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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-09-06, Page 2TTTTTTirTTTrrTTTTTTTTTTTYTTTTTT' 'TSTTT7TTvTTTTTTTT HNNE -HST i#aU, --away Cotooetcrt, "I sit miserably here today pondering how many foolish atomen are thinking of leaving :heir husbands for some other nan? I made that mistake, and low I am paying for it!" writes one woman. "I let a, good man so, and ' am tied to another nale who has let me down. , . "I was young to marry in the list place, but my husband was toing to war. I got all mixed up, : felt I had had no fun in life. "Then I met a boy I'd known from high school. He had mar- ried, too, but we wanted each other so much that we finally got divorces and married. "In less than a year we both knew how wrong we had been. He wants his first wife back, but she has remarried. I realized I'd given up one I still love dearly — and he has another wife now, I am fond of my pres- ent husband, but it is nothing compared to the yearning I feel for my first. He deserves the happiness he didn't find with me. "This is my problem: My hus- band. shows how sorry he is that we got married, and doesn't hesitate to blame me. That hurts, for I do want this mar- riage to last. I think for all our sakes — we have a baby now — he should conceal his thoughts as I do. I have been a good wife and could go on being one, if only he would do his part . , Is there ,any future ahead Por us? UPSET REAL TRAGEDY * How tragically young mar- " riages often turn out! Passion- " ately in love, a girl dashes to * the altar before she knows * the meaning of marriage re- * sponsibilities. This bride was * tooimmature to face the war's * loneliness; she snatched at an * old friend, who was as weak. * Now they find themselves * chained by bonds that chafe * painfully. * Well, theirs is not the only * union rushed into without * thought. What do stronger * people do le such circum- * stances? Don't they accept 'their lot and make the best * of it? Don't they put behind them their lost dreams and * merge their conscientious et- * forts to make a good family life for the child they profess * to love? * This wile is eager to save * her marriage. If her husband will rise above his personal EW p4iit pomp!? EASIER -FASTER MORE ACCURATE 48651411-24ls <t printed pattern Favorite step-in for the half- e-ize figure -- now sew -EASIER than ever, because it's our new Printed Pattern! You'll love the flattering lines, crisp detailing of this summer dress -- makes you look taller, smarter, slimmers Printed Pattern 4865: Half Sizes 14?z, 16?§, 181_•, 201s, 22ti 241r_. Size 18?a requires 4 yards 35 -inch. Directions printed on each tis- sue pattern part. Easy-to-use, accurate, assures perfect fit. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note eor safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. * disillusion and co-operate, * they can still enjoy a corn- * panionable life together that * out the best in each, and * both can learn the satisfaction " of following one's duty for the o good of all. * TO "UPSET": Your hus-. * band is making a poor show- * ing in this crisis, Why can't * he snake up his mind to play * the man? To regain his lost * happiness, he would end his * marriage to you and (if he * could) break up his former * wife's home. How completely * selfish! * I hope you can make him * see that now he has the chance * to be a "good sport" in the * highest sense and devote him- * self wholeheartedly, with you, * to the task that lies before * him. Else what lies ahead for * you both but admission of * failure and a guilty conscience? * * R. "I'M LOSING MY FRIENDS!" "Dear Anne Hirst: At the rate my parents are going, I won't have any friends left. They are so strict that whenever a girl friend asks me to go anywhere, I have to make up some excuse or tell them the truth that my mother won't let tae. By now they understand and they have stopped asking me. I ani 15, "I'm not allowed even to go to a girl friend's house. All they say is, wherever you go, you go with us. "How can i ever have a boy friend when I can't even !told on to the girls I like? It isn't that my parents don't trust me, for they know I wouldn't do any- thing I'd be ashamed of. About six months ago I was interested in a nice boy and they knew it; but when he came to my house they completely ignored him, and said he wasn't good enough for me. I've made them think I've forgotten him, but I still love hint and always will, "I really don't understand my father and mother, much as I try. I thought it was a give-and- take affair, but I am giving and not receiving anything in return. DISGUSTED" * I do sympathize with you in * your plight, and understand * how embarrassing your situ- * ation it. But I ant afraid that e you must abide by your par- " ents' ruling and, if you can do * that more gracefully, I am sure * they will relax the order * earlier. No matter how mature she feels, a girl your age is still * more or less a child. Try to * show your sense of responsi- bility by understanding that ° your parents are protecting you * as best they can, and though * their ideas may seen old- * fashioned, accept them as a temporary gesture to which ° you can subscribe withottt * showing resentment. A * When children are involved, parents tnust think long and hard before considering divorce. Their responsibilities lie Clearly before them. In any crisis, Anne Hirst's wisdom and exnerienre are yours for the asking. Write her at' Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. Ont, Modern Etiquette... Q. Is a member of a bereaved family expected t o receive friends who are making calls of condolence? A. Usually a close friend or relative receives these persons. Of course, in the case of an in- timate friend. the family may wish to see him — this beim left, however, to the decision