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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-04-01, Page 6AMMO Lx�" - BA TEA -:. AN "Dear Anne. Hirst: I am so up- set I don't know what to dol I've been married nearly 18 months, and expecting a baby soon, so I'm a housewife for the time be- ing. My husband served over- seas, and is still in service. We love each other dearly. But he simply has 'no sense of money matters. 'He is always wanting a new - model car; he has had three—on which I have had to make pay- ments, as well as meet other bills. Now he wants another, though the present one will last quite a while; he drives to and from camp each day, and expects me 80 help pay for gas. "If he knows I've just got to have something, he'll get if if he has to borrow the money. (He would lend his last penny, and buy things that aren't neces- sary.) All his life he's been petted, and has money given him by his people any time he wants it. I feel he will not appreciate money till he has to work for it, as I've had to do. 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"I live at some distance from my people, and I just haven't the money to see them .when I want to. There's nothing left after I pay the bills. "I am so upset! Please give enc some advice. * How many parents are re- * sponsible for the situation in o which you find yourself to- * day! Instead of inculcating in * their sons the habits of hard * work, regular saving, and fin- ,' anclal stability, they indulge a him like a child. .Even your * husband's marriage has not "' given him the sense of respon- sibility that every self-respect- * ing husband accepts. * For over a year you have " borne tate brunt of his weak- * ness, and it has not been easy. * now, however, when a baby is * expected, you will have to take a. a font stand, and make him * realize the need of living on a * steles budget, I'Ie will shied- * der at the idea, but he will * have to admit its leak - a List monthly expenses — • household, upkeep of the car, * and other living costs. Add * the estimated hospitalization • charges and your doctor's fee. " Balance these against the fend- * ly income—and show your hus- "' band where he stands. It will ° be a shock, but it is one he * needs if he is ever to stand on * his own feet, and not crawl 80 o his family for continuous * hand-outs. Tell him now how * this habit has mortified you; ° every woman wants to be ° proud of her husband—and ° how can she be when he will ° not take care of his own? o His objection to your work- o ing earlier was a gesture of * blind vanity. His complacent o suggestion that you desert ° your baby for a position is as a selfish, and reveals his ignor- * ance of women and the sacred * duties and joys of motherhood. * Let us hope that the first o sight of his son will awaken * some sense of the responsihili- * ties of fatherhood. * Unless he is committed to an ° Army career, he should pre- " pare himself for more remun- • erative work when his term of * service cud.,. ° His acceptance 01 the respon- sibilities he must assume will r' be proof of his love w•nr you. How wise are those engaged couples who discuss finances be- fore they marry! That is the time to prepare for the responsi- bilities of marriage . Anne Hirst has ideas that will help you face facts. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. PRAYER BOOK CLUE TO FORTUNE hist garde Winner, of iteit- im-Wink1, Germany, reading through the family prayer book, was surprised to find a passage written in her dead father's handwriting stating : "Whoever reads tete prayer book shall gat ney mnis," , • The rest ,.at thr, pelesag.: di - reeled til ; s'I+rr to a hid- ing place in a !::un whirr- re- posed a sill:el.r,n:fel sur. of sfl- Ver coins. Stick an adhesive Lacked ptc- ture hook to the edge of window casing. Slip the curtain tie back over the hook. No need to darn.. age wall or elleement by pound- nfr nail. tri. -.._.— �J ..".4. A..adt'TCAI,P' JOHN Put LEN J A. ARCO ... n, i, GRANT 1 t,u d k M , a_ltCtii.h,•ia appointed vicegitesutrnt of traffic for tt e Ctimullien hi uta eat `+.them sow seeding ,Toho Puller,, who is retiring. f n a i A were he. n deputy t i c-presi,i,.nt oft .otic, boneless I, Grant, Qat,examine ,1aar.ro ni to the n . sitbrnt. sera Rehr't 11, 'nut, serrrta, ,' Cotupatiy, Tn 5enottreeti ; irh .Me; aulas eeyx,tntineni, Dratted Ge.rdon, G141.G„ ,aairmee anti g!reanduttr of the CNJ1, ateid "1•hs wide and intimate• ' eziowlerlge et railroading, as well as his extensive and tloee weer:intintt with etetntivee in business and industry in Canada. and the. United aerate well gttalifiee hire for hie new Lieat;'-1. t'. Mr.tcalf. who has bran r:xeeutive resistant to the president and vier preeidatet fp), the pest seven years, joined the rttilwey in 1010 Triple -Treat Topper—Imported from Italy is this innovation for milady's Easter bonnets, The hat, designed by Georgy Iturbide, can be worn throe different ways, as shown above. HRONICLES 1N ntdetltx a Ciaei✓e Last week I did a complete right -about-face in regard to Folk Schools. Heretofore I had not been too enthusiastic about this form of rural education and culture. Since we already have Women's Institutes, Farm For- ums, Junior Farmers, Night Schools and various projects sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, I