The Seaforth News, 1959-04-16, Page 6LANNE I-HRST.
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"Dear Anne Hirst: I was a
lonesome widow, for. over two
years, and then I met, a, man who
is utmost as wonderful as 'my
husband was, From the day we
met we have been seeing each
other almost constantly, and care
,:,lore all the, time. We are so
compatible that just 'being to-
gether is enough.
"So why don't we get mar-
ried?
"There isn't money enough.
His income can only support
himself, and two years ago he
became partially disabled though
otherwise he is in good health,
I can get along on my husband's
pension, but in any emergency
we would be hard put to it for
cash,
"Shall we take a chance? Or
stop seeing each other entirely?"
DISTRESSED"
CAN YOU HELP?
* My first thought is to say go
* ahead, but one must be prae-
* tical. Have you ever worked?
* Had any business training?
* Many a young woman is hold-
* ing down a job today who
* never expected to. Can't you?
* Consult a few employment
agencies and ask their advice;
* they may have suggestions you
* haven't considered. Also fol-
* low the help -wanted ads in
* this newspaper.
* Let all your friends know
* how anxious you are. to aug-
* ment your income, and follow
* up any lead they offer. The
* more people that learn your
* need, the earlier it will be met.
* Are you a good cook? Per-
* haps there is a demand in your
* neighborhood for homemade
* cakes, desserts and other dish-
" es you .can prepare at home.
* The Woman's Exchange or a
* similar group can tell you.
* Perhaps this man can find a
* part-time job. that .will not
* over -tax his strength. (A talk
* with his physician should be
helpful,) Employers are grow-
* ing more agreeable to employ-
* ing the disabled; and oppor-
* tunities are opening up for
* them to prove their worth.
* In these clays of high prices.
* I am amazed to learn how
* many couples are getting along
o on incomes they would have
* thought a pittance some years
° ago. They have lowered their
o living standards, true: but
o they believe in themselves and
o each other, and have enough
o love and understanding to be
* content "just to be together.
o Attack the problem, both of
* you, with all your imagination
o and energy. Leave no field un-
* examined. With inspiration of
o your goal, you may be sur-
* prised how soon you will sue-
* ceed.
* I do hope so. It is a shame
Smart Traveler
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* that two nice people so well
e •sited should have to live
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ADVICE TO THE. AGED
"Dear Anne Hirst: So. many
older people seem to be burdens
to others these days that T feel
impelled to suggest ways they
can prepare earlier for their re-;
tirjtig years.
"Living ,fully for today, and
being thankful to God for it, is a
safe• motto, During your young
years learn to do something that
will bring you employment and
when age comes upon you can
be enjoyed then, too. Get a hob.,
by. If you can work, keep work-
ing at something that will bring
you a sense of achievement now
and later. Even if one'shealth
declines, they will have, a con-
tented mind. Put yourself in
God's hands, and never forget to
exercise your faith.
"Too many old people I know
today never learned early enough
how to get the most out of life.
If they had, they could be won-
derful assets to their family!
PRACTISING"
is in the time . of their
* youth that men and women
* should plan for their declining'
* years, while they are still "ac-
* tive enough to develop and.
* pursue activities that' will keep
* them interested the rest;' of.
* their lives. Your advice puts It
* clearly before them as one's.
* duty to, others.
* There are few burdens so•
* trying as having to live with
* an •agedperson whose mind
• andheart haveemptied them-.
• selves of life's real values; and
* there is nothing so. inspiring
* as older folks who refuse to
* lose their enthusiasms for life.
* Thank you.
* * *
When two people love each
other and have 'faith, there is
almost no limit to what they can
accomplish. If you are concerned
about the future, ask Anne Hirst's
opinion. ,Write he at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
Real Dog -Lovers
When flames roared through
the "!brary of his Derbyshire
mansion recently, Hugh' Molson.
the Minister of Works, dashed
into the room in..his pyjamas to
save his ten -year-old golden. La-
brador, Caesar.
-He 'also saved valuable books,
paintings and furniture from the
blaze, but afterwards his wife
Nanny declared: "I was more re-
lieved when he brought out the
dog."
Heart-warming stories of peo-
ple's consideration for their dogs
are told almost every day. For
instance, Wally Watts, of Smith -
sea, has made a pair of rubber
boots so that his seventeen -year-
old mongrel Scruffy can keep his
paws dry when it's raining.