of the family, se no one should in- trude at such a time. Q. Is it proper, when address- ing a letter or an envelope, to use the abbreviations. Chas., .las.. Jos., '%Vm., Robe„ etc.? A. Only if that man abbrevi- I ates his name in his signature. Otherwise. never use an abbrevi- ation when addressing a man. Q. Does it make any differ- ence whether one sits clown from the right or left size of the chair at the dinner table? A. No; whichever fide offers the easiest and quickest ,a, eeas is the one for you. Q. Can you please tellme how to fold napkins into various fan- cy designs? A. I could probably suggest a few "fancy" folds, but this practice is frowned upon by good society. It is far preferable to make a plain. square fold of the napkin. Q. Whose duty is it to see that the bride and bridegroom's car is ready and waiting for them at the wedding reception? A. The hest man usually at- tends to this. ocked Dockers Gird For Battle on Yacht by Tom A. Cullen NEA Staff Correspondent London — (NEA) Million- aire Sir Bernad Docker has lost his job and the stockholders won't give him another chance. Nevertheless, most Britons are secretly proud of the dazzling Sir Bernard and his honey - haired wife, Lady Norah. They are the living lie to Sir Anthony Eden's dire warnings that Britain is headed for the poorhouse, for who else but the Dockers, having been sacked, would promptly fly to Naples nod board their private 860 -ton yacht for a six-week vacation? Up' to now, every time Prime Minister Eden called for an- other hitch in the belt to halt inflation the Dockets threw an- other pink. champagne party. Every time the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a new credit squeeze, Lady Dock- er drove by in a new Daimler car, designed to match her latest hat. When Lady Docker complain- ed recently that "mink is too hot to sit on," a million women sighed and envied her ladyship her "hot seat." But Sir Bernard's ouster as boss of the 75 million dollar Birmingham Small Arms group of companies, which makes Daimler meter cars among other things, has somewhat changed the picture. Between the time of the ini- tial firing and the stockholders' meeting at which Sir Bernard pleaded in vain for his re- instatement, Lady Docker stuck close to home. She made do with the $21,000 Bentley (in two tones of blue) which was a gift from Sir Bernard on her 50th birthday in June. .And she even waxed contrite, begging the stockholders'' for- giveness. "My whole idea has been to help the company," she said. "If I have tripped up in any way and let anybody down, len sorry, I did not mean ft" The apology worked no better than Lady Docker's campaign of 10,500 autographed photo- graphs of herself in a black net gown, which she sent to B.S,A. stockholders with the plea: "Please' putmy husband back as chairman," For what incensed the stock- holders was the revelation of the many dodges by which the Dockers and other business executives — seek to evade Bri- tain's tough tax laws. Take the $24,000 worth of glad rags, including a sapphire mink stole, which Lady Docker wore at the recent opening of the Daimler showroom in Paris, for example. The bill for these was presented to the B,S.A. group as "expenses." And the gold-plated Daimler with which Lady Docker used to sear the eyeballs of London- ers — this was an "expense" item, too. The same goes for the zebra -skin upholstered Daimler and the silver -starred Daimler, both designed by Lady Docker. Most guests drove their cars to Grace Kelly's wedding in Monte Carlo, but not the Dock- ers. They chartered two planes at a cost of $6,000 to have their Daimlers flown to Monaco. The cost was also written off as "ex- penses," When the bill for all these items was presented to the Bir- mingham Small Arms group ,re- cently, the directors refused to pay it. Sir Bernard's argument was that his wife's furs, clothes and SIR BERNARD AND LADY pick up marbles, but DOCKER: The stockholders wouldn't Norah has just begun to fight. flashy motorccars are all de- ductible from company profits, and hence nontaxable, as they Were all used to boost the sales of Daimler motorcars, Said Lady Docker: "You can't sell Daimlers by riding around on a motor -scooter." Some Britons are of the opin- ion that the Dockers should be subsidized by the government for the note of verve and lavish living which they have intro- duced into otherwise drab Bri- tish life, Lady Docker, who started life as a $7.50 a week salesgirl. is to the British public what Rita Hayworth, Bobo Rockefeller and Gloria Vanderbilt Stokow- ski, if rolled into one, would be to Americans. Headline writers thrive on her, gossip columnists find her manna in a parched desert. Even British Communists have cause to be grateful to Norah Docker. Everytime she boasts she spends $60,000 a year on clothes they sign up new re- cruits. But nobody expects the sack- ing of Sir Bernard to end the saga of the Dockers. We've only just begun to fight," said Lady Docker as they soared off to Naples. She knows how to fight, too. She was once bounced from the casino at Monte Caro for blacking the eye of a croupier. INGE G cz Boli. e P, C1-&D1.e It looks as if the farm family's Saturday night outing will soon be a thing of the past all over Ontario. Merchants in one small town after another are having their council pass a by-law to enforce early closing on Satur- day night, Orangeville is now joining the parade of early clos- ers. And since it now seems the trend of the times the sooner it becomes uniform the better., Local shoppers will then have iso excuse to leave their own district to shop elsewhere but will have to adjust to the change I the best way they can. The 1 Saturday night outing belongs to a past generation—just like standard time. We might regret its passing but we have to ac- cept it. I wish prices in all loc- alities would