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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-11-22, Page 2"Dear Anne llirst: I am 60 years old, and a recent pathetic: letter you printed touches me. I did the same thing that woman did, married just to say I had a husband. I loved another man, as she does, and someone stole him from nie, but to this day when I see him my heart beats faster 1 was lucky. My hus- band turned out to be a fine man, and for years I prayed to God to make nie love him as he de- serves. "He has been a good husband and father. Never goes anywhere , without me, works every day, doesn't drink, turns in his pay and never asks where the money went. During the depression he was out of work five years; I did housecleaning to make a few dollars, and- I have raised six wonderful children . A few times I was tempted to leave, but I stayed for the children's sake, because they and their fa- ther loved each other so. "Now we have a country home, and we've helped all the chil- dren to own theirs, I've been repaid a dozen times by them all, and thanks to God, I've got everything I ever wished for. "My last wish was for my hus- band to consent to take my mo- ther (age 83) into our home when my father passed away two months ago. She is with us now, and my husband even built in a private bathroom for her. I love him more than I thought I ever could. I can forget the other roan; we will meet in the next world if it is to be. "I'm still thinking of that other reader's temptation. I hate to see the mother of three. children let them lose their father. Ruin a good man's life? Oh no! If she leaves him, it is she who will pay for it . . . I wish I could write her, but she didn't sign her name. Maybe you can make a short letter to her out of this. Every word is true, EXPERIENCE" * How I wish I could print * every word Of your letter! * Looking back over your tem- * pestuous life, you are a eon - 0 tented woman today because in the hours of temptation you r put your personal desires be - 0 hind you and thought first of * your husband and the children. Let us hope that the wife you warn will profit by your o strength and stay where she e t belongs. You and I know of no sub- stitutes for goodness. To ac- cept the duty that brings heartaches with it, to remem- ber the vow "till death do us part„” you drew upon that well ' of courage that lies within us 0 all. You deliberately chose the •t" rough road which the Golden o Rule demands. ;' Now you have your reward. as Because of his inherent good - Decorative Basket 624 \: r!y se e It • M 7 Elegant centrepiece to till with fruit -flowers. "Swan" basket is simple crochet; pineapples alter- nating with shell stitch give the lovely feather -effect. • Pattern 624: Crochet directions inr 11 -inch basket, in heavy 4 - ply jiffy cotton. Starch stiffly. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD - MUSS. Our gift to you -- two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home — printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book , Plus dozens of other new de- signs to order -- crochet, knit- ting, embroidery, iron -ons, no- velties, Send 25 cents for your tepy of this book NOW --- with atift.patterns printed in it! * ness, today you love your hus- * band with all your heart. Your * children have brought you * honor and joy, your mother * shares your contentment. Your • little world is well arranged, * and it is you who can take the * credit for it, If you had 11s- * tened to your heart, two homes * would have been destroyed * and more than one person have * paid for your action, * Once more I am reminded * of the power that lies in the * hands of a woman. You have * used yours for the good of * others. I salute you. MARRY IIIM AGAIN? "Dear Anne Hirst: I expect this problem is new to you ... Two years ago I divorced my hus- band and he married again. Now he is getting a divorce from his second wife, and he wants me to remarry him. "I still love the pian, and I'm afraid I always will in spite of the trouble we went through. But would those same old argu- ments repeat themselves? "What would you advise nee to do? M. T." * You do not say why you di- * vorced your husband. If you * have reason to think he would * be more mature than he was, * and you might make a go of * it now, you have sound reason * to consider the idea. * See him for a while after his * divorce is final, and learn what * kind of roan he is today. After * a separation, two people are * apt to forget the bitterness * that parted them and recall '" only the happy times they had * together. It seems to me, * though, that a reasonable per- * iod of rediscovering each other " is in order. * He may have understood * how much he really cared for * you only after he married * again, and asks another chance * because he believes now he * can make you really content. * Since you still love him, you * are more than willing to for- * get the past and make a new * start—but this time go slow, * and be very sure before you * consent to marry him. * * * Help other readers by writing Anue Hirst how you conquered situations that seemed hopeless. Your experience will inspire hope and courage in others facing the same problem, Address Anne Hirst, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, Modern Etiquette m Q. How long should a wedding ring be worn after the husband has pass.,d away? A. A widow continues to wear the wedding ring during her lifetime, unless she becomes en- gaged to marry a second time. Following the announcement of her engagement, she