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"Dear Anne Hirst: My daugh-
ter has Just left her husband and
come home. She could not put
up with his mother's inter-
ference any longer. She has
been working two years, paying
nearly all the household ex-
penses and helping support the
older woman — who runs up
bills in her son's name which
their combined salaries cannot
cover.
"This woman has two other
children, married, with beauti-
ful homes, but she demands
everything from this son be-
cause he is the youngest. When
my girl niaxried, he told her
that the house was his, but it
is his mother's; If anything hap-
pened, he wouldn't have any -
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thing, Yet he and my daughter
have been paying all her ex-
penses including doctor's bills.
"My daughter wants to live
alone with her husband. He
says he will never leave his
mother. So the only thing I can
say is that she shouldn't go back
until he has a place for the two
of them. I hate to see her mar-
riage go on - the rocks on ac-
count of his mother, yet what
other advice can I give?
F.W."
" Your daughter has all my
" sympathy. She will, however,
* have to c insult a lawyer to
* find out whether she has
grounds for a divorce, if that
* is what she is considering.
* If her htisband were a man
* instead of his naother's little
* boy, he would know he is not
* providing a real home for his
4' wife. She is under his
* another's thumb in more ways
* than one, and she has none
" of the rights which she merits
* as his wife, She, and you
• realize that these two can
* get ahead under the finan
* strain his mother imposes,
" to mention .her interfere
" in their private lives. I e
not see how things can but
from bad to worse so long
* her husband maintains his u
* just stand; since he. see
* bound to his mother by th
* infamous silver cord, the
* seems small possibility of
* doing so.
He should, of course, find a
* place for his wife to live alone
4' with hirn, insisting that the
* other children share his
* mother's living expenses. This
* seems to be your daughteez
" only hope. Perhaps after she
* has been away from him a
* while lon.ger, he will be driv-
* en to this to insure her re-
* turn.
" As things are, your girl has
" merely added a daughter to
* her another -in-law menage,
* one who must submit to the
'' older woman's will, or else.
" I am so sorry!
Many a mother-in-law . weir
comes her son's wife in her
home, and never intrudes in
their private life . If yours is
one of those who does interfere,
tell Anne Hirst about it. She
may see a way out for you. Ad-
dress her at Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
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away to our WI. Area Conven-
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his tion at Guelph. It was wonder-
ful. As always I came way w
- renewed enthusiasm for the W
and all that it represents, A
do you know what? It is o
organization where women
not smoke, either during t
business sessions or at the ba
suet table. In fact there was
an ashtray on any •of the tabl
Now this does not mean th
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none of the women as ib t
habit of smoking, but it do
mean that there was • a gener
recognition of the fact th
smoking in public was not a
ceptable to the majority. Al
that in itself is a tribute to th
W.I. women as a whole,
And the business sessions .
well-conducted. and a receptiv
and orderly audience. Mo
delegates were in their place
before the opening exercise
few disturbing the meeting b
coating and g'bing unnecessarily
To catch a bus or train — ye
— that was inevitable. Actually
orderliness seems to be the pat
tern for any W.I. meeting, fro]
branch to provincial level. Mrs
J. W. Adams, National Presi
dent, said it always annoys he
to be told she doesn't 'look like
a farm wornan.' "But," said she
"I have not yet found out what
a farm woman is supposed to
look like." I don't know either,
but I do know farm women are
considerate and well-mannered.
There is however, one charac-
teristic that most farm women
have in common — a good
healthy apetite! Food fads and
fancies are not a part of their
daily diet. They are accustomed
to good food, enjoy a good meal
away from home, and they
don care who knows it, So
naturally they did justice to
the banquet Thursday night, at
which Kate Aitken was guest
speaker.
W.I. Branches have little
trouble finding members to act
as delegates to the various con-
ventions. It is often the only
chance they have to meet Pro-
vincial . and National officers;
This year delegates were for-
tunate in meeting not only our
new provincial president, Mrs.
Gordon MacPhatter, but also •
Mrs. J. W. Attains. President of
the F.WI.C. th
Even beton: e Convention
every W.I. member was familiar .1
with these days as belonging to
our two presidents. But to
many they were names and .:
nothing more. But now, to all
those present at the Convention,
those names will be linked
hereafter with livewire pars
sonalities. Both o1116rs mite up
the hard way — from ordinary
member to branch president,
eight through the various dis-
trict and provincial channels he
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THIS YEAR'S MODEL — Actress Makiene Dietrich, who achieved
wide notice when she wore a "transparent" gown last year,
wears a "wind -machine" dress of white chiffon .as she appears
at a Las Vegas, Nev., night club. The gown appears transpar.
ent, with strategicaily-placed wisps of chiffon here and there.
NONICTIIS
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REAL PUZZLER
Water was also a puzzle for an
old British colonel who had just
retired in London, after forty
years' service in India. His ill-
ness was diagnosed as hydropsy.
"What's that?" he asked his
physician.
"Too much water in the body,"
the doctor explained. But the old
colonel, flushed with years of
tippling, was indignant.
"How could that be? rve nev-
er taken a drop of water in all
zny life," He was momentarily
reflective. Then sadly, he remem-
beredi 'Must have been that
blarsted ice."
"Ruff" Lends A Paw — "Buff," Dalmatian mascot appearing with
Bonnie Bazart, 4, 1954 poster girl for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, tjos through his tricks for the little victim a the
eripplirig disease. He's saving hi $ best trick for Thcmkigiving
time, when hell point the way for the natioe's firemen as they
antiwar the alarm to Ieati the annual fund-raising drive,
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their present position of hon-
our and trust. At what per-
sonal sacrifice to themselves
only they tan judge. Mrs.
