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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-09-03, Page 6AN NE 14MST 144,44 Fame,'" attookseArt, "Dear Anne Hirst: I have Worked for this man for nearly two years, and our •relationship has been on a strictly business basis -- until his wife recently left him. Now he says he has al- ways been fond of me,, and says that only I can All her place. (They have two sons, whom she took with her,) "Last week he declared he'd never take her back, today he complains how he misses the boys. First he says he'll fight for a divorce, then decides she should get it. He reminds me that I did NOT 'snake a play' for him, and that for some time he has not cared for his wife at all "We are dating regularly now, and I believe I am falling in love, be says that whatever happens, he will protect me. He has won- derful plans for us, and begs me to be patient. He is very well off, he promises travel and just about everything I've always wanted. "But do you think I can be- lieve all he tells me? I've been divorced . myself, and I don't want to make a second mistake. WONDERING" WATCH YOURSELF * How can I, who do not know * the man, give an opinion, You * have worked with him two * years, long enough surely to * know whether he is to be * trusted. If you feel any doubt, * don't commit yourself at all, * A divorce can take quite a * while, and the man is already * so bewildered he cannot de- * Gide who shall sue whom. He • is lonesome for his sons, and • turns to you as (apparently) * his only confidante. * Take your time. It would be * easy for him to forget he made * any of these promises. * It is significant, too, that * he says he has always been * "fond" of you. Is that enough • for marriage? To choose a • successor to his wife so sud- denly indicates a desperate * need for companionship — and * you are available and already o in love. • I urge you, seriously, to stop * dating him immediately. * You are a divorcee, who * must know the value of dis- cretion. He knows as certain- * ly that he jeopardizes his * standing by seeing any other * woman during this period. So o withhold your decision until * the air is cleared. (Incidental- ° ly, his assurances that he will * protect you would sound re- * ther hollow if his wife brought * the suit and named you as co- * respondent.) * Face these unwelcome facts, o and go on alone until he can • come to you with a proposal in o his pocket. Jet -Speed Sewing ;PRINTED PATTERN 4772 SIZES 10-18 For a smooth flight into suns• mer — stitch up these sleek trav- elers with jet speed. Color -piped cardigan, in -or -over blouse, slim skirt travel together or solo with other separates. Printed Pattern 4772: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. See pat- tern for ys,rdages required, Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate, Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps eannot 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, 128 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. A MOTHER'S PLAINT "Dear Anne Hirst: Some Months ago we moved tothio. town, and I am concerned about my daughter's social life. (She is 17,) Back home she was always en the go, but here she hasn't been out do a single date, • "She is a sophomore, and as pretty as a flower, She is natur- ally friendly, and has all the ad- vantages the other girls have., I've, tried to find out what's wrong, but I haven't had much luck, "I grieve to see her staying home on weekends when all the others have dates. Have you any hints? MOTHER" * You must have cultivated * neighbors with youngsters, and * joined a church where young * people attend? Have you got- * ten active in some commun- ity group? Especially in smal- * ler towns, one friend leads to * another, though I know .it may *.take longer to meet them. * Newcomers are not always * hospitably received, partieu- * larly pretty ones. * Your daughter arrived too * late last fall to take part in * school activities. Now she: * should attend those events * regularly, and be willing to tic- * cept offices in groups where * her talents are useful. Of * course she feels free to bring * girls home after school, or take * them to a moviernow and then? * Girls have brothers and. other * male relatives, you know. * I know how concerned you * are, but don't yet ,your Baugh- * ter sense it; she might grow * self-conscious. Do what you * can to see that she meets nice * people, and leave the rest to her, * * * Promises that a married man makes should be taken with tongue-in-cheek. Keep your wits about you, and above all, be so discreet that no gossip can touch you ... In such delicate situa- tions, too, Anne Hirst's counsel is invaluable. Write her your prob- lem at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. and be as-' siii+ed-of"her wisodm and under- st'tiingi "Hot Dog" Isn't Dignified Enough! Operating under the theory that it doesn't matter what peo- ple say about you as long as they say something, a hard -sell pub- licity man last month was ready to question the goo name of one of our most cherished insti- tutions: The hot dog. To public- ize a new