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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-12-08, Page 6a t ST -re. "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 am sim-,. ply distracted! I met this young man over a year ago and started dating him last summer. I fell so in love, and 1 was sure he did, too .. , But now I Haven't seen him for neatly two months! He is going with my best girl friend, and I am beside myself. Whatever shall I do? "I just cannot get him out of my mind, Everything I do, all I hear or say reminds me of him, and when I pass the res- taurants and dance .places We used to visit my heart nearly stops beating. "The strange part of it is, he was married and afraid to tell me earlier, becausehe thought he would lose me. But I only loved him more. His div- orce came through just a month before he stopped seeing ire. Now he is leaving town soon to spend the winter in the South. Of course I shall wait for him, but how can I live until spring? MARIE" * You wrote your letter out of * the depths of your loneliness * and your hurt. You weren't * thinking, you were only feel- * ing — feeling how much you * love the boy, not what a poor * lave he offered you, You are * also very, very sorry for your- * self, and had better face the * truth. * This young man deceived * you from the beginning. He • had a wife and he never said * so. It is all very touching that * he explained he was afraid he * would lose you, but why * didn't he play fair and take * his chance, as an honest man * should? Instead of resenting * his duplicity, you say you loved * him more: Now that he's been * beauing your girl friend * about, you cry, "I intend to wait for him!" Wait for what? * To let him throw you over * next spring? Don't you know * when you are well off? t' I know what a bittle it takes * to admit you have lost out, * but life is like that. As long * as you live, you will aim for * certain goals — and often you a will not even get near your * desire. The wise folk do not * continue to mislead them- * selves; they learn from ex- * perience. They turn the lock * on the past and say, "Well, * that is that" and go on to 4 grapple with life as it comes * to them. * Living the past over again e tears your heart out, and it * can wreck your health. It is * not fair to your family nor * your friends- to grieve over Feedbag Fashions 4880 iSw-14—!2 0.4-14--16 t.—IS-20 a 100 lb, feed bang .-7/4%*►5 Use a 100 -pound feedbag ut colorful remnants — make this handy apron to keep yeti neat and pretty on kitchen duty! See the diagram—sew-easy, thrifty. Non -slip straps, plenty of pro- tective cover — be smart, sew several! Pattern 4880: Misses' Sizes Small (10, 12); Medium (14, 16); Large (18, 20). All Sizes, 100 -pound feedbag or Ile yards 30 -inch. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit, Has eomplete illustrated instruc- tions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS. (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME and AD- DRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123, lIghteenth St„ New Toronto, (Arlt. * what you cannot change. You * have year and years of life 't ahead, and they are too pre- * cious to waste another single * hour. * Be brave. Confess you have * lost, and get back into your * group again. Look up friends * you've passed by since you * met this boy. Keep your even- * ings busy. Let those who love * you see how you take the * shock. Know, as so many * other girls have known, that * time is on your side, IF you * play along with_' it * I am relieved that the young * man has left 'town for a whole * winter. That makes things * easier for you than if you * risked passing hint on the * street every day or two. x * ,. SHALL THEY MARRY? "Dear Anne Hirst: I've been going with a fine man regular- ly for almost a year and I am deeply in love, as he professes he is. He lives nearby, never dates anybody else and, of course, shows in many other ways how much he cares for me. But he is 42 and I am 20, and everybody is trying to say he is too old for me. "I will not be convinced, I've gone for three years with a lot of boys my age, but I never did feel at home with them, This man and I seem utterly compatible, emotionally and in- tellectually, though I know the last is a lot to assume. He thinks I'm wonderful to get along with and would snake any man a good wife. What do you say? WILHELMINA" If the man has not pro- posed, why the rush to decide —unless you want to stop see- ing him now if you intend to refuse him. His generalities are all very flattering, but per- haps you have become a habit with him, and a convenient one at that. As to your ages, I repeat that a good marriage de- pends largely on ideals, tem-' perments and habits. You are e obviously mature for your * years, he may be young for * his. It is well to remember, * though, that when you are in * your prime, he will be slow- * ung down and not so interest- * ed in an active social life as * you will be. * I wish you had told me e what your family thinks of * him. To any girl in such a * situation, that should be high- * ly important. When grief strikes, what will you do? Many readers turn to Anne Hirst. She has not forgot- ten the pangs of her own teens, and problems then were much like those you face today. Ad- dress Anne Hirst, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ontario. Short Skirts