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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-12-17, Page 2A NE RIR s9 OV * "Dear Anne Hirst; For over 10 years I've been married to a Man 11 years older, anµ we have four sweet children. My nerves are so bad I don't know what -to do! I am desperately lonely. My husband goes out all the time, and on most weekends we -don't see him from Friday to Sunday night. He has no love for us, 1 might as well be married to a stone. "I wash clothes on a board, and carry water from the creek, We h..ve very little money for the store bill, because he buys high- priced guns and spends the rest , on his car. As for clothes, he buys me a dress about every two years. SEE, NO FRIENDS "Last Sunday before he went out I asked •hila to take us for a ride. He said he and his friends were going out - so we stayed home. If I could drive the car, the children and I could get out once in a -while; but he says the car is his, and he refuses to let me learn to run it. Weeks go by at a time and I don't have any - ane to talk to! "I married very young, and not ;wee in these 11 years has he•taken me out anywhere, Dont you think I have the right to • learn to drive? Please print this. Maybe he will read it, and 'understand how lonesome and heartsick his wife and children are , All I get to live for is another day's work! BLONDIE" Your husband has you under his thumb as surely as though " he locked you in the prover- * bial tower. He takes advantage of your dependence in a cow- * artily fashion. * You are deprived of the hu- * man companionship w h i c h * every woman requires for her * spirits' sake; you are forced * to live under primitive condi- " tions that no housekeeper * would accept; he does not pro- * vide proper food and clothing * for any of you. -And he * polishes off his super -selfishness * by depriving you of the car, * the only means you have to es - Bowl Role - Barbara McCririck, 18, will reign as queen of the Orange Bowl football classic come New Year's Day. * cape from your deadly routine * for an occasional hour or two. • It is no wonder that you * feel you are treated worse than * he would treat his dog. * A man owes more than food * and shelter to his family. He * owes theta his companionship, * his kindness,, his warm inter: * est in all they are and do. * Your husband is a supreme failure in all of these, and it * he could sense what other • women and decent men think a" of him he might be moved to * play fair, (I dfiubt that reed- * ing this opinion will move him, * but try it anyhow). * I, with readers of this col- * umn, will wonder how you * have stood these cruelties for * 11 years. If you had anywhere '" to go, you could leave him; * obviously you have not -which * makes his neglect all the more * shameful, When it is possible * for you to get there, I urge * you to tell your story to the * Domestic Relations Court; they * may be able to impress upon * him the immediate necessity * gf taking better care of his *.family - or else. My heart goes out to you. A, * How much can a wife stand? If you think you have trouble, read this column every day and learn what misery some wives face. You will count your bless- ings! ... In any time of trouble, write to Ann,. Hirst; you will have her understanding and her sympathy, and often a real so - Intim to your problem. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Christmas Gifts hi Leather Leather, leather - and more leather is showing up in the stores this Christmas shopping season in a dazzling variety of gifts. Good -Looking leather gifts ranging from the new casual shoes for father and mother to saucy collars and cuffs for sis- ter, or a new football for Jun- ior, are going to be found un- der an awful lot of trees this year. You can use leather gifts to satisfy the two chief categories on your list: Those who want something glamorous and gay, and those who want something practical, Leather is both. Leather also has the advan- tage of being suitable for both men and women. Watch a man rub his hand over a new piece of leather luggage, or a new pair of leather shoes. You can sense the feeling of pride he takes in genuine leather articles. Or ob- serve a woman who has just come hone with a pair of shoes and matching bag in smooth, glowing leather. She gets a true feeling of luxury out of what are really basic necessities. For the ladies, of course; you can never go wrong by select- ing a leather handbag, which lends a note of