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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-04-16, Page 6"SALABK MAME RIME A NE 1 SI vovit"a nL t ,i✓Y4eG'ot "Dear Anne Hirst; My husband and I need help, guidance and a recipe for tact. We married two wars ago, after working our way through night school and saving enough for a new home and a car for eash. I worked for an- other two years, to save my salary against a rainy day, Now I'm pregnant. Both families await our child happily; my in-laws are the best in the world, "My husband's sister, 19, I've always loved. She is a real doll, with a bouncing personality. She fell in love two years ago with a boy who quit grammar school, and has had several small jobs ;ince. They had to get married; we worship their little girl, My husband got his brother-in-law Into his own firm, but he lasted two months, At present he makes $40 a week, pays my mother-in- law $8 for their board, The rest he spends on himself—and you Mould see his wardrobe; "Now my sister-in-law is preg- 'tant again, and they insist on ioming to live with us! "She has yet to prepare a meal, wash a dish, clean or iron. All she does is read love stories. Her husband would live with us free of charge, saying he can save for a place of his own that way. We have only a two-bed- room house, and that spare room was for our maser;•. Every time my husband talks to his sister the has hysterics, and the doctor has warned us she must control herself. "Anne Hirst, we are not selfish. We give her mother money every week to relieve the burden of these young people and their baby living there. (They know nothing of this), My mother-in- law and husband are not the type to contradict or reprimand. My own mother knows of this, but does not want to become in- volved, "Please help me! Tell me what to say, or what we can do with- out causing nny sister-in-law a breakdown?? Honestly, all the love we had for her is leaving us. How can anyone be so callous? Anything you suggest will be more than welcome. Bless von for it. P. M." It's the Fashion! JIFFY BOLERO! Handiest lit- tle fashior, ever! Wear it now and all sprint; with simply every- thing. Crazy -shell stitch is such quick crochet -- such fun to do! Use white or pastel wool or cotton. Pattern 577; c;oehet directions Sizes 32-34; 35-38 included, Send 'TWENTY-FIVE CENTS In coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Bort ], 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, Print plainly.PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and All. BRESS. EXCI:CINC VALUE! Tet, yee TEN popular, new designs to cro- chet, sew, embroider, knit—print- ad in the new 1053 Laura Wheel- er Needlecraft Book. Plus many more patterns to send- for --ideas for gifts, bazaar money-makers, fashions! Send 25 rents for your eopyl 1 have seldom heard of such s efl'rontry! • Two irresponsible children' see in you the chance " again, to let somebody else " pay their way and assume re- " sponsibilities which are their " own. I hope your husband will °' refuse, .I1 he weakens, I fear " you would have a hard time " ever getting rid of them. Mean- s while, your housework would " be doubled, you'd be caring for " the sister, her present baby and s the coming ane, And you your- " self are pregnant, °' Better forget tact. This is " the time for a short NO. The boy is a lazy adolescent " who never accepted the first " duty of a husband—to provide " for his wife and family, You '' say that in four years with your °' husband's firm he could have " made the sante salary, Did he °' try? No. he said that was too " long; he wanted easy money fast. So he has hit upon this impertinent scheme to share " your home at no cost to him- " self. His plea that he can save C money is fantastic; he has not s saved any yet. To allow therm to stove ]u * would be no kindness. The boy s would, I'm afraid, be encouaag- " ed in his selfish indulgences, and might relax completely. Then what becomes of your fu- " tune? You have worked hard, " for years, for a home and se- • curity: you would be risking ''` that security, I do believe, if " you make things easy for thorn now. As for the girl's condi- tion, if she will not accept the °' facts and weigh thein reason- o ably, she invites a breakdown °' herself, You will not have " caused it. " If you two can increase your " allowance to your husband's • parents, you might offer to do that. But this cadging young " husband should be told about °' your former contributions, and " warned that now he is on his s own. If he is every to become • a responsible man, this is his .big chance — perhaps his last one. It his frivolous wife will • grow up, earn her way in her mother's home by taking over household chores, and behave like a real mother, this is the time she must start. Her par- ents are doing what they can, .. Now it is up to the young pew ple themselves. Each of us has his own way to make. 11 pity or sentimentality tempt you to help others too mach, remember it is no kind- ness to them, Tell Anne Hirst your troubles, and she will try to guide you through. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Word's Worst! The more a perces uses his handwriting. the more difficult it becomes to read. That is. why the papers of many famous s:ersons in history still defy our efforts to translate then, Many words and phrase writ- ten by Shakespeare have never been definitely deciphered Several manuscripts wrt•len by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an A.meri- can novelist who died r,c.,rly a hundred years ago, came to light after his death. But the have never been published, and never will be. Nobody has yet been able to react his int ,.ssible scrawl. James Jc,vice, who wrote Ulys- ses," was a candidate for the. world's wr.•rst handwriter. Dur' ing the First World War the manu<:cript of that novel was found in the post by a London censor, The mysterious seribblo at once aroused suspieion ft was sent to Britain best code experts, who studied the nn anusciipt for days' with- nei making anything of ,t They released it eventually, satisfied that it was not a .secret code, yet unconvinced that it was a novel, -The handwriting of [Napoleon Bonaparte was incredibly bad. It is said that a number of bis let- ters were mistaken for maps of the battlefield. DIDN'T LAST A druggist met an old cuss tomer on the street and asked, "Well, Tom, did that mudpack I suggested improve your wile's appearance?" "21 did for a eouple of days," replied Tom mourn- fully, "hut then it wore oft"" By Gum' It's Artistic While using chewing gum io patch chipped woodwork, Mrs. Faye Garrioil noticed' the permanency of dried gum. Putting it to more artistic use, Mrs, Gorr•iott began using gum on bas-relief paint- ings, as seen in pictures below, Mrs. Garriott pulls well -chewed After molding gum on plywood board, she paints over it. Result: gum to prepared drawing. beautiful bas-relief paintings, and plenty of jaw exercise. HRONICLLS 1N(ERFAIRM Garendc'Irns L7 Ctetrlt¢ My column this week, will, 1 hope, be of special interest to W.I. members everywhere. You see I am all enthused about the big event that is coming up this summer when rural Canada en- tertains the A.C.W.W, And the more enthused I get the more amazed I am when some one comes up with the question — "And who, or what, is the A.C.W.W.?" So now, just in case there are a few women reading this Column who still don't know, and would like an answer to that same question, I will give it to you right here and now The A,C.W.W., given its full title, is "The Associated Country Women of the World." Its purpose is to promote peace, good fellow- ship and a better understanding between rural women of all na- tions, and includes all rural or- ganizations of the world. The As- sociation was organized in 1933 at Stockholm, Sweden. Its first president was Mrs, Alfred Watt, a name familiar to all W.1. mem- bers. Its present president is Mrs Raymond Sayre, a friendly little woman as easy to talk t0 as your next door neighbour. So that nnenibers of the Asso- ciation may , become better ac- quainted with peoples from other countries and their way of living conferences are held in a differ- ent country each time. In 1936 the A.C.W.W. met in Washing- ton, and, while visiting points of interest, about 79 or 80 members crossed the Peace Bridge into Canada and were given an offi- cial welcome by the Hon T. B. McQuesten, In 1939 the• Triennial Confer- ence was in London, England. Delegates from 32 rural organ- izations were present, many of them in native costume. During the sal' world conferences were naturally impossible although the organization was still active, In 1947 the A.C.W.W. met again, this time m Holland. There were 21 delegates from Canada, including Mrs. Hugh Summers and Miss Anna P. Lewis. All told there were representatives from 22 na- tions. Now it is Canada's turn to do the entertaining. From August 12- 23 tate Federated Women's Insti- tutes et Canada (F.W.I.0 t and their sister organization, Les Ccreles de Farmicres, of Quebec, will be the official hostess groups at the Royal York Hotel in To- ronto. Delegates from at least 25 countries are expected - even from Pakistan, Egypt and Le- banon, and possibly from Japan and Jamaica. So you see big things are shap- ing up for the Wd, in Canada.. *Naturally preparations ere al- ready underway, and have been for some time. One of the big NEEDLE THREADER !MI PLANT t(1. Matti. Ptaea't, i. s •tve i GII"i. 4t141tt trnslAsi NiSIOS ()NU nttnr•;a )OIT ag!:' One Data Post Paid ATOMIC PRODUCTS, Station 9, Hamilton, Ont. ISSUE x8 —. 