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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1938-08-19, Page 6M OOM The North American flea ew heads is Digest) 0 'Of the '7O's and '80's t?@ s u sig rpern Was second only to crh!drt p,;zmlfortance. My mother, bAAtier aad mytself were clothed t 9 m Q ,fi out hat the searing room.; eRlIg t >eethingready-made except I2OQp ;skirts and corsets, stockings iitd (shares, and an oecasionn,l coat. Sewing actiwtties were continual, lent the )pig moment came every spring and fall, when; a • real- dressmaker er- rived to produce our "best" or "Su d`ay" dresses. Days were spent sn elect - ,ng patterns and Choosing themater- ial from the dry goods store's large • • assortment of wools and 'silks, pap lints and alpacas for winter=of de- tainee an organdies, lawns and call - odes or &mummer. Again and again we looked them over, considering price and, above all, quality for quality, in my mother's code, was a moral attribute. Bei+ore the dressmaker arrived the sewing room. trust be ready. Scissors had been sharpened, and innumerable bobbins wound for the sewing ma- 011ie, which bad been overhauled and oiled. On hand was an extraordinary collection of linings, whalebone, braids, spools of thread, assorted boobs and eyes, pins and needles. Sewing tables, lapboards and scrap baskets .must be ready, and the com- ing autocrat's favorite chair in place. And then Caine the .momentous day. We liked it to be Monday, for than the dressmaker had had a Sunday to sleep off her last place. We knew all about her regular clients. There were those we knew to be "trying." We shared never ever to 'ria trrakg, Th vore.. those who vte thought aped her by a ttentleP; wO couldn't rival (theina but, gate did.,your 'besit. For a fortnight tape dressn leer was the center ,,of the house&. ,1di. A cup of coffee was gent to • her wheit she arrived in the morn ing. She Oared our noon dinner and mother -saw to it that cher favorite thea were 'served. At four . o'clock .Mother. and •bite dressmaker had a cup of 'tea to, bele 'them through the last terrible hour when their cheeks were flushed and, their tempers a bit rag- ged.. , Trimming:bhe clothed `was the most exciting process ; you had a wide choice ot bands or ruffles; you could have fringes, bugles, ,passementerie. The buttons, in endless variety, con- tributed not only to our adornment but 'to a favorite collecting hobby of the young -the button string.:I had buttons from all the family past, and from friends, and I knew the history of each one. "Cleaning up the litter" after a day's work was serious business, for everything must be saved. The big pieces were carefully put away for future repairing. The scraps went in- to the piece bag to be used on the crazy quilt mother always had under way. I have now a treasured quilt which gives a fairly complete history of the gowns which came out of our sewing room over a period of twenty- five years. 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It takes the advertising store at its own valuation. It likes to do busi- ness with those who manifest eagerness to serve it. It likes to buy at those stores which have to renew their Stocks frequently. • Advertising is just communicating news and informa- tion about one's store and service. It is just a form of talking. It is those who talk who are listened to. Silent stores lose out to stores which' carry on conversations - in the form of newspaper advertisements -with those whose custom they want. • Any retailer who wants to get more customers --for the replacement of customers who become lost to him and for the expansion of his business -can surely get them by making his store important in their eYes, and by putting in his advertisements the kind of information which will help buyers come to decisions. ` • Our newspaper's advertising department is ever Will- ing to help retailers prepare the right kiiid of advertise- ments -free assistance, of course. • .o- 1 Help 'irin • ove your