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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-5-14, Page 2arav tide;✓ "SALABA, ©EaLEN TEEM LANN€it��.¢y l41PST� owr. �Co�cedt. "Dear Anne Hirst: When I was in high school, I ran away and married a man my family did not like. Ile was most unhappy at home; he had a step- mother whom he didn't get along with. I loved him, so I disliked her in- tensely- It be- came evident that she disliked me as much. "After our little girls were born, my husband became restless again and I found he was turning to his stepmother and father for consola- tion. "We hada lot of bad luck. IIe joined the Army. His family seem- ed to think it was nay fault, but said I could stay with them in re- turn for my allotment cheque. I turnea them down. Since thea, they Easy Embroidery p„x ' 6, try, zzr N. @ 615 PICTI:RE NEWS! Embroider this neecllepainting, then add ready-made ruffles to state the girl's skirt. Gay, pretty -perfect for a little girl's room! Frame or line this picture for a gift. Pattern 615: the transfer is 15 x 19 inches. Send TWENTY FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to flax 1, 123 Eighteenth St.. New Toronto, •Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER. your NAME and ADDRESS. Such a cnlorfut ronudup of handiwork pleas! Send twenty-five cents now for our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog. Choose your pattern§ from our gaily illustrated toys, dulls, household and person- al accessories. A pattern for a handbag is printed right in the book. carne to see us only when my hus- band was home. Letters Complicate "Soon my husbaiul's stepnnother began to write endearing letters to hint) I told hhn that I saw a couple before be went overseas. He re- plied, 'The old girl does get a hit sloppy, doesn't site?' lluwever, he answered the- lettere and is still writing Iter. None of them seem to care about my feelings. "Is there aur way to show a roan that his wife and family should come first? Is there any way to tell this woman that she is over- stepping iter place? "He is still overseas. What 1'd rer!ly like to know is jest what place she really occupies in my hu.hnnd's life -mother, friend or lover?" CONE 'SED." " flaw differently you'd feel to- * 'lay if. when you read these let- ` tern, you and your husband had * had a goad laugh together -and * dismissed the idea of their hupor- ' tame: a'. rirliculoue, flus it occurred to you that • your husband is so' relieved to • be on friendly terms with his " Father's wife that he accepts her * terms of endearmetnt with a * mental shrug? Ills reply to you * doesn't indicate he takes her a' seriously, • * I koutr you are sttspicious, • and hurt Ati well. But if she is i, es malicious as you think, why * dont you beat her at her own * game? * keep your letters flying across ' to him. Lavine letters, brimming * with neve of his friends back * bourn, gay with stories of 'the • l : i:et s latest tricky, and tell- " M.: him in detail just what you've K• teen doing. Enclose amusing clippings. * snapshots of you all -and rentinrl * hitt that you only live for the day be entnes home. You know hitt better that anyone else does * and can gauge his normal re- " actions, So he sort that every * letter you send Makes hint feel * that Iles dropped in at beim- and * had a wonderful. refreshing visit * with you and the childree, " NO matter Chow 1. nnptrd yon * are, never say anything about * ids family, exeept perhaps that " y ott saw them lately and they're * all tine. Give him the hnpression * that the unpleasant past e-esi alt * deplored Inas gone. and that so * far as yon are concerned. the * futnre will bring a new feeling * all around. * You won't g vt anywhere re- * minding him that you and Inc ' children come first, nor a' -'cit ng * your rights or his wronss, And * any attempt to tell his step- * mother off ran only acid new * incl t++ tine flame of iter probable * hatred for you.. . * At least while thousands of a' miles tic between you and your * husband. take it for granted that * no rivalry for his affections ex - r: fists. TIte chances are you will " find it true. * * s• "Dear. Anne Ifirst: My new hus- band is a problem already. Ile has the habit of coning home at any time tee ',leases, and not even tele- phoning first. "It is not only irritating, but pit - CROSSWORD PUZZLE At'11089 ' 8, hran'a name 1. Cheat' 6. Season S. Artless le. Pool 12. Thin routing la. Substance 15. Skill 18, Thin cloth 18. Javanese agoda 21. 21. 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They * forget that their contribution In • that order is vital, and ally lapse * on their part upsets the whole * regime. * You are wise to curb this htdslt * early in your marriage. If more * wives had taken the initiative * promptly, they would he happier * wives today. * * * If your husband is a soldier, it is your job to carry on at home - keep 'your problems to yourself, and make his morale your first job. Write Anne Hirst whatever is worrying you: she'll try to help. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth Street, New Toronto, Ont. High Speed The fastest writer on record teas the late Edaar Wallace, who kept tWO competent stenographers busy at the same time. FIe would dictate all morning to one of them. and after lunch, while she .vent scurrying off to type the material, he would proceed full -steam on an entirely different hook wilt his other secretary. "Every time 1 talk to a taxi-driver," he said once, "I come home with the idea for at least one new book, \Vhen a lady friend called once to invite hitt to dinner. his butler is reputed to have answered, "Mr. Wallace Inas just begun a new mystery story. Won't 'sou hold of until he is finished it?" On his way to Hollywood, Wal- lace paused once in Chicago just long enough to change trains and lunch. with a newspaper man. It was the era when the Cicero gang- sters were in their heyday, and Wallace bad exactly two hours to hear about their most lurid ex- ploits. Ahoar'! "The Chief" he hauled out his typewriter, and by the time he reached Los Angeles he had completed the script of a three -act play called On the Spot that was based Ott the stories the newsman had told hint. It ran a soli+l year in London and made stars of Charles Laughton and Amba May Wong. Weekly Sew -Thrifty 5' Fr 24-52 40 f-1Hrt�'ss JIFFY DRESS! Duste"r-coat! Evening Wrap! Beach -Coact Get the most use, with the least sew- ing from this! Make it in a shan- tung for a spring coat -date, -dress. Later you'll wear it over your suit to beach and back if yogi maid it in a tubbable cotton! Pattern 4530: bfisses' Sizes 12, 14. 16, 18, 20, 40. Size 16 takes 434 yards 35 -inch fabric. This pattern is easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has rntiplete illustrated instrue- tions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS, (350 in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print ,Icduly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eight - eolith St., New Toronto, Ont. Maid Of Lilies- Paying honor to the Bermuda lily, a "Lily Bride" with a skirt resembling a mountain of flowers, rides on a float in the third annual pageant honoring the native flower. More than 40 similarly decorated floats wound through the streets of Hamilton, Bermuda's capital city, during the celebration. - WHY? in Chimp- Before hicago% Before, we - got ton i,usy with Other seasonal matters there are a few questions to consider. 11 a woodchuck in April is happy to cat meadow grass and wild herbs, why in June must he have garden peas, string bean tips and. bur- geoning lettuce? Why do the big- gest violets grow in the boggiest part of the hug? Doesn't chick- weed ever winter -lull south of the Arctic Circle' \\-here floes a wren get all its energy. and how does it keep From Raving et nervous breakdown? Cir is that what agi- tates all wrens, a perpetual nervous breakdown? Why are the biggest night crawlers always .'around when you are spading a garden and never around . when yea might go fishing? Saute people say that sap flies and "nn -see -int:' and allied gnats frill of vernal hunt ger were put bete to help feed the birds. Couldn't the birds 1?s.fl+ly learn to eat something else? Cir, better yet, to eat more gnat:? Why- do partridge peas flourish particularly along the sandy beaches ni Georgia and Flo- rida, where the nearest thing to a partridge is a pelican? The straw- berry, the rose and the apple all belong to the sante Lotanical fanc- ily. but who 57,1114 guess it, off- hand? And who would give up any of them, particularly wiled roses and wild strawberries in June? Is there rtly butte; sound than that of the hes in a sour gum tree when its tiny 1,iossotos open? Dont orioles ever get air sick, living where they do? Why does the nodding trfl!htln hide it3 blossnnt? Why do botanists lceep on using such absurd color titines as fus- cous. vinaccous, ferruginous and rufous? Hose does a hickory' pack so touch into One hurl? Why are the first six weeks of spring so un -springlike? Why are the busiest brooks those that flow only in ;March and April? What was the name of that warbler that just flew past, the one with yellow and blew and, well, with grey and brown like a sparrow, altnast?