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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-09-02, Page 6vy*141Ilv�,. 'r;, aituodot • "Dear Anne Hirst: I have the +hence to marry again, after be - ng a widow for four years. My thildron are all grown—and they ire so angry about it they will tot even meet the ;man, though to is anxious to know them all, they say if I insist on marry - ng I can never come into their tomes again. I am independent tf them financially, thank good- ness; though I am 59, I hold a food position. "For years before my husband lied he was hospitalized, I paid his bills, and raised my three thildren alone; I never accepted look what work I could get, so relief or help from anybody. I could cook the children's meals Sew It fn A Day y Look at the diagram — even a beginner can whip up this honey of a dress in a dayl FEW pattern parte, minimum details—a world Of :tylel Curvy neckline, fitted by,dice and flared skirt are so smart, so -o -o flattering! Choose rayon print, faille, cotton. Pattern 4553: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 takes 334 yards 35 - inch. This pattern easy to use, sim fele to sew is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print Slainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, TYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., Neu, Toronto, Ont. and be with thein at night. I kept them in church, and they all attended high .school and were Boy and Girl Scouts, "This man is my own age. He is well-educated, has a nice home, a car, a good business, and money saved. Most import- ant, he can give me the core- panionship I have missed so much, What shall I do? Keep on working and living alone, or marry him? I should not need advice• from anyone, but Mother used to say we are never too old to learn. Worried.- They Don't Understand "' Many a woman of your age "' is as physically vigorous and * emotionally eager for life as * when she was 40 — yet to her * children she is all mother, an * old woman, They are shocked * that she is capable of affection * for any man and yearns to grow * old with one of her own gen- * eration beside her, They are, * frankly, a bit ashamed, and * feel that her inclination to * marry is a little short of in- * decent. * When they e anted to marry, * they went merrily ahead with "' their plans, not thinking she "' would be left to keep on work- * ing and living out her years * by herself, unprotected against " loneliness or illness or mis- * fortune, "' They do not 'mean to be sel- * fish. They just have not the understanding that comes with * age. * The least your children:can * do is to get acquainted 'with * this man and learn to know * him. He would not deprive * them of your affection and in- * terest even if he could; he has * no r'esire to interfere, only to * make their mother's life easier * and enjoy with her the -om- panionship which you can give * each other, * Why don't you invite them * over, together or separately, to * meet him? It would be awk- * ward for them to refuse. * Haven't you a friend they * admire who can talk to them? "' Why not ask one of them to * write me why they oppose * your marriage?—Or show them * this reply. * You have had a hard life. * You have sacrificed every- * thing for your children. Now * that you have the chance to * live a life of your own, you * are entitled to it .. , Only you * can decide, of course. If yo. • * marriage would antagonizze * your children as they threat- * en, it might not he worth it to * you, But in your place, 1 * should not turn down this * chance without making every * effort to change their minds, * I certainly hope you ran. e * Children do not mean to be selfish, they are just interested in themselves first. If your fam- ily presents a problem, write Anne Hirst about it. She sees both sides, and ran often explain one to the other. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. • Screen Test—Sixteen-month-old Karen Crosby flattens her nose mgolnst the screen door of her neighbour, Al Rhoades. Koren a vas fascinated by the antics of the Rhoodee' Spitz dog, Patsy, who is o great pal cf hers, Buttoned Up — Dressed like the pearl -button -covered coster- mongers who entertain street crowds in London, 10 -year-old Dawn Gardiner, left, and Christine Marchant,"9, attracted plenty, of attention as they strolled along a walk in Brighton, England, RNICLES CL d iNGEa LD+xrxtd.oltrve DC64vbs Partner did not have W look for a job last week — not with all the split trees and fallen limbs lying around from oto• most recent windstorm. Looks as if we shall have quite a bit of firewood to burn this winter whether we want it or not But of course we can use it, either in the furnace or the kitchen stove. If we were really modern and had an oil furnace and no kitchen stove what would we do with the wood, I wonder? Maybe that is what a lot of peo- ple are wondering as I notice trees and limbs in quite a num- ber of places have been left practically where they fell. Every kind of vegetation has picked up quite a bit since the showers last week but owe could do with yet another rain as there is very little moisture be- low the ground. We were dig- ging up daffodil bulbs yesterday and the dirt just crumbled and fell off the shovel it was still so dry. In beween wood -sawing sessions and cutting weeds Part- ner has been doing a wholesale clean-up job in the garden. Shrubs have a way of getting out of control if they are once given the chance, We also had another new calf and I managed to get in a delayed over -sized washing so we had no trouble in keeping ourselves occupied. Then from Wednesday to Sun- day afternoon Partner's brother