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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-01-07, Page 6Neckties Should Bo Seen,Not Worn A maker' of neckties, appealing to the present Christmas trade, is marking his product with s helpful tag that tells you the color scheme. You turn the tie over, and a little tag, says, "Weal: with brown suit." S0, 1 think it is time to draw the line. If the necktie code has been carried to such length, a rebel voice is needed. ' I happened to have a thirteen. volume encyclopedia published by Carey and Lee in Philadel- phia in 1830. They tell me it would fetch a pretty penny, as it. is in excellent condition, but I plan to keep It because it is fun to read. As to neckties, it pleases me much, for I find my own sentiments under "cra- vat." It runs: "CRAVAT, an un- healthy, uncomfortable, ' unbe- coming article of European and American dress. The ancients were unacquainted with this ridiculous and injurious style of bundling up the neck, Etc." In spite of this, 1 happen to have a necktie. Country living is not too demanding, so when- ever I wear it, I wear it with my suit. If the color scheme is askew, that's too bad. If I found "Wear with brown suit" on my necktie, I would be in trouble, for my suit is black, Thus it is. When I see the present youth riding happily to school, their garb relaxed and indifferent, '1 notice the necktie has fallen from fashion. In my day we al- ways wore one, If you forgot to put one on, the girls would dance around you at recess chiming, "Johnnie forgot his necktie!" Those were the days of the detachable shirt collar - you'd get at least two days from one Be Dolly's Helper PRINTED PATTERN YUaidlc its 4533 FOR DOLL 14"-22" TALL 4-"14leicn -144-en5 Make this pretty wardrobe for her "little girl" doll, Easy -sew! Includes coat, head band party dress, barbecue outfit, blouse, slacks, poncho, duster, nightie. Printed Pattern 4533: For dolls 14, 16 18, 20, 22 inches tall. State size. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUM- BER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. shirt - and if you left ofi yitu neelt4ie there would be your big brass collar button stickingout in trent, shining in the morning. sun and lighting you all the way to school, The girls seem- ed to think this was funny, There were no sports shirts then, and a collar open at the neck was "pinny." I was good at tying my tie. My program was to get up, dress loosely, and get into overalls for the barn chores. After. chores I'd clean up at the kitchen sink, have breakfast,' and then tie my tie just before walking to school. I had masteredthis last duty so 1 didn't need a mirror, and, this impressed Mr. Moulton. Mr. Moulton was an older neigh- bor who walked up every morn- ing for a quart of milk, and he was all thumbs on neckties. This was before ' the dairy business became a legal techni- eality, and it was allowable to fill Mr. Moulton's tin container' directly from the milk pail. He used to leave five cents on the sink shelf every morning to pay for this service. Then he'd sit on a kitchen chair and wait for me to tie my tie. He'd waggle his head and express amazement. He couldn't even tie one look- ing in a glass, and usually had to have Abbie do it. But here I was, not even looking! For some eight years Mr, Moulton watched me tie my tie every sehoolday morning, I never had so many ties that 1 needed advice as to when and how to wear them. Keeping a subdued one for Sundays, I would wear the other one until it had accumulated a sheen and patina, and a disciplined reflex so it almost tied itself. It would get washed once in a while - but I think el can make the point that wearing a tie was much more important than what it looked like while you wore it. I don't think I've ever bought a tie in my life. I made one, once. 1 knit it from grain -bag strings, and Mother threw it in with some rug rags so it came out dyed a walnut brown This was pure whimsy. There was a "gag" running around then, to wit: "Do you make your own ties?" I suppose the rock-ancl- roll era has same similar devas- tating remark. It seemed to me a wonderful answer to this wise- crack would be a plain, "Yes, I do." So I made one, and the next time they asked me, I said yes. I never made but the one, and all the other ties I've owned were given me. On gift days I'd get a couple or so, and my recollection is that nobody ever expended the slightest thought as to colors. A generous aunt would fix me up with a gay foulard in bright yellow squares, set upon a green field with al- ternate maroon dots, and f'd wear it with a Swedish -stitch pullover sweater in cinnamon and bright red It made quite a noise, but by the standards of the time i was dressed. There was n virtue in this, all the same. Fais-ce-que-to-veux was not predicated on wanton abandon. but carried the tra- ditional ' requirement that a well -ordered ritieen would not materially err, We were sup- posed to go to school looking as if some basis of proper hu- man relationships were involv- ed. The tie, itself. was merely a symbol of inculcated propriety On that basis, 1 think !'m willing to approve neckties. Rut I think it's a curious way to