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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-10-02, Page 2[M -E. tt ti "Dear Anne Hirst: For five years we've lived next door to a family who are 'down on us: Our two lots adjoin, and we think she is being so disagreeable so we will sell and she can get our proper- ty for h e r daughter. "I have gone out of my way to be kind and neighborly, but all we get is abuse. S h e claims we have planted on her lot, which isn't true. She tells others I throw stuff in her yard; I've my own yard and garden, and keep my things in the back so the wind won't scat- ter them. She allows her children to play mean tricks on us, which are really most annoying. "I thought she was a good woman and would be a good neigh- bor, and I even recommended her to join the lodge. But things are really getting serious. "Shall we sell, and move — or stick it out? I have children, grandchildren and a fine husband, and this is the only time I ever had trouble with anyone. OLD NEIGHBOR" TALK THINGS OVER * It seems foolish to be up- * rooted from a comfortable home * by a malicious neighbor. Be- * sides, where would you go these * days? * Why not talk things out? In- * vite her and her husband over * some evening soon, have coffee * and sandwiches ready, and all * of you try to iron out these dif- * ferences. If you set the tone * on a friendly key, she may be * taken off guard and respond. * Remind her that you are going * to live next to each other for a * good many years; isn't it better * that you learn to trust each * other and be neighborly? As- * sure her that if you have offend- * ed her in any way, you are sor- * ry; that you have tried to be !' fair. and will continue to, just * as you expect she will. * Use a little judicious flattery. * ask her opinion of a project the * lodge plans for the fall. Say * you'd like one of her famous et recipes another neighbor men- * toned—and how handsome that little son of hers is getting! With * your husband's help, and a lit- s< tle tact, you may discover a * softer side that she has not dis- * closed. O It should work. If it doesn't, P then you. t.fid your husband :will 4 have to use sterner methods. O But don't let her force you to * move. Your next neighbor tnight ' be worse. * * x: ONE BRUTAL MAN "Dear Anne Hirst; I dread nay husband's paydays. I know he Will get drunk, and beat me and sny daughter. I am worried all the time I don't know what to do! "I've thought of leaving him many a time. My life is no good $Ike this. R. 1I, K." * You give ere only a bare out- line. If your husband makes a practice of mistreating you, you * had better arrange to have him * arrested the next time he strikes 4 you. * Give him fair warning that * you have taken as much as you * intend to. Cotton gee weI4 ►b For winter wear, these soft bal- briggan pajamas have warmth as well as glamor. These Cute Cuddle -Clothes for Bed Will Add Glamor to Night -eine Togs Bewitching BY EDNA BOLES IT was not so long ago that warms winter sleeping fashions were chiefly notable for their lack of fashion. it was assumed that any woman who wanted practicality in sleep- wear' wasn't interested in glamor, too. Things have changed, These days, a girl can get prac- ticality in a pretty guise For instance, balbriggan, long considered a staple, has taken'to candy stripes in both gowns and .pajamas. They come in tropical colors: pink, yellow sunshine, coral and blue.. And -a quaint rose challis print is usedfor the yoke of`.a peignoir that ha;a ruffled neckline. A fabric called "candlelight" has a shimmering rayon fleck knitted into soft cotton and for an added look of lux- ury, is trimmed with a "gold loom" knit fabric. Heavenly, soft brushed rayon in jewel colors gets the flattery of seed pearls scattered over a gathered bodice or a star-shaped yoke. Jeweled touches appear, too, in the nylon tricot styles for winter. Rhinestones are sprinkled over net or embroidered sheer details and satin appliques are used. Color counts in these new winter sleepwear fashions. Orn - bred effects are used in nylon gowns; tri -calor treatment. appears in three tones of green and grape. Green jewel, coral gem and rose pastel are three of the newest colors, This cotton balbriggan gown for winter wear has inset yoke of Pastel candy stripe. * Your life is indeed a frighten- * ing one, and to better it, you * need the protection of the law. * No woman has to stand such * continual cruelty. You have my * deep sympathy. * * * Having trouble with a neighbor? Try the Go.den Rule, plus a frank talk between you. Life is too short for quarrels ... Anne Hirst is here to advise you on any problem. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St„ New Toronto, Ont. INGE Fly tt , !j�,prrinlinr f r'ir1r140 Getting the idea you know it all is a bad policy at any time but when it conies to bus and train schedules it is disastrous, So, dear friends, if you are planning a trip by either method of transporta- tion - — or if you are advising friends who may be planning to visit you, I would suggest that you study your train time -tables and bus schedules very carefully. This advice comes to you, free of charge, because of a recent per- sonal experience. Our niece Betty was recently transferred from La Cave to the new hydro project at Niagara Falls. We knew she would be coming to visit us off and on so I sent her an up-to-date local bus schedule from Burlington to Mil- ton which showed that she could catch a bus from Burlington