The Brussels Post, 1954-11-03, Page 64 /edreabo
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"Dear Anne Hirst: My daugh-
ter has just left her husband and
Wee home. She could not put
up with his mother's inter-
ferenee any longer, She has
been working two years, paying
nearly all the household ex-
penses and helping support the
older woman — who runs up
bilis in her son's name which
their combined salaries cannot
cover,
"This woman has two other
children, married, with beauti-
ful homes, but she demands
everything from this son be-
cause he is the youngest. When
my girl married, he told her
that the house was his, but it
ie his mother's; if anything hap-
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thing. Yet he and my daughter
have been paying all her ex-
penses including doctor's bills.
"My daughter wants to live
alone with her husband. He
says he will never leave his
mother. So the only thing I can
say is that she shouldn't go back
until he has a place for the two
of them. I hate to see her mar-
riage go on the rocks on ac-
count of his mother, yet what
other advice can I give?
pm!,
* Your daughter has all my
" sympathy, She will, however,
* have to consult a lawyer to
fad out whether she has
* grounds for a divorce, if that
* is what she is considering,
° If her husband were a man
* instead of his mother's little
* boy, he would know he Is not
* providing a real home for his
* wife. She is under his
* mother's thumb in more ways
* than one, and she has none
* of the rights which she merits
* as his wife, She, and you,
* realize that these two cannot
get ahead under the financial
* strain his mother imposes, not
° to mention her interference
* in their private lives. I can-
* not see how things can but go
* from bad to worse so long as
* her husband maintains his un-
* just stand; since he seems
° bound to his mother by that
* infamous silver cord, there
* seem; small possibility of his
* doing so.
* He should, of course, find a
* place for his wife to live alone
* with him, insisting that the
* other children share his
* mother's living.expenses. This
* seems to be your daughter's
* only hope, Perhaps after she
* has been away from him a
* while longer, he will be driv-
* en to this to insure her re-
* turn.
* As things are, your girl has
*
merely added a daughter to
* her mother-in-law menage,
* one who must submit to the
" older woman's will, or else.
" I am so sorry!
Many . e mother-in-law . wel-
comes her son's wife in her
home, and never intrudes in
their private life • .. If yours is
one of those who does interfere,
tell Anne Hirst about It. She
may see a way out for you, Ad-
dress her at Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
REAL PIIZZLER
Water was also a puzzle for an
old British colonel who had just
retired in London, after forty
years' service in India. His ill-
ness was diagnosed as by dropsy.
"What's that he asked his
physician.
"Too much water in the body,"
the doctor explained. But the old
alone!, flushed with years of
ppiing, was indignant.
"How could that be? I've nev
r taken a drop of water in all
y life." He was momentarily
effective. Then sadly, he remem-
red: ''Must have been that
larsted ice."
"Buff" Lends A Paw — "Buff," Daimotion mascot appearing with
Bonnie Baznn, 4, 1454. poster girl for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, goes through his tricks for the little victim of the
crippling disease. He's saving his best trick for Thanksgiving
time, when he'll point the way for the nation's firemen as they
answer the alarm to lead the annual fund-raising drive,
fees Stop Clock
Angered by a theft of honey,
a swarm of •2,000 bees .attacked
a woman as she was walking
on a farm near Nairobi recently
and stung her Into unconscious-
ness,
Mote than 1,000 stings were
extracted from her face and
neck before she was taken to
hospital, where she died sew
eral days later without recov
ening consciousness,
Swarming bees are generally
in 00 mood for stinging and
rarely cause deaths, But they
often cause a lot of trouble by
swarming in the most unexpeet-
ed places.
An old man with a long heard
was taking an afternoon nap
one sunny autumn 'afternoon in
Berlin's Tierga,}'ten when he
was awakened, by an unsual
humming. To his amazement his
beard was alive with bees
swarming into it.
With great presence of mind
he sat still while a passer-by
called up the fire brigade, The
firemen arrived within five min-
utes and persuaded the invad-
ing bees to forsake their odd
"hive" without giving further
trouble.
In Sussex a swarm of 15,000
posted themselves in a village
pillar -box. When the postman
arrived to collect the 'letters he
insisted that bees having been
found in a pillar -box, belonged
to the Postmaster -General. He
finally unlocked the box and
took the letters while a bee-
keeper hived the intruders.
