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The Brussels Post, 1952-7-16, Page 8LADA TEA BAGS A NE 4! P ST _licgaz, Familya "My wife accuses me of being selfish and a liar—which I am." So begins an astonishing letter from a man honest (or defiant) enough to admit Inc faults but thinks he is en- titled to then. He has never told his wife how much mon- ey he makes, nor hove much he has in his pocket for his family's use that day. "Marriage." s him. "is not built on she renin dos." "1 drink, I stoke, and I'm a wilt wad," he conte-ses. "But hasn't a Want the right to sante fun? My father once told me a man could strike his wife if she slapped hint first, and 1 agree. "My wife works hard. \4e have four girls, and she is raising them itt a Christian way . . 1 wish you'd print this letter. I'd tike to settle this once and for all." WHAT A MARRIAGE! * How t, convince such a man * of the meaning of true marriage? Bare And Beautiful 4-14111414. Ares.m$ PUFF go tide sleeve, on the prettiest day -to -date blouse you could choose! Square neck -in front, and who'd guess it plunges to a dramatic deet. -\ in back? Easy to sew, there's just one pattern part to front hack is all in ane with tier, wraps to tiny waist. Pattern 84719: Misses' Sizes 10, 10. 113, 20, Size in takes yard, 35 -inch Saline. This pattern raw 1.1 ,e -e. sim- ple to sew, is tested for tit. itas 'complete I,_t:tratetl m,iructious. Seed THIRTY-FIVE CENTS ;35ct in c.»ns ,tamps ..annot be aeceptedt for this pattern. I'rint plainly, SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send o r d r t• t.. Roz I. 122.3 Eiglneeet1, St., New- Torot:to, tint. ISSUE 29 — 1952 * Whatever his wife (or 1) say, * would be news to him. * From his father he has the * idea that the husband dominates * the )tome, and the wife does as * she is told. He demands all the * privileges of a bachelor; she * keeps house, hears his children, * and submits like the slave she is. * from the heights of his male * superiority he -glories in his * power, and looks down upon this * lesser creature with contempt. * This ntali s thinking is as for- * eign to most of my readers as * though he came front another * world. * How his wife has stood him * all these years is a marvel. * Where are the dreams she * dreamed of marriage to the man * she once must have loved? De- * nied the confidence and affection * she deserves site has watched * them vanish one by one. swept * away by a :van's emendarent * vanity and selfishness. • I suppose she has stack it out * because of her four girls. ✓ How,has she managed to bring * the up "in a Christian way?" * Never knowing what income she * could count on for their increas- ., ing needs nor even what cduca- * tion they could expect. she has * lived front day to day in anxiety • and despair. Plodding along like * a burdened animal, her spirit has * been crushed, and her hopes have * withered within her. * This hies/mud would never * dare treat his business partner * as he has treated his wife. He * would laugh at the premise that • marriage is the most important * partnership that life offers—and * the one in which ile has failed • miserably,- * It is his wife who has my * sympathy. As for him, will he * ever know all that he has missed * in marriage and wilt continue to * miss? * * * TO "MRS. A. C.": In your hus- band's present low circumstances, I realize iiow anxious you are to contribute to the family income. Yon do not tell me of your aptitudes of talents. and it is dif- tienit for one who does not know you to be of practical aid. These suggestions, though, may fie worth your considering: You have a small boy to look after. so whatever you do take on should he something you can do at home. The sad experiences you re- late reveal your shyness, which you say you cannot 'overcome.. So sell- ing, for You, is ant. Can you sew? Aiter clothes? Such services are in demand every- where. How about taking the child of it working mother into your home Live days a week? Many a woman makes real pin- renney by getting magazine sub- scriptions over her telephone. Doing personal shopping for busy penfrle while your son is at school can Le profitable. too. I.et all your friends know you're looking for work. They may have other ideas, according to their needs. Also, consult a .gond employment as,+etu'y. and tell then your prob- lem. They may he aide to put you i:, touch with some business that can simply work yon ran do at home. Running down such idea:, will suggest other,. Try it. and good t 111,1.1 * * 5 Have you failed as a husband? Iead your marriage vows again— and be humble .. • Anne Hirst's 1 understanding. and. wisdom. are here for all who ask. White her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Keeps Ih Train-ing -- Addicted to railroading since childhood, Charles Rice decided to build a house and make it look as much like a train as possible. He's seen in the photo painting the "locomotive" which he made from old oil drums. Tale Of The 'Well -Stacked' Captain --Capt. John G, Bradley is "well-stacked," in the sense that he occupies one of the most unusual living quarters afloat, Bradleyt veteran of 34 years' service with the Cunard Steamship Company, has his* living accommodations In the forward funnel of the line's "Alsatio." The funnel ,which improves the lines of she 10,7t n freightele r, would d have el function if it were not for the fact that it houses Bradley quarters, house. An observation and compass platform occupies the funnel's top, Accommodations are roomy, as the funnel is 31 feel high, 20 feet high, 20 feet v,',lde, :and 32 feet 9 Inches In length. Alsatia's forward funnel is a dummy, and has no connection with the engine room. Instead, it houses three decks of installations. w<' Captain Bradley plots