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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-03-26, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: When we married six years ago my wife insisted we live with her mo - thee, and I was so in loye I fell for it. I have not had a real mar- riage, and I am sick of it, My wife took her mother everywhere, and they entertained their friends in our house, but I have to take my pals to restaurants; they have never been invited to have dinner • with us. "I got disgusted, and left. Then my wife promised me a home of our own, and a family. We moved into a furnished apartment — Where she continued to invite her mother and their friends, but again not mine. We have no chil- dren, and you Will understand that I am glad of that. "Again Ileft, and this time I said it was for good. But last week I met my wife accidentally, and she admitted that she missed me ... I just had an offer of a position in another city, and this time I put my foot down. I told her if she would go with me we could try once more — otherwise I was through. "Even if she agrees, I am half afraid to trust her, I think she, will always be her mother's little girl.:'. BILL" * You are taking a chance, yes. * But if you still love your wife, * I think it is worth the risk; if it works out, you will have * your reward. You two can * build a good life together * among new friends and sur- * roundings, away from her mo-. * ther's influence. o If your wife refuses to leave o with you or is not contented * there, you will know there is * no happiness for either of you * and . you will be better off * without her. * If she does consent, be sure to * devote your leisure hours to * her in your new home, intro= o ducing her to your friends and * seeing that she is too well * occupied to miss her mother. * It will take time, but you are * a patient man. * * * JILTED "Dear Anne Hirst: I just don't want to live! I am still crazy about a man I dated for seven months F; don't know why I can't get over him, because he made me care for him and left me flat. "I've tried dating others, but .I cannot forget him. Sometimes I'd just like to run off — where, I don't know ... I guess my family think I'm a problem and I expect I am. But what can I do about it7 DESOLATED" ° Insteal of seeing yourself as ' the romantic victim of a man Triple Treat 1u 1„444.404VVOta 4 Such popular doilies — their petite size enables you to use them here, there, everywherel Dainty as a dresser -set or to spotlight bric-a-brac. Welcome gift any time. Pattern 905; direc- tions for 7 x 13 inch oval; round 10,t:square 81 in No. 50, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUIYIBER, your NAME and AD. Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It has lovely designs to order; em- broidery, crochet, knitting, weav- ing, quilting, toys. In the book, a special surprise to make a little girl happy — a cut-out dell, clothes to color. Send 25 cents for this book, ISSUE I2— 1959 who only won your love to * leave you, try to understand * that no man makes a girl love him. She is attracted, he is at- * tentive, so with nothing more * than that to go on she builds. * all her hopes on him, only to * find out that one day he isn't * there. * It does not matter why the * lad changed his mind. You may * have been too easily won (or * too possessive) or maybe an- * other pretty face tempted him * more. Obviously, he is not. * worth the affection you still * waste on his memory. Why not * charge it off to experience and * next time be more selective, * less hasty to give your heart * away? * In these circumstances, your * best cure is an active social life. * Cultivate other interests that * demand concentration or en- * thusiasm, and you will have * less time to feel sorry for your- * self. What a chance to show * your family you, can• take the * blow like a lady! * Have faith in yourself and * your future, and you'll come * out all right. A separation is often the ans- wer to an, unhappy marriage, If you are given a second chance,. take it with hope and a new loyalty ... Anne 'Hirst's opinion will guide you wisely. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Booking Crooks It is said that the training of French detectives, begins with a course of reading. Selected works include Gaboriau's detec- tive books, and also Sherlock Holmes stories. Police departments all over the world collect text -books by famous criminologists and detec- tives for the professional educa- tion of officers, as distinct from the other works of reference which are records of criminals and their methods. These files are housed in the Criminal Record Office of Scot- land Yard, the Berlin 'Criminal Archie, and the crime dossiers of the Paris Snrete. These are simply Paris libraries contain- ing the biographies of men of note — generally false note! There is another standard re- ference. It was compiled follow- ing a private meeting of. traders who had lost a, lot of money through people who never paid their bills. The traders made a list of these, "doubtful custom- ers" in self-protection. Crooks have their own refer- ence books. Barthelemy Warzee, the Robin Hood , of France, rob- bed mail trains and gave some of the proceeds to charity. He had a book on astrology and re- gularly consulted his horoscope before doing a job. When the police caught him he said he knew he would be arrested — his horoscope had warned him. He appeared before his com- manding officer charged with using insulting language to a sergeant. "Please, sir," he protested. "I was only answering a question." "What question?" snapped the offlcer. "Well, sir, the sergeant said °Who do you think I am?' and I told him." NO CIGAR — Eden Hartford, a New York photographers' mod- el who has gone Hollywood, will be seen'as a showgirl in a new movie, "The Big Circus." M home, she's Mrs, Grouch° Marx, BACK IN LONDON— Waving to the crowd at London Airport, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives home from his 10•day visit:ter-the; Soviet Union. Most people will remember the winter of 1958-59 and the thaw that followed the big snow. Frozen culverts, flooded roads and base- ments'are the order of the day. But even they are minor troubles compared with the tragic loss of . life caused• by collapsed roofs at Huntsville and Listowel. It' seems ahnost impossible that such acci- dents could happen without warning. And yet when youcon- sider the weight of snow on many roof -tops has been. estimated at seventy-two pounds�to the square foot: it is understandable. Multi- ply seventy-two by the squaie foot area of any roof and you • have a terrific lot of snow. Fortunately most of the snow in this district has been on the ground — and we are inclined to think we have more than our share piled upon this one acre of land. Partner has a regular network of little ditches and canals