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The Seaforth News, 1954-02-25, Page 6"SALADA TE AG tl'a • ANNE RUST t c tth, atianzegot, ..... "Dear Anne 'Hirst: I certainly agree with your advice to 'Be- wildered Wife' about her mother- in-law. My husband's mother is almost an exact duplicate. Before marriage she accepted me, but on our very wedding day she chang- ed to a vicious animal. She sowed seeds of hate immediately and successfully. "She also is neurotic, and car- ries on until she gets her way. My husband admits she is wrong, but he never took my side, and excused everything with 'She's my mother.' "I had put my heart and soul into my marriage. I worked and prayed hard for it to be a suc- cess, but to no avail. She created such ill will that I Iost all res- pect for her and also for my hus- band I saw him as he was, a spineless jellyfish. She kept us at each others' throats when I was pregnant, and she, too, told me her son was too good for me. Her attacks gnawed. They left Four Snappy -Sews! S -14-i( 4694 L -40 -aa FOUR gay aprons in this one pattern! Sew them all, for birth- days, anniversaries, hostess gifts. And be sure to make one or two - for you! They're thrifty ---you can Use scraps for the contrast parts fiend for this pattern today! Pattern 4694: Misses' -Sizes: email (14. 16); medium (18, 20); large (40, 42). Small with bib, all One fabric. takes 1''/s yds. 35 -inch. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew. is tasted for fit. Has cOmplete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS ($5t') in coins (stamps cannot. be accepted) for this pattern. Print pplainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, #STYLE NUMBER. Send order to .Box 1. 123 l ighteenth St. New Toronto Ont. nue a broken person, without faith in God or huznanity. "Finally I realized it was fruit- less to try to please her. I broke with her before we were mar- ried two years, I have never re- gretted the step. "Soon we will have been mar- ried five years. The nightmare is slowly fading, My faith has been restored, and since I no longer hear her ugly lies and unkind words, 1 ain growing normal again, "My husband continues to pay his respects to her, but our boy does not know his grandmother. I have borrowed her phrase, 'My son is too good for you.' I never dreamed it would end this way, but she brought it on herself. i ani made of flesh, too, and there is a limit to my endurance. She is lucky she was not sued for alienation of affections, "God bless your good work, Aline Hirst, and your patience and understanding of human spirits. Without Regret." • It is not surprising that you " felt impelled to comment on * "Bewildered Wife's" problem. o You never thought, I expect, o that there could be two women o so alike, did you? - If there ° were only two! o Yes, there is a limit to hum- o an endurance. When you reach- o ed yours, you wasted no time ° feeling sorry for yourself. You o made the clean break that took * courage and determination, for o you were risking your bus- * band's acceptance of it, too. * How lucky you are that he ° understands and approves! o it is unfortunate that your o little son cannot know his fath- • er's mother; children need o grandparents—but not those * who might exert a tainted influ- • ence upon their young minds. o Those who read your letter o thoughtfully today will not cen- * sure you for your stand, a 0 R TO "LONELY WIDOW': * You've had no luck with * -men, have you? Can it be be- * cause you have accepted the o attentions of married ones? o In this present instance, you o risk an open scandal that could * ruin your good name. What would that do to your growing * girls? No matter how you long * for male companionship, their * welfare must continue to be a be your first responsibility. * Contentment could be found o in worthwhile activities that " demand your highest menta; o and social talents. I do not ° know you, so it would be fool- * ish to suggest which fields will o appeal; but you know your * gifts, your temperament, your o limitations. Weigh them all o honestly, and i think you will e' not be long in locating reward • Mg outlets that will relieve o your loneliness and bring you O deep satisfaction. Through ° them, you may oven meet de- ' sirable, eligible teen who are ' worth your friendship, ,B x If an