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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-09-13, Page 6ANN€ HI. RS.T ;yam... t� ag...,seeow, "Dear Anne Hirst: I am al -- most too ashamed to explain our problem, but I need some sound advice. Our daughter, 19, is cheating on her fiance during his absence from home. Her father and I are frantic, and he threatens to tell her to leave .. . The two got engaged at Christ- mas, and she is wearing his ring. A. wonderful offer came from the West Coast that nearly doubled his income; knowing it meant they could marry this year, he Jumped at it. "By March she had started to ,date another boy almost every night! She hardly knows hien, but he has her under his thumb; she has changed so much we hardly known her, and she open- ly defies us. Her fiance senses something is wrong and. called her up to ask if she was going with anyone else. She wouldn't say yes or no ... We both are so fond of the fiance and had thought her future all set. Now we almost feel she doesn't de- serve him. Also, he sends her monthly checks for her savings account against their future. "She does read your column regularly, and we will be so - grateful for any advice. Perhaps someone else can convince her how dishonorable she is. We have failed miserably. DISTRACTED" "' It is heartbreaking to see a * presumably nice girl double - -1419.14. liravigtiS` 114 697 t'fia pti3 ;z;'_ e THREE lovely little doilies so easy to crochet — do each /pretty design in less than a day! Pattern 697: Doily quickies! Three designs (71/2 and 8 inches) to crochet in No. 50 mercer- ized cotton. To increase size, lase No 30 or bedspread cot- ton. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS '(stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, 123 Eighteenth St. New Tor - into, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME *nd ADDRESS. 1 Our gift to you — two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home — printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft book for 1956! Dozens of other new designs to order — crochet, knitting, embroidery, iron -ons, sa.ovelties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW — with gift patterns printed in `it! * cross any man, and it is doub- * ly cruel when he traveled so * far away to make their fOr- * tune. * If your daughter cannot ex- * ist on the assurance of his * love, if she must have other * men's attentions to keep her * content, she should never have * promised to marry him. I ” agree with you: she should * realize how disgracefully she * is behaving, and determine to F stay true to her promise. If * she cannot (or will not) then * she should openly break the * engagement, and return the * money her fiance has sent her; * her possession of it adds an * almost sinister note to her 'k. treasonable behaviour. * The boy she is dating is * equally guilty; you say he * knew she was engaged when * they met. Unless he upholds * her casual idea of honor, he * should realize she cannot be true to, any one roan. • Asking her to leave home is * no solution. No matter how * she is shaming you and her * father, she is still your daugh- * ter and entitled to whatever * protection her parents can * provide. Better to have her at * home. I sympathize with you both. I hope when she realizes what others must think of her, she will turn to the right before she tosses aside the love of a good man and encounters more trouble than she has ever known. * * * "Dear Anne Hirst: "I've been going steady with a boy for seven months; sometimes we've double -dated with my best girl and my friend's buddy. "Now we aren't going steady any more . My girl friend's cousin carne here to get a job and they have taken an 'apart- ment together. We met her at church, and right away my friend asked his buddy to get him -a date with her! They have seen each other every night for the past two weeks. "What can I do? I still love him. He hasn't come out and said we are- through; in fact, 1 haven't even seen him. What do you think? He is 22 and I am 18. LOVE SICK" * Steady dating for seven * months is apt to make a girl * feel so possessive that she * takes it as a real offence if * the boy so much as looks at * anyone else twice. Yet, since * there is no engagement be- * tween then, this girl is help- * less to object. He has the right * to date anyone he likes, and * so has she. • Waiting for a wandering * lad to come back is one of e the most trying situations a * girl faces. She feels so lost, '^ so lonely. All she can do is * to hide her hurt and act as * though her heart were not * breaking, and this must be * your role for a while. Let * the lad pursue his new flame, * but you go your own way, too, * and cultivate other boys you * know, if only to keep yourself * in circulation. * He may or may not be dis- * appointed in the girl. At any * rate, hold your