A swarm of bees which drop-
ped from a tree on to a tram-
lines in London a few years
ago created an urgent and awk-
ward traffic problem. All traf-
fic was held up until an apiarist
arrived and directed the remov-
al of the bees• A small boy
who helped was not stung, al-
though his arms were covered
with bees,
Half a million bees had to be
removed from beneath the roof
of a Doncaster church. The
humming made by the beeshad
been heard above the organ and
the voices of rhoir and congre-
gation.
After keeping perfect time
for fifty years, a four -dial Ton-
bridge clock stopped. A clock -
maker who was called found a
swarm of 20,000 bees in the
works and five honey -combs
which were interfering with
the mechanism. The bees were
smoked out.
Another swarm ate their way
through the masonry a n d
housed themselves in a clock -
tower at Micheldever, Hamp-
shire. They were removed and
the hole cemented, but they re-
turned a year later and made
another hole in the cement,
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! well-conducted, and a receptive
and orderly audience, Most
delegates were in their places
before the opening exercises,
few disturbing the meeting by
coming and going unnecessarily.
To catch a bus or train — yes
— that was inevitable. Actually,
orderliness seems to be the pat-
tern for any W.I. meeting, from
branch to provincial level. Mrs.
J. W. Adams, National Presi-
dent, said it always annoys her
to be told she doesn't 'look like
a farm woman: "But," said she,
"I have not yet found out what
a farm woman is supposed to
look like." I don't know either,
but I do know farm women are
considerate and well-mannered,
There is however, one charac-
teristic that most farm women
have in common — a good
healthy apatite! Food fads and
fancies are not a part of their
daily diet. They are accustomed
to good food, enjoy a good meal
away from home, and they
don't care who knows it. So
naturally they did justice to
the banquet Thursday night, at
which Kate Aitken was guest
speaker.
W.I. Branches have little
trouble finding members to act
as delegates to the various eon -
vett -lions. It is often the only
chance they have to meet Pro-
vincial and National officers,
This year delegates were for-
tunate in meeting not only our
new provincial president, Mrs.
Gordon MacPhatter, but also
Mrs. J. W. Adams, President of
the T',WLC.
Even before the Convention
every W.I, member was familiar
with these days as belonging to
our two presidents. But to
many they were dames and
nothing more. But now, to all
those present at the Convention,
those names will he linked
hereafter with livewii'e per-
sonalities. Both officers came up
the hard way --.• from ordinary
member to branch president
right through the various die-
triet and provincial channels 10
THIS YEAR'S MODEL — Actress Marlene Dietrich, who achieved
wide notice when she wore a "transparent" gown last year,
wears a "wind -machine" dress of white chiffon as she appears
at a Las Vegas, Nev., night club. The gown appears transpar-
ent, with strategically -placed wisps of chiffon here and there.
HRONICLFS
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Last week I managed to get
away to our W.I. Area Conven-
tion at Guelph. It was wonder-
ful. As always I came way with
renewed enthusiasm for the W.L
and all that it represents. And.
do you know what? It is one
organization where women do
not smoke, either during the
business sessions or at the ban-
quet table. In fact there wasn't
an ashtray on any of the tables.
Now this does not mean that
none of the women was in the
habit of smoking, but itdoes
mean that there was a general
recognition of the fact that
smoking in public was not ac-
ceptable to the majority. And
that in itself is a tribute to the
W,1. women as a whole.
And the business sessions .. .
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their present position of hon-
our and trust. At what per-
sonal sacrifice to themselves
only they can judge, Mrs,
Adams said if it were not for
her faith in the women of the
W.I. she would not be thousands
of miles from home, (Saskatche-
wan) from her husband and
two young daughters. She re-
minded her audience of the
power and responsibility in
their possession — that across
Canada there were now 90,000
members, of whom 45,000 were
in Ontario, Mrs. Adams, with
her enthusiasm and ready wit,
carried everyone in the audi-
ence along with her. I do hope
it will be possible°for the dele-
gates in their reports to trans-
mit some of that enthusiasm to
their branches. The trouble is
words cannot pass along the
sparkle that is a part of Mrs.
Adams' personality.
Mrs. MacPhatter was equally
enthusiastic about the work of
the W.I.; of the various commit-
tees working together; of what
had been accomplished in the
past and what could be done
in the future. Mrs. MacPhat-
ter's down-to-earth business
. talk was intersperse with fun -
provoking anecdotes which help-
ed the delegates to forget the
hard seats and the inevitable
businel r, Mrs, MacPhatter is
such a happy, easy -to -know
sort of person that I am sure
all the delegates felt that here
was a president who, if she
were approached, would be wil-
ling and able to help them out
with personal advice at any
time.