which would arrive here at 1.30. That was three weeks ago. Last Satur- day was her first chance to visit us. We were just sitting down to dinner when the phone rang. It was Betty, This was her tale of woe. "Aunt Cw•an, tI, ;. t+1vc stop - r 4* aeg Let's Go, Mommy—The Tatum triplets are all set kr a ride in ft,. deluxe three -passenger stroller, and wish the photographer wou' hurry up and go bye-bye, The trio are the children of Mr. ar Mrs, Gteorge E. Tatum, and have just celebrated their first Wirt' day. At the steering -gear is Helen Jeanette, and the back-,. drivers are George Edwin, Jr., left, and George Eugene, ped running the noon bus. I ate stranded here at llrontel" Oh -oh — and Bronte was twenty exiles away. Bob was down at Oakville — now if only I could catch him by phone before he left. I phoned "I'm sorry, Bob Clarke has just left." Partner told me to never mind the dinner — go on down — he could manage. But I had a sort of hunch . . . I thought I wouldn't he in too big a hurry. It just might be that Bob would be home early and he could stand the .twenty mile drive in the heat• better than I could. Sure enough, in about ten minutes along cane Bob. I ran out to tell him the news and he turned around and went back again without ever turning off the igni- tion. Now the moral of this story Iies in the fact that this little mix-up could have been avoided, had I not been so sure of myself, be cause a local time -table was pub- lished in our weekly paper two weeks running. I saw it but did not even read it as it did not draw attention to the fact that any changes had been made. So you see what I mean, friends — youcan't even trust the train* and buses these days — they are as unpredictable as the weather. The weather , . . ah, yes! Until this morning we were getting very uneasy about conditions at Gin- ger Farm — about the whole dis.f- rict in fact, as the prolonged dry spell, added to the scorching heat which prevailed last week, was certainly hard on man and beast alike. to say nothing of the pas- tures. Our cistern was practically dry and the well low enough to give us cause for anxiety. And then, during the night, we woke up and heard that Life-giving rain. Not only that but the heat wave seems to be broken. There is definitely a freshness in the air. Believe hie, we are very thankful. I expect there will be a flurry of activity on the wheat ground after the rain — until now the land has been far too dry for sowing. We have not been worried on our own account as, for the second year in succession, we are riot putting in any wheat. The cows and chick- ens seem to he all we can handle these nays — that is, unless we hire extra help. And trying to hire help would be one continual worry — farm help these days has a way of being here to day and gyne tomorrow. Tt seems strange there should be this shortage of farm help. Hours are shorter than used to he; wages are (tetter; work is easier — at least it is supposed to he. rut we sometimes wonder! When power - machinery breaks down it certainly causes a lot of grief, hard work and delay before whatever is brok- en gets fixed up again, I suppose it just is that the lure of the land is not as strong as it used to be . . , city lights are inn bright by contract. And speaking of light:,, We drove to Toronto yesterday to see Daughter. Coming home the traf- fic was terrific,. I watched the con- tinuous stream of bright lights flashing by, and 1 marvelled. How many hundreds of cars were on that one stretch of the Queen Eli- zabeth Way, I wondered -- and how many millions of dollars did those cars represent? if we knew the answer, the figures, T am sure, would be staggering. And how many sorts and conditions of peo- ple were those cars carrying? And how? . . . but there is no limit to. the questions one might ask about the cars and the people they carry. .it is the things we don't know about the people we never meet that always intrignes and interests. Inc. ISSUE 40 »-M 1h5z 5 Week's Sew -Thrifty T1 'G PATTERN PIECE S! See by the diagrams what a jiffy - dress this is! Right up -to -the -min - nate in fashion, with cross-over neckline, shirred shoulders and that gay and graceful full -circle skirt. Sew this glamour -frock in striped cotton or rustling taffeta! Pattern R4644: lfisses' Sizes 12 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 takes 4g. yards 35 -inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, sun- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (33c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Ilox 1, 123 Eight- eenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Handy Hints For Indoors and Out Keep your bathroom scissors from getting lost among the tubes and bottles on your medicine .chest shelves; Insert scissors in two Band-aids attached to the inside of your medicine chest door. Place Band-aids one above the other and several inches apart. Or stick scis- ors into two Band-aids on the un- der side of a shelf. * * Cover a cot mattress you don't use much with heavy denim, and give it to the boys for a gym neat. They'll like it for stunts—better than the furniture! • * * Use a kraut cutter to slued or- anges, lemons, and grapefruit for marmalade. Faster than hand chopping. Shave off about half of white of peel first. * * * Drive small staples, the kind used in poultry fencing, into the tops of the handles of your broom, -rnop, and duster—so you can hang thein neatly on hooks in your cleaning closet, Staples are safer than hooks on the