in-law situation is grow- ing unbearable, find out what you can do about it, and are. If you cannot act fora'full;t' to remove, it, Anne Hirst ,nay have ideas that will help you bear it, Write her at Box 1, 123 eighteenth 't,. New Toronto, Ont. Ot Conlbine in fl greaAedemu:role (8 -cup size) l,1. c, Corn syrup, 1 tbs, grated lemon rind and I y' c. orange juioe. Preheat oven to 8711° (moderately hot). Mix and sift onee, then sift into a howl, 1. y c. once -sifted pantry ilriur (or 1.? e.,onee-sif'tarl all-purpose flour), 21tsps, Magic 13aking Powder, 1•z tsp. salt and :i: c. fine granulated sugar. Mix In 3;6 e. corn flakes, slightly crushed, and ?.;, c.. els t -up pitted dates. Com hilie l well -beaten e r gg, ? s o. milk, r? Lep. vanilla and 3 tbs. , ;.,0. ehortoning, melted. Make u. well in dry ingredients and add liquids, mix lightly. Turn into prepared dish - Bake in preheated oven, about 40 minutes. Serve warm, with pouring cream. Yield ---S savings. Always Dependable What's Next? -- Women hove been "fishing" for things in their crowded purses for so long that it comes as no great surprise that someone finally came up with the above purse design. Created by British designer Elizabeth James, the sequin -scaled, feather -fin bag's displayed by model Hazel Penman in London. RNC.L#?Sy NGER 1 a<. erov.n loltrtr P C:.lnr141 A new addition has been added to our fancily. We have named her "Annie" because she was born on the eve of our wedding anniver- sary. Her mother's name is May and she is a direct descendant of Daisy Durham, who was one of the first members 'to join our family when we started fanning in Ontario just over 30 long years ago. The name of Amzie's father is "Lord Nelson" and he lives at Maple, Ontario, Annie has a nice, fluffy white fur coat with a few reddish -brown patches here and there, and she is really very act- ive considering she is only two days old. Actually .Annie wasn't too anxious to enter this cold, snowy world and managed to postpone her arrival for two whole days., After that the forces of nature were tdo strong for her and she finally made her appear- ance, unaided and alone. We thought perhaps she might bring a brother or sister along with her for company. But no, she came by herself and was quite proud of her achievement. In fast it wasn't long before she was standing on. her feet, ambling around her mother, gazing at her somewhat boastfully, saying just as plain as could be, "Hey Ma! I did it!" Boastfulness, however, soon gave way to the pangs of hunger, as in calf language site said to her'mother, "Look, Ma, now Pm here, what's to eat, and where do I get it?" Well, that, was one incident in connection with our anniversary. The other occurred when Bob and Joy walked in with a gorgeous bunch of daffodils. Why is it that. spring flowers look so much love- lier in the middle of winter? Never have daffodils looked so yellow and eliem:fel as the ones that adorn our house- today. We also had a disappointment. Dee, Art and David were to have coma out for the day and then at the last minute they had to 'cancel their plans, so as a sort of con- solation prize we got a lovely card and a picture of our grand- son. Apparently the young tinker is growing out. of all recognition se we are getting quite impatient to see bite. - We arc still not very happy about the weather, not knowing quite what to expect front day to day. Bit trucks and little trucks hew, Mee getting through the lane bet when I tried to get out with the car. oh, that was quite -a dicier •alt. Wry. I got about a quarter of the way out and there I iec. wheels digging and spin- ning lil:tr fore. Presently Partner crape 10 the rescue, Gi011;h1 if he dug here and dug tee I could get out all right. But all the dig- ging I would let hint do was to dig a path for me back to the garage. And there the cru' will stay until 1 ram -get out in coin - fort. 1 are getting lots of eoet'cise as a result. Down to the mailbox with letters to pont. oaten again to get the day's mail. Down again for the evening paper - and quite often down again fur something or other that has betel ieft in our meil-bur. I wouldn't like to live on a sideroad and have to walk half -a -mile .for our mail. That would be jure too muesli. There was a time adieu we would have thought, nothing of it --hut not now. Coins to tliutk