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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-6-17, Page 64 SALA TE6 NOS 1RST AN > tl Il !tcrJ`ly ,3> ..... "Dear Anne Hirst: When I married a year ago, I had an idea of what nay husband was like but, being in love, I took thfoptimistic view. Now I've found him out. "He has no principles, no in- tegrity, no values. He Is complete- ly without morals. And he drinks. Ile squanders his money, is in debt, and hasn't bought me a single thing since we married, He is abusive, and suspicious, When I tell him I simply cannot live this way, he says 1 have the green light -but he won't give me lM Iran -8n Designs in 3 colors twf 4,,,,111/6110. FRESH 'SPRING TOUCH for your home! Just glide your iron once over flghtl'y-presto! Pretty pink, gay yellow, soft blue motifs trim your scarfs, pillowslips, guest towels! No embroidery! Wash- able! Such a thrifty, quick way to re -do your bedroom or guest• room! Pattern 885: Twenty : on -on motifs from ixi?e. to 4x6 inches Send TWENTY - FIVE CENTS in coins ; stare ps earsett be ac vented, for this pattern to Box I. 123 Eightee .t: St.. Nevi' Toronto. Ont. Print .p=air::y PATTERN NUMBER, sour NAME a. -.d AD • - DRESS. EXCiTL"G ISALI:E: Ten. s ,, TEV popular. new designs to crt'- ahet, sew, embroider. knit -- • printed in the new 1953 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Sc.orPius many more patterns to send f.. -ideas for gifts, bazaar money- makers, fashions' Send 25 sang for your ceps! any 'money, even to leave him. "Recently, I got e job and pre- pared to leave him -only to find I am pregnant -and he claims the child is not his. "I have nn friends here. My Parents were against the mar- riage, but I wouldn't listen. I lie and write them how wonderfully we are getting along. I borrowed money from them (for my hus- band and am now paying it back myself. "I want my baby so much, but I am so miserable with my bus - band. I have tried to understand him and be patient; I've pleaded, even tried threats, but nothing (not even the baby inspires him to assume responsibility. I still love him, though. and I can't hurt him. How can I work and take care of my baby at the same time? I just don't know what to do! L, N." ^ File this plan in the hack of * your mind, and use it, if you • must: You can keep on work- '" ing for a number of months. * When you must stop, ask for a * leave of absence. If your bus- * band is still adamant about * money, go hone to your parents. * They will take you in, and share what they have with you; • you• will at least have shelter * and protection and temporary * release from anxiety. Should • your husband refuse to pay * hospital bills, your father can * handle him, legally if neces- * sary; a man of your husband's * nature will usually squirm be- * fore the law, knowing he is * licked before he starts. * You want your baby. Keep * that wonderful day before you • when you will hold him in your • arms, and you will know that • all you have suffered has been * worth while. Refuse to concern * yourself about your economic, * or emotional future; as the time draws near, you will find * it easier to relax and to hope, * and that is your first need. * You still lore your husband, * with that unreasoning love that * some whole-souled women can * contain, Whether you will re- turn to him, lies in the lap of * the gods. Let it stay there. There seems no limit to what a good woman can bear. When you are troubled by fears of the future, remember that strength will come to bear whatever It brings. . Tell your problems to Anne Hirst, and depend upon her understanding and wisdom. Address her at Box 1. 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. A•Beveriey Hills astrologer will read your dog's or your horse's birth sign and advise the proper name for the animal. Charge - tee dollar Gels Measly Ooal-Shed a tear foe Mann "Shubert, 23, of Beachwood, Ohio, who came down with three-day measles the day before his wedding. He got married all right, but didn't get to kiss the bride, the former -id -Anti Friedman. Shu- bert, his ;bride, their parents and hisdarother,. Na:ri•rtan, gathered in the Shubert home for the marriage ceremony:. "It took just five minutes," Shubert said. "I got up out of bed, put on my tuxedo. i went downstairs and got married. Then she and the others went to the reception and I hear they had a fine time. I went back upstairs, took off my tuxedo and went back to bed." Best he can do now is look al his bride's picture and talk to her on the telephone. Bs' Anne Ashley Q. How eau' 1 reduce tate shat tering and smoking of fat when broiling steaks or chops? • A. After preheating the broiler, pour In Just enough cold water to