handles. * * * Initial the pies you bake for a sale. Then buyers can tell at a glance the kind of pie, When roll- ing out the top crust, cut large letters into the dough, A for ap- ' pie, APR for apricot, P for peach,., PA for pineapple. CH for cherry, Make a hanging pan -holder (for pie pans or glass casseroles with "lips") to give more room cup- board shelves. Take 1x3 and 1x1 strips of wood as long as your shelf is deep. Center narrower strip on wider strip, so that each end makes a T, and nail together. Now nail these pairs of strips to the underside of your shelves (with the T upside down)—just far enough apart to form 'runners" to hold rims of pans. * * * Glue a small calendar to the in- side cover of your check book. Saves time and prevents error when dating checks. * * * Serve rolls and butter on the same sandwich platter when your have a number of dinner guests Place butter in center, rolls around the outside. Faster and less con- fusing than two separate plates, and you can be sure a guest isn't lacking one item or the other. * * * Make sofa -pillow covers that are easy to slip pillows out of for washing. Cut the backs in two pieces, wide enough to overlap each other several inches . at the -- center when hemmed. No fasteners to attach, or no stitches to remove before washing. • * * * Keep your food grinder from marring table or drain board: In- sert a 4x6 inch piece of rubber, cut from an old stove or sink protec- tor, between clamp and table. Keeps grinder from slipping, to. * * * Keep a tooth brush handy in your laundry for brushing dirt out of the inside corners of shirt pock- ets; also 'for scrubbing slip straps and extra -soiled collars, IN REVERSE A wealthy grain merchant bought a new car and was enjoying his first ride in it no end until a motor- cycle cop stopped him awl suggest. ed a visit to the local magistrate. "He was doing sixty," reported the cop. "Nonsense,' declared the mer- chant. "I never got her up above forty," The merchant's wife put In her two cents' worth at this point, "He wasn't going faster than twenty five," she averred. A friend who Riad been riding in the back seat added, "I'd say we were virtually at e standstill when this officer came along," The magistrate threw up his hands and cried, "Stop right now—before you. folks back into something." Artur Rubenstein, the great pian- ist, was such a social lion in Paris that he scarcely found time to prac- tice. In desperation he instructed his butler to tell all callers, re- gardlesss,of their importance, that he was not at home. The recognized leader of boulevard society phoned one tnorning while Rubenstein was playing one of his most tempestu- ous and difficcult stand-bys. "The master is not in," said the butler dutifully. "Poppycock," snapped the great lady, "I hear hien playing distinctly." "Olt, no, madam," the butler assured her. "That's just the dusting the keys." SPLITTING And the RELIEF IS LASTING For fast relief from headache get INSTANTINE. For real relief get INSTANTINE. For prolonged relief get INSTANTINEI Yes, more people every day are finding that INSTANTINa is one thing to ease pain fast. For headache, for rheumatic pain, aches and pains of colds, for neuritic or neuralgic pain you can depend on INSTANTINE tG bring you quick comfort. INSTANTINE is made like a pres- cription of three proven medical ingredients. A single tablet usually brings fast relief. Get Instantlne today and always keep it handy 12 -Tablet Tin 25fi 'Economical 48 -Tablet Bottle 75c Lo4/cS'pret4e -' I dt 'pr igefotioAegi Fruit Dread—made with New Fast DRY Yeast: ® Don't let old-fashioned, quick -spoiling yeast cramp your baking style! Get in a month's supply of new Fleischmann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast —it keeps full-strength, fast -acting till the moment you bake!' Needs no refrigeration! Bake these Knobby Fruit Loaves for a special treat! e ® Scald 11/2 c. milk, % c. granu- lated sugar, 2 tsps. salt and 1/2 c. shortening; cool to lukewarm. Meanwhile, measure into a large bowl Si% c. lukewarm water, s taps. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 3 en- velopes Fleischmann's Fast Rising Ary 'yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, THEN stir well. Add lukewarm milk mixture and stir in 2 well -beaten eggs, 36 c. .maraschino cherry syrup and 1 tap. almond extract. Stir in 4 c, once - sifted bread flour; beat until smooth. Work in 2 c. seedless raisins, 1 c. currants, 1 c. chopped candied peels, l c. sliced maraschino cherries and 1 c. broken walnuts. Work in 8% c. (about) once.sifted bread flour. Xnead on lightly - floured board until smooth and elastic, Place in greased bowl and KNOBBY FRUIT LOAVES grease top of dough. Cover and set in a warm place, free from draught. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down dough, turn out on lightly floured board and divide into 4 equal portions; cut each portion into 20 equal -sized pieces; knead each piece into a smooth round ball. Arrange 10 small balls in each of 4 greased loaf pans (41/x" x 81/Z +) and grease tops. Arrange remaining balls on top of those in pans and grease tops. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Rake in moderate oven, 850°, about 1 hour, covering 'with brown paper after first 1/Z hour. Spread cold loaves with icing, Yield -4 loaves. Note: The 4 portions of dough tnay be shaped into loaves to fit pans, instead of being divided into the stnali pieces that produce, knobby loaves. PISMINIMMINniumillrommartliMir