-- From The New 'ark Times. "Toby" Jugs Worth.... A Small Fortune Pottery manufacturers report a great vogue in Toby Jugs, both in Britain and abroad. These jugs, in the shape of a stout ratan wearing a cocked hat, aced to be beer tank- ards, but they are note bought sulely because of their appeal as ornaments. Another name for them is "Fill - pots," the surname of the jovial character they are supposed to re- present. Ilis Christian name was Toby, and he was famous for his liking far good old English ale and the brown fug lie used to fill with it. An old song called "The. Brown Jug" tells its: "Dear 'rotn, this brown jug that now foams with brown ale • (In' which 1 will drink to sweet Nlltt of the, Vale) ' Was atce Toby bsllpot, a thirsty Old 5011! As e'er drank a bottle or fathomed a bowl." Nobody knows who made the first Toby jug, but the old ones have acquired great value as anti- ques, ntques, sometimes selling for hund- reds of dollars. The mass-ptoduc- cd models are now very popular tvith young housewives and a8 wed- ding presents. Toby's figure is usually por- trayed in a respletidettt dress of many colours, and one confer of the three -cornered hat forms the lip of the vessel. The long coat hangs open over his squat figure, and his thick legs are rooted firm- iy in the base, Other designs show Toby sill'' ling with his own smaller ale mug resting on one knee and held by the left hand, or, instead of a mug, gripping a pipe with the stem pointing to his mouth. In the dear dead days of long ago when Prohibition was in its glory, one of its chief beneficiaries, a gentleman named Al Capone, gave a dinner dance attended by the creme -de -la -creme of Cicero. One extremely pretty girl, making her debut in this select society, was the cynosure of all eyes, as she fully expected to be, but as the . evening wore on, she grew more and more restive. The host, Mr. Capone himself, had not ask- ed her to dance with him. ' "IIe's danced four times with that frump with all the peroxide burls and purple beads," she com- plained to her escort. "lie hasn't even looked at me. You're a big shot -:-or so you tell ole. Do some- thing about it!" Her hard-pressed escort had a sodden inspiration. "If yon knew what it meant. Capone dancing with that janc so often," he told her, "you wouldn't tall: like that. He's putting the finger on her! She must know too much. Capone's signalling the boys to give her a ride. She's as good as gone right now!" The girl paled, shuddered with excitement, and whispered, "Gee, honey, how was I to know?" The young Machiavelli was so pleased with his strategem, he couldn't resist telling it to Al Ca- pone, who promptly decided the joke was too good to cut short. Ile si-alked over to the girl, calmly took her away from the man to whom she was talking, and said loudly, "This 'dance is with me!" For four dances in succession, he whirled her around the floor, at the end of which the young lady was so frightened, she was utter- ing incoherent sounds and her ryes were popping front her hcead. Capone appeared more and ntorc interested. On the way hone, much, much later, the girl's escort let her in on his whimsical- little joke. If you're looking for a story with a happy ending, this one has it, I suppose. The girl achieved some small measure of revenge within twenty-four !tours. Her boy friend was found dead in an alley, his body sprayed with a dozen machine gun bullets. She was look- ing sadly at his picture, and won- dering what to wear to the funeral when a messenger arrived with four dozen long-stemmed American Beauties, The enclosed card read, "Mr. Capone expects you to have dinner with him this evening." VS'4'47ri) HRO ICLES INGERFARM Gw¢�t d attxt ¢ P Ct&Dl1e ,Maybe it sounds crazy, but I just - feel as if 'I want to 'write only about the weather - it is so beautiful; And there is, tto better' place Io- appreciate it than right here at home. Not only that but 1 have a note vantage point from which to enjoy the weather - that is, our rebuilt sunroont, which - faces south -cast. It is a' job that has needed doing for years. The front was falling apart and plaster dropping off the ceiling but until now there always scented to be some other more in need of urgent attention. So the sunroom degener- ated into a catch-all for the un- wanted overflow from other rooms. The main part of the rebuilding is clone but we still have to wait a before we can'get window sash for our picture window - 6% feet by 5. The location of the sunroom is ideal, Front one corner we can see the highway; from the oppos- ite corner there is a lovely view of our neighbour's bush which borders part of our farm, provid- ing a good shelter belt and a love- ly background for our pasture fields, The itntnediate foreground is not so good. There is the winter ashpile. also an incinerator where 1 have been burning rubbish for three days! Fortunately such un- sightly scenery is easily removed. • I don't knowhow touch use the rest of the family will make of our sunroom but I know it is going to be wonderful for me. I have never been able to sit out in the garden with my mending, writing or read- ing because the pesky mosquitoes torntent'nte to such an extent that f have to seek refuge in the house. Now 1 shall be able to work, re hie or do is spot of bird -watching and enjoy thb fresh air and sun- shine - that is, once the windows and screens are on, It is going to be wonderful! The sunroom is where 1 