at the back of the house — plus a sort of catch -basin where he can leave the water to fill up while he works on the ditches. But still the ditches over- flow as the water seeks ways and means to find its own level. The only one who is happy — and dirty - is Taffy. He spends half his time paddling up and down the ditches, catching water with his mouth anywhere it happens to gurgle over little piles of fro- zen snow. One day last week it looked like a good day to go shopping so I went to Cooksville in the morning and Applewood in the afternoon. But alas, I ' hadn't realized how fast it could thaw once it got started. Along the service road I ran into floods every so often and there wasno way of telling ' how , deep the water was until I was in the middle of it. Fortunately the car didnot stall and I found a way of getting home that was mostly along the highway. I was wish- ing I had wings to keep me away from the water like the crows that are now flying around in increasing numbers. As for March 1, I wouldn't say it came in either like a lion or a lamb. 3 would say it was more like a seal. But at any rate it's March .. only a few more weeks and it will be June, with %Easter and Whitsuntide sandwiched in be- tween. Can you believe it? Just imagine some day all this ice, snow and water will have dis- appeared. Maybe there might even •be..water in some of the dry wells. .But that I wouldn't bank on," The frozen -ground prevents the .excess moisture seeping into the ground, and thus to the wells the way it should. In some homes it is "water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink." Of course there has been more than weather to worry about this week, The partial shut -down at Avro still haspeopleworried and promises to make a good political football. What will be the final outcome it is hard to say. Some of the men around here have already got other jobs, One or -two are talking about returning to England,' others are going to the United States. And. are the doctors ever busy. In our family, 'Ross managed to choke on a toy. metal bell. It was touch and go for a little while. He was ' blue, in -the face when Joy and Bob rushed him to the local hos- pital. By the time they got there he had managed to swallow the bell. X-ray pictures revealed its whereabouts, and it eventually 'passed- through. him. •His throat was raw and bleeding but apart ;,from that he apparently suffered no ill affects. In Dee's family, Art is in bed 'with the flu; Jerry is still up to his eyes'in-mischief. One•day he pulled the pop-up toaster on' the floor, breaking the mica and one element. And they are having dog troubles too. It would seem. their back yard is a rendezvous for all the dogs in the neighbour- hood, although their own little dog is kept in' the house. One morning there were no.less than ten in the yard at time, all the way from toy terriers to German shepherds. Dee phoned the police and the Humane Socie- ty with little result. One of the cheeriest people, around here is our egg -man — a - Dutchman. He comes every Fri- day night. At least he drives the car and a little boy delivers the eggs. Last Friday the father came, to the house himself with the eggs. "My little boy _ he's sick with flu; other boy, he fell at. 'school and broke shoulder. But I have lots of boys. One sick or gets hurt, others work.. One,' two, three, four boys. Lots of boys ... I'nm lucky." Well, I don't know any place where boys can be more useful — and have more fun—than on a farm. The farmer is lucky — and so are the boys. Have You Ever Seen A "slue Moon?" All over the world the ;noon has• become one of the ' biggest news stories of our times.And every day scientists are learn- ing more about it. In the light of present-day knowledge, it's odd to reflect that the Greek philosopher Aris- totle believed that the moon was a perfectly smooth and round body and that its markings were the continents ofthe world re- flected as in a mirror. Now we know that there are craters on the moon prababl caused by meteoric bombard• ment, that the mass of the moon is about one-eighth that of the earth and that its diameter is a quarter that of ,the earth. A startling theory that the moon will one day collide with the earth was advanced by Pro- fessor Hoerbigar, but he has- tened to explain that this won't happen for a few million years, although every year the m000n moves nearer the earth A day on the moon is equal to about fourteen days on earth — that means about a 2,000 -hour working week! There is no rain or ,cloud on the moon and when men ultimately reach the moon they will gaze up at a sky which appears black, A man could jump six times higher on the moon than on earth. Sometimes we say "Once in ,a blue moon." Has there ever been a blue moon? Yes. It was seen during the 1902 eclipse. The moon's surface, though cut. off from sunlight by the passing. of the earth shadow, reflected light from the earth's atmos- phere and was noticeably blue. Some courting couples marry when the moon is new, because they say it's a symbl of all happy beginnings .and a .sign that they will never quarrel. True or false? Only new moon honeymooners can answer that with any 'certainty? We don't yet know whether the moon has any effect on the, weather, although many people still believe that a halo round the moon indicates rain and that. the bigger the circle the nearer the moisture. Weather men say that the old saying "There's always a change after the new m o o n" is not bone .out by weather records. 'Astronomers calculate today that the : temperature of the .moon may be as high as 214 deg.' Fahrenheit by day and as low as minus 243 deg. Fahren- heit by night. Some believe it possible that the surface of the n might be continually changing with these' extremes af, temperature, "Do you mean to tell me that you have lived here for ten years and can't' tell me the quickest way to the station?" "I've been a taxi driver all that time, sir," Wonder Topper PRINTED PATTERN, SIZES 12-20 40-42 Easy, easy Printed Patterns See the diagram — you can sew this terrific topper in so little time. Have it in wool or cotton tweed for every day — velveteen for evening. Printed Pattern 4841; Misses' ,Sizes 12, i4, 16, I8, 20; 40, 42. Size 16 takes 23,1% yards 54 -inch. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern,. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. IT FLIES? - That's what it's designed to do. Al Wilson con- structed this :machine from various oddments, including a 72 h.p. engine. The machine weighs but 225 pounds. THEY'LL BE DIS -TRESSED DAMSELS — The six Talbot sisters smile bravely in a beauty shop. They showed up for a mass hair bob. Left to right are, front, Patty, 8; Freda, 6, and Marg- aret, 11;' rear, Delia, 18, Gertrude, 15, and, Th ersa, 13, Their mother, Mrs. Anthony Talbot, says, "Long hair Is pretty, but it's Net too much trouble," ti