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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-12-06, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst:My problem is breaking my heart and mak- ing me i11 with loneliness. My only daughter went with a boy two years and then ELOPED— after I had scrimped and saved for a beautiful and honorable wedding. I feel I ant a terrible failure! ... I have never worked or helonged to clubs; I've lived just for my children, and the only repayment I've asked is love and consideration. "I bought my daughter every- thing she wanted. She had nice jewelry and clothes. At 16 I made her go to driving school and get the license for her own car. I'd give my life to make her happy. "I've gotten over the elope- ment. What really hurts is that she wouldn't live with ore nor near me — but she is living in the same house with her buss band's sister. She prefers his family to her own! Before all this (six months ago), she and I were close and she always was affectionhte Now she ignores me, doesn't even telephone or care if she ewer secs me. "I am 'cracking my brain to find where I've failed. The only thing -I can see is that her hus- band and his sister are keeping her away from me. But isn't that really up to her? She's only 20, though, and doesn't really know any better. "What can I do to have her love again? Should I visit her, or st:.y away? SAI? MOTHER" T1ets Love Him (retdoeaa en.4 ifil.e,e MA The Cuddle Clown has come to town to make your Toddler hap- pyi Takes lots of rough- treat- ment and always comes up smil- ing! Pattern 6h4 has directions for 12 -inch doll; clothes pattern in- cluded. Use a man's sock; gay scraps far Clown suit. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal net for- safety) torr this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. Print mainly 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 . Plus d;zer.s of other new designs to order - crochet, knitting, tar,- %rc:icirrr, iron -ons, noveit',,.. end 25 ± ents for your copy of this beol: NOW ._ r:ith gift pat- tterr:x printed m it. anulaeXot e Many a girl balks at a for- e mal wedding these days, she ° had rather use the money prae- ,' fleetly. Try to realize that a o girlin love wants just one o thing to belong to her man se soon as possible. I am sure ° your daughter listened patient- • ly time after time to your e elaborate plans, but all the e while she was growing more ° restless. Suddenly she thought, o "Why wait? We'll be just as e much married if we run off, e and we can start our honey - O moon tomorrowne She did not o know how much this wedding e meant to you; she thought only ° of herself, and persuaded her fiance that an elopement would e be fun. So they Left. e When they returned it was e natural for you to show your ' distress. When .she saw how • she had hurt you, .she escaped e from your complaints and went • to her husband's family. There e she is living — and thinks you • are still angry. I do not be- e lieve she .has stopped loving o you, but she is relieved to be o away from your laments. She o is self-centered in her new ° happiness, and believes that o should satisfy you, too. a You say all you wanted was { her happiness. Well, she has it ° now. Can't you understand o that and leave her alone?. One ° day she will pop in to see you o and before you know it, you ° two will --he close again. ° Spoiling a child is no guar- o antee she will love you for it, Your daughter has taken your • attention as her due; until she ' matures, she will not feel ' properly grateful. o Don't blame her husband's o family. -She is free; when she -wants to see you, they will not e object. In your place I should ° drop in on her some day — and o be careful to act as a dear o friend, not as a hurt mother. ° Forget all you have done for o her and only show how glad o you are to see her. If she re- o sents your coming, accept this. o She will come around when o she sees you are no longer hurt' ° or resentful. ISP TO HIM "Dear Anne Hirst; I ant 17, and last spring I met a fine boy through friends in another city. I visited there, and we were to- gether most of the time. We have bean writing each other frequentl;• since. "He moved to a distant city two months ago, and said that when he could arrange to come tk .see me he would Iet me knew. Meantime, we agreed not to write regularly. - "I cannot forget him, and am so lonesome! Can't I write and tell him so? MARGY" o I hope you will not. You o two agreed that letters were * not very satisfactory until you o could see Exch other again. e The arrangement satisfied hien, a' or he would have broken his ° silence. o Be smart. If you take the * initiative, he may think you ° are forward. He knows where o to reach you, and the next o move is his. o Have fun with your friends * at home. And the time will " pass more quickly, Associating with them will make you more * interesting to any boy, so make * the must of the chance. e• ° a If you and your daughter do not get along well, tell Anne Hirst about it. She has been suc- cessful in explaining one gener- ation to another, and can be helpful. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. HAT TRiCK — Although it's obvious that shapely Natasha Green doesn't have to do much to get attention, she makes sure she won't go unobserved by balancing precariously on the brim of to broad straw hat in Miami Beach. High, Wide and Handsome: Study k Dimension Permanent and temporary are the cases in point. Hitting the vertical extreme is Gilbert Reichert, left, all of eight feet, four inches tall. Gilbert, weighing 327 pounds and wearing size 20 boots, gives even Texas something to think about. A perverse African breeze gave Princess Margaret, right, an unexpected wide-angle look, while she was on tour in East Africa recently. Fortunately, inflated royalty was gone with the wind, ew0 d©Lir e . P. Ciazke Remember — two or three months ago I wrote of having moved all my books, papers, typrewriting materials upstairs to a room that was to be ex- clusively my own? It seemed like it was worthwhile. Now I know. It is the one room in the house that is not invaded by pattering feet, chattering tongues and inquisitive fingers. Without it this column would never get written. But of course ne room in this house is srnmd-proof. Oce°sionally I hear a crash and thta a cry long or short ac- cording to the severity of the bump that preceded it. And when the television is on noises that reach my retreat are many and various — dogs barking, children singing, guns cracking and a mixture of so-called music. Last Wednesday. another niece arrived with their two small children. They stayed until Sat- urdev. The ages of the .four children then ranged from three and a half, two and a half and eiebteen and seventeen months old — with two cots and one high chair between them. Yes, 