of it, time is very considerate and snits ottr needs to our yews:. Out west, when we -were first married, We used to got rem mall once a week, and then only if we drove nine miles across the open prairie to get it. We didn't think it any great hardship. That, and a gond many other things—cold, short- age of fuel, and only the bare necessities of life. I remember that sometimes I used to wear mitts in the house to keep my hands warm. If we bad to live tinder the same conditions today we could not do it. To those days belonged hard work, many pri- vations, but a greater peace of mind. We had no car, no radio, very few neighbours, our only means of communication was the telephone and our only news- paper the good old Family Her- ald and Weekly Star. Disasters in other parts of the world did not affect us at all:—sometimes we didn't 'even hear of them until they had ceased .o be news. Our worries were purely local -- the weather, the price of wheat and oats, harvesting our crops and the health of our families. Today we have the same worries, plus the pressure of modern living. News comes to us 1101 off the wires. To keep pace with it we need a brain as agile as a cricket Whether we live in the city or country makes little difference. For this reason don't you think we should make an effort to get a little more quietness into our Iives, quietness that isn't pos- sible if radio sob stories fill our minds hour after hour, day after day? Quietness has become almost an unknown quantity we need to treasure what little of it re- mains. How Can 1? Q. Row can I clean suede shoes without injuring the suede? A. An ordinary rubber sponge, such as can be bought at any ten - cent store, the tight sort that has a good resistance, is excellent for keeping the suede shoes clean. It will remove all the dust and soil without harming the fabric, as so many of the very stiff brushes are inclined to do. Q. What can I use as a sub- stitute for olive oil? A, When your supply of olive oil is running low, when making salad dressing, melt butter and add it to the oil. It makes a good substitute, Q. Row can I prepare some- thing different in the way of dessert? A, Tr y a combination of chocolate ice cream and orange sherbet. It makes a very colorful dessert, and a delicious one. Q. Bow can I matte an at- tractive garnish with cranberry jelly? A. Slice the cranberry jelly and cut into fancy shapes with e cookie cutter or a knife, and yott will have an unusual and attrac- tive garnish for salads and des- serts, Q. )low ran I relieve a head- ache? A. A hone remedy that often brings relief is to place a pinch of salt on the tongue and allow it to dissolve. In about ten mins utes, take a drink of cold water, Q. Dow can 1 avoid the un- pleasant smoke that sometimes arises when cooking hoteakes? A. B,v tying some salt in e bag and rubbing the griddle with this instead of greasing it. It is quite satisfactory. Q. Ilow can I prevent cracks in the enamel of a stove? A. Never try to wipe off the enamelled range with a wet cloth while it is still hot, The fine enamel surface may become marI'ed by unsightly cracks, Q. How can I protect the wall paper over the conch from porn• ade that men use ou their beads? A, By placing a tapestry over this place. This is much easier to clean than the groasy spots on wall paper. ISSUE 9 -- 1964 Her Knees Creak, So She Stays Single You must posses: many friends who, although in their late twenties, thirties or evert forties, haven't married. Do you assume, in the ease of a man, that he's been turned down, and in the ease of a woman that she hasn't been asked? If so, you might be doing them an injustice, Some folk remain single because their standards are high. What about Yvonne de Carlo?. No one could be more glamorous, so Why is she still a bachelor girl? -Because her ideal man must have the voice of Laurence Olivier, the looks of Robert Taylor, the humour of Aly Khan and the physique of Rock Hudson! Another attractive unmarried actress, Dora Bryan, who joined the "Mttoh Binding" programme with Richard Murdoch and Ken- neth Horne, and is now in the revue "At The Lyric," declared, "I'nt too busy, and I don't want to marry anyone in show busi- ness." And then Dora changed her mind — for it was recently announced that she is to marry her boyhood friend Bill Lawton, the