Adams said. if it were not for
her faith in the women. of the
W.I. she would not be thousands
of miles from home'(Saskatche-
wan) from her husband and
two young daughters. She re-
minded her audience of the
power and responsibility in
their possession — that across
Canada there were now 90,000
members, of whom 45,000 were
in Ontario. Mrs. Adams, with
her enthusiasm and ready wit,
carried everyone in the audi-
ence along with her. I do hope
it will be possible for the dele-
gates in their reports to trans-
mit soipe of that enthusiasm to
their ,branches. The •trouble is
words cannot pass along the
sparkle that is a. part of Mrs.
...Adams' personality. •
Mrs. MacPhatter was- equally
'enthusiastic about the work of
the W.I.; of the various commit-
tees working together; of what
had been accomplished in -the
past and what could be done
in the future. Mrs, MacPhat-
tees down-to-earth business
talk was interspersed with fun -
provoking anecdotes which help-
ed the delegates to forget the
hard seats and the inevitable
business. Mrs. MacPhatter is
such a happy, easy -to -know
sort of person that I am sure
all the delegates felt that here
was a president who; if she
were approached, would be wil-
ling and able to help them out
with personal advice at any
time. •
Miss Anna P. Lewis, had only
recently, recovered from an ill-
ness, yet she was on deck as
usual with up -td -date informa-
tion regarding the work of her
department. Miss Lewis made
one suggestion, regarding a
matter which she said had oc-
curred to her only that morn-
ing, so 'she had not had a chance
to discuss it with the Board
members. Miss Lewis wondered
if we could have our oven
building at the O.A.C. Well,
why not? With 45,000 members
in Ontario it should be possible.
Accomodation at the O.A.C. is
already taxed to capacity. At
the convention delegates were
given a packet lunch instead of
the usual sit-down meal. Sup-
posing every W.I. • member
donated one dollar — and no.
for
SUPERSTITIONS
RMS OUT?
You, nucleate nre less euper-
stitious than your mother was
when she was your age. You,
sir, couldn't care less about
sone of the superstitions which
were popular in your father's
youth.
That's the conclusion of a
student of folklore who's been
telling, "Tit -Bits" why he be-
lieves that many of the old
superstitions are slowly dying
out in Britain, and elsewhere.
For instance, thirty years ago
people shrank in horror at the
thought of taking home a pea-
cock's feather. They firmly be-
lieved it meant bad luck for
everybody living in the house.
It's different in 1954. When
peacoces Shed their lovely fea-
thers in the aviary at London
Zoo, visitors gladly take them
home as souvenirs after asking
the keepers for them.
Today more and more women
are wearing green or introduc-
ing green colour schemes heto
their living rooms at home. In
grandma's time green was frown-
ed on. It was the colour of envy
and brought misfortune, she be-
lieved,
We know now that green is
restful. Furthermore, hundreds
of women cherish green jade
without becoming vietizne of
bad luck, the experts point out,
Fewer and fewer people now
believe tbat black cats are
lucky. That belief seems to be
on the wane, just as the old be-
liefe that a cat crying on a
roof foretold death died out last
century. And. in Germany the
old superstition that black cats
signify impending misfortune
has practically disappeared from
that country's folklore.
Young people these days rare-
ly make a detour to avoid pass-
ing under ladders. Few still be-
lieve that salt spilt at meal times
foretells disaster. IVIany hotel
owners no longer cut out a No.
13 bedroom, substituting 12a,
They find that few visitors wor-
ry about sleeping in No. 13. Some
honeymoon couples actually ask
for it, "just for fun."
Says the expert: "Science is
making such giant strides that
all these superstitions are doom-
ed to extinction sooner or later.
As our knowledge increases, su-
perstitions will inevitably de-
crease."
doubt many would give more —
add the stun total to a govern-
ment grant, and who knows
what might happen! It might
even be a revenue-producing
project, as the building could
be rented to other organizations
or to the College — when not
required by the W. I. Inciden-
tally that is ens/ idea — Miss
Lewis did not mention that
possibility. Well, it is soznething
for the Branches to think about
anyway, especially since the
model Pioneer Village is lost to
Guelph. Wouldn't it be nice to
visit the O.A.C. and see one
building designated as "The
W'omen' s Institute Hall I"
WG SOCIAL EVENT
- FOR DOGS!
Extensive arrangements were
carried out recently for one of
the most unusual open-air par-
ties ever held. Drinking bowie,
small trees and coloured lights
had been hired, and a complete
car park taken over with small
- tables and chairs placed around
the fringe,
The guests? Dogs of every
colour and kind, and they had
travelled far and wide to he
at the social in the car park of
the Angel Hotel, Hayes End„
Middlesex, England.
Every dog interested in road
safety had been invited, and
they were allowed to take their
masters or mistresses as guests.
and assorted and multi -coloured
Bowls full of drinking water„
biscuits were laid on free of
charge to the dogs.
Tinned meat and other dain-
ties were also provided, and
every dog attending was given
a present before leaving.
The gay idea of holding a
dog social was contrived by
"nervelty" man Mr. Dennis
Harley, road safety organizer
for Hayes and Harlington, in Mt
effort to snake dogs and their
masters more safety conscious,
A cabaret had. been arranged
to entertain the dogs and their
guests. Just to make things
really social, a dog hostess
greeted each animal and its
guest on arrival at the car park,
and attended to them through-
out the evening.
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