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Zurich Herald, 1956-11-01, Page 2"Dear Anne Hirst: So many letters you print are about in- law troubles that I just must stick out by matronly neck. Isn't it because too many mothers think their children are perfect --- especially their sons? When a boy marries and trouble comes, Mom promptly declares it's the wife's fault -- 'rny darling boy could never be wrong!' I've seen this too often. "Both my sons have been mar- ried seven years, and their wives and I haven't had one cross word ee•t, I honestly think it is because I was never the devoted Mamma who stood up for her sons, no matter what. I was smart enough (or is it a talent you have or you haven't?) to be able to see their wives' sides, too, and recognize the weaknesses of my boys; I never hesitated to say so. Even when both were to blame I was frank about it, and the girls understood. "Perhaps I succeeded because I love both these girls as though they were my own daughters. 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It was only when they appealed to nae as a last resource that I'd take' over. "Today I know I could move into either home and be wel- comed — but how 'hid I am I don't have to impose! "One more th.etg: Why do same unmarried girls slip out to have dates? Isn't it because par- ents are too strict, and so lose that confidence which is so precious? If they could see boy friends at home, they wouldn't have to sneak out... . "I've read your column for so, many years I feel like you are niy 'friend." TO "HAPPY MOTHER -IN- * LAW": Your attitude toward * your sons sums up nay own * theory: Being a mother should not blind one to her children's * weaknesses. It is too bad that * your attitude is so rare. Your * good letter should inspire many t another mother to be more *. objective in her judgment. * Thank you for it. MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN "Dear Anne Hirst: I'm begin- ning to hate my mother. She's just told me I can't marry the man I'm wild about. He -was roar- i reed before, he is 30, and has three children. I am 16. Since I rnet him, all my old boy friends look so silly; but when I'm with him I'm so happy that I can hardly wait for the next date. "My mother even says I cculdn't look after his children properly! I've always loved children, and I know she is wrong. She has a boy friend all picked out for me. I used to' like him, but now I feel I'm just wasting time with him. Aren't I old enough to know what I want' MARCIA" * I would agree with your. * mother even if the children * were not involved. To marry e a ratan nearly twice your age * is too great a risk, and she * knows it. You do not realize * how selfish he is being to have tried to win you. He has daz- * zled you with his sophistica- * tion, he has flattered you un- • til you have lost your sense * of reality. Once this glamor * of his wears off, you would • be sorry you ever met him. • As to the children, these * gay evenings you've enjoyed * with their father would be fin- * fished. You'd be tied down to * a set routine so foreign to your * present freedom that you * would long desperately for * these careless days. * Tell him you cannot think of * marrying for three or four '•' years. and if he still wants * you then. you will consider it. * Meanwhile, stop seeing him. Look up this nice boy you used * to like, and date hint and others your age. Enjoy the fun that * -belongs to teen years, and wait e, until you are grown up before * you think of marrying any- * body. 4, In in-law situations, it is dif- ficult to be fair — but the mother wlio admits her children are not perfect is the one beloved by the mates they marry. Write Anne Hirst about your problems, and let her guide you wisely. Ad- dress her at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Rid MOMS of stale tobacco smoke with your awn "home- made" deodorizer. Just mix a little diluted ammonia in a bowl of fresh water and let it stand overnight: in the smoke-filled room, The next day the room will be sweet and fresh again, APPLE A DAY, ETC. — Here's a porpoise with purpose -- he's biriesging an apple for the teacher. The "classroom" Is at Marine. :fond, in 't~loridcr. ,,,,1' `,E`6.0 GLOBAL EFFORT — Pretty Paris an decorator Claude Genet seems wholly occupied by her earthly chore of drawing the Suez Canal on ponderous globe Claude was preparing the ball for the Marine Show on the banks of the Seine River .in Paris, France. Unlike the world's diplomats, Claude settles the Suez business simply by ,drawing a line. iICLE . , .INGE 14 c in d ot:tn,e. P. Citvolsoz One week has gorse by with our imported increase in the ta- mily. Fortunately the weather has been good most of •the time so the little girls have been playing outside quite -a lot—with Partner keeping an eye on them from his work bench in. the dri- ving -shed. I tell him • he is ;;a. typical grandfather -he has ,so. much patience. Or is that tyti cal? I wonder! Nancy has a epld and is also cutting a tooth : enough said. Carol, like so man other youngsters, including Dave,,;: plays with her food and nev eats a decent meal. What these: fussy little eaters live on is 1* .