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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-06-12, Page 6ANN€141RST "Dear Anne Hirst: l have just welcomed my married daughter into my home; she could not accept her mother-in-law's in- terference any longer, For over two years `my girl has held a position and paid nearly all their household expenses to help her husband support his mother. She runs up bills in his name which their combined incomes cannot meet. "Her mother-in-law has two other married children, both of whom have lovely homes, but because this minis the youngest. she demands everything from t h e m. When he married my daughter he told her their housa belonged to hint; it turns out to be his mother's, and if anything happened he would have noth- ing. Yet he and my girl have been supporting her entirety, even to her medical expenses. "My daughter loves her hus- band, but she wants to live alone with him. He declares he will never leave his mother So 1 told her not to go back to him while his mother lives there, I do hate to see her marriage go on the rocks, yet what other "advice can I offer? WORRIED MOTHER" * Your girl has my sympathy. Cross -Stitch Pets _ (tf Juana Wteta4 Love at first sight—that's the way teenagers respond to this cute and cuddly pair of pets. Easy — all 8 -to -the -inch cross- es! Make set of toss pillow, pic- tures to frame. Pattern 589: dog transfer 101/2 x 12%, kitten 111/2 x131/2 inches; color chart, key. 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 Toronto, Ont. Print plainly the PATTERN NUMBER, and your NAME and. ADDRESS. As a bonus TWO complete patterns are printed right in our LAURA WHEELER Needlecraft Book. Dozens of other designs you'll want to order—easy fas- cinating handwork for yourself; your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! She should, however, consult * a lawyer to find whether she • has grounds for legal separa- * tion, if that is what she is " considering: * If her husband were a man * instead of his mother'slittle * boy, he would admit he is not * providing a home for his wife * in the real sense of the word. • She is under his mother's * thumb in more, than one way, * and she has none of the rights * which, as hit wife, she merits. * She and her husband can- * not get ahead financially tin- * der the strain his mother im- * poses, not to mention her con- * stant interference. Things can * only go from bad to worse, * unless he decidesthat his wife * is more important to him than * his mother. (Incidentally, he * should also insist that the * other children s.aare their • mother's living expenses no * matter what arrangements are '1' made for the future.) * Wouldn't it be better for * your daughter and her hus- * band to find a small apartment * for themselves? It could be "` nearby, so he can visit his mother regularly. That would * give y o ur daughter a real * home, and relieve her , of the * older woman's impositions. * It does seem up to her hus- * band to choose between his * mother and his wife, and a * cruel choice it is for any man, * But if his love for his wife * is equal to hers for him, there is no question where his loy- * alty belongs. * * e WOULD DATE BOY "Dear Anne Hirst: I like a boy very much who is in my English class. What excuse can I use to talk to him, and yet not appear too forward or too dumb? "Last year about this time he asked for a date, but I was going steady with somebody else 'se I couldn't accept. Now I'd give anything to go with him! STILL HOPING" * Some day soon mention to * the lad that English is one of * your toughest subjects, and you wonder if he would help you now and then? Choose a * few timely questions, and * maybe he. will feel flattered * to swallowthe bait. • Yes, the girl usually speaks. * first when they pass in the * hall. Good luck! * * * Many of the problems that marriage brings would never arise if wife and husband could live alone together. If this ques- t i on worries you, ask Anne Hirst's opinion; perhaps she can find a solution. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. WHAT A CARD Most of the patrons of Paul Waner's batting range in Pitts- burgh come out just to talk to him. It's reached a point where the old batting great has had a car printed, which he hands each visitor. It reads: "Paul, how are you? -- Fine, thank you." "How is your brother Lloyd?— Fine, thank you:- "What is he Boing?—Nothing." "What are you doing?—Prac- tically nothing." "What do you think of the Pirates?—Practically nothing," "Any good hitters at your batting range?—One." "Why don't you sign him for the Pirates?—I am too old." SOUSTELLE AND JUNTA LEADERS — Right-hand man of Gen. Charles pe Gaulle, and former Governor-General of Algiers, Jacques Soustelle' is shown arriving, at the war memorial for trench dead in Algiers with members of the Public Safety Committee, who have assumed power in Algeria. BRITAIN CLAIMS MILITARY PLANE EDGE—This is the Blackburn NA -39 bomber, Britain's 'newest military plane- British authorities ''say that the plane, capable of delivering nuclear weapons, represents a three-year lead "over every other country". Its makers say the twin -jet craft is suitable for land or ship -based operations. I a mil s9, _-ate.'