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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-11-21, Page 2`hear Anne Hirst: I am writ- ing to ask you to tell me how to get rid of an ardent, persis- tent suitor whom I do not love and never will. "During aur three-year friend- ship we have had frequent din- ner, dancing and theater dates. 1 knew we had little else in common, and I grew bored. Finally I told him flatly there was no use in seeing me again and he was badly hurt. Notes, flowers and gifts flowed in, ask- ing for another chance. . "Then he moved to another city, and that relieved me—but soon letters came almost every day. He has made quite a bit of money, and reminded me that he could give me every- thing I wanted. His letters touched me, but they made me feel guilty because he was so miserable. "He still would not retire from my life and let me alone. He told a friend of mine that he was- sure I would love him some day, and he was content to wait. This is still his attitude. WORRIED GIRL" * When this young man re- • fused to believe his cause was • lost, you might have ended it • by saying you would not see * him anywhere, at any time, • and would appreciate his for- * getting he ever knew you. • You probably felt too sorry Jiff, Knit recute, W6124 HOW proud this set will make any little girl! Knitted in white and a color, the tree, snowballs, glitter with sequins to the child's delight. Pattern 527: chart, knitting di- rections, sizes 4-14 included. Only 4 oz. of worsted make set. 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 Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Two FREE Patterns as. a__gift to our readers — printed right in our 1957 Laura Wheeler Needle- craft Book. Dozens of other de- , signs you'll want to order — env fascinating handwork for your- self, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! for him to do that, but ac- tually you were too weak to turn hint down. Now be "firm, but final. A short note saying you will re- fuse to accept any further let- ters should be sufficient. If he telephones you long-distance, refuse to tak e the call. Should he still persist, have a male relative write him demand- ing that he cease annoying you. Many a girl would be flat- '` tered by such devotion, but • all this has become really obnoxious, besides which you * feel responsible for his con- ;' tinued passion. If he had been * more sensitive he would have * realized his pursuit was un- * welcome, and retired from * the scene. Such a determined court- * ship is not unheard of, but it a must be ended if only because * your privacy is being invaded, * and the sense of guilt is being * imposed on the wrong person. a * UNDEPENDABLE BEAU "Dear Anne Hirst: For the past nine months I've been go- ing with a boy who breaks about one date in three. I like him too much to risk offending him,' but I am getting fed up with these' goings on. My family do not like him at all, and even my friends have asked me why I put up with him. "Is there any tactful way to show hint how annoyed I am? • MARIE" * Any young man who breaks * a date without notice or rea- son lacks a sense of social * responsibility, and shows little * respect for the girl who per - • snits such neglect. * This beau of yours has had * more chances than he de- * serves, and he will continue * to take them so long as you • allow him to. You had better * tell him frankly that a date • means a promise to you, and * if he breaks one more, you * will not be seeing him again. * Most boys learn the social * rules at home, or from the " first girls they date. This one * must be told what is due you, * and be convinced that you * will accept nothing less. You * may lose him, but you will * get over it. You are already * losing the respect of your• * friends. Is anybody worth * that? e Anne Hirst's column pre- sents surprising and unusual problems, . as well as heart!- rending eart-rending situations. 'If unhappy situations arise in your life, ask her how to handle them. Address Anne Hirst at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont, Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. Is it all right to eat crisp breakfast bacon with the fingers? A••No; with the fork. Q. Is it all right for a woman to introduce her husband's moth- er to her good friends as, "This is my mother-in-law"? A. It would be better to say, "This is Bob's mother." Q. Is it considered proper at a christening to clothe the baby •tn soft pink or blue? A. Everything the baby wears ,at a christening should be white. Q. How and when should a bridegroom offer his fee to the e ergyman who performs the ceremony? A. He entrusts an envelope containing the fee to his best roan, who tenders it to the clergy- man after the ceremony. FIRST MEE' fNG—Two of the nation's most distinguished citizens,' Prank Lloyd Wright, left, and Cori Sondburg, stop for a chat after appearing te,gether on a television program. It was the first time that world-famous architect Wright, and equally famed poet Sa+m,dburg had ever met. They discussed, ap- propriately enough, Chicago architecture. POSTER FAMILY-AI1 po'I'in victims;,Mrs. Helen `Solomon., and her children, from left,wits Lindy and" Sandy, 6, and J`oe,. 