the course in the chartroom which hares funnel space with radio room, wheelhouse and his quarters. Captain ,Bradley waves from .the porthole in his funnel bedroom. His quarters are on the boat deck level, above which is the wheel house and radio room. Life in a funnel con be very comfortable. The captain's sieward, Ronald Giles, brushes off a uni- form in the 20 -foot -wide bedroom. An observation bridge is located atop the dummy installation. CHRONICLES 1NGER1AAPM tf ajc,rtnriali,s D r"Innke 1.ast week was, a strange 10b1- ture of work and pleasure: worry and relief. Work and worry at the begimcing of the week; work and relief at the end of it. Plea- sure was sandwiched in between. Monday and 'Tuesday were almost in despair, wondering if our hest field of hay was doomed to spoil because of the damp, humid air. And -then the sun came out, ac- companied by a hot, drying wind. Partner got out the tractor and rake to turn the hay just about the same time as the baling machine moved in. By 5.30 the field was scattered with oke, dry, tight hales. While t! his was going on 1 was snaking last-minute preparations for going away 00 a little trip --'a trip that would have given me little pleasure had the haling not been done. Or that might have been cancelled altogether. in fact, 1 think it would have been had Partner not insisted that 1 stick to my plans. "You have been looking for- ward to this trip for weeks—you just go and forget about the hay." in a way that made sense -1 couldn't change the weather—hut what farm woman can go away from home in comfort knowing she is leaving her partner to fare work - worries alone? But everything turned nut fine -- by evening 1 was on my way to London town. London, Ontario, that is—pr,hably the only London 1 am likely to see again. And why this trip to London? Well, that is where the Annual Convention of the Canadian Authors' Association was in session. Last year `it was at Banff, anti the year before at Hali- fax but when it carne as near home as London I was determined to get there if I could. Now I don't suppose tnany of you would be interested if I told you about the lectures and discus- sions that took place day after day, but I think you would enjoy meet- ing, as 1 did, the authors of many books, short stories and magazine articles with which most of us are. familiar --and also the little human' interest sidelines that arc bound to came into the picture wherever people are held together by a corn - mon interest. Dr. W. G. Hardy, author of "The Unfulfilled" and 'president of the CAA, was chairman for the con- vention. \Vc couldn't have had a better man for the job—witty, whimsical and efficient. Under his leadership the sessions could not become dull. I think he had the womenfolk under a spell) This little story almost proves it, One even- ing a few of us were chatting to- gether, including two elderly ladies. Opinions about Dr. Hardy were tossed back and forth. Said Elder- ly Lady No. 1: "I do think Dr. Hardy is a wonderful chairman. No. 2: "Yes, ',do too. He is very clever, Have you read his hook, 'The Unfulfilled'?" E.L. No. 1; "No, I have heard a lot about it, and 1 intended read- ing it, hut now I don't think I will. 1 like I)r. Hardy so much I am afraid if 1 read his book I might he disillusioned!" E.L. No. 2: "Yes, that is what f am afraid of too, I don't think 1 shall read it either!" If you have read ;The Unfulfill- ed" you will understand their re- marks. Apropos of that, one of the lecturers said that many books had to be both provocative and pro- voking. I told Dr. Hardy I thought Itis book filled those requirements very well. He replied, "Yes, it was meant to." Bearing that in mind, the two elderly ladies in question Weald surely read the book and still retain their personal liking for Dr. Hardy. The Campbells created a good deal of confusion and amusement. '!"here was Marjorie Wilkins Camp - hell, Toronto, Marjortes Freeman Campbell, Hamilton, and Grace Campbell, Montreal, all of whom are well known, but getting the right authors to the right books wan where the confusion came in. Wilfrid Jury, historian, gave an illustrated lecture showing Indian relics and rarhp sites along the Hu - =Ian trail, particularly at Sault St. Marie. This was followed by art address by 'Franklin MacDow- elt outlining the why and wherefore in his writing. of "The Champlain Roar." All these sessions were held at Thames Hall at the Western Unl- veraity and excellent accommoda- tion. for those attending was pro- vided at. Spencer and Huron Col- lege. And the Resat? if the ses- sions bad not been so interesting it would have been intolerable. It did, however, add much to the informality. The men discarded ties attd packets. The women did not pay too much attention to appearances either --hats and gloves were eonepicuous by their absence. Art Of Paper -Making No industrial saga is more fas- cinating than the story of paper. It did not start with wood, but wood has largely taken it over. Over eighteen centuries ago, the Chinese invented the art of macer- ating vegetable fibers and then matting them, on woven wire screens under water, into thin flat sheets. The materials first used were mulberry bark, old fish nets, hemp and rags. The papyrus of Egypt was probably the`most wide- ly used writing material of ancient peoples and gave the name to paper, but it did not meet the spe- cifications of paper as the Chinese made it. Inner filaments from the stalk of the papyrus plant were flattened out, wet, laminated in several thicknesses, pressed to- gether, and dried in the suit. Pa- pyrus was really ligl.t and leafy form of plywood. Paper is still made by hand in China and elesewhere, and very much the same tools that Te'ai f.un devised in A.D. 105 are used. Ex- perts tell