. a;:/ ells✓ii•(e✓ HBONICLES 1NGERFARM c,.,e.t-taoune o aerie At fast we've had some rain — a good, warm rain. Now everything looks so green. New- ly' planted shrubs, trees and garden plants have lost their sad, wilted appearance. Dis- couraged green peas and beets are showing more signs of life and we hope other garden stuff will soon be coming through. Field crops, too, will benefit from the rain — spring grain certainly needed a good soaking, as did .the wheat and forage crops. Partner and I find it hard to remember any year When the spring has been so dry. How- ever, even weather conditions don't seem quite so important compared with a situation we ran into last week. You may remember I was at Guelph — to a W.I. Conference. Partner came with me as far as Hespeler where he visited some friends living on a farm. So he was back again with the cows, the hens; and • all the incidental farm chores. Also plenty of children. Now just read what had happened. Besides the'regu- lar family on the farm there was a married daughter, her husband and four small children. They had arrived one night about ten o'clock. No clothes, no furniture, no personal pos- sessions. AU had been lost in a fire that completely gutted their home — the far side of Strat- ford. Contents were only partly covered by insurance. They lost a new deep home -freezer, elec- tris stove, refrigerator and tele- vision set. Bad enough, but it, could have been worse. The children were playing , outside when the biggest boy noticed a bright light inside the house and ran in to look for the reason. He soon found out and began screaming for his mother who was down in the cellar unaware of the tragedy. Had the child not gone in she would have been trapped as there was no exit from the cellar other than through the kitchen which was soon a mass of flames. The cause of the fire was thought to be defective wiring. It is a familiar story—old house, original wiring, meant only for if lighting purposes and minor equipment. .Added to the home one by one were the heavy home appliances now in use in most. homes. The wiring became overloaded and in time over- heated. An outbreak of fire was the inevitable result. Later in the week we called briefly on some former neighbours near Ginger Farm who had recently installed similar new equipment but had taken the precaution of having their wiring inspected. The over -hauling and additions cost them well over two hun- dred dollars but that was cer- tainly cheaper and saver than risking a fire. We made a quick visit to Ginger Farm that same day, Such changes — we hardly knew the place. Grading was well underway: bulldozers and dump trucks continually at work. By the time 1 came away 1 felt as 1I 1 had eaten dust and grit. From the garden we ma naged to salvage a root of double lilac which I hod always greatly treasure. Also some common lilac which had probably been there since the fern was home- steaded. ArLer vis ,ng the farm we always come, • vay with a slight feeling of no; •Igia, which, I suppose, is un rrslandable. However, home is ' here you make it and every to •e we re turn to where we at- now we find it bginning to Toot Ind feel. more like our true holt,. — es• pecially now with everything so green and the birds flitting. back and forth, This week -end we did not expect any of the family here , Bob, Joy and Ross had gone to Elliott Lake for the week- end; Daughter and her family were off to Midland for the day so we took a ramble through the country along the back conces- sions. On one road in Trafalgar Township we saw a sign which read — "Dog Cemetery around the Corner." That, of course, had to be investigated. We found the cemetery and there must have been four or five hundred little graves, complete with in- scribed tombstones — some big, some small. Not all were dog- graves. There were a number of cats, two rabbits and a mon- key. Several clogs had been 18 years old and some of the tomb- stones told their own pathetic little story. As for instance "In memory of Trixie and Rex who were killedby an unknown motorist." And two German shepherds "who died defending their master's property during a robbery." And one of a "see- ing -eye" dog greatly missed by his master. There were quite a number of new graves, minus tombstones, but with wreaths of flowers in loving memory. I suppose the idea of a Pet Cemetery sounds somewhat ex- treme to materialistic people but there is little doubt the loss of a faithful pet can be a great grief to the owner and perhaps to have its grave mark- ed and cared for is some con- solation. I know we left several dog and cat graves at Ginger Farm. Poor, high-strung Tippy was the last, our faithful old collie who finally died of pneu- monia; wagging her tail feebly right to the very last in recog- nition of our loving care. Rusty, I am glad to say, is still alive and well. I paid him a visit last week. We do not forget the dogs we couldn't keep. Coronation Dress Such splendor I had never seen before and may never see again. The Abbey is wearing Coronation draperies of blue brocade. Along its aisle spreads a seamless carpet of cerulean blue, changing at the Theatre's steps to a warm shade of pale honey, Clustered lights hang low at triforium level shedding a dulcet glow, The clamour of color in dress and uniform is already here, and from my priv- ileged seat in the Queen's Box I can see every happening and every arrival. Soon I shall be seeing the dress 1 have made, being worn by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second tor her Crowning. My mind goes back to the dim and uncertain days of 30 years ago when, on St. George's Day, the 23rd