going back to the. Indian system. Reports show that a million wives now sup- port their husbands. And one man's excuse for not paying a bill was, 'My wife lost her job and this left me as my sole means of support." —Golden (Colo.) Transcript. if You're Too Plumpl, How fat 4 a 200-Pound Nclolnan't It all depends, said Prof, Char- lette Young of Cornell Univers- ity. If the woman is only 5 feet 6 inches tall, she's Probably 45 'per cent fat. Such weighty problems as this are, routine to professor Young, in her searele for a More accurate way of measuring dangerous sur- plus fat than the weight-height tables used by insurance com- panies. "We worship the scale in 'this country," said Professor Young. °But as far back as 1941 Capt. Albert Behnke of the Na- val Medical Corps tried weigh- ing men under water to find their actual fat content. He found that top athletes who were being turned down for 'over- weight' were heavy because of muscle, not fat," Weighing an individual under water is still the only really ac- curate way of discovering his fat content — but obviously, it isn't, a method that can be used in the doctor's office. Professor Young, is now trying to concoct a simple mathematical equation which would allow a doctor to use skeleton and skin-fold meas- urements (pinches of loose, fat- ty skin over the ribs, for ex- ample) instead of dunking his patient in water. Professor Young's first step to. ward this equation is a study of 100 young Cornell women, weighing from 98 to 170 pounds. For the past twelve months,, she has X-rayed their bodies; meas- ured the circumference of wrists, ankles, waists, shoulder's, and hips; and, with special' calipers, has measured skin folds all over the body. After all this, each girl is seated in a steel-tube frame chair suspended from a scale and lowered into an 8-foot tank filled with warm (98' de- grees) water. Last month Professor Young disclosed some preliminary find- ings. The average girl, she said, weighs only about 2 or 3 pounds under water (as every swimmer knows, fat is slightly lighter than water but muscle is slightly heavier) and she is about 20 to 30 per cent fat. She has about 10 per cent, more fat than does the average young man. —From NEWSWEEK. BOTHERED — Edgar Lee Cox, 17, ponders his fate in Redondo Beach, Calif.; police headquar- ters.• He is charged with killing his mother and wounding. his step-father with a skin diving knife because they made him study four hours a day. "Now maybe they won't bothet Cox said. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. ShOuld the napkin be used for removing some narticle of food from the Mouth, such :as a Bone' or inedible portion of meat?, A., Never. This is done with the fingers and then, of course, the napkin, is used for Wiping' those fingers. Q. Is it proper for a woman to Shake bands' 'with another Wo- men when being' introduced? A, This is optional. But many women today are thowing their sincere pleasure over e meeting by offering their hands to other women. Q. Should fish bones' and fruit pit§ be removed from the Mouth with the tiniets A. Fish bones Are „terileeted' from the. Month' with the thumb and :forefinger , Pita should "dried" as much ;a1 possible in the iiietith t then dropped letetitie ettienettelet into the copped hand, and from, there onto the :Plate. Is it proper for a di*, Oircee to tOOtithatie using her et, titieband's name? A. She het a right to do So 11: the wishes. The custom 'rides' is for a divorced woman to use her' Maiden and her triarridd nettle in etterilifitation. If her original' bathe' WAS Eitiebeth Preston, and her married Pante was Carlson, bederriee Mrs. Eliiebeth Preetehe dSilsoit Our television had been acting a little queerly for some weeks; sometimes it was all right, some- times it wasn't. Finally we sent for a repair man. He came the next morning; put in one new tube, adjusted the picture — it had been a little off centre — screwed the back on again, closed his kit and said — "I think it will be all right now. That will be $7.75—$4.25 for the tube, $3.50 for the call." And do you know we didin't grumble — even though the job had taken only fifteen minutes. We knew the. man to be honest, reliable and good at his job. His time, plus gas, was worth something and the tube was standard price. After all a television set is an expensive piece of equipment. At least it seems so when repairs are necessary — but, just like a car, if you can't afford necessary repairs then you can't 'afford to keep one at all. Certainly the best.guarantee against trouble is to have a good repair man and stay with him, for both car and television. But, oh dear, how easily one can lose faith when things go wrong. A few night after our TV was fixed the picture was so snowy we couldn't watch it. That didn't edit Partner , . . not with wrestling in full swing! "Now, What's the' matter with the . . thing/ new? WhaVe the good of a televieton,set if it goes• out of commasfon ttjust when- you want it most?" I didn't bother te.an- ewer — just went on getting supper. But suddenly I. noticed 4he lights were- sort of dim arid the stove elements not.ashot as they should be. Then we knew the answer — poWer lines 'over- loaded. During supper ;theee .was a click, lights went up and the picture came in on the Ty screen as clear as ',,bell, We just won- dered how many calls went into the hydro office arid the`repair shop. Can a dog think or reason? That qUestiori has been asked scores of times and I don't• think anyone has ever come up with•a conclusive answer. Taff-3i has us Wondering all over again Sett- eralchildren cross Mir lot as a short-dtit on their way to and from scheol. They all make a fuss 'of Taffy arid he makes a fuss of them. He is often outside in his kennel when they go by in the morning but generally in. the house when they go Mine in the afternoon, Round about three ealoek he starts getting 'restless 'Wow; dear, We can take, up what you,: iiitetiltdit int Noel Yeer'd tee," — runs back