You don't count the cost of
dogs in money, says Phillip . Op-
penheimer, the London diamond
merchant. When he lost his dog,
Poacher, on the way to : the of-
fice, he immediately put adver-
tisements in newspapers offering,
£60 reward.
Full of.. anxiety, Mr. Oppen-
heimer waited, Then, three hours
later,he had a telephone call
from a police station: "We've
found your dog." He had been
found wandering in the road.
But this devotion between dog
and owner is not, by any means
a one-way traffic. Quite a . few
folk have recently been saved
from peril by their pets.
For instance,, just before dos-
ing time a man attacked Walter.
Page in his pub in Dulwich Vil-
lage, London, throwing pepper
in his face and coshing him with
a bottle.
Luckily, Mr, Page has a black
and white mongrel called
Smudge, who flew at the attack-
er and chased him away.
"If it hadn't been for Smudge,
I'm sure the man would have
taken the cash from the till,"
said Mr, Page's wife.
Police dogs, of course, are well
known for their ,intelligence and
courage. One of the best is
Dante, seven-year-old Alsatian
of the Metropolitan Police, who
trapped a gang of safebreakers in
his off-duty hours,
"lettere not only one in a mil.
Ion, 11addy, but you're a mil-
lion in ons,"
PETTICOAT MARINER — Breaking all` ,seafaring traditions,
,tidtress Joan O'Brien takes• an excursion ,on a submarine in her./
new movie, "Operation ,Petticoat."
We have another, grandson
8 pounds, 4 ounces — and
he arrived fourteen minutes af-
ter his mother reached the hos-
pital! On March 12, at 2:44 a.m.
to.:be exact. We are thankful' he
was born in the hospital and not
before Joy got there. Appal:-
ently he is a fine, healthy boy.
I haven't seen . him yet but I ,
heard a lusty pair of, lungs over
the telephone, Naturally I would
• love to have a peek at him but,
at the moment I:am fully occu-
pied looking after his big bro-
ther Ross. Heisn't very big at
that — two years and two weeks
old as active as they come,
but very obedient: And .believe
me, that is about as big a help
as grandparents can haver This
is the first time away from home
for Ross and there hasn't been
a whimper out of him except
when he fell outside and scraped
his face, which makes him look
like a young prize-fighter and
,hasn't improved his appearance
at al].
Morning, afternoon and eve •
ning we get along fine but at
. six o'clock in the morning 1
don't love him quite so much.
He wake's, sees his slippers on
the floor and immediately starts
saying "Go walk." He loves to
get outside and Grandpa and
I take , turns at 'taking hips
walking - at which time who-
ever is left at home'gets a little
work done. Young mothers
manage , to take babies and.
everyday work in their stride,
but a grandmother is inclined,
to be a litte over-anxious and.
leave her own work to make
sure her grandchild isnot get-
ting into mischief or doing
something harmful • to himself.
The bathroom is a great at-
traction, "It is fun to throw
things into the toilet and then
flush it. If only Grandma
wouldn't be a spoilsport and stop
it — generally by locking the
.door. Then .there's electric plugs
LAMP THIS — Lamp shade -
like hot of black straw with a
purple rose -satin insert above
the face Is a new spring -and•
summer offering in Paris. Saucy
bow is tied behind peak of
the crown.
and outlets — so easy to put
together. Sometimes when this
is done a light comes an the
toaster'gets,hot or the tea -kettle
.sings. Or maybe by just turning
'a knob on a funny looking box
you get music. Best of all is that
glass -faced box in the 1iviog-
room. It has lots of knobs and
by turning this one and that you,
get music.. and funny pictures.
It is generally 'Grandpa who
says ' "no" to that little trick.
Seems .like a fellow can't have
any fun at, all.
The dog and kitty -cat are fun
too — if only Grandma would
let me pull the kitty's tai] and
the dog's ears. And ,why can't i
play with their supper dishes?
I'd like their dishes for my sup-
-per too.
up--per.too. Taffy's is a nice bright
red and the kitty -cat's .,is green.
