HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-07-16, Page 6ANNE 14IRST
4'1?ear Anne Hirst: If I talk
again with my mother about this
site will stop my going with MY
boy friend altogether, so I've pot
to ask your advice.... I am only
16, but he and I have dated over
a year and we are very much
in love. We get a kick out of just
being together, and Pm so at
home with hint that I can talk
about anything without feeling
self-conscious. I went with three
others before I met him, so I
think know myself now.
"We want to plan our marriage
when I am 18, and Mom and Dad
won't hear of it. (For modern
parents, they are very old-
fashioned.) They like the boy
and his fancily, but they object
to 'my wearing his ring, He is
sensible and insists I finish
school, but he does want to be
engaged right away.
"Shall I wear his ring or not?
My sister, who got married
when she, was my age, says I' can
always give it back. I just want
everybody to know we belong to
each other, but my family think I
am going too young to give that
impresssion, What do you say?
CONTUSED"
PARENTS KNOW BEST
• If you wear. the ring it an-
* nounces to your friends that
* you two have promised to mar-
* ry some day; that is its only
* significance. If you do not wear
• it you will still feel the same
* toward him, won't you? Since
• your mother opposes the idea,
• why not be agreeable?
• I do no doubt that you Iove
* the lad. What I do doubt is
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* how long you would be happy
* with him if you marry him
* even two years from now.
Teen years are crucial years
a in one's development. Today
* you and he are entirely con,
• genial; but who can predict
• that in four' or five years you
• will be the same person with
* the same ideals, opinions and
•. ambitions? If you develop nor-
* anally, you will mature and
* change in many ways. The boy
* isolder, and may remain as he
* is now, In that ease, you might
* find yourself married to. a
• stranger --- and how you would
* wish you had waited longer!
• The fact that your sister
* married so young may be one
* reason why your mother ob-
o jeets to your being engaged
° now. It is not that she doubts
* you love the boy, but she
° knows that marriage is for
* grownups, and she wants you
* to be a much wiser girl before
o you set your heart on any boy.
* You say that if you do
* change your mind you can al-
* ways give the ring back. Too
o many girls marry with the
* same reservation; "If anything
* happens I can always •get a
* divorce." Your mother wants
* your marriage to last for. the
o rest of your life, and I am sure
* you do too. Why not do as
* she asks, and play safe?
*Planning it all now will tie
* you to this lad and set your
° mind in a plaster cast, so to
o speak, which precludes any
* possibility that one day you
* will change it. I urge you to
* swing along with your moth-
* er's opinon. You will not be
* sorry.
• * *
HIS JEALOUSY HURTS
"Dear Anne Hirst: Our mar-
riage is being spoiled by my hus-
band's crazy jealousy, That
causes our only differences, but
the quarrels it arouses are bitter
and they end in horrible accusa-
tions which he knows are base-
less.
"When he is upset he tells me
to leave. But I have worked hard
for our home, and I don't intend
to leave it nor our little son. It
does look to me as though he is
searching for a reason to divorce
me and can't find one. I suppose
I do love him, but sometimes I
despise him.
"Our boy is beginning to feel
the effect of these scenes, I hope
you can help me, for I am real-
ly—
DISTRESSED"
* A jealous man is a miserable
* creature. Obsessed by an in-
*
feriority feeling, he cannot be-
• lieve that any woman can stay
* faithful to him. It is almost im-
* possible to cure such a man —
* unless he is threatened with
* his wife's leaving him.
* When these scenes occur,
"'there is one thing you can do;
* Walk out of the room or out
" of the house; he will get lit-
* tle satisfaction screaming at
* four walls. If he resumes when
* you return, don't answer; go
* about your work as though he
* were not there.
* Can you appeal to him
* through his love for his son?
* Exposing him to these quar
* rels is sheer cruelty, his nature
* is being warped; for his sake,
* your husband should control
* himself. Every child deserves
* a home life based on security
* of love and faith, and when
• parents deny him this, they are
* not fit to be parents.
* *, *
Mothers understand first love
better than their teen-agers
think; they also know their
daughters better than the girls
know themselves. When it comes
to love affairs, it is safe to accept
your parents' opinion. , ..If this
problem Is yours today, write
Anne Hirst about it at — Box 1,
123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto,
Ont.