and his wife from near Ottawa spent the tail -end of their vaca- tion with us. We were out part of each day exploring the coun- try round about, seeing old places and new developments, following up surveyors' flags on our much discussed highway, And of course we spent plenty of time just talking — you know how it is. All in all we had quite a week. For that reason we were not paying too much at- tention to the radio, However Partner had his barn radio go- ing as usual so it was he who first heard the news that Emilie Dionne was dead. To the gen- eral public it was certainly an unlooked for event. When Marie became a novitiate I believe most people were sorry to think of the famous 'quints' being separated, so naturally Emilie's death is an even greater shock, And I don't suppose anyone will grieve more than the four re- maining quintuplet sisters. The row of dots indicates an interruption. Our relations had departed by train about an hour when friends from Guelph drop- ped in for a little visit. But alas, their visit wasn't nearly long enough for us to catch up on all the news. Isn't it funny when people you want to see finally put in an appearance you are so pleased to see them that all the things you expected to talk about completely leave your head. When they have gone you say to yourself — "Why didn't I tell them so-and-so . , , or why didn't I ask them that?" Speaking of visitors, two are getting a few now and then that are not so welcome. One day last week a man appeared at the door and asked for some- thing to eat. He said he was sick and wanted a good meal so he would have enough strength to walk to Acton, 1 -le is the only one, so far who has actually corn begging but I have noticed an increasing number of transients along the road the ISSUE 36 — 1954 last few months. It worries me to see them . . they are an all too vivid reminder of the 'thir- ties' when hardly e week went by without someone begging a meal or coming along with boot- laces to sell just to keep them- selves within the law. Must we again be faced with that age-old problem — who are the deserv- ing poor? To whom shall we give and who shall be turned away? It the need increases the problem will be even greater than before, In the 'thirties' twenty-five cents •would buy some kind of a meal but today it will do no more than pur- chase toast and coffee. Another ever-present problem is the speed limit. Not the offi- cial speed limit but our own personal safe -driving speed limit. The terms are not necessarily synonymous. A driver may be within the law and yet be ex- ceeding the speed at which he can drive with safety, That fact is seldom taken into considera- tion. This occurred to me not - so long ago because I was hurry- ing to catch a bus and driving quite a bit faster than I usually do. At no time did I exceed the speed limit allowed by law. And I was driving along an excellent highway, yet my conscience told nee I was driving too fast, even though there was little traffic. Had I not been alone I wouldn't have taken that chance. Every careful driver knows the speed at which his car can be operat- ed with comparative safety, as the mechanism of a car gets ac- customed to the average speed of the driver, Step it up even five or ten mph and the driver is exceeding his own speed limit for safe driving. Natural - ler the type and condition of a car should also be taken into consideration. A light car driven at a higher speed than average SCILirare The Latest Thong It you see a pretty girl- carry- ing a square-shapedumbrella one rainy day this autumn, don't he surprised. For the four -cornered tunbrel- la is already proving popular on the Continent and may soon be seen in Britain, According 80 its German inven- tor, it has many advantages over t h e round -shaped umbrella. When it's carried by a woman, for instance, its shape makes it impossible for the rain to drip from it down her escort's neckl And he says that when his new -look umbrella is shut up, it's more convenient to carry. .Yonas Hanway, who is buried in Westminster Abbey, succeeded in popularizing the umbrella, but they were considered "unmanly" in Britain. Ilanway was jeered at when he paraded the streets of London 200 years ago carrying an enormous silken "brolly,'" Small boys fol- lowed him and threw stones. Yet he persisted for thirty years, and his example was eventually fol- lowed. An umbrella -borrowing bureau was opened in Brussels some years ago. Subscribers paid an annual fee and received a metal token stamped with an index number which they always carried about with them, When it rained suddenly, the subscriber could borrow a n umbrella from any of the bur- eau's many agencies in Brussels w h i ch included tobacconist's shops, restaurants and big stores. All he had to do was to hand over • the token which was re- turned to him when he returned the umbrella, The religions we call" false were once true. (Emerson). is a greater hazard than a heav- ier make which is better able to 'hold the road', So there you are folks — just a few reflec- tions on driving. Perhaps you might like to ask yourself as I did — "What is my speed for safe driving?" 0051 RECORDS Two Prenehtnen have recent- ly set up two odd records--onw for violin -playing, tiro mbar for drinking, The violinist, atter having a long sleep, played his fiddle non -stop in his home near Lille for seventy -foul' hours eighteen minutes — a world record He ranged from popular melodies to classical music,listened to by an admiring but weary audience of three people, The drinker was an innkeeper, Aime Maffrey, who in Paris un- dertook to drink thirty pmts of beer. 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