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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-05-09, Page 6AN NE I4IRST 1 lifouit Family Cows-ft/tot "Dear Anne Hirst: I .am afraid I have lost my sweetheart, and it • is all my fault. We dated,15 itonths and argued more often - than we agreed. I am an opinion- ated t girl and had to be kow- towed to, and 1 always put him in the wrong. He'd lose his tem- per, and I wouldn't hear from him' for maybe a week. It has been nearly a month now since he hascalled, and I am terri- fied that this time he isn't com- ing back. "I let him think I was cold, and that I didn't care. Today, I &ealize he meant everything to ane. He often spoke of the day we'd get married; even though was so stubborn, he still want - ad me. I thought I could say and do as I pleased since he was se in love. (Even my fam- ily wondered how long he'd Stand for it, but I wouldn't be warned.) "He has his problems with his family and his job. I was never sympathetic; I always told himhow wrong he was. (How he must have missed the Understanding I should have ahown!) He was always affec- tionate and forgiving, though; etnd I' never knew until this long absence and his silence how much a part of my life he was. "Must I forget my pride and call him? This I've never done 9md it would come hard, but I'll, .crawl in the dust to get him back. HEARTBROKEN" ANOTHER CHANCE? 'e Too late! Despairing words +i to end a romance. A girl plays * with a man's love once too e* often, and only when he * doesn't come back does she * know the value of what she V has lost. The light has gone 4* out of your life and you sit * alone in the dark, yearning * for the affection you belittled. 0 When one loves, what price 4 humility? If you had only said, "I'm . sorry," he would * still be at your side. But you o hugged your foolish vanity to * your bosom and were too vain * to be fair. * Don't try to patch up such * a misunderstanding by a tele- * phone call. Dignify your re- * morse with a loving, frank * apology. Write the lad saying # how ashamed you are to have *'taken such repeated advent- * age of his love. Tell him that * you know now all he means a to you, and ask him to come * and let you say so. Perhaps, Four Gay Patches 784 Colors run riot in this quilt made of scraps the more, the merrier! It's just four patches, easy to piece. Or use one block alone, for a gay pillow cover! Quiltmaking is easy! Pattern 784: Chart, directions, pattern of patches; yardage requirements. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Tor- onto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Our gift to you two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home - printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book ... Plus dozens of other new designs to order — cro- chet,, knitting, embroidery, iron - ens, novelties. Send 25 cents for your copy ofthis book NOW with gift patterns printed in it! ISSUE 18 — 1951 * he will. If not, you have * shown a humility that puts * you in a new light, and, per * haps later as he senses the ch!inge he will relent. * If you must go alone, ydu * have learned a vital lesson: * The woman a man would * spend the rest of his life with * is one who respects him, who * believes the best of him and * who stands by in any trouble. * Compare this attitude with * your own arrogance and con- * ceit, and realize how cruelly * you failed one who loved you * sincerely. * *. DON'T PURSUE HERO "Dear. Anne Hirst: For a long time I've been dating a nice boy at school, and we really love each other. But he has just be- come president of his class and popular in football so he is very much more popular with all the girls. "What am I to do? I'm not the aggressive type, but it looks like I'll have to be unless I want to stand by and lose him. I am all mixed upt Will you help? THERESA" * It is always best for a girl * in love to keep On being her * natural self with no new acts * thrown in. Don't try to imi * tate the girls who pursue'. * this new hero, no matter how * strong the competition.' * The lad may be a bit * dazzled by all this attention, * but if he is sincerely attach- * ed to you, he will not let it go * to his head.- Give him time, * and, -meanwhile try not to be * too upset by this change of * events. * If you should shower com- * pliments on him or otherwise * build yourself up, he would * only smile at the effort. So, * relax, and know if he is worth * liking he will prove it. * * * In any disagreement withthe one you love, be the first to say • "I'm sorry" whether the, fault is yours or not. Pride has no place where love lives.... Anne Hirst's counsel is helpful 'when- ever trouble comes. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Et., New Toronto, Ont. Subs May Sink Bottle Blondes If it came to another war the percentage of blondes in the female population might decline rapidly. Nothing to do with H- bombs—there just might not be enough peroxide about to keep blonde hair blonde. For Admiralty scientists in Britain and America are exper- imenting with peroxide as a submarine fuel. It has one great advantage • over oil—no give- away bubble's rise to the sea sur- face. When peroxide is used as a fuel it finishes as water. During the Hitler war the Germans were supposed to have built several submarines pow- ered by peroxide, but none of them was used. Britain's latest known experimental submarine is jointly powered by peroxide and diesel oil; it can run on either fuel at any- time. Amer- ican Navy research has found peroxide useful also as a pro- pellent fuel for rockets, torpe- does, and assisted take -offs for aircraft. TEA -TOTAL! Claiming to be the world's champion tea drinker, is Mr. Jacobus Heemskerk, of Mel- bourne, Australia. He drinks about 90 cups of tea a day, and his estimate for the past 25 years is 40,000 cups of the refreshing brew. CHASSIS LASSIE — Actress Debra Paget has been named "The Most Glamorous Chassis of 1957," an award usually giv- en annually to one of the auto- motive body manufacturers by the Rollins` foundation. "This year the board voted to ex- pand our thinking." 1 • TV's TOP MONEY-WINNER—Robert Strom, 10, plays, at seek ng protection from bank guards James'C-orcoran (left) and Geo ge Etique after becoming the biggest' quiz show prize winner in television history. Robert jumped his earnings to $192,000 on "The $64,000 Question" in New York. I could fill this whole column about the weather—but .I won't. And if I did it would be out of date by the time it got into print , . . it always is. Anyway stormy weather hasbeen more or less general - so — no com- ment! Except to say this; we are glad Monday and. Tuesday of last week were fine and bright because Monday our twin hei- fers went to market . and Tues- day I had a big washing to do and a lot of business and run- ning •around to do after that. Wednesday and Thursday I wasn't thinking much about the. weather because I had a real treasure to browse over. Like to know what it was? Nothing more or less than a doctor's daybook, dating from 1850 to 1857. In the early part of the 19th century there were only three doctors between Toronto and Hamilton. One of them was Dr. James Coblian, of Milton . and this was his book,_ I read it hour after hour, com- pletely fascinated — not only from a medical viewpoint but in other ways as well. It so defi- nitely reflected the Victorian age. Only the man of the family was recognised he was the head of the house — other mem- bers were described only ac- cording to their relation to the master. Thus under the heading "John Smith" I would find . . "To bleeding YOU; to vaccina- ting son; to obstetric visit; t0 opening abscess on daughter; to Mrs. S. and baby," and so on. John Smith's mother was given a little more recognition as age was respected in those days. Under a separate heading her account would read — "Old Mrs. Smith." Given names were not always used. If the patient had a fairly common name some other means of identification would be used. Perhaps a younger Smith might be de- scribed as "Smith . . (John's brother)", or "Walters . son of Peter", or "J. Campbell, car- penter". Very seldom was there any mention of any specific disease but it was fairly easy to hazard a guess as to their nature by' the remedies prescribed. And those remedies ... I'm glad this isn't the Victorian age! Almost everything seemed to call for an. emetic. "Blisters" I suppose would be for congestion, pneu- monia, influenza and no doubt for stomach ailments. "Bleed- ing" was often prescribed. That was a cheap remedy. A patient could lose a pint of blood for two shillings,, and sixpence. No doubt that would be for the. relief of dizzy spells, high blood pressure and probably any 'di- sease that didn't respond to less drastic treatment. Some of the entries told a story in them- selves. Under the heading of James McPherson there is this entry— "Obstetrics, twenty-five shillings." One might imagine it was James who had had the baby but before you start to laugh you notice in brackets "Too late". So instead .of laugh- ing you wonder how much sor- row and suffering lies behind that blunt statement—"too late". It is easy to imagine what happened in this case — "To dressing Joseph's finger, two shillings." That entry was re- peated three times. Finally there was this—"To amputating Joseph's finger . ." Two more entries for dressings and that was all. What did they do with- out penicillin or sulfa drugs? One entry mentioned Cholera, but never a word about appen- dicitis because appendicitis wasn't recognised as such, In most cases a patient with severe abdominal pain got better—or he died—through lack of medi- cal knowledge, not through ne- glect, for pioneer doctors gave everything they had, for their patients—except, of course, the quacks. Charges for treatment were very little a century ago but a shilling then was as much to the people of that period as $5 is to us now. They did their best to honour their debts. If the man of the family couldn't raise the money he paid in produce or work. The doctor accepted grain, potatoes, apples, lambs, black- smith work, use of team, whis- key — yes, and even leeches! (Wonder how they raised leeches.) I wonder, too, would any of you like to be back in "the good old days"? Of course it did have certain advantages— you weren't likely to get killed on the highway. On the other hand.you might get caught in a storm and freeze to death. You didn't have to worry about power failure or frozen plumb - Ing. Candlelight did very nicely until coal -oil lamps came in. The creek