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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-01-16, Page 6I ST tot Fezmigsf i Dear Anne Hirst: My daughter is already hav- ing trouble with a grand boy she married a few months ago," writes a sorry mother, "and all because we spoiled her so when she was growing up. We never limited her allowance, and she has no more idea what a dollar buys than her 8 -year-old sister, I never taught her how to cook, though I should have anticipated these servantless times. We were sv proud of her that all we want- ed was a carefree girlhood for her; well, she had it—and both she and I are paying for it now. "I have never been so ashamed in all my life!" NEVER TOO LATE * A mother cannot expect her daughter's marriage vows * to change the girl overnight * into the perfect housekeeper. * Couples usually start on a small scale, and "the bride -of- * ten has never made her own * bed. Too many young men, * fresh from their mothers' well- * run households, get the shock * if their lives when they must * live in the disorder of their * new homes. Driven to rest- * aurants for breakfast, they * dread coming home to a' din- * ner poured out of cans or a 4' delicatessen makeshift. Week's Sew -Thrifty PRINTED PATTERN 4792 10-20 ty- 444 The "Empire Princess" -- this Printed Pattern fashions the loveliest lines for your figure. Graceful dress with scoop neck, high empire bodice, fitted, flar- ing silhouette; bolero. Printed Pattern 4792: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 dress and bolero require 4y14 yards 39 -inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pat- tern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. * Money does not grow on * trees, nor drop as manna from * heaven. Why shouldn't a * young husband expect his * bride to know how to spend * his salary economically? Long 4' before her wedding clay a girl * should have learned that dol- * lars are hard to come by, yet * how can a girl realize that * when her parentshanded over greenbacks as though they 4' were dimes? * "Children will be your * greatest blessing," one wise * mother told her girls, "but you " aren't good enough to deserve * them unless you have learned * discipline yourself. Live by the standards I have taught 4' you, and never do anything * you wouid be ashamed to tell * me." Is there any safer rule * for a girl to live by? Unpreparedness for marriage * is too common among today's * girls. If one starts marriage 4' equipped with the practical knowledge of homemaking, • and 'morally supported by * the ideals that a conscientious * mother has instilled, she has *.won half the battle and will * really deserve the husband she * is getting. To"REPENTENT MOTHER" * Take your girl in hand im- * mediately. Spend your morn- * ings teaching her the funda- * mentals of cooking and good * housekeeping. You failed her * once, but now she will look to * you, since she realizes that, * with your help, she can be- * come the practical helpmeet * her young husband believed * he was marrying. * * * THE WRONG TRACIK. "Dear Anne Hirst: I am over 16, and been dating a boy two months He'd make dates and not show up and never explain why, I realized other faults, too, but when I was with him I didn't care. "A week ago he said goodnight and that he wouldn't be back. I don't know why— "Unless it's because we were just sweethearts, not real friends. We petted a lot, but now I be- lieve we had nothing else in common. I do miss him but he doesn't even speak now. "Two girl friends have told me what to do to -let him back, but you are older than they are, so please help me. The boy is gone, and let it be for good. He has taught * you a lesson you should have * known You cannot hold a boy's * interest by petting. There are * too many other girls who are * as generous, and unless they * have other attractions the boy * is off to new conquests . Kisses * should be saved for real * friends, not casual acquaint- * antes, and when a girl your * age is so ardent it indicates * she has nothing else to offer. * Similar ideals and tastes, * and respect for one another, * are essential to real friend- * ship. Aim first for these, and * don't stoop to petting until * you are old enough to realize * its place. Almost any attract- * ive lad can give you the same * physical reactions, but the * girl who depends only on * thrills is cheapened in the * opinion of any smart lad and * soon finds herself alone—and * talked about. * * *.. Brides who fail as wives are not always to blame. Often it is the mother who has indulged her • instead of fitting her to be a real helpmeet ... Turn to Anne Hirst when problems beset you, and receive the help which she can give. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. THE END—Grimly humorous is the location of this "Dead End" sign on o street beside a.cemetery. Indeed, for some it will be "the last stop". NEW YEAR'S BELLES—Shapely Aquomaids churn up a spectacular seasonal greeting in Cypress Gardens, Florida. e e dol%r.e P. Ct&,tke Sometimes I think if our fes- tive seasons were reversed we might do better — that is to say in regard to Christmas and New Year's. If New Year's came first, think of all the good resolutions we could make about Christ- mas!We would never, never get caught in a last minute rush; we would resolve never to get over -tired or irritable; we would determine never to accept that second helping and we would just take all the children's noise and excitement in our stride — bless their little hearts, it is nothing more than high spirits. And of course all our Christ- mas cards would be away good and early and no one would ever be forgotten. Oh yes, I am quite sure if New Year's came first we would all be models of per- fection. But it doesn't — things are just as they always have been. To readers of this column Christmas has come and gone so now it is time to wish you all a Very Haney New Year. And I hope part of that happiness will come from thoughts of the Christmas that has just passed— that it will be just another hap- py memory to carry along for the next 365 days. I wonder . . , when all the excitement is over and we re- turn once again to normal liv- ing ... I just wonder how many take time to look back over the past twelve months — to more or less assess the past as it were; to take a good look at what we thought were serious problems or at the pleasures we imagined were so important. Remember the trip you planned that didn't come off — and that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. And there was that December card party at the school — the one you didn't get to because of the weather, You were sort of resentful, weren't you? But that was also the night the best cow in your stable ran into unforeseen difficulties. Had she been left alone you might have come home to find a dead cow and calf. Bad weather saved you a lot of trouble that night. And there was that time when car complications kept you at home and while you were still sort of nursing a grievance vis- itors arrived unexpectedly whom you hadn't seen for years. They were just passing through on their way to the coast and took a chance on looking you up. Remember how glad you were —if the car had to act up—that it should have chosen that par- ticular day to 3o it. Sometimes things .work the other way round. •Dad. has. o' make a trip'for tractor repairs and suggest you and the chil- dren come- to visit your sister. But it's Monday . . , you just couldn't . not before you've got the washing done. ` "The washing can wait until tomor- row," says Father, "if we dont' go early you won't get .a visit at all." You allow yourself to be persuaded and while you are away a storm comes up rain and wind - and if your wash- ing ashing had been on the line you might have found it on the road coming to meet you. Besides that Nellie was so glad to see you—she was just nicely over the flu and a real old family visit was just what she needed. In fact it was good for all of you. The next day you went to work with a will and got the washing arid ironing all done on the same day. So fag as I know there is no law that. Bays wo- men must wash oii�a lylonday. And yet sometime you'd al- most think it. was :a nater of life or death. How7felisb can we be? But . there, you don't really need me to remind you of these things. 8 am sure if you look back over the past twelve months you can remember doz- ens of instances when things happened very differently from what you had planned and yet the final outcome often proved to be — as I said before — a blessing in disguise. There are times when maybe we get a lit- tle too determined and force an issue over an affair that might better be left to take its own course. It is still true that "God moves in a mysterious way" And so, as we approach this New Year, I would say to you— as I so often say to myself -let us be serious in our attitude to- wards life—but not too serious. Let us plan ahead by all means but with enough elasticity to make our plans adaptable to un- foreseen circumstances. Let us not treat everyday problems as possible major disasters. Let us also learn to laugh at ourselves —but never at others. With Them, yes, but not at them. Above all, in this troubled world, let us remember the Mas- ter of the Universe is still all- powerful. Under His guidance the Power for Good is, and al- ways will be, greater than the Power for 'Evil. Have a Iittle faith . . . things will work out . . you'll see. Maybe 1958 will be our best year yet. No harm done in hop- ing anyway. `Happy New Year everybody! ient Campsite Found in Canada Mankind lived in British Co- lumbia, 8,150 years ago, thou- sands of years earlier than pre- . viously :known. This prehistoric record has been established -by radioactivity analysis of camp- fire ash found in a deep railway cutting 