Lancashire League profes- sional cricketer. Gloria Nord, who starred in the ice show "Chu Chin Chow" at the Empire Pool, Wembley, holds a somewhat similar point of view. She likes skating too much and feels it's impossible to pursue a career and run a home at the same time, Then there's Sophie, said to be the only woman dress de- signer in Egypt, She has just held her first showing of clothes znacle from Egyptian textiles, Twenty-seven years old and very pleasing in appearance, she says her career means that she will probably never merry, "An Egyptian husband," she sighs, "would never allow me t0 continue with it. It would be considered unsuitable," When it comes to people whose names don't hit the head- lines, their reasons for remain- ing unmarried are often the last you'd imagine. One girl wrote to the papers not very long ago to say that every time she knelt down, her knees creaked and she'd feel such a fool in church. She doesn't seem to have considered a register office ceremony. A most down-to-earth ex- planation was given by a bache- lor in Northern Ireland — farmer, He was, he said, far too busy looking after his pigs. Besides, their upkeep was cheaper than that of a wife and when a pig grew fat you could sell it. Unless you know where he hails from, you'll never guess why Dan Covington is still without a wife. It's because he doesn't think polygamy is prac- tical nowadys. Last July it was said that Dan was the only bachelor in Short Creek, Arizo- na, the Mormon settlement which was raided and broken up by the police. Thitry-six men there possessed eighty-six wives. .Are you single? Maybe the married state doesn't appeal to you. But suppose you've been hankering secretly after it, then take a trip abroad this summer. A little town in southern Hol- land has thought up a wonder- ful scheme. Last year the town staged a Lonely hearts Con- gress, attended by 800 bachelors and spinsters from five coun- tries. Some of the guests announced quite frankly that they hoped to find someone to their' Mete. A Belgian labourer said he'd saved $450 as a preparation for marriage, but had so far been too shy to ask anyone at home. SLIMMING DOWN "Reduce while you work" is the idea behind the plastic "slim- ming suit" demonstrated below by Adrienne Germaine, in Lon- don, England. Doing household ,chores in the air -tight garment induces heavy perspiration, which is supposed to take off the pounds. Use the plastic slim suit and .. ° . , off conies excess weight. Yom y!Chekke A treat you can make easily with new fast DRY Yeast Now you have lleisciunann's Fast Dry Yeast, forget about the oldtime hazards of yeast baking! Always at hand -- always full-strength and fast rising! Keep a month's supply its your cupboard! Make this delicious Chelsea Bun Loaf — cut in slices for battering, or separate the hues, CHELSEA BUN LOAF Make 3 Pam of burrs from this. one recipe --dough will keep in refrigerator for a week. Scald i e, intik, xy c. granulated sugar, 1% tsps. salt and t4 c, shortening; cool to lukewarm. Meanwhile, measure into a large howl % c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleisclttnann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 mins., THRN stir welt. Add cooled mill: mixture and stir an 1 welbbeatert egg. Stir in 2 c. n c sifted. head flour; beat until smooth. N. rk ht dt/e e. once. silted bread flour. Knead 00 ingltly- floured board untilsmooth and elastic, Cut off 2 of dough, knead into a sunxn11 ball, place in greased howl. grease top of dough, emir alai store iu refrigerator mail ,nutted. Serape renicirthig is ,i1 dough into n stored ltbaht place in -reused bowl and grease top. l over and set i, warn place, free from draught. Tot ri,e until doubled in bull Cream 3 tbs Mitts or margarine and 1,',03 iu ir$ c brow, sugar (lightly pretse.t down), 11/2 t.r= grimed nmttamon and 3 tbs. corn syrupy spread about 1/a of this ref,. Ince ' n bottom of a greased loaf pan (Alis' . ( ") and sprinkle with pecan halve,. i'onelt dawn men dough and roil put 3',30 an s" square; loosen dough. Spread with ret. meaning 11531. mixture and sprinkle w, tin t/2 e. raisins. Tmosely roll up litre a idly roil, Cut roll into 5 1,,3100. Place in pros• pyred rise unttiilyGrease bullsCover . flake n moder- ate overt 330°, 25.30 mins. f.rt stand hi pan for . mins, before tnrnninx out. 61