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ANNE I4IS
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"At my age (50), I know there
is an end to everything, Anne
Hirst, so I am trying to bide any
time in a frustrating situation,"
writes a mother who tried to
disprove an old adage, Six
months ago, during a housing
shortage, she invited her son,
his wife and their baby to move
into her home. At first every-
thing worked out so well that
the couple turned down a remu-
nerative offer to stay on; but the
classic rule about the impossi-
bility of two women living in
the same house again has been
proven true.
"Now everything has gone
wrong!" she cries. "The girl is
really a rough housekeeper, and
she is destroying my home. She
has banged my furniture to ruin,
slamming the baby carriage in-
to every piece, and she makes a
sloppy job of everything she
touches. I cannot tell her any-
thing about how to fix the meals
or use the washing machine; she
resents it, and completely ig-
nores my suggestions. Nor will
she listen at all to my son when
he tries to tell her about caring
for the baby. Yet she complains *
to him about everything my *
young girl and boy do, expect-
ing him to fight with us. He
doesn't, and this makes her
madder than ever.
"The baby is no longer the
quiet, well -sleeping child he was
when he came, and -we have to
creep around the house and
whisper to avoid waking him,
"They are saving to buy a
house, and it will take a year 1
How can I stand it (or end it)
without hurting my good son?"
A MOTHER"
* This troubled mother can-
* not hasten the end' of the
present difficulties, she should
present difficulties, she has
* make up her mind to accept
them as something she cannot
• change, and to bide her time.
* The cheering fact that a deft-
*
nite day is corning when all
• this . confusion will cease
should comfort her and bring
* the patience to endure what
* cannot be cured.
* Her chief concern is that
* her son shall not be hurt. If
* she stops trying to direct his
* wife, let her alone to commit
* what damage she will, that is
* the simplest way out. Let the
* girl complain about the chil-
dren's behavior, for she can-
not be stopped: her husband
* is too well-bred to resent it
* audibly, and for that his
* mother can be grateful. It is
her own disappointment that
the girl will go her own way
(regardless of any guidance)
which really distresses her,
and I hope she will take her
son's cue and calm her hurt
feelings.
* In such a situation it seems
* best to expect these annoy-
* ances to continue and to arm
• herself against them. When
* her home is again her own is
time enough to repair the de-
struction and put her house
* in order.
* TO "A MOTHER": For your
* son's sake, be philosophical
* and try to hide your displea-
sure. Then when all this is
over, what a consolation it
* will be to remember you did
nothing, said nothing, to cause
any outburst, but submitted
* with mature grace to a ten-
* sion which many another
* mothers would find unbear-
* able.
* Living just for today will
help. You know tomorrow will
* bring its own harassing prob-
* leets, but if you do not an-
* ticipate them you will solve
* them as simply as you did to-
* days. Each dawn brings you
* one day nearer your release
* from them all.
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GOING CRAZY !
"Dear Anne Hirst: Since last
fall I have gone with a young
man with whom I fell deeply
in love. I was sure he returned
my affection, for he was never
late for a date and never broke
one, and we had wonderful
times together. We were so com-
patible that we seemed to think
as one person. We never argued,
and I confess I expected to mar-
ry him—until the night he
failed to come. That was three
weeks ago, and I have not beard
from him at all,
"I am almost crazy. I can't
get over it! I hold a responsible
position, but I'll lose it if I keep
on carrying this torch. Shall I
call him, or what? What is a
nice girl supposed to do?
CELIA"
* When a nice girl is jilted
* she is supposed to take the
* shock like a lady and behave
* as such. It is a staggering
* blow, but it is seldom fatal.
* Your job now is the most
* important anchor you have.
* Dig into it deeper than ever,
* and if you can take a course
* on the side that will make it
* more exciting (and you more
* valuable), do that. Concen-
* tration along some practical
* line is sorrow's great healer;
* it leaves less time to mourn,
it stimulates our mental energy
* and during the hours we give
* it, lifts us out of the depths.
* Hold on to your job,
* Of course, you will not call
* this faithless male nor make
* any other gesture. His leaving
* was brutal, and I hope soon
* you will realize how lucky you
* are that you did not get furth-
Combine in a greased casserole (6 -cup size) ; c. corn
syrup, 1 tbs, grated lemon rind and 12 c. orange juice.
Preheat oven to 375° (moderately hot). Mix and sift
once, then sift into a bowl, 1 % c. once -sifted pastry flour
(or 1.!1 c. once -sifted ail -purpose flour), 241 tsps. Magic
Baking Powder, 34 tsp. salt and c. fine granulated
sugar. Mix in a e. corn flakes, slightly crushed, and c.
cut-up pitted dates. Combine !well -beaten
egg, $ c. milk, / tsp. vanilla and 3 tbs. ^ •:m ,;,---, tag
shortening, melted. Make a well in dry ";1' w141TESY„,,o”
ingredients and add liquids; mix lightly_
Turn into prepared dish. Bake in preheated
oven, about 40 minutes. Serve warm, with
pouring cream. Yield -6 servings.
Iways De/ieaadable
KNOWS HOW — Handling a baby is'hothing new for John Gint-
ner, 95. He's a veteran. Nancy Ann Gint'ner, the baby he
snuggles here, is. his one hundredth great-grandchild.
* er involved, ... Keep in touch
* with other friends, too, whet?-
* er you are so inclined or not.
* It will help.
In any in-law difficulties, it is
the older woman's place to show
tolerance and self-restraint. The
ways of youth are not her wags,
and she contributes most by
overlooking what she can and
putting up with the rest. Anne
Hirst's studies of family situa-
tions have increased her wis-
dom, and it is all at her readers'
service. Write her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ontario.
• w Can ?
Q. How can I keep the col
bright in house dresses?
A. When a new colored c
ton house dress is to be lau
dered for the first time, use
tablespoon of salt to each qu
of water. Then in the ria
water use one tablespoon
vinegar to each quart of wate
treatment will keep the c
ors bright.
Q. How can 1 make li
water?
A. Dissolve a fresh piece
lime in two quarts of water L
it stand for two or three hou
Shake occasionally and remo
any substance that may rise
the top,
Q. How can I make attracti
desserts?
A. Try using vegetable co
orings when making bread pu
pings or custard. It is harmle
and will make the dish look mor
appetizing.
Q. Iiow
screws?
A. If a rusty screw is obstin
ate and will not move with a
ordinary screw driver apply
heavy skewer heated red ho
and hold it there until the sere
it hot, Then use the screw drive
and it will turn easily
Q. Ifow can I clean the dus
mop?
A. After the dust mop has be
come dirty, put a heaping table
spoon of lye in a half bucket
water and let the mop boil in it
Then rinse well and allow it to
dry in the sun.
Q. Can you give the a table
of comparative measul'es?
A. I cup equals Y2 ` pint; 2
teaspoons equal 1 dessertspoon;
4 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon;
2 dessertspoons equal 1 table-
spoon.
Q. flow ran 1 give a better
flavour tp coffee?
A. The flavour of coffee will
be more delicious if it is allowed
to stand for a few minutes after
removing from the fire. Pouring
a little cold water into the ;pout
will also have a settling effect.
Q. How can I clean carpets?
A. To make rugs k ok like
new, scrub with a stiff brush
moistened in diluted ammrnua.,
and then rinse with the garden
hose while haneing'•on N. line.
Q. How tan I' make the step-
ladder safer?
A. Make the step -ladder safer
y
elt pads
to the feet of the ladder,er or fend aim
strips of rubber to the Steps,
Q. How can I keep cork
floors clean?
A. By sweeping with an or-
dinary broom or floor brush.
then putting a small amount of
neutral soap in a basin of warm
water and washing the floor.
Stains can often be removed by'
rubbing lightly With a fine grade
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ISSUE 31 ee 1955
Cherlal of Pa ny
And 'Varied Uses
The fragile heroines of old,
reputed to have fainted at the
slightest provocation, were fre-
quently brought around with a
whiff of "smelling salts" —
sometimes called spirits of am-
monia.
However, one doesn't have to
be in the habit of swooning to
recognize the pungent odor of
ammonia, since it is one of the
most common chemicals that we
know. In fact, amonia alone or
in its several compound forms,
affects almost everything we
use.
Ammonia is by no means a
modern discovery. In the middle
ages it was obtained by distilling
the horns and hoofs of stags —
hence its ancient name of
"hartshorn". Today, ammonia is
mostly .synthetic and is usually
made from natural gas or fuel -
oil.
100,000 tons of ammonia are
produced to Canada each year,
to be used in products that range
from wood pulp to perfume.
Housewifes keep liquid "house-
hold ammonia" on hand as a
cleaning agent, while industries
use this same chemical in large
refrigeration systems. Other in-
dustrial uses are in the making
of oil, petroleum, explosives,
textiles and dyes.
However, it is in agriculture
that ammonia has its most im-
portant use. It is a major com-
ponent of many agricultural fer-
tilizers and is often applied
directly to the soil. We owe more
than we realize to this versatile •
chemical that helps produce
much of the food we eat.
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HIGHER EDUCATION—The tough
job ahead of Peggy Wolverton,
6, and many other youngsters
beginning school this fall is dra-
rnatically portrayed here. She's
eyeing a pile of 71 basic text-
books she must rade through
before she finishes the eighth
grade, In addition, she will dip
into or study many others.
Royal Banquet
of RottenFish!
When. Princess Marina, now
Duchess of Kent, was a few
months old, a mountain gipsy
Balled at the Athens villa of her
parents, Prince Nicholas and
the Grand Duchess Helen, "This
is a child of fortune," she said.
"She will be beautiful.
"She will make a great mar-
riage with a king's son. She will
Tose her husband while she is
still young and at the height of
her happiness, Her children will
be her consolation." Could any
prophecy have been more ac-
curate?
E. E. P.
Tisdall says in an
absorbing account of the Greek
Royal Family — "Royal. Destiny"
— that as a child Marina, named
after a famous Greek saint, was
the self-willed, obstinate mem-
ber of the family. She always
knew what she wanted to do,
and if forbidden would say:
"All right—then I shall pretend
to do it!"
In 1905, shortly before. ner
birth, her parents went on a
diplomatic mission to Constanti-
nople to congratulate Sultan Ab-
dul Hamid — "Abdul the Damn-
ed" — on the twenty-fifth an-
niversary of his accession. Ab=
dul drove down the long hill
to the great mosque in an open
carriage, heavily guarded by
lancers. A puffy old man in a
black uniform, looking deathly
pale and terrified, he jumped
nimbly from the carriage, hur-
ried into themosque for his Fri-
day prayers, re-emerged, then
climbed into . a small pony
phaeton with his son and drove
up the hill again at a fast trot.
All his cortiers and servants,
Tisdall says, had lined, up be-
hind him on foot. "They pound-
ed behind him, gasping up the
hill in the scorching heat, fat
cheeks glistening, stout bodies
tottering and tripping over
swords."
Nicholas was impressed when
he presently met Abdul. Even
the rubber galoshes with holes
at the back for gilt spurs, which
he wore over his boots, did not
destroy his dignity! But the
Yildiz Kiosk, where Nicholas
and Helen were to spend the
night, gave them a shock; its
chocolate brown interior, with
scarlet and blue hangings laced
with gold, its brocaded stools,
were a nightmare.
They were wearily exploring
it in full ceremonial costume
when an army of nondescript
Turks who had just been hired
in the market poured in noisily.
The royal pair wandered, hung-
ry and thirsty, among a be-
wildering riot of cleaners, bed -
makers, butlers, scullions, and
finding at last a long table piled
with cooked foods, sat down to
eat . , . with no knives or forks.
Beside them sat Turkish serv-
ants and stray strangers who
chanced to wander in from the
street. It was like "a railway
buffet." Then into the court-
yard came a swarm of liveried
servants bearing presents from
Abdul. An official with a bag
presented all of them, Greek
servants included, with glitter-
ing Turkish Orders.
Later, when the royal couple
doled with the Sultan and diplo-
matic corps at the Palace, seated
either side of hint. Abdul pulled
Helen beside him at the table-
head and relaid her place him-
self, loudly cursing the servants,
"The footmen in ill-fitting
scarlet liveries, bearded, un-
washed, unshaven, with collars,
without them, in white ties, in
black ties, in dirty white gloves,
with bare grimy hands stood be-
side each chair. The plate was
golden, the cutlery tin. Nicholas,
winking at the Austrian ambas-
sador, wiped the red rust off
knife and fork on the tablecloth,
The fish was bad. The footman
fought each other." What a ban-
quet!
Advice is like kissing; it costs
nothing, and it is a pleasant
thing to do. —H. W. SHAW
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