Make News and Trouble Skirts constantly make news. Because he disapproved of his fiancee's frock, a twenty -year- old Surrey soldier cut it with a razor. When charged with injuring the girl and damaging her frock, he said her skirt was much too short. He was bound over and ordered to pay for the damage. A new law prohibiting short skirts was introduced in Athens in 1926 and rigorously enforced. A pretty young girl was arrest- ed because her skirt was 15 in. from the ground. Police said it should not have been more than 14 in, from the ground, but the girl was allowed to go free af- ter twenty-four hours. Less than a week later the law was cancelled following the arrest of another girl. She proved to be the dainty, twen- ty - year - old daughter of a Greek judge. She had been jailed for a day for walking down the street in an "immod- est" skirt more than 14 in. from the ground, Lovely Spanish girls flatly refused to obey a decree by the Mayor of Almendralejo, a town in province of Barlajoz, which forbade women to wear very short skirts in 1927, Instead, they paid fines en- titling them to wear a short skirt for one month. Police with tape -measures were empowered to measure in, the street skirts. of debatable length: Eventually that decree was cancelled, too. You can fall foul of the taw for some strange things in dif- ferent ifferent parts of the world, An Indian girl was sentenced to a month's hard labour et New Delhi for kissing her sweetheart in=a quiet alley. The youth was fined $25, Canada's population reached as estimated 15,410,000 at the start of December last year, an increase of 405,000 or 2 7% since December -, ,1953, In the previ- ems 12 months the gain amounted to 381,000 or 2,6%. She Takes Hers From The Bottle STUFFED — Who's hungry? Not Fluffy. The kitten, who takes her groceries from a' doll's nurs- ing bottle, makes a toe -stretch- ing picture of .contentment, be- low, after q self-administered meal. She's the pet of the Frank De Pasquales Family, HRONICL.!S ➢NGERF RM Genersdoltrr2 P Cteeese This column is liable to be written in bits and pieces as we have company for a few days, Joy and Bob will also be here 'for dinner and it being nice and warm it wouldn't surprise me to see Art, Dee and Dave come out an hour or two this afternoon If they don't come then I shall be going to Toronto tomorrow Lifelike Roses tft, 4.urt6 i1V Lir nR Lifelike roses in color—spar- kle on this stunning oval dolly! Pattern 507: Color -crochet oval doily 32x15 inches, in No. 30 mercerized cotton; smaller in No. 50 cotton. Matching round doily is Pattern 608, A lovely twosome for gifts! Each pattern 25 cents. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for each pattern to Box 1. 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ont, Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, ,your NA'dII and ADDRESS. LOOK for smart gift ideas in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog. Crochet, knitting.' em- broidery, lovely things- to wear. Dolls, iron-ons,:quilts, aprons novelties — easy, fun to make. Send 25 cents for your copy of this' book NOW! You Want to order every new d^cign in it. just to see for myself how David is coming along. He is home from the hospital but very far from being a well boy, and of course just as cranky as he can be, poor little chap. The lawn at the side of the house is strewn with a carpet of golden winter leaves "win- ter" leaves because autumn fol- iage has long since fluttered from the trees. Popular leaves are more persistent, hanging tenac- iously to their branches until shaken earthward by a combina- tion of wind, frost and natural gravity. And still there are flowers in the garden — petunias and 'mums and a few pansies that have survived the frost. As for the vegetable garden, I am still using at as a storage place tor carrots. That way keeps them fresh and sweet — much more so than if they were dug and stored. Well, here we are again . after dinner and a family gather- ing, And of course, as on all such occasions. plenty of conver- sation one way and another. Since it concerned our own county we naturally discussed the huge land deal that is reput- edly nearing completion in South Halton, Over 7,000 acres, total- ling some $3,000,000 ! Fantastic. Shades of the pioneers — what would they have said could they have foreseen the future in store for the land they had so labor- ously cleared with axe and "burnings" — virgin forest that for generations had been the happy hunting ground of the Indians, at one time controlled by their great Mohawk Chief, Cap- tain Joseph Brant. Then we turned our thoughts to houses — old, new and remod- elled. Partner and I listened while the rest of the party theorized on just how our own place could be remodelled, jSo often it helps to see things through other people's eyes. Not that we have any plans for the immediate future. No indeed — not until we know for certain when and where Highway 401 is going through. The Department of Highways is something like a cat — poised, but no one can tell which way it's going to jump. But at least we can dream. Changes would definitely include more light. Old houses ' never have enough windows while hew houses have gone to the other extreme. Too many windows. IT itY BE YOUR. LIVER 11 life's not worth' living it may be your liven We a foot! Ls takes up to two pints Of liver bilea day to k&aop your digestive tract in top shape) It your liver bile is not flowing freely Your food may not digest ... gas bloats up your stomach .. ,you feel constipatedand ell the fun and sparklego out of bre. That'. when von reed mild gentle Carter's Little Liver Pills. Trims ruinous vegetable pills help simulate the flow of liver Lilo Soon your digestion Starts functioning Sons,ly ned you feel that happy tins dna linre n; n' Don't L.erSIS omni.. c?”