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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-11-19, Page 4Y ► "SALAD TEA BAGS SAN NE 14 I S 11 -- ,l4vithr #'Ci rnuJy 4 e ecrt The cry for help that one mother voices today is magnified by thousands of parents of girls. How can they explain t h e dangers of indiscriminate pet- ' ting, and not be thought spoil - sports? I quote; "My 18 -year -old girl goes to dances and some boy walks h e r home. I've al- ways encour- aged her to ask them in ... The first night they're here, on go the dim lights, and she starts her petting. The boys seldom date her long. When they do, they want to take her to open- air theatres. "I've tried to talk to her. She only says, 'You find fault with everything I do'. And then days, even weeks, pass with her hardly speaking. I've had her Dad rea- son with her. She gives him a smart answer, and then doesn't talk to him either," "WHAT CAN WE DO?" "We are both heart -broken. but we don't know of a thing to do. "I will show her your answer, so she will know what other people think — and you don't have to pull any punches when you give it, either, What opin- ion have these boys of her? . . I read your articles every week. I just can't talk this over with my friends, I don't want any- one to know what we're going through!" * Itis normal that young boys • and girls are attracted to each * other. If they're fortunate, * most have plenty of inhibi- * tions to steer them straight; * and wise parents have taught * them that certain things just * are not done by nice people. * But the emotional, headstrong * girl is apt to go overboard. * She becomes a little prairie * flower, hourly a little wilder. * Boys have a swell time with * her; she is a GOOD SPORT * spelled in capital letters. She * has to keep a date book so she 4 won't get mixed up. Transfer Designs In Color ctauf A Wttimait, Horror Of The Past Great "Flu" Epidemic * Sounds like fun, But what 4' happens? * Soon her social life will slow * down. She'll be old to boys * jn their twenties, who are * planning their future, News * about her has got around. One * young man mentions his * date with her; and with a * frankness and recitative hon- "' esty, they discuss their respec- * tive evenings. Before she 4' knows it, she has a reputation * —one which is a serious thing * for a young girl to be saddled o with. It soon reaches more * mature ears. Unfortunately, " older w omen (particularly * boys' mothers) are likely to be * the least charitable people * when the subject of their sons' * girl friends is concerned. A * girl's good times can be spoil- " ed for years by that first ill- * considered fling. * Of course, what she looks * forward to is marriage. * When these boys she's petted * with are ready to settle down, " which girl do they choose to * be the lady of the house, to * present proudly to their busi- * ness associates, their college * chums? Not the girl with whom * those men have had petting * parties, not the girl who was a * good fellow with the whole * crowd. They'd rather introduce * as their wives the girls that all * the boys tried to pet with, and * couldn't. * There is no harm in Judi- * cious petting, as this girl today * probably reminds her mother. * It is knowing when to stop, * that matters. And it is the girl * who leads a boy on. whom they * resent especially. Better to of- * fer a few coolish goodnight * kisses—with the understanding * that's all there is—than to in- * dulge in a prolonged petting * party in a car, and finding * one's self sputteringly angry * when stumbling home alone. * A man respects a girl for play- * ing fair. But to be deliberately * provocative and suddenly turn * the cold shoulder only results * in a deep-rooted grudge. * A light heart is a grand an- * tidote for the headier passions, * A girl can laugh or a number * of advances better than she can * argue them away, and keep a * better spirit all around. * Petting is a commodity in * which there will never be a * shortage. It's the average girl * who permits it, the rare one * who doesn't. Knowing this, * why note make yourself a col- * lector's item, rather than a bar- * gain -counter unit? * The girl who didn't kiss the * first boy who asked her, who * refused to indulge in heavy * petting, is the giri who will * find on her doorstep, one bright ,i morning, the best matrimonial * bet in her little world. * TO " A BROKEN-HEARTED * MOTHER": What a pity that * an 18 -year-old girl must learn * the hard way! If, instead of * resenting your counsel, she * would realize that you are try- * ing to make her more popular * with the right young men! * Show her this opinion today, * and say that if she'd like to * write me, I shall be happy to * have her letter. * I have this to add: It may * be accepted in your commun- ity that 'unaccompanied girls " attend public dances. It is not * accepted everywhere—for one * reason, the girls may appear * "fair game." It may be that * the sort of boys your daughter * meets there think so, too. 