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The Brussels Post, 1953-5-20, Page 2ANNE HIPST "Dear Anne Hirst: Will you please publish this before it is too late?. I love this girl like a sister, She. reads your column weekly, and I am praying she will Make your advice; she has listened to no one elite. " "She conies from a good home, where she had every advantage and plenty of freedom, She was a wonderful girl—until she took a posit"an and started running around with questionable com- panions, Finally she eliminated theta all, except one young man still in his teens, "He won't work lung at any job; he has no ambition. He has no responsibilities, and when he's crossed he arts like a child, He treats his parents with the ut- most disrespect, He has even been in trouble with the law! "He has dragged the girl down to his levet. If I hadn't known her for .years. I wouldn't recce - nese her now; she does as she pleases and resents her family who are only trying to help her. Her mother's health is breaking beneath the strain. but she is beyond eating. "Now they are planning to elope. Can't something be done to wake her up before she tapes that fatal step? A HEARTBROKEN FRIEND" TRAGEDY AHEAD * Over and over again your un- • fortunate friend has read my • counsel to other deluded girls • who have strayed from the • righteous path. She chooses to * ignore my warnings against die- * solute companions, and tosses * aside the grievous consequences * that ensue. In her blind deter- * urination to pursue her own Week's Sew Thrifty 4689 d$ 44014 44.114 IT'S VERSATILE! It's the Wrapon! Wrap it on now for a coverall apron, later for a wrap- around sundress. Sewing and Ironing are so easy you see by the diagram how few parts and seams there are. Smart, too, with that princess panel, those pockets! Pattern 4689: Misses' Sizes 12, 14. 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 3,ta yards 35 -inch. This pattern easy to thee. sim- ple to sew. is tested for fit Has complete illustrated instructions, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (350) in coins (stamps cannot he accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St , New Toronto, Ont. desires iet;ardlese of reason or • right, she seems the tenets of " her church and family train- ing—as, in her present state, ° she would scorn any advice "'from me, "'Phis is different!" * she is telling herself. She will ' find out it is only the same • sorry tale of an obstinate girl who thinks she knows best. * If the knowledge that she is breakine her mother's heart (as * she is wrecking her health),. • has not touched her, she seems * indeed beyond helping. " You and I shudder to .picture * what her future can be. Tied * to a weakling who defies all * known morality, who thumbs * his nose at the law (and who ' cannot even support her; she * will pay the price of her lolly, * and that price she will learn ' all too soon. For I believe she • will fin;i herself alone, deserted * and tarnished, and she will * have no one to blame but her- * self. * I am sorry for her. I am more * sorry for her family, for you " and others who love -her, who • stand helplessly by, watching * her plan her own ruin. r. c * NOT GOOD ENOUGH "Dear Anne Hirst: Over a year ago I fell in love with a nice boy, but he is disappointing me badly. He seldom takes me out, but if I want to go to a show he will pay my way. If I date anyone else he throws a nasty scene and embarrasses everybody. —"But he dates other girls whenever he feels like it! We have broken off more than once, but I love him, so I always take him back. What shall I do? R,T." • It is well that you have come • to your senses. A boy who * blows hot and cold, who does • as he pleases, but refuses you * the same privilege cannot make • any nice girl happy for long. * Stop seeing him at all Don't • accept any excuse that he of- * fers. Tell him you are through, * and mean it. * Date other boys; soon. I hope, * you will find one more sincere * and reliable. This one is not - good enough for you. s * We cannot direct the lives of others. When we mourn their choosing the wrong path, we eau only stand by, to help later on when they need us. . , Anne Hirst is here to give you the bene- fit of her wisdom and observation. Write liar at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St., New Toronto, Ont. How Grandma Moses Got Fier Start When I was quite small my father would get me and my brothers white paper by the sheet, it was used for news- papers, He liked to see us draw pictures, it was a penny a sheet and it lasted longer than candy. My oldest brother loved to draw steam engines, that .was a hobby with him, the next brother went in for animals, but as