HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-08-19, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: I've only
been married three years, and I
am sick of it. After the first year
my husband worked only half
the time, and we have not nearly
enough to live on. I have made
over my clothes till they are fall-
ing apart, and what he wears are
a disgrace.. , . The place we live
in has no conveniences. I do my
best to keep it (and myself) neat
and fresh but it is. a losing job,
I would love a nice home, but my
husband only wants a place to
eat and sleep in. If I were able to
work, I would; but I can only
take care of the housework.
"He takes me to the grocery
store, and to the movies once a
week — and I hate movies, I
like to dance, play cards, " and
have friends in. My husband does
net like people. Evenings I read
to him, but he never talks about
our future, or his business; if I
ask him, he just shuts up,
Before we married, he was not
like this. We had good times
like other couples, and I never
dreamed 1 would have to live as
I do today. I always let him
even cried, and begged him to be
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have his way, otherwise we could
to get along at all. . . I have
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as he was, but he is stubborn.
.. Have you any ideas?
" MISERABLE"
* I am afraid that your bus-
* band's indifference, and his
* failure to provide a better liv-
* ing, are inherent traits.
Perhaps a different approach
* will help.
"" Tell him how much you de-
pend on him, how you know.
" can find extra work during
* the months he is unemployed,
* Remind him how industrious he
* was such a few years ago. A
* little flattery has its place.
▪ What he seems to need is more
self-confidence, and only you
* can stimulate that.
* Unless you can inspire him to
* greater effort, you will have to
* keep on doing without all the
* good things you yearn for and
* all the fun you want to have.
* Many a young wife struggles
* along with her husband and
* gladly, for she believes in him
* and his ability to succeed.
* Your husband is still in his
* 30's, too young to cease trying.
* What you have lost is your
* faith in your man; if you can
* recapture that (and let him
* know you have) it should pro-
" vide the incentive he needs.
* I recognize how dull is your
* present routine, and I sympa-
* thine. But try this idea — ad-
* ding articulate affection — and
* see what happens,
Y * *
HUSBAND TROUBLE
"Dear Anne Hirst: My trouble
is my husband — as isn't most
wives'? He is always cross. He
says he has never been happy,
and doesn't expect to be. He does
not (frankly) ilke the children,
and we have four, and he finds
fault with all of us. I like friends
and fun, and he does not,
"I would hate to break up our
home, but I really cannot stand
living like this, Can you under-
stand, from this brief note, what
I am up against?
DESPERATE"
• Yes, one reads between the
* lines,
* I should remind you that
* when one cannot change a situ-
* ation, one puts up with it, You
* cannot make your husband
* over, nor can you leave him.
* What you can do is stop expect-
* ing him to be other than he
• is and plan a more pleasant
* daily life for yourself and the
* children; it it to you they must
look for the love and consider-
* ation their father denies them.
* You dare not let them down,
• Enjoy your friends during
* the day (as their hours and
* yours permit) and have your
* fun with the children; that
* should not be difficult, since
* you say they are in good health,
• You may say I propose the
* impossible. But nothing is im-
* possible to a woman who sees
* her situation clearly and de-
* termines to make the best of it,
* Try it, just one day at a time,
* and find out how much better
* it works out than you may
* think now.
Sometimes only a little imag-
ination is required to brighten
up a marriage, Does yours need
this? . , . In any tune of trouble,
write to Anne Hirst. Her kind-
ness will comfort you, and her
wisdom will aid. . Address
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Modern Church Art -- Having adapted the modernist -cubist style
of painting to the interpretation of religious subjects, Sister
Schimanski, studying in Florence, Italy, supervises the hanging
of one of her works for exhibition in a Florentine art gallery.
Chow Cali—A fish with trust in a friend bobs to the surface to
take some food from the hand of Mrs. R. S. Arbin, of Graves-
end, England. Her animal friends include a collection of frogs,
toads, slowworms, an alligator and the tame carp.
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By this time readers of this
column will have seen press re-
ports of the opening of the mu-
seum at Elora. However, none of
the daily papers gave it the pub-
licity it deserved because, as you
know, the daily press has mur-
ders, political issues, wars and
peace settlements to cover and
things that belong -to yesterday
are more or . less crowded out,
The weekly papers did a little
better but of course they have
their own community news to
cover and so their space is limited
too, So I wonder . , would you
like me to tell you a little more
about the Elora Museum? 111 take
a chance anyway
Wellington County, as you may
know, was celebrating its Cen-
tennial on July 16, 17 and 18. The
opening of the museum at Elora
was part of that celebration, Elora
is only a small village but one
of the loveliest in O, ario, It is
the centre of a park cTeveiopment
undertaken by the Grand Valley
Conservation Authority. A trip
to Elora has always been worth-
while just to see the magnificent
rocks and limestone cliffs, Now
there is an added attraction —
the Museum, Considering the size
of the village the enterprising
citizens certainly had courage to
undertake such a project, The
Museum is housed in what was
once a store and is located right
next to the new bridge. The build-
ing has been painted and decor-
ated throughout in a style en-
tirely in keeping with its pur-
pose. Board flooring was donated
and laid down — not new floor-
ing but lovely old pine boards,
sanded and polished, There are
some wonderful old doors too that
were also donated.