thought folk schools must surely be overlap- ping on some of these various rural activities. Now I find my opinion was the result of ignor- ance as I had never before been to a folk school to find out other- wise. But I was away two days last week and came home with very different ideas, in fact it was the most enjoyable two days I had had for a long time. So now my criticism is not of the folk school but of the number of country people who fail to take advantage of it --just as I failed in that respect myself until this year. • However, I think the purpose of folk schools is becoming bet- ter known and as public aware- ness of their function increases, so, too, will their popularity in- crease. In this country the one held last week was the biggest yet and I haven't a doubt but what next year there will be an even larger attendance. Well, you may ask, what is a Folk School? Strange as it may seem I still find it hard to give a good definition. however, this is how Mr. D. E. Stauffer, of the Ontario Folk School Council puts it, -"The folk school movement is an ideal built on a foundation - of true faith in God, faith in de- mocracy, arid a belief that in every community there is unlim- ited talent, that can, and must be used." That, I think, suets it up very well. There is no ago limit for those taking part in folk school acti- vities but ever r effort is made encourage interest and parti- cipatioe among the young folk; as being the future_ leaders: in community life, Thanks to the generosity of natal ftintilies, students enrolled for the tour- day course are generally guests at a farm home, but in addition to -house-students every day car- loads arrive for one or snore ses- sions and all take an active part in the discussions and entertain- ment. The keynote is friendly informality. At, a result there is no discernible stiffness or ner- vousness at any of the gather- ings. living -in students have various household duties before the sessions begin and of course there is plenty of fun, music and laughter. The theme for the Folk Scheel in this district was local ltistnry--.an intensely interest - ion cold informative programme from be.,t.tintitec to end. There wart' l..o other subjects given by Ior.ad tal it-ar't and wild lift: -•plus short Ctbt :rv:.tem trips of antiques and model farms, How- ever, title is not meant to bed a pre,r report -tat be it for use to steal anvone':a thunder. All I am conoer'ncd kYith is putting myself on record as now luting whole- heartedly iii .favour of Ontario Fnik School::. 1. eon who read this enittfnn are no more enthu- sfaelh: than T was at enc: shoe I ecm prescribe a cure. Take yourself 001 next, time a folk school is set up in your locality and you'll come awey, es I did, c:nmplet.ett sett on folk schools and all thee stand for, One thing I most admit , there wag very little co-operation On the part of the weatherman. The weather was shout as bad as it had been any time during the winter. Windy, (*olcl, blowing snow, 7ttd ire on the roads, I had intended .driving and taking friends with met, Bat. I backed met and we took a taxi, The next day a neighbour, braver than I, drove her car and two of us went along as passengers. I suppose everyone, like our- selves, is getting awfully tired of winter. But cheer up, every day brings spring a little nearer. The birds are sensing its com- ing, Starlings in increasing num- bers are out in the yards and gardens; crows flying across the fields, juncos and bluejays more in evidence, as are squirrels and rabbits. In spite of these har- bingers of spring, late winter is not an attractive time on a faun but, if you ever feel inclined to grumble at your surroundings, take a drive past a few of the newest suburban subdivisions and you'll he thankful for your home in the country. I came past one such locality last week — a few miles west of Six Points — and I saw a woznan fighting her way, through the mud to a wait- ing car at the road. Never in my life have I seen such mud before. How people ever man- age with small children I'll never know. Backstage - Charlie the Chin- chilla gets ready for a relax- ing smoke after taking part in the Chincl•Iilla Show. Modern Etiquette 1!. Is "I know Miss Brown" •the proper thing to say when being Introduced to her for the second tithe? A. Net; this sounds as if it were trouble to snake a second acknowledgment. It is better• to say, "I have already had the pleasure of meeting Miss Drown." Q. When a man is in an ele- vator in an office building, and a wonnin acquaintance enter s, should be remove his hat? A. He should lift his hat in greeting, but it is not necessary Inc him to remove it in en of- fice elevator. Q. Is a man ever privileged to remain seated while being in, troduced? A. 