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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-12-09, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: I'd like to express my indignation toward a man who insists his fiancee continue working after they marry, to help pay for their home, Any husband can sug- gest his wife help save for that, but to say she MUST—well, he's a cheapskate, that's what he is, "A man marries the girl he loves to give her a horne and take care of her; as you say, he should be proud to support her, not insist on taking money from her. It's all right for her to pay for some of her clothes, yes, but he should certainly provide her with seasonal out- fits as she needs them. "Wives Shouldn't Work!" "My husband doesn't think any wife should work. He says a hone isn't a home unless it is beautiful and clean all the time; then if unexpected friends drop in, you don't have to ex- cuse the dust. You know as well as I do, Anne Hirst, you can- not keep your house looking as it should and have those home- made pies and cakes men love, if you're out working all day! "A Friendly Reader" * * "' , * Many a reader, man and *' woman, will agree with you. * Most men take pride in sup- * porting a wife, and many I've * met feel that a working wife is a reflection on her hus- * band's capabilities. They can * both do without some luxuries * and manage to get along on • 1-' : —ecru . A man's pride is * precious to him, and it * ., ecru. not he offended. T, aster Cover Protect your toaster with this pre:ty, new cuver! Fun to make --- shutters are appliqued, flow- ers are embroidered in easiest lazy daisy stitches. Use cotton or felt, Bazaar find! Pattern 885: pat- tern pieces, embroidery trans- fer for novelty toaster cover. Easy! 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 NUI'a1 • ER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Don't miss our Laura. Wheel- er Needlecraft Catalog! An ex- citing variety of crochet, em- broidery, and iron -on color transfer patterns to send for. Plus four complete patterns printed in book. Send 25 cents for your copy today! Gifts and bazaar best sellers! * Another important angle, * However, le the fact that a * career girl, or one who has * been successful in business * .for a long time, is• not always * content to settle down as a * homemaker, She has too many * profitable talents that will lie * fallow, and she would be rest- * less and bored with only "' household routine . That is " why some wives of well-to- • do men prefer to continue in • business and hire domestic * help to run their homes corn- " petently. * in many cases today the * couple could not possibly live * on the man's income alone. * The girl is as anxious for marriage as the man, and she * is glad and proud to pay her * share of their common ex- * penes. * I agree with your point that * it is the man's attitude that * is vital. He may ask if she prefers to go on working; but to demand that she work to help pay for the house and its upkeep, 'and buy her own clothes besides, is a very dif- ferent interpretation of the marriage partnership. Each couple must settle the natter between them. I * should add, however, that any * girl, contemplating marriage should have some profitable * talent to fall gack on, in case * of emergencies. * * * If your husband disapproves of your holding a position, cut your budget to fit his income— and do it cheerfully.. . Anne Hirst is glad to discuss practical economic problems as well as emotional difficulties. Write her about either at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ontario. - Unless a miracle happens in the way of a long opeiz fall, it looks as if quite a lot of fall ploughing will be left =finish- ed this year — as `a—restilt of Hurricane Hazel. In driving through this district and in -the neighbouring county of Peel we have seen many fields where ploughing has been started and then left, with water lying in the furrows. In some fields trac- tors are stuck, axle -deep in mud. On our farm there is one field where John wants to put in spring crop again next year. So of course it must be plough- ed this fall. Last Monday he came along with his own big t rector and double -furrow plough. He had hardly started before he found it was impos- sible to make any headway so he discarded his big tractor for our own which is much smaller and lighter. But even it could not navigate in the water-logged field. In disgust Johnny quit early and went home. We thought that was the last we would see of him for a few days. But no, Johnny isn't discour- aged that easy. The next morn- ing he showed up with a team of horses and a single furrow plough which he used all the week until Saturday, That morning there was quite a bit of frost in t;he ground so out came the tractor. By the after- noon the frost had thawed out and the team was put to work again. So it looks as if the horses corn into their own once in awhile anyway. However, although the acids were wet underfoot it was cer- tainly lovely overhead --- real Indian summer. One more FATHER MAY BE ALIVE—Suzan (left) and .Sidnice Fecteau, four- yyear-old twins, of Lynn, Mass„ learned that their father, Richard ieeteau,, believed dead, Toy be a prisoner of the Chinese Communists, FASHION RINGS THE BELLE—. -Whether ,it's in the Congo or for the Conga, rings make fashion news this year, At left, a member of the Bashi tribe in the Belgian Congo models the dozens of thin wire ankle rings considered high fashion by Congo belles. At right are shown shoes fashioned with jewelled rings and pendants. They'rejust the thing far evening wear, according to Italian styliseFontalco, who is displaying his creations in Rome. chance to get unfinished' jobs cleaned up. I was glad of the nice weather as I was convener for our W.I. meeting last Thursday and it was just one of those occasions when nothing seemed to go right. We were expecting a speaker from Galt. Two days before the meeting I did not know whether she was corning or not. You can imagine how happy I was feeling! So I. phoned her and discovered she was to let me know if she could NOT come, That I had forgot- ten. There was 'also lunch to arrange for the meeting but,by the time I was ready to phone the rest of the committee the telephone was out of order! We eventually got that straightened out and then I set to work to fix up a contest — and almost for- got the prize. Then came the day of the meeting. Our speaker was to arrive on the 1:45 train. That was fine — just right for our two o'clock meeting. I got to the station and was informed the train would be twenty-five minutes late! No telephones at the station — I often wonder why -- so I went to the nearest house and phoned our president. from there. At 2:30 we arrived. After the meeting I brought our speaker home for a snack -sup- per and then took her to catch the 6:30 train for home. Got into the car, heard something rattling like fury behind me. 