HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-08-04, Page 2No wile complains in ms
• mail today about her mother
• in-law. Instead, we have the
* rare picture of a husband of
* a year frustrated because his
• wife is as completely hex
* mother's little girl as she was
* 10 years ago.
"When we married she insist-
ed we life with her mother, and
I was so in love I consented," he
writes. "I haven't had a real
marriage at all, and I am sick
of it."
* His wife took her mother
everywhere. The women en.
* tertained their friends at home,
* but the husband had to take
* his pals to restaurants to see
* them. His wife seldom went
* out with him alone, insisting
* her mother join them
* The husband grew disgust -
*
ed and left.
'" Finally his wife prom.secl
* him a home of their own and
• a family. They moved into a
* furnished apartment, where
. * she again continually invited,
• her mother and her girl friends
• — but again, not her husband's
* companions. There were ne
* children.
"I left again, Anne Hirst, and
this time I declared it was for,
good. But the other day I met
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my wife accidentally, and she
confessed she missed nxe , .. This.
time I put my foot down. I'd
just had a position offered me in
another district, and told her if
she'd go with me we could try
once more =— otherwise,. I was
through. She said she would
think it over. Even if she agrees,
I'm half afraid to trust her. I
believe she will always be her
mother's baby."
°* The only hope for this mar-
riage is to get the young wife
• away from h e r possessive
• mother. Her husband's out -Of-
* town offer come at an oppor-
* tune moment; if his wife goes
* along, they can build a life
* together among new friends
* and surroundings, wear from
* her mother's influence.
* He is taking a chance, yee;
* but he still loves the girl, and
* I think it is worth the risk. If
* it works out, he will be re-
* warded. If she decides not to
* go with him (or is not content-
'° ed there) he will know there is
* no happiness for them together
* and he will be better en' with-
* out her.
* TO "UPSET HUSBAND":
* From what you say in your
* letter, I believe your wife will
* go with you, rathee than lose
* you. If she does, be sure to
* devote all your leisure to her
* in your new home, introducing
* her to your new friends and
* seeing that she is ton well oc-
* cupied to miss her mother. It
* will take time, but you are a
* patient man.
*
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am so
unhappy I don't want to live!
I'm still mad about a young man
I dated for eight months. I don't
know why I can't get over him,
because he made me care for
him — and left me eat.
"I have tried dating others,
but I can't get hien off my mind.
Sometimes I'd just like to run
what can I do about it?
MISERABLE"
* Instead of seeing yourself as
* the romantic victim of a male
off. I guess my family thing I'm
a problem, and maybe I am. But
* who only won your love to
* leave you, try to understand
* that no man "makes" a girl
* love him. She is attracted, he
* is attractive, so often without
* sufficient reason she builds all
* her hopes on him — only to
* discover one day he isn't there.
* It doesn't matter why the
* lad changed his mind. You
* may have been too easily won,
* or too possessive, or perhaps
* another pretty face tempted
* him more. Obviously, he is
* not worth the affection you
* still waste on his memory.
* Why not charge it off to ex-
* perience, and next time be
* more selective and less hasty
* to give your heart away?
* The best cure for a jilted
* girl is an active social life.
* Keep. yourself busy with new
* dates; cultivate other interests
* that demand concentration
* and enthusiasm, and you will
* have less time to feel eorry for
* yourself. What a chance this is
* to show your family you can
* take a blow like a lady!
▪ Have faith in yourself and
* your future, and you'll come
* out all right.
* * *
A short separation is often the
answer to an unhappy marriage.
If you are given the second
chance to succeed, take it, with
hope and new loyalty. Ann
lust's comments will guide you
wisely Write her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
HE'S A SEWWANt4SEW * Ticketed motorists who mutter "se -
(,..id -so" as Tennessee Trooper Marvin D. Walker walks away
f am their cars have the right phrase in mind, but the wrong
s ,elling and meaning, The 215 -pound six-footer fills the ticket
, a top-ntetch dressmoket in his Miemphis, Tenn., home, when*
h . has made more than 40 frocks for daughter Barbara Jo, 4,
ort righf, He also mends uni on ,s for fellow o pc .
AERIAL HAZARD — The hazard on the fourth hole at a recently
completed municipal •golf course, is not to the game but to
aerial navigation. Mrs. C. M. Erickson scans the sky over a
Lunken Airport runway in compliance with sign at the tee, to
be sure she doesn't sink a high one in some pilot's windshield
as he's coming in for a landing.
Bible Designated
"Most Exciting
Book"
What makes the Bible "thee'
most exciting book in the
world?"
Engineers are using it today
as a guide to the natu'rai re-
sources of the Holy Land.