for myself I had to•have pictures the gayer the better. I would draw the pic- ture, then colour it with grape juice or berries, anything that was red and pretty in my way of thinking. Once I was given some carpenter's red and blue chalk, then I was rich, children did not have. so much in those days, we appreciated what we did get, , I commenced to paint on sticks of wood. Next summer I would get pieces of slate and window panes. Then I had some pretty pictures. That was the time they made fun of ate, I had some "very pretty Iamb stapes," as my brothers said I called them, they had some brilliant sunsets. and father would say, "Oh not so bad." But mother was more practical, thought that I could spend my time other ways.— From "Grandma Moses," edited by Otto Kaffir. v Men sure go for MAGIC C ke t," 3;. f1- 111 (d COCONUT FUDGE CHIFFON CAKE Mix and sift into a bowl, 1 C. plus 2 tbs. once -sifted cake Hour, 11il tsps. Magic Baking .Powder, jy tsp. salt, 71 c. fine granulated sugar; 1015 in y, e. desiccated coconut. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add in the order given (do not stir mixture), ;y; e. corn (salad) oil, 2 unbeaten egg yolks, 3 ( c. plus 2 the. water. / tsp. vanilla, 2) i ounces unsweol ened chocolate, melted and cooled. Stir the liquids to intermingle, then stnin the dryingredients; beat untII batterer is smooth. Measure into a large bowl l.s c. egg whites (at ur room temperature) and sprinkle with ;1 tsp. cream of tartar; beat until the egg whites are very very stiff -- much stiffer than for meringues, angel cakes, etc. Add Hour mixture, about a quarter at a time, and fold after each additioauntil batter and. egg whites are thor ough l y combined. Tarn batter into an torgrwed 8" angel rake pan; bake' in d ratherr) slow oven 325', about 1 hour. Immediately cake comes from oven, invertpan and suaimnd rake until eold, MAGIG NINIAW Favorite Names ]for soineyegrs now Mr. J. W. ,Deaver, al liuislip, Middlesex, has kept .a Ca tut. of the Chris- tian names to 'children whose birth . notices have appeared in a London, England, newspaper, As in former .years. John heads the popularity stakes for boys' names and Amt (el heads the girls, - John (!hexes 1115 times, has a clear lead aver the rest of the field, folowed by David 99, Rich- ard 93, James 90, Charles 89, Peter 84, Michael 81, Nicholas 08, Andrew 47 and Anthony 64. Charles has dropped to fifth place after being third in 1951. James has advanced from eighth to fourth place, Mr. Leaver comments that Nicholas has now got into the first ten alter being in eleventh place for five years, Two boys' names, he says which are coin- ing up rapidly are Simon and Timothy. Ann (611 and Anne (97), making a total of 158, lead Mary 144, Elizabeth 137, Jane 125. Margaret 70, Caroline 64, Susan 61 Sarah 61, Sarah 58, Catherine 29 and Diana and Francis, both 27. Costing along in popularity are, says Mr. Leaver, Amanda, Miranda and Helen. The popularity of Amt, Jane. Mary, etc., is part of a modern tendency to favour old simple names. - The vogue of such names as Arabella, Marigold, Georgina, Esmeralda, Mercedes, Evangel- ine, etc., is definitely ending. Before this return to simpli- city a girl born at Liverpool in 1880 was christened Ann Bertha Cecelia Diana Emily Fanny Ger- trude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Opheiia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred Xeno- phon Yetto Zeno: You've prob- ably noticed there is no Chris- tian name beginieg with a "P" in that list—the victim's sur- name was Pepper. The eccentric Shropshire squire Jack Mytton, called one of his sons Euphrates after a fav- ourite rare -horse, And William Turner, a devoted follower of Jenner, called his daughter 'Vac- cina. Admiration for a favourite uncle born at sea during a south- westerly gale was responsible for the. name given a child in 1880. They called him Sou'wes- ter. Sea sickness, like a toothache, is funny to everyone except those who have it, If you are 3 man you will have more of a chance to laugh at sea sickness because women suffer from it 6 to 5 times more than men. Younger children and old folks are comparatively immune iron -on Designs in 3 colors tftl £46014 V Y tke&J 4 4 Bring Spring in( o your home -- with just a stroke of an iron! Inspired design of butterflies and flower's—ail in bright pink and soft lavender with forest green leaves to add spice! For kitchen —iron on curtains, tablecloths, napkins, aprons'. Beautify bed- room spreads, scrafs; Trim cotton skirls, too! No embroidery! Just iron -on! Washable! Pattern 511 has 14 mo- tifs, dt4sx13 inches to 11:ix1 inch. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coitus (stamps cannot be ac- repted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, to Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAMII and Ale- ° BESS. EXCITING VALUE! Ten, yes TEN popultir. new designs to cro- chet, sew, embroider, knit—print- ed in the ew 1963 Laura Wheel- er Needlecraft Book; Plus many more patterns to send for ---ideas for gifts, bazaar money-makers, fashions! Send 26 cents for your ropy! ... sal ... -.r,...-• .: Family Portrait—Jean Robinson, 27, the only woman among 10 artists creating eight 16 -foot emblems representing the eight self. governing countries of the British Commonwealth, puts the fin- ishing touches on Canada's emblem. The emblems will adorn London's Parliament Square during the coronation. Cyr -W -1:- ' H RON ICLES �I1N�GeneeGERrserAI M For the first time in—I don't know how many days—we have a lovely, bright, sunshiny day. No wind, no rain, no tog, Marvel- lous! it just nfakes you feel like singing—"Oh what a beautiful •morning, oh, what a beautiful day; I have a wonderful feeling everything's coming my way." Maybe it isn't but hope never hurt anyone yet. The rain -soaked earth probably has that feeling too and its way of .showing its gladness is by helping the flowers to bloom in joyous abandon. Yes- terday we wandered part way through a bush where we found mayflowers, hepaticas, blood- roots, early trillions and a few species of wild flowers we did not recognize. The purpose of our visit to the woods was really to settle an argument. • Arthur insisted that mayflowers and he- paticas were one and the same flower. Daughter said they were not, and I wasn't sure. So we all piled into the car, including Partner, a visitor and even Honey, and we headed for the nearest hush on high ground . , . no swampy places after that rain, There the argument was settled by finding both mayflowers and hepaticas, exactly fitting the des- cription we had already looked up in the encyclopaedia. Actually, we could have Laken Daughter's word for it because she certainly knows her wild flowers. But it was fun to find proof by seeing. Dee and Art dug up a few roots of this and that to take home for their garden—but not trilli- ums. Apart from flowers we are always amused at the stuff city folk like to take back with them from the country. Yesterday it was wild flowers and garden flowers: roots and slips; rhubarb, cream and eggs --but the two Met items are always paid for. After all they provide part of our in- come -and we do have to live. Too often farm produce is. look- ed upon as nature's bounty by visitors to the country who ofieu think it strange if Mrs. Farmer doesn't give them a parting gift of something that has been grown or raised on the farm. Where is a surplus, that is just fine, and it is generally gladly shared, But if a salable product is in question then city cousins should at least be prepared to pay for what they get at a whole- sale level. After all, why should a farmer, any more than a gro- cer or a dry goods merchant, be expected to give away his live- lihood? Maybe 1 ate wrong -or meaner than most but that is the way I look at it — except, of coarse, where there :is a case of need; where 'we know the folk in question are having quite a time in making ends -meet; or where there is, or has been, iekness in the family. . Then we y only tooto are glad give what- ever we feel is acceptable, whether it be salable of not. Daughter and I also liana an- other way -of doing things. We have a sort of barter. system. When site is shopping if she sees something she knows we want put on as week-endspecial, she buys it, brings it hame and takes Oa value 10 eggs! And a cer- tain amount of exchanging also lakes place pariodieally. In fare - School is it Circus—Students at Florida State University, Fla„ have the opportunity to enroll in a circus course. Patricia Payne and George Bowers are seen passing a test in high -wire antics under the big top. ilies there is . often • something that one person doesn't want that another person can use. - One's needs change with the passing years. Back in the days when every farmer's wife had to think of threshing and c to r n- cuttmg meals. it was necessary to keep a good supply of dishes on hand. Now, in many districts, threshing gangs are a thing of the past—a combine eats only gas and oil, So, .unless they are given away, surplus dishes are stacked up, doing nothing better than gathering dust, Yes, it is easy to find new homes for old things—in limited numbers—hut not on a wholesale scale. And so it is that when a person has passed away we of- ten come across that saddest of 'all domestic problems—what to do with the unwanted furnish- ings of a home. Perhaps the late owner was a widow, or a widow- er, living