HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-06-10, Page 6TEA BAGS
"Dear Anne .Hirst: I've heard
that only the perfect man is a
woman's first husband, but I
never dreamed it would happen
to me. Six years ago, at 55, I
married a widow 10 years
younger. She is forever praising
her deceased husband, how won-
derful he was and how much
more he did for her than I do.
It is getting me down.
"She has reason to complain. I
lost my health, and I cannot pro-
vide for her as I hoped to do;
I feel I'm a burden, and had bet-
ter get out. I am sure she doesn't
love me at all, but though she
is so unkind I still care a good
deal for her.
"Do you think we should
divorce? Or what advice can you
give?
• DISTRESSED".
* During the years when you
* want security and domestic
▪ peace, you are depressed by ill
• health and the knowledge that
s, you are inadequate as a pro-
* vider. The victim of a nagging
e, woman who descends to a
Mot Tamale — Spicy, • vivacious
rito Monter! keeps •the boys
e)uth of the border from dwell-
Mg too much on the charms of
American movie actresses,
* cheap trick to keep you under
* her thumb, you live in turmoil.
• I do not wonder you feel like
* walking out
* Divorce is naturally your
* first thought; but that is not
* easy to obtain, and it is costly.
* You could probably prove
* mental cruelty but that alone
* would not be sufficient.
* Would your wife rather you
* leave her, or stay? She is dis-
* appointed in her mariage; she
* thought she was to be taken
* care of for the rest of her life.
* Instead, she finds herself on
* the supporting end, more or
e' less, and she resents it. She
* may be deliberately driving
* you to desperation so you will
* leave; on the other hand, she
* may be one of those creatures
* who finds her one satisfaction
in berating and belittling you,
* and would be even more an-
* happy living alone.
* When you feel up to it, sug-
* gest that she might be more
* contented without you, and
* tell her that her continual
* taunting you with failure is
* making you so miserable you
* would be glad to go. I think
* she will not hesitate to speak
the truth. From all you write,
it does seem that she has lost
* what affection she once had;
* yet one would think she could
* find some tenderness for a sick
* man who has dona the best he
* could.
* Wouldn't you be happier liv-
" ing with a congenial family?
* Since you still have a small
* income, that might be arrang-
* ed. Put her to the test, settle
* the future, and end this wear-
" ing uncertainty.
*
One marries for better or for
worse. Al you are disappointed
in your husband, remember your
vows and try to keep them.
Then, whatever:., ..happens, you
need not reproach yourself... .
In time of indecision, write to
Aime Hirst, at B o x 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
WHAT A GIFT!
"I'm afraid, doctor," said Mrs.
Brown, "that my husband has
some terrible mental affliction,
Sometimes I talk to him for
hours and then discover that he
hasn't heard a word."
"That isn't an affliction
madam," was the weary reply.
"That's a gift."
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FLAKY COFFEE CAKES
• Scald %c. cream, 2 tbs. granu-
lated sugar, 1 tsp. salt and % c.
shortening; cool to lukewarm,
Meanwhile, measure into a large
bowl V2 c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp.
granulated sugar; stir until sugar
is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en-
velope Fleisehrnann's Active Dry
Yeast. Let stand 10 minutes,
THEN stir well.
Add cooled cream mixture and
stir in 3 well -beaten eggs. Stir in
2 c. once -sifted bread flour; beat
until smooth. 'Work in 21/2 c.
(about) once -sifted bread flour.
Knead on lightly -floured board
until smooth and elastic. Place in
greased bowl and grease top of
dough, Cover and set in a warm
place, free from draught. Let rise
until doubled in bulk. Mix 3/k c.
granulated sugar and 2 taps.
ground cinnamon; sprinkle half
of this mixture on baking board.
Divide dough into 2 equal poi.
tions and turn out one portion
onto prepared board. Roll out
into a 12" square; fold .from back
to front and from one side to the
other. Repeat rolling and folding
3 more times, flouring board
lightly if it becomes sticky. Seal
edges of folded dough and place
in a greased 8" square cake pan
and pat out to fit the pan; butter
top lightly and press walnut
halves well into the dough.
Sprinkle remaining sugar and
cinnamon mixture on board and
treat second portion of dough
same as first portion. Cover and
let rise until doubled in hulk,
Bake in' a moderate oven, 850•,
15 mitts., while preparing the fol-
lowing syrup; simmer together
for 5 mins., 1 c, granulated sugar,
11,7 type. grated orange rind, tet
e. butter or margarine and e;.
orange juice. Quic.kly ,our hot
syrup over the partially -baked
cakes and bake cakes about 15
thins, longer, Stand baked cakes
on cake coolers for 20 minutes,
then loosen edges and gently
shake from pans.
