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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-01-13, Page 2ANNE 1-1---11- woudt. Fcanitigsf a...4dect_J "Why are wives so selfish with their husbands, Anne Iiirst? Why won't they let the hien have a little fun without rais- ing such a fuss? If a wife can't hold her husband, why shouldn't some other girl try to get him? It's an exciting game— and after all,^ his wife had her chance!" So writes a young woman nearly 30 who has been dating a a married man. Now his wife has found out. "I called her up," continues the writer, "and told her it wasn't my fault. If he'd rather be with her, he'd stay home . So now he is trying to keep her from leaving him — and he won't date me any more. "Why did she have to spoil our fun?" WHAT PRICE HONOR? ' It is hard for decent women * to realize how brazen some * others are. They are out to * get their man, and they don't • care who gets hurt in the pro- * cess. They lwe him with all " their physical charm; they * appeal to his animal instincts * and weave about him an emo- * tonal web against which even * his sense of guilt cannot strue- * gle. The very fact that he * belongs to another woman * adds zest to the conquest; as * this writer says, "It's an ex- * eith"M game." * —Which recalls one wife * I learned of whose husband * had been playing around for * quite a while, Finally she * visited his current inamorata; * "I came here," she told me, * "to ask you why you want * my husband. Why anybody * would, is beyond me. He * cannot hurt pie any more, but * he has bored me for years. * Take him, and good riddance." * — and more to the same ef- * feet , . , Perhaps my readers * can guess the end. Once the * girl heard that his wife did * not want him, neither did she, * The girl who deliberately * wins a man from his wife Ills * a short satisfaction. The day * comes when he sees thrrn,t'h * her machinations; he despises * her and himself. On that day, * he is through. " TO "LONELY NOW"; Your * code is not one to be proud * of. With your eyes open, you * would steal a man from his * wife, a father from his chit- * dren. A man may weaken for * a while -- but which of you * women has won out? Honor * and loyalty and right think- * ing have not vanished from * mankind. * Nothing I say will persuade * you that you were playing a * losing hand. Why pursue a * game you cannot win? * * * CHIDES ANNE HIRST "Dear Anne Hirst: Your col- umn has a vast influence on other people than those who write you, readers who have problems similar to those you answer, I wonder if you would not do more good if you were less sympathetic with the writ- ers? I think you could arouse in them more soul-searching and self-analysis than you do, Siding 'with them only makes them worse. "Human relations always have two viewpoints. You get one, accept it as fact, and sympa- thize, This tends to confirm the writer's point . of view instead of helping her amend it. More often than not you are accept- ing half-truths, or truths lifted out of their proper perspective. Anyone with a grievance can- not see clearly. "Think of all your other readers, too. You have an in- calculable opportunity to do far-reaching good. Are you using it? ' Thank you for your opin- * ion. It has merit. My first * duty, however, is to help those * who appeal to me. Each let- * ter is accepted as being hon- * est, and after 20 -odd years of * receiving them one learns to * read between the lines. * One can sympathize with a ' troubled person without agree- * ing with her. If she learns I * am sorry for her plight she is * more apt to act on the accom- * partying advice. 4' I do not generalize. I have * no set solution for what you * might call Case B-221, for in- * stance. Each problem is eon- * sidered separately, tempera- * ment, circumstances, back- * ground are all weighed and * all influence my reply. If * readers who never write me * are helped too, I am grateful; * if they, like you, criticize my * approach, I appreciate their * interest. One is never too old * to learn, * It would be interesting to * know whether other readers * agree with your comment. * * e If you are tempted to date another woman's husband, re- member the Golden Rule you learned as a child. It still ob- tains . Anne Hirst's long knowledge of humanity's frail- ties and strengths can be help- ful. Write her at Box. 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Upside -Down Bananas Bananas grow In great bunch- es. When first you see such a bunch hanging from a banana tree, you may think that the whole bunch has been turned topsy Curvy, Instead of pointing toward the ground, each banana points upward so that the bunch looks as though it had been turn- ed upside down. The bunch is cut from the tree while the ban- anas are still green, for if they were allowed to ripen on the tree the skin would break open and insects would crawl in upon the fruit, spoiling it for us. For- tunately, bananas ripen perfect- ly at room temperatures. They're arnazind ood Made with Amazing New Active DRY Yeas' 1111111115311111111,1111,6111011111.111. JELEY BUNS Measure into small bowl, 1 c. lukewarm water, 2 tsps. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is'dissolved. Sprinkle with 2 envelopes Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 min., THEN stir well, Cream q's c. shortening; gradually blend in 1 c. granulated sugar, 2 tsps. salt, 1 tsp. grated nutmeg. Gradually beat in 2 well -beaten eggs. Stir its 1/2 tsp, lemon extract, yz c. milk which has been scalded and cooled to Iuke- warm, and yeast mixture, Stir In 3 c. once -sifted bread hour; beat until smooth.: Work in 3 c. more once - sifted bread flour. 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Order a months supply/ ROYAL FAMILY—Queen Elizabeth it poses in London with her two children, Prince glories and Princess Anne, in this portrait of the Royal family by photographer Marcus Adams. Tots get ready for bed fast when they can pull P.J.s out of Ronald Rabbit. Mornings, they push night togs neatly through the opening in bunny's tummy. Fun to make! Pattern 601: It's made of two flat pieces plus round, stuffed. head — so easy! Pattern pieces, transfers. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New To- ronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Don't miss our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog! An excit- ing variety of crochet, embroid- ery, and iron -on color transfer patterns to send for. Plus four complete patterns printed in book. Send 25 cents for your copy today! Gifts and bazaar best sellers! Modern Etiquette Q. I recently applied for em- ployment and gave the three references requested. Someone has told pre since that this was a rude thing to do without first asking permission to use those names. Is that correct? A, Ordinarily, you should ask permission first. But if time does not allow this, you should inform those persons that you took the liberty of using their names as reference. Q. Is it proper for the bride- groom to give his bride .some- thing for the home as his wed- ding gift? A. This is not customary, His special gift to her should be something for her own personal adornment—usually jewelry of some kind. Q. Should the candles on the dinner table be lighted after the guests have seated themselves? A. No; they should be lighted immediately before dinner is an- nounced. Q. What are the duties of the maid -of -honor while the marri- age ceremony is 'aking plate? A. She stands nearest the bride, takes her bouquet or prayer book while the ring is being put on, returning them at the proper time, and arranges the bride's train when she turns from the altar to proceed up the aisle after the ceremony. Q. Is it obligatory to reply to letters of condolence? ISSUE 3 •— 1955 A. Yes; send brief letters of thanks to everyone who has sent flowers or personal letters. Q. Is it permissible to sip water while one has food in one's mouth? A. This is considered very bad manners. Q. I have been invited by a boy to attend a fraternity dance, and he has made reservations for me in the hotel in that town. He has offered to pay the bill, but my mother says this is wrong. What is correct? A. You pay both your travel- ing and hotel expenses. Any entertainment expenses during your visit, of course, are paid by your escort. Q. Is it proper to send out wedding invitations and an- nouncements in the name of the bride's brother, if their parents are dead? A. Yes; this is quite often done. Q. Should the parents of a child reprimand him if he nlis-, behaves at the dinner table in the presence of guests? A. It is better not. Either: the. father or mother should quietly, take the child away from the table. He should not be scolded or punished in the presence of the guests— but neither should the misbehavior be ignored. H RO ICLES pa¢tutol.i.n.e D Clar1>r¢ Louis Bromfield, author, farm- er, naturalist and owner of the famous Malabar Farms at 'Mans- field, Ohio, is selling his herd of Holstein cows because he finds dairy farming no longer profi- table. Mr. Bromfield says that almost any type of farming pays off better than milking cows and that if the present trend continues, more farmers will realize it and there is liable to be a shortage of good, clean milk within a couple of years. In his area farmers are getting seven cents a quart for milk that sells at twenty-two cents. Well, Mr. Bromfield isn't the only one that has made that discovery. Plenty of other far- mers are of the same opinion. The trcuble is, unlike the owner of Malabar Farms, there isn't much they can afford to do a- bout it. Dairy farming may no longer be actually profitable but if a fernier can only break even he has at least got something to live on. Another little news -item I read last week was quite signi- ficant. It related to rising un- employment figures and said this was no surprise to farm economists because once the farm income shows a serious de- crease, trade and industry is bound to suffer. Less farm in- come equals less buying power, less articles • that need to be manufactured—and so, less em- ployment. A logical sequence, isn't it—especially since farmers are still the largest buying group in the country? The trouble is farm incomes fluctuate to such an extent