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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-05-16, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: I am, and certainly other readers are, alarmed by the number of :girls who lately have asked. for your advice because they are in love with married men. They all give the same excuse: 'Ours isn't a cheap affair, our love is too beautiful to give up!' I'm won.. dering whether the experience Of a dear friend of mine will make them realize that all such affairs are cheap: "She married a man who turned out to be a congenital drunkard. After two years of misery she took a position, largely I think to take her mind off her troubles. A married man employed her, and soon be- gan shooting the same old line: His wife didn't love him enough, but how he could reward a girl who did! He entertained my friend elaborately, enticed her into a new world of lavish liv- ing, and finally promised he'd get a divorce if she would. "It was all settled fast. They got married, and it didn't last three years. He lived his own life and hers, too. They went only where he wanted to go, and only his old friends were wel- come in their home; he wouldn't even receive her family. AR too soon he was dating other girls. "She divorced him, and got another job. "Her first husband married a sweet girl; he stopped drinking, and they already have two babies. "My friend feels like her life is over, She is a miserable crea- ture, and already looks like an old woman. "Perhaps, some of these fool- ish girls who tell you their affair is different will see in this true story one more proof that a married man who will cheat one wife will cheat the next. ONLOOKER" * Two generations of . rent s * have followed this column * since I started it many years * ago. Yet for all my warnings * the same old sins recur, and a the girls of today follow their * hearts as foolishly and will P not heed. "I can't be happy * unless I am with him," they * cry, "and if he doesn't love his wife any more why should t he stay with her?" P' They forget that he vowed is to cling to that wife as he vows to be faithful to his next "_one. They refuse to see him as * a low character who pursues * a single girl with no 'concern: for her reputation. They fall * for the oldest' line in the * world, "You understand me, * she doesn't," and how proud * they are to hear those words! * To the wife whose man they * steal, they give not one * thought, nor what is even * worse do they think of the * children whose father they * would take from them. * As you say, a man who is not true to one wife will not * be true to another. Your friend * found this through heart- * break and despair and how * she must regret it now! * Thank you for writing as * you did. You and I can hope * that 'present-day readers, * caught in the same web, will * read and believe and turn * back to the right while there * is still time. 0 * * Readers with problems often find the same situation quoted in this column, • and benefit by another woman's experience. If your trouble gets you down, write it to Amso Hirst and let her guide you safely through. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Lefthanders Are Handy People Today there are mare lef 1 - handed people than there were thirty years ago. Exactly why this is so • is a mystery, but in 1927 about six per cent. of people were left-handed. Now the pro- portion is nearly ten per cent. What causes left-handedness? It is concerned with brain devel- opment, according to a doctor. In the right-hander the left side of the brain is bigger, and in the left-hander the right side. Marshal Foch signed the first world war armistice with the left hand; Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scout movement, was left - handed; Leonardo da Vinci painted his masterpieces with his left. hand. Whether you are right- or left-handed is largely a matter of heredity, according to recent research into the subject, but if necessary a person can learn to use his left hand as expertly as his right. FASHION NEWS ABOUT PRINTED PATTERN 4514 ' Here is the season's favorite silhouette, a sculptured sheath with gently bloused cover-up jacket that s so cosy to make from our Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4514. Shown here in smooth textured linen with beige, tan, and brown color tones, the ensemble has the new print and plain look we all admire. The sheath is designedwith wide shoulder straps, four darts in front and an extra long 18 -inch crown zipper in back give it beautifully slim lines and perfect fit. Note the draw- string at waist of jacket and its pretty bow. This costume takes only a short time to cut, sew and fit. Directions for sewing are printed on the pattern so that you can read what to do every step of the way. The jacket pattern is in two pieces. . Tho sleeve and bodice are in one easy -sew piece snaking a perfect dolman sleeve. Our pattern features two different necklines, one plain round jewel neckline, and neat square shown here. Our Pattern De- (signer used Coats & Clark color matched zipper and thread to blend with the fabric and to obtain the extra length for the sheath closure, This Printed Pattern comes in Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16 and 48. Size 16 sheath dress requires 2% yards of 35 -inch Fabric and *he jacket requires 2% yards. To order Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4514, just send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety). Lend to Anne Adams, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. PRESENTED TO QUEEN —Air Vice Marshal H. B. Godwin of Montreal, Air Officer Commanding the RCAF's NATO Air Division overseas, is presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at a reception during her recent Royal State Visit to France L. Dana Wilgress, Canadian Ambas- sador to NATO, makes the presentation while HRH Prince Phillip looks on. • HRONICLES INGERFA1rn Well, I may as well come out In the open and tell you what you have probably already guessed. We are on the move! At least we shall be in less than two weeks. This old homestead that has been farmed almost continu- ously since 1822 now belongs to the Department of Highways. What will happen to it now is anyone's guess. Of course we know to a certain extent. We know where the stakes are; where the cloverleaf will be and how close the house will be to the road. We could have kept the house and part of the land but we would have been only 125' from the highway. Too close. In fact it was our closeness to the road that was the deciding factor last Septem- ber when we came to terms with the Deaprtment. And let me say this: There are many complaints about the Depart- ment — they don't pay enough; they take your land whether or not you want to sell; they cut down trees, break fences, walk