But we had better start down
in the basement and work up,
The basement is large and roomy
and in it we found a wonderful
collection of old-time tools, for
carpentry and for use around the
farm. There were also farm im-
plements of the smaller type
a cradle, a flail, ox -yokes, and
of course there were pioneer
kitchen pots, pans and skillet. Al-
most everything had a descrip-
tive label, Upstairs on the ground
floor there were fire -arms, china,
glass, carriage lanterns, coins, old
furniture, marble fireplace and
a beautifully illustrated b o o k,
showing in picture form the his-
tory of Elora since early settle-
ment. It was a wonderful book,
Upstairs there was one large
room and one small room. The
small room was furnished just
as if it were a pioneer bedroom,
It had a rope bed, complete with
straw tick and feather mattress.
Finely embroidered pillow shams,
home -spun blankets, knitted quilt,
patchwork quilt, and spread out
.on the bed ready for my lady to
retire was a cotton nightgown,
complete with tucks and embroi-
dery, and of course long full
sleeves. There was a commode
chair, washstand with lovely old
bedroom dishes and a beautiful
walnut dresser. Also a glass ca-
binet containing china and glees -
ware, and some oid Willow ware.
In the big room there were
furl -sized models complete with
old lime costumes --- men and
women too, And there war: a
splendid display of renry wrrr!c
of the Victorian paries! TI" ire
was also a lin•ge musket bo.., The
Not For This Bird — Strictly for
the other two -legged "birds" of
New York City, as far as this
pigeon is concerned is a "Keep
Off" sign in Central Park. It's
also o fine place from which to
watch for peanuts, or cats —
and anyway, "Pouter" can't
read,
date on it was — I don't know
whether it was in working order
but it was certainly in good con-
dition, On one wall was a Currier
and Ives print and on another a
wreath made from various seeds.
Well, that is about all I can
think of at the moment but of
course there are many, many
things that I haven't even men-
tioned.
"Well," you may ask, "what's
so wonderful about it? You see
the sante sort of things in any
other museum?" Yes, that is true
— how could it be otherwise?
After all the tools, dishes, clothes
and implements that pioneers
used were much the same in every
district. But yet there was a dif-
ference. The articles on display
at the Elora Museum belonged 10
the people of Elora. They had
been' used by the early settlers,
by the pioneers who had roughed
it in the bush and lived in the
first log cabins. Perhaps some of
the articles displayed may have
been used by Roswell. Mathews.
and his two sons who were the
first to clear the land, or by the
family of Captain William Gilkin-
son who built the first house in
the settlement. Every dish, every
tool had an intimate history that
belonged only to the people of
Elora. Now instead of gathering
dust in various attics they are
' being cared for and shown to the
public and will serve an excellent
educational purpose.
What Elora has done could be
accomplished in every county In
Ontario, People who never think
of visiting city =seta -es might,
at first for decency's sake, visit
their own small local museum,
Eventually, they would take a
pride in the displa; as part of
their heritage. After all, to ap-
preciate the- present ,one must
have. some lrnowledpe and under.
standing of the pact.
And so, my dear friends, if you
are anywhere near Elora do stop
long enough to look ever the
•Musoum.Itmay inspire you with
enthusiasm for (;citing a similar
project stat tea In your own dis-
trict.
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GENTLE ItETOIIF
• An English lady, one of thosr
self-appointed morality cormnis-
sionei's, accused a workman of
having become a drunkard be-
cause: "With my own eyes I saw
his wheelbarrow standing out-
side an inn." The workman made
no direct defense. That same eve-
ning, he merely put his wheel-
'barrow outside her door, and left
it there all night.
HER TROUBLES
"I came here, Doctor," explain-
ed the pretty young thing, "to
find out just what's wrong with
me,,,:
The Doctor nodded, "Three
things, You don't eat enough.
