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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-4-16, Page 6ANN€I4IPST Fam¢y cattAtheFirt,— "Dear Anne Hirst: I am engag- ed to One man, and in love with another. I am 16. My family drove the boy I love from my door. "They made ' him unwelcome by telling hint what time he could come and the very latest he meet leave. "Now they have found me a new man, who they decided would make a good husband, "They immediately told my lover I was going to marry their idol, He left before I could explain. Now he won't speak to me! "I love my family, and can't bear to hurt them. They have al- ways given me everything I want, But now they arc trying to run my life! "Shall I marry this old man T hate? Or tell them the truth, and let them hate me as long as I live? Young Martyr * How we dramatize ourselves * when we are 16! * You picture yourself as a * romantic heroine impriscered by * cruel parents in a high tower, * and believe you will be freed * only if you consent to marry * a moan you hate. How you wish * your true love would come some * dark night on his charger and * ride you away to happiness! * Life isn't like that. * Parents aren't. either. Your * mother and father would not * think of forcing you to marry * someone you dislike, nor will * they hate you when you object. * Why didn't you just say no * when this man proposed? Why * didn't you write your boy friend * promptly about their plans for * you? * They must have had reason to * forbid your seeing him—perhaps * because he did not bring you * home when he promised. Any * good parents would have done * the same. At any rate, they feel * you woulr1 have a better mar- * riage with the man of their * choice. * Calm down. Tell your parents * you do not want to marry him. * Continue to see him now and * then if they ask it, but that is * as far as you need to go. * And it is all you have to do. Groom Quits Job "Dear Anne Hirst: I've been married four months. We had a wonderful honeymoon, and I was so happy! But now my husband has been drunk for a week. and won't look for work. "He quit his jol, before the wedding. 'We are staying with my mother. "What must I del I am IR, he is 2S' Mrs. M.L.D. * \Chat a poor start your hes- * band has made in marriage! You Spring Thrift -Plan Save on lora new slip -covers! Make them yonrsclf, fit, them right on the furniture. You'll do a good professional job too, with our easy step-by-step instructions. Instructions 841 has. step-by-step directions for basic elipcwer, 6 other types, 4 footstools, Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this pattern to :;rax 1, 123 Eighteeeth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUM- BER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Such a colorful roundup of handi- work ideas! Send twenty-five cents now for our '!,aura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog, C•honse your patterns from our gaily illustrated tors ilol!s, hrnl',sehol1- ay prrsnnal accessories, A pattern for re hoed bag is printed right in tIu . oral. * •must be sick with. disillusion * and, apprehension, * Unless the boy is really ill * (physically or mentally) he had * better learn tight now what mar- * riage means. The vows he made * before your minister included * included the promise to cherish * you. "Cherish" means to sur- * ture, to treasure, * How he has let you downs * Your mother (or father), 1 * know, is tempted to tell him he * had better go back home until * he finds a position, stops drink- * ing, and learns • how to be a *good husband. When be has *`proved himself, you two can * start all over again, * Neither of you will relish the * separation. But it seems to me * that any lesser course is dan- * gerous and futile. * I am so sorry! * * * Our girls have greater freedom than any others in the world. If you do not abuse yours, your parents will trust your judgment ... If you are at odds with them, tell Anne Hirst about it. She under- stands you (and therm) and has helped thousands of youngsters find a more harmonious family life. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. PARKERISMS Press agents for road shows and carnivals will stop at nothing to grab a little free publicity and. provide grist for their quills. One even staged a mock marriage be- tween two elephants, with a third pachyderm acting as minister, A Los Angeles paper obligingly printed a photograph of the weird elephantasy on the front page. Dorothy Parker's comment was, "I give it six months!" Miss Parker was asked another time to express an opinion of an overpraised novelist, She remark- ed, "He's a writer for the ages=— for the ages of four to eight." At a dinner party, Miss Parker was irked by the antics of one of those ladies of fifty who dresses like a debutante, drooling over an embarrassed colonel. Vaguely aware of a threat of mayhem in the air, she giggled se'f-consciously and explainer!, "It's his uniform. I just lore soldiers." "Yes," agreed Miss Parker, "you have in every war." How Can 17 Q. How can I produce holes in panes of thin or weak glass? A, Provide the places to be per- forated with a ring of moist loam, whose center leaves free a portion of glass exactly the size of the hole desired. four molten lead into the ring, and the glass and lead will fall through at once. Q. How can I raise the nap of a rug that has become flattened from heavy articles of furniture? A. Dampen a chamois, fold it several timer,, and place it over the mark. After the chamois has been there for several hours, the mark will have disappeared, Q. How can I remove a grease spot from the wall paper? A. Pat some fuller's earth. French chalk, or plain talcum powder on the spot and allow to remain for several days. Then brush off. Q. How can I stiffen the brushes of a carpet sweeper? A. Take the brushes out of the sweeper and dip them several time into hut water, to which a little common Laking soda has been added. 