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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-09-25, Page 6'Dar Aline Hirst: Since tui lr�;; �rad died 11 months ago, Eve e h "'e e only peace I've known state,* I married. "1'1re;:-- Ire was 40;'1' was only 15.A• month after our wedding, I re- gretted it. "He w a s divorced, a n d had grown chil- dren. They lived with us. I had ttr ;,a.it on them, even do their laundry. Then 1 had three of my own. and learned what trouble really was 1 "My husband went out every night. He'd conte home in the early hours, drag me out of bed and beat rate --even when my babies were on the way. He ran around with all kinds of women, and spent itis money. He did buy food for us. but all the clothes the children and I ever had, my family gave us. 'Weeks would pass when 1 wo'tldn't get out of the house—and he'd accuse me of seeing other men while he was at work ! I never even got to a show after we mar- ried. "Older men are jealous of their young wives. They're afraid of competition. My friends say l'ni too youug to stay single (I'm just 20) A "Go -Everywhere" Exciting scoop—here's the neck- line that helps you tan quickly, keeps you cool, cool, cool I When you're off to town, toss on the brief bolero—and you look so smart ! No sewing complications. Pattern R4561: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20,; 30. 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 dress and facing for bolero 4% yards of 35 -inch fabric; bolero 1M yards contrast. This pattern easy to use. sim- ple to sew is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto. but I haven't talked to a man of my own age since toy husband died. "For I've sworn 1'11. never marry, again. I love my children; they are my whole life. I'm saving every penny of his insurance (and he left plenty) for their future. "I want to warn all young girls against marrying men twice their age. I wish somebody had warned rate ! * of a HAPPY NOW" man who takes advantage trusting young girl needs * a ratan to handle .tint; it is a pity * some male member of your * family did not intervene. until * you became his wife, he concealed * his selfiishness and jealousy; * afterward, you were as helpless * as thought he lucked you in a * tower. And withal a champion * to do battle for you, only his * death set you free. * Now you can help your chub- * dren forget the frightened years * they knew while their father * lived, and provide a secure future * fur you all. * Your determination to stay * single is natural—for a time. I * tope. however, that some descry- * ing young ratan will discover you * one day, and demonstrate how * good and beautiful marriage eau * be. You are not alone when trouble comes. Anne Hirst will stand by. A woman of long experience in human relations, wise and kind, she is here to advise you. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., Nevr Toronto, Ont.,, Hear Corn Growing CAN YOU 1-IEAR corn growing in August' "If you think that is a myth, go listen," says Howard, T. Walden 11, editor of "Corn." who can write as does no one else about this wondrous crop. "Go into a great corn field," he invites. "Go deep into that sea of corn, so deep that for a bundled yards in every direction corn is surrounding you, standing higher than your head. You will have placed yourself, then in the center of a distinct and special world, a world made up of earth, air, and cern. Nothing else. There is no wind; in the motion- less and brooding night there is no reason for any sound. But listen." "There is a whisper, a faint crackling, corning front nowhere and everywhere at once. It might be the ghost of a sound, imagined perhaps. But listen again. It isn't imagined, and it isn't the corn rustl- ing in the wind, for there is no wind It is the minute stretching of a billion corn leaves, stalks, husks, kernels. It is the dark chem- istry of earth, working upward through roots„ drawing up through the standing plants, transmuting • the essences of soil into life. It is the sound of growth, a sound perhaps heard by insects and other lowly creatures as a veritable roar of creation. You are as close, here, to the inner quick of nature as ever you'll he. You are listening to the growth of corn." ECONOMY The late D. W. Griffith was fond of telling people that in the big Civil \Var battle scenes of 'his 'The Birth of a Nation' he employed 50.000 extras. When people pointed out that this nnist have cost him a half million dollars a day for over a hundred clays. and marveled "How did you stay solvent?" Gri- ffith would chuckle and say, "I worked out an infallible system. Our soldiers used real hnl'ets," 5ct'eeliless Television --In order to keep sightless listeners posted on programs their neighbors talk about, TV experts designed the above pictureless set seen entertaining Marie