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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-3-3, Page 2AN NE 141 IR ST At a recent tea-party one woman premed the question: '"Who is the meanest man in the World?" Another spoke up; "The one who won't give ills wife an allowance!" There Was ,a shout of approval, Ail the women present received allowances, but Muth knew at Leastone other Wife who didn't, The answer was well made. One reader I quote today cites her predicament, and I am afraid she speaks for countless others; "Before I married two years ago," she writes, "I always had sufficient spending money. But since then, it is a rare day in- deed when I have even a little change in my purse, "Several times I have spoken to my husband about this, but he always evades the question. True, I am never in want, but when I am out with my friends it is very embarrassing. "If you think I have no com- plaint to make, I will drop the subject. I shall be watching for your advice," * This wife has one of the * gravest complaints against her * husband, He is one of far too * many men who, well-to-do, and * fair on other ways, withholds * any money for his wife's per- * sonal use. He probably pays * all bills without question. un- * doubtedly he carries cash in * his pocket for his ow use, But- * he will not understand why * his wife needs any money to * entertain her friends, to go to * the hairdresser or a movie, or * use at will for the dozens of * little things, a freedom that * spells the difference between * independence and severity. * Business women are accus- e toned to handling their in- * comes wisely, and other girls * usually have regular allowance Very, Very Easy! 4514 6f hte. weIST 0.44 UNE YARD WONDER!" Yes, you can make this new -fashion, skirt of just one yard 54 -inch fabric in ANY size given! Note the dramatic side slant and the jutting hip pocket. This is bound to become your favorite costume - maker. And it's SEW -EASY! Pattern 4514: Misses' Waist Sizes 24, 25, 26, 28, 3(}, 32 inches. This pattern easy In use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35c1 in coins (stamps cannot_ be accepted t for thiS p5ttt+rti:' plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS: STYLE NUMBER:. ` Send order to Box 1,..''123 Eighteenth St:. New 'Toronto. - Ont. •• • e to spend as they please, What * a come -dawn it Is for both * when they find the Hien they * married dole out dimes or * lars grudgingly, demanding sets * explanation 0 r acep uttbegt * "Doesn't he trust me?"le'their * first reaction, and each repe- * tition deepens their resent- ment. * Maybe the men feel that money * in a wife's purse promises too * much "freedom"; maybe they * glory in the sight of her gray- * eling for a bit of change; or * perhaps they are just plain *• mean. Whatever the excuse, * they are insulting a woman's * intelligence and layalty, and a they should be ashamed of * themselves. * More divorces than my read- * ers guess have resulted from * this injustice. Few self -re- * specting wives can be treated * like irresponsible children * without coming to despise their. husbands. * TO "A. T."; When you mar- * ried, I am sure you thought * this otherwise kind and * affectionate man would offer * an allowance without being * asked; it must have been a * shock to learn that his attitude * was deliberate, , . , You can * suggest taking a parttime job * for spending money, or finding * ways at home to make it '-- * and linty either act would shame him! • If he reads this opinion, he will see himself as he is, and * hasten to regain the respect he * is fast losing. * It is not, of course; the am- • ount a wife receives for her * personal use, it is the acknow- * ledgment that she is a self- * resetecting individual ;"in her * own right who is being sub- * jected to ignomious treatment • by the man who claims to love e and honor her. Many a wife can handle the whole family income more wise- ly than her husband 0811. The lease he can offer Is an allowance to spend as she pleases.... Anne Hirst is here to turn to in/any argument. White her at Box I, 123 Eighteenth St., NeweEeronto, Ont, • Blind Man Is Champion At Darts At 69, Charlie Monteith, popu- lar member of the Brixton, Eng- land, Darby and Joan Club, is one of the best dart players in the country, He is also a ventrilo- quist and conjurer in great de- mand at, parties and socials, where his skill and cheer- ful personality keep people in roars of laughter. But it is as darts thrower of uncanny aim and accuracy that Charlie has won most fame, as well as more matches than he can count. All this is rather remarkable — for Charlie is totally blind. Councillor Mrs. Mary Marc ek, genial, hardworking organizer of ' the club, says, "Charlie is a truly marvellgus man. He is captain of the club's darts team, which frequently goes: on tour in the neighbourhood, and his cheerful- ness and energy are an example to us.all."'