make a point 1 keep my tie in the bureau drawer. and my suit on a hanger in the closet, and I wear them as seldom as 1 possibly can - yet I'm per- fectly willing to admit the neck- tie was important in my grow- ing up, and helped lead me into paths of thought which have proved useful. The objection I have is to this categorical con- formity, new to me, that you aught to pay attention to the color. I believe a man can be a gentleman. If he wants to, on one tie and one suit. -By John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. BRIGITTE GOES TO WAR -- At wet with the Feench Army over he "right" to see her husband, recently Inducted, Brigitte )3a dot is standing firm. She is shown with her husband. Jacques Charrier, in their recent film, "Babetre Goes to Wdr," Recruit Chortler was placed in the hospital with a nervous disorder shortly after his arrival at training camp, REMEMBER WHEN? - :A famous name from the silent era in movies, Dolores Del Rio, 54, drinks a wedding -toast with Mexico City film producer Lewis H Riley often their marriage. It was her third marriage, his second. ree HRO I LES NEr M Y 3 ; .,.. Gwtvad,oLir\.e P. Ctoxk.e. The press announcement said briefly . A 14 -mile stretch of Highway No. 401, from No. 10 to No. 25. was opened yester- day." Other statistical data givan - the number of bridges built, Lhe width of the road and shout- ders and the overall cost of con- struction. All this information was sent to Partner and me from the Department. of High- ways alongwith an invitation to attend the official opening and the reception to follow. It was a courtesy invitation because this particular section of 401 end- ed on the property where our farm life began - that is, in On- tario. We had previously farmed briefly in Saskatchewan. Part- ner was unable to attend so son Bob took his father's place and came with me. It was a momentous occasion. There, on what we used to call "tho field over the creels" the ribbon -cutting ceremony tock place. A number of officials Molt part, chief among themthe Hon. ourable F. M. Cass, Minister of Highways. As I listened to los address I was particularly gra- tified to hear hint pay tribute to the early history of the district After the opening I was able to obtain a piece of the white rib. bon that had been stretchiest across the highway. This 1 later cut into three pieces es Bouvet, ins for our family. As my son and I steed ori the elevated roadway 1 looked around and reviewed the history of the old farm. Back in 1822 a canny Scot by the name of MacNabb had settled on this property, known then only as Lot 2, Concession 3 Township of Esquesing. Here he built his log cabin and commenc- ed his settling duties. A few years later a meeting of the pioneer fathers was called their meeting place was along the wooded trail of what is now Highway 25. As a result of the meeting it was decided to build a rough log school house on the Macnabb property - the first tc be built in what is known as the "Scotch Block District". It was some years later be. fore pioneer MacNabb applied laer the. Crown deed and about, that same time he built a frame. house close to the road. It shel- tered his growing family until' 1854 when the present house was built. It is a wonderful old house, built of hand -pressed brick on a solid stone founda- tion with two massive fireplaces, one complete with crane, big enough for burning the huge pine roots that were left as' the land was gradually cleared of timber. The nails used in the construction were square, hand• cut nails, a number of which we Saved as curiosities. The farm has changed hands only three tinges - from MaeNabbs to a man named Inglis who, after 'four years, sold out to us - thet Was in 1023, At that time there was no hydro or plumbing and a furnace that was unsafe to use. And the main road - that • t::, the Second Lina, was some- thing to avoid! Here Partner somehow wrested a living from the soil; built up the land and fences, increased the acreage of cultivated land from 70 to n5 acres, ploughing up what wns left of the root-ridhled bush. Somehow we weathered the de- pression of the 'Thirties Then came World War 2. Our son en- listed and our daughter left` Wile to work in a munitior fee. eery, We got along as best we could with the help of a.fifteen- iear-old "home" boy. Prices for farm produce improved. What we made went back on the farm We put in hydro, a new furn- ace. and a watercpressure sys- tem. We gravelled the lane, drill- ed a new well and put in new stabling. We had our share of fancily sickness .and stock losses but we still couldn't' imagine a better life than farming and we looked forward quite contented- ly to living the rest of our lives on the old homestead. But, as the years passed rumours spread of a new highway crossing the township. Engineers were fre- quently seen in the fields. Eventually we were approached by the Department of Highways with an offer to purchase the property. We were not particu- larly elated. After 35 year's our roots went deep. But there were other points to consider. The years had taken their toll; we were past hard work and neither of our children was in- terested in farming., So we sold. lock, stock