personality with Wr g hrsetpGm u. Keep your teeth w. ;;Rite, breath sweet. by using healthful Wrigley% Gum daily -as Millions de. The chil- dren also love the delicious re- freaking flavor of Wrigley's Double Mint. Take some home today. cs.as AAAAAAAAAAA 1'"" went on. In the '70's I was wearing high -neck, long -sleeve, wool combina- tion suits; home-made because mother dad not think those beginning to come from the factory fitted properly. Over these were worn cotton drawers but- toned around the waist-"pantieys" we called them -and a thigh -necked chem'• is.e. Our best undergarments receiv- ed the same attention as our beat gown. Mother would never use imita- tion lace or machine embroidery, which she hated as she hated lies. She herself knit beautiful lace, (hem- med and tucked ruffes-miles of them -'for the bottom of drawers • and chemises. But the faotory got the best of her at last. In the multitude of new duties that life brought she finally yielded to ready-made ruffling and machine tucking, though I sus- pect she prayed God to forgive her - Over these underthings we wore petticoats. In winter I had a red flannel petticoat for everyday wear, and one of white flannel for Sunday. Over that I wore ra heavy, colored petticoat. In, summer we had tucked and fri1led•'white petticoats. We wore cotton stockings in summer and heavy -woollen stockings in winter, some- times of mother's beautiful knitting. I never heard of silk stockings in 'those days. Thus we were outfitted with pain and thought and' care. And fo•r what occasions? The most important was church; Sunday promenades up the main street in our town of Titusville, Pennsylvania, had all the features of the Fifth Avenue parade in New York today. People surreptitiously looked to see how your new basque was made or your hat trimmed. When you m.et someone who had a gown or a hat like yours -that was a trag- edy. ' I remember distinctly. the gown I wore to the classroom when I went to college in 1876: a tight -fitting black alpaca .redingote, down to my instep in front, a tiny train behind. It was trimmed with 48 white pearl button's, almost as large as 25 -cent pieces. My first bit of deliberate coquettis!haess S was connected: with the scarlet felt petticoat which I wore under this dress- Whenever I lifted my train on the dusty campus [maths, I took great care to show that scarlet petticoat. Tbere were evidences in my college wardrobe of the agitation for more sensible dressing. I had already laid aside the egrset with the steel stays in favor of a stitched Ferris waist buttoned down the front. By this time, the feminine silhouette, which from the waist clown had been that. of A. huge swaying bell, was very like that of a pear that had been cut down the middle, float in front, bulging be- hind, My alpaca redingote was worn with a bustle at the waistline to hold out the skirt. Wihat impresses me now, as I think of the way we dressed, is that I got muoh more fun out of it, as well as a greater feeling of dignity, than I do from my present method. The careful pl'an'ning, the attention to prin- ciples, all contributed to making the sewing room respected. Its two chief 'principles were mother's insistence that quality was a virtue, imitation a kind of sin; and father's contention that waste was wrong, becau6e you robbed the poor. When you finally discarded an old dress you gave it to somebody who needed it -after first putting it in or- der and pressing it. Then you watch- ed to see how she used it. bf she didn't take respectful care of, it you were not likely to give her aother. The final act in the sewing room drama was the burning of the con- tents of the waste barrel into which had gone only useless scraps of cloth. On some still evening my father Would empty the barrel in.his garden. I always sat on the back steps and watched the remnants of what had meant so much to me going up :n smoke. Finally father would rake the ashes over his garden. Good fertiliz- er. "Nothing lost but the smoke," he