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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-10-11, Page 2You will be delighted with this fragrant tea ANN 11 MPSI How many, many girls who work for a living lose their jobs because of the improper advances of a valued customer, a male co-worker, or even the boss himself! The problem is as old as the history of woolen in business and my mail regularly presents its proportion of complaints.. Sometimes it is the girls' own fault. They re- gard the busin- ess world as a rich hunting ground for men aucl deliberately encourage their a ttentions. When the conse- 4uences are utltorlulnate, it is their own fault. - 1[est girls. however, are the un- willing victims of man's predatory instincts. Read these lines from one young woman who is frighten- ed by the persistent attentions of a customer. LICENTIOUS OLD MAN "I work in a small :shop, Anne Hirst" she writes, "and sometimes I'm left alone there. Then what happens, a certain customer (one of our best, a bachelor three times my age) comes in and makes lewd implications. I'd like to tell him 3 off, but d be reprimanded harshly and probably fired. "His suggestions are unprint- able. I always ignore his pleas, of course; I abhor him. He will not take no for an answer. He is a customer, after all, and I cannot be rude or hostile. Besides, he is a large man and robust, and I ant physically afraid. "I don't understand how he got the wrong impression of me. I am an introvert. I do not respond glib. ly to people, and I certainly never encouraged perm:nal conversation. I do not dress ostentatiously, either. "How can I get rid of him? I am frightened and frantic." * Depending upon her employer, a * girl in such a spot has the choice * of reporting- this man's conduct * to her boss. He probably will * arrange that site is not left alone * in the place again. - * He is in a spot, too. Heis loath * to lose a good customer by * warning hint -that he is going too 4* far, and the man himself would * be furious, and charge the girl with having encouraged hint. Yet * no decent employer wants any * girl working for Initn exposed to * such insults, * If she can get no protection * from hint, site will have to find * another job—and ask that nei- * then her employer nor the other 4 girls reveal her whereabouts. * It is one of the tragedies of * human nature that a man in * authority sometimes demands * that a girl employee give her- " self, in addition to her service, * in orderto keep her Position. A decent girl who must earn her * living is at his mercy. Her only * protection is to get out—and fast. * To "Very Worried and For- * lorn": You may decide to find anotherjob first then tell your * employer why. first, know him, * You must use your judgment.)ment.) I * know how outraged you feel and * you have my sympathy. * To "Resisting": This is your * first position and you must be- * lieve me when I say resign at * once. All employees are not like 4' this one, so don't be afraid to * seek other work. You are too * inexperienced to handle this low * character. * * Girls in business have to learn, how to protect themselves. If you face ..an .embarrassing ,situation, write Anne Hirst for advice. Ad- dress her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont.... ... ,.. FALCONS RETURN The two most famous residents of Montreal's towering Sun Life build- ing are a pair of peregrine falcons who for years now have been living rent-free on the high Sun Life ledges, rather than in rocky moun- tainous crags. Noted as fierce fighters, they re- putedly reach 200 m.p,h, when power diving after their luckless prey, the falcons find the pigeons which abound in the down -town area of Montreal easy pickings. They have not been seen in recent years and it was felt that they had either met veldt an accident or de- cided to return to the country. Recently, however, the office people have seen them about—their appearance generally punctuated by a dull thud and the sight of a few pigeon feathers floating slowing to the ground, 7°e/n.ctwu OATMEAL OLLS ,They "pan our perfectly with new Fast DRY Yeast!! 