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Zurich Herald, 1957-05-30, Page 6+.r an ANNIE 1411?51' "Dear Anne Hirst I am almost beside znyself I My mother was brought up under the rigid con- trol of her parents, and now they are trying to run my life for zzie. They don't like my boy friend because I met him in camp and his people live across The country. (He is stationed nearby until he sails for ser- vice abroad.) "They insist my mother make she follow the silliest rules ! I''m nearly 18, but I've got no say in the hours I keep. Mother says I tmust be in by 11:30, even on week -ends, and if I'm not she throws a scene right in front of him; you know no nice boy es going to stand that long. Why can't I be as free as other girls my age? "I could handle my mother all right, for we get along fine until her family steps in. But this time I'm standing on, my rights. We want to get married before he leaves, and though I'd be willing to wait, I'm afraid I'll lose him if I say so. He is a decent chap who is liked by all my friends and their par- ents, and I'm wild about him. "Besides, if we get married, my grandparents would have to stop their interference. BARBARA" I doubt that you could in - Needle Painting (,t Latta Wketa4. Display your artistry with needle and thread ! It's really easy; mainly outline and single stitch used for this lovely panel —done in glowing, true peacock colors ! Pattern 777: Transfer of pic- ture 15x19% inches. Colour chart is easy, fun to follow. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- ont0, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Two FREE Patterns as a gift to our readers—printed right in our NEW Laura Wheeler Needle- craft Book for 1957! Dozens of other new designs you'll want to order—easy, fascinating hand- work for yourself, your home. Be sure to send 25 cents for your copy of this book now—don't :miss it I fluence your mother on this * matter. She has not inet your • friend's family (which every " parent wants to do) and even * you do not know whether he * has written them he is en- * gaged. They could very rea- * sonably object to his marry- * ing anybody before he has * begun the career he plans * after his service ends. What is chiefly bothering you, I'rn afraid, is that you * are being made to obey. You * seek marriage as the one * escape from discipline, I ex- * pect. There you are wrong. * Discipline is one of the essen- * .tial planks in the marriage platform, and when it has • to * be self-administered it pre- sents a hazard which you have * not realized. When a girl mar- ries she pledges to try to ad- * just herself to her husband's * way of thinking and living; * in your present emotional * state you are rebelling against * making any adjustments to * anybody. * Perhaps you do not know * that in your province you can- * not marry without your• mo- * ther's consent until you are 21. * It will promote your cause if * you relax now, and cheerfully * wait until your soldier comes * home. If you keep on rebelling * and breaking rules, your mo- * ther and your grandparents * will only put on more pres- * sure; they could make it im- * possible for you to see him • again, you know. * Tell your soldier that if he " helps you to do as your mo- " ther asks (instead of encour- * aging you to disobey her * rules), he will double his chances for her approval to * marry you later. Such an ap- • peal will test hips character; if * he is all you think, he will • co-operate — which will end • this futile controversy and • make everyone happier. Think * it over. o * * WORRY IS DESTRUCTIVE "Dear Anne Hirst: I am . con- stantly on edge. I art one of a large family, all of whom are very close and dear to one an- other, but there always seems to be trouble somewhere ! A brother's daughter has an acci- dent, or a niece is taken ill. Every time the telephone rings I expect bad news. It is getting me down. "Is there any, cure for this? AFRAID." * One of the most devastating "•' habits is worrying. As we look * back, though, we see how * much energy we have ex- * pended in anticipating trou- -" bles that never occurred. * There is always something to * get us down if we let it. * Every time misfortune has * attacked your family you have * met it ably and given what aid * you could. You always will. * Why drain strength by fear- ing anything? We can meet * whatever comes, so isn't it * foolish to get all upset before- * hand? * Faith in yourself is essential, * and strength- comes as it is * required. Cultivate serenity * a n d you will achieve it. * Knowledge is power; you know * yourself to he able to step :n * when help is needed so face * each day with confidence. It * is all a matter of thinking, * and as you practice you will "' succeed in staying tranquil. * If your opinions clash with your mother's, tell Anne Hirst about it. She can explain why parents feel as they do, and help you maintain harmony in the family. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. LITHE AND LOVELY — Beauty 'like this doesn't grow on trees, but this shady oak in a park makes a perfect setting for beautiful Susan Harrison, who's on her way to Hollywood stardom. A native of the Bronx, the former waitress has a cotter role in movie "Sweet Smell of Success," 1 ' • 2 ANOTHER CONQUEST — Princess Margaret, whose namehas been linked romantically with a number of men since the end of her romance with Capt. Peter Townsend, adds another ad- mirer in this Cub Scout rubbing his nose in bashful admiration. The princess, as president of the Church of England Youth Coun- cil, visited the group of Girl Guides and Wolf Cub Scouts at the Harcliffe Housing Estate in Bristol, England. T i HRONICLES 1NGERFAW4 evomciolinz 2. Ctt t,k,e For the past week Partner and I have been making daily trips from Halfway House to Ginger Farm, gathering up more of our belongings each day, still sorting, disc' ding and burning. Even at that I know we are keeping far more stuff than we srould. I know, too, that it won't be very long before we shall want something or other that has been destroyed. It al- ways happens that way, doesn't it? To our sorrow the poor old farm is beginning to look ne- glected already. The grass needs cutting and sweet rocket has practically taken over the flow- er beds. Sweet rocket, a favor- ite with humming -birds, is a lovely sweet -scented perennial but I suppose it should be clas- sed as a weed because of the way it spreads. Cutting it down doesn't do any good. The only way to keep it under control is pull it up by the roots—and if there is no one around to pull it, what then? Every day Partner and I have taken the electric kettle and a lunch along with us when we go to the farm and then about four o'clock we sit down to a most incongruous afternoon tea. Tea made in an old silver teapot, cups without handles and our table is a small homemade af- fair that was formerly used, first as a stand to wash the cream separator and later the milking machine. We little thought its final purpose would be to act as a table for afternoon tea dur- ing the last days of our occu- pancy of the farm. Tea over, we work until after five and then we head for home. But all is not well at home either. The television has gone tempera- mental. Sometirnes a picture comes on the screen and some- times it doesn't, My watch is also protesting against the even tenure of its life being disturb- ed and so refuses to function. But our major problem has been Rusty, We thought we could keep him but that doesn't seem possible. There seems to be a dog on every lot. Dogs that have been well trained from puppyhood to stay within bounds. On the farm Rusty stayed within bounds too—but his boundary was a hundred acres. Here if we let him loose he runs, like a deer, so he is tied up more than he should be. Our neighbour tells us that he howls most of the time when we are away at the farm. Under such conditions to keep Rusty would be a pleasure neither to us nor to him. And so this afternoon we are taking Rusty to a new home — a very lovely home where he will have not one but .two hundred acres to run around in and ' a Dalmatian puppy to play with. Well, I suppose most people have been worrying about the cool weather. For several days it looked as if we were going to have an early spring. Frosty nights soon dispelled that idea. I hope no one had geraniums or summer annuals planted out. Apparently the old adage still holds good—wait until after the 24th of May. That can be done with boxed plants but what about fruit blossoms over which we have no control. The warm sun encouraged buds to swell and now if Jack Frost has done any permanent damage we can expect a light fruit crop and that will be just too bad for growers and consumers alike. But at the moment I am more concerned about the low price of eggs. For about ten weeks the price has remained static — 35 cents to shippers for grade A Large. This time last year the price was 43 cents—and that is as low as it should be if there is to be any margin of .profit for the poultry farmer. Since we shall soon be buying eggs I suppose we should be glad. But we are not. Leaving the farm doesn't mean losing sight of the farmer's viewpoint. We raised chickens, sold eggs, kept cows and shipped milk for too many years for us ever to forget. Probably it is a case of once a farmer always a farmer. Per- haps that is why I find it hard to remember to put the milk bottles out at night. And if I forget I can't say to Partner — "You might bring me a can of milk from the barn tonight" And I wouldn't have to put tokens in the can either! Ah well, this transition per- iod is bound to be a little diffi- cult. We can't expect anything else. No doubt as the weeks go by we shall probably get a bet- ter perspective of the advan- tages and disadvantages result- ing from he move we have made. Already we have found out that we have very nice neighbours. On one side of us a young Scot- tish couple who are expecting their first baby in three weeks. On the other side a Polish ex - farmer, his wife and little girl. They spend every spare minute in their garden. They are very friendly and helpful. Right op- posite there is a doctor and his family. He has an office at the house. Quite a comforting thought to know there is a doc- tor so handy. Back of us is an amateur gardener so we shall have the joy of seeing beautiful flowers without looking after them. Which is just as well for this year as our garden land doesn't look too promising. But there are plenty of young ash trees plus plum and blackthorn along the fence so we shall at. least have a little shade and greenery, especially as just be- yond the trees there is a golf course with the greenest grass I ever saw. Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. When should one tip the porter on a train—at the begin- ning, during, or at the end of the journey? •. A. At the end of the journey. Q. Is it all right, when enter- taining dinner guests, to use a folded napkin' to brush crumbs off the table? A. This is quite all right. Q. When the first course at a dinner party is crabmeat, served either in a tomato or on a let- tuce leaf, is the correct imple- ment to use a salad fork or an oyster fork? A. Art oyster fork is used if the crabmeat is served in a cocktail glass, and a salad fork is used if it is served on a plate, 4.14 Marilyn onroe's Half -Sister er Not long ago ea little boy of seven took home some photo- graphs of Marilyn Monroe. His mother looked at than with more than ordinary interest, then s a i d, emphatically, "I should so much like to meet her." A natural enough desire, for 38 -year-old Mrs. Olava Marlene Nielson is Marilyn's half-sister. Although so closely related, the livee of the two women could hardly be more different. Marilyn Monroe, glamorous, rich, famous, talented, is the most feted, admired and publi- cized actress in the world today. Mrs. Nielson, the wife of a Danish baker, mother of four fine sons, is a quietly -spoken woman who shuns publicity of any kind, lives in a pleasant farmhouse near Copenhagen, and has never even seen her glamor- . ous sister on or off the screen. At this, one of the very few interviews she has ever granted, • Marlene Nielson showed the only photographs she possessed of Marilyn, ;and explained that only recently had she realized the success Marilyn had achieved. Talking through an interpreter for she speaks no English, Mar- lene Nielson said how distressed she had been by Marilyn's pre- vious unhappy life a n d mar- riages. She had never doubted, though, that Marilyn was trying very hard to find a happy home and she was delighted to hear of her idyllic marriage to Arthur Miller. Marlene remembers her father quite clearly, though he died tragically and while still quite young in a car crash when visit- ing the United States to study the possibilities of emigrating. Hans Mortensen was ,a Nor- wegian farmer of high standing and a leading citizen of Hauge- sand. Marlene describes him as "a God-fearing, forthright man," who was devoted to her mother. Marilyn Monroe, his ' little daughter born in America, was only a baby when he died. And for her his death meant the be- ginning of a series of foster homes, with a spell in an orphan- age that taught her to be self- sufficient and to make the best of her environment, but gave her very little happiness. 'The death of Mortensen also changed things entirely for his family in Norway. Their financial position deteriorated and, in the spring of 1936, the children were moved to Denmark. There Marlene met and, in the following year, married Hans Christian • Nielson. "My husband and I are farm- ing people," she explained. "We work hard, but we have a good, full life, a comfortable income and are very happy." Marlene's friends and neigh- hours in the small military town of Holbaek, thirty miles from Copenhagen, pay little attention to the fact that she is the sister of the 'glamorous Marilyn Mon- roe. They like this neatly dress- ed, friendly woman who lives in a charming, comfortable, mo- dern home, which she runs with model efficiency. Marlene Nielson says very firmly that she has never wanted to go to the United States, even to visit her famous sister, be- cause she feels that Denmark "is a more stable and rational place to live in." Her only bro- ther is happily settled in Tor- onto, Canada. • Perhaps one day Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller will succeed he disguising themselves as just ordinary tourists and will man- age to pay a private visit to the Nielsons. They'd enjoy it, for it would seem, from Marlene'a experience, that Denmark is at country where even Marilyn, Monroe could walk around with- out being besieged by gaping sightseers — and yet be wel- come with friendliness.—From "Tit -Bits." WHAT A JURY! The judge was disgruntled at the jury's decision and asked the foreman: "What possible ex- cuse did you have for acquit« ting this man accused of mur- der?" "Insanity," the foreman re- plied. "What!" exploded the judge, "All twelve of you?" Loveliest Lines! PRINTED PATTERN 4792 I0 — 20 444 n40 -74/444 The "Empire -Princess" this new. Printed Pattern fashions the very loveliest lines for your figure! Graceful dress with scoop neck, high empire bodice, smooth fitted and flaring silhouette, Little bolero — and perfect coverup! Printed Pattern 4792 Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 dress, bolero 4% yards 35 - inch. Printed directions on each pat- ted part. Easier, faster, accur- ate. Send FORTY CENTS (40;) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattetm. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYL NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMN, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 22 — 1957 CITED - FOR GOLDEN DEEDS — Eight-year-old Charles Neil Gibbs, Jr., is awarded the United Cerebral Palsy's Golden Deed Cru- Sade Medal by Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, Marine Corps com- mandant, during ceremonies at Corps headquarters, Charles has traveled thousands of miles to aid the 600,000 victims of cerebral palsy. Until two . years ago the 1956 Cerebral Palsy poster boy was unable to walk. He now gets around with the aid of crutches sad braces.