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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-2-18, Page 2e ALADA" TEA > ;, `*HIRST -Famcows-304A "Dear Anne Hirst: What can a woman do with a husband who casts sly glances at young girls" It is getting so humiliating that I dread to go out with him. The girls always resent it, and more than once their escorts have ob- jected. "I have tried to be reasonable, not jealous; but when there's a public scene, niy husband plays innocent and denies it all, "Now something must be done. I've found out why our boy, 18, no longer brings his dates home. Evidently people are talking, and he is afraid to trust his father! To put a stop to it, I have con- sidered going out myself, and frankly allowing my husband the same privilege . , . Can you sug- gest any other way to bring him to his senses? DISTRACTED" SHAME HIM * You will not, of course, do Fresh and Pretty! 4565 SiZES S-14-16 M -18. -le L-40-42 4014 .../agsers3 TWO APRONS to keep you fresh and pretty at work! Make the bib apron of a sturdy fabric for daytime chores, and the half - apron of something dainty and gay for tea -time! Both have stand -away pockets, and a pert flirt to the skirt! Pattern 4565: Misses' Sizes: Small 14, 16; Medium 18, 20 and Large 40, 42. Small size, bib apron takes 11's yards 35 -inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, istested for fit. ]las complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (350 in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAiVIE, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St,, New Toronto, Ont. How To Save Money and Get Fast Cough Belie Here's an old, tested, home mix- ture your mother' knew ... still a most dependable remedy for dis- tressing cough's. Fast and effective, children Mc ite pleasant taste. • ltfake a syrup by stirring .Iwo Cups of sugar into MI6 cup of water until dissolved ... no cooking need- ed (or you can use maple syrup or Roney instead). Now pour 2'm Ounces of PINEX CONCEN- RATE into a 10 ounce bottle, and dd the syrup you've made. You'll have 10 ounces of fast acting, plea. tent tasting cough medicine, more than you could buy for four times the money, with et'edtive relief for the whole flintily. Pinot.- a spcclal compound of proven medicinal ingredients --must help you, or money refunded, PINEX IS EASY TO MIX— PAST ACTING—EFFECTIVE $14,== ===== ISSUE 8 -- 105a * anything of, the kind. It is * hard enough on your son to be * ashamed of his father. To * know that his mother would * expose herself to gossip, too. * might tempt him to leave home. * Itis mother is a boy's ideal of womanhood, the embodiment * of all piety and reverence. If * she does not live up to that image, what faith has he left * in human nature? * Tell your husband how the *' boy feels, revolting as the idea * may be. It will shock him, but * he deserves it; he cannot but * shudder at the thought that * his own son despises trim. .I * think all he needs is to realize * the enormity of his offense. * The son of a friend of mine * also found his father guilty of * the same conduct. He was en- * gaged at the time, and married * soon after. Ile is a model hus- * band, if ever I saw one—but * to this day he scorns his father and will not take bis wife home * unless he knows they will find i n his mother alone. * Your husband would not wil- * Jingly allow his son to see him * as a satyr. That dreadful pos- * sibility should bring him up * short; buried under all his pro- * pensities must lie the pride of * fatherhood which every adult * male possesses. s t If your hnshaud's behavior e1n- barrasses you, how must it shock your children! Appealing to a man's pride (or vanity) almost always succeeds . . . Anne Hirst is here to help you through any trouble. White her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. HOW CAN 1? Q. What can I use as a sub- stitute for dog biscuits.' A. One can save money spent on dog biscuits, as well as make use of all leftover bread. Slice the bread and put it into the broiling oven, Allow it to get brown on one side, and then turn over and brown until quite hard. This makes a good dog biscuit, it affords spendid roughage and is a good tooth cleaner. Q. How can • I mend worn rugs? A. By sewing a piece of bur- lap to the wrong side with wool thread, making stitches form loops on the right side, afterward clipping the loops the height of the nap of the rug. Q. How can I remove grease spots on woolens or silks? A. Try using a little talcum powder. Rub the powder over the spots; then brush off with a clean, stiff brush after standing for a day or two. This method elininates any danger of leaving rings, as often happens when ap- plying liquid cleaners. Q. Holo can I destroy plant Insects? A. One tablespoonful of smok- ing tobacco soaked in one quart of water overnight, and poured on the sell about every thirty days, will destroy plant insects and also fertilize the plant. Q. blow can l make steel wool asst longer? A. If the steel wool is dried in the sun, or on the radiator, each time after it has: been used, it will last much longer and will prevent rusting. Q. Ilow can :I take proper care of books? ' A. Keep books in a light, dry place, dusting regularly. Expo- sure to sunlight and air as often as possible will help to keep them in good condition. Keep a small container of quicklime in the bookcase to absorb the moisture from the air. Q. How can I make a mat for the cleansing powder box? A. Try binding several can- ning jar rubbers with some string and using this as a ntat. It will prevent that nasty rusty ring this