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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-08-09, Page 6AN NE ; 'J I_ E^ t ST Fainiey Dear Anne Hirst: I alas 17, and I'm so in love that I'm apt tri do something foolish. I need sombody to steady me, and I believe you can, For eight months I dated a boy I thought was perfect — and then I learn- ed he was dating my chum, too, and took her to new places to hide from me. From now on, I let thein both very well alone.. , "Now he has come back to me (with no apologies) and calls or sees me every night, as he used to. But whenever we make a real date to go some- where, he doesn't show up! He says he loves me, but how can he? "I learned yesterday he has told several of our friends that we're going to be married in the fall. I have never even prom- ised to marry him, though I want to, because I'm beginning to realize how undependable he Is. Yet I don't know how I could face tomorrow without some word from him! What shall I do?" UPSET. The first trait demanded of " any friend is honesty. How Paris -Inspired! PAIIIS inspired the lovely lines of this ensemble — you'll look so wonderful when you wear it! Bloused jacket buckles below the waist, adding a atnart new touch to the fashion - Able "long look." Beneath is a simple sundress — fitted and flattering. Pattern 4811; Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 dress, 2li yards 45 -inch: jacket. 2 yards. This pattern easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instruc- tions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35e, stamps cannot be accept- ed, use postal note for safety) ter this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. "'can you call this young man * honest? He double-crossed * you with your best friend;, she * was as guilty, but that does " not lessen his deceit. Ile * swears he loves you, yet when * he plans to take you out he * doesn't show up. He spreads " the story of your coming * marriage, and he hasn't even * proposed. * You are 17, old enough to * realize that what you feel for * him is only a physical attrac- * tion, that famous old chemi- * cal reaction which, given the * chance, you could feel for al- * most any other attractive lad. % Why delude yourself? * The emotions you arouse in him are superficial, otherwise he would be your devoted at- * tendant, taking you out regu- • larly, showing you off, build- * ing up that confidence which * every girl needs to feel for * the boy she loves. He has no * regard for the finer qualities, no thought for anything but * the pleasure of today, when * he can enjoy your friendship * and your love. You couldn't live with him for long; you * would never know where he * was nor with whom, and you * certainly could not expect * him to protect you and cher- * ish you as a good husband * should. Within a year, you probably would be so dis- * illusioned that you would * wish you had never met him. * Your only escape from this painful situation is to send " him away for good. You de- * serve someone finer than he * is. If you will list all the * qualities that make up a good * husband, you will see that he * lacks almost every one. Wake * up, before you waste any * more precious time and step * off the deep end. o * * Dear Anne Hirst: I am 21 and have been married over a year. We live in the suburbs and I love to garden — but my husband will NOT allow me to wear shorts — yet he can't pass a girl who does, without turning his head to take a second look. "I'm sorry this small habit in- furiates me so, but I can hardly keep still about • it, Of course, he just laughs!" PROVOKED. " Men are about as inconsist- * ent as they say women are, * Some prohibit their wives * from using make-up, cutting * their hair or wearing reveal- * ing clothes, but the same men • can't keep eyes front when * other women make the most • of their charms. j * Why? Because they don't * like their wives to attract * other males, * Since your husband is no * exception, why dignify the * mattes by comment? Let him * stare. You may • be in love, but if your boy friend is not keeping you happy there is something radically wrong with the friend- ship. Remake your own rules before you slip into the doormat role that tan only spell disillu- sion for you. In time of confu- sion, write to Anne Hirst, Box, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to. oast. MISSED HER VOCATION In Chicago, after Mrs. Hattie Payne testified that her husband gave her 1,600 beatings and al- most 800 black eyes during their 16 years of marriage, Judge Alan Ashcraft commented: You would have been better off marrying a prizefighter, because you could have saved him the best of a sparring partner." CITY JUNGLE — Overgrown weeds in'a vacant lot in New York are being uprooted by sanitation department workers. The fks are' actually marijuana, growing wild in the Bronx. More tan 1500 pounds were destroyed—enough to produce more flan one million dollars worth of marijuana cigarets. CHINESE IMPORT — Li LiHua, noted Chinese actress, poses on the rail of the ship that brought her to San Francisco. Entering under the Refugee Act, Li is en route to Hollywood under Con- tract to Cecil B. De Mille. The five-foot two-inch beauty has made 63 films. HRONICLES IN6ER ARM 6raxeeadeslt:rue P Cleekke. This time last year 1 nae. in Eng- land where the average daytime temperature was around 64 degrees. During last week's heat wave it didn't make me feel any cooler to remember how comfortable 1 was a year ago—comfortable wearing a suit, or a sweater -dress, topped by a light -weight long Boat. Sona'tImes T was't quite warm enough but even so it was preferable to what we had to put up with last week, Wasn't the heat and humidity ter- rific? Especially after sundown - no wind, not a breath of air either indoors or out. 1 wouldn't, venture outside daring the evening any way—noir with giant -size mus- gu.itees around. All the pesky in sells seem abnormally big this year ---files, mosquitoes and June- bugs. David