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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-08-30, Page 6"I sit miserably here today pondering how many foolish Yeomen are thinking of .leaving :heir husbands for some other nap? I made that mistake, and low I am paying for it!" writes ane woman. "I let a good man so, and .: am tied to another •Hale who has let me down, , . "I was young to marry in the first place, but my husband was ;Ding to war. I got all mixed up. felt I had had no fun in life. "Then I met a boy I'd known :rom high school. He had mar- ried, too, but we wanted each otber so much that we finally got divorces and married. "In less than a year we both knew how wrong we had been. He wants his first wife back, but she has remarried. I realized I'd given up one I still love dearly — and he has another wife now. I am fond of my pres- ent husband, but it is nothing compared to the yearning I feel for my first. He deserves the happiness he didn't find with me. "This is my problem: My hus- banc. shows how sorry he is that we got married, and doesn't hesitate to blame me. That hurts, for I do want this mar- riage to last. I think for all our sakes -- we have a baby now — he should conceal his thoughts as I do. I have been a good wife and could go on being one, if only he would do his part . . . Is there any future ahead for us?" UPSET REAL. TRAGEDY * How tragically young mar- "' rieges. often turn out! Passion- * ately in love, a girl dashes to * the altar before she knows * the meaning of marriage re- " sponsibilities. This bride was too immature to face the war's * loneliness; she snatched at an * old friend, who was as weak. * Now they find themselves * chained by bonds that chafe * painfully. * Well, theirs is not the only .. union rushed into without * thought. What do stronger '~ people .do in such circum- * stances? Don't they accept * their lot and make the best * of it? Don't they put behind * them their lost dreams and * merge their conscientious ef- * forts to make a good family * life for the child they profess * to love? * This wife is eager to save * her marriage. If her husband * will rise above his personal. ' 4865 14/2---241 trnfe bio/teen Favorite step-in for the half- size figure --- now sew -EASIER than ever, because it's our new Printed Pattern! You'll love the flattering lines, crisp detailing of this summer dress -- makes you look taller, smarter, slimmer! Printed Pattern 4865: Half Sizes 141/2, 161/2, 181/2, 203,42, 22%, 242. Size 161/2 requires 4 yards 35 -inch. Directions printed on each tis- sue pattern part. Easy-to-use, accurate, assures perfect fit. Send TIIIRTY-'I'VE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note ant- safety) for this pattern, print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and STYLE 'NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAIVIS, 123 Eighteenth St,, New Toron- tin Ont. PST 1 444 * disillu'sion and co-operate; * they can still enjoy' a coin- * panionable life together that * calls out the best In each, and * both can learn the satisfaction of following one's duty for the i' good of all. * TO "UPSET"; Your bus- * band is making a poor show- * ing in this crisis. Why can't * he make up his mind .to play * the man? To regain his lost * happiness, he would end his * marriage to you and (if he 4, could) break up his former * wife's home. How completely * selfish! * I hope you can make hint * see that now he has the chance * to be a "good sport"' in the * highest sense and devote him- * self wholeheartedly, with -you, * to the task •that lies. before * him. Else what lies ahead for *. you both but admission of * failure and a guilty conscience? * * * "I'M LOSING MY FRIENDS!" "Dear Anne Hirst: At the rate my parents are going, I won't have any friends left. They are so strict that whenever a girl friend asks me to go anywhere, I have to make up some excuse or tell them the truth — that niy mother won't let me. By now they understand and they have stopped asking me. I am 15. "I'm not allowed even to go to a girl friend's house. All they say is, wherever you go, you go with us. "How can I ever have a boy friend when I can't even hold on to the girls I like? It isn't that my parents don't trust me, for they know I wouldn't do any- thing I'd be ashamed of. About six months ago I was interested in a nice boy and they knew it; but when he came to my house they completely ignored him, and said he wasn't good enough for me. I've made them think I've forgotten him, but I still love him and always will. "I really don't understand my • father and mother, much as I try. I thought it was a give-and- take affair, but I am giving .and not receiving anything in return. DISGUSTED" * I do sympathize with you in * your. plight, and understand * how embarrassing your situ- * ation it. But I am afraid that * you must abide by your par- * ents' ruling and, if you can do * that more gracefully, I am sure * they will relax the order * earlier.' * No matter how mature she * feels, a girl your age is still. * more or less a child. Try to * show your sense- of ' responsi- * bility by understanding that * your parents are protecting you * as best they can, and though * their ideas may seem old- * fashioned, accept them as a * temporary gesture to which * you can subscribe without * showing resentment. * * When children are involved, parents must think lone and hard before coneiderine divorce. Their responsibilities lie clearly before them. In any crisis, Anne Hirst's ,wisdom and experience are Sones for the asking. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., . New Toronto,. Ont. tiquette... Q. Is a member of a bereaved family expected t o receive friends who are making calls of condolence? • A. Usually a close friend or relative receives these persons. Of course, in the case of an in- timate friend, the family may wish to see him — this being left, however, to the decision of the family, as no one should in- trude at such a time. * * Q. Ts it proper, when address- ing a letter or an envelotie, to use the abbreviations, Chas,, Jas.. Jos., Wen., Robt., etc.? A. Only if that man abbrevi- ates his name in his signature, Otherwise, never use an abbrevi- ation when addressing, a man. * * * Q. Does it make any differ- ence whether one sits down from the right or left side of the chair at the dinner table.? A.. No; whichever side eflfet•s the easiest and quickest averse it the one for you, * * Q. Can you please tell me how to fold napirins into various fan- cy designs? A. • I could probably suggest a few "fancy" folds, but this practice is frowned upon by good society. It is far preferable to make a plain, square fold of the napkin. 4, * * Q. Whose duty is It to see that the bride and bridegroom's ear Is ready and waiting for them at the wedding reception? A. The best man usually at- tends to this. .Docked. Dockers Gird For Battle ` on Yacht by Tom A, Cullens NEA Staff Correspondent London — (PEA).— Million- aire Sir Bernad Docker has lost his job and . the stockholders won't give him another chance. Nevertheless, most Britons are secretly proud of the "dazzling Sir Bernard and his honey- haired wife, Lady' Norah. They are the living lie to Sir Anthony Eden's . dire warnings that Britain is headed for the poorhouse, for who else but the. Dockers, having. been sacked, would promptly fry to Naples nad board their private 860 -ton yacht for a six-week vacation? Up to now, every time Prime Minister Eden called for an- other hitchin the belt to halt inflation the Dockers threw an- other pink champagne party. Every time the Chancellor of. the Exchequer announced a new credit squeeze, Lady Dock- er drove by in a ..new Daimler' car, designed to match her latest hat. When Lady Docker complain- ed recently that "mink is too hot to sit on," a million . women sighed and envied her ladyship her "hot seat." But Sir Bernard's ouster as boss of the 75 million dollar Birmingham Small Arms group of companies, which makes Daimler motor cars among other things, has somewhat changed the picture. Between the timeof the ini- tial firing and the stockholders' meeting at which Sir Bernard. pleaded in vain for his re- instatement, Lady Docker stuck close to home. She made do with the $21,000 Bentley '(in two tones of blue) which was a gift. from Sir, Bernard on . her 50th birthday. in .June. And she even waxed contrite, • begging the stockholders' for- giveness. "My whole idea has been to help the company," she said. "If I have tripped up in any way and let anybody down, I'm sorry, I did not mean it." The apology worked no better than Lady Docker's campaign of 10,500 autographed photo- graphs of herself in a black net gown, which she sent to B.S.A. stockholders with the plea: "Please ' put my husband back as chairman." For what incensed the stock-. holders was the revelation of the many dodges by which the Dockers — and other business executives — seek to evade Bri- tain's tough tax laws. Take the $24,000 worth of glad rags, including a sapphire mink stole, which Lady Docker wore at the recent opening of the Daimler showroom in Paris, for example. The bill for these was presented to the B,S.A. group as "expenses." And the gold-plated Daimler with which Lady. Docker used to sear the eyeballs of London- ers — this was' an "expense" item, too. The same goes for the 'zebra -skin upholstered Daimler and the silver -starred Daimler, both designed by Lady Docker. Most guests drove their cars Co Grace Kelly's wedding in Monte Carlo, but not the Dock- ers. They chartered two planes at a cost of $6,000 to have their Daimlers flown to Monaco. The cost was also written off as "ex- penses." When the bill for all these items was presented to the Bir- mingham Small Arms group re- cently, the directors refused to pay it. Sir Bernard's argument was that his wife's furs, clothes and SIR BERNARD AND LADY DOCKER: The stockholders wouldn't pick up marbles, but Norah flashy motorccars are all de- ductible from company profits, and hence nontaxable, as they were all used to boost the sales of Daimler motorcars. Said Lady ' Docker; "You can't sell Daimlers by riding around on a motor -scooter." Some Britons are of the opin- ion that the Dockers should be subsidized by the government for the note of verve and lavish living which they have intro- duced into otherwise drab Bri- tish life. Lady Docker, who started life -as a $7.50 a week salesgirl, is to the British public what Rita Hayworth, Bobo Rockefeller and Gloria Vanderbilt Stokow- has just begun to fight. ski, ifrolled into one, would be to Americans. ' Headline writers thrive on her, gossip columnists find her manna in a parched desert. Even British Communists have cause to be grateful to Norah Docker. Everytime she boasts she spends $60,000 a year on clothes they sign up new re- cruits. But nobody expects the sack- ing of Sir Bernard' to end the saga of the Dockers. We've only just begun to fight," said Lady Docker as they soared off to Naples. She knows .how to fight, too. She was once bounced from the casino at Monte Caro for blacking the eye of a croupier. Itn,c ;Fr yi//&il'�/.