elegance to any costume, or a leather belt -- and belts are HOT this year; or leather gloves; or maybe e Leath- er wallet - perhaps with tray bold designs embossed on it; or an exciting leather coat in smooth or suede leathers. Anti, just a tip, leather coats are burning up the country this year, from coast to coast. Thomas Nast, famous Ameri- can cartoonist, was responsible for the two symbols of the major political parties -the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. Rests At Rink -- Young Michael Chaplin, son of the internationally famous comedian, Charlie Chaplin, rests during a skating session at the Montchoise rink in Lausanne, Switzerland, home of the Chaplin family. Hi ch -Hike Bike - The two daughters of Nicola! Jensen, a Copen- hagen, Denmark, bicycle messenger, are assured safe passage to and from school as they hitch a ride in their father's basket - toting vehicle. kit; ;Eek `N/ INGER 14 Genttd.otir e D Claela,:t Time moves on, and once again it is my privilege to wish every- one who reads this column a very Happy Christmas. That I do with all my heart because, as you know, happiness is meant to be shared, especially at Christ- mas time -and we certainly hope and expect this will be a happy Christmas in our family circle. With a newly acquired daughter- in-law and a brand new grand- son how could it be otherwise? And then of course there is that spirit of giving. Few of us can be really happy unless we are conscious of having contributed in some small way to the hap- piness of others. That, surely, is why we exchange greeting cards and gifts at Christmastide. If we lose the desire to give happiness, if we give presents only because it is "the thing to do" then there is a shallowness to our giving that makes itself felt,. It even finds expression in the gifts we offer; in the ill -chosen but some- times expensive gift that gives little pleasure to the recipient. So different from the handmade, or carefully selected gift, chosen because we are perfectly sure it is the very thing to bring pleasure or comfort. Even a box of chocolates should be chosen with care. Grandpa may have a sweet tooth so a generous assort- ment of chocolates with sott filled centres delight him. But oh, the disappointment when half the chocolates are nut -filled or with hard -caddy centres! Grand- pa feels cheated, annoyed that John or Mary had so little thought for him that they forgot about his poor old store -teeth, Wills have been changed for just such little acts of thought- . lessness. Very often it isn't the big things but the ittle things -done oz said -that 'hake or mar the Christmas season. Chit dr e :.. over -stimulated with exeilelnent, a r e otter, hard to handle. Mothers become "nervy" won- dering ondering how they can pea ibly get everything date that has to he done before the big day arrives. I£ only mothers would learn to relax ... take time out for a lit- tle quiet session with their chil- dren, talking over the real mean- ing of Christmas; or of Christ- -maoes long past when they were very young - children love m hear such stories over and over again. Or perhaps a carol sing- song, giving the origin of the old Christmas carols. The children would unconsciously welcome the quiet session; tension would be relaxed all round, Mother would find herself strangely rest- ed, ready again to tackle the end- less jobs that still confront her. Everyone loves Christmas car- ols but not everyone knows their origin, so here is the story be- hind the better known •carols. "It Caine Upon the Midnight Clear." This was written by a descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers - Rlwood Sears. As CHE Maybe yrayamino] Backache is often caused by lazy kidney action. When kidneys get out of order, excess acids and wastes remain in the system. Then backache, disturbed rest or that tired -out and heavy -hooded feeling may soon follow That's lite time to take Dodd's Kidney ills, Dodd's stimulate the kidneys to normal action. Then you feel better -sleep better -.work bettor, Get Dodd's Kidney Pills now. 91 85531E 51 -- 1953 Elwood worked in the fields near Sandisfleld, Masse he composed the well-known verses. Ile had no paper 01' pencil with him and, fearing he might forget the words, he picked up a piece of chalk from the field and wrote the words on his hat, "Hark the Herald An g e l s Sing," Charles Wesley was on his way to church one bleak, Christmas morning, Chi 1 dr en were laughing among themselves; church bells were ringing