9, havj b'ee'n 'l atnel±fr`t'hi?a r5: 9vlarch of Dimes Poster Family for 1958. Mrs. Solomon `sand the three chi,.ld•ren all con acted the dread' disease„during' a single ,week in July; 1953, an'd have been "fighting foie effects ever'since•. ocw . ..o .... .., 2. Ct&v.ke It's a sad, sad story. One day the flower beds were full of colour and bloom. The next .... leaves and flowers alike wilted by a killing frost, except for the hardy varieties. So much loveli- ness entirely obliterated by the sudden chill breath of winter. The same applies to the trees. Already most of the trees around here are naked — shivering as if the months ahead appalled them. It was certainly a very sudden change in the weather, and one which we didn't exactly. appre- ciate. Also, almost coincident ' with winter weather came the switch back to standard time. Did you get an extra hour's • sleep? We didn't. •Force of habit was ..too:' strong.•We telaned the clocks back all right but got up as usual by daylight saving time. However, we go to bed on good old standard time so I imagine in a few days we shall be pretty well adjusted. Anyway, I hadn't better get started on that topic again. I said my two cents' worth last week. Since then I notice the Federation cf Agri- culture has started voi.ing a pro- test. More power to them. Well, this is a very quiet house we are living in right now. Last Friday night our wee Eddie went back to his own home. We had had him for exactly a' month. When his father came for him 5ie didn't know him and for a good half-hour wouldn't go to him at all. Eventually he came to the conclusion that he was all right and in the end went off with him quite happily al- though with a backward glance all the way to the car, not quite able to figure out why grandma wasn't corning too. Today we all went into see the new baby. His mother's description was very accurate — he DOES look like a little Indian . . . black hair, fat red cheeks and a broad nose. Cute though, and a very good baby. Eddie was quite ready to come away with us when we left but Dave wouldn't hear of it. He wanted beth his brothers left at home. And so another family milestone has passed. Now maybe things will run along quietly for a bit . . until the next upheaval, before which I hope we get time t•) catch our breath. Personally t like my excitement in small doses, especially with Christmn, only a matter of weeks away. In the meantime Partner ie • literally keeping the home fine • burning with odds and ends that accumulate in every • house, One of our neighbours had a small tree that came crashing down on his garden. He does not have i a fireplace $o Partner was given the wood for taking it away, Of course, he still has his web - saw and a one-man crosscut — relics of the farm — so he i well equipped to deal with just such an emergency. He also has large clippers and pruning shears with which he has been busy all fall — thinning and clearing out brush along the line fence, tying the bigger twigs into small bundles. I laughed a few nights ago as he came into the living - room with one of these small bundles to light the fire. Memory took me back more years than I care to tell. 'Back to England Where a man used to trundle his push -barrow along the streets selling "faggots” at a penny a bundle. You won't even find the word in modern dictionaries but Old Country people will know what I mean. To the unitiated I should explain that 'faggots" are bundles of wood suitable for kindling. Some pictures of Joan of Arc show the foot of the stake surrounded by faggots. Some- times it is rough, split wood; sometimes twigs and small branches tied into bundles. an country estates whenever trees are felled for fuel or lumber, the.•cottagers were allowed the "privilege" of taking the tops and small branches. If there was more than, they needed for then. own requirements the wood "used to be done up in faggots and sol'. I wonder if that custom still holds good. Probably not as farm labourers now get a ,iving-wage and are possibly not as anxious to salvage waste prod- ucts for a mere pittance. Frugality on the whole is dying a slow -death. We often think that on Tuesdays. That is gar- bage day and at every driveway there are cans, cartons and bundles of papers. A lot of it burnable — in summer by means of an incinerator; in winter in an open fireplace, thus cutting down the fuel bill. It really does. We have to turn clown the ther- mostat when we have a fire go- ing — or be roasted out. After all why throw away what can be used for our pleasure and comfort with a minimum of effort? On a cold, raw night is anything more cheerful than a blazing fire on an open hearth — on a farm or in an urban home? On the farm a fire on the hearth in the evening saved us the necessity of starting the furnace. Keeping a small fire in a coal furnace is quite a chore. An oil furnace is easier to oper- ate but it has one definite dis- advantage. If anything goes wrong it takes a repair man to fix it. Partner says al; the old Twin Doubled For R's ride With Jitters Everybody in the packed vil- lage church thought how lovely the slender, fair-haired bride looked in her expensive wed- ding dress of white • satin and gold thread as she stood with her dignified bridegroom before the priest who was to marry thein. With the bridegroom was his somewhat nervous- looking best man. All, went well until the moment cane when he had to. pass the $300 wedding ring to the bridegroom. Then there was a gasp of dis- may as those nearest saw him drop it on to the stone floor and watched it roll out of sight. The 'embarrassed best man made a dive to get it — and failed. The bride's father went down on his knees to join in the hunt. Even the priest felt obliged to assist, for the ring had van- ished into a dark recess at the back of the organ.