HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-10-1, Page 6ANNE MRST
F.:00744 couficeert,—
"Dear Anne Hirst: For five
years we've lived next door 'to a
family who are `down on us.' Our
two lots adjoin, and we think she
is being so disagreeable so we will
sell and she can
get our proper-
ty for h e r
nonghter.
,have gone
Out of my way
to be kind and
neighborly, but
I:all we get is
alfuse. S h
claims we have
planted on her lot, which isn't true.
She tells others 1 throw stuff in
her yard; I've my own yard and
garden, and •keep my things in
the back so the wind won't -scat-
ter them, She allows her children
to play mean tricks on us, whieh
are really most annoying,
"I thought she was a good
woman and would be a good neigh-
bor, and I even recommended, her
to join the lodge. But things are
really getting serious.
"Shall we sell, and move — or
stick it oot? 1 have children,
Week's Sew -Thrifty
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• grandchildren and a fine husband,
and this is the only time I ever
had trouble with anyone.
• OLD NEIGHBOR"
'PALK THINGS OVER
* It seems foolish to be up-
* rooted from a comfortable home
* by a malicious neighbor. Be-
* sides, where would you go these
* days?
'1‘ Why not talk things out? Xn-
* vite her and ;ler husband over
* some evening soon, have• coffee
* and sandwiches ready, and all
* of you try to iron out these dif-
* ferences. If you set the tone
* on a friendly key, she may be
* taken off guard and respond,
* Remind her that you are going
* to live next to each other for a
* good many years; isn't it better
* that you learn to trust each
* other and be neighborly? As-
sure her that if you have offend-
* ed her in any way, you are sor-
* ry; that you have tried to be
* fair, and will continue to, just
* RS you expect she will.
* Use a little judicious flattery,
* ask her opinion of a project the
* lodge plans for the fall. Say
* you'd like one of her famous
* recipes another neighbor men-
* tioned—and how handsome that
* little son of hers is getting! With
* your husband's help, and a lit-
* tle tact, you may discover a
* softer side that she has not dis-
* closed.
* It should work. If it doesn't,
* then you and your husband will
* have to use sterner methods.
* But don't let her force you to
* move. Your next neighbor might
* be worse.
* * *
ONE BRUTAL MAN
"Dear Anne Hirst: I dread my
husband's paydays. I know he
will get drunlc, and beat Inc and
my daughter. I am worried all
the time I don't know what to dot
"I've thought of leaving him
many a time. My life is no good
like this.
R. M. K."
* You give me only a bare out-
* line, If your husband makes a
* practice of mistreating you, you
* had better arrange to have him
* arrested the next time he strikes
* you.
* Give him fair warning that
* you have taken as much as you
* intend to.
* Your life is indeed a frighten-
* ing one, and to better it, you.
* need the protection of the law.
* No woman has to stand such
* continual cruelty. You have my
* deep sympathy.
* * *
Having trouble -with a neighbor?
Try the Go'den Rule, plus a frank
talk between you. Life is too short
for quarrels ... Anne Hirst is here
,to advise you on any problem.
Address her at Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
SAD SOLUTION
The Norfolk and Western Rail-
road's publicity department broad-
casts this story with a moral:
A motorist was a hundred yards
from an open railway crossing
tearing along at sixty miles an
hour. A train, coming down the
track at the same speed, was an
equal distance from the intersec-
tion.
Problem: Did the motorist get
across?
Solution: Yes, the motorist got
a cross all right—a beautiful marble
cross purchased by his widow from
his insurance money.
• Cotton Sleepwear Is Warm and Bewitching
For winter wear, these soft bal-
briggan pajamas have warmth
as well as glamor.
These Cute Cuddle -Clothes for Bed
Will Add 'Glamor to Night -Time Togs
• BY EDNA MILES
IT Was not so long ago that warm winter sleeping fashions
were chiefly notable for their lack Of fashion, It was
assumed that any -'woman who wanted practicality in sleep-
venF wain't interested in glamor, too.
Things have changed, These days, a girl can get prac-
ticality in a pretty guise For instance, balbriggan, long
Considered a-shaple,r has taken to candy stripes in both gowns
and pajamas; They come in tropical colors: pink, yellow
or the,yoke of a peignoir that has a raffled neckline,
sunshiner cora' and blue. And a quaint rose challis print
isused.f
. A fabric,, called "candlelight" has a shimmering rrayon
fleck knitted into soft cotton and for ari 'added look of lux-
ury, is. trimmed withes "gold loom" knit fabric.
