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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-05-16, Page 2ANNE RIRST 44, Pao ws4ceitA "Dear Anne Hirst: Like so many women who put love first, fell hard for a man who posed es single; even the friends who Introduced us didn't know he had a wife in another city. I didn't find it out until I was too 'much in love to care. Though that was eight months ago and ) axn still in love, I must escape. Love of itself is not enough for me now. "I realize what I have done. I was not brought up to behave like this, and I am wondering whether it is too late to be good again? No one here knows about vs, but feeling my guilt I would ask your advice as to leaving, how and when. "The man is sweet, generous, and very much respected, but lie evidently is a man without morals who sees nothing irregu- lar in our relationship. "He would never understand why I cannot keep on like this. Half -Size Fashi 4659 52E514!z-24iz PRINTED PATTERN PRINTED directions on each attern part! Takes so little ime to make this figure -flat- tering dress! Simple, slimming lines are prefectly proportioned for the half -sizer; no alteration problems — easiest sewing laver! Printed Pattern 4659: Half Sizes 14%, 16%, 18%, 20%, 221, 24%. Size 16% takes 3% yards 35 -inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, faster, ac- curate. Send FORTY CENTS (400) (stamps cannot 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, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 20 — 1957 .. How can I get away without any argument? Can I ever re- gain my good name back hone? REGINA" * It is never too late to turn * to the right. The fact that * your relationship is not sus- * pected where you are now will * protect you in your home * town. You have been circum- * spect, and your guilt exists * only in your own mind. * As to the manner of your * going, it would seem wise * from every angle to leave a * note saying you have gone. * Make it brief and firm, and * add that he will be kind not * to try to find you or even re- * ply. * You are still in love, but you * are no longer blind. Go home, * resume your former life there * and hold up your head as al- * ways. You will find people * less curious than you expect; * in your absence they have * been busy with their own af- * fairs, and there is every rea- * son to believe you will be wel- * corned by all your old friends. * (I have edited your letter * carefully for your own pro- * tection.) * * * BOY MIXED UP "Dear Anne Hirst: I am 17, and came to live with my cousin and his wife because there was always so much trouble at home. My family had eight kids, and I worked hard after school and never had time for fun. But I don't get along with my cousin or his wife, either. "We are a mean family, and the chip on my shoulder is a size too big. I don't smoke or drink, and I'd, he all right if I weren't 'viantirrg to raise Cain all the time. "Can you inherit a bad tem- per? Or should I see a doctor? I'll soon be in the service, and maybe after that I'll be more of a real guy. TROUBLE" * I think you've had enough * quarreling ih your young life. * Why don't you make a vow * never to listen to a fuss, and * never start o n e yourself? * Quarreling is a habit some- * times formed early through * hearing others lose their tem- * pers. It is an adolescent trait * and has no place in a man's * make-up. * Now that you are physical- " ly away from your family and * intend to make something of * yourself, do learn self-control. * If you can't, you never will make lasting friends; if you do,' * you'll not only be a regular * guy, but will have a rich and * wonderful life of your own. * Start today! * It might be a good idea to * have your cousin's family doc- * for give you a complete physi- * cal. * * * In any hour of indecision, ask Anne Hirst's counsel. She will weigh all the angles of your situ- ation and withhold revealing de- tails. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. MODERN ETIQUETTE by Roberta Lee Q. How should the butter knife be placed on the individ- ual butter plates, horizontally across the top or vertically at the right side? A. There is no set rule about this, but the consensus is that it looks better placed in the same direction as the other silver. 42* `THE HYACINTH SEA -- It would seem this boating enthusiast got carried away and drove his craft into somebody's potato patch. Actually, it's Lake Kissimmee in Florida and the driver 1* demonstrating the advantages of a new, 60 -horsepower out- board as he roars through a virtually solid growth of hyacinth on' the water's surface. The boat skims aver the tops of they plants and the streamlined propeller avoid any entaglernents below. Z. �:�; ,;;�:�` �.�;��, �•. Aso w KISS DISC — A talking love letter, the latest craze in Ham- burg, Germany, is sealed with a kiss by this lovely Fraulein at a recording slot machine. The automatic recorder, which costs about 25 cents to operate, produces an unbreakable platter safe for mailing. evertdotin,e, P. Ctaxke The weather, insofar as we are concerned, was made to or- der. So much extra washing; so many people coming and go- ing. One man to take away baled straw; another to pick up hens; still another to load a chicken -pen. It has been a strangely busy time for an Eas- ter week -end. And while the weather has helped considerably it has also made things a little harder in another way. As Partner put it yesterday — "Leaving the farm doesn't seem too great a hardship when the weather is cold and miserable but when the sun. coxes out, warms up the good earth . and things start to grow, .then it doesn't seem such a . good- idea". That's the whole thing in a nutshell — it's the living, grow- ing things we hate to leave — the trees we've planted; shrubs and spring flowering bulbs — and even the rhubarb. However we have permission to take anything out of the garden that we specially value so I suppose we shouldn't complain. Another regret is leaving our neighbours. There never was a better neighbourhood than this. Of course we have got away from neighbouring in the old way. There isn't as much "changing hands" as there used to be; nor the huge meals to get for threshers and silo -fillings. We don't need to run to the neighbours now to borrow extra plates or an oversize pot to cook potatoes in. No, that kind of