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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-6-3, Page 2AN!f 14MPSfi "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 have to confide in Someone, or go crazy. My emotions are contrary to everything I've believed in. Thal knowledge does me no good, My mind and my heart won't agree. "When I was 17, I fell in love —completely. I know he loved me (women can tell)' but there Was only one flaw in our ro- mance -- he was married. I was already lost My family found out, and he was drafted—all at the same time. They intercepted his letters, and I thought he had forgotten me. "Two years later 1 married a man I'd known three months. My life since has been years of drunkenness, debts, and misery I suppose my husband loves our children, but he ignores them ex- cept when he's drunk, and then he's disgusting . . STILL IN LOVE "Last June I met J. again. It was as though those eight years had never been. I love him mare than my very life, and he loves me. But— "There are our children: he has three, also. There is no chance of our ever being to- gether, I feel that I can't stand it! I can't see him, and I can't bear not seeing him. "Must I go on like this the rest of my life? — Wanting him, and hating myself for it I fill my days, but even that doesn't help. What ran I do? D. K." ° Perhaps the most painful ex- * perience in life is to want what * we know is unattainable, and • to realize that we shall go on * wanting it, though it is forever * beyond our reach. 4 -Way Wonder 4666 St;ES 2—t0 It's true, you sew only one dress, but daughter has FOt1P different outfits to wear ! Start off with the jiffy sundress—then button on the bolero, scalloped capelet or dress -up collar for Monday -to -Sunday variety. Save fabric, money, time. Send now ! Pattern 4666: Children's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6 sundress 15's yards 35 -inch; bolero 15s yards. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sdw, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (350) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern, Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teen's St., New Toronto, Ont. * 11 you were single, living * alone, you might really grow * desperate, dreading each morn• ' lug's coming, knowing the r' heartache it would bring, But * you are not alone, You are a * wife and a, mother, with re- * sponsibilities which you must • carry through, Your husband * is a grave problem, and often * you despair of the future; mo mentous as that problem is * you have to handle it. • More important are your * children, whose fresh young ° lives are just beginning Only * you can protect them from ° their errant father, offset his * lamentable influence, and guide * them rightly. Their destiny lies * in your hands. o With all these obligations be * setting you, there can be little * leisure to mourn a lost love * When the temptation confronts * you, remind yourself that there * could never have been happi- • ness for you with this man, for * he was married when you first * met. It is your seeing him late ° ly that has brought back all * the grief you suffer now. * Be grateful, then, for these * responsibilities that demand * all your energies. At the chil * dren grow, you will live your ;' youth again in their fuller lives * and find the solace whielr only * a good mother knows. Mean " while, live one day at a time, o with no dread of future. to- * morrows,— And remember, no * misfortune descends upon us * which we are not given the e strength to bear. Go back to * your church, renew your faith * in it and in yourself, and the * peace that you yearn for will * come to you. ° a Why mourn for a happiness which never could have been? Live in today, work its prob- lems out, and know the peace that comes from accomplishment. Anne Hirst's understanding and wisdom can point the way. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteen Si,, New Toronto, Ont. They Died Twice Medical .nen are discussing the amazing case of Mr. William C. Blosson, of Brooklyn, New York, who a few weeks ago was certi- fied to have died from n heart attack. His body was taken to an un• dertaken for embalming. As he Lay. in the mortuary, one of the staff was horrified to notice that his eyes were flickering slightly They rushed the man to hospi- tal where, twenty minutes later he sat up suddenly and declared: "Whoever said I was dead? I certainly am not." A similar case of a mane cons ing to life" again was reported from New York three years ago The man. aged 65, was twice pro- nounced dead within four hours —and twice revived ire