would laugh. But even the smoke had not been lost on me. I had dreamed dreams as it went up, dreams of new dresses and less, far less, substantial . things Who can say that smoke which evokes dreams is lost? ON E%POSITOR Publishers , Established, 1860 WHY FEAR THE DENTIST (Condensed from The American Mercury in Reader's. Digest) The "dental-ohair jitters" is one of the most uncontrollable of all the fears that assail ' mankind. Many patients introduce themselves to a dentist with the ashamed acknowledg- ment: "Doctor, I'm an awful coward." But actually, is it fear of dental pain, that causes strong men to quail and quake, women to wince and wail? A classic instance of fright was ex- tbibited by an internationally_ famous detective. After several " sleep'lega nights with a toothache, he telephon- ed to a dentist for an appointment= -- and immediately fell inter a state of emotional panic. On three successive days he cancelled the engagement, Fimlaily, in desperation, he actually went to the office. Ile sat in the re- ception room for a few minutes, then rushed into 'the 'secretary's office. "Just remember another appoint- ment," he splattered, as he fled. Nekt day, the pain being worse, he fo'reed. himself • as far at. the dental In Germany today if u cQtizen is not, parsimonious by stature, he is forced' to be so by, law. Nothing is waster}. Retailers have been insitructed .to,use as little -paper as possible for wrap- ping parcels; and no string. Teethe paste tubes carry the words: "This tube must not be thrown away '-''WO- Mer must do without rubber in their garters. ' Toy .balloons for the kiddies are banned. Government regulations provide that every housewife collect no leas than seven categories pf waste mater- ial: rags, articles made of copper, nickel, tin, aluminuein, lead, etc.; iron and steel scraps; waste paper; rabbit skins; bottles; bones. Specially lie - eased dealers come around and ' col- lect these. It takes a lot of skillful doing for a German housewife to provide a good dinner. "This is my first whipped cream in three weeks," explained my hostess one evening. "I have It now only' because several days ago I ex- plained at my shop tlfat I expected a foreign guest, and asked as a special favor that a bit of cream be saved for me." "You have cards for dairy and meat products ?" I asked. , My hostess answered: "No. But each shopkeeper has a 'customer's chair. To gain time; he asked scores of silly questions. Then he suddenly put his hand intoa pocket, assumed an air of embarrassment, and said: "I'm sorry, Doctor, but I'll have to postpone thisi--I forgot to bring, any money." He was told that he would be billed. "No, I always pay cash -o dentists," he said sternly, and again the fied. Still another night of suffering dragged him back once more. He sat in the chair -a 230 -pound, six-foot specimen of manhood -his nerve de- stroyed by a combination of pain, loss of sleep, and extreme embarrassment. He wept like a child. Between sobs he gasped: "1'm not a coward, but I simply can't do it! "This has been the most .humiliat- ing experience of a lifetime," he con- fessed. "Dootor, I have gone into a dark room where I knew a killer was waiting with drawn gun. . . . Yet my teeth are rotten because all my life I've been afraid to go to a dent- ist. " I'm not afraid of anything that lives -except • a dentist." This case can be matched thundreds of times in every veteran dentist's experience. Famous aviators, war heroes, and deap-sea divers, who have faced death itself without a qualm, exhibit intense panic in the dentist's chair. Many women patients declare that they would rather endure 'the pangs of childbirth than the .mental stress of having a 'tooth removed. In view of the well known fact that anesthesia and dental surgical technique now make the removal of teeth painless, dentists often ask such patients: "What do you fear?" The answer is invariably: "I don't know -there's just something about having a' tooth extracted. I dread it." Is