`e • Challenge Match Recently, the daughter - of a well-known darts player who has the full use of. his eyes Iaughingly challenged Charlie to play her father. "If you beat daddy I'll present your club` with 'a new darts board!" The 'match was arranged and blind Charlie soundly beat his opponent. The club got the.darts board. Now Charlie's fame has spread, A well-known darts team,', the Eight Be]issebt.Saffi War den, Essex; tie nasi they hates never treteldst a match, have chal- len,d -Charlie's side. Charlie- is deli ht and Be to [lead his, g e°sl . 13� , tettm tos victoria"'. re,IAtf l M' ai ragrtte1 Prlreteterir)edn't weent ne rel r#rid, ret these seat covers, esti fire, She's merely holding,,,,a cigarillo file fabric to demonstrate the fire-resistant qualities of the seat covers at a show. The Fourth Nail ThatWouldn't Cool If the-gipsy's burning eyes, probing the mysteries of the crystal ball, .could but penetrate . the mists of time, he might well • find his aueostor in a pool of blood,,pinned to the floor by a Roman sword. The ancient glpsy, a Jewish•., blacksmith, had refused; to make- the nails needed for the cruel- ftxlon of Jesus Christ, according to a fascinating legend graphi- cally told by T. W. Robins in • "The Smith," so the drunken Roman soldiers set his' beard afire and ran him through. It was late afternoon when the soldiers arrived at another smithy. "Make us four nails," they demanded, and threw down a handful of coins. The black- smith picked up his tongs, and suddenly the walls of the forge began to vibrate with the ghost- ly whispering of the slain gipsy. "Do not make the nails. They are for an innocent man." said the voice. • The soldiers felt afraid, and • so did the old man, refusing to continue making the nails. •Death resulted from his dis- cbedience, and the Romans went off to a third smithy. One glance at the blood -splashed swords was enough to set the man to work without argument, but as he raised his hammer there came the eerie voices of the two murdered smiths. Fear- ful, the blacksmith clowned tools . . and chose several feet of cold Roman steel. Not daring to return to their captain without the nails, the soldiers now hurried , off to the anvil of a wandering gipsy who had pitched his tent outside the city wails. The smith had made three before the voices of the butchered men began to whis- per in his tent, The Romans had had enough; grabbing the com- pleted nails they fled frc,m the spot. Eventually, the shaken gipsy finished the fourth nail and waited for it to cool. He poured water over it, but it only sizzled and remained as hot as ever, Ile threw more and more water but the nail continued to glow. The blackness of night was broken for miles around by the red light. Crazy with fear, the gipsy ran deeper into the desert.`" He emptied an entire wellof water over the nail, and when that failed, he hurled sand — but still the fire burned, still the guilty man ran, 'That nail followed him and, says the legend, it always ap- pears in the tents of the descend- ants of the man who forged the nails for the crucifixion, and when it comes the gipsies must run. And that is why gipsies are forever on the move, and why Jesus was crucified with only three nails. ta4" 4iolislay axed; brigft blue, green motifs'iri g gay combination! No embroidery—IRON ON,! Scatter colorful poppies and cornflowers across guest towels, kitchen towels, place mats, scarfs, table- cloths, aprons! Beautify sheet:', pillowcases, curtains. Make gifts galore all so thrifty! 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The tag is given to a cashier who makes the sale and hands the customer the purchase, already wrapped. HRONICLES 1NGERI RM 1- Cdvv¢t+dtatity D•Clarl c What a v{eek . snub wind and zero .temperatures, Early on, I had been looking forward to winter but my views on the subject have modified consider- ably. As I. have said before' I think of winter as a good time tc get extra work done - sew- ing, knitting, reading, writing — and so on. This winter — so far,— it has kept me busy get- ting ordniary jobs done, plus the extra work that cold weather always brings: 05 course our men worry has been the lane — high winds and drifting snow can 1111 it in so quickly — so we went to bed each night wondering if the milk truck -would make it in the morning. There was one day it wouldn't have made the grade except that a heavy dual -wheel truck was in ahead of it and broke the lane open. Were we thankful! Of course our poor little car just sits in the garage and waits for better weather, If I tried to take it out the under -carriage would drag on the snow, the ruts are so deep. . . By Friday of last week I was beginning to wonder what we were going to eat and how we would get it. And then one of our truck -owning neighbours offered to bring out anything we wanted front town. That saved the day! I ;might have got a taxi and gone'.down to shop ex- cept.that I would have had to walk down to the -road, and there was a very- good reason why I didn't •want to. It was this way.