Surnmer Sweaters with a soft touch that moths won't touch be-
cause they are knitted of "Orlon" acrylic fibre. Twin -set at right
consists of cardigan with wide ribbed revere effect worn over
a short sleeved pullover with a self -braid collar. Ribbed neckline
of pullover at left is carried down to forrn decorative .pockets.
All sweaters dry to shape without coaxing.
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HRONICLES
,ERFARM
Last week 1 was telling you
about the Officers Conference at
Guelph but I forgot to tell you
that at these W.I. affairs .I so,
often meet readers of this col-
umn — different ones from • time
to time. One reader I was talk''
ing with last week came from
near Ottawa and I was so
amused at this little story she
told me. One day last fall a
neighbour phoned her and said
— "Well, it's come!" "What's
come?" was the obvious ques-
tion, "The baby, of course.'.
Haven't you read "Ginger Farm'!
yet?" So David's arrival seems
to have been quite an event to
others besides his immediate;
family. And then I always get;
this — "Let's hear more about
your grandson — you don't say''
half enough." Well . : I neve
expected you folks to be so in-'`
terested. But you asked for it,'.
so here goes — sorry I couldn't
work it in last week.
It was Mother's Day and Part
ner and I were just, going to sit •
down alone — Bob and Joy, we
knew, had gone to Niagara, and
we didn't expect the Toronto
folks. Then a car drove in. Out
of it came Dee, Arthur, David
and two friends, Bill and June
— plus part of the baby's buggy,:
bottles, baby f o o d, diapers,
nightie, shawls and blankets.
Cigars for Partner, chocolates
for nee and cooked ham for sup-
per.
After the excitement had died
down and David had been fuss:.:
ed over and admired then``":
Daughter told Grandpa with ::
great g 1 e e — "Look, Dad —
David's got something y o u
haven't got!" "All right," seid
Partner, "so what? He may hove
a couple of teeth but I've got
more hair than he has anyway!"
David has also put on a few
pounds — twenty pounds at six
and a half months . . . and yet
he isn't fat. The poor mite was
tired and fretful for awhile —
much to his mother's . disgust
But, rested and fed, he way: soon
laughing and cooing again
chuckling with delight when-
ever one of the dogs came near
him. They stayed until about
eight o'clock so we saw David in
all his moods — good, bad arid
indifferent. Daughter also in-
formed me that her troop of
Brownies is camping out for a
week -end in July. They waist
her to go with thorn so would T
like to have David for the week-
end? Would I? 1 shall be able
to answer that question better
later on! It is a long time since
I had sole charge of a baby but
other grandmothers c o iia e
through it all right se no doubt
I shall too. Especially as Arthur
will be along as moral support.
Well, the weather pattern for
last week was as per usual. —
cold and wet — except the last
two days of glorious sunshine.
Now at last we can hear the •
hum of tractors, and we know
that on high land some fields
have already been sown. That
is fortunate as we had really
been wondering in how marry
barns fertilizer had been sitting
around, and how many bags of .
treated spring grain was wait.
ing to be sown. Fertilizer
doesn't take kindly to a a long
spell of damp weather arid
treated grain is nn use as feed
for chickens if it should hap-
pen' that it can't be used for
seeding. And yet ever since
• January, by press and radio,
farmers have been urged to "or-
der fertilizer now ... treat your
grain early and be ready for the
spring seeding rush." What rush
— can you tell me?
Now if the Word `rush" were
used in connection with sub-
division construction work we
could understand, even though a
rush job seems as inadvisable
in building as it does ori the
land. Basements are scooped. out.
A heavy downpour of rain in-
variably follows, and yet next
thing we know cement is being
pouried in. Didin't there used to
be an idea that the earth had
to `settle" before cement was
used? And isn't the term "solid
brick house" a little misleading
when the walls are only two
bricks thick? We just wonder.
how 'solid" a modern .solid brick
house can be. Many of the older
houses, some of them past the
century mark, are from four to
six bricks thick. Not that I
would , suggest modern houses
should be four bricks thick. At
the present level of construction.
costs that would mean even' a
five -room bungalow would run
to about $40,000! And after all
people seem to 'be quite happy
with what they, are getting —
convenient, compact dwelling
units. Aid I don't think young
couples need to worry too much.