It contains "the best-known
poem ever written."
One chapter of Isaiah is cited
as "the greatest single writing
in all literature."
The Acts of the Apostles, "is
the most exciting piece of his-
tory ever written" because it
is "the only record we have:" of
the turning point from paganism
to Christianity.
These are some of the reasons
for Bible reading set forth in'
the new phamphlet "How to
Read the Bible—the Most Excit-
ing Book in the World" by the
American Bible Society.
The pamphlet is issued in con-
nection with the publication of
a new Bible known as "The
Compact Bible," being the King
James Version, Edited for Easy
Reading, published by Haw-
thorn Books, Inc., and including
all 66 books of the Old and New
Testaments.
It spurns the old theory that
the Bible is boring, heavy, or a
"pious duty."
It cites the book of Psalms as
"a sheer delight" for its "beauty
of poetry and thought," the
book of Proverbs as "better than
most of our modern newspaper
columnists," contending that
"you can't be considered well
read until you are thoroughly
acquainted with the Bible."
"The Bible is not to be read
like other books, starting at the
beginning," the pamphlet ad-
vises but is "a library" in which
one should "brownse around,"
It suggests that "you might
start with Moses ... one of the
half-dozen greatest men in all
history" — or begin with the
story of Joseph, "the Bible's •
most complete biographical
sketch."
It calls the 23d Psalm "the
best-known poem ever written,"
considered "by many to be the
most beautiful."
The 40th chapter of Isaiah has
been called "the greatest single
writing in all literature," ac-
cording to the.- pamphlet which
challenges: "See what you think
of it, especially the last three
verses."
The book of Mark is men-
tioned as "a good one to start
with in the New Testament." It
says of Mark that he "calls Isis
book 'the gospel,' meaning 'good
news,' and writes like a reporter
covering an exciting world 'ser-
ies—with his side winning."
01 this book the pamphlet
adds: "It takes you breathlessly
through the brief public min-
istry of Jesus. It can be read in
an hour, and provides a good
account -qf the earthly life of
the greatest man who ever
lived"
It advises that the gospel of
John should be read last, since
it was written later.
In support of the Bible as a
current document, the Bible
Society cites the fact that mil-
lions today bear 'Bible names
and quote the 'Bible in everyday
conversation in phrases such as.
"the apple of his eye, a drop in
the bucket, salt of the earth, sign
of the times, powers that be, a
thorn in the flesh, a labor of
lone `"
This China Cat Is
W rtA Fortune
Somewhere to -day, perhaps
scarcely noticed in a cottage par-
lour, or perhaps half -buried in
attic dust and cobwebs, is a
china cat worth $250,000.
Maybe it's been resting for
years on a mantelpiece. Maybe
it's lying chipped and forgotten
at the back of a tool -shed. If it's
a comfortably recumbent cat,
the tail wrapped around the fore-
paws, yellowish coffee in colour,
if it's eight inches high from
base -.to ear -tip and if there's a -
small" on the underside, maybe
the Inolley. is yours.
Above _all, look at the eyes,
crinigon and glinting. Are they
merely' glass beads . . . or are
they rubies?
Two -blood -red rubies disap-
peared from the harem of Sulei-
man the Magnificent 400 years
ago. The Turkish favourite, who
had worn them in her earrings,
was strangled in her sleep. Her
slayer tore the jewels roughly
from her ears and made good his
escape.
Then they are said to have
reappeared at the court of Louis
XV of . France; embellishing a
rich necklace which adorned .the
charm of the beautiful Madame
Pompadour. Afterwards they
were sold to a Russian nobleman
and passed from one wealthy
hand to another until—just sixty
years ago — they adorned the
buxom lady of a rich Berlin in-
dustrialist.
One night, for the second time
in their history, the rubies were
stolen. The thief's method of
entry — over the rooftops and
through a skylight -pointed to
Klaus Gudden, a listed jewel
thief.
Police spies reported that he
had sown the glittering rubies to
a confederate. When the police
pounced there ensued a rooftop
chase and Gudden was shot dead.
But the rubies were never found.
Insurance investigators probed
every detail of Gudden's life. It
was three years, however, before
they heard of his visits to a
pottery factory near his home.
The factory specialized in china
cats with red -beaded eyes, and
Gudden had ordered the figure
of a cat to be specially prepared
and fitted with "beads" of his
own.
The figure was marked with a
small X to distinguish it from
others in the batch. But when
Gudden failed to return, the cat
was included in a factory con-
signment of almost identical cats
shipped to England.
In this country the insurance
detectives again took up the trail.