client who prepares hot dogs and other specialty meats, New York press agent Saul Richman whipped up an advertising campaign calculated to raise the status of the hot dog by giving it a more dignified name—nothing new or slangy; prosaic old frankfurter or wien- er would do. Richman cooked up a series of ads to run under the slogan "Don't Be a Meanie to a Wienie." Sample: A picture of a dog, ob- viously suffering from the heat, accompanied by the line: "This is a hot dog!" Below it, a pic- ture of a frankfurter being grill- ed, and the line: "This is a hot wienie!" As word of the stunt hit Madi- son Avenue, the mustard began to fly—in defense not only of the hot dog but of the sacred virtue of the advertising busi- ' ness. Admen from a dozen agencies phoned Richman to lambaste him for making "the profession look foolish with a childish camp a i g n." Blaine- Thompson, the agency that Rich- man had expected to place the ads, promptly informed him that it could find no slot in its sche- dule for the campaign. Richman, who finally called in a Chicago agency to handle the ads, was delighted by all the at- tention -getting fuss. Itis only complaint: "There should have been 200 more calls." Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. At what side of the plate should the naykin be placed when setting the table? A, .If you set your table with place plates, the napkin is plac- ed on the plate. If food is on the plate when the guests are seat- ed, 'the napkin is put at the left of the plate. Q. One of my husband's busi- ness associates was our guest for dinner recently, and the day after he sent me some flowers. Should I have written shim a "thank you" note? ,A, Yes, Q. I thanked each guest per- sonally for gifts received at a surprise birthday party in my honor. Am I supposed also to write thank -you notes to these persons? A. This is not necessary. QUEEN REVIEWS TROOPS — Queen Elizabeth reviews an honor guard to Balloter, Scotland, while en route to the royal summer residence at Balmoral, where she will vacation with het:, hus-. bond and two children. As she arrived, Buckingham Palace . announced th a• the Queen, 33; is expecting her third child early next year. ' H R N ICLEI 1N6ERFAl? G , t4oli .e P. Cts►, I,e Last week was quite a 'week busy, dusty, hot and .humid. And noisy! Men around every day — either here .or at one of our neighbours. Township •work- menwith a noisy power shovel laying water -pipes from the main to the pipes being put down at each house • by the owner's own plumber. Itwas our first experience witfi-such a job and we found it very -4.1 eresting to watch. The climaxicarne Sat- urday afternoon w -Fre n our plumber arrived to 'make the final connections and turn the water on. That was quite a thrill water corning through the taps and no electric motor' pump- ing away to force water into the pressure tank. One less noise to disturb us when the house is otherwise quiet. Our new water supply comes to us from Lake Ontario — via the township fil- tering plant, of course. Itis tasteless, odourless, and much softer than our own well water. But not nearly so cold, there- fore it will be of greater benefit. in watering the garden — less of a shock to the poor, thirsty growing things. However, we do• have a connection hooked up to our well so we ran fall back on it in the event of township watering restrictions or a break in the watermain. Not all of our neighbours have had town, water installed. They say they haveplenty of water in.their . wells so why go to that extxra expense? We have plenty of water too' but since we have to pay for the water mains go- ing past our property whether we are hooked up or not, we want to make the best use for what we.are paying for. Besides that we save on hydro. I don't know what power, or the num- ber of watts a pressure system takes, but it certainly wouldn't be working for nothing, Well, now that we are on town water, the only other local improvement we',•have to look forward to is a sewerage ' sys- tem — and .that won't be for a few years yet, • My, how times have changed since I first began . writing this column. Back in the •'Thirties we had only coal -oil• lamps for il- lumination; a cookstove and a Quebec heater for warmth and a galvanized wash -tub for a bath. We burnt wood most of the time in the stoves because we couldn't afford coal so we often were too hot during theday and: too cold at night. But we survived. Then carne the end of the de- pression. We got more for our produce and money was a lit- tle more plentiful. As soon as we could afford it we put in a coal- burning furnace — and how we enjoyed it. Then we got talking to some of our neighbours and put in an application to have hydro go al- ong the road. It finally did and of course it was not long before -we had the house and barn wired. I'll never forget the first time we had the house flooded with light just by the turn of a switch. No one can appreciate electricity so, much as people who at one time have been with- out it. Our next convenience was a bathroom and pressure system, By that time we thought . we were really in clover. Hot water any time we needed