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The plane's specifications and performance figures are secret. four inches! Our roll -call for that meeting was "How to post- pone old age." Had. I been there to answer it I think'- I would have said — "Avoid being con- vener for any special meeting!" However, looking back I realize it . was all worthwhile for it was a great privilege and pleasure to hear Mrs, R. D. Hendry, our Area representative on the Provincial Board. We got some very good advice on W.I. work and were given a first- hand account of what Hurri— cane Hazel did at the Interna- tAnal •'Ploughing Match, parti- cularly to the W.I. -tent, whish of course was collapsed by the storm. How the ladies ever came through the ordeal I can't imagine. And then Mrs. Hendry gave us a delightful account of her trip over to England, Scot- land, Denmark, Sweden and Holland. She spoke particularly ` of the - wonderful care given Canadian graves by the Dutch people. "If you have anyone buried over there," said Mrs. Hendry, "then thank God he is in a Dutch cemetery for his grave will never be neglected but be given tender and loving care. The people of Holland will never forget the Canadian boys who died in defence of their -country." Well, to complete the week, Bob and Joy were here Friday night. Saturday night Daughter phoned . . she and Art had taken Dave to see the Santa• Claus Parade! They really thought he was too young but decided to see what he would make of it anyway. Apparently he didn't miss a trick. Perched • on Daddy's shoulder the whole time, his eyes never left the passing scene. He is one up on his grandparents at that, as neither of""us has ever seen the Santa Claus Parade ... and how I vrould like to! I often think that the Parade, like so many books and shows arranged for - children, actually gives more pleasures to grown-ups than to the children themselves. Odds a 'd E e s f srmi sh p There is no profession or trade in the world that offers more scope for ingenuity than that of the salesman. There is the . classic example of a salesman who bought up a whole con- 'signment — about 20,000 tins — of jam. There wasonly one snag: none of the tins had a 'label. They had been salvaged from a ship- wreck and no dealer would buy thein. So the salesman went to sev- eral leading bakeries as soon as he had the consignment safely in his - possession. "You make jatn tarts don't you?" he asked. On being assured that the Dal cries made twiny thousands of jam 'tarts, the salesman said: "It makes no difference to you, X suppos , whether you wake "apple on,. day or apricots ox w:It'i; ver you have on hand?" i .is was indeed the case, he was . told; and before the day was over he had disposed of his consignment of jam at three times the price he had paid for it. Each tin cost the bakers only half of what they would norm- ally have had to pay. Some thirty years ago when the old-fashioned horn -type of "hooter" for cars went out of fashion, a manufacturer found himself saddled with millions Of these articles. He called in his salesmen and packed two off to China and another two to South Africa. Within a few months these salesmen had dis-. posed of all the .horns—to rick - show bays. For .Years after- wards Natal, South Africa, and various Chinese cities resound- ed to the 'furious hank -honk of the redundant car horns. A salesman was instructed to sell tomato sauce to the Far East when the British and Am- erican markets had a - terrifie glut of tomatoes. He went from place to place assuring people that this was the real "he-man's" drink in the Western World, He received his biggest free advertisement when, at a banquet in Mongolia, the ruling class rose, each with a bottle of tomato sauce in hand, and solemnly chanted the king's health and then took a swig. Everyone was keen on tomato sauce after that! - ° In the sleepy hills of North Georgia, gold is waiting, to be mined. And there's nothing to stop any man going there and keeping all he finds. But he won't be alone. For not so sleepy, are the publicity boys of old Georgia who want to pep up the tourist trade. Their "finders keepers" campaign has lured tourists from as many as fifteen different States in a single week -end. They pay about a dollar or SO per head, and the mine owners of Dahlonega -- the North Georgia community known tie "The Gold City" — take them out to the mines and show them how to pan for ore. Dahlonega, the site of the first gold rush ever in the United States, some twenty years be- fore the big strike in Califor- nia, gets its name from the Cheroke Indian word' "Tau-lan- ne-ka," meaning "Yellow Money." Hardly any tourist goes away without finding some gold. One man, not long ago, filled a quart jar with about $7,500 worth of ore. -But foe the majority of visitors to -day, the prize is un- likely to exceed • a, little dust, although occasionally nuggets are found worth as much as $150. So the hopeful tourists de not begrudge the small sumo they pay in "digging fees." What puzzles some visitors is - why the mine owners operate only on a very small scale. 1f there is so much gold Iying about, they, reason, why don't they dig more earnestly and keep it all for the'nselves? The high cost of labour and machin- ery, the owners say, prohibits full-scale operations. The actual value of the gold found would not balance the expense of get. ting to it. cup BENSON'S or CANADA,, Corn Starch Ye cup icing sugar 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup butter SIFT together BENSON'S or CANADA Corer Search, icing sugar and flour into bowl. (Have butter at room temperature.) BLEND butter into dry ingredients with a spoon until a soft dough is formed. 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