it possible that a part at least of this fear is a carrytover from a long history of dental suffering? Skull's of prehistoric pian provide am- ple evidence of the existence of den- tal disease and the anguish it caused: Mummies from early Egypt show not only that pyorrhea and decay of teeth were prevalent then, but also that crude tooth -fillings and bridgework were inserted under conditions which must (have pulled the last strings :1 neural agony. The fact that our ancestors not only suffered but also observed the tortur- ed expressions on' the faces of others who were enduring dental pain, and heard their groans and outcries, must have left a deep psychic impression. At one time a common method of "killing a nerve" was to place a sharp- ened hardwood stick in the cavity of the tooth and strike it with a mllet. These background circumstances sug- gest that man may be preyed upon, by a dental -fear complex growing out of a racial memory of intense, prolong- ed, and unall•eviated dental agony. Another factor that stharpens fear is that the roots of a tooth are em- bedded in bone -tootle of a jaw. Con- sequently, each manual disturbance or vibration of the teeth is transmitted to these bones and, by conduction, di- rectly to the skull surrounding the brain. Moreover, sounds emanating from dental procedures become ampli- fied, owing to the proximity of the orgens of hearing, and increase the fear of patients, even' when no pain is involved. This mental condition in- dicates the , important role of imag- ination and anticipated anguish in the production of dental fear. Whatcan be done about it? Ob- viously, the toothache must be elim- inated from man's collection of un - (happy experiences. Dental research has made definite progress in the hunt for causes of decay. By taking such precautions in ,diet and 'hygiene„as science already prescribes, and with dentists prepared' to perform pain - tree dentistry when their services be- come necessary, we can perhaps ev- entually eliminate the principal under- lying causes of dental fear. RAT E S i57iY2 5 NO HIGHER i A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED,, CONVENIENT, MODERN 100 ROOM HOTEL -06 WITH BATH ° WRITE FOR rowels TAKE A DE LUXE TAxf FROM DEPOT OR Wl4AItF--Pao "card' Olta. r'ord of your last year's, purchases. Then he ellowsa yqu 8.0 por cent. of twiner retiuirements. A feed peed would be too reminiscent ot (818 days." ,R1,4tter East other fats,..caa1 by pr cured only from a reg1Ilar i,supplie One, faawily,,, moved to the other std of. ,ilerlir}, and ,for weeks until red tap could he untangled had to trave4 cites the entire city to get these pr ducts. Koch .Berman is entitled t half a pound of, butter -usually mixe with a aubstituter-end .half a pound of margarine a . week. 'There is eve ersatz (substitute) margarine on th )market; made of fats eittracted fro wood. At first this was used as grease for machinery, but after tryin it on •prison inmates, the Ministry o Health pronounced it edible. Meats must also be bought fro the same shop, month after month and latecomers thave restricted choir or none at all. The previous day m hostess had asked for beef. Ther was only mutton, and veal at 80 can a pound. Fifteen thin carrots cos 20 cents. I complimented my hostess on th cake. "Better than I have bad, any where else in Germany," I remarked "I'•m not surprised," was her reply "German flour is no longer real wihea flour. By law it must be mixed wit potato flour, corn -and, I suspect, o easionally with wood fiber! Pleas don't ask me how I obtained this. breakthe taw only on very specie occasions." "So! You don't know about ou synthetic product," inquired .min host, a leading architect- "We11, loo at these trousers." I had thought them rather a swa ger pair of gray menet "They're made of wood - not thread of wool. in them, They've stoo up all right so far, but 1 haven't bee caught in a rain yet. A friend tell me to be prepared for 20 per cm shrinkage." Woollen good/ are virtually unpro