'Chen let the brushes dry in the sun, Q. How can I revive wilted parsley? A. Place the wilted parsley in ire water for one hour. Then shake thoroughly and put into a glass jar. Cover with a thin cloth and place in the refrigerator. This will re- store it. Q. How can I bleach white linens? A.. Cover the white linens tvitlt lepton juice and lay them in the sun for a day. Ws—Ii out in warts water and soap soda, Q. How can I easily wash paint- ed wails? A. l'se two pails of lukewarm water. Wet a cloth and sprinkle sparingly with baking soda. Wash a convenient spare, rinse with clear waterwater, and wipe dry. All grease - and dirt disappears with very little rubbing. Q, How can I palish faucets? A. Nothing is better for this purpose than half a lemon after the juice has been squeezed out. Alter ;ecourittg, wash and polish with a snit, dry cloth. ft will Milne like new. Q. How can I remove varnish stains from fabric? A, Rah the spot with turpentine or benzine. Then wash the fabric thoroughly, Q. How Can I remedy jam that has become hard and sugary? A. The jsos flint has heroine hard and sirerry will he almost as good as n .v by is ar(,tg it in the oven lir *'1 t' •. seote melts. 'Then take ,...r t ,,,., •,. i.ir to rani. Two Weekends For Royal Winter Fair D,cision to operate the. Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at two Weekends, instead of one, was an• pounced by P. L. \Vhytocic, presi- dent, at the Royal's annual meets ing in Toronto. New dates will be Friday, Nov. 14, to Saturday, Nov, 22 inclusive. For years the fair has opened on a Tuesday and clos- ed Wednesday of the following week. It is hoped that the two week- end schedule will increase attend- ance and thus offset operating costs. which have been rising at the 'Pair, as elsewhere, he -explained. More revenue is needed to enable the Royal to continue or, if possible, to increase the level of price money. Prize money offered to exhibitors was increased to $135,000 at the 1951 Fair. "It will extend the re- sources of the Royal to the lint to repeat those prizes this year, as we are doing," he added, Entries totalling 16,843 were re- corded at the 1931 Fair as followst• 2,726 horses, 2,918 cattle, 1,580 sheep and swine, 7,075 poultry and pigeons, 1,016 samples of seed, grain and hay and 1,528 other entries of fruit and vegetables, dairy and poul- try products, flowers, honey and tropical fish were shown at last year's fair. Exhibiting at the Royal were 3,000 farmers and horsemen from 10- provinces, 15 states and from Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden and France. Auction sales of both market livestock and :;reeding stock brought $314,869 to breeders. . Weekly Sew -Thrifty 4524 SIZES y 1-5 yrs. / .' W*., YOUR BABY GROWING UPI You want these adorables for her now! Precious scalloped dress has wings or puff -sleeves and a sweet- heart penny«pocket! Sunsuit is ONE PIECE, opens flat to iron, seat lets down for quick changes. Bonnet is ONE: PIECE also! Pattern 4524: Toddler Sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Size 2 dress, 1u; yards 35 -inch; playsuit 114 yards, This pattern easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fir. Has com- plete illustrated instructions, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. e Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Wi h All The Trimmings—Sporting her brand-new bonnet, Beverly • Matthews sheltered the traditional baby chicks in her hands, and looked forward to a -happy day of hunting for her Easter gifts. • F' v im: HRONICLES °,�FG1NGEREARM a Oke This column is being written a day ahead of time because tomor- row we are expecting a friend from Montreal. It will be our first meet- ing in three years so we shall have plenty to talk about. And believe ate, there will be very little fussing over meals tomorrow. I know this friend of mine very well and I also know she would rather sit down to a sand- wich and a cup of tea than have me wasting precious time fixing fancy dishes in the kitchen. However, I expect there will be more than a sandwich on our menu. After all I still have two men to feed, Daughter and two of her friends were here today and our Honey dog nearly went wild -with excite- ment, starting directly Daughter got out of the ear. Ifeforc long Honey's - own particular hall was brought from its special hiding place, and then the fun began—Honey running, jumping, and catcltittg the ball as long as Daughter was willing to throw it. Poor Honey -1 ant afraid Daughter is the only one who has patience enough°to play with her. t am - just her meal ticket and Partner is the fellow who goes to all the interest= ing places where there is sure to he good hunting. Ile is aiso the fel- low whn can he trusted to stand out a bit of cookie (oven -dried bread) when he has his /cur o'clock tea. "After all," Hooey almost says with her pathetic bra` n eyes, "when a girl has been chasing around all afternoon hunting mice or anything that crawls she needs a little bit of cookie to help her last out until supper time:' * e * I alwass tell Partner that Honey is his little dog—must be when he goes out of his way to spoil her. So this is the greeting I got the outer day after -being in Toronto. "Don't ever say again that Honey is my dog," said Partner. "While you were away she was quite happy with me as long as I stayed outside but directly we came into the house she was all over the place looking for you, upstairs and downstairs, into every room." * * * Tippy is our problem dog. She senses a storm long before we hear the first rumble of thunder and starts trembling with fear. I often. wonder what she would do in an air-raid. Dull days Tippy remains hidden at the back of the woodshed. Nothing on earth would induce her to ride in a car but she will run along beside it at 30 miles an hour for at least a