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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-08-11, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: Last fall, when my sweetheart was order- ed overseas, he wanted to get married. We bought the wed- ding rings (which I paid for) and made arrangements with Our priest. Then he called me up and said to forget it; he couldn't get enough time off! "Two weeks ago he wrote me he wants to break our engage - anent. I told his family, who couldn't believe it. Because my parents had been helping so wonderfully with our plans, I can't bear to tell them this. I asked him if there was another girl and he replied No — but what could I do if there were? "So it sounds like there is somebody else. . . . I simply cannot let him go, Anne Hirst, Y love him too much. I haven't looked at another pian since we got engaged. I'd do anything to get him back, but if I admit we are through, everybody will make fun of me! Yet should I give him up? And how can 1 tell my parents? UNSIGNED" HE GAVE YOU UP I'm afraid you will have to * face the bitter truth: It is not e a question of giving the young '* man up; he has broken the * engagement, and you can do * nothing but accept it. Tell * your parents and your priest * immediately. They will be * shocked, but at him, not you. * They will help you through. Easy to Make! fates z 3 520 EASY to build your own wooden lawn or patio chairs! You'll have the fun of doing — leave money too! Woodcraft Pattern 520: Simple directions for making ,lawn porch, or patio chairs. Actual- isize paper pattern pieces are in- cluded, with easy -to -follow num- ber guide. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins( stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1. 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print ptainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. LOOK FOB, smartest ideas in Needlecraft in our Laura Wheel- er Catalog for 1955. Crochet, knitting, embroidery and lovely things to wear. Iron -ons, quilts, aprons, novelties — easy fun to make! Send 25 cents for your dopy of this book NOW! You will want to order every new design in it. "` 1f you adrnit to your friends that you have been jilted, they will pity you. Why not '" simply say you have changed * your mind and would rather * not talk about it? I think your * family will approve this. * Whether or not another girl * is involved, there is no getting * the lad back. He has made his * decision, and no one with any * self-respect would 1 r y to `'' change it. Call on your self- respect now. Hold your head * high. Look up boys you used to know and date them; * whether the idea appeals or not, that will help you more * than you believe today. * I am sorry. I realize how * you must reorganize your * dreams of the future, and the adjustment will be hard. But * your attitude will prove what * you are — a girl of character * who shows the rest of the * world how a lady. behaves * under stress. "DOES HE LOVE ME-" "Dear Anne Hirst: My trouble is that I don't know whether the boy I care for loves me or not. I am 18 and he is 22, and I want to marry him — but he has not asked me. One night he said he was the `nearest to marriage' he'd ever been, but I've heard other boys say things like that. "He only sees me once a week; his father died a year ago and he has a mother and sister to look after. He is bashful, but he's the settled type, too. If he is too shy to ask me, how can I let him know I love him? (I'm not the sort to ask a boy to marry me.) I know this let- ter isn't good enough to be printed, but do let me hear something soon. GERRY" You cannot know whether " the boy loves you unless he * says so. He may care, but '" with his responsibilities he * cannot think of marrying, di * expect, for quite a while, so he hesitates to commit him- * self. The surest way ' to em- barrass him would be to imply h" that yon love him. No 'matter how shy a young man is, he * wants io take the initiative ° and he would resent such a declaration; it would put him * on the spot, and that, of course, * you would shrink from doing. Time is your best ally. Try * to be patient. Whether the * idea appeals or not, I urge you not to forsake your other * friends but accept their dates * frequently. It will keep you better balanced emotionally * and make you a more interest- * ing companion to this lad as * well. * * * When you feel your heart is breaking, keep it to yourself, Go through the motions of liv- ing, and before long they will •have some meaning again. A setter to Anne Hirst can bring you comfort and courage. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. UNAVAILABLE Seeking to steer clear of the Soviet orbit, Eiiezer Kaplan, the finance minister of the very young state of Israel, journeyed to America recently to float a five - hundred - million - dollar bond issue. The directors of a conservative Wall Street banking house list- ened courteously to his story, and then the chairman asked him, "Would it be possible, Mr. Kaplan, to let us see Israel's last three annual balance sheets?" Kaplan answered, "The last , two, Mr. Chairman, I can pro- duce without difficulty. The one before that, I am afraid disap- peared when the Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.!" molt) TO WEAR THEM—Yellow-dyad ostrich feathers fringe Ohiulde ength yellow suedine gloves for evening wear in f'ar'e -inspired fashion note. Not recommended for hard Ing. • BEATING THE HEAT -It may give him a tummyache, but 7 - month -old Joey Jordon will at least be cool for a: while. The little citizen, is about to dig into a huge slice of iced water- melon, a method of beating the heat thats much older than Joey, HRONICLF.S Zthskt WRITTEN FROM East Anglia , Well, I had to read through a carbon copy of last week's column to find out where I had been and where I said I was going next. So now we proceed to Bath. This was for the pur- pose of visiting my cousin-81-- who ousin-81-who lives in a private home for the aged, and also my aunt -in- law, 84, who lives in a big house by herself. I passed the famous Roman Baths but did not have time to visit them. My trip to Bath was by motor: coach from Swanage—by way of Bournemouth, Christchurch, New Forest, Warminster, Salisbury, Bradford-on-Avon and smaller places. As we came through New Forest there were dozens of Forest ponies roaming the road. The coach -driver had to weave his way in and out among them as some of them would not budge an inch. One little foal was lying stretched out in the grass alongside the road. A fel- low -passenger ' told me these ponies are often quite a nuisance to farmers in the district. They invade fields, barnyards and gardens. If gates and doors are left open they are quite likely to walk into any farm kitchen that is handy. Every fall there is a round -up of ponies for identification. Some are banded, others have their tails trimmed in a certain way. Needless to say many farmers think the ponies are quite a nuisance but they are definitely a great tourist attraction. As I saw them wandering around the roads 1, wondered how long they would be tolerated by motorists on our Canadian highways! Speaking of motorists I don't think there could be better drivers anywhere than those I have seen in the English and Scottish districts I have visited. The place where my cousin lives is in an isolated district off the main road, six miles from Bath, so I was told by the coach driver that 1 would have to get off the bus and take a local train! "Aroona", home for the aged, stands amid acres and acres of its own grounds. It was once an old Manor House and the setting was breath -taking in its beauty. Every window loolzed out upon well -kept lawns and gardens and beyond the gardents trees and more trees growing on a grassy slope leading to a very high peak among the hills. There were bids everywhere I even saw a little wee English robin whose only resemblance to the Canadian robin was its reed breast. 01 course the home itself was old and huge and accommodated the staff and twenty-two pay - SAFE Protect your HOOKS and CASH from 1*iR1sl and TRIMS. We have a size and type of Safe, or Cabinet for any purpose. Visit 1.15 or write for price. eta. to 'Dept, W. .J 66- TAYLOR LI M Irea 1oRON`ro $AFE WORKS 145 :Front Sit, E.. rerontn Established 1855 ing residents. The old people ' are well -cared for and comfort- able. Theoretically they should be happy. Some of them are not, Their complain is—"too much isolation—nothing to see and very little to do." They said— "Just because we are old we don't want to be shut away from the world completely. We want to see and know what is going on around us:" One dear, contented old lady is 96. She asked if I were fam- iliar with Fay Inchfawn's writ- ing and was delighted when I told her I had several of her charming little books of homely wit and wisdom. "Then you must ' meet her," said Mrs. King, "I want you to do that." So cousin Mabel took me over to a lovely house just across the road—the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ward, the latter better known to the public as Fay Inchfawn—a lady of great charm and grace. To me the visit Was, most enjoyable. When we. carne away Mrs. Ward gave me an autographed copy of her lat- est delightful little book "As I Lay Thinking". The Warden (matron) at the home was kindness itself and offered me a room for the night so I could have more time with my cousin.• I give you these de- tails so as to present a truce picture of British hospitality. Incidentally, the Warden was with the Children's Aid Society in Toronto for six months about two years ago. ' The next morning I visited • my aunt -in-law in Bath. She is quite contented as she still has her own home — although the house is far too big for an eighty - four - year - old person. However, if every one could be as bright, energetic and happy as she is old age would never be a problem. We had lunch and a few happy hours together. Then it was back to Swanage far me—a five hour journey. Next morning I went by train to Cambridge and here I am staying with a married nephew who was born after I left Eng- land 36 years ago. Cambridge itself has altered very little. I was able to • find my way around without any trouble. "Parker's Piece" is still here—with boys in white flan- nels (pants) playing cricket. On the main street there is an anti- que shop which the late Queen Mary often used to visit. "Boots", cash chemists is still on the cor- ner of Petty Cury and two book stores that do a large foreign trade are in the same old loca- tion. Of course the grandeur of the Colleges has not changed except that some of the decora- tive carving and gilt work has been restored to its original col- our and beauty. The famous "Backs" of the colleges are as green and restful as ever, and "The Bridge of Sighs" remains to capture one's imagination IT MAX BE YOUR LIVER if tutee not worth laving it :Way be your liver! we A fool le tskee up to two plate of lava, We a day to keep, ,your digestive trent in top shape! 