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The Seaforth News, 1955-08-04, Page 2T*E •e— 1�r 51 a'r+ j'L ',%�1aL •C% No wite complains in ms mail today about her mother- " in-law. Instead, we have the ' rare picture of a husband of • a year frustrated because his " wife is as completely het • mother's little girl as she was " 10 years ago. "When we married site insist- ed we life with her mother, and I was so in love I consented," he writes. "I haven't had a Irat marriage at all. and I am sick of it." * His wife took seer tnothec • * everywhere, - The women en * tertained their friends at home. * but the husband had to take " his pals to restaurants to see * them. His wife seldom went * out with him alone, insisting * her mother join them The husband grew disgust- ^' ed and left. • Finally his wile prom.sed * hip a home of their ov'n and * a family. They moved into a • furnished apartment, where • she again continually invited * her mother and her girl friends * — but again, not her husband': • companions There wore nr • children. "I leftagain, Anne firs.. and this time I declared it wee for good. But the other rias I met Smart Separates wVt jam, 483322 i2 -7o "7 ►. �� . "7`'x+ 5 Summer's smartest separates — to sew in gay contrasting colors, or one-piece dress ef- fect; Graceful yokes detail the blouse: convertible -collared for cool comfort too. Classic skirt below, pleated for flattery and walking ease. Pattern 4832: Misses' Sites 13, 14, 16. 18, 20. Size 16 blouse takes 17.S yards 39 -inch fabric; skirt takes 2 yards. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instruc- tions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS i35et in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print planly SIZE, NAME, AD- DRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.. New Toronto, Ont.. 41E` ST M; dot my wife accidentally, and she confessed she missed me . , . This time 1 put my foot down. I'd just had a position offered me in another district, and told her if she'd go with me we could try once more — otherwise, I was through.' She said she would think it over, Even if she agrees. I'm half afraid to truet her. I believe she will always be her mother's baby." * The only hope for this mar- " riage is to get the young wife away from h e r possessive mother. Her husband's out-of- • town offer come at an appor- * tune moment; if his wife goes n along, they can build a life * together among new friends * and surroundings, a'vav from her mother's influence. • He is taking a chance. yes; • but he still loves the girl, and * I think it is worth the risk If e it works out, he will be re - e warded. If she decides not to • go with him (or i, not content- ed there) he will know there is * no happiness for them together and he will be bettee eh with- * out her. • To "It P S E T HUSBAND": '• From what you say in your * letter, I believe your wife will Co vi -'11 see, ,'tthee then lose * you. If she does, be sure to * devote. all your leisure to her * in your new home. introducing *-her to your new friends and • seeing that she is toe well cc- * cupied to miss he mother. It " will take.time, but you are a * patient man. * "Dear Anne l lirst: 1 am so unhappy I don't want to live! I'm still mad about a young man I dated for eight months. 1 don't know why I can't get over him, because he made me care for him — and left me 9a*. "I have tried dating others, but I can't get him off my mind, Som'tti•n"s I'd just t"-" to run what can I do about it' MISERABLE" * Instead of seeing yourself as * the romantic victim of a male off. I guess my fancily thing I'm a problem. and maybe I am. But who only won your love to • leave you, try to understand * that no man "makes" a girl " love him. She is attracted, lie u ie attractive, so often without o sufficient reason she builds all • her hopes on him — only to * discover one day he isn't there. * It doesn't tnatter why the " lad changed his mind. You * may have been too easily won, • or too possessive, or perhaps • another pretty face tempted ' him more. Obviously, he is * not worth the affection you * still waste on his memory. * Why not charge it off to ex- perience, and next time he " more selective and less hasty * to give your heart away? * The best cure for a jilted * girl is an active social life. * Keep yourself busy with new * dates; cultivate other interests * that demand concentration • and enthusiasm, and you will * have less time to feel sorry for * yourself. What a chance this is * to show your family you can * take a blow like a lady! * Have faith in yourself and * your future. and you'll come * out all right. A short separation is often the answer to an unhappy marriage. If you are given the second chance to succeed, take it, with hope and new loyalty. Ann Hirst's comments will guide you wisely Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. HE'S A SEW -AND -SEW — Ticketed motorists who mutter "sen and -so" as Tennessee Trooper Marvin 0; Walker Walks away from their cars have the right phrase in mind, but the wrong spelling and meaning. The 215 -pound six-footer fills the ticket oe a top-notch dressmaker in his Memphis, Tenn,, home, whet he has made more than 40 froc'cs for daughter Barbara Jo, 6, of right. He also mends uncia- s For fellow troapeee. AERIAL HAZARD — The hazard on the fourth hole at a recently completed municipal golf course, is not to the game but to aerial navigation. Mrs, C. M. Erickson scans the sky over a Lunken Airport runway in compliance with sign at the tee, to be sure she