- There had been five or ,six .inches of light snow the night before that had sifted in everywhere. Partner was shov- elling sneer away from the barn door, and from the water - trough, so I thought I could do my good deed for ,the day by cleaning off the front step. Fine , that was easy. Then I look- ed at the deep snow from' the house -to the lane and became more ambitious. The snow, be- ing fine and light, I thought it 'would be no trouble at all to shovel a pathway to the lane. So I went at it — and I made a good job of it too — right clear to the ground. I was even enjoying the job. And then Parts ter came along and saw what I was doing. "Have you gone crazy?" quoth he, "you'll pay for this, mark my word:!." "Don't be silly," I answered "' scornfully; "I'm not hurting my- self, It's fun — and no effort at all, the enow`is 80 light." "Well, there wasn't any more ;argument because Partner took the shovel away from me and finished the job himself, ,All went 'well for'the 'rest of •the day, I weait to lied that night,.. slept well, and every- thing was fine, But, oh brother, the next morning when I got opt I'm telling you! I could hard- ly get out of bed. I did, of" course. That was three 'days ago Mid I'm still not able to straight- etl up properly. And what does Partner say? -1'11 -leave yen to guess. -One thing Is certain he hasn't said anything, yet that it pleases me to hear. Anyway' you can how understand why 1 didn't '47atit to walk through - heavy snow -to any taxi web-. frig -'at the road. ,A.h that reed! in .a way 1t is Vend to live alongside a pro- trhtcial highway because you Ilene* '1t trill- alWays be kept Paper Doll —Joan Rawlings dis- plays the form that won her the title, "Miss Headliner of 1954" during the recent International Printers Week. She wears a fit- ting "crown" made from a news- paper. open in winter. On the other hand after bad storms such, as we have just experienced, it is rather galling to watch from the window and see cars speeding by as if it' were the middle of minister, knowing that between u • and that bare highway there is a formidable barrier — our e;w'n snow -blocked lane — to say nothing of the snhwbank the plough leaves right in our driveway. . Of courre our lane is no ex- ception, all farm lanes are pretty inuch the saine, some a little worse, some better Part- ner has snow fence along the worst places, and the centre of the lane is pretty well built up so we get along quite nicely if the snowfall is not too heavy. We never have the lane plough- ed out if we can help•it because a ploughed lane tills in far quicker than a lane that hasn't been touched. Comes a second stores and, you've really had it. Just before I started' this col- umn' I thought' to myself, has it really been so Cold, 'or is it: -haat: we just .can't take,it, any• more? So I looked tip my col- umn elated February 15, 1934 and here is what I found "Our worst problem has been getting the, children gt�o school.' Twine this weelc they have start; ed their ons -and -a -half mile walk with the .thermometer staiading at 211.. below, Some- times 5a'e were in "doubt as to whether it was wise to .let them go -»-but were tvarmlly clad, under protege I admit," -at and so they got through .each. day without .being any the worse for their journey" (What! no Scheel bus? Not in'34! ) More mamas' + Prom '31. "The snow in the back lane is level with the fences the th!l- d!•en have made themselves three igloos, with a tunnel con- necting all three . T ani hav- ing to melt snow this weals to do my waelling - the soft wa- ter 'pump in frozen solid.." The good old days! Walking Snowman Ten Feet In Height Terrified People On Canadian Island Deeesubnr' 21st was the male varsary of the most terrifying experience that ever happened to the people of Grindstone !eland., A enowman that walked and moaned' would be sufficient- ly frightenipg anywhere, To the, islanders, who met it in the dark and saw it only by the light of flares, it was horrifying enough to give women hysterics and bring men to their knees, Grindstone Island is one of the Magdalen Group, situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On Decem-' ber 15th, 1872, one of the worst blizzards in living memory struck the island and' Bros ght all work 50 a standstill. When the blizzard " abated slightly some of the young boys slipped out to throw snowballs and slide on the ice. They were absent until dark, and the first thing their parents