also be uniform. With food prices already so high it is irritating to find quite a discrepancy in the mark up from one place to another. For instance, when I was visiting in Dufferin county I found the brand of tea that I use five cents' cheaper per half pound in Or- angeville and Shelburne than it is in our district. Now why should that be? I was under the impression that freight charges sometimes matte a difference to the selling price of staples. If that were so I would have thought the more central towns { would have the lower prices. instead et the other way round, Well, the weather is still mak- ing the news. I just can't re - =limey any other year when when we hsd so much rain in haying time, Generally we look. forward to dry weather in .lune and July, but we didn't get it this year. The gardens are cer- tainly growing with all the rain. In fact our green beans are so busy growing they are forget- ting to bloom, But I suppose they will eventually. Yesterday was quite a day around here, Thinking we were not likely to have any visitors Partner and I planned a long- delayed call on some friends in Hespeler. We phoned first only to learn their daughter was ser- iously ill in Stratford hospital. But around four o'clock—much to our surprise—along "came Dee, Art, the two boys and Art's sister. That ended the quietness —Dave saw to that. We were so glad to see baby Edward again. Every week makes a difference. Now he is smiling and cooing and watching everything that goes on. After supper there were more callers — decentdants of the pioneer family who first settled on this farm. They come in per- iodically and we are always glad to welcome them. We hear so many anecdotes of what hap- pened when "mother and dad were living". They look over the rooms and the garden and the reminiscences begin. "Remem- ber the old stove that was sit- ting here . , and that's the cupboard where mother kept her china ... and this is the room where we were all born and there's the old mac bush and the poplar tree—re- member what a time we used to have on the swing? Oh, but what happened to the stone steps at the front door -they're not there any more?" What indeed? There were no stone steps when wa arrived on the scene but we did find a solid stone slab, about five by three feet, bridging the ditch at the back of the house. It could be part of the steps. What hap- pened to the rest of the stones we don't know, as another family lived here for two years be- tween the original owners and ourselves. Queer, how some people like to tear down what others have built up. While we were talking we happened an quite awhile as he has resigned home -coming visitors lives in Oshawa, just one street over from where my sister lives. It's a small world, isn't it? Or is it? ,That we wondered last Satur- day as our niece Babs, her hus- band and two children were here from Chalk River. It may be the last we see of them for quite awhile as he ha sresigned his job at the Atomic Plant and will presently be. taking a pos- ition as chemist at one of the uranium mines at Blind River. When we think of them going to such an out-of-the-way part of Ontario it doesn't seem quite such a small world, it feels as if they will be ever so far away. Actually they won't be but I suppose we judge a place by its accessibility, not distance. Blutd River may be accessible enough in some respects, but not to the average person who isn't too keen on long, rough rides. May- be when the Trans-Canaia high. way is completed it will be better. However, Babs and her family are young and adven- turous and seem to be quite happy about the new move, al- though she and the children have to wait until a house is built for them, Babs was born in the cold north country so I suppose she is quite acclimatized anyway, We were given a cor- dial invitation to visit then when they are settled—and that, I think, would be an in- teresting experience. Party Sundress Two pretty ways she can wear this stylet A cool, cute sun- dress — a party dress with the addition of the separate little collar! So versatile — sew -very - easy for youl Pattern 801: Children's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 included. Pattern, em- broidery transfer, directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER,. 123 Eighteenth St„ New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. 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How can I keep flies from bothering gilt frames? A. If four or five onions are boiled in one pint of water and applied to the frames, or other articles, with a swab or soft brush, flies will not bother them. * * * Q. How san I tighten the sew- ing machine belt? A. It is often unnecessary to re- move a sewing machine belt in order to tighten it. A few drops of machine oil on the wheel will usually bring desired re- sults, Q How can I make olive oil paltable? A. If olive oil is to be taken internally add a pinch of`salt to the wineglass of Oil and it will prove much marc palatable. Q. Row can I prevent curtain* from blowing out of the win- dow and becoming soiled? A. Buy lead dress -weights - Cover with cloth the color of the curtains and slip into that bottom hem of the curtains. Us* about five weights in each hem and the curtains will hang In place. - * * * Q. Dow can I remove rust from a knife? A. Place the blade into an on- ion and leave it there for an hour or so. Then polish in the usual way. * A * Q. How can 1 clean black felt? A. By using a teaspoonful of ammonia mixed with a half cup of cold tea. * * * Q. Row can I eliminate the an- noyance of squeaking shoes? A. Take a darning needle anal insert it several places between the layers of leather in the solei of the shoes. 'Then, with a smalll oil can, drop a little oil intt these holes. There's one good thing abou ignorance—it causes a lot o' interesting arguments.