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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-12-19, Page 2f i !MST 1�(�� Roak aumizezot "Dear Anne Hirst: Will you write something about mothers-in- law soon? It may save the marriage of a grand young couple I know. "I fear for the poor husband, !lie mother-in- 1aw,ayoung woman who works and could well afford to live alone, is planning to come and live with them! elle and she do not get along any too well now; site is with them every chance she gets, allows them almost no privacy. What will hap- pen if she moves in? (Besides, she talks too much!) • Her daughter doesn't need all the luxuries this smother would lavish on her. That gives a num no incentive; he be - conies an incompetent provider, or just a doormat." "And Again" "Another couple have been mar- ried only a short while. "They wont stay Married long 11 his nr.ther doesn't let them alone; they live with her. When the young wife got pregnant, his mother lit- erally had a tit. 'Not here—this is MY house!' she procla'med. Yet she docs not want them to move. These two are already in the'r 30's. They w:mt a family. They can't just wait until his mother decides they can he in a home of their own! "Of course we all need our smothers—sometimes their advice, many toes their help. But most of the Cele they only interfere. "Wile can't mothers count their You look so young and pretty in this graceful new classic! A shirtfrock style, it's so softly flat- tering it could be your tea-and- luncheon ea-and- :vis in all -one b stl Shot n neon c lu c fabric, the collar and pocket -tops also make striking spots for con- trast. That skirt is NEW! Pattern 4804 in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48. Size 36 takes 3i' yards 39 -inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has corn- plete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. • ( Send order to Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth Street, New 'Toronto, Ont, blessings, and unless children actu- ally, need then!, let them live their own lives? "ANXIOUS." * Now I'll tell ane, also true. * The husband of a dear friend * died suddenly. They had a mar- * ried sou, After the funeral, the * wife told me she was going to * move in with the children, * "They really want me, Arne, * and they mean it, -I can help— * do the marketing and have dinner * ready (the young wife still * teaches) and relieve them in so * many ways. Aren't they wonder- * ful?" And tears were in her eyes, * I went into another room where * the son and his wife were. "You * two can talk to toe, you know. * Now, time truth," They looked * at each other, and then the boy * said, "\\'e do want Mom, of * course, But you know, we'd rather * be alone." * Mom and I had a long talk. I * knew her temperament, remenm-' * bered the trouble her own mother- * in-law had caused .. , I left her * with, "You'Il decide for yourself, * of course." * The next I knew she was char- * ing her apartment with a woman * friend, and had a position that * employs her many talents. The * children come for dinner once * a week, she visits them now and * then. Meantime, she lets them * alone. The one time she did dis- * cuss it with me, she ended with: * "I'm so relieved that I decided * to stay here. I'll just bet I * couldn't help trying to boss * them!" * What a pity that so many * mothers are not as wise! Children * do need mothers, as you *ay— * but they are the ones to decide * when• * * * The mother who would stay friends with her married daughter -or son lives her own life and lets the children live theirs. If this problem faces you, write Anne Hirst about it. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Christmas Cards The first genuine Christmas card did not appear until 1846. About 1,000 hand -colored copies of it were issued at one shilling each, the card portraying a convivial family gathering sandwiched between one scene depicting the htmgry being fed and another showing the naked being clothed. It was designed by the Royal Academician, J. C. Horsley. Its printer was Mr. Dobbins, of Hol- born, its publisher Joseph Cundall, of Old Bond Street, and its origina- tor Mr. (afterwards Sir) Henry Cole, who became the first Director of South Kensington Museum. Queen Victoria was the first Bri- tish monarch to use Christmas cards. She ordered eighteen in 1845. From then onwards the demand steadily grew, and in the sixties and seventies the trade began to assume large proportions, largely as a result of Charles Dickens' policy of popularizing Christmas in his novels. Cosy inn scenes be- gan to appear, snowbound cottages and picturesque coaches, family gatherings at the festive board. Just before the war there was a serious decline in the sale of cards showing such traditional scenes, but now the demand is as great as ever. The change is thought to indicate a coyish to es- cape back to the "good old days." Cards meant for overseas sale differ from those on sale here. Those for India have elephants in place of reindeer, those for Austra- lia may depict surf -riding. One Indian prince ordered cards costing $l25 each and worded: "All praise to Allah, the God, the Most TlighN Joe: "Do you have hat water in your house?" Moe: "What do you think that stuff ie that I'm always in?" CR SS ORD PUZZLE ACROSS 3. !Girdle 4. Poem 6, Bewailing 0. Potter stake 7. Chirps 1. Tra nip 6.Chart 8. Prevaricator 12. in bed 19. United 14. Girl's name 16. Endure 17, Begin 18. Barden 19. Uneultabin 21. England 105.1 22, Yale 23, Prophet • 95, Snood 29. False name 32. Snaee 93. Idle talk 86. Shakespearean character 86. Animal 38. Snuggled 40. Born 42. Fish eggs 43. Of hlrt 46. Award 47. 