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It erupted in several American cities simultaneously, leaping the length of the country. Patholoe gists called it pandemic influenza but nobody knew where it came from cm haw it was coinmunieat- ed..FoI' three months it raged unchecked throughout the world, In Philadelphia 60 persons died in one day, and authorities ap- pealed for volunteer gravedig- gers. A third of the city's physi- cians were attacked by the dis- ease, and hospital conditions wet nightmarish, Citizens started wearing white gauze masks over their faces in a vain attempt to avoid infection, No country remained safe from the epidemic. and Britain was soon suffering in its grasp.' An exposed person came down within three days, and the fever lasted for five, and if there were no complications, then came rapid recovery Most d,aths were due to secondary complications, such as pneumonia. Severe depression followed an attack and New York alone had a twelve per cent increase in suicides. In Paris, with 200 gen- darmes sick, it was impossible to guard the bridges of the Seine, and hundreds of depressed post - influenza victims jumped into the river. After exhaustive research. it was . estimated that 26,642,2333 had fallen victims to the epidemic. It would be almost impossible for such a tragedy to occur again. Modern drugs and vaccines would safeguard lives, but in 1918 medi- cine was as powerless as in the Middle Ages. Any girl can offer petting to a new boy friend. Why not be different? It does not pay to cheapen oneself, as many a fool- ish girl has found out . If this problem troubles you, ask Anne Hirst about it. Address her at: . BOX 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario CASUALLABOR Cape Codders are a hardy lot. Old Jeb Sawyer of Eastport, for instance, was still working eight hours a day at the fishing wharf when he reached his hundredth birthday. The company thought it high time he retired on a pension, but Sawyer didn't like the idea at all. 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VALUE TO EDUCATION Antique Toys—Nine-year-old Paula Ka'ssover plays with 200 -year. old toys at the Antiques Fair, Seen above are delicately carved pieces of toy furniture,: dishes and a stove for a French Provincial kitchen cf two centuries ago, ether exliibits at the fair include over $25,000,000 worth of antiques from all over America, France, Denmark and Italy. , j 11 RON I CLES ;N INGER.FMCCIA e$ vl Anyone who wanted cows might have, bought then cheap around here last week—we were so fed up. Before the first sick cow was better every cow in the stable developed digestive trouble. We think it was some kind of weed they got hold of in the hack pasture, as the young cattle, on different pasture, were not affected. The vet came along and gave each animal an injec- tion in the shoulder, to be 201 -- lowed by tablets as adrench every four hours. For fourteen cows 1 Remember what I was saying about this drenching bus- iness last week? We struggled with five for one dose. By that time Partner was played out. Thinking that living cows and possibly a dead farmer wouldn't get us very far we decided to give up the fight. So, instead of giving the medicine as a drench we crushed up the tablets and mixed them in with the chop and bran, hoping the trick would work. It did. In three days the trouble was cleaned up. But we didn't take a chance on letting the cows out to pasture. How- ever, the cows had other ideas when they were left to them- selves. It happened on Sunday. We had been invited to mid-day duck -dinner at a neighbour's. We left about 12.30. The cows were in the barnyard, bawling lustily at being kept in. We were away less than two hours but that was long enough for the eows to somehow loosen the chain on the gate and get to the alfalfa field. How they ever got that gate open we shall never know —must be regular bovine Boyds. However they couldn't have been out very long when we came ., home, so their freedom was short-lived. They were soon protesting nolsly from the barn- yard again. I have said more than once in this column that cows apparently have some kind of uncanny intuition which tells them when it is Sunday, and when they are left alone, Last Sunday was just one more proof of cows, I would like to pass along a hint that may help some - of that statement. Before we leave the subject one, s o m e t i m e. Veternariets often leave you with big medi- cinal tablets that will neither crush nor dissolve. The ones we were given last week were sup- posed to crush quite easily. Easily I ! I tried a fork, a roller, a knife—and even a hammer ! They would break but were too soft to crush. In desperation I tried the meat chopper. It was the very thing — although even the chopper got plugged before I had my 84 tablet dose ground up, so I was glad when Partner came along to help with the job. So there you have it, friends. Perhaps you know a better way, if not I hope passing the word along will save someone a lot of grief. But I wonder if anyone would be as willing to try this little In his Where 1 Was Born and Raised, author David L. Cohn quotes this wonderful sermon that he heard delivered from the pupit of a tiny Negro Bap- tist church in the Mississippi Delta: "Education is like a sucker on a pump. You sho' can't git no water widout it. It's like de pol- ish on a shoe. You can git any- thing you wants wid education, fes' suppose henry Ford was settin' in his room. In come his wife. 