cover the bottom of the broiler pan. The water does not inter- fere with browning or crisping the meat. It lessens spattering, and also makes the cleaning of the broiler much easier. Q. How can 1 store white e'er - monis to keep then front turning yellow? A, Use brown or blue paper for wrapping the white gar- ments. The chloride of lime in white paper will destroy the color of the garments, causing them to turn yellow, Q. How can I prevent dandruff? A, Some have claimed success by using a mixture of one part apple juiceandthree parts water. Apply this solution twice weekly. Q. How can I make a lotion to prevent sunburn? A,- By mixing two ounces of water and 10 drops of glycerine; add a little perfume and dab this on the skin with a soft cloth; leave on five minutes, then wipe off very gently. Q. How can I keep freshly Pared apples from t u'r n [ n g brown? A. Put the pared apples into a bowl of cold water immediate- ly, and they will not ttu'n brown. They can be kept this way for some time, until ready for use, just by changing the water once or twice, Q. How can I easily clean silk lane shades? A. Use a soft -bristled brush to remove the dust from the shades, as it is the dust that rots the sills and destroys the color. This should be done every week. Q. How 'can I prevent body perspiration odor? A. Wash the body with a basin of warm water, to which add two tablespoons of compound spirits of ammonia. This leaves the skin sweet, clean and fresh. Q. How can I make a good hot - weather bath powder? A. By mixing equal parts of cornstarch and talcum. Q. How can I safely clean oil paintings? A. Use warm soapsuds. Wash only a small section of the canvas at a time, and wipe it dry. When the entire surface is clean, go' over it with a cloth dipped in linseed oil to prevent cracking. Q. How can' I remove lint from freshly varnished surfaces which have not fully hardened? A. Rub these spots with a cloth moistened with turpentine, and follow with furniture polish. Q. How can I soften butter? A. The best method to soften butter that is too hard is to turn a heated bowl over it. This softens the butter throughout, and it then is easily spread. Sundress'11' Bolero • l " r't, 1. SIZES 12-20 ;30-42 PRINCESS STYLE! it's the new style of the season! You'll be thrilled -it's the most be. coming, the easiest to sew. This sundress with its own smart bo- lero is country -cool and city - slick. You'll wear it simply everywhere! Pattern 4665: Misses' Sizes 12. 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 84, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 dress and bolero 44%4 yards 35 -inch; rib yard con - traits pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit, Has complete illustrated instructions. Send. THIItTT - FIVE CENTS (35f) in tains (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern, Print plainly SIZE, NAME, Ab'11REtSS, STYLE NUMBER,. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Exit, Laughing -Actress Shirley Booth uses a screwdriver to point to aedoor in New York's Empire Theatre which will soon come down with the rest of the 60 -year-old playhouse. Written on the door are the signatures of actors and actresses that took part in a farewell program, "Highlights of the Empire," Broadway's way of bidding farewell to the famous old theatre, Ex -.Stable - Boy Was Power Behind The Throne Just seventy yearn ago -within the memory of many oldsters still happily with us -the youn- ger members of the Royal Family Suddenly burst into a round of festive parties and theatre -going. The great John Brown was dead! • The British Windsor Gr a few days Victoria pro wreaths of placed on t] in Windsor But then , that John B a thick wad that the Que ing the inn ta Rasputin, the power behind the throne, had caught a chill while investigating a mysteriou s stabbing affair' in eat Park, and within all was over. Her eyes red -rimmed, Queen red at his coffin, The two empresses were ae bier, Every shop was closed as the son of a poor Highland crofter returned to the glens. affright ran through Court society when it was known yawn had left behind of diaries . . and en herself was writ- er story of his life. O rtes Burned • Hurriedly the Queen's secre- tary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, im- pounded the diaries and it is said they were later burned on the instructions of King Edward VII, Certainly it was on that monarch's orders that all the busts and statuettes of Brown scattered through the royal pa- laces were destroyed. 