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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-10-09, Page 6ANNE: HST Jt .: i �tq. �1La q aniftheerrt, "Dear Anne Hirst: After wait- ing three long years my fiance and I planned to marry at Christmas, but two months, ago his father died, leaving a meager provision for his family, which surprised • them all—they had thought him comfortably off. His younger brothers and his sisters are still in school. What a blow to our plans! 'My fiance feels his first ob- I ligation is to take care of his another and the family, and I have to agree. He makes a very good salary which would have been adequate for us, but of bourse they will need most of it now. "We have talked everything over -and he thinks we should break our engagement, but still see each other. "If we break up I do not think I could bear seeing him, knowing it may be several years before we can marry. I have held a good position for seven .years, and I wouldn't mind keeping it; but I am not getting any younger, and we both want children. "I applaud his loyalty, but Pansy Square Int 2.6.441Td WV hi21.j, Win compliments, prizes, too, Roe' accessories in this exquisite pansy -and -scroll design. Sheer beauty—pansies in cro- chet made into scarves, pillow-, (loth, spread. Pattern 842. chart, directions for 8 -inch square in No. 50 cotton; 12 in string. 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 Mid ADDRESS. As a b o n u s, TWO complete patterns a r e printed right in Our LAURA WHEELER Needle- craft Book. Dozens of other de - Signs you'll want to order—easy fascinating handwork for your- tfelf, your home, gitts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your Copy of this book today! when I think of my own future I wonder. whether I should wait indefinitely? DISTRESSED" *' Unless you are prepared to * live with your fiance's family * (and no matter how much * you like them, it would pre- ° sent problems) I agree with * you. * What other solution is * there? If you saw him reg-, * ularly you would wear your * heart out with longing, and * the strain could result in * emotional collapse. You have * to earn your own living, and. * must not take chances with * your health. No matter how * cruel the wrench, I think your * decision is the duly practieal * one you can make. •" You emphasize that his bro- * thers and sisters are devoted * to him. When they learn he * has had to break the engage- * meet, the older boy may want * to start helping out earlier * than he expected. This, how- * ever, you cannot count on. * Don't sit back and resign * youself to maidenhood, though. * Look up your former friends, * cultivate them. Dating the * men you used to know will * divert you and keep your so- * cial life refreshing. This you * need to carry you on, so don't * let any false sense of loyalty * deter you, * One cannot, thank goodness, * anticipate the future, Marry- * ing your fiancee may be pos * sible earlier than you think * today. Meantime, refuse to * bury yourself and mourn your * fate, x. * * SOLDIER'S LETTERS STOP "Dear Anne Hirst: My boy friend and I had an understand- ing that when he comes back from his service we would be married. But he has been gone four months, and seems to have stopped writing me altogether. I am sick from worrying. "Shall I keep on writing? Do you suppose he has found some one else he's fallen in love with? LOVING AND WORRIED" * Many a soldier cannot find * time to write his girl as often * as he'd like to. Besides, sol- * diers are frequently moved * from place to place without * notice, and letters are some- * times lost in the mail or late * reaching their destination. * You do not say how often * your young man wrote be- ° fore he ceased to; wait a bit ° longer, but send your own * letters through. Mention that * his are not coming as they * did, but you are trying not to * worry. * Even when he is in love, * many a young man dislikes * writing to his girl and is apt * to postpone it unduly. * Some men in service do * meet other girls at service * dances and other affairs, but * don't consider this idea un- * less you find later that it is * true. * Cheer upl Lots of other * girls are wondering these * days, too, but this is all a part * of loving a soldier. * * * If your plans for the fu- ture must be postponed, be a good sport about it and adjust yourself as best you can. Telling Anne Hirst about it can relieve the burden, and often she can suggest practical ideas to light the way. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. WAVE OF THE FUTURE— Not to be outdone by the fair sax, businessman Anthony Moss has his hair waved ot a London beauty salon for men. Hair net keeps his tresses in place while beautician Mr. Charles wields an electric dryer that looks like a Martian's space gun. The salon provides men with permanent Waves, mud pocks and other beauty aids. MISS AMERICA 1959 — Mary Ann Mobley, relaxes in Atlantic City after winning the Miss America title. The 21 -year-old college senior, who wowed contest judges the night of the final judging with a jazzy dance routine, hopes to be in a Broadway musical comedy some day. oiffdis ry1N': .'V. erkiendolin.e P. Clo,rke Wonders will never cease, We actually found a repair man who was willing to work on a Saturday . , . and a plumber at that. We were having trouble with our kitchen sink. The wa- ter became 'slower and slower in draining away and. finally quit running entirely. Partner un- screwed goose necks and T- p'pes, worried away with wire cleaners and solvents but with- out any appreciable improve- ment. Finally he said, "You'd better look through the phone buok and see if you can locate a plumber. If we contact some. - one today maybe we can •get him to come first thing Monday morning." Not having been in this district very long we natur- ally don't know whom to con- tact when it comes to repair men. The best thing I could do was thumb through the "yellow pages" and pick out names at random. The first one didn't an- swer; the second had had his phone disconnected: the third was answered by a woman who said she would have he bro- ther call when he came in. But we were not too hopeful. The best we could do was, wait.. The man didn't phone at all — he came instead, ready and willing to get on with the job, The trouble was soon located and thirty feet of straight pipe cleaned out. He told us we had probably beentoo sparing with the water, not letting enough go down the sink to keep it flush- ed. We knew he was right be- cause every day we out the dish water in a pail and used it to water the garden — to save drawing fresh water from the well. So naturally the sink wasn't getting properly flushed. To prevent further trouble the Ndumber told us to close the sink trap once a week, fill the sink full of water, clean and hot. Then open the trap and let the water go suddenly. He said forcel combined with the hot water, should carry away any deposits left in the pipe. It sounds like good advice so I am passing the information along for what it may be worth. But plumbing trouble wasn't our worst experience last week. No, indeed, I was on my way down to Port Credit, tried to stop at the first stop sign and my brake went . right to the floor. I had often heard of brakes failing but this was' my first experience. It gives one a horrible, helpless and terrifying feeling. I hope to heaven it. never happens again, Fortun- ately I was on a quiet road. Even so I had to drive with one hand on the emergency brake and the other on the wheel. I wouldn't have had too much trouble except that the children were just coming out of. school end the road seemed to be teem- ing with bikers and first grad- ers, wandering from one side of the road to the other. By the time I got to the garage near home I was in a bath of pers- piration, Incidentally I met a police cruiser' on the way but apparently my predicament was not obvious to him. It was ironic I should run Into serious trouble on the very eve of the n e w traffic law enforcements for the prevention of highway accidents. Now what else happened last . week? Oh yes, Partner went twice to. the Exhibition. I didn't go any more I was getting all the excitement I wanted at home. One day Partner went down on the bus; the next tune with Bob and Joy to see the air show. They specially wanted to see the Arrow but as you probably know the Arrow did not appear. They were so dis- appointed, While they were away I took care of Ross who wasn't too happy when he saw 'Mummy and. Daddy drive away without him. Happily baby fears and tears are soon forgotten and in a little while he was playing around with Ditto and the puppy. That same puppy gives me plenty of exercise — ground the block twice a day and then walking over our acre lot in search of mushrooms. We generally get enough for supper every day — and we're still alive to tell the tale. In between sessions with the car, plumbing, heat and humi- dity — and the puppy — I have been trying to houseclean, ready for a W.I. meeting that is to be held here next week. We have also been refinishing some of our old furniture but if we hadn't had a deadline for the Groom Forgot Wedding Ring Happiness shone .in the eyes ot the lovely Italian girl as, helped by her two bridesmaids, she put bn her smart wedding costume, then added the finishing touches to her make-up. , She looked exquisite, and her bridesmaids told her so. "Don't forget your key. You'll be coming back to the house to change bei'ore going away," one of them reminded her. She pick- ed up the key and slipped it in-, to her pocket. As they drove to the church, the bride's heart beat faster In a very short time now, she and the young professor she loved would be uttering their vows, and he would slip on to her finger the ring, they had chosen with so much care in a Milan jeweller's shop some week,s earlier. "Hope Luigi hasn't forgotten the ,date," she said to her com- panions when they neared the church. It was a joking refer- ence to her young man's occa- sional absent-mindedness: She did not really believe he would forget. She was right. He was there, looking spruce, but a little har- assed, because