Sometimes when they've been
washed Grandma lets me put
one on for a ,hat, other times
she says "No, no." I can't see
that it matters if the dish hap-
pens to• have; a little supper
]eft in it. Sunday afternoon my
Daddy cameto see me. But why
didn't Mummy come? Daddy
says Mummy's got a baby. I've
got a baby too, A doll. it hasn't
got any clothes on and it cries
I cried too yesterday when d
fell and scraped my face. We
have nice windows at Grand-
ma's house and when I get tired
o2' playing I watch the cars and
trucks and doggies go by, and
' the little boys and girls going
'to school.,"
Well, .1 am sure Rosa, would
say all that if he could but at
present his limit is , two words
at a time. Sometimes 1 think it
is 'a pity we are not all limited
to two words then we would
have less to ,say about the wea-
ther. M present we could say
. volumes — but what good would
it do? Loolcs as if we, in the
so-called banana belt, have been
subjected to more vagaries'from
the weather Than than some dis•
' tricts farther ' north Visitors
from Guelphyesterday were
amazed at the snow, ice and
floods around here. And then
while they were here the winds
came. One neighbour with an
unfinished garage — flat roof
and no doors — was very busy,
with the help of another man,
loading al] kinds of heavy stuff
on. top of the roof to keep it
from being carried away.. Ap-
parently he succeeded but as I
watched I was, afraid the man
would go as. well .as the roof,
At another house water was be-
ing pumped o u t through the
basement window. And there
were plenty of ,shingles ,being
lifted in the breeze,. including
some of our own. This morning
we are back to skating -rink con-
dition again. Arid I'm not liking
it one bit. Bad weather and baby
sitting don'tgo well together.
It seems useless picking up toys
when ten minutes later they
are scattered all over the place
again, 1 sherld be better organ-
ized but as a temporary measure
the line of Least resistance seems
the easiest way out— so the
Fine Fabrics
From. The Orient
In the days of the old East
India Company, among the many.
Oriental marvels that delighted
the hearts of exiled English-
women were pertain Indian silk.
shawls..
They were so tlue that al-
though more than a yard square,
they could be pulled without ef-
fort through a wedding ring.
Women no longer' wear silk
shawls as they did in those days,
but cashmere still. comes to us
from another part of the Far
East, Its history harks back to
the earliest traders and the first
great trade routes - the rays
when Phoenician merchants grew..
rich 'from the treasures of •anci-
ent China.
Nowadays caravans make a
journey between Tientsin and:
Tibet. They •carry tea, cloth, iron.'
ware, •sugar and boots on their
westward trek. They return with
the coveted fleece of the Tibetan
goat — the lovely material we
• -know, after it has undergone
many processes, as cashmere.
Along these routes are trading
posts that were busy marts when
Solomon lived, and they still do
a good' trade.
The curious part about these
soft fleeces is that they axe not
sheared from the Tibetan goats
that roam the wild' countryside.'
They are removed by targe
combs from the scrub- brush.
What makes the finest cash-
mere is that part of the goat's
coat nexttoits skin, behind the
_coarse -"beard-hair."
As summer wears on the goats
begin to shed their coats: They
do the shearing for themselves
while their shepherds 'sit and
wait. They rub • thernsefves all
day against the reixngh scrub bush
as though -from instinct.
Later, the goatherd gathers
this. soft crap from the scrub
bush. Bach goat yields around
twelve ounces of fleece, and the
annual' yield that flows out of
China its around- sixty thousand
pounds a'. year.
When •i -t"' is taken from the
bushes the fleece is a tangle of
smelly wool. A camel caravan
laden with Tibetan goat fleeces
can n be emelt' miles away.
Yet from this unattractive raw
product comes the prized mater-
iel that
ateriel'that is used in the making of
toys stay where they are until
nightfall.
' This I must tell you, It hap.
pened ,this -morning. Ross was
awake at 5.30, I changed: him and
he settled down again. So did I.
And then it didn't seem any
time before Partner was saying
— "Aren't you going to get up
this morning ' the coffee's
ready?" Ye gods - he had made
a mistake in the time and gut
up an hour too soon! That, I.
consider, should e s•t a b l i s h
grounds for charges.of mental
cruelly!
a wide range of eardigans, sweet,
ers and overcoats
Once, a woman who had heard
how a cashmere shawl' could be
drawn through a wedding ring,.
tried' the same experiment with
a cashmere pullover. She found.
to her surprise that it passed
through with very little perstia-
sion.
Q, is'It all right to use the tele-
phone to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of a gift?
A, This is better than no epk-
nowldegement at all. But a nice.
personally written note of thank
ie fn much better taste,
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