They visited import warehouses,
china shops and scores of pri-
vate homes. But the ruby -eyed
cat was never retrieved. It may
have been smashed lone, ago and
consigned to a dustbin. But
maybe this old glazed cat is still
in existence, serenely keeping
its secret, the world's strangest
hidden treasure!
C'io exs oLine 0 Ci x
JOURNEY'S END
This column is in bits pd.
pieces during the last week of
my enjoyable stay in old
England.
Every time I make a move 1
am convinced no place could be
as interesting as the one I am
leaving. But it alwaye is. Now I
am staying at a quaint little
stone cottage at Wymondham in
Leicestershire. The walls are 20
inches thick and the floors are
also of stone. Some of the rooms
are oak -panelled and with over-
head beams. There are tricky
little steps here and there and
you have to -duck your head
going up . and down the stairs. •
The cottage has been modern-
ized to the extent of installing
light and a modified water sys-
tem. The quaintest bathroom—if
you could but see itl No room
for a full length bath so a hip -
bath, complete with running
water was installed in a cup-
board, with a mounting -stool
built in behind the bath!
Next door is a similar cottage,
which is also' the village post -
office. Here -there is an outside
staircase to an upstairs loft.
FEWER EUROPEAN
MOTOR VEHICLES
The village church dates back
to the 13th Century. It contains
the effigy of a knight in armor,
Sir John Hameline, a Crusader
during the reign of Henry IL
There is a small opening to the
chancel in one of the inner walls
which is knownr'as "the leper's
squint". Naturally the unfortu-
nate victims of the leprosy were
not allowed to mix with the
congregation but were permitted
to watch proceedings of the
services through this small ap-
erture in the wall.
Behind the church remains of
a Roman Road were discovered
a few years ago, also many
pieces of broken pottery and
other Roman relics. In this vil-
lage there was once an ancient
priory founded by Franciscan,
monks. Nearby is a building—
formerly a grammar school -
1630, built entirely of stone with
very few windows. Nearby in
one of the cottages lives -an
elderly man, until a few years
ago did very well for himself
by driving people around in an
ancient phaeton, relic of the
coaching days. The phaeton,
which I saw, is still in usable
condition, but has given way tO
the faster moving vehicle of our
present time.
One day I was taken for a
drive through the country and
visited many medieval build-
ings, including the Abbey at
Crowland. This village, formerly
known as "Croyland" is first
mentioned in Domesday Book
under the date 895. Part of the
abbey is in ruins but the main
part has been restored and is
used for church services.
More unusual still is the three -
cornered bridge in the middle
of the village street. This defies
description. It is the only one of
its kind in England. Now it is
over dry land but at one time
two rivers met here and their
course was diverted under this
three-way bridge. Nearby is a
stone block to which boats com-
ing into the island -village were
anchored.
On my way back to Cambridge
I broke my journey for the ex-
press purpose of visiting Peter-
borough. How glad I am that I
did but I can't possibly describe
it. After staying overnight at
Canadian sales of new Euro-
pean -made motor vehicles
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vehicles in 1950, but since then
have steadily declined. Last
year 20,""'t, passenger cars and
1yr eo: 7r,�c .ci:crl vehicles were
solei,
Cambridge I went by train to
Suffolk, the native county of my
husband and myself. Here 1
found the small towns and vil-
lages unchanged to a very great
extent. I sat for a while in the
church where I was christened
confirmed and married and I
attended morning service at the
parent church of the parish
which dates back to the 12th
Century. Joining in the service
at this ancient but familiar
church revived memories that
can hardly be shared. I went alk
over my childhood home which
is a part of Gainsborough's birth-
place. And there were old fa-
miliar walks . . . and trips by
bus to nearby villages. Invita-
tions to accept -from the few whe
are left but who were warm in
their welcome.
Tomorrow begins the last stage
Of my holiday—Sudbury to Cam-
bridge and then to London Air-
port. This column is being
scribbled at Sudbury (Suffolk),
but will be re -written and sent
on its way from London where
I shall bid farewell to England.
It has been a wonderful experi-
ence but now I am looking for-
ward to getting HOME!
Why should one assume that
God made all the enjoyable
things in the world for the
benefit of the wicked?
—The Aga Khan
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THE WINNAHI — This is Mrs. Pat Chatham in her home. She is
the wife of Thurmond Chatham. His face is red and his bank
account' slimmer. Mrs. Chatham wrote a song. "Pshawl" said
the congressman. "I'll bet you $100 you'll never get the song
recorded, another $100 it'll never be put on the market and
still another $140 that you don't mare $100 profit on it." He
has lost all three bits. The tune, en RCA records, is callers
"Lonely Road."