he had got up rather later than he intended and had had to dash to the church. A "stag party" the previous night had made him sleep late. All went well until the priest asked the bridegroom to place the ring on the girl's finger. He fumbled in his waistcoat pocket for it, for he had no best man to carry it for him. It was not there! He felt in the other pocket—all his pock- ets. Still no ring. Like a flash, she thought of the key in her pocket and took it out unob- trustively and gave it to him. "Use this," she whispered. "It's all right, dear. Don't worry," Using the loop of the key as a ring, he slid it on to her fin- ger under the astonished eyes of the priest, Nobody else in the church was near enough to see what was happening. But the bride well knew that anything in the form of a circle is legal substitute for a wedding ring in most countries — and her presence of mind prevented an embarrassing situation from de- veloping. As they were signing the reg- ister -the bride having slipped the key back into' her pocket— the bridegroom had an inspira- tion. He felt in the turn -ups of his trousers and found the miss- ing ring. It must have fallen there before he got his taxi to the church. Where are many people like that resourceful bride who know how to keep cool in a sud- den emergency. Presence of mind is a most valuable. asset when things go wrong. meeting it probably wouldn't have been done yet. Partner made two night tables from odds and ends of furniture and for one dresser he took the mirror out of the frame and hung it on the wall. Then I enamelled the dresser to blend in with the Vilas beds. The dresser in our room is solid oak so on it 1 did a refinishing job with flat varnish stain and have been quite pleased with the result. Honest to goodness it is much more fun making over what you've got around than it is going out and buying new stuff —just for the sake of being modern. Why not dare to be dif- ferent? I find it very, very bor- ing to go into one house after another and find so many of them with the same type of fur- niture; window drapes from cor- ner to corner and broadloom from wall to wall. Like that old English music hall song about the whole family sleeping in one bed "and when Father said 'Turn' we all turned." Ostrich Waltz Amazes Observer "I liked the clean sparkle o2 the morning air just outside Jo- hannesburg and often got up early to take walks. On one of these walks when I was some distance from my hotel, I no- ticed. a movement far away on the veld," writes Cecile de Banke, in her autobiography, "Bright Weft," "From a distance it appeared to be blown grass. But as I got nearer, I saw that there were two long lines, run- ning parallel to each other, of what I thought were tall animals jumping up and down," As. Miss de Banke got closer she saw that the "animals" were ostriches. The birds were drawn up in two long lines facing each other, those on one side being light in colour and those facing them dark, with red markings down the front of their legs. Both lines danced up and down, the, dark birds occasion- ally .jostling one another and ._ changing places, as though they wished to get opposite one par- ticular bird. When this was ac- complished, the pair would move round each other with a waltz- ing movement. and then go off together across the veld. "Later I was told that I had seen the mating dance of the ostriches and that . no one else who had gone near enough to see the sight had ever Lived to describe it. He explained that with one powerful kick the red - marked male ostriches had been known to disembowel horses and to kill men with one blow," says the author. .yrs.! The Trapeze PRINTED PATTERN 4741h.-044..$ The dashing, young Trapeze— designed for you who are always first in fashion, love to look exciting. Th e front is wise,/ darted to reveal the figure — the back flows freely with a half -belt for smart accent. Printed Pattern 4822: Junior Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes Oa yards 35 -inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (4O') (stamps cannot be accepted use postal note for safety) tor this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 40 — 1958 STEPS TO A LONG LIFE-- MOOMMMIE LIFE EXPECTANCY 784. RR ®-oma----r�:-n—ear--t-,---usa-is--A-----r---MRr--'parmonasseen -., A,_ ION OM wet r- me WI WM OM ,mama -- x"69.4 a -sum sme - se - ma ma as mu em. um ®-m,-- -'69.8 MMM M E -s- s- - -sr E 76.4 so ma o was NW 11129 1111. 11211 IBM rem --r71.2 5 ■ -72,3 ■ 4 E 45 OM Mil MI NM WOMEN MEN The Lon'g'er You Lwe The Longer You Night This step graph shows how average expected life span (for white males and females) continues to grow the longer a person live,,. A boy of .fiva can by expected to Ilre to 69 or more. ,And if he roaches that age, the ehences.are good far another docodo 6f life. According to the Motropoli- • tan fife Insurance Co„ the average whit* male reaches the halfway mark in life shortly after 35. Out his female counterpart isn't at that point until 38 or so, For nonwhites the 'middle point is 34 and 36 respcctiva:r,