ceases to wear her first wedding ring. Q. When writing a letter or note to a brother and sister, may one address the envelope, "Miss Mary Morgan and Brother?" A. Never, The envelope should be addressed either to the sister or the brother, but never to both. Q. When a young girl is intro- ducing her sister to a person, should she call her sister "Miss Harris?" A. No. She should merely say, "Mrs. Carter, this is my sister, Joyce." .. Q. Is it proper for a married woman to use her maiden name as a middle name after she is married? A. Yes, this is the established custom. In other words, after Joyce Margaret Reynolds mar- ries William Henry Lyons, she then becomes Joyce Reynolds Lyons. Q. When. a man and girl are dining in public and another couple stops at their table for a few worrds, should the man and girl rise? A, The man rises, but the girl remains seated. Q. Is it ironer to tin the pian- ist in a hated cocktail lounge if you have requested a certain sons? A. It is part of the pianist'~ job to play request numbers, and ordinarily no tip is expected. However, if one person asks for a number of selections, then he shnnlc e:i"e some kind of tip. A. if one is but slightly ac- quainted with a bride and bride- groom, and an invitation to the werldiirg is received, is it neces- sary to send a gift? A, No: tender these circum- stancet, it is entirely -optional. Q. Is it necessary for the hos- tess at a cocktail party to wait until all guests have arrived be- fore beginning to serve? A. Not at all. Q, flow should one take an *live stone from the mouth? A. With the thumb and fore- iinger, and then lay it on the plate. ANYONE 1FOR AUTOGRAPHS?—New York stockbroker John I. Taeni gets assistance from his wife cis they handle some of the 400 volumes which contain the fruits of his Yiobby-30,000 autographs. Mr. Ta•en' owns a collection of signatures ranging from Marie Antoinette to President Eisenhower. Included are such prominent specimens as Adolph Hitler, Maria Theresa. Mus- solini and Rudolph Hess. Taeni calls the hobby "my happy sickness. 1 am a prisoner of it" .A en -doll r.e P. C to eke Our geraniums are still bloom- ing, thank goodness. We had a touch of frost last week; not enough to da any real harm but enough to get everyone worried about their gardens—just in case. Now the danger seems to be past and we can prepare ourselves to enjoy Indian summer, the maple trees already having taken on a reddish hue. By present appear- ances it looks as if we should have a beautiful, colourful fall: There is plenty of . sap in the trees so the leaves should stay on the trees longer than they did last year. We had a desidedly dry fall then,, if you remember. • The leaves dropped quickly and there was little of the lovely col- ouring_we associate with the fall season. This year the story should be different. Another thing we are noticing squirrels! More squirrels than we have seen for many years. Black, grey and red squir- rels. A few days ago a big grey squirrel fell out of the Virginia creeper on to our bedroom win- dow. For a minute we wondered what on earth was coming as the furry creature slithered down- wards. We are wondering what can be the meaning of this sud- den increase in the number of squirrels. Where did they come from and where will they win- ter? We know it is supposed to be the sign of a hard winter ahead when squirrels lay up a big store of nuts. But an increase in the squirrels themselves . , , that has us puzzled. Still another surprise . , . I was poking around in the garden and what should I see but four nice buds an the Baster lily that• Joy and Bob gave me last April and which I set outside after It had finished blooming. We seem to have the most erratic plants around here. A cactus that blooms at Christmas and again at Easter and now it appears we shall have Baster dillies for Thanksgiving. Partner is still busy on his "rodding up" campaign, And In that connection' he told me last Tuesday that he had broken up something over which I was lia- ble to "raise Cain." "And what was that?" I I.A- quircd, "The old barrel churn," he answered, He was wrong. I didn't mind in the least. I had no sentimen- tal attachment for that derelict piece of equipment. I was never the world's best butter -maker. Probably I never had the right touch or something, I remember I used to churn and churn for ever so long --sitting, standing, reading or just merely thinking, as I worked the handle back and forth. Sometimes I would hope- fully raise the lid expecting to see the cream just about ready to gather. Usually it wasn't. Many times I thought the cream was bewitched- ,jt would get so far and no further. So, it was always with a sigh of relief that I finally heard that welcome plop -plop that told me there was butter at last. And then came the ISSUE 45 -- 1056 job of washing and working the butter. And last but not least, taking it down town and selling the golden prints at twenty-five cents a pound. Or was it fifteen? Anyway, since I used to regard butter -making as more or less of a necessary evil, Partner didn't get any black looks from me when he demolished the old bar- rel churn. We. N. C., may 1 take this opportunity of thanking you for • trying to help us with our TV problem—that is, in regard to . Channel 6. It was so nice of you 'to. -write and to say so many nice things about this column. Now I am 'happy to report that we are finally able to get Channel 6 without any trouble at all. Not because of anything we did but because—or so we think --BLT finally made adjustments so that viewers can now