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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-10-23, Page 3Is There a Cure �ti► r Old Maidism? Noted Writer Says Generosity of Outlook is Sure Cure of Old Maidism Whoever first took the lovely word "maid" and turned It into an absurd phrase by; prefixing it with "old," knew something about psychology. Ile knewthat an old maid was slight- ly abnormal, that she had overstayed ber time in one period of develop. moot, To be a young maid is to be in the most tempting and romantic state possible to a woman, .But it is an exceedingly fluid 'one: It wal;never meant to be set in a mould. Rodin is quoted as saying that true feminine youth, at its perfection, when the body seems at the same time to fear and call to love, often lasts only a few months. He was speaking, of course, from the sculptor's point of view, but we can follow the thought along. The period when a anaiden Is sit her hest is bound to be brief. It rr is a time of hesitation, of choosing, of waiting. But there is always s,,me- thing fundamentally ridiculous about • waiting too long, prolonged heei- tatiop is bound to barn into comedy. While the old inatll hesitates, life passes her by, and she remains un- developed. The number of 015 maids has been, amazingly thinned out in the last elnarter tor a century. Not because, gneiss women ars marrying, but be- cause orrore .wooer have become able to 'develop the 'best that is in them without .marrying. They have learn - oil that flreir maturity is their own personal job and not necessarily that of some man. 'This economic independence of wo- !men is as every one knows, partly rresponsible. Independent minds are -still more responsible. And there is also the not -to -be -neglected discovery. which women have made that beauty and good clothes and fine skins are not only for debutantes or coquettes or wives trying to hold their hus- bands. but that looking well has a certain intrinsic vales for the entire sex. Most important of all is the fact' that women have begun to enjoy the fulness of flavor in grown-up liv- Ing- But there are those who always And it a little too ripe for their taste, and those, married or single, are the old maids. In spite of th -;r clothes and jobs and husbanc:s, time are certain signs which make r;l^ni easily recognizable. There is their passion for order and insistence on seemliness, in a world which Is continually disorderly and often unseemly. And in the most, important place, there is the lbneli- nese which is always one of the in- evitable characteristics of the old mald's temperament. It does not matter Dhow many people may be around her. She may be the centre of a large family. But if she is an old maid at heart, she is apart from every one. Good housewives are orderly with- out being fretful, and some of the most delightful women In the world are those bad housewives who can make even dlsorder charming. Neith- er group takes order too seriously or allows things or possessions to be- come more important than the per- sons abort them. But the old maid suffers from any displacement of dings, This is again perhaps a survival of something that was rather charming in a young girl. At a pertain age, the girl expects the world to be her personal setting, and tor just a little while the world is indulgent to her delusions. But for the old maid in whom the belief has survived, there is not so much tolerance. Marriage is no cure here either. It will not necessarily cure an old maid of prudishness, though married wo- men usually are so forced to face life that a good deal of nonsense is shaken ont of them and a good deal of tolerance shaken in. But there are married women in whom the point' of view of the old maid does persist. It seems as if, in spite of husbands and chilelren, there are some women who never grow up to their sex, to. the exercise of its mature charm, or the acceptance of its functions. Queen Elizabeth, in the midst of all her romances and courtiers, was prob- ably an old maid. Emily Bronte, In her lonely parsonage at I3aWorth,, wrote Wuthering Heights and prov- ed that she was not. You can pick them out like that, here and there. Dress up the old maid as you will, raise her salary, marry her off, and she remains an old maid still, never a full participant in, life, always a little more or less backward In de- velopment, Perhaps, it we knew' what causes her to be so, we could change it at the source, But causes are always more difficult to bo sure of 'than effects. The number of old maids could cer- tainly be thinned out if no woman brought old maidhood on herself. For selfishness will turn the trick more quickly than any other cause, and often does. Too close concen- tration on herself; unwillingness to share life because sharing it may mean messing it up a little„ lays the blaihe at many an old maid's door. There is not enough willingness to give and take in them, and yet gener- osity is a habit and taste that can be acquired, and surely it is worth the attainment, For generosity of out- look and action is an almost sure cure for old maidism,—Margaret Crit - kin Banning in "The, Reader's Digest" A Real Nerve Tonic Is a Bountiful Supply of Rich, Health -Giving Blood Sufferers from nervous debility And themselves tired, low-spirited and un- able to keep their minds on anything. They are totally iynfit to perform their everyday duties. Doctoring tho nerves with sedatives is a terrible' mistake. The only real nerve tonic is a good 'supply of rich, red blood. To secure this rich, red blood Dr, Williams' Pink Pills should be taken. Enriching and purifying the blood is.their whole mission. Concern- ing them Mrs, Albert Bentley, Ban- croft, Ont., writes: "Two years ago I was a complete wreck; 10 bed for seven months; extremely nervous; had no color. Notching I tried seemed to help me till I began Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. My condition at once im- proved and to -day l am well and able for anything without fatigue or emu - You can get these pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. 