and Charles was so impressed he ex- claimed with delight - "Hark! All the welkin rings, Glory to the King of Kings." This was later changed to the words as we know them and was written after the Wesley brat) e r s landed in Georgia. "Christians Awake" was writ• ten by John Byrom, a minor poet, of Manchester, England. His little daughter, Dolly, asked him to write something really special for Christmas. So Chris- tians Awake was dedicated to the little girl. "Glory to God on high." This is said to be the first Christmas Carol, and to have been sung over the fields of Bethlehem, We next hear of it 1200 years later when St. Francis of Assissi, and the brethren of his Order, made the first Christmas Creche and knelt before it singing hymns to honour the Saviour's birth. "Jesous Ahatonhia" (Jesus r< Born) This was probably the first Christian Carol ever sung in Canada. It was written in the Huron language by Father Jean de Breboeuf in 1642 for the In- dian Missions. It is quaint, charming and very beautiful In the simplicity of its wording. Carol singing has always been popular except during the Re- formation. During that time churches were despoiled, organs removed or smashed and carol singing forbidden. An attempt was never even made to sup - WEAKER SEX ? ? Imagine a slim, pretty young woman so strong that she could stand supporting an anvil, bear- ing two men while, they broke up a six -hundredweight stone. The same girl, who appeared at Leipzig's New Year's F more than 200 years ago. could twist large iron nails into screws, raise enormous loads with her teeth (including a table with a child on it) and lift a pony into the air with the aid of her crnaZ- ingly strong hair. In our own time, Jose Terena has torn scores of 'phone books in two. She can bend a solid iron bar on her slim neck, Yet she is only 5 it, 7 in. tall and so correctly proportioned that she won figure contests a few years ago. Mrs. Mars Bennett, an Ameri- can woman, carr lie on her back supporting a t a b 1 e containing 160 p o u n d s of man and 200 pounds of dead weight pressing down on her shapely legs and feet. There was one called Amelia w,ho could break iron chains like glass and lie prone on the ground under an enormous tub loaded with lead, Another had her ton- gue stamped with hot wax and a seal like an ordinary letter. When she wasn't doing this she would walk barefoot over a sheet of red-hot iron. 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"TICIIMB,ED LIFT" ON 'WHITE DROP Making a practice parachute descent in Japan recently, Cap- tain G, Page heard the crack of his 'chute as it billowed open, and then felt "a bump overhead," Looking up, he spotted a couple of legs dangling over • the side of the open dome above his head. Another paratrooper had some- how managed to entangle his own 'chute lines and had plum- meted on to Captain Page's. The Captain managed to secure his passenger's legs with a suspen- sion cord, and both men landed safely, THINK IT OVER The forest exercise you can give your heart is when you reach down and lift somebody up, SMART SHEIK,! During a lung cross -desert journey one of the horses bee longing to a powerful Arab Sheik's entourage died. He at once ordered that a horse be recluisttioned Iron' the next village they came to. 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Get a month's supply of the new Fleischmana's Fast Rising Dry Yeasts 0 Combine *ia c. water, 3 tbs. gran- ulated sugar, 1 tsp. salt and 34 o. shortening; heat, stirring constant- ly, tient sugar and salt are dissolved and shortening melted; Mel to luke- warm, Meanwhile, measure into 'a large bowl `/a c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 envelope Ffeischtnamt's bast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 Minutes, THEN stir well, Add cooled sugar -shortening mix- tttt'e and stir in 1 well -beaten egg end 1 tsp, lemon juice, Sift tog:ether FEATHER BUNS twice 2 e, once -sifted bread flour and 1.4 tsp, ground mace, Stir into yeast���mixture; beat until smooth. Work in 1 c, once -sifted bread flour to make a very soft dough. Grease top of dough, Cover and set in warm place, doubled in bufrofn ik,lgPunchet down dough and cut out rounded spoonfuls of Clough with a tablespoon and drop into greased inufen pans: filling each pan about half -full, (ercase tops. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulks Bake in a hot oven 415°, about 20 minutes. Yield -.20 medium-sized brills. ., tees vera.-+.,. ^-^ra crier efea