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The Seaforth News, 1960-08-18, Page 2Ts; ;✓ Take Off l ^Jr,; ;, ht By Stealth At •'"r) one hot night recently, iiiy, portly, panting w•on;on itic,l ,:oLuuci. - into n second - floor roma in a neighbourhood 'VeleA in Nit !watt leee. The t,; etniin who greeted them, eh;•lttele t in hand, took up a I;ettetz 'reside a set of scale;,, Dee by one, the women gni.. ruaced, stepped on, and stepped , ff ns Mee Klug recorded the i exults. - "I wernt wild this week," re- ported one. A woman in a green dress un- snapped a triple strand of pearls ,and kicked off her shoes before Ale got on the scales. "Take off your earrings, too," laughed onteof the women lined up behind her. • The occasion was a weekly meeting of the local TOPS iTalre - Off - Pounds - Sensibly) club, one of 1,100 such charter- ed clubs in the United States and Canada waging a psycholo- gical war against aeute obesity by applying the same principles - that help Alcoholics Anonymous cure drunks. "The idea," explained one 190 - pound TOPS official last wee',, is to discuss food openly. if we're overweight, we're not to. be afraid to talk about it." TOPS, a non-profit ot-naniza lion which claims that its 23,000 members last year collectively shed about 100 tons of fat, was born out of a stout Milwaukee housewife's sudden decision to try the AA approach twelve years ago. Now president and executive director of TOPS, Mrs, Esther Manz recalled last week at Milwaukee national - head- quarters that although AA was her original model, "I soon found out that heavy drinking and heavy eating might have common or similar causes bet few other similarities. For one thing, how can a fat person be 'anonymous?' . . What we really do is psychological group therapy. It's the idea that you'll do anything, even starve, rather than go to a meeting and con- fess that you've gained." Losers are cheered loudly at meetings; gainers are roundly booed, and must wear a sign cut in the shape of a pig. TOPS leaders, admitting that their method of prodding members to lose weight is unscientific, snake it clear that a reputable physician's advice is needed for prescribing the ideal diet. "We don't want our members giving diets to each other," says Mrs. Carolyn Caze, an area supervi- sor. TOPS will expel any chap- ter or member who becomes "identified in any manner with vny commercial weight -reduc- tion method." A few years ago, by threatening a lawsuit, TOPS forced a Milwaukee bakery shop Scrap -Bag Beauty Each butterfly is a single patch —applique that a beginner could tri! Start a quilt now! Use odds and ends out of your -crap bag. The body of the but- terfly is embroidered. Pattern ie62: elearts: directions: patch pi,•. vardages. S. t d THIRTY - FIVE CENTS imams eennot be accepted, use ;,octal note for afety) for this pattern to -Laura Wheeler, Box lea Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto. Ont. Print plainly • PAT. WEAN NUMBER, your. NAME and ADDRESS. Noel New! New! Our 1960 Wheeler Needlecraft Book r, --,dc NOW! Crammed with ,.-tcr.btiti , unusual, popular de- ,eil,;ns to crochet, knit, sew, em- he:Mee, quilt, weave -- fashions, h,om,, ruenishings, toys, gift:, haeehr b'ts. In the book i:'I>EE yui't a theme, Ilurr , ;cud rJ4 chis ter year copy. In t1.,p tn:,iketint; a bread Iahct- ed Tel's. • The club', .:emcees in shedding pounds where crash diets and "miracle.' reducing pills have failed :-,111rine a growing eonvie- tion itt medical circles that the real taus,':; of overweight are rooted to a c'ottiplix web of etnoi tional instability. Huth E. Mann, a TOPS mem- ber who plummeted from 382 pounds to 228 in twelve months, said. about her weight problem: "It wasn't serious until all my brothers and sisters were grown. I guess after they were gone, I drowned my loneliness in eat- ing." •At the forefront. of the re - swell in this country an com- pulsive gobbling is Dr. Albert Stunkard, a University of Penn- sylvania psychiatrist. Dr. Stun- kard has found three distinct eating patterns; 'People who raid the refrigerator all night, then are repulsed by food in the morning; "orgiastic binge -eat- ers" who devour mountains of food during tithes of stress, then suffer acute depression accom- panied by severe self -condem- nation; and people who "eat without satiation" and are un- able to stop once they have started, "The current widespread use of reducing diets," says Stun- kard, "has had unfortunate con- sequences; for a small number it has been disastrous." Reason: Obese people who try but fail to lose weight often suffer an acute emotional setback. Dr. Stunkard foresees possible reappraisal of medicine's ap p r o a c h to problems of over- weight. 