doesn't sink a high one in some pilot's windshield os he's coming in for a landing. lipibie Designated ' This China Cat is "Most Exciting Worth A Fortune Book" What makes the .Bible "the most exciting book in the world?" Engineers are using it today as a guide to the natural re- sources of the Holy Land. It contains "the best-known poem ever written." One chapter of Isaiah is cited as "the greatest single writing in all literature." The Acts of the Apostles "is the most exciting piece of his- tory ever written" because it is "the only record we have" of the turning point from paganism to Christianity. These are some of the reasons for Bible reading set forth in the new phamphlet "How to Read the Bible—the Most Excit- ing Book in the World" by the American Bible Society. The pamphlet is issued in con- nection with the publication of a new Bible known as "Tice Compact Bible," being the King James Version, Edited for Easy Reading, published by Haw- thorn Books, Inc., and including all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. It spurns the old theory that the Bible is boring, heavy, or a "pious duty." It cites the book of Psalms as "a sheer delight" for its "beauty of poetry and thought," the book of Proverbs as 'better than most of our modern newspaper columnists," contending that "you can't be considered well read until you are thoroughly acquainted with the Bible." "The Bible is not to b' read like other books, startin' at the beginning." the painoh.t ad- vises but is "a library" in which one should "brownse ar.mnd." It suggests that "you might start with Moses ... one of the half-dozen greatest men in all history" — or begin with the story of Joseph, "the Bible's most complete biographical sketch." It calls the 23d Psalm "the best-known poem ever written.". considered "by many to be the most beautiful." The 40th, chapter of Isaiah has been called `the greatest single writing in all literature," ac- cording to the pamphlet which challenges "See what you think of it. especially the last three ver:;e The book of Mark is men- tioned as "a good n:- , to start with in the New T .'.•orient," It says of I,Iark that h=• "calls his book 'the gospel,' meenieg 'good news,' and writes like a reporter covering an exciting world ser- ies—with his side winning." Of this book the pamphlet adds: "It takes you breathlessly through the brief public min- istry of Jesus. It can be read in an hour, and provides a good account of the earthly life of the greatest man who ever lived." It advises that the gospel of John should be read last, since it was written later. In support of the Bible as a current document, the Bible Society cites the fact that mil- lions today bear Bible names and quote the Bible in everyday conversation in phrases such as "the apple of his eye, a drop in the bucket, salt of the earth, sign of the times, powers that be, a thorn in the flesh, a Tabor of love." Somewhere to -day, perhaps scarcely noticed in a cottage par- lour, or perhaps half -buried in attic dust and cobwebs, is a china cat worth $250,000. Maybe it's been resting for years on a mantelpiece. Maybe it's lying chipped and forgotten at the back of a tool -shed, If it's a comfortably recumbent cat, the tail wrapped around the fore- paws, yellowish coffee in colour, if it's eight inches high from base to ear -tip and if there's a small X on the underside, maybe the money is yours. Above all, look at the eyes, crimson and glinting. Are they merely glass beads ... or are they rubies? Two -blood -red rubies disap- peared from the harem of Sulei- man the Magnificent 400 years ago. The Turkish favourite, who had worn them in her earrings, was strangled in her sleep. Her slayer tore the jewels roughly from her ears and made good his escape. Then they are said to have reappeared at the court of Louis XV of France, embellishing a rich necklace which adorned the charm of the beautiful Madame Pompadour. Afterwards they were sold to a Russian nobleman and passed from one wealthy hand to another until—just sixty years ago —they adorned the buxom lady of a rich Berlin in- dustrialist. One night, for the second time in their history, the rubies were stolen. The thief's method of entry — over the rooftops and through a skylight—pointed to Klaus Gudden, a listed jewel thief. Police spies reported that he had sown the glittering rubies to a confederate. When the police pounced there ensued a rooftop chase and Gudden was shot dead. But the rubies were never found. Insurance investigators probed every detail of Gudden's life. It was three years, however, before they heard of his visits to a pottery factory near his home. The factory specialized in china cats with red -beaded eye:, and Gudden had ordered the figure of a cat to be specially prepared and fitted with "bead," of his own, The f! ;ure was mark -.d with a small X to dietinguish it from others in the batch. But when Guddenfailed to return, the cat was included in a factory con- signment of almost identical cats shipped to England. In this country the insurance detectives a.nnin took up the trail. They visited imnort warehouses, china shops and scores of Titi- vate homes. But the ruby -eyed cat was never retrieved- It may have been smashed long ago and consigned to a dustbin. But maybe this old glazed catis still in existence, serenely keeping its secret, the world's strangest hidden treasure! r FEWER EUROPEAN MOTOR VEHICLES Canadian sales of neW Rutz; pean-made motor vehicles reached a peak of 62,880 passen- ger cars and 4,626 commercial vehicles in 