1950 W . rker Will "In Memory—" Get $27ma-Day Wage Predicted by Ford in His New Book, "Moving Forward" New York—Henry Ford blames the present industrial depression on busi- ness .men who watcaed the stock mar- ket instead of their business, and be- lieves the cure lies in quantity pro- duction and intepsive marketing of high-class goods. He outlines his opinions in a book "Moving Forward," published on Oct. 2nd. He predicts that in 1950 the. United States workingman will get a minumum wage of $27 a day, advoc- ates high wagesas one of the 'funda- mental laws of business, and says genuine over -production has never existed. In regard to wages, however, Mr. Ford believes that while a man has a right to work, his right to a job de- pends on his ability t0 render valu- able service" Ho says belief that a company owes a living to those who. work for it isbased on "our tradi- tional conception of master ane ser - van.," The book, written in collaboration with Samuel Crowthsr, says the fun- damentals of business principles are: First, to make more and better goods cheaply as possible and force them on the market; second, to strive alwas tor higher quality and lower prices and costs; third, to raise wages gradu- ally and wntinuously and' never to cut them; and fourth, to get the goods to the consmer economically so he may benefit by low cost production. The carrying out of these, modern business laws requires much more leadership than did the old produc- tion, Mr. Ford says. He believes that was why interest in the 1929 stock marke. brought disaster. "The true occasion for alarm was deeply hid," he says. "It consisted in the complete stoppage of improve- ment in quh.lity of goods and in meth- ods of manufacture, which in turn causes is stoppage in the increasing values of the purchasing money. There is bound to come a time when things are offered for sale at so much more than they are worth that the public will hesitate to buy them, and then will stop buying altogether and may oven fall into a panic about what it has bought. "No one hs yet bean born who can manage both to manipulate the mar- ket for its stock and also do business in such a way that it will be profit- able. The two do not and cannot mix." Damp Walls Walls can be rendered damp-proof by an application of water -glass used for preserving eggs. Strip or scrape the old' paper from the walls and brush over the damp patches with the waterglass mixture according to the directions on the tin. Allow to dry, then put on two more coats. Bach must dry before the next is put on. When repapered the damp will not penetrate. again. Mlnard's Liniment gives quick relief. The photograph reproduced above shows an interesting view of impres- sive memorial to Newfoundland's war dead at Grand Bank Owl Laffs About the only thing that comes to him who waits is whiskers. • Many doctors are now having their patients say"ee"instead of "ah." "Ow," however, remains the standard for the patient on receiving his !rill: High school teacher—What Is Fran- cis Scott Key's greatest distinction? Pupil He knew all four verses of "Tho Star Spangled Banner." All the jokes are not found in the books or in the papers, some of them may be seen walking around town. Sitting around the bunk house they were swapping lies. One of them—"When I was logging up in the Northwoods I saw a moun- tain lion come right up to the skidder one day. It was a fierce beast, but I, with great presence of mind, threw a bucket of water in its face and it slunk away," Man sitting in gorner—"Boys, I can vouch for the truth of that story. A. few minutes after that happened I was coming down the side of theist]] I met this lion multi as is my habit, stopped to stroke its whiskers. Boys, those whiskers were wet." A HAPPY THOUGHT FOR TO -DAY. From the moment of birth To the ride in the hearse, There is nothing that happens But might have been worse. Gertie—"What shall I do, Mother dear? I'm engaged to a. man who says he simply can't bear children." Mother—"Well, you can't expect too much from a husband." "The good die young." But to die good, one must diet young. Gladys (to her fat boy friend)— 'Tardon me, Tiny, but as you age, will you fade like a flower or bust like a baloon?" LOYALTY. By Melville Sloan. How grand that attribute, divine; That golden quality; That priceless gem of honor, fine; That jewel—loyalty. Who will not see an evil done- To him—he calls his friend; Or whom he serves; is really one 01—nature's noblemen! Times might be much better,if those who don't have to work wouldknock off and give their jobs to those who do, Things Pd like to know—Where e butchers get their straw hats they wear in winter and comedians get the ones they ruin? What the 'girls who flip pancakes in windows think about and especially what they'd think Too much Many people, two hours after eat- ing, suffer indigestion as they call it. It is usually, excess acid. Correct it with an alkali. The best, Way, the quick, harmless and efficient way, is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. It has remained for 50 years the standard with physicians. One spoonful in Water neutralizes many tunes its volume in stomach acids, and at once. The symptoms, such as head- aches, gas, heartburn, etc., will disappear in fiveminutes. 