particular box always leaves wherever it is stood, Q. How can 3 oil leeks in the floors? A. Dip the keys in oil and turn several 'lines in thelocks to make them turn more easily. Q. flow carr I make a pottery flower howl waterproof? A, Warm the pottery with hot water, and wipe. Then pour into it a few spoonfuls of melted paraffin and turn and tip the ves- sel until the whole interior is coated. Modern Etiquette Q. When a man is aeeotnpany ing a woman up or down Some stops, should he walls beside her, ahead of her, .or behind her'; A. if the steps are very wide, he walks beside her. But when' they .are too narrow, he allows her to go up the steps ahead of Win. When descending, however, he goes first. In both instances, he stations himself below her so as to be in position to catch her should she stumble. Q. What should a divorced woman do with her rings given to Iter by her first husband, atter she remarries? A. Some 'women dispose of both rings, Others wear the first engagement ring on the right hand, provided of course the sec- ond husband does not object to this. Q. Is it ever proper to use a fort to put the bolter on a -piece of bread or biscuit? A. No; the knife should be used for this, Q. Is it absolutely required that a person give the reason for declining an iin'iiation? A. While not absolutely re- quired, it still takes the "sting'' out of a refusal to state the rea- son. Many hostesses might resent a curt "Sorry, I cannot accept." 4. What is considered the most formal manner of introduc- tion? A. "Mrs. Johnson, may I press Mr. Williams?" "Present" is con- sidered more formal than "intro- duce," although the latter term is equally proper. Q. Are relatives and friends obligated to send gifts to a girl who has just announced her en- gagement? A. No, Q. When a message is written on a visiting card, is It better to write an the face of the card or on the reverse side? A. It is probably better to write on the face of the card, as a message on the back might be overlooked, should the one who receives the card read the name and not turn the card over. Q. Is it proper to acknow- ledge receipt of a gift over the telephone? A. This is not considered good form. The receipt of a gift by mail always calls for a person- ally -written note of sincere ap- preciation. Q. 'When there is some item, perhaps a foreign phrase, on the menu which one does not under- stand, is it considered proper to ask the waiter to explain it? • A. Only a very timid person would hesitate to ask. Q. Should one ever sip coffee, tea or water, at the table, while food Is in the mouth? A. Never! The food should al- ways be swallowed before taking a liquid. Look! 7 Potholders 24 £cram Pattern-ful of gifts' Tue gay= est, prettiest, most unusual pot - holders you ever saw. Fun to make! Easy!! Use scraps of fab- ric, rickrack, binding and em- broidery thread. Pattern 524: transfer motifs for 7—yes, 7 fun -to -make pot - holders, including mitts. Perfect gifts. Send TWENTY -WIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accep- ted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Such a colourful roundup of handiwork ideas! Send twenty- five cents now for our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft C a t a 10 g, Choose your patterns from, our gaily illustrated toys, d a 11 s, household and personal 5eeesse5- les. A pattern for a handbag Is printed right in the beets, Crystal Ball Reveals Atomic Engine—Esther Senn • peers in' the. crystal, which reveals how a land-based prototype of an atomic sub's power plant will look. The "crystal' is a plastic model of the 225 -foot, 14 -story high sleet sphere now being built to house the atomic engine. The sphere is designed to i}revent escape of any dangerous radiation. IHRQNIcLES $� GwmndoUrev D C1.n,eke Until quite recently we knew an aged farmer who. Allred alone — never took a daily paper and had no radio. Unless someone called in to see him, or lie met other farmers down town, he knew nothing at all of .what was going on in the world, even In his own province or district. Often we thought it was a ter- . rible way to live. On the other hand what a lot of headaches that man was saved! He went his way, minded his own busi- ness, 'and had no worries about current wars, politics, accidents, murders or shipwrecks. And in regard to weather,forecasts — they could be right r they could be wrong — he wouldn't know. But he did use his own judgment. He would look at the angry, red sunset and brace his barn doors against the high winds he knew were coming. Or if the wind was in the east and a chill, raw feel- ing in the air, he gave the young cattle extra feed and kept them in for the night. This old man was in the world but definitely not of it, yet he was a good neighbour and al- ways ready to lend a hand in time of trouble. He lived simply and lasted a lot longer than many of his friends and neighbours who possessed greater know- ledge — of a sort — but who certainly worried a great deal more than he did. This old man, without the help of reading or radio, had been a wonderful farmer. His cattle were well looked alter; his horses his joy and pride; -his fields clean and his buildings in good repair. Be- fore we heard much about soil conservation this farmer prac- ticed contour ploughing on the hilly fields of his farm -- not through having read about it but by figuring out the need for it himelf. Sometimes one is tempted to wonder it too much inforrpation isn't picked up the easy way — and then not enough use made of it. • Reading isl something like eating — it isn't the food we eat that counts but how much our digestive system assimilates.' Learning by doing also has its advantages. And the difference 10 people has to be considered. Some font can follow directions from a book or article and do a perfect job — whether it is remodelling a stable or knitting a sweater. I belong to the look -and -learn class. Following closely written instructions on how to do this or that bores me to tears. Just lazi- ness, I guess. But give me a few basic directions and a sample of what the finished article should look like and I'm away. At the same time I envy the person who YOUR 'CHILD MAY,BE A 1 • VICTIM '. 