alone. The children are married and have homes of their own. They have no room for ad- ditionol furniture. Few modern * homes have an attic, some don't even have a basement, there isn'-t even room for storage. So, if an estate must be settled there is only one solution to the problem —an auction sale. And, all the dear, intimate things that have been treasured through the year's must go to the highest bidder. If only more people would enjoy their possessions in their own' lifetime instead of putting them away in mothballs, Think.. of the silver, crystal and beautiful quilts that ' are carefully nut away .in- case they might get broken or spoilt. Last. week 1 got, word that my one, remaining brother had passed away in Eng land, following a severe stroke. He was recently widowed and had abeautiful home. I hate to, think of all the lovely things he and his wife lead worked se hard to acquire, and to save, now at the mercy of the - auctieneer's hammier. 'Let its make the best of what we ]rave ---if they break or wear out we shall at least have had the enjoyment of timing them as long as they tasted. ISSUI1 21 — 1953 .What Are The Odds? The .chaoCes are a little more than 20 to 1 in your Paver 'that you' baby will be born alive and healthy. There is 1 chance in 50 that the baby will be stillborn. The mother's odds are over 500 to 1 in her favor, t * s, If you spend some of your time during the work -day dream- ing about how wonderful and healthy it would be to be work- ing with your ]rands, perish the thought. Dr. Louis Dub 1 i n, ' famed statistician, states the life expectation of office workers is one eighth greater than that of industrial workers, If you borrowed money from a small loan company lately it's 1 to 6 you borrowed it to defray doctor and hospital bills.. As if You didn't know. It has been estimated that about half of humanity has a difficult time falling asleep. If you are among the hate -to -go -to - bed half, according to Dr. Don- ald Allaie'd, the odds are 3 to 1 that you use some kind of thought control like counting sheep, stoney, etc., to woo slum- ber; 2 to 1 you read books er magazines; even that you use musical relaxation tricks; 1 to 3 you take warm drinks; 1 to 3 you smoke; 1 to 3 you take hot baths; 1 to 10 you use drugs; and' 1 to 18 you use alcohol Is that a corporation, old boy, or is it just your shirt tails work- ing up? If it's fat you'd better start watching your shadow be- cause Dr, James W. Barton finds that of a group of 18 men; 9 fat and 9 thin at the age of 40, there will still be 9 lean men at 50 but only 6 fat, At 80 there will be 3 lean and one fat man. The odds increase until that fat stuff makes it 3 to 1 against your. * * * The world may be round but your feet might easily be flat.. The War Department says past examinations show the chances are 1 in 8 you have fallen arches or flat feel, * * * The odds are even that you and your family spend $100 per year for medical services. How- ever, .11 is estimated that there are+ $350,000,000 worth of unpaid doctors' bills in the United States and Canada. When that crooner sings "Your're a Sweet Little Head- ache" he, isn't kidding. If you are a girl your chances are 2 to 1 more than a man's you will suffer from migraine. 4 * * . Have you had your pint today? Of water, I mean. If you have the odds are 5 to 1 you won't be as well as you should be. Five pints is the recognized quota. Even if lightning doesn't strike more than Once in the same place that isn't going to do 1 out of 7,000 people any good, These are the odds in your favor during a thunderstorm. You're lucky. Do you know that the odds are 35 to 1 that you wilt never have hay fever? If you do - Contract 1.1 the chances are - 8 -to 1 that some kind of treatttent will banish many of the sneezes and sniffles. Army doe tors and scientists have gone to some trouble to prove that war is hell but with a little analgesic balm.- With ad- vancement in medicine the odds in favor .of a wounded man not dying'tre 33 to 1, During World War, I they were 10 to 1, * M * Do you have a pet elephant in your back yard? If you do he'll live twice as long as you will, A crocodile will outlive you 1i times and so will a Tortoise, eagle, crow, raven of swan. Otherwise the chances are that you will out- live your pet. * e * How often while enduring a bellyache have you pondered en animal life and envied it? You're wrong. Most animals die from inflammation of the intestines unless lucky enough to be humanely slaughtered for our consumption, And the RELIEF is "'""` LASTING Nobody knows the cause of rheuma- tism but we do know there's one thing to ease the pain . - it's TNaTANTINE. 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