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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-05-21, Page 2"Dear Anne Hirst: Vitt tun please publish this before it is too late? I love this girl like a sister. She reads your column weekly, and I am praying she will take your advice; she has listened to no one 'else.. "She comes from a good home, where she had every advantage and plenty of freedom. She was a wonderful girl—until she took a position and started running around with questionable com- panions. Finally she eliminated them all, except one young man still in his teens. "Fie wont work long at any job; he has no ambition. He has no responsibilities, and when he's crossed by acts like a child. He treats his parents with the ut- most disrespect. He has even been in trouble with the law! "He has dragged the girl down to his level. If I hadn't known her for ,Years, I wouldn't recog- nize her now; she does as she pleases and resents her family who are only trying to help her. Her mother's health is breaking beneath the strain, but she is beyond eating. "Now- they are planning to elope. Can't something be done to wake her up before she takes that fatal step? A HEARTBROKEN FRIEND" TRAGEDY AHEAD * Over and over again your un- * fortunate friend has read my * counsel to other deluded girls * who have strayed from the * righteous path. She chooses to * ignore my warnings against dis- * solute companions, and tosses * aside the grievous consequences * that ensue. In her blind deter- * urination to pursue her own Week's Sew Thrifty tic:ri, cs, i es;ardless of reason or right, she scorns the tenets of " her church and family train- ": ing—as, hi her present state, she would scorn any advice from me. 'this is different!" she is telling herself, She will find out it is only the same sorry tale of an obstinate girl * who thinks she knows best. If the knowledge that she is * breaking her mother's heart (as ''` she is wrecking her health), * has not touched her, she seems • indeed beyond helping. You and I shudder to picture '' what her future can be. Tied * to a weakling who defies all * known morality, who thumbs * his nose at the law (and who • cannot even support her) she * will pay the price of her Lolly, * and that price she will learn all too soon. For I believe she • will find herself alone, deserted * and tarnished, and she will * have no one to blame but her - r` self. • s` I am sorry for her. I am more ` sorry for her family, for you * and others who love her, who • stand helplessly by, watching " her plan her own ruin, a. * NOT GOOD ENOUGH "Dear Anne Hirst: Over a year ago I fell in love with a nice boy, but he is disappointing me badly. He seldom takes me out, but if I want to go to a show he will pay my way. If I date anyone else he throws a nasty scene and embarrasses everybody. —"But he dates other girls whenever he feels like 'it: We have broken off more than once, but I love him, so I always take him back. What shall I do? R.T. • It is well that you have come r, to your senses. A boy who * blows hot and cold, who does * as he pleases, but refuses you * the same privilege cannot make " any nice girl happy for bong. * Stop seeing him •ab al.L Don't • accept any excuse, that he of- * fors. Tell him you are through, * and mean it, * Date ocher boys; soon, I hope, * you will find one more sincere * and reliable. This one is not * good enough for you. We cannot direct the lives of others. When we mourn their choosing the wrong path, we can only stand by, to help later on when they need us. . . . Anne iv Hirst is here to give you the bene- fit of her wisdom -anti observation. ! Write het at Box 1, 123 Eight- • eenth St., New Toronto. Ont. IT'S VERSATILE: It's the Wrapon! Wrap it on now tor a coverall apron, later for a wrap- around sundress. Sewing and ironing are so easy—you see by the diagram how few parts and seams there are. Smart, too, with that princess panel, those pockets! Pattern 4689: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 33•.i yards 35 -inch. This pattern easy to use, elm- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (3U) 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, Ont, .ow Grandma Moses Got Her Start When 1 was quite small my father would get me and my brothers white paper by the sheet, it was used for news- papers. He liked to see