11 your liver bide is Aot Marring freely, your food may sot digest . . soul bloats up pour etonneh ... you Leel constipated end All the fun and epirkde go Drat of ole, That'► rhea yqou need mild gentle Carter's 1,ittlr liver P1dbt. 1'l H tomo,, reget*ble pill* help stimulate the flow of liver bile, soen your digestion *tarts hmotfoning properly and iron fent that hAppy days are here again! Don't ever MLAy run Ai,eotia keep Carter's Little t'dv*r Pills on hetet :17,' At %war dn,eetht ISSUE 83 — 1955 Grandchester, beloved by Rupert Brooke, is still an unspoiled village, with its old Rectory and thatched roof cottages. The outskirts of Cambridge, like other districts, has mush- roomed with Council Houses, new sub -divisions and industrial plants, There is very little dif- ference between it and many parts of Ontario. I am staying in a built-up area on a road be- tween Newmarket and Cam- bridge that I remember as a country road through the little village of Cherry Hinton.. Today we visited a cemetery where my sister-in-law was buried four years ago, and my brother two years ago. Part of the cemetery has been set aside as a cemetery for Air Force officers and men, killed during the last war. They and from all Allied countries, in- cluding Canada. Each grave is marked with a white cross bear- ing the crest of the country to which the officer or N.C.O. be- longed. Needless to say all the graves are well cared for with roses growing at the foot of each cross, MORE DIPTHERIA The number of diptheria cases reported in Canada climb- ed to 208 last year from 132 in ht:1953, the first increase since "1944. Handwriting Is Health Barometer If ,your handwriting's bad, be- ware! It could lose you a for- tune. An Italian won no less than $125,000 in a football pool a lit- tle while ago. But for a long time he could not be traced because his handwriting on the coupon was unreadable. Graphology experts say that all over the world people's hand- writing is becoming less legible. One of the main causes is the fact that life today is so hectic. - Many people tend to write too fast — to scrawl, in fact. A London professor has de- clared that our handwriting Is a good health barometer. The healthy child is a better hand - writer than the delicate child, he says. He mentioned a woman whose handwriting was week by week "a most sensitive baro- meter to her physical and emo- tional condition." Another expert points out that aright hv amountof nourishing food frequently writes illegibly. His writing lacks the buoyancy and • clarity which distinguishes that of a well-fed man. An Austrian psychologist w1u investigated the signatures and handwriting of 8,000 people, many of them famous, said: "You can disguise your voice, but not your handwriting. Peo- ple who are told that large cap- ital letters are a sign of vanity and who try to remodel their handwriting, find that in mo- ments of emotion they go back to those bold flourishes." Commenting on Sir Winstorn Churchill's handwriting, he said the fancy curved tails to his let- ter y's were a sure sign of pow- erful erful imagination. IVlany famous men have writ- ten badly. Napoleon's handwrit- ing was once called the worst lex Europe. Actor Sir Henry Irvin wrote so illegibly that an ex- employee of his who had secured! a Iine or two of Irving's stage in- structions with signature ap- pended used the note for yearn as a free pass to a London thea- tre! PARTY PIECE Guest (departing at last): "Good-bye. Hope I haven't kept you out of bed." Host (politely): "That's ail right. We would have been get- ting up soon in any case." VEVA NO EXCEPTION —• Shapely Cleo Moors is Miss Billboard of 1955, so she was due for the inevit- able ..glasses, .:mustache ..and whiskers drawn by some mis- chievous man. The actress w015 her title at Las Vegas. VANILLA ICE R EAM Ya cup granulated sugar 7/2 2 tablespoons BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch teaspoon salt 1 egg, unbeaten 2 cups milk %a teaspoons vanilla 1 cup heavy cream, whipped MIX sugar, BENSON'S or CANADA Corn Starch and salt in top of double boiler. ADD egg, mixing well. STIR in milk gradually; mix until smooth. PLACE over boiling water and cook, stirring con- stantly, until mixture is slightly thickened, about 5 to 6 minutes, REMOVE from heat, add vanilla; cool. POUR into refrigerator freezing tray. CHILL until just firm, setting cold control for fast freezing. REMOVE chilled mixture to bowl; beat with rotary beater. FOLD in whipped cream; blend weft. RETURN to freezing tray; freeze 2 to 3 hours. SET cold control midway between fest freezing and normal for storage. YIELD: about 1 quart Choco/ate Ice Creams Follow above recipe. Omit egg and e cooking. dd squares unsweetened chocolate to mixture For free folder of other delicious recipes, write to Jane Ashley, Home Service Department THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED, P,O. 'Bax 124, Montreal, P.C. CORN SirAllttft