1 You will never use crude methods when you know this better method. And you will never suffer from ex- cess acid when you prove out this easy relief. Please do"mat—for your own sake—now: Be sure to get the genuine, pre- scribed by doctors' for conditions due to excess acid. It is always,a liquid; it cannot be made in tablet form. Look for the name Phillips and the word genuine in red. about a fellow who took them to Child's for dinner? Why every ex- tremely attractive girl has an ugly duckling for a chum? Whether any- one is a poor marksman because his mother told him pointing was impo- lite? And if I'd' be happier if I knew all these things? A local poet thinks bananas rhyme with pajamas. That is one of the several reasons this column doesnot print but very little home made poetry Tourist—"Say, boy, where does this road go? Indignant — "It don't go nowhere. It's here every morning when I come along," A humorist's most serious business is trying to make fonts smile" ' Fortune teller -"You will suffer pov- erty until you are 35 years old." The dupe—"And then?" Fortune teller—"By that time you will have got used to it." COISTi ]TED CiHlllitltEN Dishwashing Is Still Hated Task Childhood Duty Turns Mod- ern Girl Against Homemaking. Compulsory dishwashing in child- hood has given millions of girls a drab outlook on life and bas caused them to conceive an absolute hatred for homemaking, says Miss Marion S. Van Liew, chief of the home coon- omits education bureau of the Univer- sity of the State of New York, Hatred of dishwashing, while it seems of itself a most insignificant matter, becomes the root of an ob- session against all phases of bouse- keeping, she thinks, and therefore has a potentiality of exercising a vicIous influence on the entire future of girls and women, Miss Van Liew, who is widely known throughout the nation as a home economist in addition to her' position with the State Department of Education, yesterday become edu- cational director of the Homemaking Center of the New York State Feder- ation of Women's Clubs. No Fad, She Declares "Horne economics is no fad," Miss Van Liew told an interviewer in Al- bany. "It has passed that stage and has stood the test. People are more 'home conscious' than ever and it is recovering its former status rapidly. Now, the difficulty is that girls are not prepared to take over the prob- lems of homemaking when ti}ey be- come brides. "It may astonish people to know that the state is training hundreds of girls and young women for the career of marriage. Outside of New York there are 211 centers under the super- vision of the State Department of Education where homemaking is taught as a fine art; and New York does not neglect this important train- ing. "Women and girls must get a 'ay from the old idea that bomemaking is nothing but sewing, cooking and clean- ing," Miss Van Liew added. "These tbings are but incidental and as such should be dope by means of. a time budget so as not to interfere with the major phases of the calling." She reminds one that choosing har- monious color combinations for the home and purchasing clothing, edibles and other supplies come into the call- ing of homemaking as well as person - al grooming and adjustment of family relations, and that to be successful in all these the homemaker should be Constipation is one of the most common ailments of childhood and the li Sim declared that every feminine child suffering from it positively can- member of every family should be 1n - not thrive. To keep the little one strutted in home economics. She well the bowels must be kept regular and the stomach sweet. To do this nothing can equal. Baby's Own Tab- lets. They are a mild but thorough laxative; are pleasant to take and can be given to the newborn babe with perfect safety. Thousands of mothers use no other medicine for their little ones but Baby's Own Tablets. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box Isom The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ' Kamaran Island Has World's Worst Climate Though certain parts of the North American Continent might ieel justi- fied in claiming "the world's worst climate"—according to Charles Fitz- hugh Talman in Lis Science Service feature "Why the Weather?" (Wash ington), the favored spot is an island in the Red Sea, He says: "Hot weather is endurable is the relative humidity remains low; hot days are endurable if the air cools off at night. Neither of these mitigating features is found in the average all mate of the Red Sea coact, An Eng- lish meteorological journal has recent- ly suggested that Iiamaran Island, which lies in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, can claim the distinction of having the worst climate on earth. A four-year record shows that from. April to Octob.a, inclusive, the aver- age daily maximum temperatures range from 91 `o 95; which would not be bad were it not for the fact that the a avera minimum temperatures g. p are front 81 to 86. The highest single reading during the four years was 105, which we can easily beat in Am- erica, but the mercury never once fell below 66. The average relative hu- midity was 72 -in January r.nd 68 in July. The climate of the island is extremely enervating. In spite of des- erts near at hand and. an average rainfall of only two inches a year the air generally feels damp, and the winds, though strong, bring to relief. Occasional sand storms add the human discomfort. A lovely place to stay away from is Kamaran!" Roads Young and Old Roads that lead to houses And a city's pride Go straight and hard like young mon With sure and eager stride. But roads that lead to mountains .. Or hidden desert Weems Shuffle along like Ohl men Happy in their dreams. —By Rachel Harris Campbell, San Diego State Teachers' College. When asked hisidea of rigid Econ - •.