curable. A few specialty shops ar permitted to sell some imported ma terials, but they are much too expen sive for the 'average German. Eve women's dresses are made of wood Yet to the query of a woman gues at the dinner 1 could honestly rept that I liked her new dress, and re marked that I was glad to see th style of shorter skirts returning, "Style my eye!" exclaimed her hus band, "Length and fullness are con trolled by law, in order to save ma terials." Men's shirt tails have also bee shortened two inches fore and aft, t 'effect a national saving. German housewives, urged to 'sere more horse meat, shave been told tha "ancient Teutons regarded horse mea as a special delicacy; it was an of cultural custom." During , the pas year 125,000 horses in Germany have been slaughtered for meat. It ma seem absurd, but to conserve food even stage magicians are forbidden t use eggs, milk, or other eatables i their performances. In this frenzied drive for eeanomy an official decree states that "it i the duty of every citizen to see tha the dead shall not be buried in ex pensive materials-" German 'barbers are collecting abou 300 tons of men's hair annually, fo hair as short as. one-third of an inch can be utilized in making carpets and roofing felt. And German scientists expect to convert horse chestnuts in to oil anal fat. Goering has warned' mine operators that their plants may be taken over if they do not `bend every effort to extract nickel, copper and coal from low-grade ore, even though it is "tem- porarily" unecohomie. Powerful Nazi propaganda constant- ly insists that in respect to food and other vital supplies Germany is in the position of .a "blockaded country," a "beleaguered fortress." Grumblers experience the weight or organized community pressure, and in extreme cases are "visited" by the Gestapo. Hence, the Germans have adapted themselves with notable patience to the various interferences witth their private and business lives. Germany's aitno toward self-suffici- ency in essential raw materials, how- ever, show varying results- • Success in, rubber and woollen substitutes, has been phenomenal; but in the case of artificial rubber (buna), quality is off- set by sheer expense: five to six tdmessthe cost of natural rubber. The blocked marks (marks spend- able only in Germany) with which most imports are paid for, have caus- ed many odd transactions. Standard Oil of New Jersey, in one deal, final - y accepted 40,0.00,000 mouth organs n payment for its products! The Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer film company solved a part of its difficulty by buy - ng in Germany a live hippopotamus, ater sold to an American circus. The Budd Company 'of Philadelphia deliv- red machinery quoted at $43,000, ac- cepting, instead of cash, some 200,- 00 canary birds. Despite such ingenuities, imports ave been sharply restricted. The sit- ation a few menthe ago was do des- erate that Bremen importers were elivering half a bale of cotton to ra- ividual eustomers, where formerly hey had filled orders by the hundreds of bales. A competent Official states hat Germany- is more than $200,000,- 00 behind in its normal. supply of raw materials necessary to keep its ctories operating! Germany's herculean effort to chieve self-sufficiency has caused a eneral lowering of the standard of ving. It has increased subsistence costs by, at least twenty per cent. ince tJh.e Nazis came to power; and t has resulted in a serious depletion f German resources in raw mater - ale, food, and financial reserves, Nevertheless, if a product, raw or anufaotured', Is unprocurable in Get - any, and is,"needed by the German Mary foreeas, real ' cash is found, some way or other, to pay for it. ] e 0 b ,u p d d t •t 0 fa a g 11 6 a m m mi "I see where they've been bestow- ing all kinds of degrees on Walt Dis- ney lately." - "Yes, far inventing a betted" mouse!" a OFTEN START THIS WAY bolet : p�aplet wbat,• ant 1,o! sun m aci4-makece l r POI: b itesdi often, they don't it. Teem*" an