'At royal Windsor, too, John Brown's bedroom in the Clarence Tower was kept. as it always had been .. , until King Edward or- dered it to be refurnished and turned into a guest -room. Just what was behind the mystery that surrounded the widowed Queen and her strange Highland retainer? A scurrilous pamphlet on the Queen, entitled "Mrs. John Brown;" lent cre- dence to the baseless story that they were secretly married, What else, people argued, catfld explain the position of a manservant so privileged that he could give the Queen orders, a Court favourite who could treat statesmen and generals with insolenee, As a gillie Brown had led the Queen's party to mountain -side picnics, putting nips of whisky. in the royal tea and at one time actually earrying the Queen ac- ross the rushing waters of a burn. By the Prince Consort's order Brown was soon appointed to attend the Queen's carriage at alt times. And after the Prince Consort's early death it was Brown who aroused and recalled her to life. "Brown; she said, laughing one day, "you are better than the doctors." "Away, Ye Daft Fools" In the Highlands the carriage overturned in the snow, send- ing the Queen hurting through the air to land on her face. It was Brown who bathed her cuts with claret and bandaged her with handkaerchiefs. . Another time, When overeager crowds swarmed around the Queen's coach, it was Brown Who vehe- mently 'cried: "Away wid ye, ye daft 'feels, Can ye no' leave a poor widow alone'l" When queen 'Victoria was in het°. mid -forties, . Brown was thirty-seven, a superb specimen of mature Highland manhood. State historians point out that had thee been an inkling of in- correct association, the ladies- in-waiting would have resigned. But the Queen Wrote: "I feel in sore need of someone to cling to securely .. , someone to com- fort and pacify me . , . In her relationship with Brown, this feeling was gradu- ally unleashed, though it re- mained unconscious on . both sides. When news reached the Queen's ears that jokes were be- ing made about "Mrs. Brown," she characteristically gave him greater authority, Lesser mortals gazed in aston-" ishment. During a royal visit to the Duke of Richmond the Queen's luggage, including her nightclothes, went astray and the Queen refused to undress. "Well," cried Brown, when he was summoned, "ye'll snore just as good in yer shift. Pull off yer claes and get betwixt the sheets without yer togs!" The Queen obeyed. "What ore ye doing•with that black dress on again?" he de- manded on another occasion, "It's green -moulded!" And when the Queen, on one of her sketch- ing excursions, had difficulty in choosing a table to sit among the heather, Brown lost his tem- per, picked up one of the dis- carded tables and set it before her. "It's no' possible to make ye another table up here!" he an- nounred. Seance Messages Another day, the Queen was about to step down from her carriage on to a step smeared with mud . . . and Brown instantly whipped off his sporran to give her clean footing. Faith- ful service long association, me- mories and old sentiments long shared together . , , these marked the affectionate association of employer and faithful retainer. Brown sometimes stood be- hind her chair, openly eaves- dropping while affair's of state were being discussed. Politicans knew it would be futile to pro- test. He read the newspapers over her shoulder, pointing out items he felt she should not miss. But, above all, spiritualistic seances were being held in Buckingham Palace at this time and it has been suggested that John Brown was the medium. The spirits to which Brown was addicted were perhaps of another kind. Yet there is certain evid- ence that the purported spirit voice of the Prince Consort spoke at one of these seances, and among other messages gave John Brown a special commendation. LOGY, LISTLESS, OUT. OF. LOVE WITH- LEE? That wake up rout lire, bite .. lump oat 01 bed myon' to to Life not north living? it may ba the Inver! IVa a feed If your liver bila to not flowing 8•eelyyyour fond may not digont .. , goy Ideate !,p your tit tench ... ya foal eon• eN arc Mad all the fun and a arta go out el Rife. rt>at'a when you need mild, gentle Cartoon ggimuleta yyovr hoer PIN. You tea 0 o again tt to coming out at a rote of up to two pinta* cloy Into your digeetive tract:'fife Amid you tight up, make you reel that happy ye aro Pare aoda. Itoalott't Any nook gel 'trier,' Litlly Livor PILIN Almon, have dune list hand. ' ISSUE 24 - 1563 Modern Etiquette t3y Roberta Lee Q, 1l'tten as ratan is entering an elevator twilit a girl, or getting - out of an elovelor, which one should precede? A, He should allow the girl to' enter first, and also to step out first, unless the elevator is erowdpd and he is in fr'wat of the door. Q. Who should be the first person to place his or her napkin on the table at the conclusion of a small dinner party? A. The hostess, and this is the accepted