head high, and * remember not to speak of him * to anyone else. That might * help you keep your dignity, • which will give you courage * to mingle with other friends * and at least appear to be * enjoying yourself. No mat- * ter what happens, that will '" comfort you. * * * If you have deceived one who loves you, straighten things out immediately before he loses his faith in all women. Anne Hirst will help, if you write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. COUNTED SHEEP TO FALL ASLEEP — in this case, real live sheep. Gerald Wilson, 16, takes time out for a nap at the Missouri State Fair. The Corridale Iamb satisfying his curiosity tthrough the barrier is one of 1,500 entries in the fair's wool show. AND THE GUARD GOT WET — Smiling under an umbrella as the rain`pours•down, Queen Elizabeth inspects a guard of honor of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, during her recent visit to Oban, Scotland. Her Majesty's escort, sword held high in royal salute, gallant), got drenched. • HRONICLE� 1NGE' FARM Gv¢n3o:[ne D. Clarke If we hadn't thought it be- t ore we would certainly realise now that television is a great medium for education. How else could we have received •such a clear picture of what. takes place at the great party conventions in the U.S.A.? Their system of preparing for the election of a government is so different from our own that it is sometimes a little difficult to understand. But now, I for one. certainly know more about it than I did. before. I might even offer a little criticism '— but why bother — what our friends across the border do is entirely their own affairs, so at Ginger Farm we can just sit back and remain interested onlookers. Of course we got a little tired of some of the speeches but. yet. we couldn't drag ourselves away from the TV, particularly on Friday night. Of course 'we would have to have done so had we been getting up • with the dawn as we used to do.. 'From now on many of those at the Democratic convention will be to us, not merely names in the news, but definite personalities. And that, of course will apply to Republican candidates too, whose convention we shall watch with equal interest. But we are glad we don't have to vote for either one side or the other! President Eisenhower has such a wonderful personelle ty — but then we found our- selves equally impressed with Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Kefau- ver. But we don't have to make any decision so we can straddle the fence in comfort— if straddling a fence can ever be described as comfortable. Altogether, newswise, last week was quite exciting. The Suez Conference, and — if it isn't incongruous to mention it in the same paragraph — Cliff L' umsdon's conquest of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. And I had a special lit`le outing of my own. Just another interesting Women's Institute affair, This, time it was a tea and the ex- hibit of prize winning entries in connection with the annual competition sponsored by the Salada Tea Company. There were three Tweedsmuir History. Scrapbooks shown, all of them good, but that of Bridgeport W.I. in the Kitchener - Water- loo district — was deservedly awarded the first prize. Such beautiful illustration; featuring pioneer scenes They appeared' to be three-dimensional. There were also wonderful black and white sketches by Mrs. Idessa Zimmerman. The entire boo], was well arranged and tabulat- ed. . Another splendid prize- winning entry was from Hay- stack Bay W.I. The distinguish- ing feature in this book was the remarkably attractive hand- written entries. I have beex]e wondering since whether it was Italic handwriting. The third prize history was in two vol- umes. It, too, was a carefully arranged and attractive piece of work. There were also three beautiful oil paintings of rural scenes, and three prize-winning Hope chests which 'included very tine speciments of crochet, cross-stitch work and other types of embroidery. All these entries were conclusive evidence o" the talent that exists among the Women's Institutes of On- tariofl Of course we were wel- comed by officials of the Sal- ada Tea Company, after which we we`re served with piping hot tea, dainty sandwiches : and fancy cakes. I expect this tea was probably the last function at which the Provincial officers of the W.I. will appear before leaving Canada on their way to Ceylon and .the Tri-ennial Con- vention of the Associated Countrywomen of the World, taking place this fall Well, we hear on the radio that harvest operations in On- , tario are pretty well over! We wonder where. In this district most of the wheat has certain- ly been threshed or combined but spring crops are still stand- ing — and I expect most of the farmers with spring crop. are praying that no big storm comes along and knocks them flat be- fore -they are ready for the binder. In fact we know of