heart massage. There is no authenticatea case in Britain of a person recovering after being certified "dead" by a doctor. In Britain a man is pre sumed dead . by law after his heart, breathing and circulatior have stopped for five minutes. Physiologytoday teaches that ir- reversible changes occur in the human brain and other vital organs if the circulation stops for four minutes 'or more. A Jamaican woman, Cnartotte Jones, who "died" aged 00, was placed fn a coffin and her bed; packed in ice. Fifteen hours later the coffin -lid was seen to move slightly and a white hand ap- peered. The lid was removed and up sat the "corpse," saying "My I'm hong r y. Please give me something to eat' There was also the Italian wont an, Teresa Marassia, who got our of her coffin just in time to save herself from being buried alive The interment was due to take place hall an hour later Super far Supper— made with MAGIC HOT BISCUIT SUPPER -SANDWICH ,z &aeon to taste 1 e. minced cooked meat with grated onion salt, pepper and condiment sauce; moisten slightly 3 with onion, salt, or cream sauce. Mix and si11, twice a=; then sift into a bowl, 2 c. oncsiftod poetry flour (or 130 e - c. once -sifted hard -wheat flout), 4 taps. Magic Baking Powder, 3{� tsp. sat, 14 tsp. dry mustard. Cut in finely X tbs. chilled shortening. Make a well in dry ingredients and add if 0. chili sauce and 34 0. milk; mix lightly with a fork,• adding milk if necessary, to make a soft a r dough. Knead for 10 seconds on a lightly -floured board and divide dough into 2 equal portions Pat tr` mail' one portion into a groaned round 811i" cake pan tr mrd spread almost to edges with meat mixture moisten edges of dough with water. Pat second portion of dough into an 8,4" round and place over meat: mixture; press lightly around edges to seal; score top layer, deeply into 6 pfe•sltaped wedges. Bake in hot oven, 425°, about 20 Minn. Servo hot, with brown tomato sauce. Yield; 6 servings. MAGIC B4,1(j iG POWDER Piped Pup—Shot by o burglar, "Daren," a boxer owned by .1 E. . Dobrick was helped by the crook who •bandaged his wound and fed him a T-bone steok from the Dobrick refrigerator. Seen above, "Doren" gets more sympathy from ,pretty Rosemary Bredon, an attendant at an animal hospital. Practical Jokes And Jokers It is a dark night. A motorist on the Portsmouth road is run- ning' out of Cobham, Surrey when his lights pick out the body of a man dangling from the bridge over the road. Hurriedly reassuring his horrified women passengers, the driver stops the car and rushes to the man's as- sistance, Imagine 'his feelings when his efforts to free the body are an- swered with ribald laughter from a gang of hidden merrymaker:. For this was no corpse, but a life-size dummy carefully dress- ed for the part Frightening people is a notion which some jokers consider tine fun. In another class is the hoaxer who passes himself off as some- body else. Two English Oxford undergraduates once kept large audiences enthralled for hours, one impersonating a well •known Turkish professor, the other a celebrated German psychologist Seven Year Fraud But these were harmless ruses compared with the escapade of Martha Barth. Barth was a Ger- man refugee. Tired of wonting as a housemaid for an English fam- ily, she decided to fob herself off as a destitute Prussian prin- cess. When the fraud was ex- posed, it was found that two kind-hearted spinster sisters had been housing, feeding, and tet ing her for seven years. A prince among pranitsters was the notorious Theodore Hook In 1809 he staged his most heart- less hoax of all—on an inoffen- sive old lady named Mrs Tot- tenham. Walking with a iriend along Seniors Street, in Lnndnn • Style Pointer — Apparently dee signed by Schlaparelli primarily for standing around and look - ,ng beautiful, this poppy red elik gown features sharp, curv- ing points that make it•resemble a pagoda. The new Paris crea- tion looks as though it would make dancing difficult; FIook suddenly stopped outside her modest little home. "I'll bet you a guinea," he boasted, "that I will make that place the most famous in London," His friend took the bet Within a week shops all over London were delivering goods at Mrs. Tottenham's — wines, wedding cakes, groceries, vege- tables, books. Tailors, bookma- kers, and undertakers turned up for orders. Even doctors, lawyers and clergymen had been asked to call. When Hook waa exposed, it was learned he had also arranged to send along, on some plausible pretexts, the governor of the Bank et England, the Duke of Gloucester, and several other ce- lebrities. "A mug is born every minpte," so it's said. About 