Hea'VehlY, sof f brUsbed rayon in jewel colors gets the
•-fitittegy of seed pearls,scattered over a gathered bodice or a
star-shaped yoke. Jeweled touelies'appear, too, in the nylon
• tricot styles for winter. Rhinestones are sprinkled over net
or emhroidered sheer details and satin appliques are used.
Color counts in these new winterl'sfeepwear fashions. Om -
bred effects are used, in nylon gowns; tri -color treatment -
appears in three tones of green and grape, Green jewel,
coral gen r and rose pastel are threeof the newest colors.
Tide cotton balbriggan gown,
for wintei wear has Inset *Otte
of pastel candy stripe: •
HRONICLIES
Getting the idea you know it
all is a bad policy at any time but
when it comes to bus and train
schedules it is disastrous. So, dear
friends, if you are planning a trip
by ,either method of transporta-
tion — or if you are advising
friends who may be planning to
visit you, I would suggest that you
study your train time -tables and
bus schedules very carefully. This
advice comes to you, free of
charge, because of a recent per-
sonal experience.
Our niece Betty was recently
transferred from La Cave to the
new hydro project at Niagara
Falls. We knew she would be
coming to visit us off and on so I
sent her an up-to-date local bus
schedule from Burlington to Mil-
ton which showed that she could
catch a bus from Burlington which
would arrive here at 1.30. That
was three weeks ago. Last Satur-
day was her first chance to visit
us.
We were just sitting down to
dinner when the phone rang. It
was Betty. This was her tale of
woe. "Aunt Gwen, they have stop -
Thrifty -To -Make
•
Let's Go,Mommy—The Taturrt triplbts are call set for a ride in their
de uxe three -passenger stroller, and wish the photegropher would
hurry up and go bye-bye. The trio. are the children of Mr, and
Mrs. George E Tatum, and have lust celebrated their first birth-
day, At the steering -gear is Helen Jeanette, and the back -Seat
drivers ore George Edwin, Jr., left, a In George Eugene.
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has transfers, cutting guides.
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ped running the noon bus. I am
stranded here at Brontel" Oh -oh
— and Bronte 'was twenty miles
away. Bob was down at Oakville
— now if ofily I could catch him
by phone•before he left. I phoned
• •• "I'm sorry, Bob Clarke has
just left."
Partner told me to 'never mind
the dinner — go on down — he
could :nonage. But 1 •had a sort of
hunch . . I thought I wouldn't
be in too, big a hurry. It just might
be that Bob would be home early
and he could stand the twenty -
mile drive in the heat better than
could. Sure enough, in about
ten minutes along came Bob. I ran
out to tell hint the news and he
turned around and went back again
without ever turning off the igni-
tion.
Now the moral of this Story lies
in the fact that this little mix-up
could have been avoided had I
not been so sure of myself, be-
cause a local time -table was pub-
lished in our weekly paper two
weeks running,. I saw it but did
not even read it as it • did not
draw attention to the fact• that
any changes had beep made.
So you see what I mean, friends
— you can't even trust the trains
and buses these days -- they are
as unpredittable as theweather.
The weather . . ah, yes! Until
this morning we were getting very
uneasy about conditions at Gin-
ger Farm — about the whole dist-
rict in fact. as the prolonged dry
spell, added to the scorching heat
which prevailed last week,' was
certainly hard on man and beast
alike, to say nothing of the peg -
tures. Our cistern was practically
dry and -the well low .enough to
give us cause fot anxiety. And
then, during the night, we 'woke up
and heard that life-giving rain.
Not only that but the heat wave
seems to be broken.. There is
definitely a fresimesS M the air.
Believe ;le, we are very thankful.
I expect there will be a flurry of
activity on the wheat ground after
the rain — until now the land has
been far too dry for sowing. We
have not been worried on our own
account as, for' the second year
in succession, we are not putting
in any wheat. The cows and chick-
ens seem to be all we can handle
these days — that is, unless we
hire extra help. And trying to hire
help would Ile one continual worry
— farm help these days has a
way of being here to day and gone
tomorrow.