HORSE OF A DIFFERENT POWER — They might ride mudders,
but jockeys no longer have to plod through mud at the Detroit
race course. Horsepower of another sort pulp them to the
paddock in the de luxe trailer. Saddles and tackle stow In
tr•'`,,,'s midsection.
INFORMAL PORTRAIT — Standing by an ancient cannon on the
East Terrace of • Windsor Castle, the Royal Family poses for qn
informal portrait.
We have survived the first
heatwave of the summer and we
hope it will be some time before
we have another like it. A vain
hope probably, Isn't it strange
how the weather can go to such
extremes? Last night we were
glad to have the furnace on —
after suffering nights and nights
ofsweltering heat and humidity.
It just doesn't make sense. Dur-
ing the hot spell I spent most of
the time in the basement —,on a
clean-up job. It needed doing and
it was a good time to do it:
Last Thursday, of course, was
a hot day in more ways than one.
Ontario went to the polls to elect
a new government. If one can
call it a .new government with
so few overall changes. However
the people had a chance to.elect
the men of their choice 'and
that's what really counts. We
,phoned Art early in the evening
to express our "sympathy" as his
man was one of those when went
down to defeat. Art had been
worrying hard for two weeks
electioneering. Saturday he got
away from it all by taking' his
family — and Partner up to
the cottage. I hope they don't all
freeze to death or sit up all
night stoking fires. I don't sup-
pose they would have gone had
they known it was going to turn
so cold ... and windy! I didn't
want to go anyway. A premon-
ition, perhaps.
Well, to get on to another sub-
ject, fashion changes, even in
fences. It used to be a well-
known saying that poor fences
make bad neighbours, We should
know! During our early farming
days we had one neighbour in
particular who made no attempt
to keep his half of the line
fence in repair. So we periodi-
cally had his horses in our
wheat field; his Holstein cows in
our pasture and pigs and geese
in our oats. And most of the ani-
mals seemed to be of a belliger-
ent nature. One time Bob was
chasing an old sow out of our
oats and it ended up with the
sow chasing Bob. He just got
over the fence in time. And there
was one morning I went to get
the cows and found a huge bull
pawing and bellowing in our
barnyard. Partner used to get as
mad as a hornet but it did lit-
tle good, Generally he finished
up by fixing our neighbour's
fence himself — especially after
one of our Ayrshire heifers gave
birth to a Holstein calf.
'As the years went by many
fences alongside the road disap-
peared. Traffic increased and
farmers preferred keeping their
livestock at the hack of the farm
away from the highway. If they
did not need a fence to keep
their cattle in the law did not
require them to build a fence to
keep their neighbors' cattle out
and so there are now many open
fields along the highway. Fences
have changed too. The old pic-
turesque stump fence has almost
disappeared, along with the
snake -rail fences. Now it is
woven wire or two strands of
wire carrying an electric charge.
Either gives a cleaner, more ef-
ficient appearance to farm fields
but provide little shelter for
birds, squirrels and chipmunks.
There are also certain laws in
connection with fences in sub-
divisions and •built up areas. It
is just as well for home -owners
to find out what is permitted in
their locality before putting up
any kind of fence on their prop-
erty. All districts don't follow
the same pattern. Sometimes
fence laws are written into an
agreement betweensubdividers
and purchasers. Sometimes not.
One district had agreed that no
fences should be allowed — that
gardens and yards be left open
like parkland. But apparently it
was just "a gentleman's agree-
ment".
This was discovered when one
property owner fenced his gar-
den at the back with cedar posts
and woven wire — to keep dogs,
rabbits and children off his
property. Inquiries by irate
neighbours revealed the fact that
it was permissible to build any
kind of a fence other than barb-
ed wire or a six-foot board
fence.
In the subdivision where Bob
lives fences are many and var-
ied. Bob has a link fence all
around his backyard to keep Ross
off the road and away from the
deep pools contractors have
made over on the next road. Af-
ter all the safety of children has
to be considered before the ap-
pearance of the property — al-
though one can often be combin-
ed with the other. All this has
come to mind because our next-
door neighbour is at the moment
fencing his property. We don't
mind but some the neighbours
are not taking too kindly to the
idea, it being the only fence in
the community.
Monday: Partner got home
about eleven o'clock last night
— tired out after two days'
work at the cottage. His ideas
about summer cottages for re-
laxation are likely to receive a
little revision! Later on when
things are fixed up for the sum-
mer it will be different but at
the moment there is plenty of
work to be done.