Times change so rapidly . .
people move around, so that a
house very rarely becomes a
permanent home. Something like
the mad -hatter's teaparty -- if
and when the diners wanted a
clean plate, they moved on. So
it is with houses and home-
owvers.
Speaking of moving around
, isn't it wonderful our Queen
and h e r family has arrived.
home safe and sound? I am sure
we are all very much relieved,
especially after the threat at
Gibraltar.
"Hot Dorgs" Now
On Sale In Spain
American air power continues
to grow. At the moment it occu-
pies well over a thousand air
bases. In Europe alone, G.I. air-
men strung out from East Anglia
to Greece, muster a force 380,-
000 strong. In Saudi Arabia, bases
lie strategically close to Russia's
precious oilfields fringing Batutn
and Baku.
The latest country to admit
G.I. bomber crews and mainten-
ance staffs in return for valu-
able trading concessions, is Spain.
Here G.L's are inoving into four
major bases and some subsidi-
ary airfields.
Spaniards view excitedly and
with commercial anticipations
their new shirt -dangling, crew-,
cut guests. Palma'e chief news-
paper now runs a daily column
in American speech. Shopkeepers
are marketing their stocks in dol-
lars. And American mineral wa-
ter and rye whisky are• already
highly p r i c e d. Flashing -eyed
senoritas know that the greeting
"Hi-ya Bud" may be the pass-
words to romance.
O n e Palma cafe proprietor,
anxious to cash in on this new
"invasion," has posted a notice
w h i eh say's, "Welkut n to our
,Amerikan Allies. Open till 5
am. 25 beautiful girls to choice.
Beer and Stakes. Hot Dorgs; too,"
U.S. air bases stretch to the
farthest north, About the most
inhospitable places lie in Alaska
and the Aleutian Islands.
Maybe U. language will be
the global tongue much sooner
' than queen's Bnglish!
This Mary Really
Started Something
There have been thousands of
Mary Joneses in the world, but
perhaps the most famous was
the girl who, many years ago,
braved biting winds to tramp
from her cottage home at Llan-
fibangel, clamber over Ceder
Idris's gaunt slopes, and on to
Bala.
There, with a few pennies in
her pocket, saved through
months of thrift, she sought out.
the Rev. Charles Thomas He,
she'd heard, had copies of the
Bible for sale, To buy one was
her drab life's burning hope.
He had none left.
Her tears, flowing fast and un-
checked, were his spur. As a
result, this unknown Welsh pas-
tor became instrumental in
forming on March 7th, 150 years
ago, the British and Foreign
Bible Society, Since then, the
Society has delivered hope and
faith to millions in all Contin-
ents.
To -day its agents distribute
Bibles in 1,130 languages. And
the world circulation of Bibles,
a few hundreds a year in Mary
Jones's day, exceeds an annual
figure now of twenty-three mil-
lions.
Chance Of A
Lifetime •
A small island off the coast of
Mexico, San Benedicto, last year
suffered a volcanic eruption that
wiped out almost every vestige
of life, But it has give botanists
the chance of more than a life-
time.
In 1925 the University of Cali-
fornia had made a full study of
the vegetation on San Benedicto.
Then there were eleven different
species of plants covering the
whole of the island including
five-foot tall grasses, After the
volcanic eruption, only two hun-
dred plants in all were still Liv-
ing on the three -miles long
island, and these represented
only five of the eleven previous-
ly thriving species.
Now the natural process, of re -
vegetation can be studied. Will
the shores be the first part of
the island to grow green? If so,
it will. mean that seeds washed
in by the sea are the main factor
in bringing plant life to the
island. •.:.
But if higher land on hills and
above the cliffs become green
again first it will mean that
wind and birds bring seeds more
readily than the waves.
DUMBEILL
After Billy's first day at sch004
his mother asked him how het
got on.
"rine," said Billy, "but I
don't think very much of out'
teacher,"
"Why?" asked his mother.
"Well, she asked me what ono
and one made and I had to tell
her."
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1 quart strawberries
34 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch
teaspoon salt
Va cup water
1 baked 9 -inch pie shell
Whipped Cream
WASH, drain and hull strawberries; cut In half.
COMBINE sugar, BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch
end salt in top of doubts boiler.
ADD water slowly; mix until smooth.
ADD !4 the strawberries,
PLACE over boiling water and cook until thick (about
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