1950, but since then have steadily declined. Last veer 20,' passenger cars and 1,1"7 co :tercial vehicles were sold, HRNIC LIS ove.zutlRF JOURNEY'S END This column is in hits e,e1 pieces during the last week of my enjoyable stay 11; old England. Every time I make a move 1 am convinced no place could be as interesting as the one I am leaving. But it always is. Now I am staying at a quaint little stone cottage at Wymondham in Leicestershire. The walls are 20 inches thick and the floors are also of stone. Some of the rooms are oak -panelled and with over- head beams. There are tricky little steps here and there 'and you have to duck your head going up and down the stairs. The cottage has been modern- ized to the extent of installing light and a modified water sys- tem. The quaintest bathroom—if you could but see it) No room for a full length bath so a hip - bath, complete with running water was installed in a cup- board, with a mounting -stool built in behind the bath! Next door is a similar cottage, which is also the village post - office. Here there is an outside staircase to an upstairs loft. The village church dates back to the 13th Century. It contains the effigy of -a knight in armor, Sir John Hameline, a Crusader during the reign of Henry II. There is a small opening to the chancel in one of the inner walls which is known as "the leper's squint". Naturally the unfortu- nate victims of the leprosy were not allowed to inix with the congregation but were permitted to watch proceedings of the services through this small ap- erture in the wall. Behind the church remains of a Roman Road were discovered a few years ago, also many pieces of broken pottery and other Roman relics. In this vil- lage there was once an ancient priory founded by Franciscan monks. Nearby is a building— formerly a grammar school - 1630, built entirely of stone with very few windows. Nearby in one of the cottages lives an elderly man, until a few years ago did very well for himself by driving people around in an ancient phaeton, relic of the coaching days. The phaeton, which I saw, is still in usable condition, but has given way to the faster moving vehicle of our present time. One day I was taken for a drive through the country and visited many medieval build- ings, including the Abbey at Crowland. This village, formerly known as "Croyland" is first mentioned in Domesday Book under the date 895. Part of the abbey is in ruins but the main part has been restored and is used for church services. More unusual still is the three- cornered bridge in the middle of the village street. This defies description. It is the only one of its kind in England. Now it is over dry land but at one time two rivers met here and their course was diverted under this three-way bridge. Nearby is a stone block to which boats tom- ing into the island -village were anchored, On my way back to Cambridge I broke my journey for the ex- press purpose of visiting Peter- borough, How glad I am that I did but I can't possibly describe it. After staying overnight at Cambridge I went by train to Suffolk, the native county of my husband and myself, Here I found the small towns and vile lages unchanged to a very great extent. 1 sat for a while in the church where I was christened, confirmed and married and I attended morning service 'at the parent church of the parish which dates back to the 12th Century. Joining in the service at this ancient but familiar church revived memories that can hardly be shared. I went alt over my childhood home which is a part of Gainsbor'ough's birth- place. And there were old fa- miliar walks . and trips by bus to nearby villages. Invita- tions to accept from the few wits) are left but who were warm 10 their welcome. Tomorrow begins the last stage of my holiday—Sudbury to Cans- bridge ambridge and then to London Air- port. This column is being scribbled at Sudbury (Suffolk), - but will be re -written and sent on its way from London where I shall bid farewell to England. It has been a wonderful experi- ence but now I am looking for- ward to getting HOME! Why should one assume that God made all the enjoyable things in the world for the benefit of the wicked? —The Aga Mian Cinch To Sew 732 IRON -ON COLOR t' `51285 5—I a—t 8 M-14-14 L-18-20 t)t1 J. al4H.c ql Y 4t2&x Keep cool and pretty all snow mer in this jiffy -wrap halteti} A cinch to sew, embroider! Malde several, to team with all yourV separates. Pattern 732: Jiffy -wrap halted Small (10,12); Medium (14,10)t Large (18,20). Tissue patternl, transfers, directions. State size, Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTfd in coins (stamps cannot be ao- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- Onto' orOnto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER and SIZE; your NAME and ADDRESS. LOOK FOR smartest ideas ins Needlecraft in our Laura Wheel- er Catalog for 1955. Crochet, knitting, embroidery and lovely' things to wear. Iron -ons, quil4t, aprons, novelties — easy, fun ba make! Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW! YOtlt will want to order every neer design in it. THE WINNAHI — This is Mrs. Pat Chatham in her home. She its t' ills) ills) wife of Thurmond Chatham. His face is red and his bank account slimmer: ,Mrs, Chatham Wrote a song. "Pshawl" said the congressman. "I'll bet you $100 you'll never get the song recorded, another $1 00 it'll never be put on the market and still another $100 that you don't m lte $100 profit on it." Ha has lost all threw bits. The tune, ca RCA racords, is tulles) "Lonely Road."