signal that the meal is over, Q. Who pays for the bride's bouquet, and for those " of her maid -of -honor and brldesniaids? A. The bridegroom pays for the bride's bouquet, an d her family stands the expense of the bouquets for her attendants, Q. If a young woman is tra- velling alone on a train and meets a man with whom she is .well acquainted, would it be all right to allow him to pay for her meal if he wishes to do so? A. This would be quite 'all right. Q. When a girl ]las been visit- ed frequently for almost a year by a young man (roan out of town, and he invites her to spend a week -end in his home, is it all right for her to accept? A. Only if she receives an ex- press ivitation from the young man's mother. Q. Should one place the serv- ing silver on a dish of food when asked to pass it at the table? A, Yes, always. Q. If a girl becomes engaged, and she has no family, would it be all right for her fiance's fam- ily to announce the engagement? A, No. The ' bride -elect always has this privilege, and if she has not the means of giving an an- nouncement party, then she can always extend her "good news" through tae` local newspapers. Q. When giving an informal dinner, how should the hostess let her guests know the seating arrangement she wishes? A. The hostess should stand at her place, and tell each guest just where he or she should be seated. Q. Is it necessary to make the "thank you" note a lengthy one? A. Not at all. It may be brief, just so it is written promptly and is sincere in its tone. Q. It Is proper for. a boy to ask a girl for a date if he hap- pens to know that she is serious- ly interested in another boy? A. There certainly is nothing improper to his trying. "Although I am gone," said the voice in the hushed darkness, "John Brown has been given So runs the attested story; and for further proof there is the strange inscription on Brown's tombstone, penned by the Poet Laureate at the Queen's vain - mend: "That friend on whose fidelity you count, that friend given you by circumstances over which you have no control, was God's own gift." The Queen did not write her projected biography of Brown. Lord Davidson, the Dean of Windsor, had the delicate task of dissuading her. No sooner was this matter disposed of than the Queen took as her personal attendant a second John Brown, actually his cousin, a man stran- gely resefnbiing his namesake though smaller in stature. John Brown was dead, but an- other John Brown, a mute re- plica, stood silently beside the Queen to the end of her days. Supermarket Spies Has anyone been trailing you around the supermarket or gree eery store lately? If so, it Wouldn't be surprising, beeauee people whose business II is to nbte'your preferences and make shopping easier for you, do that from time to time. One report on what a typical food shppper looks for was given in Chicago recently at the Na- tional`I'ackaging Exposition. And the report came up with some •interesting facts. Por example, this typical shop- , per - the lady who pushes Jun- ior aroulad the local supermltr- ket in a tote cart - likes her crackers and cookies in inner - sealed packs. The reason given was that these packs ,keep the contents fresh and crisp. She also likes her fresh meats, Smits and vegetables neatly pre- Packaged so she can pick theist up quickly and speed up her shopping. She likes to see the bread she buys. And, what's more, when the store manager isn't looking she even squeezes the loaf to see if it's fresh! In general, the factors she looks for are visibility, such as provided by packages wrapped in cellulose film, convenience, freshness, variety and economy. ,And here are some of the rea- sons why she turns down some Reins in favor, of others: "Can't see what's in the package" - "quantity is too large" - "not enough cooking directions" - "number of servings not men- tioned" - "no recipes" - and "price not clearly marked." Today's shopper has a lot of home and social duties to fit in- to her busy day. Shopping im- pressions must be made quickly' She is highly conscious of value and quality and freshness. And pleasing her is the aim of food merchandisers. At Last, A Home - Song Yong Cho, 11 -year-old Korean war orphan who lost both legs from Frostbite in 1950, is embraced 'by Mrs. Richard E. Gormonson as he arrives at. Seattle, Wash. Song is en route to Boys' Town. Mrs. Gormanson's husband, a sergeant with an orthopedic laboratory in Korea, mode Song's artificial legs. Bitten By Half A Snake --Student nurse Peggy Hood consoles her brother, Ted, in hospital where he is being treated after being bitten by half o snake. Ted and his father had chopped an eight -''cat copperhead in half. When Tod picked up the business cad, it 1.'1 him.