that very often the average farmer doesn't realise how badly his in- come is reduced until it is too late to do much about it. But sometime there will be a gen- eral day of reckoning -and it won't he a happy occasion. The good old belt will come in for a little tightening once again and maybe it won't do us any harm either. Easy come, easy go, isn't always a state to be desired. As a direct contradic- tto;l to t:h.lt 1 have just written we shall probshly hear that a record volume of Christmas sales Mix and sift twice, thele sift into a bowl, 23 c. once - sifted pastry flour (or 2% c. once -sifted all-purpose flour), 2 tsps. Magic Baking Powder, % tsp. baling soda, 1M tsps. salt, % tap. ground mace. Mix in 2/s 0. lightly -packed brown sugar, % c. rolled oats and 1 c. broken walnuts. Combine 1 well -beaten egg, 1 c. butter- milk, 2 tsps. grated orange Find, 1 tep. vanilla and 5 tbs. shortening, melted. Make a well in dry ingredients and add liquids; mix lightly. Turn into ‘a loaf pan (4)fx 8%") which has been greased and lined with greased paper. Balce in a rather slow oven, 325°, about 1 hour. Serve cold, thinly sliced and lightly buttered. reakee`.3 xca ...w..o-.r.::r:..M. easese;:s seeeek'rot:Sd sF`a g> e Always. Dependable 0 'IXC WNII [St i alll a2v`v...... 10 has again been chalked up in retail stores, Quite confusing, isn't it? In the meantime there are dozens of ways in which ser- vice charges have been increas- ed during the post-war period of expansion and prosperity. There are inspectors for this, that and the other, unheard of twenty-five years ago. Every new inspection department, fed- eral, provincial and county, gives someone a job and in- creases cost of production. Some are necessary, some seem to be quite superfluous.. Some inspec- tors do a good job, others are over -officious. Even the postal department has inspectors running around the country making sure that the names of rural boxholders are painted on their mail -boxes. Such identification is an excell- ent idea but why an inspector? Seems to me inspection into oth- er branches of the postal service would be more appreciated so that it wouldn't sometimes take three or four days for a letter to come thirty or forty miles. Coming back to 'rural mail- boxes. We got into trouble our- selves because we have our name plate—illuminated—on the gate post instead of the mail- box. We obeyed the spirit of the law but not the letter, in that we provided identification of our abode but did not paint Our name on both sides of the mailbox as required by law, so of course we are liable to have our mail service suspended. Our reason for doing it the way we did? Well, since we bought a large mailbox it has had the post knocked off three times, holes shot through it by hunt- ers, the box several times re. moved by Hallowe'en prank- sters, used as a nesting place by starlings, backed into by pass- ing motorists, and clipped off by snowploughs and graders. May- be we have a little more mail- box trouble than the rest of the people on our highway because it so happens that our laneway is the only one for half -a -mile without a grade so it comes int very handy for motorists look- ing for a place in which to turn. Of course if they happen to turn short and back into our mailbox, what does it matter? Another dent or two in a bat- tered mailbox won't make any difference. Just the other day I went down to put a letter in the box and found yet another car had hit it, jamming the sides in so that the box would- n't open. With these various conditions in mind when we ac- quired a name -plate, we thought it would be less likely to come to grief a little piece back from the mailbox. But apparently that doesn't satisfy the inspector of rural services. We think it is just another case of quibbling at straws, If we had a legiti- mate complaint to make to the postal department—which could have been done many times in the past—how much attention would it receive? Most of our mail -couriers have been good men—we have no complaints on that score. They have a difficult job these days and we appreci- ate the service they give. 1/0 kibitz wait/ CURRIE ClCKE 4 tablespoons MAZOLA Salad Oil 14 cup finely chopped onion 1 clove garlic (optional) 2 teaspoons curry powder 1 teaspoon salt a. tablespoons BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch Vs cups chicken stock 2 cups cooked diced chicken PLACE MAZOLA Salad 011 in heavy kettle; add onion and garlic. COOK over low heat until onion is tender but not brown. - REMOVE from heat; remove garlic. ADD curry powder, salt and BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch blending well STIR in chicken stock gradually. COOK over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. ADD chicken, mixing well, then heat thoroughly. SERVE hot with steamed rice, garnish with parsley if desired. YIELD, 4 to 6 servings. NOTE: Cooked veal, rnrk or turkey can be sub- stituted for chicken. For free folder of other delicious recipes, Writetos Jane Ashley, Home Service Department, THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED, P.O. Box 129, Montreal, P.Q. Bappft ednal SIVICER