• With the flustered bridegroom directing operations, the men shifted the organ and began rummaging amid the dust and cobwebs at the back of it. People sitting in church tried hard to suppress their laughter when they saw the hurriedly summoned sexton turn , up, arm- ed with a long pole to reinforce the ring -hunters. Nearly twenty minutes elapsed before it came to light. The sex- ton held it up triumphantly. It was dirty and cobwebby and had to be carefully wiped hefore the perspiring groom finally put it on his bride's slim finger. That happened in Bavaria but wedding day nerves have fre- quently been the cause of awk- ward moments at marriage cer- emonies all over the world. In France they tell the extra- ordinary story of a pretty young girl who fell in love with a de- bonair army officer: As her wed- ding day approached, the girl, Germaine, became more and more excited and nervous, de- claring that she was beginning to feel that the ceremony would be too much for her and she could never go through with it. On the wedding morning she was more nervous than ever. What was to be done? At this critical stage Germaine's equal- ly pretty twin sister had a brainwave. Why, should she not act as her sister's deputy? They were so much alike that the possibility of the deception be- ing detected was remote. And so it happened. Wearing " Germaine's lovely wedding gown and veil, the sister came trium- pliantly through the ceremony. Neither the bridegroom nor anybody else except the girls and their parents knew what had happened. On her sister's return from the church, Ger- ' maine took her place. A year or two later a calmer and happier Germaine went through another wedding cere- mony with her adoring husband at her request. And he so far has never learned the truth. During a wedding at Istachat- ta, in the United States, the min- ister was astonished to see a snake wriggling down the aisle. He threw a hymn book at it and then the verger came along to remove the intruder which was later returned to a pet shop from which it had escaped, Every bride hopes that no serious hitch will occur on her wedding day, but many bride- grooms have experienced . the agony of discovering too late that they, or the best man, have forgotten or lost the ring with - coal furnace went out he knew how to light it. If the oil furnace goes out it takes a mechanic to get it going again. That has hap- pened here only once, a few weeks after we came. out which the ceremony,. cow;id not take place, At an August wedding before the war the London bridegroom forgot the ring because he had been celebrating with pals until 2 a,nt., had got up late and had to dash off to the church in a hurry. Luckily his best mass was equal to the occasion and stepped forward and handed the clergyman a door key with the handle of which the bridal cou- ple were then formally "joined together." Sometimes it's the bride who causes a hitch in the wedding ceremony. In Australia, a tem- peramental brunette waited un- til her groom was actually slip- ping the ring on her finger be- fore she decided that it was all a mistake and she did not want to marry him. She had left it too late, how- ever. It was decided by the Su- preme Court in Melbourne that she had willingly taken part in the major part of the ceremony and was therefore legally mar- ried. The wedding presents were .on view. Displayed in a prominent position was a cheque for $5,000, the gift of the bride's father. "1 say, who is that chap laugh- ing at your father's cheque?'? exclaimed the bridegroom, feel- ing annoyed. "Oh, that's his bank manager!Y* said the bride. Casually Yours! PRINTED PATTERN 4764 12-20; 40, 42 tti Picture this in striped cotton, rich autumn - hued wool, or a classic dark crepe — it's the per- fect pattern for the casual shirt- waist you love. Such smart de- tails, such fun to sew with our easier Printed Pattern. Printed Pattern 4764: Misses" Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42. Size 16 takes 4% yards 35 -inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (500 (Stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for thin pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS; STYLI NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., Ness Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 47 — 1957 "AEL:t RIVIERA" ON BLACK SEA -The beach at the resort of Golden Sands is part of the dream of a "Red Riviera" on the Black Sea coast 'tiba r Varna, Bulgaria. Vast sums are being spent by Communist Bulgaria to build the area into a prime tourist attraction. Some130 hotels arcs under construction and the resort will boast such capitalistic pleasures as gambling casinos and night clubs with Western entertainers.