leas sl 1 1 Willi ns and the pour i111le (hap was covered with bites although i anointed him with insert I•(pclleni several .times n day. it was hot work looking after an nelive youngster but the hotter 11 galthe gladder we terve be was here and not la the elly if we had been allowed we would Ince 1n have kept lout all snonuer- but I ant afraid our work would have suffered. As it was Partner had lo quit fixing fences because the heat and mosquitoes were tun 0111011 for lhlve. But was he proud of himself: Partner had been using the manure spreader as a traitor behind the tractor and Imre went along silting on tl be covered with an old gn111, That tin the real 1al1rday evening the. ,1rt. Matey and the baby clone to take David home. It was six weeks since Dave had seen ;dummy and paddy and at first he wasn't too sure about them. flowerer, in about fire minutes the reunion was com- plete — especially with Honey. No wonder we often hoar "a buy and a Clog belong together." That is cer- tainly true with Dave and his clog. The baby? Well, Clave wasn't too interested in the baby. Ile looked at him and said "ndee baby" and then went back to Honey. \3'e had a great time loading the care --wills toys, eggs, clothes, anti equipment, - Especially - clothes -- which served as an illustration of in11' ehnugeable etiolalt. Inside of six weeks Dare had worn every- thing from a snowsuit and rubber hoots to little more than his birth• dray cult. The last few days he bad been running around (lad only in a little pair of training pants. After cweryune had goiie the house seem. ed. 01rangely quiet, In fact it was so gob t 1 got very liltle sleep (hat night. There was the empty cot and no sinlI boy twisting rest Iessly around in his sleep. And 1 would think abont him and wonder how he was settling down in his benne em vtronmtnit and what would be his reaction to a new baby in the house. Sunday seemed quieter still but blessedly cool. Partner had roily the clogs trailing him around on his way to the bo in. or the hen -house and 1 was saved a -macrons trips to the •bathroom. Mitchie-White wel- comed the change: After an explor- atory trip to the house he found it so peaceful he stayed around all day. And of course we were able to watch television without inter. ruptdons. Speaking of T.V. there was a wonderful documentary program Sunday night—"In the Shadow of the City" allowing farm land, be- fore efore and after, First as a pros perous farm, then the sale of farm, Omsk and implements. Finally the Married est Man y Mistake How many of us, at some Period in our lives, have bene- fited by a lucky mistake? An error, purely imaginary, of course, in filling in their coupons — something they would have altered if • the wife or daughter had not foolishly posted the coupon — has proved a dazzling stroke of fate for several people lately. And, equally, a mistake may lie at the heart of romance or confer on two people happiness - they never- imagined possible. Just two. summers ago, a Norwegian girl won a state foot- ball prize of $6000. Being young and lovely, a flaxen -haired ice princess, as one newspaper dess cribed her, she found herself inundated by offers of marriage; Several suitors presented them- selves in person. With an eye to future luxuries, she picked on one, a wealthy silver fox breeder's son. She skated, ski'd and danced with him. Her en- chantments seemed to him divine. He sown "dated" her for life. Came the wedding day in a tiny country church near Lille - hammer, and by an incredible mix-up over - the names of bridegroom - and best man, a vague -minded pastor married the girl to the latter. In the bes- try his blunder was pointed out "Well", said the bridegroom, "you'll have to conduct the wedding ceremony all over again, and marry me to Helga —not him!" Then the girl cut short his apologies with startling finali- ty. "Oh, no. ,YOU won't!' she de Glared," I got my money by chance and now it looks as if the same goddess has given me a husband. Thank you very much, pastor. If the best man is willing, so am I!" And off she went, arm -in -arm with a husband the had met only once beforehand, leaving the astonished bridegroom crushing his carnation button- hole in fury on -the church steps. Now, as the mother of thriving twins, she's as happily married as the princess in any fairy tale. A mistake can lead to for- tulle. A woman, not long ago went to a -Midland hospital for a fin- ger operation and the surgeon amputated the top of the wrong finger. Because of that mistake. a judge at Staffordshire Assizes awarded her $7,500. More substantial was the damage money paid to a New York couple, Isaac and Rose Keller, for a year of terrible heartbreak. Their twenty-six- year-old son,- Murray, collapsed in an underground train and died. By some extraordinary oversight, the police and hospi- tal authorities confused his name. They described him as "Solnard," and since he appear- ed to have no relatives, buried him in a pauper's grave. Frantically and despairingly the Kellors hunted for their ' missing lad. At long last, they turned over the files of the process of eons -traction as the land was taken over for a sub -division, And them the finished picture -- family life in a newly developed community, with all its advantages and disadvantages. It was so good I hope the CDC will repeat it. Well, it Is now Monday morning— a lovely, cool refreshing morning. No excuse now for not getting on with the work. At least if a person is able. At this moment Partner is in the throes of a bad attack of arthritis in his hands, following a very restless night. A trucker has just come in to take away a veal calf. That makes one less lively little creature for Partner to cope with—but it will also mean more milking and more cream to sep- arate. I wonder if the cause—and a read cure—for arthritis will ever be found. It can often be releived but seldom is It cured. It is responsible for the loss of more work hours than any other disease. Here is Partner for instance, still