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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-09-03, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: I am mar- ried to a soldier, who is now overseas. Since he• left I've been sitting at home, night after night, and terribly lonesome , , , I met a nice young man who works with me, and he asked me to out, I went, and had a very nice time. "I am not looking for trouble, Anne Hirst. I just want to have some fun, But I am so confused! We don't do anything wrong, and going out once a week does give me a lift, But I don't want my husband finding out. "Can you please advise me? CONFUSED," PLAYING WITH FIRE "' Your confusion is the result Of your feeling of guilt, Yaw Iait5band would not approve of • * your dating any man, I ex- * pest -.- partic„y„ileriy this one, * for you say, "I've been good, * up until now." That reveals * your potential feeling for him * better than any words you did * not say. Why shouldn't he * think lightly of you? A mar- * ried woman who dates another * man invites propositions of * any kind. * Your dating him will not go * unobserved, you know. Your * husband, like so many other * trusting soldiers, will probably * hear about it. How do you suppose other * wives, whose men have been * absent over a year, bear their lonliness? They invest their * spare time with the Red Cross, * or join other groups working * here for the cause, and they * feel a kinship with their men * that binds them together for * the common end. Can you do less? Find out where your church, * and other organizations, can fron-On Designs in 3 colors Just glide your iron once over lightly presto! Pretty pink, gay yellow, soft blue motifs trim your scarfs, pillowslips, guest towels! No embroidery! Washable! Such a thrifty, quick way to re -do your bedroom or guestroom! Pattern 865; Twenty iron -on motifs: 4 figures about 434 x 51 inches and 16 flower motifs from 3 x 11/2 to 11/2 x 3 inches. 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Whet readers are reminded that this column appears in newspapers in almost every section of the coup - ;x , and that their problems ex- ist in every community group, they are quick to realize that my enewer to a question sin lar to their own is n"oot necessarily ixiy answer to theirs, Your attitude in this affair was exactly what it should have been, and I congratulate you. I appreciate your gratitude, too, for my opinion. * * * REMEMBER SOLDIER'S BIRTHDAY "Dear Anne Hirst: I am 17, and have been going steady with a soldier who is now overseas, My birthday was a few months ago, and not knowing about it, he did not send me anything. "Now his birthday comes soon. I don't know whether to send him something, or just a card. What shall I do? WORRIED GIRL" Send the soldier an airmail birthday card, by all means It may arrive late. So why not write him a pretty note of good wishes? Say you have just learn- ed about his anniversary, and as the card may not come in time, this little note will say you are thinking of him, and looking for- ward to the time you two can celebrate birthdays together, This will be a gracious gesture, and the more welcome because it is unexpected. If you are a soldier's wife, use your leisure time to work for victory here. There is no better cure for loneliness. . In any tixne of stress, consult Anne Hirst. She will have helpful ideas. Write her at this news- paper. LL ar'in g Winston 2•''d Surveying the volume and high qualiyt of • Churchill's sub- sequent literary achievement, it is amusing to reflect that I was his first editor and Press censor. He came to me one day•.—I was then schoolboy editor .of the Harrovian—with an article on recent assault -at -arms in the gymnasium. The article was highly critical, not to say scur- rilous. I hind to blue pencil several of the choicest witti- cisms in spite of the writer's impassioned and almost tearful protests. Even what I passed in this and one or two subsequent arti- cles went rather beyond the con- . ventionally restrained tone of the Harrovian. Accordingly t h e headmaster, Dr. Welldon, sum- moned the young author to his study and addressed him in the following terms: "I have observed certain ar- ticles in the Harrovain news paper lately not calculated to in- crease the respect of the boys for the constituted authorities of the school. As articles in the. Har- rovain are anonymous, I shall not dream of inquiring who wrote them. But if any more of the same character appear, it may be my painful duty to swish you,' Two gentlemen were introdu- ced in the lobby of a Chicago hotel. "Pardon my not getting up," said one. "You see, I'm ail- ing from arthritis." "Perfectly all right," beamed the other. "I'm Goldfarb from Grand Rapids." ISSUE 36 -- 1953 16tooden iDllord43eilders—These big "boys" aren't playing blocks —they're stringing -up preservative impregnated wood samples at a Bell Laboratories test "farrnt!" More than 20 million telephone poles support the network of wires, and with replacements and new poles going up of the rate of 800,000 per year, maxi- mum weather resistance of wood is of utmost importance. No Argument From Her—French starlet Simone Bach is staying out of the controversy over shorter skirt Lengths for the time being. She's satisfied with a bathing suit and the beach at Juan Les pins, Fra ce. HIRONICLES INGERF AR esemdolerve P. Clark¢,. Women