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TEA, & COFFEE
"Dear Anne Hirst: I want to
do the right thing, and 1 hope
you can tell me what is . My
wife has left me and gone back
to her mother's. We've been
married 12 months, and expect
a baby soon. She is 18, I'm 21,
"This is the second time she
left. The first was because of a
littie misunderstanding, and I
went to her and straightened
things out, Now I've made up my
mind and shan't ask her to re-
turn. If she doesn't return of het
own free will, I'ni going to sue
for divorce.
. "Before I married I had lots
of fun with girls; I told my wife
I was a flirt, she knew it. I
couldn't stand being home all
the time after we married, so
I'd go out with some fellnw just
for fun — not to chase women.
But my wife said 1 was running
around, and she really got jeal-
ous.
"Everybody knows me here;
I'm always meeting friends. My
wife says they were my sweet-
hearts! We quarrel all the time.
We're living with my parents,
by ehe way, and she doesn't like
them. What do you think?
DISGUSTED"
* I think it is time you learn-
* ed to behave like a husband
* instead of a bachelor.
* Many a young husband finds
* marriage dull at times, but
* few Tve known are sc die-
* contented the first year, When
* they go places they take their
* wives along, visiting friends.
* movies, or dancing. You and
* your wife probably did be-
* fore 'y o u married. W h y
* shouldn't you now? it is a
* gross insult that you dash
* about town with your boy
" friends and leave her at home
* with your parents, with whom
* you confess she is not conge-
* nial. Of course she resents
* such neglect; no other woman
* will blame her.
* Every girl wants a 'tome of
• her own when she marries.
* When she must live with her
* husband's people. the least he
* can do is to give her something
* pleasant to look forward to
* when he comes home. Going
* out together is almost the only
* time you two have alone. It is
* your duty to supply a change
* of scene, and some pleasure,
* for your wife. You have failed,
* miserably.
* You are no conger a brash
* youngster, living for fun You
* are a married man with res-
* ponsibilities to your wife and
* the children you will have.
* These first few years set the
* pattern for all your future.
* Are you pleased with 't" Your
* wife isn't, and no wonder. I
" expect she believes you have
* lost all affections for her. Now.
* expecting her first baby, she
* is especially sensitive. She
" needs your tender love, and
* your companionship.
• Go get her. Apologize tor all
* your thoughtlessness, a n d
o bring her home. Explain that
• now you understand how self-
* ish you have been, ana from
* today on you intend to be a
* good husband to her; and a
* real father to the baby,
* You mention that your
mother is the "sweetest per-
* son" in the world. I am sure
* she cannot approve of the way
• you are behaving now Make
° her proud of you, too, by as-
* suming the responsibilities she
* expects of you.
» * e
When a young man marries, he
is expected to cease being a
bachelor and behave like a man
of responsibility. Unless he does,
he is apt to wreck more lives
than one .. , If you have a prob-
lem, ask Anne Hirst's advice.
Address her at Box 1, 123 Eigh-
teenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
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°tesG •
We hve reached, the time of
fall fairs; of standard time; of
the first touch of 'autumn colour's
In the maples and sumachs; of
white frost in the morning; warm
sun at noon; cumulus clouds
drifting across a bckground of
azure blue sky and finally the
miraculously beautiful sunsets
that are so frequent at this time
of the year—sunsets' which do
not always bring "the end of a
perfect day" but Yet, if our day
has been anything hut perfect
the breath -taking beauty of an
autumn sunset can do much to
quieten ruffled nerves- -if we will
take time, even a few minutes
of our time, "to stand and stare,"
Come to think of it, the words.
"to stand and stare," as the poet
W. H. Davis puts it, have a harsh
sound when taken out of their
context. I like better the metes!
words of Browning—
"Where the quiet -coloured end
of evening smiles
Miles and miles .. .
However, a beautiful sunset is a
joy to see no matter how, or
by whom, it is described The
thing- is to have eyes to see it,
because, as we know, beauty is
in the eye of the beholder, or it
may be that more mundane
things get between our vision
and. the sunset. The same applies
to the sunrise, only, as someone
once said, poets rarely write .
about the sunrise because they
are not around to see it: But the
farmer sees the sunrise—hs does
his wife is she is out to feed the
chickens. The trouble is a great
percentage of farni wives sthese
days don't go out to feed the
chickens, they are busy in the
house preparing breakfast and
getting the children ready for
school. Milking machines' and
coolers have learned the time
required Inc early morning
chores so many farmers have
time to look after the chickens
too --and so Mrs. Farmer misses
the lift that used to come to her
with the invigorating fresh morn-
ing air. You know how it is —
if you have to go out, you go --
and enjoy it. But if it isn't neces-
sary for you to go farther than
the back kitchen door you just
don't go -and that's all there is
to it.