us draw pictures, it was a penny a sheet 1 and it lasted longer than candy. My oldest brother loved to draw steam engines, that was a hobby with him, the next brother went in for animals, but as for myself I had to have pictures the gayer the better. I would draw the pic- ture, then colour it with grape juice or berries, anything that was red and pretty in my way of thinking. Once I was given some carpenter's red and blue chalk, then I was rich, children did not have so much in those days, we appreciated what we did gel, . , I commenced to paint on sticks of wood. Next summer I would get pieces of slate and window panes. Then I had some pretty pictures. That was the time they made' -fun of me, I had some "very pretty lamb stapes," as my brothers said I called them, they had some brilliant sunsets, and father would say, "Oh not so bad." But mother was more practical, thought that .1 could spend my time other ways.— From "Grandma Moses." edited by Otto Kallir. Men sure go for M`'t..GIC cake COCONUT FU!)GI CHIFFON CAKE. lvli:c and tuft into a bowl, 1 c. polus 2 tbs. once -sifted wake flour, 134 tsps. Magic Baking Powder, i4 tsp. salt '.i c. fine granulated sugar; mis in 3.4 c. desiccated coconut, Make a well in the dry ingredients and add in the order given (do cot stir mixture), c. earn (rnatad, oil, 2 unbeaten egg yolks, 3.4 n. plus 2 tbs. water, 1 tsp. vanilla, 234 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled, Stn the liquids to intermingle. then stir in the clry ingredients; brat until batter is smooth, Measure into a large bowl 3,4 e. egg whites (at room temperature) and sprinkle with 34 tsp. cream of tartar; beat until the egg whiles are very very stiff.__ much stiffer than for meringues. angel cakes, etc. Add flour mixture, about a quarter at a time, and fold after each addition until bat ter and egg whites ore thoroughly combined. Turn batter into an ungreased A" angel cake pan; bake in a rather slow oven, 325', alboul. 1 hour. immediately cake comes from oven, invert; pan and suspend cake until ,Nile). , y. esemoseseessees,00°"*-4-- Fomily Portrait—Jean Robinson, 27, .the only woman among 10 artists creating eight 16 -foot emblemi representing the eight self- governing countries of the British C rnmonwealth, puts the fin- ishing touches on Canada's emblem: The emblems will adorn London's Parliament Square during the coronation. 711 S z iiNGE.. :i Gn.,a,ttid.oti.me. P Cle clew • For the first Lime in—I don't know how many days—we have a lovely, bright, sunshiny day. No wind, no rain, no fog. Marvel- bons! It just makes you feel like singing—"Oh what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day; I have a wonderful feeling everything's coming my way.' Maybe it isn't but hope never hurt anyone yet. -The rain -soaked earth probably has that feeling too and its way of showing • its gladness is by helping the flowers to bloom in joyous abandon. Yes- terday we wandered part way through a bush where we found Mayflowers, .hepaticas, blood- roots, early trilliums and .a few species of wild :flowers 'we did not recognize. The purpose of our visit to the woods was really to settle an argument. Arthur insisted that mayflowers and he- paticas were one and the same - flower. Daughter said they were not, and I wasn't sure. So we all piled into the car, including Partner, a visitor and even Honey, and we headed for the nearest bush on high ground . . . no swampy places after that rain. There the argument was settled by finding both mayflowers and . hepaticas, exactly fitting the des- cription we had already looked up in the encyclopaedia. Actually, we could have taken Daughter's word for it because she certainly knows her wild •flowers. But it was Tun to find proof by seeing. Dee and Art dug up a few roots of this and that to take home for their garden—but not trilli- ums. Apart from flowers we are always amused at the stuff city folk tike to take back with theta • . from the country. Yesterday it was wild flowers and garden flowers: roots and slips; rhubarb, cream and eggs --but the two last items are always paid for. After all they provide part of our in- ' come—and we do have to live. Too often farm produce is took- ' ed upon as nature's bounty by visitors to the country who often think it 'strange if Mrs, Farmer --doesn't give them a parting gift of something that has been grown or raised on the farm. Where is a surplus, that is just fine, and it is generally. gladly shared, But if a salable product is in question then city cousins should at least be prepared to pat' for what they get at a whole- sale level. A fter all, why should a farmer, any more than a gro- . ter or a dry goods merchant, be expected to give away his li.r t - lihood? Maybe I am wrong -- or meaner than most .