some farms where the crops have al- ready' suffered that fate. We get such freakish storms these days. Saturday we had just a sprinkle of rain. Later when Bob came up from Oakville he reported the heaviest rain- storm of the summer with a ter- rific electrical storm. At the construction plant lightning ran along steel pipes, jumped from one machine to another, gave all the employees a scare and yet no damage was reported anywhere. Today the weather is delight- fully cool. In fact there is a feeling of fall in the air.. The wind has a mournful sighing sound; bluejays are sounding forth with loud, unmusical notes, and last night there was a gorgeous sunset, unusual for summer evenings. I suppose we 'Might learn more about what the weather has in store for us Modern Etiquette... Q. What is the rule on the introduction of young and old Persons? A. The younger person is al- ways introduced to the older or more distinguished, but a gen-. telman is always presented to a lady, even though he is an old genleman and the lady is a mere slip of a girl. Of course, a woman is presented to the President of the United States, a royal personage, or a digni- tary of the church. Q. How does an unmarried business woman identify herself over the telephone? A. "This is Miss Johnson (or, Miss Ruth Johnson), of such - and - such company." Q. Is it correct to wear ear- rings at any time, or should they be reserved only for cer- tain oceasione? A. Small earnings can be worn anywhere and at any time. But the diamond type and long, dangling ones are best worn only with eveningor dressy party frocks. Q. Is there any way that one can possibly rinse one's fingers at the table if no finger bowl has been provided.? A. It is permissible to tip the waterglass against the corner of the napkin, and then wipe the fingers on this damp corner. Q. Is there any special mark= ing customary on a cake to be served at an engagement party? A. A traditionally favorite decoration is the first names of if we had a greater knowledge concerning plants and trees. For instance we have a hickory tree down by the creek that is load- ed with nuts this year. We won- der why because we haven't had hickory nuts around here for years and years. There are also quite a lot of wild grapes on vines where I have never seen grapes before. There are plenty of choke -cherries too. Last year there there wasn't one to be seen anywhere. Why? No doubt native Indians could tell use. SHE MEANS IT - Close friends of actress Cleo Moore, above, insist she's dead serious about her plans to run for governor of Louisiana in 1960. "And why not?" asks Cleo. "All good politicians are good actors, so what's so funny° about an ac- tress being a politician?" the bride -elect and her fiance enclosed in a heart. Q. Op which side of :the plate should the napkin be placed, and bow should it be folded — with the open edge toward or away from the plate? A. On the left of the plate with open edge toward the plate„ unless it is folded and there is no edge, Q. Would it be proper to have two maids of honor, both of them dressed in white? A. This is all right, if you wish, although usually only the bride ' is dressed in white. In some summer weddings, an al.] - white wedding is very effective. Of course, the bridesmaids never wear veils of any kind. Q. I have been told that one ,who visits a sick friend in a hospital should always tiring some kind of gift. Is this cor- rect? A. This is not obligatory, You may do as you wish. Q. What is the correct way to eat a banana at the table? ' A. It should be peeled into a plate, and then eaten with the fork. Q. Is it customary to tip ush- ers in a theater? A. Not in this country. It is a European custom. Blouse Wardrobe 4660 10-20 LY—Arne• 44n*, Add to your wardrobe with these blouses — a. thrifty way to have many smart fashions for summer! Three classic styles, with clever little varia- tions in collars and pockets. Sew them to mix and match with your favorite skirts! Pattern 4660: Misses' Size 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 upper version, 21/4 yards 39 -inch; middle 1% yards; lower 1% yards. This pattern easy to use, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instruc- tions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (350) (stamps cannot be ac- cepted, use postal note for safe- ty) for this pattern. Print plain- ly SIZE NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. Ionto. AI..+o 4Y WitRAT,r ‘1,N9lOw.. EVIN MEDICS .HAVE MELD MANEUVERS — Army Medical Service Reservists cross a stream with a cable hitch, simulating the transporting of a casualty The maneuvers are part of a 14 -week training course Though most of their training originates in classrooms, the volunteers are given practical combat type training keynoted by realism. The young modics will be on call for national disust:P.rs as well as for our defence forces.