-rtm kir" Carlr,, 1 LIN iv>, rte. nn n��•I. 15 tli: i9 19.15 And there seems to be a craze these days for high bedroom win- dows. I wouldn't have them as a gift. What's the good of a window if you can't see out of it sitting down — or lying down tor that matter, More privacy, home- owners tell us. But imagine being sick in bed in a room with a window you couldn't see out of, I' can't imagine anything more depressing. However, everyone to his or her taste. If we all thought alike it would be a very dull world. But sometimes, it would appear, history repeats itself, even in our thinking. Take this for instance, Dr, J. D. MacLachlan, president of the Ontario Agricultural C o 1 1 e g e, Guelph was addressing a Plough- man's Association banquet and expressed the belief that, to util- ize high-powered machinery es- onimically, in the future there would be fewer farmers but big- ger farms and the cow would be regarded as just another machine; her intake and output computed in dollars and cents. In a sense, considering present high production costs coupled with the shortage of farm labour this sounds like a logical con- clusion — and the trend to bib ger farms is obvious -already, But, are we going backwards or forwards? There is more than one way of looking at the situ. alien. Cast your mind back a hun- dred years or more. Remember the immigrants who came to Canada because here, they thougt, was a country where any man with brains, brawn and suf- Acieet capital could, if he so -de- sired, own the farm upon which he lived. Remember, too, that the immigrant left his native land. because there he could farm only under the domination of the squire or the bailiff of an estate. There was no place for a small landowner. But in Canada — a century ago — the immigrant either applied for Crown Land or bought a farm from a previous owner. He might have little of this world's goods but his dreams were fulfilled. He had land of his own. He had acquired inde- pendence. Now, if farms in the near future are controlled by big property owners how much difference will there be between Canadian farms of tomorrow and the farms of the English gentry a hundred years ago? Conditions have changed — the pendulum swings back and forth, now this way, now that. But only Father Time marks the hours„ uncon- cerned about which way the pendulum swings, knowing that eventually history repeats itself in one way or another. He. Gets 'The Bird When He Talks Mr. Thomas Wright, of Russell Street, Falkirk, Scotland, bought a bird called the "Indian Greater Hill Mynah." It was not expensive. The. Wrights named him Sammy, and fed him on biscuits, raw meat, and fruit. One day, when Mr. Wright was working in his aviary, life heard a dog barking in the street. He went out to have a look.. There was no dog in sight. But the barking started again this -time only a few feet from where Mr. Wright was standing. It was Sammy. And that was just the begin- ning of Sammy's impersonations, And he has a sense of humoulrl If you say 'Cat" to Sammy, ha barks furiously. Say "Dog" and Sammy miaows. Another day Mr. Wright went into the aviary and swung round when he heard the sound of at squeaking door being pulled to and the click of a lock. It wars Sammy. Mr. Wright's grandson and granddaughter .are often near the aviary, but sometimes when they are not there Mr. Wright hears a childish voice saying "Grandpa." Yes -Sammy again! Mr. Wright often lectures on birds. Sometimes he takes Sam- my with him. When Sammy thinks the lecture has lasted long enough, he says loudly: "Come awa" — in a Falkirk accent you could not mistake. TOOTHSOME MORSEL — Mush rooms go well with any dish• including "cheesecake". Sonni Jones poses to prove it. That her job. She's been chosen "Mir Mushroom of 1955". .4 11- _ . . r wl.1C3 & 3 j �L7U Vk IIIf1�J�lWYV CRANBERRY -APPLE PIE % cup granuloted sugar 3 tablespoons BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch t/ teaspoon soli 3/ cup CROWN BRAND Corn Syrup TA cup water 1 IA cups cranberries 1 /s teaspoons grated orange rind 2 tablespoons butter 1 %s cups chopped apples 1 recipe pastry MIXisu ar,cBENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch and saADD CROWN BRAND Corn Syrup and water gradually; mix well. COOK over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly and comes to a boil. ADD cranberries and cook until skins are broken. REMOVE from heat; add orange rind and butter. COOL; add chopped apples. PREPARE pastry; roll %a„inch thick. LINE 9 -inch pie pan with %2 the pastry; pour in filling. ARRANGE lattice of pastry strips across top. SEAL edges well; flute, if desired. BAKE in hot oven (450°F.) 10 minutes; reduce heat to moderate (350°F.) and bake 40 minutes longer or until apples are tender. - CA CORN ,. For free folder of other delicious recipes, write to: Jane Ashley, Horne Service Department THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED, P.O. Box 129, Montreal, P.Q. BEHSOHS STORM se - 13