8leeploae nights, ctegeneae and fidgeting may be signs of pinworms and intestinal worms , , ugly parasites that infect children of an egos, leaving thaw mraurns/ dawn and norveumat e. Plangent-tl_ng. MOLVEINEY'a MOTfi'tn'8 1111.1UN» (Hoeg there pe n, ..restores appeal*,children *bop [eel boner again. MULVIE NEY'S B'WELL (Feltndults) A natural herbal tonic that nettle* upe*t stomach, toned up the liver and kidneys, also **pelt' pinworms gad intestinal worms, IVMULVENEY's REMEDIES A4,8110114 *1. Alt Ora/0120 has the patience to follow minute directions faithfully. Patience! Yesterday I came across a photograph of Part- ner's grandmother who died in Marlborough (England) at the age of. 103. This photograph shows her, at 86, making pillow lace. Old country people wild, probably know the kind of lace, I mean; others may never have heard of it. So much skill and patience is required for this art that I am afraid it is bne kind of handicraft that°'is, or soon will - be, completely obsolete. The stiff pillow is held en the lap; the design is pinned on the pillow and the lace is woven by means of flne thread wound on bobbins, the number of bobbins depend- ing on the pattern — anywhere from ten to thirty. The lace closely resembles Maltese lace.' During the reign of Queen Vic- •toric, many of the best lace -mak- ers in Buckinghamshire had a busy time making lace for the Princess Royal. At present I am doing a- bit of research on the ' historical background of pillow lace. If any readers have any information they would like to pass along it would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps you may also know of a modern type of pillow lace. Well, I suppose right now everyone is feeling thankful — for the railway strike that didn't come off — except that our own feeling of relief is tempered with distress as more news is received every hour about the terrible storms in England, Holland and Belgium. Without a radio we wouldn't know so much -- but how could we bear not to know, down to the very last detail, if any of these countries should be our homeland? If we have lived in England we know what these Channel storms are like — and this, apparently, is the worst one yet. And our Canadian winter seems to have come at last. The thermometer registered four above when Art, Dee and Betty set out for Toronto a short while ago, after having dinner here to celebrate Daughter's birthday. We bad Christmas pudding, saved for the event -- and a good fat hen, camouflaged .as roast chicken! Sharp Contrasts In Finland Finland, With an area of aboillt 117,000 square miles,, is only slightly smaller than the British Isles, but has only 3,900,000 poo.. pis. This nation can claim the distinction of having its Major population concentrations in cities and industries and on farms farther north in the world than any other; large group of per- sons withan advanced economy, The Finns are confronted with the problem of deriving a living from a land composed largely of lakes and swamps, and a soil more suitable to forests than farming, In addition, they face the problem of adjusting their economy to long ,winter nights, a short, cool growing season, and harbors blocked by ice for many months of the year. The lack of fertile farm land' is reflected in the small population living in the relatively large area.' Only ten per cent of the land is in cultivation or pasture; seventy.- five eventy-five per cent, in forest; and the remainedr, in marsh, bog, lakes, and other -unproductive surface covering. The Finns live in an elongated land extending from 60° to 70° North. Latitude. More than one, fourth of the country is north of the Arctic Circle, a location not unlike that of Alaska. The basic physical structure of Finland is a plateau rising from, 500 to 2000 feet above sea level and extend- ing north and south through the greater part of the country. Over- lying some of the oldest rock areas in the world are' materials left by the continental ice sheet, The melting of the ice caused clay and gravel hills to be de- posited in a crescent shape at air elevation roughly five hun- dred feet above sea level. These deposits mark the boundary zone between the lake region and a coastal margin some fifty to one hundred miles wide, extending along the Gulf of Finland and the southeastern shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. Central Finland, with its lakes, swamps, and for- ests, contrasts sharply with the coastal areas, which are lower, have fewer lakes, and offer more soil suitable to .farming. On the inner edge of the coastal margin, where streams flow from the lakes, water power is -developed. —From "World Political Geog- raphy," by G. Etzel Pearcy, Rus- sell H. Fifield and Associates. RIGHT PLACE A lady stuck her head into a furrier's shop on lower Fourth Avenue and announced,' "I'm looking for a Russian skunk." "Stick around," counseled the clerk "The boss is due back from lunch in ten minutes." 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