and barrel. But the old farm is still dear to our hearts so you can understand that as we stood on familiar ground during the opening cere- monies my son and 1 cast. many Wintry Gra les Pinpoint Courage Every winter savage North. Allantie'storms breed their new contingent of Captains Coura- geous - 'and this year has been no exception, Take the skipper of the world's biggest ship -- Cunard Commodore George Morris, cap- tain' of the mighty Queen Eliza- beth (83,673 tons). He brought his famed express liner through cruel seas and .gales that smash- ed portholes on an upper deck and made her 37 hour's late at Southampton. Although the elements had kept him on the bridge almost constantly, Commodore Morris turned his tremendous vessel around in the .fast time 'of 25t"a hours •and uncomplainingly put back to sea. For such men and ships, De- cember's violent assaults are but part of the business, year after year. Or take, as one of many, the skipper of one of the smallest. He is a Finn and his name is Capt.. Johan Vurio. His ship's name is Anna, and she is an an- tiquated 63 and a tiny 1,045 tons. At this writing, she lies stranded on the bleak Scottish coast of Aberdeenshire, battered there by merciless waves, One scarcely knows whether or not to refer to Anna in the past tense. Anyhow, Anna was home to Captain Vurio. He had com- manded her for the last 24 years. He owned shares in her. He said unabashedly that he loved her and looked upon her as his second wife. And so, when she was holed on a reef and ran ashore, he was reluctant to leave her. The rest of the crew of 1? got ashore safely near St. Combs Head, but Captain Vurio for two- days 'ignored warnings and appeals and .remained with Anna. He sot up headquarters .in the old galley, with a coal fire and c h e e se sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and supper writes Henry S. Hayward in the Christian Science Monitor. He rang the watch changes on the ship's bell. He keptthe ship's log up to date. He ignored the ceaseless battering of'the sea and sat with his Bible on his knees, praying. Then,' implored by his partner to abandon Anna, he shaved, put on a fur hat, and with tears in his eyes, walked around his wave -swept ship, saying good - by to familiar objects. He left everything behind, even his w.ife's picture in his cabin. When his long, lonely vigil was over, he climbed into a , breeches buoy. After he reached the shore, wet but safe, this old a backward glance to the old house in the background that had been our home for so many years. The full story of highway con- struction cannot be told in con- tracts and costs. At the back of us an elderly lady could not bear the thought of bulldozers tearing up their Crown -land property. She thought her father would turn in his grave. Event- ually she took a stroke and died. In other cases where the De- partment required only a few acres it was a windfall to the ,,wners, Similar instances most apply along every stretch of our modern highways. While we wel- come the convenience of good roads, as we travel their 'smooth surfaces, we might • spare ' a thought to the pioneers who made our •modern progress p'os- sible. Truly they (the pioneers) built "far better than they knew". man of the sea could not bear 10 look bacis of Anna, "1 could never love another ship as 1 loved her," lie said. Such are the stubborn, herote tireless Captains Courageous of today, Why People Blush A girl's faint blush when a bey asks her to dance , .. The pain- ful beet -red face of a gangling• teen-ager whoa he trips over his own feet . The gushed features of a shy matron called to speak at a PTA meeting. Why are these people blush- ing? Because they want people to: look at them, Dr. Sander S, Feld- man told the American Psycho- analytic Assctei tien meeting in New York last month. According to the Rochester, N.Y., psychoanalyst, who has been studying the red faces of his fellow men - and women - since 1922, blushers are peo- ple with inferiority complexes who 'desire attention but also dread it." UNHAPPY RETURNS Memphis, •Tenn,, potice charg- ed a 57 -year-old man with lar- ceny of a three -layer chocolate cake from a home, He was Found eating the cake and drinking corn whisky, It was his birth- day, he told police, Art -In -Embroidery 1 C*tea WL z& Inspired by actual bird printsl Exciting to embroider in Na- ture's own vibrant hues. Realistic birds and asters add sparkling color to any room. Pat- tern 923: transfer of two 81 x 21 -inch panels; color chart; easy embroidery directions. Send THIIRTY-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 NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. New! New! New! Our 1960 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Boolt is ready NOW! Crammed with exciting, unusual, popular de. signs to crochet, knit, sew, em. broader, quilt, weave - fashions, home furnishings, toys, gifts, bazaar hits. In the book FREE - 3 quilt patterns. Hurry, send 25 cents for your copy. ISSUE 1 - 1960 READY FOR CHRISTMAS - Preparing for relig ious Christmas shoppers, a prlesi arranges a display of figures of the Infant Jesus in Rome, Italy. The dolls are used to traditional manger scenes.