quarter of a mite, and then gives up and ambles home. Tippy is the most nervous dog we ever had 'around here. Why, I don't know because she has never been treated with anything but kindness. BM of course,' we don't know what may have happened to her before we bought her—when site was Just a puhny * * * Come to think of it, every type of livestock is temperamental --in- cluding hens. Some folk may think all hens are pretty much of a much- ness. We have found out they are not—not by a long way. Breeds of hens are as different as races of people. Plymouth Barred Rocks are quiet, motherly hens. So of course they go broody very easily and are difficult to break up. Light Sussex are much the same, but more lazy than Rocks and spend a lot of time just sitting around in the sun, White Leghorns are nen'otis and highly strung. Just give one good cough or sneeze while feeding them and they are all over the place, flying. high and banging themselves against. the pen windows, Hybrid Rock -Leg horn -cross are even worse. In addi tion to being nervous they are messy feeders, scratch around in their lay: ing boxes and break and eat their eggs. New Hampshires .. , ah, they are real biddies. Quiet, clean and friendly. They sing around in their pen and never disturb or foul their nests. They are economical feeders, good layers and happy, contented biddies. When they have outlived their usefulness they still make good table fowl. * * * Little black hybrids — that is J3.1t,X,N,H., are almost as good. As chickens as they feather out and mature very rapidly. But being smaller they are not as profitable as Hampshires when sold as boiling fowl, * * 4=And that is as far as our personal experience goes—but I suppose I have, said enough to start an argu- ment as most poultry people have their own ideas as to the best and most profitable birds to keep. That's fine --just so long as no one tries to talk us into keeping White Leghorns again—evert though their eggs are as white as the driven snow! e Oat of fills world! CROWN BRAND. CORN SYRUP on Ice cream! a. sundae- treat forthe whole family! CeIHN Look Out, Folks! You're Being Watched If there is all insect'e any kind in the roans as you ' this— whether it is a fly, beetle, cock- roach, spider or one of a dozen common species too s all to be seen yam are probably being watched by thousands of eyes. Most - insects have compound. eyes ten to twenty-five thousand visual rode- or 'little eyes" com- pounded foto one big eye, arranged into such? comparatively big bulge that their owner sees not only to the sides but straight ahead and backwards, Those marvellous compound eyes also give insects a range of colour experience quite superior to our own, We can only see colours within a particular range—that of ;the spectrum. - Insects sec much more, A bee can see ultra -violet light. Ants and owls can see infra -red. A worn has no eyes at all, yet if you shine a light 011 one in the dark it will try to squirm back into hiding. It "sees" danger through its pink skin, which is covered with photo -sensitive cells. In daylight most birds have eye- sight three tunes as keen as,our own, yet they are almost om- pletely blind when the sun sets. Most birds cannot fly safely among the branches until daylight allows good vision. Nighthawks, owls, and other noc- turnal birds have eyes that are built to operate at night. During the daytime they lie motionless be- cause their eyes, though larger than those of many day -active birds, allow no clear picture of familiar scenes in the full light of day. Their eyes serve them best in the dim illumination of the twilight sky when they, patrol for flights of moths and beetles. Accuracy of d -y vision has - been sacrificed in favour of the extra sensitivity re- quired in the dark. Birds have a "third eyelid," While a bird is flying, its third eyelid passes. back and forth across its 'eye in=a -sideways movement; keep ing the eye moist and clearing it of dust. It is not quite true that cats and dogs can "see" in the dark. It is. true that they can distinguish things in darkness much better titan we can, because their pupils can be distended to a far greater extent. This permits then to absorb and make good use of rays of light that arc so faint they make no impres- sion at all on the ]summa eye. - Take a dog or cat into a room that is "pitch dark" to our eyes and it will find its way about. It might even jump on to a high chair HOW TO RILlIVI PAIN iN THE JOINTS Worm affected parts. Rubin ware oil. Keep covered with worm flannel, At druggists' for 85 yeah, 5T-3 with perfect accuracy and judge, stent, This is partly explained by the dense of touch, A dog can steer by the tip of his nose and a cat by using her whiskers, and these or- gans are amazingly efficient and sensitive. If a dog is blind, or if he has his eyes bandaged, he can still find his way quite safely by the guidance of Isis nose; but he cannot jump. He will have to be lifted on to a chair, even though he has dis- covered its position: This is because in total darkness , animals are as helpless as we are. They ."see in the dark" quite well simply because even on the dark- est night there is a certain amount of light about, and they are able to stake far better use of it than we can. The Bargain; I don't want it; I can't use it; but at that price 1 can't refuse It. And the REUEF IS LASTING For fast relief from headache get XNSTANTINa. For real relief get INarmNTrNx. Fri prolonged relief get INSTANTINE'I Yet, more people every day are finding that INaT.tNTINa is 0110 thing to ease pain fast. For headache, for rheumatic pain, aches and pains of colds, for neuritic or neuralgicpain you can depend on Idarazez NE to bring you quick comfort. Iturrotruss, is made like pre- scription of three proven medical t ingredients. A single tablet usually brings fast relief. 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