April in 1923, I resolved to establish myself in London: •in June of that year I designed my first dress for my first humble customer. I think of those years or struggle and disappointment and 1 remember the three pounds a week 1 used to earn and how 1 lost than job one Christmas Eve; and f wonder Irrelevantly if the Number 16. omnibus still rumbles up the Edgware Road. 1 think, too, of all the kindneu. I have known . and of all . the women and craftsmen who have worked to prepare the dress the Queen is now wearing 1 think of the long road be. hind me, leading up to this honer and bringing me to Westminster Abbey. What, 1_suftered, learn ed and enjoyed on the way, is the story 1 presensly tell. -From "Silver and Gold", by Norman Hartnell. ISSUE 23 1408, "Fair Lady" Gimes Big In England London Bridge could nava been falling down last week and no fair lady would have noticed. The really big noise in town was the opening at the Theater Royal, Drury Lane, "No show can possibly live up to the advance raves of 'MY Fair Lady'," wrote The Daiy Herald critic next morning. Ile then went on to paraphrase a lyric from the show: "But by George, they did it. Yes, they did it!" Fellow critics were ,al. most unanimous in their salutes: "Rousing""lilting", "exhilarat• ing", "glittering". The sidewalk watchers massed outside the theater an hour before curtain time to star -gaze at the attend- ing celebrities, among then Ingrid Bergman, Sarah Church- ill, Kay Kendall, and U.S. Am- bassador John Hay Whitney, Applause exploded the mom- ent the curtain rose and rolled again and again for the entrances of Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, . and Robert Coote - all of the original Broadway company.' At the end, the audience stood and cheered for four minutes and ten curtain calls. Only the orchestra's "God Save the Queen" could anddie] finally stop them. • This was the most impressive musieal to hit town since "Chu - Chin -Chow" in 1916, and London had never seen such en advance build-up. Despite the protection of copyright laws that forbade the playing of the show tunes and the sale of sheet music and records, "I Could Have Danced Al] Night" and "On theStrect Where You Live" were almost staples for dance bands at priv- ate parties and in clubs. Com- • mercially bootlegged show al- bums sold readily for $11.20 (as opposed to a legal $3,85 in the U.S.). The press had long been ec- static. After all, though the show was an American production, everybody felt it was Britons who made the thing go—Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Cecil Beaton, Stanley Holloway, Rob- ert Coote. The press was also full of "Fair Lady" odds and ends. Was it right for Eliza Doo- little- to step out of character to belt out the bellicose "Show Me" song? Can one really see St. Paul's from Covent Garden, as the show suggests? (Answer: 'Yes, from the roof,) An actress named Frances Day reported to a gossip columnist that she had got in touch with George Bern- ard Shaw's ghost, and he had been very announced with the whole project. Everybody read that the London version would have a bigger chorus than the New York production, and Cecil . Beaton's costumes would not only be present in greater profusion but with considerably wilder chic. The advance publicity had not been all good. Stanley Hollo- way, who plays Eliza's father, had something to say about Rex Harrison: "Two years we work- ed together and never once did, he visit my dressing room . Of course, he's such a hit in the show because, he's really :playing himself -- an intolerant; slightly bounderish character with tre- mendous charm for women.'~ Harrison commented "1 think he was misquoted, I saw him yes- terday and he Was awfully mis- erable about it ,all." As a result of all the publicity, good and bad, the advance ticket sale, which began six . montha ago, soared beyond $400;000. Price for a bootlegged fust -night,' pair $140. It was sad that Shaw, who had such a great personal ad- miration for money, ,could not be on hand to use some of : the new. stuff himself.. From the looks of it, he would be whirl- ing enviously in his .grave for a long time to come. —From NEWSWREK. HANKIE PANKIE Lefty Gomez once"set a snare for Hank Greenberg. When he got two strikes on Hank, Bill Dickey was to step out of the catcher's box as if -Gomez were goingto throw a pitch -out. Then, as Hank relaxed, Dickey was to jump back and Gomez was to fire one over the plate for the third strike. At this point, somebody will always ask, "Well,how did it work out?" "I don't .know, Gomez will ruefully answer. "I could never get two strikes on the guy!n Wardrobe Wonder PRINTED PATTERN Make a wonderful new ward- robe --from this Printed Pattern. Vary the neckline from man- darin collar to low squared beauty; sleeves in three versions Easy to sew, joy to wear—pure flattery for your figure! Printed Pattern 4605: Misses" Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 requires 31/4 yards 35 -inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (40¢) (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for thin pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAI%U1, ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. "BOATICOPTER?" — Trying a• new 'version of the "Look Md, no hands" routine, aircraft designer Igor Bensen shows off .his new helicopter boat: Bensen says the rotor -lifted craft, towed by to motorboat, is as easy to handle :as a bicycle.