41 No more yeast worries! No more yeast that stales and weakens l New Fleischmann's Royal Past Rising Dry Yeast keeps FULL STRENGTH rill you use it—FAST ACTING when you use it! Needs no refrigeration— get a month's supply and keep in your cupboard! OATMEAL ROLLS 46 Stirring constantly, quickly pour 1 c. boiling water into y4 c. oatmeal. Scald y4 c. milk, 2 tbs. granulated sugar, 11/2 tsps, salt, 2 tbs. molasses and 3 tbs. shorten- ing; cool to lukewarm. Mean- while, measure into a large bowl 1/2 c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleischmann's'Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, THEN stir well. Mix in oatmeal, then lukewarm milk mixture. -Stir in 2 c. once- sifted bread flour; beat smooth. Work in 22is c. (about) once.sifted bread flour. Knead on lightly. floured board until smooth and elastid. Place in. greased bowl and grease top of dough. Cover and set in a warm place, free from draught. Let ilise until doubled in bulk. Funort down dough and turn out on beard sprinkled with oatmeal;•cut into 2 equal per. tions and cut each portion into 16 pieces. Knead into smooth balls and arrange in 2 greased 8" square cake pans Grease tops. 'Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake in moderately hot oven, 375°, about 20 minutes. Veld -32 small rolls, Da Bee Or Not Da Bee!—"It was this big," says three-year- old Wendy. Ann McKee about the "bee" that she said stung her on the little finger. Minutes after Wendy rushed in the house with two tiny punctures in her finger, crying site had been "stung," police touucl a l2 -inch rattlesnake in the yard where she was playing. Wendy was rushed to the hospital and treated fo"P snake -bite. Now she's through with "bees." Strange Mix -Up Of Twins Discovered By Skin -Grafting Tests By skilfully transplanting skin from one boy to another, fifty -year- old Sir Archibald McIndoe, the British plastic surgeon, has helped to establish beyond doubt that six- year-old "twins" were mixed up as babies in Switerland. As a result, two mothers have "swopped" sons. The astonishing story began when a Swiss and his wife were proudly watching their t six- car- id twins, Victor and Pierre, marching hand in hand in a procession of Swiss children. They suddenly no - tied that a boy named Eric who was wanting a short distance behind the twins was extraordinarily like Victor. But it was when Eric griuned that they began to think seriously about the resemblance for Eric had a wide gap between his lower front teeth—and so had Victor. Then they discovered that Eric had been born on the sante night and in the sante maternity hone as their own Sons.. The terrible thought flashed through their minds: "Is Pierre somebody else's child who was ac- cidentally substituted for Eric by the nurses?" When they showed Victor to Eric's mother, a widow, she began to worry also. Authorities and experts got busy. The fingerprints, eye colours, hair characters and teeth 'arrange- ments of the three boys were care- fully recorded, and results sup- ported the belief that Victor and Eric were the real twins. Blood Things Folks Wished They Hadn't Said Have you ever dropped a hefty brick and wished- that the floc' would suddenly open and swallow you? Like the lady who said to her partner at a banquet: "Look at that man sitting opposite, I think he is one of the ugliest men I have ever seen. Who is he?" "That's any brother," "Oh, I beg your parden," tine lady apologised. "How silly of me not to have noticed the resem- blance!" Mistakes of this kind can often occur through people jumping to premature conclusions. "\Vhat a murderous -looking blackguard the prisoner is!" whispered an old lady in a courtroom to her husband. "That isn't the prisoner," Ire re- plied. "The prisoner hasn't been brought in yet." "Oh? Then who is its" "That's the judge." It appears that the ceremonious Orientals are not above marring their politeness by dropping the proverbial brick from a distinctly uncomfortable height. Some British women, visiting Turkey, called on an important Turkish statesman. The host offered thein refreshments, including a great variety*of sweetmeats, always taking care to give one of the ladies double the quantity he gave to the others. Flattered by this marked atten- tion, she asked, through the inter- preter; "Why do you give me so much more than the rest?" "Because you have the biggest mouth," was the straightforward reply. Pulpit and pew are not exempt. One Sunday, as a certain minister was returning homeward, he was stopped by one of his churchgoers, who said: "Von know, T always look forward to the day when you preach," The tninister was aware that he was not very popular and answer- ad: "I'm so glad to bear it. There are too few like you. And why do you look forward to my preach- ing?" "Why," she replied, with shat- tering innocence, "when you preach I always