young enough to be active and yet unable to cope with a normalday's work. The most insidious thing about pro• longed arthritis is its weakening effect. Pain and disability a person can cope with to a certain extent but progressive weakness is another matter. This year, Partner knew that even with help he could not handle the hay so be sold the stand ing hay to one neighbour and rented one half of the farm to - another for pasture. iDven at that we. have a lot to be thankful, for. Partner is well and healthy in every other respect. It is just "the miseries" that get him down— the aftermath of 5 years war service. As an Fold vet' be could probably get a burnt-out pension. But who could live on $1200 a year these days? Unless it has been changed that is the maximum income for a burnt-out pensioner. "The Lord helps those who help themselves"— but apparently that isn't the policy of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. ISSUE 31 — 1956 city's ulrciaimed lead and there, to' their horror, they spotted his portrait. Imagine tlr' ano- ther's agony in suddenly find- ing her lost son's photo record- ed in another name. But ghe kept her self-control. The couple sued the authorities for $•00,- 000 damages. Eventually, they settled for $30,000. - Magician's errors can be cost- ly, too. In Cartagena, Colombia, a famous Indian wizard, Siuxcu, created a thriving trade in bringing back absconding hus- bands. All went swimmingly for wi- zard and abandoned wives un- til, in bringing back one wo- man's husband, lie presented her with a man she had never before ,seen. "That's your hus- band," said the wizard, putting on his most ingratiating smile. "Oh, no, it isn't," she retorted., "It is your husband, senora,' hissed Siuxcu. "Yon will take him!" "'Well, I shall settle that," said the woman. Whereupon, stepping briskly forward, she dealt him a terrific uppercut. It stretched him out flat on top of his spell -weaving pots. Countless golden inventions would never have materialized, except for a lucky mistake. The terrible toll of traffic accidents would be far more hideous had not a French chemist, Benedic- tus, accidentally tipped a bottle off his laboratory shelf. "Good gracious!" exclaimed the astonished scientist. "It hasn't splintered. The bottle lay at his feet, criss-crossed by cracks, but otherwise complete. He knew what was in the bottle; collodion in solution. This sol- vent had, after evaporating, coated the bottle's walls with cellulose nitrate, so forming a skin to hold the cracks together. A day or two later, the chemist read of a woman, shockingly lacerated by flying glass in a motor smash. He linked his bottle accident in his mind to her facial injur- ies. He experimented until he evolved safety glass, thus vast- ly improving the security of motorists. A misplaced comma recently saved two girls from prison. ll. was wrongly placed in a sen- tence and, agreeing that it was "bad law,'the recorder ordered - the girls' case to be heard afresh, This time, the bench al- lowed them to go back to their 1101nes. Even more fortunate was a Sussex girl who, suffering from acute emotional distress, decid- ed to end her life. Turning on al] taps, she thrust her head into her employer's gas oven, and closed her eyes, never ex- pecting to wake. But fate res- cued her from oblivion. The gas supply ran Out. She had forgot- ten to prime the meter. So a shilling saved her life: Killing Kiss Police at Accra on the Gold Coast arrested and jailed a monkey after it had attacked and bitten a labourer to death. In olden times an animal could be arrested for crime like a human being and tried by a court. It is recorded that a bad- tempered pig which attacked a serf and caused his death was solomnly tried by a court con- demned, and led out to be con- verted into pork. 21 the animal was the cause of the crime or had been used in the commission of the of- fence, it was made to be the executioner of its human part- ner. This was particularly so when the "Maiden" was in use Forerunner. of the guillotine the Maiden was like a huge easel ten feet high. On the inner sides of the frame were grooves in which a sharp axe was placed. The axe was poised at the top of the frame and held in place by a peg to which a cord was attached. Heavy, weights were fastened to the axe so that it would run down between the grooves with terrific force. The criminal was made to lay his head on the cross bar at the bot- tom of the framework directly- below irectlybelow the' axe pegged t"n feet above. The cord was fixed, to the horse or cow which he had stolen or used in his crime and the animal was suddenly lash- ed. It galloped away, the peg • was jerked out and the axe swept down. The Maiden never kissed more than once. ' The greatest of all umpires, Bill Klein. proudly boasted that he never made a wrong call in his life He was a pastmaster at deflating a squawker. Hack Wil- son once thought Klem miscall- ed a strike on him. He stepped out of the batter's box and yell- ed, "You missed that one, Klein!" "If I had your bat in my hand I wouldn't haver snapped the arbiter, Smart TV Cover E8.,, to croenet this lovely cover for any size TV set — ill your favorite pineapple . design! Crochet Pattern .891: Direc- tions for TV cover, 25 inches in No. 30 cotton; smaller in No. 50; larger in mercerizes] bed- spread cotton. Four snake a 50 - inch cloth. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for' safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Our gift to you — two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home — printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft book for 19561 Dozens of other new designs to order — cro- chet, knitting, embroidery, iron - ons, novelties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW — with gift patterns printed in it! CHICKS IN THE HAY — It's one better than turkey'in the straw, as a sextet of beauties add glamour to a pile of hay. The bevy of barnyard beauties was publicizing a county fair. -