You use too much makeup. And
there's something wrong with
your eyes My sign outside says,
'Veterinarian.' "
DYED IN TIME WOOL
Sheep are the favourite house-
hold pets in Aleppo, Syria, Al-
most every family owns one and
dyes it bright colours: It may,
for instance, have green ears, a
red muzzle, a blue tail, and enyel-
low body. Streets are a riot of
colour as children take their pet
sheep for a walk.
WAIT AND SEA
Signora Anne Pisano ship has
come home, but until she makes
the return voyage' on it the .for-
tune of $1,200,000 left to.her by
an uncle remains unclaimed.
Anna lives in Salerno, Italy,.
anal the money is held in trust
in America, • a provision of the
will' being that she must go to
America to claim it, This she
won't do because she is "afraid
of the sea." So, until she allays
her fears, Anna continues to
work as a maid, and the wealth
is but a dream.'
BAD, WORSE, WORST
Harold ,Murphy, a resident of
Kentucky, decided it was high
time he took a rest to catch up
with his shattered nerves. In one
week he'd lost his job, had his
house -razed to the ground by
fire, been involved in a road ac-
cident, .which resulted in his car
being smashed up; the climax
came when his seven children
were put to bed with chicken
pox.
THE BARE. TRUTH
Police had to be called the
other day to a cinema in Beau-
lieu, France, where they arrested
a young farmer who was sitting
in the auditorium completely
nude apart from the socks he was
wearing,
The film shown was about life
in a nudist camp. The farmer's
excuse was that he became so en-
grossed in it that he had adsent-
mindedly disrobed himself in the
darkness of the cinema.
HIS EXCUSE
The manager of a large New
York theatre was walking down
the aisle one morning when,, he
saw a boy Of about ten years
old sitting in the theater, watch-
ing the picture with rapt atten-
tion.
The man went- over, tapped the
boy on shoulder, and asked:
"Why an'en't you in school?"
"It's okay, mister," the boy as-
sured him. "I've got the measles:"
FLAMING AGE
The wealthy Mr. Letsabucks
sat in his wheelchair beside the
open window. A pretty girl pass-
ed by, and Lotsabucks pulled
frantically at the bellrope on the
wall. .
The butler appeared. "Quick,
George, my teeth," Lotsabucks
commanded. "I want to whistle."
AND (IOW!
When the defendant's name
was called in court, to everyone's
amazement, he stood up in, the
jury box. "What are you doing
there?" barked the clerk, -
"I was called to serve on the
jury," Came the meek reply,
"But you must have known
that there was a mistake," the
clerk snapped, "that you couldn't
site: on a jury and judge your owes
case."
"Well, I suppose not," the de-
fendant admitted. "I did think it
was a bit of luck."
TELLING dill'(
Joe Frisco, the famous stutter-
ing comedian, once appeared oe..
the same bill with Enrico Caruso
at a 'benefit. Joe had never heard.
of the famous tenor, and he sid-
led up and whispered to a stage-
hand:
"What does he do?'."
The stagehand looked astonish-
ed, then replied: "He's a singer,'
Frisco nodded and walked over
to Caruso, "Now 1 -1 -listen, bud-
dy," he said, tapping:the, amazed
tenor on the shoulder. "I'nx
1 -f -following you on this bill.
L -lay off Darktown Strutters"
Ball, will you?"
EFFICIENCY
Two dress manufacturers met
on Thirty -Seventh Street. One of
them stopped the other and said:
"I don't understand how you on
undersell me. Why," he admitted,
"I steal the materials I make the
dresses from."'
"Why let yourself in for se
,;much overhead?" said his com-
petitor. "Do what I do. I steal
the finished articles."
LOTS OF WARNING
Edgar Bergen was driving
calmly along a peaceful stretch
of road one day when a woman
driver came weaving down -the
road behind him. She tooted her
horn once and rammed him wit
a crushing impact. While ti ey
were trying to untangle bumpers,
the lady said breezily, "Well, I'm
afraid this was all my fault"
"Don't be silly," Bergen said
gallantly. "The blew* ;entirely
mine. 1 saw you fui1E;. three
blocks away, and had" p'r"enty of
time to duck down a` side street"
Nice Catch — Jackie' Walkae
gives a nautical, but nice, look
to the fishing docks at Miam(
Beach. She reigns as queen of
the annual summer fishing tour '
nament, which runs through
Labor Day.
When in Rome — These fall and winter fashions designed in the.
Eternal City makenews with their use of pleats. At left Is e
heavy maroon wool suit by El.eonora Garnett, with pleats Which
fall In a straight, simple line from a sleek, fitted jacket. At right,.
silk brocade in rusty red, designed by Fontana Sisters, features
a pleated skirt and three.quarter bodice for cockta'ri-time weo6