Miss Anna P. Lewis, had only
recently recovered' from an ill -
nes,,, yet she was on deck as
usual with up-to-date informa-
tion regarding the work of her
department, Miss Lewis made
one suggestion, regarding a
matter which she said had oc-
curred to her only that morn-
ing, so she had not had a chance
to discuss it with the Board
members. Miss Lewis wondered
if we could have our own
building at the O.A.C, Well,
why not? With 45,000 members -
in Ontario it should be possible.
Accomodation at the O.A.C. Is
already taxed to capacity. At
the convention delegates were
given a packet lunch instead of
the usual sit-down meal. Sup-
posing ' every W.I. member
donated one dollar -- and no
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SUPERSTITIONS
DYING OUT?
You, madam, «re less super,-
stitious than your another was
when she was your age. You,
sur, couldn't care less. about
some oT the superstitions which
were popular in your father's
youth:
That's the conclusion of a
student of folklore who's been
telling "Tit -Bits" why he be-
lieves that many of the old
superstitions are slowly dying
out in Britain, and elsewhere.
For instance, thirty years aga
people shrank in horror -.at the
thought of taking home' a pea-
cock's feather. They firmly be-
lieved it meant bad luck for
everybody living in the house.
It different in 1984, When
peacocxs,shed their lovely fea-
thers in the aviary at London
Zoo, Visitors gladly take them
home as souvenirs after asking
the keepers for them.
Today more and more women
are wearing green, or Introduc-
ing green colour schemes into
their living rooms at home. In
grandma's time green was frown-
ed on. It was the colour of envy
and brought misfortune, she be-
lieved.
We know now that green is
• restful, Furthermore, hundreds
of women cherish green jade
withdut becoming victims of
bad luck, the experts point out,
Fewer and fewer people now
believe that black cats are
lucky. That belief seems to be
on the wane, just`as the old be- •
liefe that a cat crying on a
roof foretold death died out last
century; And in Germany the
old superstition that black cats
signify impending misfortune
has practically disappeared from
that country's folklore.
Young people these days rare-
ly make a detour 16 avoid pass-
ing under ladders. Few still be-
lieve that salt spilt et meal times
foretells disaster. Many hotel
owners no longer cut out a No.
13 bedroom, , substituting 12a.
They find that few visitors wor-
ry about sleeping in No. 13. Some
honeymoon couples actually ask
for it, "just for fun,"
Says the expert: "Science is
making such giant strides that
all these superstitions are doom-
ed to extinction sooner or later.
As our knowledge increases, su-
perstitions will inevitably de-
• crease."
doubt many would give more —
add the sum total to a govern-
ment grant, and who knows
what might happen! It might
even be a revenue-producing
project, as the ,building could
be rented to other organizations
— or to the College — when not
required by the W. h Inciden-
tally that is my idea — Miss
Lewis did not mention that
possibility. Well, it is something
for the Branches to think about
anyway, especially since the
model Pioneer Village is lost to
Guelph. Wouldn't it be nice to
visit the O.A.C, and see one
building designated as "The
Women's Institute Hall!"
BIG SOCIAL EVENT
FOR DOGSS
Extensive arrangements were
carried out recently for one of
the ;nest unusual open-air par-
ties ever held. Drinking bowls,
small trees and coloured liglrta
had been hired, and a complete
car park taken over with small
tables and chairs placed around
the fringe.
The guests? Dogs of every
colour and kind, and they had.
travelled far and wide to be
at the social in the car park of
the Angel hotel, Hayes End,
Middlesex, England,
Every dog interested in road
safety had been invited, and
they were allowed to take their
toasters Or mistresses as guests,
and assorted and multi -coloured
Bowls full of drinking water,
biscuits were laid on free of
charge to the dogs.
Tinned meat and other dain-
ties , were also provided, and
every dog attending was given
a present before leaving.
The gay idea of holding a
dog social was contrived by
"novelty" man Mr, Dennis
Harley, road safety organiser
for Hayes and Harlington, in an
effort to make dogs and their •
masters more safety conscious.
A cabaret had been arranged
to entertain the dogs and their
guests, Just to make things
really social, a dog hostess
greeted each animal and its
guest on arrival at the car park,
and attended to them through-
out the evening,
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