Well, it was our local fair last
Saturday and the weatherman
was kind and blessed us with a
warm, sunny day. Rain the night
before and rain the night after
the event, but never so much as a
drop dampened the spirits of the
large crowd that was scattered
over the roomy fair grounds.
There were the usual harness
races but it seems to me that
each succeeding year less inter-
est is being taken in the races
and more and greater interest
in the livtstock exhibits. Even
those who have no personal in-
terest in cattle, pigs and sheep
like to get around the show ring
--and of course it is a main at-
traction for the youngsters -
once they have been wooed away
from the midway, Dairy cattle
claimed the greatest number of
entries. -Holsteins, Guernseys and
Jerseys—but there were some
Fed Polls and a few Shortherns
A good show of beef ca'tle is
more to my liking but of . ourse
in a milk -shinning distelet dairy
cattle naturally predom'e ate.
There was a wonderful ere -up
of farm machinery and as Part-
nes and I looked it over we won-
dered how much capital would
be necessary if a farmer were
to invest in every type of high-
powered eaninment that was on
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Chick in Wire — "Veils" mode ed above look Nee chicken wire,
but they're the ,latest thing in evening accessories,- designed by
the Fontana sisters of Rome, , ttal.y, The 'veil:' is • made of thin
steel Mesh.' One art deft is dotted and framed with •Japanese
pearls. the other features a harem -like touch achieved by long
fringe of tiny black beads.
display — and . now. consldered
practically essential to good
farming. The trouble is fashions
in farm machinery vary just as
much as Wofnen's hats. For in-
stance, we bought a mower three
years ago with the newest kind
of power take -off. Now that
mower is out of date. And so it
goes.
However, in the Women's sec-
tion we did not find too much
change—except for the fact there
was more baking and less fancy
work than usual.
Men may like modern meanie
ery
eani -
ery but when it comes to satis-
fying the inner maxi they are still
old-fashioned enough to like
home -cooking. How else can one
explain the trouble That women
go to in cultivating the culinary.
1 art—even though it increases the
need for bicarbonate of soda?
The non-competitive display of
the various branches of the W.I.
was also veru good, featuring
some of the Items of a Hope
Chet -_rug, ouilt, pillow -eases
an ei on -as necessary today as
they' were yesterdev sed will be
tomorrow.
Then we looked at the baby
section, and here again there
was no evidence that "the old
order changeth'. Babies, appar-
ently, still need knitted things
and smocked dresses. The only
change that I noticed was the
use of green or yellow, instead of
the traditional pink on blue.
which is rather a good idea when
you think of the mothers -to -be
who in the past have insisted on
having everything blue. and
and then found it shohld have
been pink! With green or yellow •
you're safe because no one has
yet labelled neither colour as be-
longing to any one sex.
6"Marna's -boy"
The original "Mama's Boy" of
the ring was Bennyi Leonard. that
wizard with the gloves who re-
tired as lightweight -champion of
the world, undefeated after an
outstanding career. In an era of
great' lightweights,. Benny shone
like a meteor, beating the best
and tougheet flehters in the
world.
Leonard carne by his ttag as a
Mama's Boy honestly. It was no
publicity stunt. Benny was very
devoted to his mother who trem-
bled with fear and concern every
time her son had to enter the
ring. He neved fought anywhere
without rushing to the phone the
minute the bout was over to tell
his beloved mother, "Hello, ma
i won and.l'm not hurt a bit "
He was just an unknown kid
from the sidewalks of New eYork
when the shrewd boxing mare
ager, Billy Gibson, bought up his
contract for the sum of exactly
one buck. It was the best invest.
meat Gibson ever made, for
Leonard earned more than a mil-
lion dollars with his flashy fists.
Benny showed his mother very
soon that she had little to worry
about when her darling boy ent•
ered the ring. He ran through the
lightweight class like a cyclone.