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The Promise Fulfilled In Christ Luke 1:46-55; 2:1-7 Memory Section. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government *and peace there shall be no end. —Isaiah 9: 6b -7a. The first portion of today's les- son is the Magnificat. Mary had gone to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was soon to become the mother of John the Baptist. Eliza- beth greeted Mary in prophetical language saying, "Whence is this to inc that the mother of sty Lord should costs to Inc?" Mary replied with the Uagnificat. Mary the virgin was now with child by the Holy Ghost. She knew that child would be the Son of God, Her beautiful humility is seen in the words she uttered. She did not claim equality with God but ex- claimed, "My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." She marvelled at the mercy of the Holy One. "He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and exalted them of low degree." The story of the birth of Jesus is beautiful in its simplicity. I-Iis mother was a peasant woman. He was born in a stable. Angels sang at his birth and wise men bowed before Him. The common place of his coming- bespake the univer- sality of His mission. None are too poor or ignorant to receive at His hand. "He hath filled the poor with good things." How we need Jesus today! Lon Woodrum has expressed it well in the following prayer: "0 little Prince in the cattle -shed - how we have negclected Youl How we have forgotten the dreamt you brought to the earth with You; and we have lost our way! Look at uS again from innocent eyes, aye, with that unspeaking, mute look of love; break our stubborn proud hearts, and wake in us the old vision of brotherhood! Out of blood and tears and heartbreak we grope back again toward Your hallowed man- ger, waiting once more to hear the angels sing, trying to put our fin- gertips on peace, yearning again for the touch of eternal hope, hungry again for the feeling of love, sick in OUT need of the Truth. Amen." fottnallV1424, SErr A BIEAUTIFUL TABLE with Maple Leaf doilies! These are a brand new fashion and yott will want to be first to have them) Or use them in threes—for buffet or a favourite chair! Pattern 566 has `crochet direc- tions for doilies in two sizes. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) Inc this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St„ New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS, S t'1 Having Pun—Grandpappy will get a kick out of this picture, which shows famous star Trixie Friganzo, veteran of 50 years in vaudeville and musical comedy; as she celebrated her 80th birth- cla fro her Leis Angeles home. Despite the fact that she has been confined to her bed for the past two years, the one-time toast of two continents says, "My life has been nothing but fun." Inset shows her as she was in 1914, at the height of her popularity. I know very well that it's too close to the Big Day to be bother- ing you with recipes for Fruit Cake, Plum Pudding and the like. Still, with youngsters home for the holidays, many of them long- ing to do a bit of cooking, perhaps a few instructions for staking such things as "Taffy Apples" and so forth might not be amiss. * * * CARAMEL APPLES 15 to 20 apples - 2 pounds granulated sugar (4 cups) Scant cup light corn syrup 23/4 cups evaporated milk Select small apples, free front blemishes. Wash and dry thor- oughly and stick on wooden skew- ers. Put sugar, syrup and % cup of the evaporated milk in a large heavy kettle. Stir to blend well. Heat slowly until sugar is dissolv- ed, stirring constantly. Then cook briskly to a thick syrup, stirring all time while. Add remainder of milk slowly, keeping mixture boil- ing briskly, and cook to firm ball stage (242 degrees F.), stirring constantly to prevent scorching Remove from heat and let stand until caramel stops bubbling. Work- ing quickly, dip apples, one at a time, in caramel and twirl to get rid of surplus coating and make smooth. Place on heavy waxed pa- per to set. If coating becomes too hard for dipping, add a little eva- porated milk and reheat, stirring to keep smooth. The caramel should be kept quite hot so that coating will not be too heavy. Makes 15 to 20 caramel apples. To decorate skewers Wind skewers with narrow col- ored Scotch tape before skewering apples. • * * CARAMEL POPCORN BALLS * * * 3 quarts popped corn .1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 34 cup light corn syrup 344 teaspoon salt 1% teaspoons vinegar 5' cup evaporated milk After corn is popped, , keep hot and crisp in slow oven (300 de- grees F.) while caramel coating is being prepared. Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vinegar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved, Then cook briskly until soft crack. stage is reached (280 degrees F.), Remove syrup from heat. Take pop- corn frorn oven and put in a large mixing bowl, Return syrup to heat and hring to a bail, Stir in milk slowly, !seeping candy boiling all the while. Cools candy over medium heat to soft crack stage (280 de- grees F.) again, stirring constantly. Pour immediately over popcorn. Stir quickly while pouring so that all the popcorn will be well coated. Moisten hands with cold water so mixture will not sticic to hands, and form popcorn into balls innnedl- ately. Makes about 20 balls 2% inches in diameter. * * * CREAM CARAMELS 2 cups granulated sugar Few grains salt '2 cups light corn syrup 7/' cup butter 1% cups evaporated milk (1 tall can) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cook sugar, salt and syrup ra- pidly to firm ball stage (245 de- grees F.), stirring occasionally. Add butter and milk gradually so that the mixture does not stop boiling at any time. Cook over medium heat to firm ball stage (242 degrees F,), stirring constantly because the mixture sticks easily at the last. About 25 mittutes are required for cooking. Add vanilla. Let caramel stand until mixture stops bubbling, then pour into a buttered pan. Cool at room temperature, then place in refrigerator until caramel hardens, Remove from refrigerator, invert pan and loosen caramel by apply- ing cloth wrung out in hot water to bottom and sides of pan. Lift edges of caramel with table knife or spatula and turn onto cutting board. Cut with a heavy, sharp knife using a saw -like [notion. Makes 2 pounds. Note: 242 degrees F. is the ideal finished temperature for caramels. 240 degrees F. makes a very soft caramel that does not hold its shape very well, while 245 degrees F. makes quite firm ones. Nut Caramels: Add / cup pecan or walnut halves just before pouring caramel into pan to cool, Coffee Caramels: Dissolve 1 tablespoon soluble cof- fee in % boiling water. Add to syrup mixture gradually with the butter' and milk, then proceed as above, Chocolate Caramels: Use 3 squares (3 ounces) un- sweetened chocolate. Melt 'choco- late over hot water in the sauce- pan in which the candy is to be cooked. Add sugar, salt and corn syrup, then proceed as above. Ribbon Caramels: Make a recipe of Cream Cara- mels, and a recipe of Chocolate Caramels. After caramels have cool- ed its buttered pans to room tem- perature, loosen caramel layers with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board. Place a layer of Chocolate Caramel atop the Creast Caramel and press together. Then place in refrigerator to harden be- fore cutting. Fondant Ribbon Caramels: Make a recipe of Cream Caramels or one of the variations. When caramel mixture stops bubbling, pour equal amounts into 2 but- tered 8 -inch pans. After caramel has cooled to roost temperature, loosen caramel layers with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board, Press a layer of fondant over a layer of caramel attd cover with a second layer of caramel, Then place in refrigerator to harden before cutting. * * * VINEGAR TAFFY 2 cups granulated sugar 154 cups light corn syrup 7/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vinegar cup evaporated milk Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vine- gar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved, stirring fre- quently, Then pour milk in slowly, icee,ping candy boiling all the while. Cook over =dim heat to firth ,li51Rod" ICLEs INGERFARM °f Gum doltr+e P Cia,'rlte One day last week there was a knock at our front door. When I opened it there stood an army sergeant and his young wife— looking for a place to live. Actually they came here by mistake thinking it was the house to which they had been directed. I asked theta in and time story they told me nmatle my heart ache. Previously stationed at Camp Borden, this sergeant, six !weeks ago, had been transferred to another district and had been house - hunting ever since—for an apart- ment, a house, or four unfurnished rooms. There were places which they could have rented—until the owners learned that besides the Enact and his wife there were also three small children. And the doors were figuratively shat in their faces. "Apparently we committed a crime in having children!," the dis- couraged young mother told me, "And what are you doing in the meantime?". I inquired. 