It seems strange there should be
this shortage of farm help. Hours
are shorter than used to be; wages
are better; work is easier — at
least it is supposed to he. But we
sometimes wonder! When power
machinery breaks down it certainly
causes a lot of grief, hard work
and delay before whatever is brok-
en gets fixed up again. I suppose
it just is that the lure of the land
is not as strong as it used to he
city lights are ton bright by
contrast.
And sneaking of lights. We
drove to Toronto yesterday to see
Daughter. Coming home the traf-
fic was terrific. I watched the con-
tinuous stream of bright lights
flashing by, and I marvelled. How
many hundreds of cars were on
that one stretch of the Queen Eli-
zabeth Way, 1 wondered — and
how inlay million's of dollars did'
those cars represent? if we knew
the answer, the figures, I am sure,
would be staggering. And how
many sorts and conditions of peo-
ple were those cars carrying? And
how? . . but there is no limit to
the questions one might ask about
the cars and the people they carry.
It is the things we don't know
about the people we never meet
that always intrigues and interests
Inc.
ISSUE 40 — 1958
ROYAL ARTISTRY—Princess Mar-
garet Reser is shown in the above
portrait as she appears through
the eyes of her artist -aunt, the
Duchess of Kent. The portrait
is said to "capture perfectly the
Princess' poise and colouring."
Handy Hints For
Indoors and Out
Keep your bathroom scissors
from getting lost among the' tubes
and bottles on ytiur medicine chest
shelves: Insert scissors in two
Band-aids attached to the inside of
your medicine chest door. Place
Band-aids one above the other and
several inches apart. Or stick scis-
ors into two Band-aids on the un-
der ski° of a shelf.
* * *
Cover a cot mattress you don't
use much with heavy denim, and
give it to the boys for a gym mat.
They'll like it for stunts—better
than the furniture!
* *
Use a kraut cutter to shred or.
anges, lemons, and grapefruit for
marmalade. Faster than hand
chopping. Shave off about half of
white of peel first.
*
Before papering a ceiling, make
a lath frame with a long handle.
Then your helper can raise each
strip of paste -covered paper up
to you as you stand on a ladder.
Ends of paper are folded over
(but not creased), so paper doesn't
slide off frame or dangle down
and get torn. You won't have to
support full weight of a long 'strip
while putting paper on.lielps make
a neater ,jo1,
5) *. *
Drive small staples, the kind
used in pohltry' fehcittg, into the
tops of the handles of your broom,
mop, and duster—'so you can hang
them neatly on hooks in your
cleaning closet. Staples' aresafer
than hooks on the handles.
*
Prevent your pastry. cloth . from
sliding all over the counter when,
you roll out dough, Lai, tivo large
pieces of clean - sandoupei under
the cloth, sanded side down, so
it grips the counter.
* *
Initial the "'plea You" bake for a
.sale. Then buyers' can 6t a
glance the kind: of pie. When roll-
ing out the top crust, cut large
letters into the dough: A for ap-
ples, APR for aPilcot, 1' for peach,
PA for i5intippte CH for'ilterry.
* * *
To repair frayed rugs so that
stitches., hold, buttonhole -stile!: or
blanket -stitch alerig trimmed edges,
vOYYTi4 depth' of itifcifeb, s� the
strain weir't bi'on.on'e ceogi-Weaite,
Prevent bread crumbs froni fall-
ing off meat when frying; Dredge
meat in flour, dip in egg, then it
eruirtbs, and chili in refrigerator
several hours before frying,
Make a hanging pan -holder (for ,,
pie pans or glass casseroles with
"lips") to give more room cup-
board sitelves. Take 1x3 and Iscr
strips of wood as long as your
shelf id deep. Center narrower
strip on wider strip, so that each
end makes a T, and nail together.
Now nail these pairs of strips to
the underside of your shelves (with
the T upside down)—just far
enough 'apart to form "runners"
to hold rims of Irani.
* * *
Glue a small calendar to the in-
side cover'' of your check book.
Saves time and prevents error
when dating checks.
Sei'Ve rolls and butter on the
seiner sandwich Platter''when you
have a number of dinner guests.
Place butter in center, rolls around
the outside. 'Faster and less con-
fusing thin two separate plates,
and you can be sure a guest isn't
lacking one item or the other.