bring in Toron- to quite clearly. This may make you smile. Some people have trouble with children. I have trouble with dogs. You know how it is—a mother is taking little Daughter out visiting. She gets her all prettied up in a dainty little outfit, complete with white socks and shoes. "Now, you just sit quietly in the garden for a min- ute while Mummy fixes herself up," she is told. Well, nine times out of ten you know what hap- pens. Mother comes out and there is little Daughter with her shoes and dress all mussed up. Well, last Friday I took Rob- bie out visiting to a sub -divi- sion house in a nearby town, The streets wore not marked and :I wasn't sure where I was. I' park- ed the car and got out to inquire, Unfortunately two things hap- pened. I was parked near a deep and dirty mud -puddle and I didn't close the car door prop- erly. Robbie jumped out of the car, slap -bang into the middle of the mud -puddle. Of course I couldn't take him into anyone's house after that—and what the inside of my car was like I will leave you to imagine. Robbie didn't like it any better than I did as he is a dainty little dog and hates to get his feet wet. He was also very hurt because he wasn't allowed to visit in the house. So you see what I mean— dogs can get into mischief just as easily as children. When they should be on their best beha- viour they never are. NEW PRINTED PATTERN EASIER—FASTER MORE ACCURATE PRINTED MATTER JIFFY -CUT Printed Pattern! This •new paper pattern is all one piece; just pin to fabric, cut en- tire apron at once! It`s so easy and thrifty — takes just ONE yards 35 -inch fabric to make! The ideal coverup for kitchen chores. Printed Pattern 4885: Misses' Small (10-12 ; Medium (14-16). All given sizes: 1 yard 35 -inch. Jiffy -cut pattern is easiest to cut and sew. All pattern parts are printed on ONE tissue piece! Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron- to, Ont. !Marriage ''ddities Three young ex -servicemen wanted to marry a pretty Amer- ican girl who liked them equally well, They were all keen riflemen, so she undertook to marry the winner of a shooting contest in which each man must fire only one shot. Two scored a bull's-eye. The third was so nervous that he missed the target altogether„ Turning to him, the girl said without hesitation: "Alt right. - I'll marry you." And she did! Two young couples living le France arranged a quiet double wedding in a village church. While driving to the ceremony the two brides-to-be were in- jured in a . collision, a slight op- eration being necessary in each case. But they insisted on being married first and the joint cere- mony took place while they lay on the operating tables,' At a marriage in Manchester, the bride exchanged her Chris- tian name for the surname of her groom, and her own surname for his Christian name. In other words, Miss Rose Charles be- came Mrs. Charles Rose. A Rumanian peasant was "married" in 1939 to the letter- box in which his dead fiancee had posted her last letter to him six weeks earlier. A year later a builder erecting a house applied to the post office for permission to remove it as it was "in the way." The postmas- ter refused, saying: "The box is sacred." The only girl who ever heard her marriage banns announced on the radio was Patricia Bilton1 of Hendon. This took place dur- ing a ,broadcast from a British warship in which her future husband was one of the ship'si company. The bride of a British dress designer was married carrying a bouquet of ripe tomates. It wax explained that it was the only bouquet she could think oil which blended perfectly with dress. Every year it takes less time to fly across the ocean and long- er to drive to the office. UP IN THE WORLD—Keeping in fit trim, Petra Schurman, 23, leaps over a park bench in London, England. The ener- getic beauty, representing Germany, has been named Miss World of 1956. Miles 0 200 eeee-:''etiei.eeeeeeeeeeteeeeeteeefeeeee Proclaimed policy of greater latitude for satel- lites backfires when they ake it seriously. Poles' re- ection of Kremlin domina- tion and repercussions iii atellites may cost Khrus-. hey job as Communist arty chief, North Sea AT AIN DEN. Nationalistic Reds spark satellite - wide .ferment by "de- claring independence" of Moscow domination. Depose top Stalinists, Defy Khrushchev s per. sonal plea. EAST ?kERMANY; Stalinists firmly in saddle. But top Moscow stooges long under attack by party members for fallowing Stalin fine. Premier liege. dus and Stalinist party boss Erna Geroe visit Tito, report "full agreement," Students riot, demand return of "Titoist" ex.Prornier Nagy State-controlled radio lauds. Polish "revolution" as lesson for Hungary. Stalinists keep grip but Stalin line softened. Remains Stalinist so far, but trend to "independ- ent socialism" has been active a long time. Delegations in Belgrade talking over situation with 'Tito. NEWSMAp' ruco5Li:Y{A'; President Tito, first satellite ruler to break with Stalin, congratu- lates "independent" Poles. Encoura es other satellites to defy Moscow, Delegation vit. isted Tito recently but Elul,..<- garians seem not yet ready; to defect from Stalinism. • POLAND SETS RED SATELLITES A-ROILING—Newsmap above shows some of the repercus* .cions throughout the Communist world following Poland's successful defiance of the ICremlirs tt'nd installation of nationalistic Communist leaders. Shock waves set off by Pones' revolt apparently reached even to China, where Moo Tze-Tung, Ped Chinese boss, is reported to have sent a message of itongratulations lc anti•Stalin st Poles.