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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-05-20, Page 6; tiff "Dear Anne Hirst: Iain 19 and everyone says I'm a nice girl, but it is all on the surface. Down deep I am hateful and sinful and sinful and just downright no good. "After any father died I was sent to my grandmother, There t didn't have any fun like other girls do f and at 17 I ran off with 4 man who was married. I didn't find it out for 10 months. I had a baby by him after we parted, but he never knew about it. "I came home to my mother and stepfather. My mother hates me. She will not let me have any friends, and accuses me of being no good. If I do get out, t must be in before 10.30. "I have met a very young man, but she refuses to let him see me and if he calls she won't let me speak to him. I have met his parents, though, and they are very nice. He likes my baby, and I believe he cares for me. I've told all my friends I'm di- vorced; no one but the family knows the truth.) "I have lived through all the torment I can stand. Can't any- one ever stop paying? ... I have ;so one to turn to, and I'm afraid to make a decision on my own. Please, Anne Hirst, tell me what to do! INGO" Sew !t In A Day ! 4553 ?--20 3o--42 44/irtt4 • 3 Look at the diagram—even a iaeginner can whip up this honey lbf a dress in a day! FEW pat- tern parts, minimum details—a world of style! Curvy neckline, fitted bodice and flared skirt are ;o smart, so -o -o flattering! Choose 'ayon print, • faille, cotton. Pattern 4553: Misses' Sizes 12, 1.4, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, tel), 42. Size 16 takes 3% yards I9 -inch. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35!) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, TYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. thelc ALL 1VIIX1+D UP * Before you dream of the fu,. * lure, I would like to see you * establish better feeling be- * tween your mother and your- * self. It Is unlikely that she * hates you. She gave you wed * your baby a home, and has * taken care of you since. You * must admit that your elope- * anent and its consequences * were a severe shock, and I ex- * peat she imposes these restric- * tions because she fears you * may be tempted again. * Instead of nourishing this * bad feeling between you, it Is v" your place to show her that * she can trust you now. A * straight -forward t a 1 k should * diminish her doubts — if you • * practice what you promise. * Assure her that you will never * betray her confidence, and if "' she will somewhat relax these * rules she will never regret it, • This is the time to humble, and a' to mean every word you say. Prove your intentions by ac- tion. Are you assuming the baby s entire care? Are you relieving your another of many household duties? Are you at- tending church regularly, and being a helpful member? If you are really sincere in earn- ing your mother's faith and leading a good life, it will * show in all you do — in your * manner (less bitter and more °' respectful) and in your atti- • tude toward everyone. I think * it will not be long before she * is convinced you are a very * different girl than the one who '' brought shame to your family. You yourself will soon )now * you are, and find tolerance and * understanding where before a only suspicion and criticism ' obtained. * As for this young man, I see * no reason to tell hien you never * married until he confesses his * love. Then it is his right to *: know. You niay call me old - 'I' fashioned, but no marriage that * starts with deceit can last * long. If you do not agree, and even if few others know the • truth,. there is always the "' chance it will come out some a day. He had better hear it ' from you. * Take heart. Life can be a * beautiful experience. If you * want to make yours that, be- '" girl today. - * * One cannot sin without pay- ing, and the cost is high. One's life thereafter depends upon her acceptance, and her determin- ation to repay those she has hurt. • . Tell Anne Hirst your prob- lem, and know you can depend upon her wise guidance. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Christenings How >r a And Ween In the Roman Catholic Church the christening takes place with- in a week or two weeks after the birth of the child. In the Church of England when the child is four or five weeks old. In most other Protestant Churches the christening is us- ually within a few months after birth. In the Jewish Faith children are not christened. The circum- cision for baby boys is a religi- ous ceremony as well as regular medical procedure. Parents assist in officiating at baby nam- ing ceremony without the infant being present. • Hurry -Up Highlights—There's no longer any need to wait for Dame Nature to add years to your age before you can enjoy the glamorous highlights in your hair. A cosmetic house has developed a system whereby tiny end strands of newly washed and set hair can be wound around pegs, left, and then placed in transparent tubes containing a lightening mixture (either silver ar gold). While you're under the drier, the lightening proeops le completed, and the new treatment is said to bar suited to almost any hair style. When your hairdo is completed, highlights will show as of right. FLYING SAUCERS - OF MILK MAYBE? —Photo by Ron Suultl,nrn GE oliza+c U Ct at'lut '0.11r H..V.• Last Tuesday I had my first ride on the new Toronto Sub-. way. On the whole, I thought it was grand. Just imagine, I boarded the train at Milton, arrived at Union Station, took the Subway to College and was able to keep an appointment without once getting out into. the pouring rain, It was woes derful. Now for reasons for and against the Subway. I liked the' clean, roomy, fast - moving coaches. I liked themysterious,: distant rumble of the train as it approaches the platform. I liked the escalators — but I definite- ly didn't like the steep stone steps. In some stations there are two flights to climb. Actual,- ly the steps are My only.objet- tion to an otherwise perfect method of transportation. There were, however a few things that worried me that could be .pre- vented — passengers standing too close to the edge of the plat- form; mothers allowing children too much freedom while wait ing for a train — children play' ing too roughly coulet easai� push each other :on to the track 'a . . . with fast trains coming every two minutes the risk is too great. Of course there are still .many people every day taking their Aron or Sued r ss J4,1 tines AI i' Apron or jumper now, sun- dress later! So handy, sew -easy. Wrap and tie to cinch waist open flat to iron, Note luscious lily — a pocket! Sew -Easy Pattern 700: Sizes Small (10, 12); Medium (14, 16); Large (18, 20). Pattern pieces, embroidery motif. State size. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 'Eighteenth St. New Tor- onto, ant: Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER ER and. SIZE; your NAME and ADDRESS. SEND NOW for our new 1954 Laura 'Wheeler Needlecraft Oataw log — the best ever! 79 enibrold- ary, crochet, color -transfer, drese- aaaking patterns to send for -w- plus 4 complete patterns printed in the book Ideas for gifts, bazaar a e1ic,rs, fashions, Send 25 stents] first ride and some of them don't realize there is more than one door. There are also people keeping away from the Subway entirely, having heard rumours of doors that automatically open and close hardly' giving passen- gers time to get on and off, That is just nonsense, of course. Nor is there any need for what hap- pened to Ellen and Mary who were taking their 'first ride on the subway. Ellen got on the train but Mary was left behind on the platform! But evert in a case like that there is no need to panic. Ellen had only to wait at her destination for Mary to come on by the next train — possibiy a matter of five or sever minutes. But this I must say — it isn't wise to read the evening paper. as you ride. Far better to watch for your station on the wall of every platform or first thing you know you will fired yourself at Eglinton s in- stead of Bloor or College or wherever you intended to get off. Back to the country . . spring seems to have been so late in coming the last few years. And a late spring makes such a rush job of seeding. Not enough of the right kind of weather for a long enough time is really what causes the trouble. It. just doesn't leave any margin. . A breakdown with a tractor for even a few hours can mean a j} -'a delay in getting a. field c'ected if rain should come before the repair job is done. No doubt this feeling of having to beat the weather is responsible for a few -fields here and there not being worked up as well as they might be, A lot depends on the soil of course — and it could be that farmers with clay - loam look enviously on while neighbours, perhaps no farther away than the next concession, work with very little interrup- tion on their sandy -loam fields. But then comes a dry spell and it is the clay -loam farmers who reap the benefit. No tine can win all the time. In the long run the law of averages evens things up pretty well. And that applies to more than farming