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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-12-31, Page 2AN E RIPS r eft ramay au.4,0 aut.. "Dear Anne Hirst: I've always had to figure things out for my• self, and I'll admit I haven't bone too well sometimes . , Ax 13, I married a man much older, VVe had four wonderful children '—but he and I never got along. We separated. Fox nine ,years, I declared I would never marry arum, Two years ago I met a young C11:111, and from the first I knew 1 loved him dearly. We mar - tied seven months ago, No one approved, because he was slight- ly younger; but that, and my having children, never seemed to matter, We have had our ups and downs, mostly downs. "Ile is not a bad person, and 1 du believe 1.e loves me. But when some little thing turns up that he thinks I wouldn't like, he lies about It, When I ask him why, he says he was afraid I wouldn't understand. But he knows my first marriage was mostly lies! "When he finds how these things hurt me, he says he was only: kidding. But he is doing something awful to my love for him. I never know when to be- lieve him! "I am hoping that in some way your answer will make hint un- derstand, before I lost all my trust in him. I'll sign the nick- name he gave me— " It is the philosophy of some " retarded minds that a woman " should not be told the truth, c' if she cannot take it. On the contrary, a woman's whole faith in the one she loves is " sustained by the conviction that he never shades the truth, * Unwelcome It may be, but if *' she knows he is speaking the l on -on Designs in Glorious Colors 6f.1 , N' late, N t! LAa-,t?Q.7 31.0,N -ON WATER LILIES in irronic pink and forest green; No eznlroidery — they Iook hand - painted on sheets, pillowcases, guest towels, dressed sets, lunch- eon cloths! Picture all the pretty accessories, gay gifts you can create with a stroke of an iron! Jiffy! Iron an Washable! Pat- tern- 504; six iron -on lilies; two 4i x 13, four 3 x 4 inches. 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Proposed Oar eanvxakmeo —Pini Coneanlralo for eeenemy ISSUE 1 -- 11154 truth, i .,t' ('nU> 1 e rices o11.11 necessity and she van Star. mount any 111 rtt.ws or eirtem - * stane•c<a, * If this is something your " husband Tails to comprehend, he should accept it anyhow, as * the gospel you live by, He " knovrs how your first mar- " siege was wrecked by lying. * In withholding or coloring " the truth (even in Inconsequen- t' tial .matters) he is being un- * just and unkind, treating you as he would a child too frail * to face reality. Instead, you are a mature woman of broad a, experience, able to meet and * conquer anything that comes, ° Even among their friends, human beings must rely on each other's integrity or * how keep faith? Surely in ° marriage, that most intimate "' and delicate of all relation- * ships, truth becomes the para- * mount requirement for endue. * ing love and trust, r. Seneca, that wise Roman " philosopher, said, "Tine dig- * covers truth." Your husband. * has found out that the truth " is always finally revealed, So " why not tell it in the first place " -- and perpetuate this fine " love and faith you have in * him? To do less is to court " disaster. " Once , s realizes how this * offense undermining your " trust, I:. ., ould be a stupid " man indeed to continue the " habit. * * " SPOILED HUSBAND "Dear Anne Hirst; In many ways my husband is a fine per- son. But he was an only child, and never had any responsibil- ities at home. Now my grand- mother, who lives in another city, and who raised me, is in her last illness, and she needs tae. My husband objects to my going, "We have no children, so I am free in that way; also, I have any own income. He just thinks she's a sentimental hypochondri- ac, which she is not. If I let her down, I would never have any pease, What shall I do? WORRIED" * I think you should go to " your grandmother. She gave • you a home when you needed " one, and she is missing you * sadly now. O Your husband may still ob- * ject, but surely he will under- * stand later on. If it were his ° mother that was ill, he would " want to be with her. Remind O him that you feel obligated to * comfort your granclxnother by your presence in these, her * last days, e. In a matter of this kind, one must do what she thinks is o right. '2rath between husband and wilt is the foundation of all faith and love. If you would keep both, never color or try to con- ceal it. Anaxe Hirst.; sense of true values has helped many a couple toward better understand- ing. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Oast. ey Take it Easy And Live Long In this age of bustle we can learn a lesson from the tortoise. In 1922 the Natural History Museum worked out the age of one of those Giant Tortoises from the South Pacific as 300 years. There have been many claims • from people having tortoises up to 200 years old. One Giant Tortoise lived in cap. tivity for 140 years and another for 127 years, but there is no telling how old they were be. fore capture The most authenticated ease is that of "Snapp,-," who hails from Rhode Island. On Ids hack was found the carving "E E.K,, 1844," and experts from the: Bronx Zoo have just investigated the genu- ineness of this "birth certificate," They found that the inscription had been carved round about that date, and that "Snappy" had then reached maturity, a process which takes over 20 years. Titat makes hien at least. 