it: No more bedroom dishes; no more trips to the outside toilet in freezing weather. Entertaining could now be done without apologies. Do you wonder I look back. with gratitude, remembering all the changes that have :taken place since I began this column? But to get back to the pres- ent. The weather last week . . As you probably know theheat and humidity were . almost un- bearable. +Thank . goodness, it is much cooler now. May itso continue. Vain hope — if the "probs" turn: out to be true. We are glad the Queen's ex- hausting tour has come to an end. We are quite in agreement GETS THE POINT - Dennis O'Keefe gets' back Into the comedy swing with a new T,,V show. Gal is his gal friday, Eloise Hardt, When he portrays a columnist named Hal Towns, Great Conledk ui Visits Down Under Frank was given our two tick- ets to Brisbane and his instruc- tipns, and we left for the depot,. I was carrying one suitcase; Frank had a large woolen blan- ket, rolled up and carried by a ' strap, and two cardboat'd boxes. At the baggage counter Frank checked my trunk and his ham- per. Most Australian acts car- ried wicker hampers instead of trunks. The trunks were more expensive, and the theatrical baggage was not exposed to the abuse it received in the States. The Australian trains, like those in Europe, came in level . with the station platforms. Unlike our baggagemen who, if a truck was not handy, dumped the actor's trunk out of the baggage car to bounce on the cement platform, the Australian baggagemen slid the actor's hamper gently ,out onto the platform, The trip to Brisbane was to take two days and one night, I asked Frank about sleepers; he said it was a waste of money, In Australia, he said, the vaudevil- le actors never traveled in sleep- ers. Also, according to Frank, they never patronized the dining cars. The Australian actors had a system. I was not to worry. Frank was going to take care of everything. I would be all right: As the train sped along' I; asked Frank about the Fuller Circuit, what the cities and theaters were like, and how the Austral- ian actors liked the Americans: Frank wanted to know about America, the vaudeville actors' salaries,: and their opportunities. Later, i n t h e afternoon, Frank told me that we were go- ing to have tea. The train slow- ed down and stopped at a small station. Frank flew out the door with me in tow and headed for a tiny refreshment counter. Ev- erybody in• the train had the same idea; car doors banged open, and passengers came run- ning from all directions. In no time we were surrounded. Frank knew the routine... The train stopped for ten minutes to 'ob- serve the traditional ritual. At the precise moment the commo- tion had reached its peak, the engine whistle blew abruptly, cups and plates were noisily re- turned, to thecounter, the rabble with those who suggest that her visits should be confined to one or two specified areas, and for -special occasions. Queen Eliza- beth II seems to have the same determination to carry out what she considers her duties as a sovereign as did her father be- fore her. And we all know what happened to King George VL No wonder Shakespeare said "un- easy lies the head that wears a crown." One more little personal item and then I must close. Yester- day Bob, Joy and the boys pick- ed us up and we all went over to "Heart Lake" near Brampton and had a picnic lunch. It is a lovely forty -acre concervation project. The shore -line was pretty congested so we kept away from that and stayed am- ong the trees where there were plenty of picnic tables and barbecue stands. The air was fresh and cool and we really enjoyed it. Parking was super- vised and several police officers were patrolling the grounds. There must have been hundreds of people there — in fact when we came home cars were being turned away as parking facili- ties were exhausted. It is a good place to go — if you go early enough. Gates are open at ten o'clock in the morning, week- days and, Sundays. siphoned itself from the plat- form back into the train, car doors were slammed, the traits started and Frank and 1 were once more an OUT way. A few hours later, Frank said he thought he would have din- ner. 1e opened the two card- board boxes he had been harry- ing and started wolfing some. sandwiches, I thought he west eating fast becaucu he was afraid that I was going to ask him for some food, so I suggested that I have dinner in the dining car.. Frank wouldn't hear of it, He was bolting his food it, appear- ed, only to accommodate me... , When the train stopped, Frank dropped his boxes and darted out the door. I was on his heels. Again the car doors burst open, and by the time we had reached the counter, it looked; as though a posse had overtaken us, Frank came through again and we each escaped... The pork pies were ninety per cent pie, nine per sent potato, and one per cent pork. When the pork pies arriv- ed in my stomach, they felt like book ends. The engine whistle blew again, the passengers stam- peded back into their cars, and the train started off into the night.—From "Much Ado About Me," by Fred Allen. 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