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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-08-19, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: I've only been married three years, and I am sick of it. After the first year nay husband worked only half the time, and we have not nearly enough to live on. I have made over my clothes till they are fall- ing apart, and what he wears are a disgrace. — The place we live in has no conveniences. I do my best to keep it (and myself) neat and fresh but it is a losing job. I would love a nice home, but my husband only wants a place to eat and sleep in. If I were able to work, I would; but I can only take care of the housework. "He takes me to the grocery store, and to the movies once a week — and I hate movies. I like to dance, play cards, and have friends in. My husband does not like people. Evenings I read C� him, but he never talks about Our future, or his business; if I ask him, he just shuts up. Before we married, he was not like this. We. had good times like other couples, and I never dreamed I would have to 'lye as 1 do today. I always let hint even cried, and begged him to be 114 CLOW Wkimar.. " Use remnants of seersucker, nylon, or cotton for play -tops and pants. For boys and girlsr Make them now for all summer. Pattern 705: in sizes for 6 - .month, 1 -year, 18 -months babies, Tissue pattern; embroidery trans.. ter. ,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, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUIVIBER and SIZE, your NAME and ADDRESS. Don't miss our Laura Wheeler 1954 Needlecraft Catalog! 79 ems brOidery, crochet, color -transfer and ernbroidery patterns to send feat — plus 4 complete patterns printed in book. Send 25 cents for Jur copy today! Ideas for gifts, bazzaar sellers, fashions. have his way, Otherwise we could not get along at all. , I have as he was, but he is stubborn. • .. Have you any ideas? MISERABLE° * I am afraid that your hus- • band's indifference, and his * failure to provide a better liv- * ing, are inherent traits. * Perhaps a different approach * will help. * Tell him how much you de- * pend on him, how you know * he can find extra work during * the months he is unemployed. * Remind him how industrious he * was such a few years ago. A * little flattery has its place. * What he seems to need is ntore self-confidence, and only you * can stimulate that. Unless you can inspire him to t greater effort, you will have to * keep on doing without all the * good things you yearn for and * all the fun you want to have. * Many a young wife struggles * along with her husband and * gladly, for she believes in him * and his ability to succeed, * Your husband is still in his * 30's, too young to cease trying. * What you have lost is your t faith in your man; if you can * recapture that (and let him * know you have) it should pro- * vide the incentive he needs. * I recognize how dull is your * present routine, and I sympa- * thize. But try this idea — ad- * ding articulate affection — and '$ see what happens. HUSBAND TROUBLE "Dear Anne Hirst: My trouble is my husband — as isn't most wives'? He is always cross. He says he has never been happy, and doesn't expect to be. He does not (frankly) ilke the children, and we have four, and he finds fault with all of us. I like friends and fun, and he does not. "I would hate to break up our home, but I really cannot stand living like this. Can you under- stand, from this brief note, what I am up against? DESPERATE" * Yes, one reads between the lines. * I should rernind 'you that t when one cannot change a situ- • ation, one puts up with it, You * cannot make your husband * over, nor can you leave him. , * What you can do is stop expect- * ing him to be other than he * is and plan a more pleasant * daily life for yourself and the * children; it is to you they must * look for the love and consider- ation their father denies them, * You dare not let them down, * Enjoy your friends during * the day (as their hours and * yours permit) and have your * fun with the children; that * should not be difficult, since * you say they are in good health. * You may say I propose the * impossible. But nothing is ims * possible to a woman who sees * her situation clearly and • de- * termines to make the best of it. • Try it, just one day at a time, * and find out how much better * it works out than you may * think now. Sometimes' only a little Imag- ination as required to brighten up a marriage. Does yours need This? . In any thaw of trouble, write to Anne Hirst, lier kinds ness will comfort you, and her wisdom will aid. , . Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth $t., New Toronto, Ont. Modern Church Art — Having adapted the modernist -cubist style of painting to the interpretation of religious subfects, Sister Schimanski, studying in Florence, Italy', supervises the hanging of one of her works for exhibition in a Florentine art gallery. Or' Chow Call—A fish with trust in a friend bobs to the surface to take some food from the hand of Mrs. R. S. Arbin, of Graves- end, England. Her animal friends include a collection of frogs, toads, slowworms, an eilligator and the tame carp. Aft, vreQ--teetrawatt NIC14.,S m By this time readers of this column will have seen press re- ports of the opening of the mus sewn at Elora. However, none of the daily papers gave it the pub- licity it deserved because, as you know, the daily press has mur- ders, political issues, wars and peace settlements to cover and things that belong to yesterday are more or less crowded out, The weekly papers did a little better but of course they have their own community news to cover and so their space is limited too. So I wonder . . would you like me to tell you a little moze about the Elora Museum? I'll take a chance anyway Wellington County, as you inay know, was celebrating its Cen- tennial on July 16, 17 and 18. The opening of the museum at Elora was part of that celebration. Elora is only a small village but one of the loveliest in Ontario. It is the centre of a park development undertaken by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority:- A trip to Elora has always been worth- while just to see the magnificent rocks and limestone cliffs, Now there is an added attraction — the filuseum. Considering the size of the village the enterprising citizens certainly had courage to undertake such a project. The Museum is housed in what was once a store and is located right next to the new bridge. The build- ing has been painted and decor- ated throughout in a style en- tirely in keeping with its purs pose. Board flooring was donated and laid down — not new floor- ing but lovely old pine boards, sanded and polished. There are some wonderful old doors too that were also donated. But we had better start down in the basement and weak -up. The basement is large and roomy and in it we found a wonderful collection of old-time tools for carpentry and for use around the farm. There were also farrn im- plements of the smaller type -- a cradle, a flail, ox -yokes, and of course ther e were pioneer kitchen pots, pans and skillet, Al- most everything had a descrip- tive label. Upstairs on the ground floor there were fire -arms, china, glass, carriage lanterns, coins, old furniture, marble fireplace and a beautifully illustrated bo o showing in picture farm the his- tory of Elora since early settles anent. It was a wonderful book. Upstairs there was one large room and one small room, The small room was furnished just as if it were a pioneer bedroom. It had a rope bed, complete with straw tick and tether mattress. Finely embroidered pillow shams, home -spun blankets, knitted quilt, patchwork quilt, and spread out On the bed ready for ray lady to retire was a cotton nightgown, complete with tucks and embroi- dery, and or c o urs e tong full sleeves. There was a conunode chair, washstand with lovely old bedroom dishes and a beautiful walnut dresser. Also a glass ca- binet containing china and glass. ware, and some old Willow ware. In the big room there Were full-sized models complete vvith old.time costumes — men sncl women too. And th ere was a Splendid display of fanny work Of the Vieterian period ate Was also a large musical bo,c, The Not For This Bird — Strictly for the other two -legged "birds" of New York City, cis far as this pigeon is concerned is a "Keep Off" sign in Central Park. It's also a fine place from which to watch for peanuts, or cats — and anyway, "Pouter" can't read, date on it was - 1 don't knew whether it was in working order but it was certainly in good con- dition. On one wall was a Currier and Ives print and on another a tairdatienade from various seeds. Ils.-atliat is about all I can tpalt ;At at the moment but of atItyse'rttthere are many, many things :that I liaven't even men- tioned. "Well," you may ask, "what's so wonderful about it? You see the same sort of things in any other museum?" Yes, that is true — how could it be otherwise? After all the tools, dishes, clothes and implements that pioneers used were much the same in every district. But yet there was a dif- ference. The articles on display at the Elora Museum belonged to the people of Elora. They had been used by the early settlers, by the pioneers who had roughed it in the bush and lived in the first log cabins. Perhaps some of the articles displayed may have been used by Roswell Mathews and his two sons who were the first to clear the land, or by the family of Captain William Gilkin- son who built the first Muse in the settlement, Every dish, every tool had an intimate history that belonged only to the people of Elora. Now instead of gathering dust in various attics they are being cared for and shown to the public and will serve an excellent educational purpose. What Elora has done could be accomplished in every county in Ontario. People who never think of visiting city museums might, at first .for cleceney's sake, visit their own small local museum. Eventually they would take a pride in the displas as part of their heritage. After all, to ap- preciate the present one must have some knowledge and under- standing of the oast. And so, my dear friends, if you are anywhere near Elora do stop long enough to look over the Museum, It may inspire you with enthusiasm Inc getting a similar project started in your own dis- trict, woolgdaftia,.......M.Trioni....41.1,01,moury....alevoorluoammommoremaneonessmnrommnesirlUalowpwgieepasoupaft.pRW.0........P, GENTLE