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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-11-13, Page 16-"1t i 4 44,..(;OUERICH SIGNALSTAR, TL'RSDAY, NOVE, TODAYS CHILD . BY HELEN ALLEN `Tox'bntoTTelegram Syndicate Brian looks as if he'd like to jump right out of that walker and take off on his own. It won't be long till he can, because this little boy, not yet 11 months old, can walk now if he has something to hold onto. Brian is a wiry, bouncy youngster with big dark eyes, brown hair, medium complex- ion and an entrancing grin showing his fine new teeth. He is a happy young fellow who enjoys other children and loves exploring, especially in cupboards. This little boy has aller- gies which make him susceptible to wheezy colds and for which he is on a milk -free diet. Other than that he eats everything. Ile is always good-natured and he needs parents who will not be troubled by his diet restrictions or by his sometimes raspy breathing. To inquire about adopting Brian .please write to Today's Child, Department. of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings," Toronto 182. You will be happy to knovrP-that.since TODAY'S CHILD began, in weekly papers last spring, 11 of the children pictured have been adopted and are now settled in permanent homes. In addition there are hopeful prospects for a number of others. Helen Allen. James Richardson it Sons Ltd Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH An Landers Help hairdressers DEAR ANN LANDERS: Now that you have befliended the waitresses and the plumbers, will you please help thethairdressers? Our major complaints are as follows: 1. Relatives and friends who think -hairdressers love their work so much they are.happy to roll hair all night at home — without -pay. These friends and relatives also thin k 'supplies grow on trees. 2. Customers who come in 15 to 50 minutes late and expect you to throw out of your chair anyone who happens to be sitting in it because they are running late. 3. Custorners who bring, their own setting lotion and expect a discount because all the operator did was "twist a few curls."„ I know a woman who brings her own soap and thinks the should be charged half price for the shampoo. -l. Customers who bring small children to the shop and let them run loose. The kids are into everything, stumbling over the feet of manicurists and custorl3ers, bothering everyone but their own mother. 5. Customers who come in with pictures of Elizabeth Taylor and Doris Day and want to look like them. Most of these women are practically bald and their faces would stop an eight-day clock. I know *I m not a very .good writer, Ann, so please fix my English and print my letter. Mr. Phyllis I)EAR MR.: Your English wasn't' rokrr.- i F',didn't have to fix it. Thanks for a very good letter. DEAR. LAN DERS: I address my remarks to, "Bitter Fruits," — the woman who had two children and hated being tied down.- She referred to mdtherhood as "a crock of cranberries," and went on to say — "I had my tubes tied just to make sure I wasn't 'blessed' again." I hope she isn't depending 100 percent on those ties. I had the same operation in 1955 and five years later I was `blessed' with twins. My husband wanted to sue the doctor. I wanted to shoot him. Now, nine years later, we are so thankful that'we have these wonderful boys. They are the joy of our lives. But I.do think you ought to let your readers know it's possible for those tied tubes to come untied. — EXHIBIT A DEAR A: You told 'em hone' — in a way I never could. Thanks much. DEAR ANN LANDERS: What do medical men say about the changes in behaviour resulting from too much alcohol? Do they belie liquor brings out the worst in -a'person or the best? It's important that I get an answer soon because the man I am planning to marry is actually two people the thoughtful, considerate, sweet, gentle Jack — when he is sober — and the uncouth, mean, rotten Jack when he is under the influence. Will the real Jack please stand up? — DOUBTFUL THOMASI 'A DEAR D. T.: Liquor does not "change" people. It disengages that part of the brain which acts' as a censor, removes , the inhibitions and exposes 'the primitive, naked personality with none of the refinements imposed by society. I'd say the real Jack might have a harder time standing up since he is the Jack under the influence. YOU PURSE IS A TREASURE CI -LEST OF COINS AND PINS, MEDICINES AND COSMETICS --BUT A HAZARDOUS TOY C1-tEsT FOR A CHILD! i' PUT YOUR ffAN.DDAG- /%WAY WERE A 0-111.1) CANNOT ,REPCI4 IT on F. .y Health It doesn't require a high IQ to realize that the world is going to hell in a hurry. All you have to do • is read, look and listen. Vietnam, that great canker, continues to suppurate. There is an explosion imminent in the Middle East. China and Russia are snarling at each other in outer Mongolia or somewhere. There are a dozen qr more brush -wars in pro- gress. Then . there's pollution and inflation and discrimination, and high taxes and shortage of housing. and student riots and sexual freedom and drugs "Among the kids, just to men- tion a few other jollies. Top this off with coronaries and constipation, lung cancer and livers turning to stone, abortions and acne, ' and it's hard to believe the ragged old human race can keep it finger in the dyke much longer. As if that isn't enough, it's November in Canada, a thought to chill the spirit, cur- dle the blood, make the bones ache and turn one's thoughts.. to Hamlet: "To be or not to be; that is the question." Personally, I'd prefer not to be, in November. But I haven't the guts to commit suicide. However, anyone who'd care to finish me off is welcome. November is a month that should be deleted from the cal- endar, by act of Parliament, if necessary. It's -given a perfect send-off by the horrors of Hallowe'en. This is kind of fun when your kids are little. They're excited and you're delighted. But when they've grown up, and you have an entire evening of answering the doorbell and smilingheartily at surly ur- chins who sneer at , your Mc- Intosh apples and snarl, "Hav- en't ya got '.an$' I chocolate hags?", its charm =fades a little. Then there's everything else that November brings. Snow tires neglected ,until too late. Storni windows ditto. Freezing winds. Rain that turns to snow. Last year's rubbers leaking. Dirt tracked in. • The glories of autumn have vanished. The pleasures of win- ter are not yet. All you have is a grey, ulcerous, dirty, sodden spiritless thirty days of gloom in which the sun seems to have disappeared from the universe. Pt's a time' for huddling by the fire. E tcept that you've forgotten , to get your winter wood in. A time for reading depressing poetry. ''A time-ufor • grouching and grumbling. A time for watching third-rate TV and despising yourself for wasting the time. A time for AA's to fall off the wagon. But we mustn't despair, Must we, chaps? •We must be a man for all seasons. Surely there must be something good about November. Just as the human race tackles, 'pollution, inflation, population and all the ether ailments mentioned above, we must tackle November. We'll probably be too late, just, -as we are, with these items, but we've got tto -'give it that old human try. Novetnber is a nightmare Let's see. Well, there's Re- membrance Day to brighten things up. There are the Christmas gift advertisements, six weeks early, but very color- ful. There's the annual wallow of the Grey Cup game. 1 must admit that something bright happened to me this November. I had slept in Sat- urday morning for a bit, got up, looked at my lawn, , shud- dered, and retreated to the morning paper and coffee with a substitute for cream. Doorbell rang. "Dam' paper- boy, collecting," I muttered, but answered. Four fresh -faced students, equipped with rakes, Wanted to know if I'd like my lawn raked. They were raising money to take the local retard- ed children on a couple of jaunts. Somehow, that little note of warmth in a cold world did wonders for me. They raked the lawn, after a fashion, 'rang the door -bell every five min- utes to asi -for;" a, drink or the time, and it cost Me ten bucks. But it was worth it. Some- body was doing something for somebody. It gave me enough strength to hang on for that most welcome day of the year, Nov: 30th, and the end of the a► nual nightmare. 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