it applies to every aspect of life. We can all think of people we know who are blessed with plenty of this world's goods but there may be ill -health in the family, dissension in family cir- cles; tragedy or loss of life. Or we may know others who ap- pear to have so little but yet seem so happy. Because of their religions beliefs, or their philo- sophy of life, to them every day is a new beginning. A beauti- ful sunset means more to them than a movie; a well-written book better than a: television show; a friendly call from a neighbour more than a bridge party, There are also people so busy all the time that physical tiredness and a mind at peace with itself brings sound sleep at night. And there are those with too much leisure and too much social life who hardly know what it is to get a good night's rest without the aid of sleeping pills. The law of averages again . . . what you gain on the swings you loses on the roundabouts. . Well, it is raining again but Partner says there is nothing for farmers to worry about. He says according to what he has heard from old-time farmers if Easter is early, seeding is not likely to start until a week of two afterwards. And in those 'days seeding took weeks . our modern tractor -farmers ex- pect to get the job done in two weeks anyway. Antibiotics, commercial fertilizers and weed - destroying chemicals were un- known at the turn of the cen- tury but I think everyone will agree that the old -tinge farmers was as weather-wise as a swamp :frog. ISSUE 21 b. 1154 SE IT A Most people think this is tlee atomic age, but when it comes right clown to essentials, this 10 really the great age of "how -to- do.' Home sewing experienced a rivival during World War II when inexpensive and well -made manufactured clothes were hard to find, and has been mushroom- ing ever since. Now sewing ma- chine manufacturers are turning out machines and attachments that will do almost every intri- cate stitch and job hitherto per- formed only in the professional workshops, There are rufflers which can ruffle 10 yards of material in one minute, and binders which not only bind over the edge of the fabric but sew i down in an at- tractive zigzag stitch at the same time. Buttonholes do not have 10 present the inevitable problem any more either, since one of the most practical attachments now being put out is the button- holer, which can be adjusted to any size required. Machine Quilting You can practically make you own fabrics today, too, thanks to the inventiveness of the sewing machine industry. On the mar- ket now is a guiding prong for the home machine which guides the needle along the stitching lines required for quilted mater- ial. Since quilted fabrics are be- ing used more and more in the clothes field, this new gadget en- ables any woman to take her favorite fabric and quilt it pro- fessionally, Illustrative of the many jobs which can be done with machine attachments is the new booklet entitled "Sewing Magic for Teen- Agers," written by Mildred Ryan and published by the Greist Manufacturing Company. It ex- plains. how to use cloth guides, adjustable zipper and cording feet, scissors cutting gauges, gath- ering feet, various types of hem- mers, tuckers, qu.ilters, edge stitchers, multiple slotted bind- ers, and rufflers. But wonderful as all these are, they are really the frosting on the sewing cake. Any woman can start to sew with only a sewing machine of whatever vintage—and a little imagination and patience. One of the fallacies held about some sewing - mainly, I believe,, by those who think they can't sew —is that- to be professional looking a garment has to have a lot of detail or be of an intricate design.. Actually the contrary is true. One of the' most important aspects of sewing is not the ac- tual machine or hand -work, but picking out a pattern and mater- ial that are, so to speak, made for each other. Try Sleeveless Dress For a beginner, there is no bet- ter place to start than on a sum- mer dress. When deciding on a pattern, choose one that has no sleeves. Or, if you feel you must have some sleeves, select a pat- tern that has the sleeves cut right onto the bodice. A home- made look will show up first in a sleeve badly or bunchily set into a shoulder. Collars can be tricky, too, and if you feel you don't want to' tackle one on your first try, choose a plain round neckline or perhaps one that is slit down the front and which can be dressed up with jewelry to take away the plainness. Gathered skirts are usually easy and so axe flared ones or ones with unpressed pleats. But skirts made in tiers