How Can I
Q. flow On 1 remedy some
shallow scratches on my furni-
ture?
A, You can remove shallow
Scratches or hairline moles by
softening the finish so it runs to-
gether, Flow on some turpentine
(for varnish) or denatured oleo -
bol (for shellac), Let this dry fox'
48 hours, then rule smooth with
rottenstorte, clean, and wax,
Q. How can I wash an electric
blanket? '
A. The best and safest way of
doing this is to wash them by
hand in detergents or soap, be.,
cause dry-cleaning fluids damage
the insulating materials on the
fine electric wires in the blanket.
Q. How can I soften shoe polish
that has dried and hardened in
its container?
A. Try adding a few drops of
turpentine to the polish.
Q. What is an easy way of
adding life to my window
screens?
A. Equal parts of spar varnish
and turpentine, well mixed, will
give protection to the screens.
that'll often outlast paint, Apply
this with a well -cleaned old
blackboard eraser.
Q. How can I make a glass
cement?
A, Just melt some common
alum in a glass spoon — and
you'll have a very efficient ce-
ment for mending glass, china, or
metal objects.
Q. How can I improvise a
"magnetic" hammer for driving
carpet tacks?
A. Rub the striking face of
your hammer over a cake of bar
' soap, and your tacks will cling
to it as they do to the regular
magnetic hammers.
Q. How can I eliminate some
ant hills in my yard and garden?
A. One good way is to place
a flower pot over the ant hill,
and then pour in about a tea-
spoonful of carbon tetrachloride.
The fumes from this liquid will
sink to the ground and cut off
the insects' oxygen.
Q. What Is an easy way to re-
wind the spring inside a window
shade roller?
A. Stick the flat end of the
roller into a keyhole and give it
a few turns. Then replace the
roller on its window •brackets.
Q. How can I clean some soil-
ed spots on any wallpaper?
A. Dip a cloth into powdered
borax, and rub this over the soil-
ed areas.
Q. Hew c an I remove some
mildew stains from books which
have been stored away for some
time?
A. These stains can be removed
(and prevented in the future) by
sponging with some denatured
alcohol and placing the books in
the sunlight.
SALESMANSHIP
The cub salesman asked his
'
boss if he could refund the
money to an irate customer who
discovered that the lot he had
bought was under water.
"What kind of a salesman are
you?" demanded the boss. "Go
out there and sell him a motor
boat."
SALLY'S SALLIES
41
If they want a college man
for the job, dear, you must
look the part."
ISSUE 27 — 1959
Craft Thcit Takes
Long To Learn
Just about the thinnest thing
itt the world today is — have a
guess! It's gold leaf, the stuff that
glistens from the great cross Oft
the dorne of St. Paul's Cathedral
and brightens the railings of
Buckingham Palace.
This mere film of precious
metal, hammered out until it is
almost invisible and only one
280,000th of an inch thick, is the
work of experts who aremeni-
bers of a never -changing craft.
The gold -beaters of Britain.
who hammer the film of gold
through sheets of skin are the
finest in the world. One silvery
haired craftman who retired 're.
eently spent more than seventy
years handling the precious
metal and beating gold from
large bars to little squares of
tissue thickness.
Pure gold. leaf is practically
unaffected by the atmosphere
and, every' shower washes it more
or less clean.
Between the gold leaf• that
decorated the tomb of the Egyp.
tian king, Tutankhamen and the
leaf that is beaten to -day there
are only minor differences. For
economy, the gold leaf" of to-
day is beaten thinner and mod-
ern craftsmen use steel hammers
(some weighing 20 lb.) for the
beating instead of the bronze of
the ancients.
The delicacy required in mani-
pulating the gold -beating ham-
mers comes- only after years of
practice, A boy who starts to
learn the craft at the age of
fourteen will be twenty-six be-
fore he can be trusted to beat
properly.
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THE END OF ABLE, — Holding the limp form of a space monkey "Able" on a table at the Fort
Knox, Ky , Environmental Medicine Laboratory, Dr. Thomas R. A. Davis is about to breath
air into the monkey's stilled lungs. All efforts failed and the tiny animal, who zoomed into
space and back again in the nose cone of a Jupiter missil. died Now space pioneer"Able"
will be stuffed and displayed in thti Smithsonian Institution.