1750, just to prove how gullible the public could be, a man named Mon- tague bragged that he would fill a Haymarket theatre with people who had paid to see a performer squeeze himself into a bottle. "You'll never persuade them to do that," warned his friends. So Montague inserted a specta cuter advertisement in a paper The bait was s wa 1 l e w e d: Crowds flocked to the theatre and paid for admission. When the performer failed to appear, the audience realized they'd "been had," and fell to rioting. - The greatest hoax in the his tory of New Zealand was played on a prison. Urgent telephone messages were received from the jail at Rangitata, near Auckland that a terrific explosion had kill- ed and injured several prisoners. Officials and doctors were rushed to the scene in speed- boats. Excited crowds waited for news. But the would-be rescu ers returned ie say that it was all a bluff. Attempts have now and again been made to cure practical jo kers by giving them ante of their own medicine. There was at certain incorrie ible prankster who worked for an American broadcasting com- pany. One day an advertisement bearing his name appeared in a prominent newspaper. It - read' "Highest prices paid fon old Christmas -trees." '• "Peace at last:" Next day 87 telephone callers offered dried -out trees, and twe lorry -loads of evergreens pulled up at the prankster's door. Some one had had their own back. The most astonishing hoax in history was the fictitious •armis Lice of 1918. On November 7th a Press report was received in the United States that an armistice had been signed with Germany Reaching America, the • news was published in all the easier, - causing a fever:ot.:rejoicing from • New York to San Francisco. "Peace at Last!" cried everyone Duped a Nation Then the truth came out Thecae had been no armistice. It was, in fact, en ingenious move by the German Intelligence Service to dupe' America into be• . lieving that ar) armistice tad al- ready been sigfsed and,to arpusa American publl'e opinion. ' By this Means the, delabted nation was able. to' produce in Its opponents a desire for a quick. peace and prevent the march of the Allied armies into German territory. - . She was fat and over forty, but still kittenish, The yoltog man she had cornered .at the dance was thinking hard for some ex. cute to escape. At last he mur- mured: "Do yell remember the youngster who used to tickle you under the chin .at school:" - "Ohl" she exclaimed, gushing. Ise "se that's who ,you • argil" "No," said he, blandly. ^That was my father." Vs'les, its 1-1 RON ICLES ()Pah, INGERFARM It is a rain -washed country around here—but a very green and beautiful country. Empire Day week)end—and tate weather such a disappointment to those Jiving in the city who bad plan- ned a long weekend in the court - try; and for home gardeners, anx- ious to putn`lp plants and seedlings now the danger of frost appears tg be over. Co,me to think of it, isn't it foolish, the way we plan, , for either wprk• pr; pieagur-e„ with- out allowing for the fact that the weather, ,or • eiretunsi'ances, or family responsibilities, may make it impossible for us to early out our program. We plan without a margin. And yet a margin is so necessary. It is a safeguard against disappointment; a place to re- treat when 'plans fail to material- ize, Remember the time when 10- vitations to both public and so- cial events often had in brackets, after the time and 'place was given, (D.V.) meaning "Deo Vo'lente" or "God Willing". D.V. is a term that is hardly used at all these days—in fact what D.V. stands for may be completely lost on present-day reader's. We make plans to suit our own conveni- ences—very rarely do we think or say to ourselves, "God Willing". And so, if and when our plans don't work out the way we ex- pect, there Is no margin of re- treat. We feel hurt as a result and go around with a chip on our shoulder. I remember, some years ago, one business -man -farmer, a mid- dle-aged bachelor, very efficient and uptddate. He planned every hour of every day, for himself and his hired help. Ask him on Satur- day when'he planned to start hay- . ing and lie would tell You -"Well, I figure I'lrbe in the first field by 10 o'clock Tuesday morning." Or ash him about his milk produc- tion and he would say—"Next month I have three more cows coming in, then I shall be ship- ping five cans daily." That farm- er planned without a margin. The result was• continuous frustration. A heavy rain or the loss of a cow completely upset his calculations. One day he was found lying in his own driving shed, a discharged gun by his bide, ' ' • Probably the happiest 