us that no more durable paper has yet been made than the hand -wrought sheets of linen and cotton fiber on which the Guten- berg alible was printed in 1450. With a thousand technical improve- ments and substitution of giant complicated machines for human labor, modern paper mills turning out five hundred tons a day still use the sante basic process... . The finest grades of paper are still made from cotton and linen rags. hlibie pages , . are made from flax. !'aper is made from straw, from cornstalks and sugar cane refuse. But the heavier yields of fiber obtainable from wood have turned the scales in mass produc- tion. ,Consequently, paper experts woods, and today ninety-five per rent of all the paper made in the United States starts with wood as its principal material:—brood "For - eats and Men;' by William B. Greeley. I arrived home home briday af- ternoon to find tate baling machine here again; Partner raking at the hack of the farm; a cow just calved in the field; Bob mover' down to Oakville -- temporarily — coming home at night and taking lits lunch earn day, HardUy n thing left to rat, of coarse, anti men coating to draw in hay again that same night. And the house , ..1 !lave 1 be busy? i leave you . gees,. The Big B,i sh*off For Dominion Day Canadians are not much good at flag-waving, the ntatdng ok patriotic speeches, the creation of heroes, the honoring of men to whorls aur land owes much. But didn't we carry reticence and Moderation too far on this July 1? Vt"c found it disturbing. Disturbing because our flatten's birthday was visibly marked chiefly by the goings-on which characterize our play uttd leisure time, These things were Hite, $ut along with alt the diving, driving, snoozing and, scampering did we give enouglt minutes of tribute or even of thought to this land of. ours, what privileged, opportunity -laden people we are? We very much doubt it. • ' ' The rise,,. strength, and glory of a nation is not just the motley its people, have in their , bank accounts, what cars they have, how much. money they will be "worth"' when they die. Canada is not just raw materials, productive strength, poteutialitiet, The real strength and glory of a nation is in .the hearts and' minds of its people; in their awareness of being Canadian, of debt. for homage to the people who have and are making this such a favored land. Canada would be better, stronger place if we, its people, ono day in the year—Judy 1 --better tended our soleztin tribute -making duties. .Ilut we need opportunity and incentive to do so. Canadians will do well to make sure that future birthdays of our country are better marked, From The Financial Pest. 04MYLESrnSON L By Rev. R. Barclay Warren, B.A.. S.D. Gideon, a Man .of Faith and • Humility. • Judges 6:11-17, 25-27; 8: 22-23. Memory Selection: Teach me Thy way, 0 Lord, and lead me in s plain path.—Psalm 27:11. It is always refreshing to find a man who possesses the great com- bination of humility and faith. With such men the Lord can achieve His purpose. Gideon was such a man. IIe came from a poor fancily and in his own estimate he was the least in that family. But heartened by a vision he became an adventurer for God in three great ways. In the realm of personal religion Gid- eon found a faith for himself. The story of the fleece has been judged by some to be a crude method to test God, but out of it Gideon evolved a faith that satisfied him, that upheld him. Religion, if it is to have any personal value, must be founded upon personal experi- ence. Because Gideon had a living faint he moved to his next great ad- venture, that of a leader in social service: Today the land is in the grip of enemies just as relentless as those of Israel. Political life is full of evil; in too many ways tin - scrupulous men exploit the people. The poor are oppressed, the weak are crushed. We must adventure for the defeat of all that harms or hurts our Iellows. • The noblest act of all in Gideon's life was the refusal of a crown when it offered no opportunity for serving men. The man who would lead for ambition's sane always ends a slave, but he who adventures for others will find his kingdom awaiting him, for he will be crown- ed .in the hearts of those for whom he sacrificed. The lesson illustrates the import- ance of morale, The fearful were sent home as well asthose lovers of ease who laid aside their armour while they drank. The victory was won by Wren of faith. God give us more such men today. Simple Embroidery 679 SIZES 11-17 611 �fetthaWNQpVe1L LUCKY YOU, Jr. Miss! You can make this new dress so easily) That lovely design is simple to embroider either by hand or by machine. And for fashion — the Empire -style waistline, the beau tiful pleated skirt! Pattern 679; transfer; tissue pattern in Jr. Miss sizes 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes 4 3/8 yards 35 -inch. State size. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot he accep- ted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUM- BER,and SIZE, your NAME and ADDRESS. Rocky Mountain Diekelt;; A\ bW erd of rrtaentaih railroading in Canada 151 ,being. unfolded'" as roodd n 'streamlined Canadian Pacifiq Railway diesels, the first to go into service in the Rocky Mountains, replace stetim locomotives, longtitrte conquerers of the steep slopes and rugged mountain wilderness. Pictured are two of 48 new diesel units which the C.P,R. has acquired since last fall to dieselize`'train operations in the Rockies and Alberta foothills between ltievelstoke, B,C„ and Calgary, Alla„ as they pull tut p,essenger train past. towering peaks near take Louise. Passenger and freight trains ort this run, one of the toughest in the world, ars being given diesel power as part of the ratiway's five-year dieselization program.