or with ruf- fles around the bottom can be difficult for the beginner and are hard to iron. Now, if you have a pattern that can choose a material that is practically a work of art in it- self. One of the enormously wide range of fabrics to choose from, not only in design but also in the fibers, Cotton is still one of the most wearable and easy-to-take-care- ef materials on the market, Sewing Centers Help LIKE IT Synthetic fabrics have jumped into the yard goods world with amazing foree since the war. Nylon is becoming more versa- tile with different weaves now being offered, as well as bods patterned and plain material. Made up in a simple summer pattern, a nylon dress is a joy to take care of and for traveling simply cannot be matched, If you do want a pattern with a little more detail to it, the nearest sewing center will cover buttons and belts and make but- tonholes for a very small fee. Attendants will also give you advice if you get bogged down. There is one experience in sewing however, that every woman must steel herself to face. That Is the movement - just as you feel you have finally achiev- ed a Fifth Avenue look in your designs — when some dear friend comes rushing up and "exclaims, "What a lovely dress, did you snake it yourself?" Had Their Musk R` wife The Law Holland has just passed a law under which it is strictly pro- hibited to create a noise of any kind on a Sunday morning. The definition of "noise" in this in- stance is a sound that can be heard 200 yards from the point of origin. The good :folk of 'Kerkrade, a Dutch village on the . German border, were dismayed when they heard about the new law. It has always been a cherished custom in Kerkrade for couples celebrating their golden wed- ding anniversary to attend church on the nearest Sunday morning accompanied by all the villagers and the joyous music of a brass band. Especially disgruntled were Mr. and Mrs. Crutzen, of Kerk- rade's Nieuw Street, who were about to celebrate their golden wedding in traditional manner, Then an ingenious fellow - citizen had an idea. Since the German - Dutch border actually runs through the village, the brass band belonging to the Ger- man part was engaged for the occasion. And while the vener- able couple headed the silent procession to church along the left side of the wire fence sep- arating the Dutch and German halves of the village, members of the brass band of the Dutch vil- lage ..followed in silence wiith their instruments reversed. But ten the other side of the fence the band of the. German half of the village played lusty marching music in defiance of the new Dutch law. THE SEVEN WONmarts The Seven Wonders of the ,ancient world were; the Pyra- mids of Egypt; the Hanging Gar- dens of Babylon, a series of ter- raced gardens rising three hun- dred feet above the ground, said to have been built by Nebu- chadnezzar to please his wife, Amytis, who wearied of the plains of Babylon; the Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus; the Statue of Jupiter by Phidias at Olympia; the Colossus of Rhodes, a gigantic statue of bronze over one hundred feet high, and towering above the entrance to the harbor; the Mausoleum, or tomb of Mau.solus, at Halicar- nassus; and the, Pharos of Alex- andria. IT E YOU LIVE If Wets not worth living it may be your fiver! Lt's a taut) Lt cakes up to two pints of Lim -- bile a day to keep your digestive tract in tog, shape! of your lives bile is not flowing fr°elr your food may oat digest ... gas bloats up your stomach.. , you feel constipated and all the fun and sparkle go out of life. That's when you need mild gentle Carter's Little Liver Piths vegetable pills ow of liver bile. Sots help digestion starts functioning properly and you feel that happy days are here again! Don't ever stay Bunk. Ahrays keep Carter's Litt1* Lem Pills an band s'l, at your druggist. Mix and sift into bowl, 1 % e. once -sifted pastry flour (or 1 i c. once -sifted all-purpose flour), 3 taps. Magic Baking Powder, 3 tsp. salt. Cut in finely 4 tbs. chilled shortening and mix in % c. washed and dried raisins and % c. lightly -packed brown sugar. Combine 1 slightly -beaten egg, 2 tbs. milk and a few drops almond flavoring. Make a well in dry ingredients and add. liquids; mix lightly with fork, adding milk D if necessary, to make a soft dough. Knead "' °°: for 10 -seconds on a lightly -floured board and pat out into' greased pie plate (73f top inside measure) and mark into 6 pie -shaped wedges. Bake in hot oven, 425°, about 18 minutes. Serve hot with butter or margar- ine. Yield-- 6 scones. IIzemo,s nel i i'