of all nations began their invasion of Toronto last week. They overflowed the Royal ,. York, the Walker House. the Y.M.C.A., the W.C.T,U. and the homes of personal friends, -Din- ing-rooms, restaurants and coffee shops, all had a long line-up ,at rush hours. Americans, British, Canadians and folk from "down under" mingled with visitors and "observers" in colourful na- tional costumes from Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden; from India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Egypt and Japan as, for the first time in its history, Canada was the meeting place for rural Wo- men from all over the world dur- ing the Seventh Triennial Con' ference of the Associated Conn , - try Women of the World, ; The ;first president of this great organization was • a Canadian, Mrs. Alfred Watt who was elected at Stockholm, Sweden in 1933 -- the same Mrs. Watt who step, the actual official opening took place in Convication Hall, Uni- versity of Toronto on August 14, followed by a tea on the campus at Hart House, The weather was ideal, bright sunshine accentuated the varied colouring of the pie- turesge national costumes worn by delegates from far countries -- the glittering Egyptian cos- tume, the dignity and charm of the 'Ceylon and Pakistan dress and the homespun, richly em- broidered dresses from Scandi- navia. Mrs. Hugh Summers was chair- man for the opening ceremonies at which there was an impres- sive processional when the flags of the countries represented by the A.C.W.W. were carried in, slowly, solemnly, by members of the Junior Women's Institutes and the Homemaking Clubs of Canada. No doubt you will have read all the details in your daily paper so that anything I might say might be merely repetition. Yes, you may have read com- plete and exact reports but this I must add: No report, no photo- graph, can convey to you the un- explainable inward emotion that came to me as, in my dual capa- city as W. I, member and press At The Big Conference—A happy trio at the Get -Together party held at the Royal York to start off the ACWW Conference, were, Left to right, Mrs. Bessie Gray, Sarnia, a Chippewa Indian, in her national dress; Mrs. K. Kuppuswarny of Mysore, India; Mrs. S. Sem of Oslo, Norway, in costume of Telemark, Norway, cessfully introduced the • Wo- representative, I ,mstool or the men's Institute to England and sidelines, and watched and lis - Wales. Mrs. Watt was a woman tened. Believe me, I felt both with vision but it is doubtful if proud and humble to be a part even Mrs, Watt visualized an or- of this great assembly. Day by ganization that in twenty years day, one hears and reads distress - would reach its present mem- ing and conflicting reports or bership of nearly 6,000,000 wo world and local affairs. But here, men, representing 25 nations of amid the women of many na- the world. From this vast mem-. tions, I was conscious of an up- bership considerably over a thou: lift of spirit; a feeling that with sand delegates registered for the: so many fine and intelligent wo- Triennial Conference in Canada, to men taking an active interest, meet together for one specific not only in their own problems purpose -- to discuss ways and but in those of other races and means of improving rural condi- creeds, that somehow, out of tions in every country, but es- chaos, we shall find peace, and pecially in under-developedgood fellowship among all na- areas. Round Table discussions tions, I felt this even more are being held almost every day strongly during the splendid ser- during the Conference for the vice in the Memorial Hall at the purpose of studying the economic Ontario Agricultural College, problems of people living on the Guelph, attended by 21 bus -loads land. These discussions . ;nee ex- 'of delegates from Toronto head- tremely valuable as from them quarters. The Rev, Dr. David the women . learn to appreciate M. Gallagher in his address, said the difficulties of other nations , that we no longer think of dis-• in dealing with problems which tante in terms of miles but of may be quite different from their • time — time in getting from one own. One country may report a place to another -- and how surplus of farm labour; another short a time it often is. In speak- - Canada, for instance, a serious, ing of the "Associated Country shortage, Women of the World" he said, Ideas, opinions and experiences: in effect, how different would be are freely exchanged in these its meaning if one word --"min- try" were left out. It would then be "Women of. the World" which could suggest "woridy women" —the exact opposite to the true meaning of, the A.C.W.W. Ile also urged his listeners to take time, after the Conference, to think ahead. "Don't get so tired during the Conference," warned 13r, Gallagher, "that you have no time afterwards to make use of all you have seen and heard." Well, I shall be telling you more about this great Conference in future columns. as, I can assure you, there is far more to it than most of us ever dreamed was possible, and, as you know, it may be years before the A.C, WV. is held in Canada twain. discussions, and, no matter what: the subject may be, there it every evidence that most of these women have an extraordj., nary grasp of the situations ing volved, and, in most cases, delhi. ite suggestions for improvement. are offered. Naturally the errs- srs is on should doinworld can, affairs, all the way from ethical. ing the underprivileged to pare ticipating in the work of • the United Nations. As one woman put it "To educate a man is fine but educate a woman and you educate the whole family," Preliminary activities had been taking place tor several days but Somo Queer Clubs Thi re Really Exclusive! To -day it seems almost excuse will serve to found e whose membership is lirnite people with the most 'mu qualifioations. These clubs, really exclusive. Amongst the latest 'addit to the list of really unusual e is that announced as being f ed in Britain by the mother murdered boy. Mernebership this one — one of the wo most exclusive and grimly usual clubs --will be open to the relatives of unsolved m der victims. At first the el believed to be the only one its kind in the world -- will restricted to the mothers of dered children, To -day a lon and _ broken-hearted w 0 m wants to make centact with of mothers who will help her forming the club. One club ---always open members --is that catering sol Tor males who are all worn haters. Indeed, they are the m who have to pay alimony to wives who have left them. Amongst the unique clubs the United States is that resery for people who, on occassio "wish to kick themselves." Th North Carolina body •has actual had a machine installed for benefit of its members, who b pressing a button receive a kit in the pants. Borrowed Time The world's most unusual club include- one whose members a all living on borrowed time. The are men and women of differen ages, and each with his or he on hobby. This club has bu one rule. No ane is eligible for membership who has not live three months beyond the tim given him by a doctor. Most o those enrolled are people suffer ing from some form of diseas which cannot be cured, or whos energy has been sapped by sur gical operations or who are to weak to fight illness. As long ago as 1936 a Mrs Jesse Green started this club and deaths, amongst . the mem- bers, have been few. Being tall has its drawbacks especially if you are young an fond of danding. Recently, there- fore, a club was formed whos male members must be over si feet and the ladies not Less than five R feet eight inches. But why don't the "short" people, er those who require really "outsize gar- ments," get together? Even misers have their own gathering. Called the Split Farth- ing Club, the qualifications for membership are meanness 'and prudence in the use of money. Many indeed are the bachelor's clubs. In every land we find them, but most of the member- ship subscriptions are not renew- ed ,after a` year or two. r:x Even Tax Dodgers If you are fond of the eerie, you may like to join the Ghost Club. Its members are very much of this world, and are people who are interested in psychical. re- search. They make a nobby of investigating any ghost story that has pints of interest. If the Cigar Club, whose mem- bers never smoke cigarettes or pipes — is still in existence, they should by now have invited Sir Winston •Churchill to become their president, for ane of the club rules forbids members to smoke anything but cigars. The U.S.A. is, of course, the land of the really queer clubs. These range from those who dabble in black magic to one especially for red -heads. In the States the hen-pecked husbands, pole squat- ters, and• even the income tax dodgers have clubs, A club for every unusual de- mand seems to be the order of the day. If there is riot a club in existence to cater for your re- quirements, you merely insert an advertisement in the Press and, hey presto! you are soon joined by fellow -enthusiast. any club d to sual are ions lube to of a of rld's un - only ur- ub- of be mur- ely an her in for ely ev- en the in ed n, is ly the y k s fie y t r t d e f e e 0 d e x In California is the headqua ters of the Xnterxiatienal Bottle Club, The membership is not confined to heavy drinkers, but. to people who are interested in the empties. It was founded more than twenty years ago by an Australian traveller who scrib- bled messages in many languages and, placing them in sealed bet- ties, east them adrift while An. a voyage from Vancouver to Syd- ney. Over the years these bottle have been washed ashore, and s scores of people answering the messages have joined the club. All sorts of clubs eater for old people. Most unusual, perhaps, is the Odd Volume Club. It con- sists of those with a literary bent, one of whom will write a book all but the last chapter. Another member will then read what has been written and complete the story by adding his own larit chapter. Were you born in a covered wagon? If so, there already is a club anxious to have your mem- bership. Called the Covered Wa- gon Baby Club, it caters for the 100 babies who are believed to have been born in covered wa- gons. Perhaps this is the age of clubs. There is even one for people with ugly faces. If, therefore, you can't stand the sight of yenr own, or you are convinced that other people can't, you should apply for membership. No doubt yes will feel happy beside the broken noses and cauliflower ears. `Curve of Flattery! 4731 Eo -2O /Att6. -444 What a glamorous way to look by sun or moonlight! That curved neckline molded over the bosom does such beautiful things for your figure, The skirt is gracefully gathered in front _- so pretty when you turn, walk, dance. 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