10 miles northeast of Yale, a little town 100 "miles from Vancouver. Carbon ash has been alalysed in many places' in America and Mexico, but nowhere else have such ancient remains been dis:, covered. ' In British Columbia some deposits have been found at Locarno Beach, Vancouver,. which are said to be 2,430 years old, and the famous Marpole Midden, perhaps the most exten- sive one in America, is dater' as having been formed at''the be- ginning 62 the. Christian Era. The race of men who formed _ the Marpo]e. Midden has not yet been identified, but the consen- sus is that it preceded the an- cestors of the present Canadian Indians. Dr, J. K, McCallum of the University of Saskatchewan -4s the chemist who assigns the age. to the carbon ash deposits. Var- ious tests from different parts of coastal British Co]tunbii show that man was active thereabouts from 1,580 to 2,450 years ago. As far as can be judged, the ancestors of the present Coast Satish Indians came down from the north about 650 years ago. Other tribes came down 1,000 years earlier, then disappeared. At Point Roberts, a little point that juts out of British Colum- bia, there was a settlement 1,580 years ago, and it is be- lieved that these people came ' from the south, probably from what is now California. Dr. Charles E. Borden, archae- ologist at the University of Brit- ish Columbia, and his assistant, Dr. William Matthews, are not disclosing the exact site of the recent discoveries. They wish to keep tourists and amateur collectors away until a thorough survey has been made, writes P. W. Luce in The Christian Science Monitor. The Yale site was . exposed. during railway construction. It has several layers separated from one another by sand of various depths, and there is evi- dence of man living there at different periods separated by centuries. The bed of the Fra- ser River is now 50 feet below what is was millenniums ago, and this great drop has been considered in estimating the age of the deposits. • Many stone scrapers, knives, hammers and prhnitige weapons have been picked up, but all in a broken condition. A further exploration of the site is ex- pected to cost about $6,000. Dr. Borden has been active for years in preserving the historic Vancouver Marpole Midden, which was discovered in the early years of the century, and which is now almost entirely ab- sorbed by modern needs. A ,small parklike area has,: ,been re- served for archaeological re- search, but the lack of capital has handicapped development. "How come so many of you salesmen call here every morn- ing?" lng?" ISSUE 2 — 1958 Modern Etiquette .. by Roberta Lee Q. What are the duties of the bridegroom's family before the wedding? A. Nothing special, outside of paying a call on the bride's par- ents alter the engagement haps been announced,;' and to buy the bride as nice a wedding gift as possible. It's nice, too, for the man's family to invite the girl and her family to a gather- ing in their home sometime be- fore the wedding. Q. Lately I have noticed per- sons of apparent refinement using toothpicks at the table. Is this now considered acceptable? A. Not at all. Toothpicks. should never be seen in use, at the table or anywhere else. Q. Is it- correct to have to monogram engraved on the ens. velope of social stationery? A. No; the monogram should be engraved only on the note- paper. Q. What are the occasions when sending' flowers is really obligatory? A. To the funeral of a friend or a member of a -good friend's family. To an intimate friend who is or has been — seri- ously ill. To neighbors who give an anniversary party. To a guest speaker, when we are the hos- tess, Q, What does an usher at a church wedding do if several women arrive together? A, He offers his arm to the eldest. If no other ushers are there to escort the other wom- en, they follow in pairs. - Bulky -1(111f Tweed �7 try ,Ckuna Wim: Fashion news! Knit a . bulla ,. jacket in tweed effect or solid color. Large needles and wor- - sted make the inches grow. So easy, you can watch Tv. while you knit. Pattern 673: dim rection for sizes 12-14; .16-18 are included. Send THIRTY-FIVE 'CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for that pattern to. LAURA WHEELER Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly tee" PATTERN NUMBER, and ynue NAME and ADDRESS. • As a bonus, TWO cOmplets patternsare printed right in our 1958 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Dozens of other designs ' you'll want to order—easy fas- cinating handwork for, yourself, Tour home, lifts, bazaar Remit Send 25 cents for your copy se this book today! • JUNE IN JANUARY? -No wadding bells are ringing, but there are plenty of bridea in evic:enca in the windows of these shops in Manhattan. Although the street—Grand Street down near the Bowery—is in one: of the most run-down sections• of New York, almost an entire block is taken Lilt by stores featuring bridal furnishnigs. 1,1