pellitano and Urn- ard M. Krebs. Experts say using the screenless set overcomes ;'psychological barriers" which build up 'between sightless persons and their sighted neighbors. VENUS DE INE-- Rlstorie Venus tele, Milo, in background, meets the Venus of Vine Street in 1iSollywood, actress .Julia Adams. The classic armless Grecian beauty, long art ideal, measures 36 inches at bust, 28 at waist, and has 38 -inch hips. Julia's statistics: 36 -inch bust, 22 - inch waist, and 341k -inch hips. The last two days have seen me very much occupied with one of the hardest jobs of the year. It night not be hard for everyone but it is for me. That job is get- ting ready for a five-day holiday. Since Partner will be "batching" my preparations have consisted mostly in leaving him as well pro- vided for as possible so that- he can get his own meals with a mini- mum of effort. It is at such a time theta "frig" cons in mighty- handy --a week's supply of pies, fruit and meat can be stacked up quite con venie ntly. For me the hardest part of these pre -holiday preparations is •' keeping my head from Wool-gath- ering. Last time I was away for a couple or days I took Partner's reading glasses away with site as well - as my own! I was tiyventy miles from home when T di' coli ey- ed what I had done: The. only thing I could do was phone hone and break the news. So long as I let Partner know what happened I knew it would be all right as he had an old pair be could fall back on. Otherwise 1 could imagine him hunting the house over—and maybe the Karn as well—wasting precious time and getting more • provoked every minute wondering what on earth had become of those "darn, fool glasses!" Actually, it was a fortunate mistake because the frames were broken, so, while I had them with me, I was able to get the old lenses put into new frames—which would have meant a trip to the city sometime any- way. In the burry and scurry of get- ting away people so often do crazy things—or tli.ey forget to do things that should h:,ve been done. On my way back front-, London last June • a young eouple with two children hoarded the train ata country sta- tion. About twenty minutes later the 'girl said to her husband— "Ken, did you shut the front door?" "Well, it is to be hoped it doesn't rain." And then they both started to laugh. And T thought—what a thing it is to be young! My travels this time. are taking me to a point just outside Ottawa. It will he a sort of busman's boli - clay since these friends of ours also live on a farm. However, I am hoping to see a little bit of Ottawa, as well as the farm where I shall be staying. Or course, everything happens at once. hast week we had a visi- tor staving with us until Friday. Then came a press clay invitation to the C.N.E. -- which .1 was. not expecting—and which 1 cannot..ac- cept without cutting short my Ot- tawa visit—which I probably shall not want to do, And of course, it is all slap -bang its the middle of the canning and pickling season. Also the twelve -acre field of alf- alfa that 1 mentioned last week is ready to be cut and baled, Parner was Looking over the field today • Conveyance Cc,eLse.—thanks to .his ingenious father, this Tokyo tyke has a combination tricycle - carriage: When mother doesn't- feel like pushing, baby takes over, and when he grows up, this Japanese lad win just re- move the hors and presto, he'll have a tricycle. and decided it didn't show ranch promise as a seer. crop. Unfor- tunately, by the time one can be sure of seed possibilities the alf- alfa is a little too advanced to make good hay. However, one bas to take that chance. There is still threshing to be done in this neighborhood. What with catchy •weather and waiting for the threshing machine it trust have seethed like a long -drawn out harvest to our neighbour -Farmers —longer, probably, than when the crop was stowed away in the barn to await the arrival of the thresh- ing machine. Once in the barn worries in connection with wet weather were at an end in those b. -gone days. Partner and I. in conversation with farmers from various other Localities. have discovered that many of theist prefer the old meth- od of harvesting—if they had the help to rope with it. They con tend it is less wasteful and less expensive. We feel that way our- selves. The Canadian Countryman and Farmer's Advocate in "\Veldwood Jottings" gives some interesting figures along these lines. It says, in part—•"Iiaehinery takes the hard manual labour out of the grain har- vest, but at considerable cost. $2• an acre for swathing, *6 for com- bining and $12 an hour for putting the straw in the barn snakes pres- ent day harvesting expensive, par- ticularly with a light crop of straw and grain. Jt -cost 32- cents a bushel for use of machinery and operator • to harvest 15 acres or oats on a custom basis. besides the farm help in handling the grain and gather- ing in the straw." The last sen- tence is significant because, in spite of high-priced machinery, manpower is still necessary for fi- nal handling of any kind isf crop, including has. SCHRAMM PORTABLE & STATIONARY COMPRESSORS PUMPS, CONCRETE M4)tIEaS AIR TOOLS and ACCESSORIES RENTALS — SALES RAY GORDON L3I11,. 1335 81.008 ST., W, TOIIBON'T .; KtEawoodl 9411 ta, "Three Out of ?Five Get ,Away with Mu/ °der" An average 01 throe murders are discovered in Britaitr every week, and the percentage of cases cleared tip is higher there than arty other country in the world. But experts believe that the number of mur- ders conintitted is actually much higher than the number discovered and investigated,. In many cases the police, al- though they might have suspicions, are unable to reach. any conclu- sions, and indeed unable to start any inquiries at alt, It is fairly certain that numbers of apparent suicides are really mur- ders, and that many people listed as missing have in reality been quietly put away and their bodies successfully concealed. Worst Year The plain truth about nuu•der is that the chances of getting away with it are unfortunately favorable. This was revealed in a murder chart prepared by the Home Office for the Royal Commission oh Capi- tal Punishment. Between the years 1900 and 1948 there were 7,318 murders known to the police. In 1,635 cases the suspect committed suicide. Only 3,042 successful arrests were made, so that 2,641 murderers es- caped unscathed. These were mur- ders known to the police. How many unknown murders happened within that same period nobody can tell, but experts estimate that three out five of all murderers are get- ting away with it. The worst year this century was 1945, when 218 people were killed and the police failed to arrest 119 of the killers. Assuming that murderers enjoy a normal length of life, Houle Office figures reveal that there are at least 1,200 of them mi xi nig freely with their fellow -citizens to -day. Although this may he alarming, we can take comfort in the fact that it is rare for any but the profes- sional killer to str'ke twice. And professional killers are very few in that country. Most notorious of recent times was Haight, who is thought to have destroyed nine people, Human Vampire Stat fling facts cane to light be- fore the eyes of Scotland Yard in 1947 when they began a search for a missing widow, Mrs. Olive Dea- con. Several cases of persons who had mysteriously disappeared over a period of three years were linked together. The circumstances were strikingly similar. Its each case letters bad given the suspected murderer power to dispose of the property of his vic- tim, but so skilfully had those doc- uments beenforged no suspicion arose -at the time:--Stud}-ing'these- cases, the Yard found that all the victims had business. transactions with, and were friends of, one par- ticular man. The flat which this man had rented was searched. and experts found dues- which made them think that human bodies had been disin- tegrated on the pretni:.c' by means of an acid bath. The accusing finger of justice started to point in the direction of John George Haigh. For years he had escaped discovery, but he had made a fatal mistake in his latest killing, that of Mrs. Deacon. I•ie had hurried and not completed the job thoroughly; a pair of false teeth belonging to the missing wi- dow were found. "Cheer upi ,& daughter is a daughter all her life. but maybe you won't have to support her that long." Yh 11aigh's killings were clot 'sorely mercenary. For some q'leer psy- dialogical reason, t b e defence stated, he had become a human vantpfre, drinking the blood of hits victims, A calculating, cold-blood- ed murderer,' obliterating traces of his victims, until he lost his thor- oughness and justice grasped hint,. Who are tate. three out of five who never pav for their crimes? Mostly they are hard workers of considerable intelligence who anal- yze every move and slash the rislrs to the barest minimum. 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ISSUE 37 — 1952 Setae VIA colbet- „ success JAM UPSIDE-DOWN SHORTCAKES Combine 1 tbs, soft butter, 34 c. thick jam, 1 tbs. lemon juice and, if desired, 3 c. broken nut- meats and divide between 6 greased individual baking dishes. Mix and sift twice, then sift into a bowl, 134 c. once -sifted pastry our (or 1% c. once -sifted hard -wheat flour), 3 tsps. Magic Bak- ing Powder, h' tsp. salt, 14 tsp. grated nutmeg and X c. fine granulated sugar. Cutin finely 5 tbs. chilled shortening. Combine 1 well -beaten egg, 3i c. milk and 3 tsp. vanilla. Make a well in dry ingredients and add liquids; mix lightly. Two-thirds fill prepared dishes with batter. Bake in a moderately hot oven, 375°, about 20 minutes. Turn out and serve hot with sauce or cream. Yield --G servings.