'The more we investi- gate this subject," he says, "Lie more we are aware of the in- adequacy el both our informa- tion and theories." — from NEWSWEEK. Modern Etiquette Bp Anne Ashley Q. Someone has told me that a man who is driving a girl should, at the end of the trip, get out of the car first, go around to her side, and open the door for her. But what about any heavy traffic that might be pouring past the car en his side? A. In this case, he should just lean 'across the girl (excus- mg himself, of course), open the door for her, and after she alights, he can push himself across the 'seat and follow her out on the right side. Q. At what side df the plate should the napkin 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 place plate when the guests are seated, the napkin is placed at the left of the plate. Q. Is it necessary to write anything, besides your name, on the card that accompanies a wedding gift? A. No. Good wishes and con- gratulations may be offered at the reception. Q. Can you give some sug- gestions for appetizers at a cock- tail party? A. Simplest, of course, are peanuts, olives, pretzels, cheese sandwiches, "dipped potato chips", and the like. If you want to be more elaborate, however, you can serve small sandwiches of various kinds — and the modern cookbook has pages de- voted to suggestions on this, Q. If a wedding is to be so small that engraved invitations don't seem necessary, how should the bride and bridegroom invite their guests? A. The bride can write each invitation personally, or she may invite the guests by telephone or in person. t/ .trier TREATY STAMP - A stamp commemorating the 100th an- niversary of the signing of a trade treaty between the Unit- ed States and Japan will be placed on sole in Washington on Sept, 26. The four -center, in pink and blue, was design- ed by Miss Gyo Fujikawa. LIKE A LION YET — Who knows? Maybe this three -week-old kitten will scare someone. Cert- ainly trying hard enough. C.3va42..t- iottt.e P. Ct8,,l € Another week gone by with disquieting world news almost every time one reads or listens to a newscast. To dwell on it in this column would be to spread gloom and that is far from my intention, After all there are still pleasant things to think about and to make one happy. Oh a huge set of scales I imagine the good things in life would still outweigh the bad. I feel that we should enjoy what is good — but never, never be blind to what is bad, You know — "look for the best but prepare for the worst" sort of thing. To be think- ing constantly of the dreadful things that are happening — or may yet happen — is a sure way to work up a bad case of jitters. And isn't that exactly what Mr. Khrushchev would like us to do? It seems to me the movies and TV could boost the morale of most people by producing more lighthearted comedy and old time musical favourites instead of so much horror and crime. I don't care how clever these fantastic pictures tnay be it does not do any good to watch them. I won- der what kind of warped person- ality a person must have to pro- duce such stuff. That people like a happy theme in music and drama is obvious by the popular- ity of the Don Messer show ;— popularity popularity which still has the art critics stumped. And then there is "Pollyanna" now showing in Toronto. I went to see it last week and I'm tell- ing you no one who has a chance to see it should miss it. Polly- anna is an orphan, adopted by a rich aunt (Jane Wyman). She is a mischievous, lovable, ador- able child who, in every situa- tion, always finds something to be glad about, And don't think that isn't possible. It is. She is always quoting her father, who was a missionary, and from him Pollyanna got her philosophy of gladness. She tells of one time longing for a doll and hoping there would be one in the next mission bale. There wasn't a doll but there was a pair of crutches. hHere father handed them to her and said — "There, now you can .glade• "Glad." said his small daugh- ter. "what's theee about crutches to he alert ;Moot?" "You can hP ""lad ,•nu don't need them," repliers her father, Could there he a better reason, but would either yell er i have tbnunht of it? "Pnllyanne" is one rrf those rare pir'tnres that combine pa- thos with lennoiir, One time you have a catch in your throat but before it has a chance to choke you the serine changes and you find yourself laughing. maybe roll ,ron't be able to get In Toronto to see the show but at ,nine future mate it Is sure to be touring the, province. Wattle for it. You will find it a gloom ahasrcr for the whole fancily. Another night last week Part- ner and I olid something that was most enjoyable but not very sensible. We sat up until one - thirty watching "Handout Har- vest" on the late show, A lovely, heart-warming performance, But we were awfully sleepy next day. It was worth it. Inbetweenwlilles we do man- age to get a little work done. For Partner two days every week is taken up with mowing the lawn Three days this week as our next door neighbour is away on holi- day. And of course there Is plen- ty to do in the garden, Even keeping dead flowers clipped off takes time. We have one bed that is quite a show — and am I glad because it vindicates my mad method of gardening. You see it isn't a well-planned garden at all but at least it has been ad- mired. This particular bed is a big border alongside of the garage and in the late spring it was just a mess, with self -sown seedlings everywhere. "For crying out loud," Partner would say, "can't you take out what you want saved so I can dig the whole