excess of acid May seews rot Mrs ordinary stomach trouble bet they, caur't• be put rightby. maws, stoma*stoma remedies! Excess add maty be the reason wily you , Wake UA.. !l at,. +M. bltaiy-eyed, bilious --and the reason wily fierce purgatives only leave you in." the grip of a weakening habit and ties m same old symptos, ' But there's one:thing that add aunt face. That's the .neutralizing power et Vange Salts, the alkaline remedy with natural mineral spa action. A tea- spoonful in warm water surges through your system just like the medicinal spring water far away in England where Vange Salts come from. Excess acid. is neutralized quickly, Painlessly. Your blood is purified of poisons. Your sore stomach wails are soothed. And that mass of bard, poisonouswaste matter lying in your • intestines is softened gently, naturally, and passed out of your body. Tken do you feel good! It's marvellous! But the must marvellous thing is that Vange Sato are only 60 cents. a tin 1 At your drug - 'gist now -but if you're wise, en yawbathroom shelf tonight! After a long talk on the value .of peace, good will, and disarmament, a. teacher asked his class if they object- ed bjected to war. "Yes, sir, I do!" said one boy. "Good! Now tell us why." "Because, sir," added the boy, "wars make history - and I dont like his- tory." • ' Fall Fair Dates Tillsonburg Aug. 30, 31 -Sept. 1 Toronto Aug. 26 -Sept. '1e Woodstock .,.Aug, 25, 26, 27 Elmira Sept. 2 - 5 Fergus Sept. 9, 10 Hepworth Sept. 8, 9 Kintnount Sept. 7, 8 Tavistock Sept. 9, 10 Chesley Sept- 13, 14 Clifford Sept. 16, 17 Comber Sept, 16, 17 Hanover Sept. 15, 16 Kincardine Sept. 15, 16 Lion's Head Sept, 14, 15 London (Western Fair) .Sept. 1217 Midland Sept. 15-17 Milverton Sept. 15, 16 New 'Hamburg Sept. 16, 17 Orangeville Sept. 16, 17 Wiarton Sept. 15, 16 Wilkeport Sept. 15 Alliston Sept. 22, 23 Atwood Sept. 23, 24 Dresden Sept. 19, 20, 21 Exeter Sept. 21, 22 Forest Sept. 20, 22 Galt Sept. 22-24 Goderich Sept. 20, 21 Harrow Sept- 22-24 Lambeth Sept. 22 Listowel Sept. 21, 22 Meaford Sept. 22, 23 Mildmay Sept. 20, 21 Merlin • Sept. 21, 22 Mount Forest Sept. 22, 23 Neustadt Sept. 23, 24 Norwich Sept. 20, 21 Paris ' Sept- 20, 21 Sarnia Sept. 22-24 Seaforth Sept. 22,-23 Shedden Sept. 21 Shelburne Sept. 22, 23 Springfield Sept- 21, 22 Stratford Sept. 19 -21 Eg 'ZZ '}deg 21u.tO esEVV 'CZ 'OZ 'Ides uo}ag Thorndale Sept. 24 Tiverton Sept. 22, 23 Arthur Sept. 29, 30 Aylmer Sept. ,26 - 28 Ayton Sept. 29, 30 Bayfield Sept. 28, 29 Belmont Sept. 29 Brussels Sept. 29, 39' Burford Sept. 27, 28 Caledonia Sept. 20, "30, Oct. 1 Drayton Sept. 27, 28 Drumbo Sept. 27, 28 Florence Sept. 28, 29 Fordwioh Sept. 30, Oct, 1 Glencoe Sept, 27, 28 Grand Valley Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Harriston Sept. 29, 30 Holstein Sept. 29, 30 Ilderton Sept- 2$ Ingersoll Sept. 29, 30 Sept. 28, 28 Sept. 28, 29 Sept. 29, 30 Langton Oct. 1 Leamington Sept. 26 - Oct. I Lucknow Sept. 29, 30 Mitchell Sept. 27, 28 Muncey Sept- 28 Paisley Sept. 27, 28 Sept. 27, 28 Sept. 30 Sept. 29, 36' Sept. 27; 28 Sept. 26, 27 Stratihroy .. e,- .... Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1 Sept. 27, 28 Sept. 29, 30 Sept. S7-29 Centre Sept. 27 Jarvis ---- Kilsyth li'irkton Palmerston Parkhill Port Elgin R.i pley Rodney Thedford Wallacetown Welland Windham Wyoming Zurich Zephyr Aberfoyle Alvinston Brigden Sept. 28, 29 Sept. 26, 27 Sept. 27 Oct. 4, 5 Oct. 6, 7 Oct- 4 Chatsworth Oet- 6, 7 orchester , Oct- 5 Dungannon Oct. 6, 7 Embro ,pet. 6 Erid'i ' Oct- 8 --id Fairground Oct- 4 Highgate Oct. 7, 8 ' Melbourne Oct. 7 Mount Brydgeia Oct. 4 rn•' -1f County (Simcoe) - - .Oct. 3-6 Ower Sound - • Oct. 1-4 Ridgetown' Oct. 4-6 St. Marys Oct. 6, 7 Saugeen Indian Oct. 3, 4 Tars. ' Oct. 6, 6 Oct. 4, 5 Oct. 11-13 Underwood Oct- 11 Moraviantown (Indian) ....Oct. 18-21 International Plowing Match and. Parra Machinery Demenstr'a- tioii, Minesing, near Barrie October 11, 12, 12, 14. i Teeswater Othsweken ';Lt1,G h „}.w. �J�,;,- r,.�h. "Gra u] `ca:°ila e ti rR It