neighbourliness has more or Iess died out but the neighbourly spirit still survives. Just let trouble come to a family and see how ,ready the neighbours are to help. Or when someone leaves the community — as we are do- ing — then the neighbours are If I've told you once, I've told you ten million tunes r-- don't exaggerate' never satisfied until they have found some way of expressing their goodwill. In our case about thirty of them staged a farewell party last Wednesday — such a nice friendly gathering — and in addition our hostess had in- vited our own family. We were really ';surprised. First along came Bbb, Joy and Baby Ross — who was very much admired! About fifteen minutes later in came Dee, Art, David and Ed- ward. During the evening we were ,;,pg`esented with a very lovely $ode teaset — teapot, cream , 'd ,:sugar — in a good, ge0ii4 So' now we. are all r sets , e,' fea " tb old friends but ,, anew home. And I ex- pect our!next column will be written from our new location — if we survive the ordeal of mov- ing. I an still wondering where we shall put all the stuff we are taking. It's a mercy there is a big basement. In the meantime surveyors are chasing around here like ants round a hill. Measuring, measur- ing, always measuring, while one of the party makes entries on a pad. We notice they are putting down cement block markers. When you think of the time spent on this one small section of road it is small wonder that an entire highway takes so long to build. I certainly hope we don't run into any road -building crews elsewhere. But you never can tell — not with the network of highways that will presently be under construction. I can quite imagine that in a few years we may drive along this stretch of road, look round in "Is that where we used to live?" At the moment it isn't notice- ably changed so while it still looks and feels like home we are planning to have one last family meal in this century -old house -- that is on Easter. Sunday. Actually, we have little to complain about -- not in com- parison with a little Hungarian woman who comes in here quite frequently. A week ago she had just picked up a letter at the post -office from her old home in Hungary. But she was terri- fied to open it. "My first letter since 1935. lam afraid, so ter- ribly afraid of what I shall read." Today she was here again. Her first words were about the let- ter. "They are gone, my family. All gone, except one brother, he who writes the letter. My mother, sister and other brothers — all gone. Last week I cannot work for weeping." The poor little soul — doesn't it make you ashamed for all the little everyday things we find to fuss about. Some of us may have to move, practically against our will, but at least we can keep in touch With our friends — by visiting, by letter or by tele- phone. And so a change of lo- cation can hardly be called a major tragedy. And that is for- tunate because, since Christmas, the Clarke connections have been the "Movingest" people ever. There seerns to be no end to it. Betty and her fatnily from Niagara grails have gone to Sud- bury; my sister and nephew are migrating to Peterborough; Dee Musical Se& Was A One -al Ban Ever heard a seal play the mouth -organ, trumpet and xylo- phone? Rowena 'Farre's pet, Lora, could do that, after she'd reared her from babyhood on a croft in the wilds of Suther- landshire. Whenever she struck up on the plane, Lora would wriggle over to it and listen with in- tense joy and concentration, swaying at times to the music. A relative sent Rowena a mouth -organ and book of songs for a birthday present, so she decided to practise singing, Im- mediately she started off on "Men of Harlech," she heard a loud groan besUe her .— from Lora, who proceeded to roar and , hiss as she continued with her singing. This gave Rowena the idea of letting Lora sing on her own, to her accompaniment, and dur- ing the practice sessions which followed Lora made great efforts to follow the simple tune, Miss Farre says in a charming account of her life at the croft, "Seal Morning". Within a week she was able to get through "Baa -baa Black Sheep" and "Danny Boy." and her family are moving to Indian Road — just a block away from High Park. Babe, as you may remember, went to Elliott Lake early in the year — where Chuck has been one of the vic- time of the infectious outbreak of jaundice and was in bed two weeks. Blind River must be quite a place. They are having to build another jail to accom- modate the law -breakers. This is too ridiculous. I just looked at the thermometer and it's 80 in shade — and 90 in the sun! Then Lora pestered Rowena for the mouth -organ until she eventually place it in her mouth. Annoyed that it emitted ne sound, Lora began tossing it into the air and catching it like a ball, then rolling on it, Then, taking it into her mouth again, she gave a loud sigh of despera- tion. This produced a blast of noise, galvanizing her to fresh efforts. Rowena set off for a walk, and when she returned in about an hour, found that Lora had learnt the blow -suck method and was almost completely ex- hausted, having apparently been practising continuously. A young friend of Rowena's gave Lora a toy trumpet, on which she soon learnt to blow ear-splitting blasts. Another friend sent her z small xylo- phone, and she would hold the beater in her teeth and bang any note to which Rowena pointed. Lora now became so musical that whenever Rowena played the piano she would at once lift her head and wail fortissimo. She learnt to play the national anthem on the xylophone, "Danny Boy" on the trumpet, and loved showing off to visit- ors. Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. If a wedding must be post- poned, must the same people be invited again? A. Usually, yes. However, if something serious has caused the postponement, such as a death in the family or severe financial reverses, and the wed- ding is to be greatly simplified, then the list of guests would have 'to be cut down. HORSEY SET — Members of Britain's Royal Family used a truck top as a box seat to get a good view during the cross-country event at the Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire. Left to right are: Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Mother Elizabeth; Princess Margaret, two unidentified women, the Princess Royal and the Duke, of Beaufort, at right. FASHION HINT