thing up?" But I wouldn't lel him because there was new stuff coming up every day. But I did allow him to dig about a yard square each day and then I would thin out and transplant seedlings from one end of the garden to the other. What is there in it that's so precious? Well, I'll tell you — just common plants. Burn- ing bush,.cosznos, nicotines, corn- flowers and scores of double red poppies. Can't you see it — white nicotines, blue cornflowers and red poppies against the lovely green of burning bush? Can you imagine a better colour combina- tion — even if everything is growing like so many weeds. Even Partner has to admit it is lovely. In front our most attractive plaits are giant petunias. Huge blooms, easily six inches across. People say "Where did you get the gorgeous petunias?" Well, I hunted for them. I visited places in the spring where bedding plants were sold and inquired for giant petunias. Eventually I got them. They are not as free - blooming as ordinary petunias but they certainly are showy. You can generally get what you want if you keep trying — and that applies to more than flowers! Phone Service "For The Birds!" "A black skimmer and a wilier have been repnrtod from More- moy. "A common egret was seen in Hingham and another in Salis- bury. "Mockingbirds are nesting in East Bridgewater. "Shore birds are returning and short - billed dowitehcrs, least sandpipers, and black -bellied plovers have been observed. If you had called KEnmere 0-4050 that's what you might have heard. It's the Boston num- ber of the Voice of Audubon, Daily and sometimes twice daily a new report is given to the bird watchers of Massachu- setts on the activity of the bird citizens and visitors of the Bay State. The Massachusetts Audubon Society is the only Audubon so- ciety in the United States offer- ing this service to its members and others. The service has been in existence since 1964 and has such popularity among bird watchers that calls are received from all over the country. Many people plan their vaca- tions according to the reports cf the Voice of Audubon. A man in Florida was planning a trip to New England and wanted to know exactly where to go to ob- serve his favourite bird. He re- ceived his answer simply by calling K.E. 6-4050 in Boston, Mass. The Voice's source of informa- tion is a voluntary response on lis part of bird enthusiasts. Birders are constantly calling in to the society with reports on the location of unusual birds and their activities. In the busiest months such as May the society has received close to 1,000 re- ports, writes Robert Y. Ellis, in the Christian Science Monitor. When the service was first started so many calls were re- ceived that the recording ma- chine kept wearing out. An average of a call a minute was received. Now the average Is closer to one call every four or five minutes. The recordings for the Voice of Audubon are made in a little office in the back of the Massa- chusetts Audubon Society's store at 174A Newbury Street, Boston. Not only can you get reports on the activity of birds here but you can also receive the infor- mation and equipment you need to find out for yourself what's going on in birdland. You can purchase telescopes, binoculars, books, records of various birds singing, bird feed- ers, bird food, bird houses. You name it and if it's for the birds you can get it, A Statistician — A person who goes from unwarranted assume- tions to a foregone conclusion in one easy move. Turned Sympathy 1114) ,kiil Terns Slightly built music le'at'her, Alberto 1 tdt•Ie, hurl the compleM sympathy of everybody who knew bin in lits native thane, l'or veneer, he said, had eon - donned hint to a slow anti ter- ribla cb"tlh. But, it became obvious to his friends, he w•as not a than to feel sorry for izint elf in his last days. lie set himself up as a director of i a charity organization. He willed his -eyes to a wheel for blind t•hildren, Everybody, it seemed, wanted- ln nasist hint in his noble efforts. Radio, stage and screen stars ap- - peered for nothing at the many charity shows he staged. Gifts poured in to him from all over the ,reentry-. Cars, TV sets, re- frigerators anti radios — he had then all. Then to a relieved nation Al- berto dramatically revealed that, thanks to some pills he had re- ceived front Hong Kong, the can- cer was being cured. The police were far front re- releived, In fact, they were downright suspicious and invited Alberto for a little chat. The re- sult? — for his trickery Alberto is new in jail. Summer's Hit Style ER I N'T'IiD PATTERN Success sheath — flatters all figures, adapts to all fabrics, goes all places! One -shoulder tab detail, side buttons and con- trast binding accent it strikingly. Cool, comfortable, Printed Pattern 4571: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 takes 2i/e yards 35 -inch fabric, Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pat- tern. PIease print plainly SIZE'', NAME, ADDRESS, STYi.E NUMBER. Send order to Anne Adapts, fax 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 33 — 1960 SHELL TIME -- Corinne Anderson finds Padre Island a fine place for shell collectors,