knew of any- thing untoward was the batter- ing of small fists on the doors and screams to be let in as quickly as possible. The boys all told the same story. Playing games ie the snow, they eventually reached the beach where they found the wreckage of a ship. The shore was littered with cases of food and timber from the wreck, and the boys collected as much as they could carry, starting home- ward just as it began to grow dark. • They were leaving the beach when they saw, in the shadow of a tree, what looked like a giant snowman at least ten feet high. They were moving closer to examine it when they heard weird noises coming from its head. Terrified, the kids bolted for their homes. They were laughed at, of nourse, The adults put+it down ,,to a huge owl, or possibly a polar bear whiclf had been blown to '"the island on an ice -floe. They were much more interested in the news of the wreck and, the following morning, made their way td the beach- The wrecked ship was the Calcutta carrying mainly a cargo of wheat, All day the islanders worked, salvaging the wheat and loading it on sleds. It was dark before 'they had finished. On the way, home -they joked about the story of the snowman until, suddenly, one of them let out a long -drawn howl. Shuffling towards them with a stiff -legged movement, so slight that only because the whole body slewed forward with each shuffle was movement per- ceptible, came a giant snowman, It towered above the tallest of them. The arms were at a stiff, unnatural .angle. and -very faint noises—weird, inhuman and un- intelligible came from the enormous'head. The fathers were no braver than their sons. Leaving their sleds they raced as. fast as they could away from the apparition. Gibbering with fear, they all made for the house of Father Boudrealt, priest of the island parish. - All that night no one slept. Doors • and windows were barri- caded and, while the women alternately wept and prayed, the men sat with loaded guns across their knees, • From early morning until desk, Father Boudrealt and twelve of the strongest islanders searched without finding any- thing. But as they were return- ing home—with the priest more certain than ever that his flock had. been drinking too much — they stumbled across- gigantic footprints a foot wide and almost two feet long. Led by the prjest, they follow- ed the prints by the light of torches to where they ended at a secluded part of the beach by a large mound of snow.' proving " closer, 'the priest saw that the mound was roughly human in shape, But it could not be human for it was nine feet in girth and about ten feet long. The priest touched it. It was solid, frozen snow, Then, as the men huddled round fearfully, holding ° their - torches high, Father Boudrealt saw human eyes deep in the snow holes. and a human moan came from the strange mass. Incredible as it seemed there was, inside a solid cake of snow and ice at least a footthick, a living human being: Father Boudrealt and the men placed the living snowma"ti on a trestle and it tools the combined strength of them all to carry their burden 10 the priest's home, Then came the miracle that is still talked about on Grind- stone Island, The frozen anew was chipped away gently, Then . the coating of ice en the skin Was removed by applications of cold towels. The man remained conscious throughout this painful ordeal and told the priest that his name was Auguste le Bourdais, and that he had been first mate on the Calcutta, Clinging to a spar he had been in the icy sea far twenty-four hours before he had been washed up on the beach, After as period of unconscious- ness he woke .to find himself completely* frozen. As he stag- gered about, falling and picking himself up again in the blizzard, more and more snow stuck to his body. Nor were his sufferings over. Frostbite had so seriously in- jured his legs that the priest de-' .cided to amputate them t0 save his life, There was no medical. kit on the island so the amputa- tion was - done by holding . the man down while the priest sewed through flesh and bone above both knees, So strong was Auguste that he survived this dreadful ordeal. The following May he sailed away on the first ship to touch the island. H8 was taken to Quebec, where further opera-, tions were made on his legs, and surgeons and doctors from all over. Canada and the United States came to see "the miracle man, as he was called. Eventually, he recovered com- pletely andlearned to walk on wooden legs, He never forgot the kindness of the islanders 'ter d, as soon as possible, .Auguste went back to Grindstone Island and settled there for life. -• PE11FEOT"SQUELCH Pretty as a doll and just as dumb, she floated through, the cocktail lounge with a • fuzzy poodle under her arm. 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