1 know many families have that number or more in the house all the time but usually the chil- dren are in their own home, amid familiar surroundings and with furniture and toys to suit their needs. Here it is different -- and that is where the fun begins. We are not used to put- ting things out of reach, se yon can imagine what happens. One time Nancy was found on top of the kitchen table with Partner's glasses clutched tightly in her hand. Another time one of the four was sitting quietly on the floor giving my handbag 'and wallet a thorough investigation. But the pay-off came when the two youngest were found having a grand game in the bathroom. I'll snare you the details! Result another door eauinped with a blank on the outeirie. At noon and at Conner time Partner cnmes in and describes the various outside exnioits of the children which leads us to sive full credit to the old saving "the Lord takes care of t•hitdren and fools". There are times when none but the Lord could protect them against themselves. And yet. although we nficn get tired and welcome bedtime for the youngesters we are reline enjoy- ing the experience. Of course we are not getting much work done and I have done since given up any attempt at keeping the house tidy, but so far we have all managed to survive -- and that, I guess, is the main thing. Occcasionally Partner and I get away from it all. But not always — sometimes we get away and. take it all with us. Last Sunday, for instance, Edward's christen- ing party which included a big family gathering. Edward was on his best behaviour; sat up in his high chair surveying the scene and obviously wondering what all the fuss was about and even getting a taste of his christening cake. Coming home that night we passed a four or five car pile-up on the Queen E., traffic held up for about a mile. Next morning never a word about it in the morning paper which makes us wonder how many accidents there are that we never hear about. As Partner says, accidents are now so numerous they don't even make the news unless someone is killed. Whish is just as well -- the Monday `morning newscastis depressing enough as it is. One other day last week a friend and I visited briefly at a farm in •another county. This farm was decidedly out of the ordinary. The only crop grown was a forage crop the only animals raised were thorough- bred horses. There were about forty of them; beautiful creatures 'with a marvellous carriage and sleek, shiny coats. Afternoon tea was quite an interesting event. We had it in the kitchen and shared it with a German Shep- herd dog, a huge St. Bernard, a year-old baby and a pet rac- coon! The raccoon has the rim of the house and came up from the basement as soon as he heard the rattle of dishes. During tea he got tinder the table and chewed at my shoes. Our hostess assured me - he was perfectly harmless as his claws had been cut end his teeth filed — after the had twice bitten the man of the house who was subsequently riven mei-tetanus shots. Nice little peed Elis mistress said he was completely housebroken ex- cept that he had no respect for property. Recently she had to answer the telephone during breakfast and same back to find Kelly had oaten her bacon and eggs. "But he doesn't like to be scolded," she said, "so I just ignored him and cooked myself a second breakfast!" Our wonderful weather con- tinues, but no rain. That reminds me -- remember a few weeks ago we thought something had been struck around here during a severe thunderstorm, but could find no sign of damage. Last Sunday we discovered the trouble. After our trip to Toronto Partner was naturally late with the chores at the barn — and never a light could he get out- side at a11. Evidently during the storm some wires and been struck. The result was two blown fuses and a bulb burnt out to the pole light. We thought our- selves lucky it was nothing worse. PRINTED PATTERN INFANT DOLL �a1 WARDROBE 4711 Our new Printed Pattern—for "little mother"! Delight daugh- ter at Christmas with this 10 - garment wardrobe for her own baby doll. Dress, bonnet. coat, "bunny" suit, sacque, hooded towel, kimono, sun -suit, slip. diaper. All sew -easy! Printed Pattern 4711: For dolls 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 inches tali. See pattern for yardages. 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 for safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 128 Eighteenth $t,, New Toron- to, Ont. Shot Hi self To Olive Toothach .. An eighteen -year-old steeple- jack fell from - the top of a 75 foot chimney. He landed in a tank full of water 45 feet below. Iie was unconscious and would have drowned, but a huge stone which was displaced when he slipped had fallen with him into the tank and smashed a hole in the bottom, draining - the water out, But the stone also smashed a six-inch gas main and gas swirled into the tank. Firemen reached him just in time to save him from being gassed. He escaped in the end with only a few bruises. Yes, there is ample evidence that truth is stranger than fic- tion,' Even an everyday matter like the adjustment of a clock can cause tragedy, A workman was instructed to climb up into one of the towers of the Law Courts in London's Strand and adjust the chiming mechanism of the huge clock. As he worked bis jacket caught in ons of the re- volving wheels and he was drag- ged into the mechanism. His cries for help were drown- ed by the mar of the traffic. The clock ticked remorselessly on, keeping perfect time. while the huge cogs slowly crushed him to death. You'd think that there are very few hazards attached to a game of chess, but there is always the exception to the rule. During an international chess congress at Hastings, a player clenched his teeth with such concentration that he cracked his dental plate. He had to withdraw from the tournament while he went to a dentist for repairs. Most motorists have. at some time or other, had narrow escapes while jacking up their ears, when the jack chooses to slip or collapse at the most awk- ward moment. And a moment's carelessness can result in a per- manent injury or Loss of fife, as Samuel Chriest, of San Fran- cisco, discovered. He borrowed a jack from the owner of a ser- vice. station. But the jack slipped and the car fell on Mr. Chriest, breaking his neck. On out of hospital. Mr. Chriest sued the service station owner for $100,000. Al'4hoUgh the owner's lawyers proved there was nothing wrong with the jack, the judge ruled that the lender of an article is liable for injuries to the borrower when the lender knows that the instrument is go- ing to be put to dangerous use. Sometimes injuries are sr•if- intlieted, as was the case when a New Jersey man thought to take hie mind off a toothndtr whites was plaguing him by shooting himself in the stomach. 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