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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1954-09-02, Page 2"Dear Anne Hirst, I have the thence to marry again, after be - lag a widow for four years. My children are all grown—and they are so angry about it they will Sot even meet the man, though };e is anxious to know them all. they say if I insist on marry- ing 1 can never come into their tomes again. I am independent of them financially, thank good- tess; though I am 59, I hold a tool position, "For years before my husband tied he was hospitalized. I paid Ws bilis, and raises- my three Children alone; I never accepted look -what work I could get, so e ief Or help from anybody. I could cook the children's meals Sew It In A Day I 4 * a' 0 0 e '• t% 4553 5$--20 30-42 4/414.1444 1414 8 i Look at the diagram -- even a beginner can whip up this honey tit a dress in a day! FEW pattern parts, minimum details—a world Af style! Curvy neckline, fitted bodice and flared skirt are so smart, so -o -o flattering! Choose rayon print, faille, cotton. Pattern 4553: Misses' Sizes 12, ,16,18,20;30,32,34,36,38,40. Size 16 takes 31d/: yards 35 - ch. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew is tested for fit. Has tbmplete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be' Accepted) for this pattern. Print fainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, °(!TLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. and be with them at night. I kept them in church, and they all attended high school and were Boy and Girl Scouts. "This man is my own age. He is well-educated, has a nice home, a car, a good business, and money saved. Most import- ant, he can give me the com- panionship I have missed so much. What shall I do? Keep on working and living alone, or marry him? I should not need advice from anyone, but Mother used to say we are never too old' to learn. Worried." They Don't Understand * Many a woman of your age * is as physically vigorous and * emotionally eager for life as * when she was 40 -- yet to her * children she is all mother, an * old woman. They are shocked * that she is capable of affection * for any man and yearns .to grow * old with one of her own gen- * eration beside her. They are, * frankly, a bit ashamed, and * feel that her inclination to * marry is a little short of in- * decent. * When they ,.anted to marry, * they went merrily ahead with * their plans, not thinking she * would be left tb keep on ;work- * ing and living out her years t' by herself, unprotected against * loneliness or illness or mis- * fortune, * They do not mean to be sel- * fish. They just have not the * understanding that comes with * age. * The least your children can * do is to get acquainted with * this man and learn to know * him.- He would not deprive * them of your affection and in- * terest even if he could; he has * no desire to interfere, only to * make their mother's ,life easier * and enjoy with her the .oms • panionsliip which you can give * each other. * Why dpn't you invite them * over, together or separately, to * meet him? It would be awk- * ward for them to refuse. * Haven't you a friend they * admire who can talk to them? * Why not ask one of them to `" write me why they oppose your marriage?—Or show thein • this reply. * You have had a hard life. You have sacrificed every- * thing for your children. Now * that you have the chance to * live a life of your own, you * are entitled to it ... Only you * can decide, of course. If yo. * marriage would antagonizze * your children as they threat- * en, it might not be worth it to * you. But in your place, I * should not turn down this * chance without making every * effort to change their minds.. * I certainly hope you can. * * * Children do not mean to be selfish, they are just interested in themselves first. If your fam- ily presents a problem, write Anne Hirst about it. She sees both sides, and can often explain one to the other. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. Screen Test--Sixteen-month-old Karen Crosby flattens her nose •gainat the screen door of her neighbour, Al Rhoades, Karen iwtti fascinatedby the antics of the Rhoades' Spitz dog, Patsy, who is a great pal of hers, • Buttoned Up -- Dressed ;like the pearl -button -covered coster- mongers who entertain street crowds in London, 10 -year-old Dawn Gardiner, left, ancle Christine Marchant, 9, attracted plenty of attention as they strafed along a walk in Brighton, Engjjand. RONICLES 41 24SR,F41.121 Partner did not have to look for a job last week. -- not with all the split trees and fallen limbs lying around froth our, most recent windstorm, Looks as if we shall have quite a bit of firewood to burn this winter whether we want it or not... But of course we can use it, .either in the furnace or the ,kitchen: stove, If we were really modern and had an .oil furnace and no kitchen stove. what Would we • do with the wood, I wonder? Maybe that is -what a lot of peo- ple are wondering as I notice trees and limbs in ,quite a nein- . ber of places have been left:' practically where they fell. Every kind of vegetation has. picked up quite a bit since the showers last week but we could do with yet another rain as there is very little moisture ber- low the ground. We were dig- ging • up daffodil bulbs yesterday -and the dirt .just crumbled, ands tell off 'the ' shovel it was stilt so dry. In beween wood sawing sessions and cutting weeds Part- ner has been doing a wholesale clean-up fob in the garden. Shrubs have a way of getting out of control if they are . once given the chance. We also had another new calf and I managed,. to get in a delayed over -sized washing sa we had no trouble in keeping ourselves occupied. Then from Wednesday to Sun- day afternoon Partner's brother and his wife from near Ottawa spent the tail -And of their vaca- tion with us. We were out part of each day exploring the coun- try round about, seeing old places and new developments, following up surveyors' flags on our much discussed highway, And of course • we spent plenty of time just talking — you know how it is. All in all we had quite a week. For that reason n, e were not paying too much at- tention to the radio. However Partner had his barn radio, go- ing as usual so it was he who, first heard the news that Emilie Dionne was dead. To the gen- eral public it was certainly an unlooked for event. When Marie became a novitiate I believe most people were sorry to think of the famous 'quints' being separated, so naturally Emilie's death is an even greater shock. And I don't suppose anyone will grieve more than the four re- maining quintuplet sisters. The row of dots indicates an interruption. Our relations had departed by train about an hour when friends from Guelph drop- ped in for a ' little visit, But alas, their visit wasn't nearly long enough for us to catch ttp on all the news. Isn't it funny when people you want to , see finally put in an appearance you are so pleased to see them that all the things you expected ` to talk about completely leave your head. When they have gone you say to yourself -- "Why didn't 1 tell them so-and-so . or why didn't I ask them that?" Speaking of visitors, we are getting a few now and then that are not so welcome. One day last week a• man appeared at the door and asked for some- thing 1.o eat. He said he was sick and wanted a good meal so he would have enough - strength to walk t0 Acton. Re is the only one so far who has actually come begging but 1 have noticed an increasing number of transients along, the road , the ISSUE 36 * 1054 last few months. It worries me to see them ... they are an all too vivid- reminder of the 'thir- ties' when hardly a week went by without someone begging a meal or coming along with boot- laces to sell just to keepthem- selves within the law. Must we again be faced with that age-old problem - who are the deserts ing poor? To whore shall we give and who shall be turned away? If the need increases the problem will be even greater than : before, In the 'thirties' twenty-five cents would buy some kind of a meal but today it will do no more than pur- chase toast and coffee. Another ever-present problem is the speed limit. Not the offi- cial speed limit hut our own personal safe -driving speed limit. The terms are not necessarily synonymous. A driver may be within the ' law and yet .be ex- ceeding the speed at which he can drive with safety. ' That fact is seldom taken into considera- tion. This occurred to me not so long ago because I was hurry- ing to catch a bus and driving quite a bit faster than I usually i do. At no time diad I eieeed the speed limit allowed by law. And I was driving along an ' excellent Highway, yet my conscience told ,fie I was driving too' ast even 'though there was little traffic. Had I not been alone I wouldn't have taken that chance. Every careful driver knows the speed at which his car can be operat- ed with comparative safety, as the mechanism of a car gets ac- customed to the average speed of . the driver. Step it up even five or ten mph and the driver le exceeding his own speed limit for safe driving. Natural- ly the type and condition of a car should also be taken into consideration. .A light car driven at a higher speed than average Square Umbr Blas The Ltst Thing Li! you see a pretty girl carry- ing a square-shaped umbrella one rainy, day this autumn, don't be surprised. For the four -cornered umbrel- la is already proving popular on the Continent and may soon be seen in Britain. According to its German. inven- tor, it has many advantages over t'h e round -shaped umbrella. When it's carried by a woman, for instance, its shape makes it impossible for the rain to drip from it down her escort's neck! And he says that when his new -look umbrella is shut up, it's more convenient to carry. Jonas Hanway, who is buried in Westminster Abbey, succeeded in popularizing the umbrella, but they were considered "unmanly" in Britain. Hanway was jeered at when he paraded the streets of London 200 years ago carrying an enormous silken "br01ly," Small boys fol- lowed him and threw stones. Yet he persisted for thirty years, and his example was eventually fol- lowed. An umbrella -borrowing bureau was opened in Brussels some years ago. Subscribers paid an annual fee and received a metal token stamped with an index number which they always carried about with them. When it rained suddenly, the subscriber could borrow a n umbrella from, any of the bur eau's many agencies in Brussels which included tobacconist's shops, restaurants and big stores. All he had to do was to hand over the token . which was re- turned to him.when he returned the umbrella. The religions we call false were once true. (Emerson). is a greater hazard than a heav- ier make which is better able to ';hold the :road'. So there you are folks — just a few reflec- tions on. driving. Perhaps you might like to ask yourself acs I did - "What is my speed for safe driving?" ODD RECORDS Two Frenchmen have recent- ly, set up two odd records—one for violin -playing, the other for drinking. 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