(w'-c • HRONICI,ES 1NGERV'M 6w¢ndoUne D. Cla,c'ae 'It looks as if the farm family's Saturday night outing will soon be a thing of the past all over Ontario. Merchants in one small town after another are having - their council pass a by-law to enforce early closing on Satur- day night. Orangeville is now joining. the parade of early cloe- ers. And since it now seems the trend of the times the sooner it becomes uniform the better. Local shoppers will then have no excuse to leave their own district to shop elsewhere but will have to adjust to the change the `best way they can. The Saturday night outing belongs to a past generation—just like standard time. We might regret its passing but we have to ac- cept it. I wish prices in .all loc- alities would also he uniform. With food prices already so high it is irritating to find quite a discrepancy in the mark up from one place to another. For instance, when I was visiting in Dufferin county I found the brand of tea that I use five cents cheaper per half pound in Or- angeville and Shelburne than it is in our district, Now why should that be? I was under the impression that freight charges sometimes mare a difference to the selling price of staples. If that were so I would have thought the more central towns would have the lower prices, instead of the other way round, Well, the weather is still mak- ing the news. I just can't re- member any other• year when when we had so much rain in • haying time. Generally we 1bok. forward to dry weather in June and July, but we didn't get it this year, The gardens are cer- tainly growing with all the ram, in fact our green beans are so busy growing they are forget- ting to bloom. But 1 suppose, they will. eventually. Yesterday was quite a day around here. Thinking we were not likely to have any visitors Partner and I planned a long- delayed call on some friends in Hespeler. We phoned first only to learn their daughter was ser- iously ill in Stratford : hospital. But around four o'clock -much to our surprise—along came Dee,. Art, the two boys and Art's sister. That ended the quietness Dave saw to that. We were so glad to see. baby Edward again«, Every week makes a difference. Now he is smiling and cooing and watching everything that goes on. After supper there were more callers — decentdants of the pioneer family who first settled on this farm. They come in per- iodically and we are always glad to welcome them. We hear so many anecdotes of what hap- pened when "mother anddad were living". They look over the rooms and. the garden and the reminiscences begin. "Remem- ber the old stove that was sit- ting here . . , and that's the cupboard where mother kept her china , , . and this is the room where we were all born and there's the old lilac bush . . and the poplar tree—re- member what a time we used to have on the swing? Oh, but what happened to the stone steps at' the front door—they're not there any more?" What indeed? There were no stone steps when, we arrived on the scene but we did find a solid stone slab, about five by three feet, bridging the ditch at the back of the house...It could .be part of the steps. What hap- pened to the rest of the stones we don't know, as another family lived here for two years be- tween the original owners and ourselves. Queer, how , some people like to tear down what others have built up. While we were talking we happened on quite awhile as he has resigned home -coming visitors lives in Oshawa, just one street over from where my sister lives. It's a small world, isn't it? Or is it? That we wondered last Satur- day as our niece • Babs, her hus- band and ' two children were . here- from Chalk River. It may be the last we see of them for quite awhile as he ha sresigned 1iis job at the Atomic Plant and will presently be, taking a po,s ition as chemist at one of the uranium mines at Blind River. When we think of them going to such an out-of-the-way part of Ontario it doesn't seem quite such a small world, it feels as if they will be ever so. far away. .actually they won't be but. I. suppose we judge a place by its accessibility, not distance, Blind River may be accessible enough in some respects, but not to the average person who isn't too keen on long, rough rides, May- be when theTrans-Cm-lath highe way is completed it will be better. However, Babs and her family are young and adven- turous and seem to be quite happy about the new move, al- though she and the children have to wait until a house is built for them. Babs was born in the cold north country so I suppose she is quite acclimatized anyway. We were given a cor- dial invitation to visit them when they are settled—and that, I think, would be an in- teresting experience. Party Sundress Two pretty ways she can wear this style! A . cool, cute sun- dress = a party dress with the addition of the separate little collar! 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Candles used for decorative purposes often become dingy To make them look like new,' sponge with a piece of absor- bent cotton dampened with al- cohol.. * * Q. How can I clean outdoor brass fixtures? A. They can be cleaned easily if scouring soap is mixed with kerosene. Apply this with a flannel clo'h and rub well. • * * Q. How can I keep flies from bothering gilt frames? A. If four or five oniotis are boiled in one pint of water and applied to the frames, or other articles, with a swab or soft brush, flies will not bother them. * * e Q. How san I tighten the sew- ing machine. belt? A. It is often unnecessary to re- move a sewing machine belt in order to tighten it. A few drops of machine oil on the wheel^ will usually bring desired re- sults. * * * Q How can I make olive of!l paltabie?' A. If olive oil is to be taken internally add a pinch of salt is the wineglass of oil and it will prove much more palatable. rt rt • Q. How can I prevent. curtainat from blowing out of the win- dow and becoming soiled? A, Buy lead dress -weights, Cover with cloth the color of the .curtains and slip into the bottom hem of the curtains. Use about five weights in each hem and the curtains will hang in place. * * Q. How can I remove rust from a knife? A. Place the blade into an on- ion and leave it there for an hour Or so. Then polish in the Usual . way. * * * Q. How can 1C clean black felt? A. By using a teaspoonful of ammonia mixed with a half cup of cold tea. Q. How can T eliminate the an noyance 91 squeaking• shoes? A. Take a darning needle and insert it several places between the layers of leather in the solea of the shoes. Then, with a small oil can, drop a. little of) inti these holes. There's one good thing abou' ignorance -•-it causes a lot av interesting .argutxuents.