get a good seat" ISSIJB 41 "- 060 tests of the boys and their parents follott•ed. But as the man whom. Eric called father was dead,. obvi- ously these tests,cauld not be re- garded as conc'ulve. Then one of the scient'sts had a braiun'ave.'Ile recalled that al- though human side differs so much that it cannot normally be grafted from one person to another, graft- ing- w'as usually possible between twins. The services of a British plastic surgeon were enlisted. He removed a smelt square of skin from Victor's right arm and re- plact.d it with a skin graft from Eric. This left no doubt in the minds of the authorities that a terrible error had been made. For the skin transplanted from Victor to Eric and vice versa quickly grafted on, leaving no scar ;its texture and hair growth were retained. But attempt- ed grafts between Pierre and the other youngsters failed. The authorities ordered that Eric and Pierre should be exchanged at once, :1l1 three parents experienced the terrible wrench of parting, but the boys have adapted themselves astonishingly well to this strange change in their young lives. Urani-Yum, Yum—A fearless Texan, ten -month-old Dyann Schoneuberg discovered a strange looking somethiicg in a nut bowl. She swallowed it and grew increasingly uncom- fortable, Doctors rushed her to a hospital and pumped out her stomach. Their report, de- livered to a startled IVfr. and Mrs, Schoneuberg, diagnosed the tasty tidbit as a nugget of man in 11 ore, i✓ mcllrSAAWD RUNS 4, •=,a 1�' KriJfMNt� ala' :>•. ew,t tiolitNe P. CtaxIce By thio time everyone knows what caused the dint -out on the last Sunday and Monday in September but when I started out to visit a friend yesterday afternoon.I had no idea what was happening. Driv- ing along the road was the most weird experience I ever knew, Down this way there was no fog so that the Mountain stood out in sharp outline against dark, rolling clouds merging into subdued shades of blue, purtelbe and reddish-yellow. To the south the sky was fairly light yet the road before me was dark and -forbidding. It was 'really spooky and, like everyone else, I was driving with lights on. Another queer thing I noticed was that, instead of glass windows, all the houses seemed to have window's of glittering tinfoil. The whole set- up had' the apearance of the super- natural and the thought came to me that it trust be a Nemesis on Chairman Saunders and Mayor Mc- Callum for keeping vs on Daylight Saving Time! Certainly there would be no power saved yesterday as it was impossible to do anything in the house o -c without lights on. 8, * 4' There was a time when I thought our location here was ideal—mid- way between Toronto, Hamilton end Guelph, But note I ant not so sure—not when Toronto and Ham- ilton continue on fas t time, with this district automatically following suit, although to the north of us towns and cities have reverted to standard time. You people in those districts don't know !now lucky you are. Soiree of the farmers around here say they would like to send those two fellows—Messrs. Saun- ders and McCallfne—out for the cows in the morning and see how they would like wandering over the fields, peering -into tine darkness, trying to catch a glimpse of any- thing resembling a cow. Arid to think such a state of affairs Will con- tinue until almost the end of 2fbvem- ber with hardly a soul really in favour of the measure ... although I am quite sure, nearly everyone would take it on the chin if they felt any good were accomplished. As to that we have yet to be con- vinced. Certainly more power will be used in the country on fast time than standard. * 44 * Oh, well, I suppose we shall live through it and be none the worse— except for a few frayed nerves and temporarily lost 'toes. There are worse .things than that 'in life— and also, • thank goodness, better things to -occupy our time and thoughts, Worse things . like the accidental bombing of British troopsbyAmeritan forces —. that was too dreadful to think about. Better things . , well, there are . a lot of better things, all the time, wherever you live and wherever you look. Apropos of better things. I have read, or heard it said, that you can pretty well size up a per- son by what he or she does in his or her leisure time, That, I believe, is more or less true. How often we hear—"Oh, young Mrs. So-and-so will never amount to any- thing—she spends all her time read- ing paper -back novels!" Or . . . "I don't know how Roy puts up with it . , , all his