120 yers old. Incidentally, tortoises don't have teeth, but their jaws are cased with horn to form a very hard cutting heal:. MUIXDTR — WITH WHISKERS One of the strangest ways of commiting murder ever devised is mentioned 10 a despatch front a South African correspondent. The weapon? Tigers whiskerel Natives have been known to stalk a tiger, kill it, and then ' tit Alf its whiskers, The whis- kers, after being cut into tiny pieces, aro put into an enemy's food. The victim eats the con- coction unsuspectingly and dies a terrible death—with agonizing stomach pains which no doctor can relieve 61' euro. • rut u (y,,apt,•s. RON ES r q 1146EUF 14 ( dolt e t) Glb t°lad Well whit: do you 1 nrY u? Here 1 have been leaning aver backwards in anxiety not ter bore readers of this column with too much detail about our grandson,. And now I find I have made a mistake. To my surprise quite a number of readers want to know a lot more about hint, Some say, "Tell us about the baby -- you have hardly men- tioned him at all." Well, you asked for it, s0 here goes m -- right up -to -the minute news, as I was into see the young fellow two days ago, And believe Inc, a trip to Toronto is a lot more interesting now that I have a grandson to visit. • I opened the front door of the house where Dee and Arthur live and from the bedroom I heard Daughter's voice —"Listen now,. here comes Grandma going to be a good boy while Grandma is here?" I walked in. There was David John, squirming around on the tray of his bathinette, thorough- ly enjoying the process of being oiled and powdered, and, while lying on his tummy he actually lifted his little wee head and looked around at me, Imagine - at six weeks! Babies certainly develop quickly these days, much quicker than when our two were infants. David seemed 'to follow me with his eyes, and he definitely smiled at his moth- er, He has a lovely pink and s,lul o e complexion le. o p xz n — for which ! am very glad, sallow babies got me worried. Fits halt is red- `dish -brown and he has a nice shaped beach That morning he looked se sweet in the little out- lit I had made him — white l nightie with yellow smocking, yellow jacket with. white rib- bon ties and white bootees edged with yellow. After being fed s- and falling asleep in the • process, he was tucked up in his • blue baby -bunting bag, placed itx his carriage and out on the veranda to sleep, • hater, Daugh- ter and I wanted to go shop- ; • ping so here Is what we diel, but (1 is only possible with a ter= Lain type of 0 baby carriage — suppose you might call it a "convertible." We called a taxi and w.hon it arrived we lifted the body of the carriage oft' the chassis and carried it out to tit' waiting taxi, baby and all A -� friend of Daughter's had prom• ised to look after David while we shopped so when •we ar- rived et hex' louse we carried the baby in tis'' same way and just set the L.' 'nage on the .chesterfield — no handling, no disturbing the baby. It was won- derful, and he slept through it all. However, from all accolints David doesn't spend his entire time, sleeping' He likes a tittle attention at night, and cries lustily until he gets it, Poor father can't stand hearing- him try and so he picks him up. Now Daughter really has a problem on her hands — and at isn't what to do with the baby, but what to do with Father! But part of David's restlessness has been hunger, so now he is get - Ong ecdt ncl t[ng supplementary r ! s nt i y f ,i!, tt seems n c rc tuna:tread. Before we left the house that morning the mall arrived and Daughter reveived her first heby-bonus cheque, I looked at it and thought to myself, what e cheque like that wcnlicl have meant to us when our babies were small. At the time when Bob was only a few months old Partner was working for the summer season for another tar - mor at $35 a month. The baby. was a poor, weakly little mortal, on a special. formula of course, and it cost tin $20 a month to feed hint. $15 a month to keep the rest of us meant pretty elim pickinga, Of course we didn't mind, just so long as we could keep the baby alive, But it kept us busy at that because up to the time he was nine months old. he weighed only ten pounds - After that he went right ahead. Now as we look back we often wonder how we survived those lean years, followed so soon by the "hungry thirties." And yet we don't really regret those hard times. We realise we would have made a lot mare mistakes than we did had we had more money to spend during our days of inexperience. At the .same time a baby bonus would have been a wonderful thing and would have relieved • a great deal of our worry in dealing with a delicate baby. Daughter at that time was three years old, a bright, happy, healthy little girl, with never a care in the world just so long as she had her kitty, little dog Patch and a whole farm for her playground. Well, having done my stint for this column I am going back, to a most tntriguing book -- "Ink On My Finger" by the tate J. H Cranston. •IIe had ta most interesting newspaper career, and, at the time he severed his connection with the Toronto Star Weekly he was on the point of making arrangements to hove the Chronicles of Ginger Farm as a regular feature of that paper, ,. Neat Feet — Alicia Markova, one of the greatest ballerinas of our time, appears graceful as a swan at this point of a new bal. let, "Pas de Quatre." She is cur- rently with the Marquis de Cue- vas company in Paris. ?here is no st1ban9er in the kind ". Christmas comes again .with its golden memories and gracio' magic... lig�Iting every shadow, "cheering every path, all is well—and there is no stranger bidding us behold, in the land—for Christmas is in every heart.