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"SALAIIIE
TEA- BAGS
ANNE HIPST
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"Dear Anne Hirst: I can't help
'butsay something to that grand -
Mother who is so lonely for her
grandchildren, because from the
daughter-in-law's standpoint the
case is so much like mine Of
course, I sympathize with her,
but I think her very helpfulness
provoked the young wife's tem-
per until she took it out on her
husband.
"Can you imagine how frus-
trating it is for a busy wife with
young children to prepare a fine
meal for her husband—only to
have his mother walk in with
something so wonderful that he
doesn't even notice his wife's
cooking? As for that mother-in-
law's insisting on helping with
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the cleaning, why not just tell
her you want your house cleaner
than hers was when her son
lived there? It would accomp-
lish the same thing,
"The very fact that the daugh-
ter-in-law wanted to hurt her
by taking the children away,
and that her son hasn't visited
her as he used to ,would indicate
that they blame her. It happen-
ed to me.
"If this grandmother really
wants to be heltful, she will do
as my mother -m -law did—AF-
TER I had it out with her, I was
brutally frank, and thank heav-
en, she saw niy side of it
She helped bring my husband
and me together, and then kept
the children while we took a
wonderful vacation'. Since that
time, she helps me only when
I ask her to.
"I have never been happier
than T am today. It is hard to
believe that this woman I love
and respect so much is the same
one I resented only a short time
ago.
PROUD & HAPPY,"
It is regrettable that a moth-
* er whose only desire is to help
• her son and his wife some-
* times overdoes it, and finds
* herself regarded as an officious
* meddler. The remembrance of
* her own first years of mar-
*
ai* riage should give her a better
* understanding of young couples
* and their wish to be let alone.
* It takes a great deal of res-
* traint on her part, and all the
* tact she can muster; but it is
* the only way that the couple
* can grow up together and,
* through the privacy allowed
* them, learn tolerance and ap-
* preciation of each other.
* For any mother to bring in
▪ .special dishes for her son's
* dinner without consulting his
* wife, is really interference, and
* resented as such. I can hardly
* agree, however, with your re-
* buttal as to her helping clean;
* to criticize her own housekeep-
* ing seems rude and unneces-
* sary. Wouldn't it be kinder to
'* remind her that you have your
* own ways of doing things, and
* though • you appreciate her
anxiety to help, that only corn-
* plicates your routine:
It was well that you took
* things into your own hands,
* and spoke out. It is fortunate,
°too, that she had the wit to
* recognize theconsequences of
her meddling, and the grace to
* admit it. You both are to be
* congratulated on the outcome.
* Thank you for taking the
* trouble to send in your experi-
* ence; it should guide other
* troubled women of both gener-
* ations.
If mothers-in-law would learn
to "stay in their own backyard"
and let young couples fend for
themselves, how many more
happy marriages there would bel
If you face this problem (either
side of it) tell Anne Hirst about
it, and receive the benefit of her
long experience and sympathy.
Write her at• Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth St., New Toronto.
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Q. now eftn I "renovate" old
and wrinkled potatoes?
A
SOak them in cold water
for half an hour before 'using,
and then use immediately. The
water will cause the potatoes to
swell up, making them fit to
u$e.
Q. How can I Pack away a
wool bathing suit and prevent
any damage by moths, without
resorting to sprays or flakes?
A, Wash it thoroughly and
after completely dry, roll it
up tightly and put it inside a
clean quart -sized mason jar, and
'dose It tightly.
Q. clowcan IL eliminate
squeaks in women's shoes?
A, 1i,ubbing neats-foot oil nor
linseed oil ,into the sole usually
helps. Another remedy is to
punch two of three small holes
into the sole just' behind the
balk of the foot where the sole
begins to curve up into the in-
step,
Q. How can I clean velour and
other soft finishes of upholstery?
A. Apply dry-cleaning fluid
with a piece oaf ciiee"seeloth, 'and
brush up the nap afterward with
a soft brush.
Qr What .can I do when my
rubber plant starts to turn brown
and lose its leaves?
A. This may be due to the pre-
sence of bugs in the soil, and
these bugs may often be caused
by too much water, To get rid
of both, remove half the soil from
the pot, replace it with fresh
soil, and refrain from watering
the plant for a week. After that,
water if very sparingly.
Q, How can I rectify ;furniture
on which too much oil polish bas
collected?
A. Mix one-fourth cup of vine-
gar with half -cup Of water, dip
a soft cloth into this, wring it
out, and rub the furniture with
it. Dry immediately with another
soft cloth,
Q. How can 1 remove scorch
stains from heavy woollen mate-
rials?
A. Wet the scorched areawith
water, sprinkle cornstarch over
it, and rub the cornstarch well
in. When dry, brush the powder
off.