+ y, Will Rogers replied: "A deaf ua: Minard's Liniment Alda tired feet, would have the younger children learn it in junior high school, and have mother keep up with them by extension courses in the afternoon and evening. Any Offers? As Mrs, Ring was cleaning her front bed -room windows she saw a friend hurrying along the road, "What ever has hapliened?" she cried, running to the garden gate and calling to the friend. "WbY are Yon in such a hurry?" The friend paused to regain ber breath, "Pm trying to get something for my husband," she panted. "Oh," replied Mrs. Ring, very much relieved. "Had any offers?" `INVALUABLE MOMENTS Never suffer the. invaluable mom- ents of thy life to steal by unimprov- ed, and leave thee in idleness and vacancy; but be always either read- ing, or writing or praying, or medi- tating, or employed in some useful labor for the co n:non good. *----A'Kenpis. "I'm thinking of moving out into the country." "Do you like the country? What will you do in the evenings?" "Oh, I']1 rut up to to•sa." hen •,s,„L ts�9 4 ektIC .Fm 104 The Wrong Phrase Mr. Brown had just returned from the office and was introduced to the new nurse, who was astonishingly pretty. "She is sensible and scientific, too," said Mrs, Brown, "and she says she will allow no one to kiss the baby while' she is near." "No one would want to," replied Brown tiredly. "Oh, indeed, John!" snapped the fond mother. "I mean," faltered Brown, endeav- oring to make things better, "not while she is near," The pretty nurse was given march- ing orders the following day. "Is this train ever on time?" grow- led the grouchy passenger. "01," re- plied the conductor, "we never worry about it being on time. We're satis- fied if it's on the tra-k." WHEN CHILDREN FRETTHERE are times $ when a child is too fretful or feverish to be sung to sleep. There are some pains a mother cannot pat away. But there's quick comfort in Castorial For diarrhea, and other infantile ills, give this pure vegetable prepara- tion. Whenever coated tongues tell of constipation; whenever there's any sign of sluggishness. Castoria has a good taste; children love to take it. Buy the genuine—with Chas. I3. Fletcher's signature on wrapper, COMPLIMENTED ON HER COMPLEXON NT 65 Tells All Women How 20 YEARS OF RUMEN 20 YEARS OF HEALTH Just fancy 1 A grandmother and still being complimented on her com plesion 1 How does she do it ? Her letter explains, Iiruschen keeps her young and fit. That's the secret of the whole matter. When I was on holiday this Summer I was asked what gave me or what I used for my fresh complexion. For 20 years now I've used as directed Krus- ehen Salts, the finest and only medicine to my knowledge. Before this I was troubled with my liver and biliousness and rheumatism in my arm and shoulders. I just take it regularly as you describe, with the above result. 1 tell everyone this, also my family, who are now men and women, for -I am' over 05." —E.13. Don't be content to envy her. Follow ber example, Kruschen will keep you young, just as it keeps her young. The little daily dose keeps you young inside ; you wake up every rooming as fit and fresh as a schoolgirl, and before the first month is out the wonderful difference is written in your complexion and your eyes. Kruschen She Does It will restore the liver and kidneys to proper activity, Waste products will be naturally expelled by those eliminat- ing organs as Nature intends. The blood will be refreshed and will course in a cleansing stream to every fibre of the body, reinvigorating your whole system, brightening your eyes, clearing your skin. You feel—and are -a different person. Thousands are proving it daily, Why shouldn't you Y Iikuschen Salts is obtainable at all Drug Stores at45c, and 75e. per bottle. 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DON'T SUFFER WITH DANGEROUS iNDIGESTION Do you suffer after meals v:irit a belching, from sour and acid stomach?, Stany believe they have heart trouble and tremble with fear, expecting any minute to drop dead. This condition! can be prevented, likewise relieved. Fake Carter's Little Liver Pills after vocals and neutralize the gases. Sweeten the sour and acid stomach, re- lieve the gas and encourage digestion. The stomach liver and bowels will of Dison painful and be cleansed P P dangerous indigestion disappears and the system enjoys a tonic effect. Don't delay. Ask your druggist for a 25c pkg. of .iaartcr s Little Liver Pills. READ OF A CASC, LIKE liER CIWK, Decided to take Lydia E,l Pinkhaln's Vegetable Compound Moncton, New Brunswick_—"Befog@' my last baby was born I woe very weakt nervous and dist couragcd. an adverti1 sasemen in the paper abou$ a woman who had been like me so 1 bought a bottle of Lydia E. Pinks ham's Vegetable Compound. I too three bottles an it carried me safer lythrough that critical time. 1' have three children to care for and feeland strong. 1 have told tw well g ` n other women about your medicine." Mus. GusAns8NAttLT, 82 AlbestStreei14 Moncton, New Brunswick. ISSUE No. 41—'30 '"