* *
Make sofi-pinow covers that are
easy to slip pillows out of for
washing. Cut the backs in two
pieces, wide ,enough to overlap
each other several inches at the
center when hemmed. No fasteners
to attach, or no stitches to remove
before washing,
* * *
Keep your food grinder from
marring table or draM board: In-
sert a 4x6 inch piece of rubber, cut
from an, old stove or sink protec-
tor, between clamp and table.
Keeps grinder from Slipping, to
Keep a tooth brush handy in
your laundry for. brushing dirt out
of the inside corners of shirt pock-
ets; also for scrubbing slip straps
and extra -soiled collars.
• IN ADVERSB
A wealthy grain merchant bought
a new ear and was enjoying Ids
first rids in it no end until a moor -
cycle cop stopped bitu and suggest-
ed a visit to the local magistrate,
"lie was (klieg ahoy," reported the
cop. "Nonsense?" declared the mer.
chant. "I never got her 'up above
forty." The nierelfrkiit's wife put in
her two cents' woirtirat this point.
"fie wasn't going faster than twenty
five," she averred. A friend who had
been riding in the back seat added,
'I'd say we were virtually at a
standstill,' when this ()Meer same
along," The magistrate threw up
his' hands and pried, "Stop right
now—before you folies back into
something!'
' Artur Rubenstein, tile; great pion- ,
ist, was such asocial lion in Paris
that he scarcely found time to prac-
tice. In desperation he instructed
his butler to tell all callers, re-
gardless of their importance, that
he; was not at home. The recognized
leader of boule,i'ard society phoned
one inornitig while Rubenstein was
playing ono of his most tempest's..
ous and difflecult stand-bys'. "The
master is not lo," said the butler
• dutifully. "Poppiceck," snapped the
great NO, "I 'hear him playing
distinctly." "Oh, no, madam," the
butler assuredher. °That's lust
me dusting the keys,"
SPLITTI NO, •
RELIEV E° til ft
JIFFY!
And the
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Fruit Bread — made with
New Fast DRY Yeast!
• Don't lec old-fashioned,
qUiek•spoiling yeast cramp
your baking stylel Get in
a month's supply of new
Fleischmann's Fasc Rising
pry Yeast -- it keeps
ftdi-rtrength, fort-orting
till the moment you bake!
Needs no refrigeration!
Bake these Knobby Fruit
Loaves for a speria/ treat!
' •• ,,, ,.
KNOBBY FRUIT LOAVES
• Scald 11/2 c milk, 34 c. grant).
lewd sugar, 2 tsps, salt and lk c;
shortening; cool to lukewarm.
hfcanwhile, measure Into a large,
bowl % c. lukewarm water, 3 tsps.
granulated sugar; stir until sugar
hi dissolved. Sprinkle with 3 en-
velopes Fleischmann's Fast Rising,
Dry Yeast. Let stand' lemintatris?
THEN sttr well.
Add lukewarm milk mix tudand
stir in 2 well -beaten eggs,
maraschino cherry syrup andd bpi
almond extract Stii` fh 't iike,
sifted bread flour; beat until
smooth. Work in 2 d. stecilesis
raisins, 1 t. currants, 1 c. chopped
candied peels, 1 c. sliced maroschinb
cherries and 1 c. broken walnutst
Work in 3%c. (about) oneeelfted
bread hour. ItWead on lightly.
floured board until 'Montt and
elastic. Place in greased bowl and
grease top Of dough. Cover and set
in a warm plate, free from draught.
Let rise until doubled in bulk,
Punch down dough, turn out on
lightly -floured board and divide
into 4 equal portions; cut each
portion into 20 equal -sized pieces;
knead each piece into a smooth
lead ban:Arrange 10 small balls
in each of 4 greased loaf pans (41/2'
x O(') and greaSe, tops. Arrange
remaining bolls on top of those
in pans and grease tops. Cover and
let ilk. unut dOtIbled its bulk. Bake
in moderate ,oven, 350°, about 1
• hour c veling' with brown paper
after first % hour. Spread cold
, loaves with icing, Yield -4 loaves.
Note: 7'h c 4 portions el (lough may
he shapeititife, loaves to fit pans,
instead' 01 balite divided tido the
smolt pleat that produce knobby
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