'Henry,' she say, 'us is down to us las' slice of meat an' de meal in de bar'l is gittin' low.' Do dot Worry him? Naw, dat don't concorn him at ail. What do he do? Ile reach for his checkbook, an' write out d check. Date 'what education ts" stunt. Just in case half -expected visitors from Guelph might drop in while we were away I left a note pinned to the side -door for all to see, stating where we were and telling anyone whom it might concern to walk in, make themselves at home, and phone us at the number I gave them. Maybe that sounds like tempting' providence but it our conten- tion that anyone who wants to break in unlawfully while we were away would do so, locked doors nothwithstanding. And in our case, insofar as strangers are concerned, Tippy works better than a Yale lock anyway. How- ever, I must admit, locality makes a difference. In more thickly populated areas an open house might not be such a good.. idea. Speaking of locks—I remember hearing about two families living in the same neighbourhood. One family had all kinds of beautiful heirloom silver yet the door of their home was never locked. They were always afraid friends might call while they were away and perhaps be in need of a rest. Members of the other family were inclined to be nervous and e'+spicious. Every outside door in the house was locked before they left it. And yet there were oc- casions when they were sure people had been around in their absence, taking gas from the garage or grain from the barn. It could be, that pranksters, know- ing their nervousness, deliberate- ly put on an act. Suspicious people must find themselves awfully hard to live with—especially if their suspi- cions are unjustified. Country folk have a very definite code of honour among themselves. Dis- trust among neighbours is rare— yet I have known farm folk who would not go to the barn without first locking up the house. It may have been fear of transients. 11 un- easinesspossessions create s mucho then giveme less of this world's goods and greater peace of mind. For the present we don't have too much to worry about anyway "Look here," said the doctor, "you're only slightly run down. Go and cheer yourself up at one of these snappy revues, with dancing beauties. It will take • your mind off business." "That's just what it won't do," muttered the patient. "I'm an artificial leg manufacturer." LOGY, LISTLESS, OUT OF LOVE WITH LIFE? Then -rake up your liter bile ... jump out of bed sarin' to go' Life not vrbrth living? It may he the lived It's a fact! If your liver We in not dowing freely your food may not digest . , . gag blotto u, Your *temnoh ... you feel ren• atipaced and ell the fun and aynrkle go out of hie. 'shot's whoa You need shad, gentle Carters Little Liver Ma. You .64 Carter. help stimulate your live We tm ono! again •)tis pouring eat eta rate ofup to tan Ants a day Into your digestive tract. 'Itch nhauld ax you right up, make you feel that happy day. are here again. 8o don't airy aus1* Ret Carter* Little Iver Pals. Aiwaya have Giem o8 hand. Only 55* from any druggist _. ISSUE 47 -- 1952 School Lunches Need Extra Care As lllue11 care and planning should go into the lunch young- sters take to school as a mother puts rote any meal she serves on the dining room table, contends Miss Margaret E, Smith, director of nutritution for the -Health League pf Canada. Furthermore, the box lunch must have eye appeal as well as high food value. "The .noonday lunch should provide one-third of the whole day's requirements of the energy - producing, body-building foods," notes Miss Smith, "This means proteins, minerals and vitamins for growth and repair of body tissues; and carbohydrates or starches, fats anti proteinsto yield energy for work and play." In ordinary grocery store par- lance, the nutritionist's sugges- tions boil down to these, which are based on Canada's Food Rules: Include about eight ounces of. pasteurized white milk, varying this occasionally with' butter- milk or pure fruit juices. Use whole grain bread for sandwiches, and see that the fink ings provide proteins—meat, fish, cheese, eggs or cottage cheese (delicious mixed with crushed pineapple). Put in at least one fresh vege- table—raw carrot strips, celery, a whole tomato, or a little salad made with cabbage parsley, green peppers or cooked green beans. For dessert use fresh fruit in place of sweets. An ideal Food Mild flavor, delicate texture and high nutritional value com- bine to make both our fresh water and salt water fish one of Canada's best menu items, points out Horne Economist Edith L. Elliot of the Federal Department of Fisheries, writing for the nu- trition committee of the Health League of Canada. "Top few Canadians fully ap- preciate the possibilities of fish and shell -fish in the diet or enjoy it as often as they might," de- clares Miss Elliot. She goes on to divide fish into two broad classes, the non -oily or "dry" fish and the oily species. The latter, which include sal- mon, •herring, shad, tuna and mackerel, supply about three times as much energy as the non - oily fish. The non -oily group in- cludes bass, catfish, trout, pick - ere), pike, liercll, 'cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, polliek and sole, Non -oily or "dry" OA al- though not so full in flavor or Sic high in calorie value, are very easily digested. Their eormective tissue to gelatinous and breaks down easily in cooking. The water content of ea IS high, but the water in the tissue* contains soluble protein and Minerals »— phosphorous, irom copper, magnesium, fluorine and other minerals are present its small amounts; and in, the case of oysters, sardines, sprats and snlelta the iron and copper are in good supply. AC iS AiM9 P iNs�Of HEitErs k ..QUICK COMF0 And then RELIES IS LASTING There's one thing for the headache . . the muscular aches and pains that often accompany a cold . INSTANTINE. 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