'farm folk are those who allow a good wide margin in planning their farm and home operations,, who always have asubstitute plan if circumstances make it impossible to carry out the original one. Heavy rain may stop seeding for a day or two—but it is a good chance to clean up the driving shed. Or Mrs. Farmer may be al] set to put in garden. And then it rains . , . well, there'll be another day. Might as well get the mend- ing out of the way—orgo to that meeting 1 thought I would have to miss. One busy women I know has to work lists most of the nine— one is headed "Things 1 Must Do" —the other "Things I Would Like ' to Do". This woman always plans her work, day by day, but when weather or circumstances upset her plans regarding things that must be done, then she seizes the opportunity for one of the more enjoyable but Less urgent jobs from the second list. As to that, last Thursday there must have been a great many omen who were falling back on second choice jobs on account of the twin weather. One 01 the WJ. branches in this district chartered a bus and the mo.dbers went on a sight-seeing, fact-finding trip, which int:luded •making a round of a large stone quarry, where several power shovels were in operation, a visit to Flamiiton's famous Rock Garden, also; to Dun- dur'n Castle and Museum, once the horse of Sir Allan. McNab; a conducted tour of the Sovereign Potteries, and a look -sea, at the Mille Library at McMaster Uni- versity. Since the bus was not quite full a friend and 1 wer'e'in- vited to go on the trip, My day was already' planned but my plans bad been frustrated due to very necessary but undelivered mer- chandise, That trip was second choice but -1 probably derived more lasting satisfaction from its"' than I would have done from the work that had been my original pian. Friday and Saturday 1 was busy —getting ready for a party of five that we were expecting on Sunday -only before the day was out the five became seven, Part- ner had the lawn nicely cut so there was no wet grass to walk through, There is plenty of lawn but it is no trouble to cut, Why should it be . Daughter and her husband came along on Mother's Day with a power lawn mower for Father! And that was the best mother's day -gift that anyone ever had. Just a word about books , .. if you enjoy good reading, do read "The Sojourner" by Marjorie Kin- non Rawlings, author of The Yearling. t have just finished it. Heads Together—A pair o1 well- balanced acrobats put their heads together and end up with a thrilling act. The "Two Ledas" are seen above in action in Paris, France. Men heap together the mis- takes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny. --Keats lodsprely-Tste$pr41#24vE,e uLf Fruit Bread—made with New Fast DRY Yeast!. • Don't let old-fashioned, quick -spoiling yeast cramp your baking style! Get in a month's Supply of new Fleischmann's Past Rising Dry Yeast — h keeps full-strength, fast-artiug till the moment you bake! Needs no refrigeration! Bake these Knobby Fruit Loaves for A special treat! • Scald 11 c. milk, Xy c. gratiu- latcd. sugar, 2 tsps. salt and r/2 G shortening; cool to lukewarm. hfeanwhile, measure into a large bowl 3 c. lukewarm water, 3 taps. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 3 en- velopes Fleisclunann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, THEN stir well, Add lukewarm milk mixture and. stir in 2 well -beaten eggs rel, c. maraschino cherry syrup and 1 tsp. almond extract. Stir in 4 c. once - sifted bread flour; beat until smooth, Work in 2 c. seedless raisins, 1 c, currants, 1 c. chopped candied peels,ic.sliced maraschino cherries and 1. c, broken walnuts, Work in 3%.c. (about) once -sifted bread flour. Knead on lightly - floured board until stuooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and in10010111[v KNOBBY FRUIT LOAVES grease top or dough. Coscr and set inawenn place, free lions draught. Let rise until doubled in bull.. Punch down dough. tutu out on lightly-lloured board and divide into 4 equal portions; nu each portion into 20 etptal-sized pieces; knead each piece into a smooth round ball. Arrange 10 mud! balls in each cit 4 greased loaf beans elf,:" x 81/2i') and grease 'tops. Au:uagr remaining balls on top 01 tlmse in pans and grease tops. Cmtr and let rise until doubled in huff,. Make in moderate oven. IEia°, about 1 hour, covering with brown paper after first 12 hour, Sp] end told loaves with icing, Yield --4 base'., Note: The 4 portions of dough oozy be shaped into loaves to fu f,aru. instead 01 being divided into tin' 250011 picres that f,rodurc knobby ' loaves. MEN WIN THINK OF TOMORROW PRACTISE MODERATION TODAY