1953 events will be the Canada, Day program to be held at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto It is hoped the Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Hon. Louis St, Laurent, will officially open the ceremonies. This will be on Fri- day, August 21. There will be a musical cavalcade of the story of Canada — "Dominion of Des- tiny"—presented by the i W.I.C. This cavalcade will have contin- uous action, full orchestra, chorus of mixed voices, soloists, a large east of actors, units of the armed forces, members of "the Mount- ies" together with various ani- mals, vehicles and other special features. Production managers, 0. W. Fenger and Larry Mc - Canoe, music directed by Samuel Hersenhoren, Singing star will be Ernest Adams. On Saturday, Au- gust 22, the performance will be repeated and will be open to the public, So there you have it, Ladies, something to look forward to that is truly Canadian, from which you may learn many things about the early history of Can- ada, If you saw the marvellous pageant that was put on in Guelph in June, 1947 "Let There Be Light" then you will not want to miss this pageant either—"Dominion of Destiny." Now about plans for you to attend, To every W.I. branch in. Canada tickets for Canada Day celebrations will be sent. The number of tickets will depend upon the size of the branch. To whom the tickets will be given each branch will decide for it- self. Think this over carefully, W.I. friends — keep August 21 free if you can, and then, if you are one of the lucky ones chosen to represent your branth, be ready to accept the invitation. The opportunity may not come your way again. Don't think of attending the A.C.W,W. Confer- ence as one more duty—it is more than that—it is a privilege. Last week 2 was at a press conference with the F.W.I,C. Planning Board, and a more capable and friendly group of women it would be hard to find. They are hard at work, trying to make this A.C.W.W. Conference second to none, It is our job, as W.I. members, to get behind them and help make this big event a success—for the W.X. in particular for the honour of Canada as a whole, How about it, folks? Plan For Making Better Drivers During World War II many air pilots received effective prelimin- ary insruction in what was called the Link trainer—a device in which the novice moved the con- trol stick and took the ensuing barrel rolls, tailspins, or three- point landings as shnulated by the machine, which all the time was bolted to the floor. Public schools in New York City have been trying out some rather similar devices for teach- ing high-school pupils how to drive an automobile with safety, The student drivers operate the controls to meet various traffic situations simulated by motion picture film—and are "graded" by a monitor recording, which tells whether they, made the cor- rect turns or stops and whether they stepped on the gas too much or too little. Out of such experience can come better coordination for meeting the hazards of the road and better understanding of how to reduce them, It is often deplor- ed that young drivers are respon- sible for more than their propor- tionate share of highway acci- dents, Many high schools have de- veloped helpful driver training courses for students. A real im- provement in safety habits for new drivers might well justify an investment in added training devices. GET IN UNE Grover Whalen has revived the story of the fastidious diner who objected to the way his steak had been prepared and had it sent back to the kitchen, The waiter brought it back with a message that the chef considered the steak perfectly okay in every particular: "He does, does he?" bellowed the outraged diner. "You just march that steak back to the chef and tell him to ram it down his throat," Back carne the waiter with the same old steak. "I'm very sorry, sir," he reported, "but there are two steaks and four lamb chops ahead of you." SPRING Even by the gauge of the :Ala winter is over. Days lengthen, daylight now minutely longer than darkness, The sun •s over- head, speaking directly to the • grass black, the budded leaf, the sheathed flower, Spring, by all the formal and mathematical cal-. , culations, is here. Walk an upland pasture and you know it, Small new leavers of clover begin to haze thesere grass with a subtle green, and the grass Itself is fresh and evert lush beside the brooks where flowing water has washed away the .frost and warmed the air by some small fraction of a degree. enough to prompt new growth. Gray birches have small catkins out of bud, waiting ony a few warns days to swell themselves and turn gold with pollen. The furry buds on pussy willows and others' of their kind are fat and silvery, almost ready to reveal their catskins, too. In favored places the bulb flow- ers have already come to bloom, or threaten to any day. Crocus chalices can be seen, and even in more northern parts of this area the daffodils are opening flower. Forsythia is about to bloom; in some places it already has spread its gold along the graceful stems, So there is a welcome to the new season, something fat it to work with, which is neither cus- tomary nor always expected. No equinox ever made a spring, however, of itself The equinoxes are matters of the stars and the sun, not of root and burl. One might almost call the vernal equinox a permis- sive signal, not an order, If the highs and lows, the cold fronts and the chill winds, follow a benevolent pattern, we may have an early and enduring spring. The sun is in the right place for it now, and the root, the bough, the bulb and the bud are almost ready to burgeon, 114 A And the RELIEF IS LASTING For fast, prolonged relief frons headache get INsTANTINE. 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