and forth, from the glassed-in front porch to a chair in the living-room from whence he can see out of the window. Back and forth, ,back and forth he goes, sort ofewhimpering, his ears straight up and his sturdy little body quivering with ex- citement. Eventually the chil- dren come by, talk to him through 'the window and he is satisfied, After that he settled down quietly. But if ;they forget and pass •without speaking he"is a very worried' little dog. Then comes -Saturday. and Sunday -and. he never looks for them at all. Hew does he tknow? Holidays, of course, get .him something con- fused. Weekdays' he still looks for them but after a few days gives up hope. Another little incident has me puzzled. One • evening a little neighbour girl came in while her parents were out to a meeting. She is rather an unpredictable child, not particulatly friendly-to animals, except her own kitten. She sat on the chesterfield read- ing aloted. Taffy ,set close, beside me — watching. Presently he started sidling over towards her, obviously uncertain, stopping every few inches, „Waiting for en, couragement. He didn;t get it — the child just watched him and finally Taffy' came back and eat by me again.: Was there some., antipathy beteeeen them,: — .thee girl and the dog.? Had the child at some -time teased him when he was, tied up and' did' he re- member? Otherwise what made Taffy:so dietruetful — so differ,' ent from Dittci Who.jurriped Tight on tee-the. child's lap and. was, purring., quite happily. eWho ca fat hom the instincts* of animals? 'Speaking now of 'children -I saw the Cutest thing, when I was Christmas shopping' 'in' Toronto — forgot to' tell you before., Along the sidewalk by Strimeon'e came about twenty children, two by two and.holding,herids, none of them More than. three or • years old, shepherded by two youngish ;girls, in their twenties, I would say. And did they jolter Worrted! Evidently= it. 'Was ti kin- dergarten group, out to gee Santa Claus: bet those girls :were elect when the . expedition was over. For the. chilcieen it, would mean ,a lot, ptohablY giving their; their first conscious recolleetiori of dliristrnas festivities. Incidentally that same day I Was Seen tired of elicioping anal Went to a "Petgy, and Hess" Mat- inee. geed musie,,Wonderful act- hig but some' of the charectere portrayed Were rotten to the point. Of apoiliiig Ones enjoyment. Of the •pidttite, 4.;:iithat in peeper way lot Ito* When greeting: editibone? A. His boW should be a slight bending forward tenni the-Weiit With. feet together, but not tee Pleiticiunced t net. etiff; and With, , out any heel-clicking. mariy Mannered hien automatically bow slightly itS they. -shake hands, Men alWaVs rise (or' flee Ate a restaurant tablet beg fore House Values Climb Way Up If you own a house in the 'United States, you, can take some satisfaction in, these days of inflation that your house is worth at least one,hati _again what it cost in l90, the land is ,vsitled at more thanetwice that of 0-:years agoi, InOrtgage rates todpy are about 2 per cent higher, Those estimates came from a housing specialist who has log- ged more than a half-million miles through the airways of the 1950's to find that builders are putting up better houses and buyers are getting more for the money they spend. Prices have gone up largely because homes are much better equipped, families are demand- ing more special equipment, and prices are up on virtually every- thing that goes into the building of a borne. Clarence Hausmann of Allied Chemical Corporation says that buyers, are able to obtain better houses because they can spread the mortgage payments over longer periods and hence under- take higher mortgages with con- fidence. The average mortgage of today appears to be running in the vicinity of $12,000 com- pared with $7,000 in 1950. Many one-family homes are being built without basements, but Mr. Hausmann found that in the Northeast and in the north- central states, three out of four new units have basements, writes W. Clifford Harvey in The Chris- tian Science Monitor. Unlike old-style basements, many of the new ones are par- tially finished with noise-reduc- ing perforated ceiling tiles, in- sulated wall planks, and other materials to provide needed recreation area, he said. The old belief that it isn't' neighborly to build high fences around your house is going by the board in many new home designs. Families are showing a .growing interest in enclosed gardens and private patios with colorfuleeranslucent plastic pan- els •playing a key trole in elim- inating glaring sun and provid- ing a welcome retreat. If you are considering build- ing an aadition to your home, Mr. Hausmann recommends ,planning your floor area in even multiples of. :four, and making your ceiling eight :feet high 'as economy measurements. WAVY 13.E.Ap114a, Denise Robins, England's [tres!. dent of the Romantic Writers 405,4 her latest book is about "the tragedy of being e tat girt," IVA W.. 41444 How clever of you to double your wardrobe with daelteing separates. Dandy vest (terrific with Bermuda shorts, too)• tops flaring skirt and simple blouse, Printed Pattern 4946; Teen Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16. Size 12 slcirt, vest take 21/2 yards 457inch fab- ric; blouse 1% yards 39-inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be 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 St., New Toronto, Ont. Ford, 18 Atiuliifee of Mt, dud,Mrs. of attraction far some Unidentified ball in Oettait. More than 1,166 The touiiity of betralt, A PAIR OF, QUEENS — A new bride and amew queen, Farah Dibph (top photo) makes friends with a caged bird on the grounds of her husband's'-private palace in Tehran, Iran. The 21-year-old queen is the Shah's third 'wife, Princess Soraya (bottom), divorced by the Shah for failing to bear a male heir, wears an 'enigmatic smile as she •leaVes the select "84 Club" in Rome. It is believed she may marry PrinCepcsini, a blue-blood-. ed Roman.