#. ygnd me. I am beginning to won @, der if ..all the wonderful baby r, foods on the market today ares really so good after all. Perhaps] " if the modern way of feeditlg were combined with some of tbeL commonsense of yesterday vi • might get somewhere. I may. br wrong but it seems that now e `: d.ays children are too food=cora scions so that their meal -time e habits aro mostly psychological. I can't remember asking our children what they would like for -'inner or supper. They were. given. what I thought they,. should have and they ate, most,::. of the time without too much fussing. Ah well, I suppose every • generation has its problems in raising a family. In years gone by, before the advent of pasteur. ization and penicillin, it was a' case of the survival of the fit- test. Now the greatest hazard for children is on the road. A few days ago a Guelph maxis- trate announced Chat in his open- ion parents who provided young children v, ith bicycles to ride on the road were guilty of neg- ligence. prow tragically true, Twice recently I was driving along a busy two-lane highway near here after school was out and on each occasion I saw ' a • little fellow, not more than • seven years old, riding his mini- ature two wheel bicycle home •' from school. just to see him. made my blood run cold—espe- cially as I had to get over 'into the wrong lane of traffic to allow him extra room. One always has to he prepared for unexpected wobbling from young riders. We had a very sharp 'thund- erstorm here Saturday night. It was playing tricks with the tele- vision so we decided to discon- nect the set. About five minutes later there was an ear -shattering 1 -rack. We are sure something was hit but we don't know yet what it was. Partner thought i from the sound it might have { been a tree split in two. Was I glad I had disconnected the TV -- we wouldn't have been very ! happy had the picture tube I brown out. Wouldn't that be a "- ! fill with the World Series in I progress? Personally, 1 wouldn't worry. I don't understand base- ball at all so I don't bother to watch. All I am interested in is the final score. Of course Part- ner likes to watch the games. I'm thinking it is a good thing the games come on early in the afternoon otherwise quite a few farmers might be late with their chores! I wonder how its many read- ers are liking the new set-up of the Family Herald—minus the Weekly Star. Of course it is an improvement but yet one also has a sense of loss. Most of us had a comfortable feeling about the old Family Herald—the sort of affectionate feeling one has for a well-worn but comfortable old jacket with which one has weathered many a storm. But of course we realize there are bound to be advantages and dis- advantages in such a move. This is the first major change that has taken. place in the Family ;Herald in my memory so'riatur- alIy we hope it will be a change that eventually everyone will welcome. Certainly the type is easier to read on better grade paper and the smaller pages make it easier .to handle. We are glad so many of the regular fea- tures have been retained—ex- ceot that we don't like seeing "Dorothy Dix" resurrected week after week! While she was living she did a wonderful job but why should her advice supposedly be continued when we know she is one the far side of the Pearly Gates? On the other hand it may be that a good many readers are unaware that Dorothy Dix passed away some years ago. This is Thanksgiving weekend and I expect many people are travelling the highways and by- ways ad'niiring the lovely col- ouring of the trees that is so typically Canadian. It is years since the leaves have taken on such deep rich shades of crimson and gold. Even the pastures are unusually green, none of them 'having that brownish -dried out look that we so often see at this time of the year. In fact the country is so breath -takingly beautiful it would be strange indeed if we did not look around with a prayer of Thanksgiving in our hearts. Thanksgiving be- cause no matter what troubles there are in the world of men, God in his Heaven showers riches upon us in this bountiful world Of, (lis creating—a world whose beauty changes only with the seasons of the year. Peter McArthur said of Autumn — "The days are not only worth describing separately, but worth living separately. Each one is complete in itself." I don't think I could close this column with a better thought than that. Tradbig Stamps So great is the vogue for the use of trading stamps that a conference has been called in ' New York State to look into the erects of this new device in the market place. The discussion has been requested by Dr. Persia Campbell, conhtuner counsel to Governor Harriman. A wide variety of opinions is likely to be forthcoming as to the value of the stamp plan either to stores or to consumers. Ir has been in use in America for about 60 years. The current boom seemh to have started in Denver and to have spread to supermarkets, drugstores, gaso- line stations, greenhouses, lum- ber yards, and all sorts of other retailers until it is estimated that half the families «an the United States are saving stamps to exchange for electric appli- ances, kitchenware, athletic goods, cameras, and other prem- iums. The chief argument aroused is or the question whether the cus- tomer drawn to a certain store "because they give stamps" is really getting something "free" for saving a bookful of the lit- tle colored squares or whether she is paying more for her gro- ceries and the premium, than if she shopped around and bought them separately. The theory of the stamp com- panies is that the "gifts" 'are a bonus to customers for paying cash — which is reasonable enough in this charge - account era — and that they are an ef- fective promotional device for the storekeeper. On the latter point there has been little dis- pute of late. Many stores have found purchasers more attracted by stamps than by price cuts. I,ut how long this . effect will last may be problematical. A simple rule has been sug- gested which shoppers can read- ily apply for themselves. In gen- eral, the cash value of the stamp given is about 2 per cent of the purchase on which it is based. 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