served as a bathroom in summer and a wooden tub in front of blazing pine logs for an occasional soaking in winter. We couldn't stand such condi- tions today—we have become soft with good living. To coun- teract, it takes all that modern medicine can offer in the way of surgery, antibiotics and tran- quillizing drugs. Ah, well, back to the present. SALLY'S SALLIES '"No sales resistance now, please! after all, the holidays ars the biggest of giveaways." Smart Fish But Smarter Fishermen Among saltwater fishermen, it is a well known fact that no fish can clean your hook more often and get caught less , than the sbeepsiiead. This is because the sheepshead has a mouthful of strong teeth that can crack clams like you crunch peanuts. Imagine, ,then, : the tnortality of live bait when you try catch- ing sheepshead with its favor •ite tidbit, a lively, tender shrilly. One snap of those powerful. teeth and you've lost another shrimp. Yet, -'according to; Walt Will- men, dean of Heddon's research staff, he, ran across an old fish- erman in Gulfport, Miss., who proved the axiom — wherever there is a smart fish, there will come a smarter fisherman. This old codger would stroll into a live bait store, buy one lonely, lively shrimp and return hours later with a string of sheepshead. He would let no one see him fishing. It was dciv- ing the bait store owner crazy, not to mention other fishermen who never bought less than two or three dozen shrimp to catch only, a few fish. Now that old codger has gone where all old fishermen go, Willman, who knew his secret but had promised never to di- vulge it, reveals the method which, in turn, reveals the in- genuity of man,: especially `a flshin' man. The old feller took an olive bottle, wired three treble hooks We had all three grandsons here yesterday. Dave begged grand- pa to go for a walk—"I won't cry this time and I won't want to go in the creek. I promise!" So they went and Dave was as good as gold. After supper he was still in fine shape but when they were getting ready to go home Eddie was raising the roof in the kitchen, while Ross, in the living room, was ; tuning up for his next feeding. One, ten months old, the other five weeks. It was a tuneful duet. around the bottom, placed a lively shrimp inside, and tied a piece of cheesecloth over the top. This he lowered down where the sheepshead live, us- ing simply a handline. The bottle being clear, as soon as a sheepshead saw that lus- cious looking shrimp \wiggling inside it would bump its nose against the bottle trying to gel at the shrimp. When the old codger felt the sheepshead nudging the bottle he would jerk hard and snag the sheepshead under the chin with the treble hooks wired, there for that purpose. Then he would pull up the rig, take off the fish and lower away for the next victim. If anyone approached • ht would just quit fishing 'until they went away. By that time the, sheephead down below were crosseyed from staring'into that bottle and fishing would be ex- tra good for awhile! Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. We have just moved into new community. Would itbe an right, If we were to give a buf- fet dinner for our new neigh- bours? A. This might be all right in a very informal community. Usually, however, it is more ad- visable to wait until your neigh- bours make suc9L overtures of frienship. Q. Although 1 was .invited . is a bridal shower recently, 1 did not receive an invitation to the wedding. Don't you think this - was rude? A. Since an invitation toa shower is, in a way, a request for a gift, you most certainly should have been invited' to the wedding. Q. Should a woman -remove her gloves when attending a.lun- oheon party? A. Yes, of course. Q. Is ;it all right for a young man to accept a cigarette offer- ed to him by a girl? A. This is quite all right. all Lovely Martha Hyer Models Printed Pattern 4613. Look who is modeling our Printed Pattern 4613 with her own smart monogram on the collar. She is lovely motion picture actress Martha Hyer now starring in Universal -International's hit film "Battle Hymn." Like millions ofother smart young women, this talented Hollywood star loves to sew and finds it a wonderful way to have really distinctive clothes with her own personal touch. Fol• cool spting days and summer evenings, Martha's fine black and white woven cotton has accents of white pique for wide beat collar, yoke and hip band. Making this smart dress was a quick and easy job with the use of our Anne Adams pattern with sewing directions printed right on tissue pattern parts. Sewing time was further .minimized, by the use of sewing machine attachments recommended by legal sewing center ex- perts. xperts. The handy button-holer was used to make the five button- holes in less than half an hour. Thedecorative zigzag attachment made it easy to applique the neat "M H" monogram. To duplicate Martha's fresh, crisp fashion, start rightaway by ordering Anne Adams Printed- Pattern 4613. It comes: la Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Size 16 requires 3% yards of 39 -inch fabric and % yard contrasting material. Just send FORTY, CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this Printed Pattern 4613. Send to Anne Adanss, BOx 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont.