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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-03-08, Page 6When a man and his wife are business partners, differences are bound to arise that some- times ravage the good will which should prevail, and their continuance can affect the con- duct of the mutual enterprises, As in marriage, it seems to be understood that the woman must g i v e in to the "better judgment" of her husband; but when his criticisms are mani- festly unfair, that is hard to do. * a a One wife is at her wits' end, "We've been married 21 years, and have had our own business since '47; we both work awful- ly hard, he out on the truck and I in the store. We love each other an awful lot," she explains, "and have never had many cross words until late- ly . . . My husband seems to want to boss me around, and he says cruel things that hurt so I cannot help but say things back which I regret. He says I spend everything we make, which I don't; I pay the bills and put what's left back in the business. Now he's mad be- cause our bank balance is less than last year — and it is he that draws more cheques than I. He seems to be money -crazy. "His folks all love me, and have often said he ' wouldn't have had anything alone. He used to drink a lot, and he has quit it. But he surely gets rude and snappy; when he sees I won't take it, he stops fussing and then he's so good — until Toaster -Cover Doll ty 4� Keep your toaster shiny and dust -free; glamorize your kitch- en too ! Make this colourful old- fashioned girl cover; her dainty skirt gives protection — sew - easily ! Pattern 740 ; Use scraps for 'toaster -doll cover ! Complete pattern, transfers, directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS In coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New To rento, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. LOOK for smart gift ideas in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog. Crochet, knitting, em- broidery, lovely things to wear. •Do11s, iron -ons, quilts, aprons, novelties — easy, fun to make 1 Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW 1 You will want to order every new design in it. be comes in all wrought up again. Is it his work: or the people he sees during the day? "We own our home, our store building, a house for rent, a truck and two cars, and we don't owe anything , , .. I love to fish, but he gets mad when I take off an afternoon to go. Please give me your advice." W.C.O. If this husband would take * over the accounts of the buSi- • ness for a while, he would * soon learn whether he can g' manage them better. It will * be hard work, especially at * the end of his day, but be * might learn how w e 1 1 his '' wife has conducted their af- a' fairs and cease his carping. * She seems to have improv- '" ed his condition in every way * a working wife can. He does * not drink any more: It is a * tribute to her management * that the business is making * headway, and even if the * bank balance is less, costs have increased in many * fields — as he will discover • when he checks the figures. * When he realizes how his * attitude is getting her down, I expect he will exercise * more restraint and be fair. * To "W.C.O.": You both * seem to be working too hard. * Perhaps your weekly routine * is at fault. It seems to allow only for hard work, no play. * If each of you would take * an afternoon off each week * you would find it a real nerve * tonic, so refreshing that * you wouldn't be tense when * you talk over individual " problems. Fatigue makes • everybody captious, and you * could handle your respon- • sibilities without strain if * your husband were more .ap- .F preciative and kind. * Why not change the sched- * ule, and try it? It is a pity * that a marriage which has * existed so pleasantly for so * long should be harmed by any * conflict now. A MOTHER'S FEARS "Dear Anne Hirst: My daugh- ter is 18 and has just started in her first job. A lot of young men are employed there, and she is constantly talking about them and hinting she'd like to know them better. "She has only dated a couple of boys, and not any during the past year. She is so naive that I am afraid for her, and she herself is so sincere she'd never suspect anyone of wrong intentions. "How can I broach the sub- ject, and perhaps protect her from harm? WORRIED." Contrary to many a moth- er's opinion, business offices are not always fertile fields for romance, The atmosphere is usually friendly in a casu- al way. Young men take a girl for what she seems to be, and most of them have several girls on the string al- ready. If your daughter seems attracted toward one of her co-workers, suggest he bring her home some evening so you can get acquainted. Meantime, calm your fears, You have brought up your girl to know right from wrong. She has self - reli- ance and poise, and any new friends she makes in busi- ness will turn out, I expect, to be nice lads. * . When married couples work together in business, the need for mutual respect and consid- eration doubles, and time out for recreation becomes essen- tial. Anne Hirst's practical rea- soning can be valuable in this as well as other problems. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St., New Toronto, Ont. 'THEY GROUNDED ME" — Robert Louis Sebold, 2, had his pin- feathers dipped at a recent indoor air meet of model plane enthusiasts. He commandeered this neat little cabin job, but Was forcibly restrained from launching it. "END OF THE LINE"—Only 20 years old and just home from the hospital with her sixth child is Mrs. Roberta Garner. Husband James, 37, says "That's the end of the line" when asked if they plan to have any more children. Mrs. Garner is shown above holding the still -unnamed daughter. On the floor is son James, 5. From left on couch are: Donald 2; Linda, 4; Danny, 3, and Dennis, 1. New Look in Nurses' Uniforms If you think nurses' uni- f o r s are immune to Dior,. you're away behind the times! According to William B. Mill- er, president of Canada's larg- est women's uniform makers, uniforms move with the cur- rent fashion just as surely as. cocktail dresses do. Waistlines • rise and f a 11, collars change their shape, tucks and pockets shift about, and about the only thing "uniform" about them is their color. However, they nev er follow a fad and adaptations of new fashions are always conservative. "The woman in white must look professional, but that needn't prevent her from look- ing attractive," this manufac- turer claims. After all, she's a woman first and nurse second. Her working clothes should be practical, but decidedly not frumpy! The stiff high neck and long sleeves of a generation ago have almost disappeared. Six years ago, Mr. Miller sold one uniform out of four with long sleeves; last year it was only one out of 27. .As in every other aspect of modern 'living, tradition has given way to functional comfort. Those who don't like short sleeves have compromised with smart three- quarter length push-ups. Nurses, beauticians, and • oth- ers who spend their days in white are buying higher quali- ty uniforms today than they did 10 years ago, according to Mr. Miller. They insist on smart styling and careful fit and they demand fabrics which, are hard wearing and easy to care for. RO ICLES NINGERFARM Gwen•dolixtie P C tarka During the las;, week weather, the world over, has made the headlines. And it has certainly been disagreeable around here, resulting in treacherously driv- ing conditions, minor accidents and filthy,mud-splashed cars. It .is still slushy, with wet snow falling so the comforts of home seem more attractive than usu- al. Even the cattle share that opinion. On nice, bright days they gambol around in the yard like a bunch of kittens, racing this way and that when Partner tries to get them back to the stable. But when a storm is brewing, or in progress, they bunch up together, backs to the wind, and wait at the barnyard door to be let in. Last week we had three heifers dehorned without any adverse after af- fects, so that's another little worry Partner has behind him. Which is just as well as we were faced with other problems last week. More about that later. To look at me you might think I was either heading for the di- vorce court or had been inbib- ing too freely of the cup that cheers -- or something equally drastic—as I have one beautiful "shiner"—the result of bumping into a door -jamb. It 'didn't bother me at the time but the next morning ... 'nut' said. Now the swelling has gone down the blackness is blacker than ever. ;ISSUE 10 — 1956 However, I am really lucky as the impact did not break my glasses. Joy and Bob came up froth Oakville during the storm and left for home when it was even worse. It didn't seem to worry Bob. As for Joy and I we forgot the weather as we anticipated the joys of spring by pouring over the newly -arrived seed ' catalogue. Those beautiful, col- ourful flowers! Between discus- sions of the best type of roses and whether to start asparagus from seed or roots, I heard snatches of ' conversation be- tween Partner and Bob — man talk — about the collision of a truck and tractor -trailer and the marvellous work done by one. small tow -truck with the help of winches, block and tackle. I was paying a little more atten- tion than usual because I had to get towed out of our lane last week. It wasn't because the go- ing was heavy, nor was it very slippery but as I turned off the road to drive up, our lane I was facing east and I hadn't gone fifty yards before the wind- shield was a solid sheet of ice. I thought I was going straight until my two off -side wheels hit the' ditch. I should have driven with the door open but it all happened so quickly I hardly had time to think. I guess I'm a fair-weather driver all right! Anyway it is no hardship to stay home when it is snowing and blowing outside. Today I had a big pile of Aus- tralian magazines to look through and it suddenly struck me what a lot one can learn of an unknown country from let- ters and advertising in maga- zines. For instance, in one let- idChellseci Bun Leaf A treat you can make easily wifb new, Active DRY Yeas Now you have Fleischmann' Active Dry Yeast, forget about the old time hazards of yeast baking! Always at hand-- always full-strength and fast rising! Keep a month's supply in your cupboard! Make this delicious Chelsea Bun Loaf — cut in slices for buttering, or separate the buns, CHELSEA BUN LOAF Make 3 pats of buns from this ores recipe—dough will keep in refrigerator for a zveela„ Scald 34 c. ntilic, / c. granulated sugar, l% tsps. salt and / c. shortening; cool to Iulcewarm. Meanwhile, measure into a large bowl % c. lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir ,until sues is dissolved, Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleischmaiu's Active Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 mins„ THEN stir well. Add cooled mak mixture and stir in 1 well -beaten err. Stir in 2 c. once -sifted bread flour; beat until smooth. Worlc in 21/2 c. once - sifted bread flour. Knead on lightly - floured board until smooth and elastic. Cut 2/3 of dh, nd imth ball, placeoff in ,greaseougdkboweal, greasentoasst000p of dough, cover and store in refrigerator until wanted. Shape remaining 1/3 of dough into a smooth ball, place in greased bowl and .grease top, Cover and set in warm place, free from draught. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Cream 3 tbs. butter or margarine and blend in 1/2 c. brown sugar (lightly pressed down), 11/2 tsps. ground cinnamon and 3 tbs. corn syrup; spread about 1/3 of this mixture in bottom of a greased loaf pan (4V2" x 81/2") and sprinkle with pecan halves. Punch down risen dough and roll out into an 8" square; loosen dough. Spread with re- maining sugar mixture and sprinkle with 1/2 c. raisins. Loosely roll up like a jelly roll. Cut roll into 6 slices. Place in' pre- pared pan. Grease tops. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake in moder- ate oven 3550', 25.30 mins. Let stand iu pan for 5' mins, before turning out. REISrafklys- •t, kr to uar,YEAsr ter the writer wailed — "Why can't Australian women have household electrical appliances the same as American women?" That naturally excited My curi- osity so I began leafing through the magazines again just to see what could be gleaned from the advertisements. Here is what I found advertised; 2 refrigera- tors, one 3 -burner electric stove, one mix -master, one floor po- lisher, 2 radios, several washing machines, and that's about all, There were only two advertis- ments for cars, one a Morris and the other a Ford—and not one ad for any kind of television, nor any kind of liquor, cigar- ettes or tobacco. But there were ads galore for dress materials, furniture, soups, soaps, biscuits and cosmetics. Judging from that what would you imagine the average Australian home to be like? Then I came to an item that deplored the fact that modern houses were built minus a veranda. By this time I was asking myself questions about new Canadian houses and sud- denly realised that new houser in Canada don't have verandah either. It was quite a shOck be- cause I have always thought a screened in porch was the grandest thing to have. Appar- ently there is no medium. be- tween L doors and out. The trend now is for breezeways and patios. When you can't stand the flies and mosquitoes any more you get behind closed doors and glass windows. Or for those in the monied class there is a cottage at the lake— and in winter a trip to Florida„ So I began to wonder about farm homes. What is the aver- age farm home like? Is there such - a thing? I doubt it, be- cause right on the same road you can find remodelled homes with all the modern trappings and perhaps just across the way another place where there is no bathroom or furnace. I know one place, many miles from here, where the family still use oil lamps although hydro goesi right past their gate. This fam- ily has a mortgage complex, denying themselves the com- forts they should have, so as to scrimp and save to pay off this mortgage. They still have the old-fashioned notion that fs mortgage is something to he ashamed of. Nothing could be further from the truth. A mort- gage can be good business providing. the foreseeable in- come will cover the interest„ Perhaps a mortgae-or lack o> it—is one reason why we cannot give a definite example of wheat constitutes an average home„ "Cern Starch Makes Creamier Puddings!" RICE PUDDING Y3 cup uncooked rice . it cups milk 2/3 cup granulated sugar 3 tabCANADA Con BENSON'Sor ch J� teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla ADD uncooked rice to milk in top of double boiler. COVER and cook over hot Water, stirring occasion- ally, About 40 minutes or until rice is cooked. CANADA Corn COMBINE'' sugar, BENSON'S or Starch and salt in a bowl. constantly, until mixture ADD to 'milk mixture, stirring thickens, COVER and cook 10 minutes. POUR a small amount of the mixture over beaten egg; mix well. cook 2 RETURN to"double boiler immediately; minutes longer, stirrin0 constantly. REMOVE from heat; add vanilla. SERVE hot or cold. YIELD: 6 to 8 servings. . 'P'or free folder of other delicious recipes, write tai Jane Ashley, Home Service Department, THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED, P.O. Box 129, Montreal, P.Q.