wife thinks about is her bridge parties!" Then of course, we have the young husband who spends most of Itis time in the pool-roost—or the beer -parlor and -' 10, Ibsen char- t,8, Tatters CR � SSWORD atter 37. Deliver a > its SSWORD atter sh letter sermon 14. Odltt's brother 38. Wears away 17. Groove 39. Perform 20. Teaching., 42. Goddess of 2). Went In healing 4. Abraham's 2 , 17xlets 46. Repetition tomo town 24. Pekes 47, New star 5. Kiloliters 57. Palm [mita 48, Land murmur, 27. Along 49. Parent 6. Avalanches 29. Mouths 51. Samarium 7. Scotch grand- 31, Monet, iamb.) eh 1,1 39, Leave 52. Odds and end 3. Impudent 25. Supporter se. Sun god D. Bird (clang) Se, Coneernini, PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Announce. meats 4. Ourselves 6. Nonce 5. Blue grata 11. Leave 13. /moles teal bars 15. The maples 18. Assam a 1Ik 18. American take 19. )ly 20, Affeotedly modest person 22. For 15. Among 24. Make believe 28, Behold 28. Funds 20, Floral part 32. Mythical bird b4, SG'rxam marks 37, Vlottmiced 90. EIawaltan bird 41. Globes 43, Language 144. Conlunctt4p 40. lindeavot'od 7. Not any 48. Particle 80, sapoott 1, few Wardly _7..AAatiter than 9.'Alm l,e roan '80, Dunce 4.lttng Down 1, 01ti0 00l errs Lown 1, Pots' o 2, Smatt arra- - roads 2 4 s 0 0 b 13 10 17 ' 14 10 0 w s1 Answer elsewhere on this lege the older man who is so involved with social organizations that his wife hardly sees hint at all. * 4' * But on the other side of the ledger we have men and women who restrict their social activities to what they can accomplish with- out sacrificing fancily life and who occupy their spare time with skill and ingenuity—only sometimes it is only the small circle in which they live that knows of their ac- complishments. This I realized last Thusrday when I attended a local Hobby •Show sponsored by the There was leathercraft, dolls made • from shells, ceramics, needlecraft, rugs, beautiful pictures in oils, water colors and shells. Jewellery made of metal; wood -carving, model aeroplanes and railways, and an exhibit of articles made by the blind. To add to the attraction a well- known florist gave a denconstation on flower arrangements guts that was w s fascinating to watch. What intrigued me was her a pin - bowl t is- bty 0 l to holdflower stalks, the o er stat s, but evergreens. Just common or gar- den evergreens—cedar and balsam —which she crushed in her hand and pressed firmly down into the bowl. Into this mass of green she later pushed her flower stents. By ,this, she explained, flowers could be placed at any angle—and stay put. You might like to try it sometime. So that was the Hobby Show—but to rue it as not so much an exhibit of hobbies as a demonstration of what can be done in a person's spare time. DISHPAN HANDS A British firm developed for in- dustrial war use creams to protect hands trout dirt, oils, acids, dye- stuffs and grease. After using the creast the hands could easily be washed clean. British inousewives are now using two of these creams —one for dry, one for wet work. The creams dry on the hands and remain unnoticed until the Work is finished. They are equally effective for then who do dirty work. Experience is what enables you to recognise a mistake whenever you make it again. QUICK /� rel And the RELIEF iS LASTING There's one thing for the headache • . the muscular aches and pains that often accompany a cold .: a INSTANTINE. INSTANTINE brings really fast relief from pain and the relief is prolonged! So get INSTANTINE and get quick comfort. INSTANTINg is compounded like a prescription of three provees medical ingredients. You can depend on its fast action in getting relief from every day aches and pains, headache; rheumatic pain, for neuritic or neuralgic pain. Cet Instant!na today and always Y Meek bandy �`�as>a�tiry histantin 1 2 -Tablet Tin 25t1 Economical 48 -Tablet Bottle 690 A young student front an agri- cultural college was in conversation with an old farmer. "Do you know," said he. "your methods are a hundred years 11,e hind the times? Why, I'd be sur: - prised if you made $50 out of the oats in that field." "So would I," replied the farmer,. "It's barley. Upside down to prevent peeking. Eng '121C1t1112115 ooeo,,©© ©Qch a AaclOt _ wEiCie• .©EOo© Q cor kilt Elena= IMEIGMIP 1115©neo 13©o El Q 'D i ©13©i this 113131133121 oto.°10©o:ro15ee �p®15 11011©eo Cle a®. „an: i mo w Jane Ashley's !Crown Brand Recipes FRES Write Jane Ashley, The Canada Starch Company Limoetf, _ P. O.13em 129, Montreal P Q. 0030