'No; he should always rise, regardless of whether the other the other person is a man or a woman, Q. Would it be all right for a hunt's family to give an en - announcement party, If the girl's family cannot afford the expense of one? A, No. The man's family may give a celebration party, but the announcement must he made by the girl's parent::, and they could do this very well through the !enol newspapers. YOU CAN DEPEND O When kidoopt fail to rmnnvo mewl midi; ilatd W,.,00, honk. nein), tired feeling, disturbed reit afro follow. Dodd's mhos kilt otimu. into k!dotyli 50 xtormd duty, Pott Feel batter..sleep hotter, work better. Get Dtdd'o nt row drug atone. You one depend ou DON IStItYk 14 --- 1954 You Can Learn While You Sleep Rumen Vinay, the Chiletui op- era star, was a very worried man. With lass than a week to go he .had to sing a role in "Carmen" in Italian in the famous opera house of La Scala, Milan tr?td his Italian was poor. He ' 'd a heavy Spanish accent and Senor Vinay feared he would be booed off the stage by the hard -to please and excitable audiences. It was suggested to Vinay that he have a recording of his role, sung in Italian, played to him while dropping off to sleep and while asleep, Vinay thought the idea fantastic, but was persuaded to give it atrial, Within a week he could sing his part'without a trace of a Spanish accent, Ranson Vinay's experience is but one in the new method of learning while you sleep, which is being more - and more widely used in America today. It is, same scientists believe, a blue- print for the future when school for our grandchildren will not be school in a classroom but on a spring mattress, The idea comes from, New Yorker Mike Sherover, who was chairman of a company that taught people foreign languag- es by recordings. Always inter- ested in the problem of learning, he was impressed by a statement of a doctor friend that we learnt best when we were in a relaxed state, We were most relaxed when asleep, he reasoned, He experimented first with his small son, Charles. In the small hours . of the night while itis son slept, Father Sherover read over the verses the boy had been set to learn. in school, It seemed to promise results, but Father Sher - over began to get circles under his eyes. So he got a record-play- er to stand-in for him at certain hours of the night. Young Charl- es learnt his poems faster than he had before, so Sherover put his idea up to tate University of Carolina. Impressed, the Univer- sity decided to test a group of students. The students were told they were being tested with the elec- tro-encelphalograph which meas- ures the waves of the brain, and they went to sleep with the ma- chine electrodes attached to the skull. Nothing was said to thein about the experiment of learning during sleep. Actually, the encephalograph was an essential part of the test. Our brains give off different tiny electrical waves when we are are away and when we are asleep. The waves when we are awake are short, sharp and fast. In sleep the waves are slower and lacking in pattern. When the encephalograph recorded that a student was asleep, a miniature gramophone, which had been concealed in the pillow, began to recite a list of fifteen short words. It repeated them monotonously over and over again, thirty times. The ne:ct morning the students who had been taught in their sleep were tested. together with a group which had not been taught in this fashion. The two groups were asked to memorize the list of fifteen words, while scientists stood by with stop -watches, Those who had been chanted to in the night memorized the list in a quarter less time than those wlio had, not. Other experiments also showed the sante satisfactory results. The spring mattress school meth- ods may mean a general speed- ing up in all learning. The system has possibilities, too, in getting rid of bad habits suck as nail-biting. At the col- lege of William and Mary, Dr. Lawrence Leshan made an ex- periment to see if he could euro twenty boys at a summer school of this habit. While the boys chewed their. nails in their sleep, the doctor's voice droned away, "My finger -nails taste very bit- ter . , , My finger -nails taste very bitter," The voice said the ono sentence over and over for 600 times every night. Results carne lifter a • month when one boy had •iiad enough and stopped. Two weeks later two others joined him, and a week later five more stopped. When the camp chased, eight had lost the habit, Another practical use of Sher- over's discovery of learning through sleep was made by as Hollywood director. He knew that many actors and actresses, being very busy people, could not find time to read much more than their own parts in a tUmt play, Ile knew also that for a perfectly directed film he want- ed actors and actresses who khew every part so they would • feel the play properly. Net with- out some trouble he persuaded them to have a recording of the whole story of a forthcoming film played to them each night , for a week while they slept. The result of the experiment was a vastly superior perform- ance by all members of the cast, Another use of the technique was applied in the case of a po- tentially brilliant student who persistently failed in his exam- inations because his confidence had been shattered and he ex- pected to Iail, Every night for a month while he. slept a re- cording implanted a positive at- titude in the student's mind with carefully selected phrases such as, "You have nothing to fear. You can pass this examination easily." The student passed his next examination brilliantly. Beautify Linens 1y Cow, Witeat Ballerinas to beautify linens! . , There are 16 embroidery motifs here — three different sizes — for dramatic arrangements on towels, cloths, napkins, curtains. Easy to embroider! 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