And, on a historic night -in 1914,
Benny met the world's champion,
Freddy Welsh, and knocked him
out in the ninth round.
Thus began a glorious fistic
reign for the new lightweight
champion. He was great in vic-
tory, but he was just as great
when defeat stared' him in the
face. One time, Lew Tendler had
him on the ropes, groggy and
beaten. Another punch and Leon.
and would, have been shorn of his
crown, But the clever chanipion
grinned contemptuously at the
eager •ehaltenger arid whispered
in his ear as they went into .a
clinch "Can't you hit any harder
than that?" Tendler - rattled by
the taunt, hesitated. The blow he
was about to throw remained
poised in mid-air, And -the chal-
lenger's , chance vanished with
his hesitation, Benny quickly re-
covered and went on to 'Win the
fight, Saving his erown.
How great a fighter Leonard
was can be indicated by one of
the cute tricks he was noted for
in his heyday, He always came
Into a fight with his hair care-
fully slicked down. The pretty
ISSUE 42 1953
hair -do was a constant challenge
.to his opponents, but Benny usu-
aly left the ring at the end of the
fight with every hair in exactly
the same place it had been at the
beginning of the fight,
For eight long years, Benny
Leonard ruled the lightweight
class. There having run out 'of
opponents, he did what made his
mother the happiest woman in
the world, -He retired from the
ring, an undefeated champion.
When Benny hung ups his
gloves for good his friends won-
dered whether he meant to quit
the ring altogether. "Oh, no," he
said, 'I'll be in boxing till I
breathe my last"
Benny Leonard kept his word
.better than he realized: He be-
came . an outstanding official.
Then,.when only 51, in the middle
of an exciting bout that he was -
refereeing, Benny. Leonard died
where he had fought so many
fights—in the center of the rung!
Eat Razor*Plades
Spoons, Matches
Almost- every month n least
one prisoner goes to hospital for
the removal of something he has
swallowed. Swallowers have been
operated on at Wormwood Scrubs
for the removal' of knives, spoons,
toothbrushes, needles, safetypins, •
wire, and pieces of metal
Prisoners are given to swat
lowing strange objects because,
as a doctor put it, "they think
the infirmary is more comfort-
able than the ordinary prison."
The pain of repeated operations
does not seem to discourage the
confirmed swallower.
One man who died after swal-
lowing a dinner fork on Christ-
mas evening had been operated
on five times in :,the previous
three years for the removal of
needles, spoon handles, and forks,
Somepeople who have an ir-.
resistible impulse to swallow
anything have survived extra-
ordinary meals. A 10 -year-old
child with a morbid appetite had
removed from her inside at a
single operation 32 pails, 103
tacks, 12 brass -headed nails, 4
pins, 21z needles, a pen nib, and
three collar studs,
She made a complete recovery
Her "achievement" was easily
beaten by a girl operated on in
Michigan in 1925 who had over
1,000 objects removed. They in-
cluded safety -pins, earring s,
watch chains, brooches, and laces,
and weighed over 4 lb.! --
Objects of extraordinary size
and shape have been swallowed
and recovered by operation. A
man given to wagering he could
swallow anything was eventu-
ally admitted to Guy's Hospital
when a 61/2 -inch nail proved too
much.
A peasant in Trieste'who even-
tually got a pain in his inside had
been in the habit of swallowing
things for bets Fourteen keys, a
sardine -tin opener, three agar-
ette-holders, r safety -razor hold-
er, and two propelling pencils
were merely the largest objects
in a big assortment
When he recovered from the
anaesthetic t h e first thing he
asked was that the coins recov-
ered should be used to buy him
a litre of wine.
Professional swallowers have
get up strange records, apparently
suffering no discomfort for long
periods, although the day of.reck-
oning and operation hasalwayi
come in the end. The 276 objects.
removed from a Canadian pro-
fessional idcluded seeeral ,live
cartridges,
An Indian "fakir" f o i years
swallowed penknives and razor
blades; recovering them - or
most of them •-- .by swallowing
six yards of tape and then pull-
ing it out again. ,
At last he lost his appetite and
bad a pain. He consulted ,a doc-
tor, and had 25 penknives, two
keys, and numerous razor blades
removed, A fortnight later he
gave a swallowing performance
for the staff of the hospital to
show his gratitude!
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