Q. How can I make an attrac-
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A. Tie a number of jar rubbers
together with strong thread, let-
ting them overlap to make the
mat strong, and making rectang-
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Q. How can 1 prevent a plas-
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A. One of the easiest ways is
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HRO ICLLJS
INGER 3M
Groe.ruzioline P Cl.eel e
Friends, if you ever intend
visiting, for the first time, some-
one who lives in a new sub-di-
vision•let me advise yoa' to find.
out the exact location •of• the
house, . otherwise you may find
yourself on the same sort of wild
goose -chase some friends and I
experienced a few weeks ago
when I was in Ottawa, The pos-
tal address of the person I want-
ed to call on was Quarries, P.0.—
no street, no house name or num-
ber.— so I naturally concluded
that once Quarries was located
the rest would be easy. I couldn't
have made a bigger mistake. We
found Quarries without a n y
trouble—east of Ottawa. We also
found new sub-divisions—plenty
of them. We wandered up one
road and down the next. We
stopped to inquire from at least
a dozen persons ... "did anyone
know where Mrs. F. lived." No-
body did. I remembered the des-
cription of the house in her last
letter — "a nice little five -room
bungalow about two years old."
But that same description suited
scores and scares of other houses
that we passed. And the roads,
streets, or Whatever they call
them—one was exactly like an-
other, all the same length and
width, with ' front lawns and
cement walks leading to almost
identical bungalows or cottages,
the only noticable difference be-
ing in the 'colour of the roof and
possibly the front door. No doubt
the inside of the houses showed
a little more individuality but
from the outside any person
might be excused if he didn't
recognize his own dwelling and-
walked
nd•wallted into the wrong house by
mistake. In fact I know a man
who did just that and was quite
surprised when a woman who
wasn't his wife came forward to
greet him. Just to keep the rec-
ord straight I might add this man
was a total abstainer! '
Well, to cut a long story short
we never did find Mrs. F., and
then, as luck would have it, Mrs,
F. called here one day last week
—and 1 was in Toronto. I might
add she didn't have any trouble
in locating us—you don't often
find two farm houses that look
exactly alike. Even if the archi-
tecture is similar the setting of
one house is generally completely
different from another — even
though farm folk have not as yet
taken to painting their front
doors either pink or yellow. But
of course that time may come—'
you never can tell. Especiallyif
one had paint that needed using
up—the cost of paint being quite
a consideration in these old
houses, For instance our dining -
room is 18 feet square; one bed-
room and the living -room 18 x
20. Buying paper and paint for
rooms that size really runs into
money.
I;J IVIAY R E ' .
YOUR LIVER
If life's not worth living
it may be your liver! •
It's a fact! ft taken up to two pinta or liver
bile a day to keep your digestive tract in top
shroudIfour liver bile is not flowing freely
your food may not digest .. , gas biotite up
your stomach ... you fool' constipated and
all the fun and sparkle go out of IIffo. That's
Ehad you need mild gentle Carter's tittle
vee Pill,. • These famous vegetable ,pita
p etiroutete the Sett of boor hoe. Soon
your digection starts funettooWg properly
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Little Meat Pali on haAlways keep Carte,'a
ISSUE 44 — 1953
Well, our bride and groom have
returned from their honeymoon
tb Vancouver Island, and. have
set up housekeeping in Oakville
—far enough away to be com-
pletely on their own but near
enough so that we can see them
quite frequently. They were in
for supper tonight so now, with a
married daughter and a married
son we really feel we have .a
family.
Family ... wait until I tell you
of our other family! We have
imported two little kittens. I
was supposed to bring one home
for Daughter but when I saw the
two together I hadn't the heart
to part theta 40 I brought them
both home with ane, Tippy and
Honey just lave them but 3211-
chie-White uses all the swear
words,in his eat vocabulary and
the kittens reply in kind. Tonight
we really had quite a picnie.
Two :dogs, two eats and two kit.
tens ,all in the house at the same
time, and all wanting to be fed,
I looked after the dogs first and
put their dishes out in the wood-
shed, Then I shut the kittens
in the suntoom_:and fed the eats
in the kitchen. When they were
through I put them outside and
let the kittens in. Truly, there is.
never a dull moment around this
house,
We also have new stock at the
barn—our first heifer calf arriv-
ed
rrived last week,and we bought sixty
laying pullets—after selling our
moulting hens, The ,pullets are
hybrids, Rock and Hampshire
crossed. Nice, quiet, contented
little biddies—or so we, thought
until we found five of them run-
ning around in the lane. The
main window frames in the pen
have wire screening but another
window higher up is unprotected.
The pullets found it and spread
their winds in search of liberty.
Partner called to me for help
just as I was getting dinner. We
managed to run the pullets into
the cow -stable and eventually
caught them—but believe me it
took longer to do than it does to
write it. Potatoes for dinner that
day were over -cooked and un-
salted,
We wonder ... is lack of in-
terest on the part of farmers
themselves responsible for many
of their problems remaining un-
solved? Recently Partner was
out to a meeting in regard to the
marketing of certain dairy pro-
ducts, There was the President
and secretary and three other
farmers, including Partneri
AY banquet was suggested to
'Wake up, dead Guess the air
conditioner is snoring again!!"
' bring the men out and .increase
their interest, Interest in the
problems to be discussed or in-
terest in being fed? Again we
wonder,
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