—• but that is the way 1 look at it --. except, of course, where there is a rase of need; where we )mow the folk in question are having quite a time in making ends meet; or where there is, or has been, sickness in the family. Then we • are only too glad to give what- ever we fee] is acceptable, whether it be salable or not. Daughter and I also have an- other way of doing things. We have a sort of barter system. When site is shopping if she sees something she knows we want put on. as week -end special, she buys it, brings it home and takes ' its value in eggs'. And a cer- tain amount of exchanging alms takes place periodically. In fain -- School is a Circus—Students at Florida State University, Fla., have the opportunity to enroll in a circus course. Patricia Payne and George Bowers are seen passing a test in high -wire antics under the big top. 1 • at The :The chat,ens aro a 1r tt.t% uuno° than 25 to 1 in your favor that your baby will be born alive and healthy. There is 1 chatiee in 50 that the baby will be stillborn. The mother's odds are •over 500 to 1 in her favor. if you speed some of your time during the work day dream- ing about how wonderful and healthy it would be to be work- ing with your bands, perish the thought. Dr, Louis Dub 1 1 n, famed statistician, states the Life , expectation of office workers is one eighth greater than that of industrial workers. u, c: * I1. you borrowed money from a small loan company lately it's 1 to 6 you borrowed it to defray doctor and hospital bills. ' As if you didn't know. It has been estimated that about hail of humanity has a difficult time falling asleep. If you are among the hate -to -go -to - bed half, according to Dr. Don- ald Allaird, the odds are 3 to 1 that you use some kind of thought control like counting sheep, money, etc., to woo slum- ber; 2 to 1 you read books or magazines; even that you use musical relaxation tricks: 1 to 3 you take warm drinks; 1 to 3 you smoke; 1 to 3 you take hot baths; 1 to 10 you use drugs; and 1 to 18 you use alcohol. Is that a corporation, old boy, or is it just your 4hi.r't tails work- ing up? IT it's fat you'd better start watching your shadow be- cause Dr. James W. Barton finds that of a group of 18 men, 9 fat and 9 thin at the age of 40, there will still be 9 lean men at 50 but only 6 fat. At 80 there will be 3 lean and one fat man. The odds increase until that fat stuff makes it 3 to 1 against you. The world may be round but your feet might easily be flat. The War Department says past examinations show the chances are 1 in 8 you have fallen arches or flat feet. ,. a, .. The odds are even that you. and your family spend $100 per year for medical services. How- ever, it is estimated that there are $350,000,000 worth of unpaid doctors' bills in the United States and Canada. When that crooner sings "Your're a Sweet Little Head- ache".. he isn't kidding. If you . are a girl your- ,chances • are , 2 to 1 more than a map's yot( will suffer from migraine. * * Have you bad your pint today? Of water, I mean. If you have the odds are 5 to 1 you won't be as well as you should be. Five pints is the recognized. quota. * * „ Even if lightning doesn't strike more than once in the same place that isn't going to do 1 out of 7,000 people any good. Those are the odds in your favor during a thunderstorm. • uu ii. t,&<:k,'. i.)u you know that the odds are 35 to 1 that you will n:vcr have hay fever? If you do contract it the chances ere 9 to 1 that some .khtd of treatment will banish many of the sneeeee and sniffles. Army doctors and scientists have gone to some trouble to prove that war is hell but with et little analgesic balm. With ad- vancement in medicine the odds in favor of a wounded man not dying are 33 to 3. During World War I they were 10 to 1. Do you have a pet elephant in your back yard? If you do he'll live twice as long as you will. A crocodile will outlive you I Mc times and so will a tortoise, eagle,, crow, raven or swan, Otherwise the chances are that you will out- live' your pet. ,: 4. How often while enduring a bellyache have you pondered on animal life and envied it? You're wrong, Most animals die from inflammation of the intestines unless lucky e n o u g h• to be humanely slaughtered for our consumption. ilies there is often something that one person doesn't want that another -person can use. One's needs change with the passing years. Back in the days when every farmer's • wife had to think of threshing and c o r n - cutting , meals it 'was necessary to "keep a good supply of dishes on hand. Now, in many districts, -threshing gangs are a thing of the past—a combine eats only gas and oil. So, unless they are given away, surplus dishes are stacked up, doing nothing better than gathering dust. Yes, it is easy -to find, new homes for old things—hs limited numbers—but not on a wholesale scale. And so it is that when a person has passed away we of- ten come across that saddest of all domestic problems—what to do with the unwanted furnish- ings of a home. Perhaps the late owner was a widow, or a widow- er, living alone. The children ,are married and have hones of their own, They have no room for ad- ditional furniture. Few modern homes have an attic, some don't even have a basement, there isn't even room for storage. So, if an estate must be settled there is only one solution to the problem —an auction sale. And all the dear, intimate things that have been treasured through the years must go to the highest bidder. If only more people would enjoy their possessions in their own lifetime instead of putting them away in. mothballs. Think of the silver, crystal and beautiful quilts that are carefully put away in case they might get broken or spoilt. Last week 1 got word that my one remaining brother had passed away in Eng- land, following a severe stroke. 1Te was recently widowed and had a beautiful home, 1 hate to think of all the lovely things he and his wife had worked so hard to acquire, and to save, now at the mercy of the auctioneer's hammer. Let us make the best of what we have—if they break or wear out we shall at least have had -the enjoyment of using them as long as they lasted. ISSUE ,f1 1953 And the RELIEF is '. �:....: LASTING Nobody knows the cause of rheteu- tisin but we do know there's ono thing to ease the pain . , . it's INSTANTINE. And when you take INSTANTIN,L the relief is prolonged because IN$TANTINE contains not one, but three proven medical ingredients. These three ingredients work together to bring you not only fast relief but more prolonged relief. Take Irtsur.rr NE for fast headache relief too or for the pains - of neuritis or neuralgia and the aches and pains that often accompany a cold. r aW l T‘n, Set lnstantine today and always keep It handy 12-TabtetTin 25 Economical 48 -Tablet Bottle 750 ertiA)-u OATMEAL ROLLS They "par ouf" perfectly with new Fast DRY Yeast! e No more yeast worries! No more yeast that stales and weakens! New Fleischtnalufs Fast Rising Dry Yeast keeps FULL STRENGTH till you use it •— FAST ACTING when you use it! Needs no refrigeration — get a month's supply and keep in your. cupboard! OATMEAL ROLLS to Stirring constantly, quickly pour 1 c. boiling Water into 3/4 c. oatmeal, Scald. 3/q c. milk, 2 tbs. granulated sugar, 1t/� tsps. salt, 2 tbs. molasses and 3 tbs. shorten- ' ing; cool to lukewarm, Mean- while, measure into a large bowl 1/2 c. lukewarm 'water, 1 tsp. granulated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved, Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleischmatin's Fast Rising . Dry Yeast. Let stand 30 minutes, THEN stir well. Mix in oatmeal., then lukewarm milk mixture. Stir in 2 c. o,tre- siftcd bread flour; beat smooth. Work in 2% c. (about) once -sifted bread flour, Knead on lightly - floured board until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and grease top of dough. Cover and set in a warm place, free from draught. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down dough and turn out on board sprinkled. with oatmeal; cot. into.2 .equal por- tions and cat each portion into 16 pieces, Knead into smooth balls and easily in 2 greased 8" aware cake pans. ('.Pease tops. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Rake in moderately hot overs, 375", about 30 minutes. Yield-- 32 small rolls.