RETORT An English lady, one of ethose self-appointed morality commis- sioners, accused a workman of having become a drunkard be- cause: "With my own eyes I saw his wheelbarrow standing out- side an inn." The workman made no direct defense. That same eve- ning, he merely put his wheel- barrow outside her door, and left it there all night. HER. TR,OU LES "I came here, Doctor," explain- ed the pretty young thing, "to find out just what's wrong with The Doctor nodded. "Three things. You don't eat enough. You use too much makeup, And there's something wrong with your .eyes, My sign outside says, 'Veterinarian.' " _ DYED IN THE WOOL Sheep are the favourite house- hold pets in Aleppo, Syria. Al- most every family owns one and dyes it bright colours, It may, for instance, have green ears, a red muzzle, a blue tail, and a yel- low body. Streets are a riot of colour as children take their pet sheep for a walk. — WAIT AND SEA Signora Anne Pisano's ship has come home, but until she makes the return voyage on it the for- tune of $1,200,000 left to her by an uncle remains unclaimed. . Anna lives in Salerno, Italy, and the money is held in trust in America, a provision of the will being that she must go to. America to claim it. This she won't do because she is "afraid of the sea." So, until she allays her fears, Anna continues to work as a maid, and the wealth is but a dream, --- • BAD, WORSE, WORST Harold Murphy, a resident of Kentucky, decided it was high time he took a rest to catch up with his shattered nerves. In one week he'd lost his job, had his house razed to the ground by fire, been involved in a road ac- eiclent, which resulted in his car being smashed up; the climax came when his seven children were put to bed with chicken pox. MEM BARE TRUTH Police had to • be called the other day to a cinema in Beau- lieu, France, where they arrested a young farmer who was sitting in the auditofium completely nude apart from the socks he was wearing. The film shown was about life in a nudist camp. The farmer's excuse was that he became so en- grossed in it that he had adsents minder:11y disrobed himself In the darkness �f the cinema. HIS EXCUSE The manager of a large New York theatre was walking down the aisle one morning when he saw a boy of about ten years old sitting in the theater, watch- ing the picture with rapt atten- tion. The man went over, tapped the boy on shoulder, and asked: "Why aren't yeti in school?" "It's okay, mister," the boy as- sured him. "I've got the measles." FLAMING AGE The wealthy Mr. Lotsabucks sat in his wheelchair beside the open window. A pretty girl pass- ed by, and Lotsabucks pulled frantically at the bellrope on the wall. The butler appeared. "Quick, George, my teeth," Lotsabucks commanded. "Iawant to whistle." 11.,111.1W14114,11.1.6.,161.,14.1. , AND HOW! When the defendant's name was called in court, to everyone's amazement, he stood up in the jury box. "What aae you doing there?" barked the clerk. "I was called to serve on the jury," came the meek reply. "But you must have known that there was a mistake," the clerk snapped, "that you cOuldret sit on a jury and judge your own case," "Well, I suppose not," the de- fendant admitted. "I did think it was a bit of luck." TELLING ./11/1/1 Joe Frisco, the famous stutter- ing comedian, once appeared on the same bill with Enrico Caruso, at a benefit. Joe had never heard of the famous tenor, and he sid- led up and whispered to a stage -- hand: "What does he do?" The stagehand looked astonish- ed, then replied: "He's a singer." Frisco nodded and walked over to Caruso. "Now 1 -1 -listen, bud- dy," he said, tapping the amazed tenor on the shoulder. "I'm f -f -following you on this bill. L -lay off Darktown Strutter? Ball, will you?" --- EFFICIENCY Two dress manufacturers met on Thirty -Seventh Street. One of them stopped the other and saidt "I don't understand how you can undersell me. Why;" he admitted, "I steal the materials I make the dresses from.". "Why let yourself in for o much overhead?" said his com- petitor. "Do what I do. I steat the finished articles." -- LOTS OF WARNING Edgar Bergen was driving calmly along a peaceful stretch of road one day when a woman driver • came weaving down the road behind him. She tooted her horn once and rammed him with a crushing impact. While they were trying to untangle bumpera, the lady said breezily, "Well, I'm afraid this was all my fault." "Don't be silly," Bergen said gallantly. "The blame is entirely mine. I saw you fully three blocks away, and had plenty ot time to duck down a side street." N se Catch — Jackie Walker gives a nautical, but nice, look to the fishing docks at Miami Beach. She reigns as queen a the annual summer fishing tour. nament, which runs through labor Day. enlesiArisaae , 'sans .• , • When In Rome — These fall and winter fashions designed in the Eternal City make news with their use of pleats. At left is ot heavy maroon wool suit by Mem-lora Garnett, with pleats which fall in a straight, simple line from a sleek, fitted jacket. At right, silk brocade in rusty red, designed by Fontana Sisters, features a pleated skirt and three-quorter bodice for cocktail -time wear,.