through .your farm when they feel like it. We haven't any complaint on any of those scores. All we objected to was the dangerously hidden iron stakes. The surveyors have al-. ways been most courteous even if they do comp in when they feel like it. The amount of de- struction has been kept to a minimum. As for the finan- cial settlement — we have been well satisfied. We were paid according to land values in this immediate vicinity, and what more could anyone ask? Pay- ment to start with was a little slow in coming but an inquiry directed to the Property Office very soon brought satisfactory results. So - no complaints — and very few regrets. People expect us to feel badly at leaving the farm. They look surprised when they find we are not. If we were selling to another farmer that would be a different matter. If it were still a farm we would want of be here ourselves — not see somone else plowing our fields; some other ,farmer's cows in our barn; some other family in our house. We wouldn't like it at all. But the way things are now it would be no pleasure to stay in the house and watch bulldozers rooting out trees and dirt -movers tear- ing up the fields. It would be like watching a slow death — watching living, productive fields slowly turrfed into con- crete and then eventually see hundreds of cars every hour speeding by where once cows had peacefully grazed. There is yet another way of looking at it. For thirty-four years Ginger 'Farm has provid- ed us with a living. We've had our lips and downs; struggled through the depression; had good crops and poor — but mostly goad; we raised two children and now they .are mar- ried with children of their own. Not only that my husband and I started out as Partners -- and now, in the twilight of our years, we are partners still. We should indeed be ungrateful to a merciful Providence if we ut- tered one word of complaint — especially as neither of us is physically able to keep up with the hard work necessary in farming. And now, if you are interest- ed at all you will be `curious about where we are going. Be- lieve me, 'that has beet quite a problem. For years. we had our eye on one particular cor- ner of the farm where we in- tended to build when the time came to retire. highway re- quirements queered ' that idea, east, west, north and south, So we started house -hunting— from Guelph to Oakville and across country. We knew what we wanted — a newish house, not too small, near a bus route, with a large lot — but definite- ly not in a sub -division. Sounds easy, doesn't it? It' wasn't. We looked at .plenty of nice houses, but the houses we liked were always in the wrong places. Big houses on small lots or small houses on big lots, with excess acreage that was too big for hand -tools and too small for a tractor — and couldn't be sold because of zoning restric- tiohs. We found one ideal. house — the man built it for his family and then his wife wouldn't live there. I didn't blame her — the nearest neigh-. bour was almost a mile away. Another place, jdst as nice, was quite close to a barn. We nev- er had an odour from our barn that was equal to what met us on that' trip. Too bad — the view was out of this world. We were very taken with another house — good location,, wonder- ful landscaping but the house needed a new heating system, storms and screens and new flooring in the kitchen. None of these things was taken into consideration on the price. So we passed that one up. We were almost in despair. AND THEN WE FOUND IT! Roomy house a year old, in a small village, on an acre of land — plenty of room for the grand- children to run - five minutes the other way and we'll be right in the country. We might have hunted a lot farther and not found anything that so near- ly met our requirements — a rural, setting, halfway between town and country; halfway be- tween our two children and their children; halfway between Toronto and our old home. In fact Partner, is already calling it "Halfway House". So there you have it. I thought making a move would write "finis" to these Chron- icles lint your editor says 00. So, hi a few weeks you will be reading what might well be called "Sequel to Ginger Farm". Wish us luck, will you folks — we may need your good wishes. "It says in the paper that the average woman has a vocabu- lary of only 500 words," said a wife. "It's certainly a small stock," remarked her husband, but just think of the turnover." Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee - Q. Whose privilege is it to se- lect `the music for the wedding? A. This isentirely the privi- lege of the bride. Q. Does a woman EVER rise from: her chair when a man stops to speak with -her? A. Only if she is a hostess, but not otherwise, unless the man is an important personage or very elderly. Q. Do ladies and gentlemen ever chew gum inpublic places? A. Certainly, but they take pains to do it quietly and incon- spicuously, Nothing is more 'ob- noxious than open-mouthed or audible chewing of gum. SUGAR •"{FEET Daughter looks s -o -o pretty in this whirl -skirted pinafore, with colorful embroidery to trim the sweet scoop neck! Button front —.she can dress all by herself! Pattern 866: Children's Sizes 2,4, 6, 8 included. Pattern; em- broidery transfer, directions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accept, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- ohto, Ont. Print plainly EAT - TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Our gift to you — two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home — printed in Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book . Plus dozens of other new de- signs to order — crochet, knit- ting, embroidery, iron -ons, nov- elties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW— with gift patterns printed in it! ISSUE 19 — 1957 dIllet fr "Corn Starch Makes Tastier Entrees!" CREAMED SALMON 2 tablespoons MAZOLA Salad 01 V2 medium onion, chopped 4 tablespoons BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch 1 teaspoon salt rA teaspoon pepper (optional) r/2 teasp40h paprika (opt. t/z teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 cups milk r/2 cup fish stecic cut in 2s/2 cups cooked salmon, large pieces s/2 cup cooked peas HEAT MAZOLA Salad 08 in saucepan. ADD onion and cook over medium heat until tender but not brown. odd BENSON'S or CANADA pEMOVE from heat; Corn Starch and seasonings.gradually; blend well. STIR in milk and fish stock gradg tYt bintd, well. COOK over medium heat, ntil mixture thickens and comes t boil.rve immetaty or keep hot. ADD salmon and pe SERVE on toast or in tart shells or in toasted bread cases. - YIELD: 6 to 8 servings. For free folder of other delicious recipes, Write too _ Jane Ashley, Home Service Department, THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED _ P.0 rex 1: 9 l;:or'real, P.Q. . Wirt ...Stop