'One child is with her grand- mother ;two brothers live with my sister, and my husband and I are staying at an hotel. The children are five, four and two," Believe nee, I wanted to tell the young couple to collect their child- ren and move right in ... they were such nice young people and I felt so sorry for the .youngsters. But offering to take a family into your hone isn't as siniple as that. We have enough room, it's trite, but yet the house is not adapted for two families—especially if newcomers have been used to a city hone, Country plumbing itself. presents one problem, A. septic tank cannot quite take the place of sewerage system. It has to he treated with greater respect—and that is some- thing city people never seem to realize. And there is always the possibility of a water shortage. Giving up a number of roosts also means a reorganization of the farm family's way of living—turd that isn't always easy. On a farm extra roost is needed for so many jobs — heavy washing; cleaning, packing and storing eggs; room for ball stage (248 degrees F.), stir- ring constantly. Pour into buttered pan. When cool enough to handle, pull until candy is light end no longer sticky to the touch. Lay out on waxed paper or buttered pan, Cut with scissors. Wrap in waxed paper. Makes about 2 pounds. Brown Sugar Taffy: Use 1 pound brown sugar in place of the 2 cups granulated sugar, Cocoa Taffy: Mix % cup cocoa with the sugar and cook with the syrup, salt and vinegar, then proceed as above, Molasses Taffy: Omit corn syrup and use 1 cup molasses. • Peppermint Taffy: Make a recipe of Vinegar Taffy. When taffy is cooked, remove from heat When mixture stops bubbl- ing, add i/z teaspoon peppermint extract and. mix well. Pour taffy syrup into a measuring cup to the cup level. Pour remaining taffy syrup into a lightly buttered pan. Add 6 to 8 drops of red food col- oring to the / cup syrup and mix well. Pour this colored syrup into a small lightly buttered pan and allow to coot Pull when cool enough to handle and set aside on a. piece of waxed paper, When remainder of taffy is cool enough to handle, divide into halves and pull each half until light in color and 0 longer e• n stickyto the touch. g a Lay each half on a piece of waxed paper and pull into a rope of even thickness. Take half of the colored taffy, lay it on top of the white taffy and pull the two together. Cut with scissors. Wrap in waxed paper. occasional !tired help; space for the variety of outdoor clothes and boots that men need according to the weather ---and even roots for the various cats and dogs that conte to the house for warmth and comfort hi winter time . , , animals that may be treated as .pets but are yet necessities for farm life. Talking it aver witlt Partner afterwards and saying how selfish I felt in not inviting this young couple to share our Route, Part ncr said, "And what would you do with your junk—you need a big house for all the stuff you keep around?" Well, that had me stump - ell Maybe I ant no worse than any other farm' housewife—I don't know—but I certainly manage to spread things around, But eventu- ally I make use of what has been saved. This week, for instance, I ant hoping to send away 24 pounds of woollen goods to a factory to be converted into blankets. But 24 pounds of woollens—old socks and sweaters—cannot be accumulated overnight, so they are naturally cluttering up some room or closet! But women are not the only clutter -uppers) My goodness, Part- ner has enough old nails around to build a house—except that half of them are bent and rusty and couldn't be used anyway. Yet every time a box or a building is demolished the nails must still be saved. And Bob has a five -gallon can full of nuts and bolts—and .woe betide any of us who throws even one of them away. But if you notice --whatever a person saves is al- ways "junk" to others but priceless 10 himself. One of my collections is buttons —utility buttons, not collector's items. No garment is ever discard- ed until the buttons have been re- moved. As a result whether I snake a shirt, a dress or a pair of py- jamas, it is never necessary to buy buttons. Most of what I have are sorted as to colour and size, and thein sewn on to cards just as you find them in a store. Not much point in saving buttons if they are all jumbled up together so that you have to waste precious time finding out whether you have two or a dozen of any one kind. Zippers can also be saved and used again— providing they still zip. And here is a way to save your eyes. The time-honoured way to thread a needle is to hold it over something white. But for quickness try this: hold needle between thumb and middle finger, raise index finger to form a background for the needle and you have it threaded in two shakes. Just as simple as that! REU tL'E COUGHS aged COLDS THIS SIMPLI, SP9SCTIVI WAY e Worn 50.0,1, 011 t• Rub well into chest and throat * Cover with warns flannel e Effective for children USED EOR BS YEARS DR THOMAS. ECLECTRI('lllL Up'idedown to Prevent Peeking 033W 0S7V 711 1dl31VW 031 .:3I/ °'21Vd 3V314 '!N303 Ma-- ,".€Ao;1 "7 71S num of Y®f €I©., g H • "n/ J. y ly 'tk m iii ©L".eC7rR 3 x 1.d "' 1 i �,N 1e k E ,i' t;'f(„ +.5 1 dQa:""3�V'� W,�� #f �3aoe�•.o .4 74� a. 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