ant sit- ting now, without benefit of wine . Bows and my first visitor has ar- rived through the empty window space - a noisy humble -bee flit- ting• busily back and forth. Front the chestnut tree the starlings are bolding a family cott:erence. By the way, have you noticed that starlings have one call that is an exact imitation of the conte -hither whistle cumniOnly used by boys on the street to attract attention front the girls passing by, Now I wonder -- are boys imitating the- starliugs, or is it the other way round. On April 24th Partner reported the return of the barn swallows. At least one swallow was back and was immediately busy houseclean- ing. And I mean exactly that. This swallow -as li tlei out of twas in the cow stable, peeking vigorously at the accutnulated rubbish in one of last year's nests, flying away with it or just letting it drop to the floor. I wonder if Mr. Swallow objects to housecleaning as strenu- ously as some other scales - and with as little result, Well, there is one thing we can- not get used to this spring - that is the hunt of neighbour tractors all around us while our own trac- tor sits silently in the driving -shed. As I may have mentioned before we are not putting in any crop at all this year as we have the entire farm down in grass. We should, at least, have plenty of hay and pasture. lion:ever, the fact that we are not doing any seeding doesn't mean there is no work to do around here. There arc, in fact, enough clearing up jobs to do to* keep Partner and me busy all summer, SLEEP- TD ` 1TE SEDICIN tablets taken according to directions is sat Way+to induce, 'lisp or quiet chi -earns whee,tensa$t.oO Ore • Stores ell l orSedicfn Toro 9o2. from daylight to dark, Willett reminds me, we have survived the first two mornings of daylight We int; time -- and we found till change -over quite painless, We discovered it is just as easy to get up at 5,30 D.S.T. as at 5.30 standard time. But we may find It harder to go to bed at.14.30, which. is our theoretical hour for retiring, ilthough I always tell 'Partner he gets in one sleep beforis' bedtime and the rest of it afterwards.- Hovr- 'ever, for that 1 am very thankful because I: am sure it is Partner's ability to sleep that has kept him going ever since World War L What a blessing to go to bed and drop 'right off to sleep, "I can't slsep1"- is such a eonunon corn,- plaint orn'plaint - although' many people wouldsleep a lot better if they didn't worry about keeping awake. If sleepless folk would only tell themselves that lying awake is not a major disaster, that they are at least resting their bodies, then that thought alone ' would relax their nervous systems and in a little while sleep would surely follow. Time To Haul Out In Montgomery, Alabama, a wealthy general strode confident• ly into his bank and sought to cash his cheek for a hundred dollars. An efficiency expert had revolutionized the bank's system, however, and the paying teller declared; "I'll have to ask for your identification, please." "Dammil," roared the gen- neral, "I've been a depositor here for years and you know Inc per- fectly well." "Kindly see the sec- ond eaand vice-president," said the teller. The second vice-president took the general to the first vice-presid- ent and the first vice-president took hint to the president. The presid- ent okayed the check just in time to keep the general from having an apoplectic stroke, As he raked in his htmdred dol- lars, the general suddenly demand- ed, "What's my balance here now?" The teller investigated and report- ed rather sheepishly, "$234,405.47, sir." The general made out a new cheque for $234,405.47, and said, "Now, dannnit, get the president to okay this one, 1 want it in cash." The frightened president came pattering over on tate double and protested, "General, you're withdrawing your entire balance with us!" "I certainly am; t said hie gen- eral. "I figure I better grab it while there's still one idiot in this bank who seems to recognize rite." They passed her ht the park. "That's Perry's wife," said Carter, "Thinks - the world of her hus- band," "Does she?" "Rather. She even believes the parrot taught him to swear," Itching, Burning Toes and Feet Hero is a Mean, stainless entisepne oil that will do more to kelp you Sct-rid 01 Your trouble than anything you've ever used. The action of MOONS'S 81402A1.1) 011. Is ao powerfully penetrating that the Itehinp is quickly stopped; and in a aban time you bre rid of that bothersome. eery torture. The same b' true of narbit', itch, Salt Rheum, Ecncm.15nd' many other ithtsnug unsightly skin troubles. You can obtain I IOONS'S EMERALD 012. in the original bottle at any modern drug store - If is tate to use -and (allure In any of these ail- ments Is rare indeed.. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking ISSUE 20 - 1952 • Guperbly Delicious as a'dessert by itself CROWN BRAND 05*1-55 •