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The Brussels Post, 1955-06-15, Page 2.,4zt RONICLES 1 L INGER Cleit'13.q did get something for my trill through the hayfield — severat snags in my nylons and ,tubetut forty-lever mosquito bites, Now I am in retirement behind the screen door. Ever since I came to Canada I have hoped to build up an itamtmity to mosquito bites. .But I never have and I suppose f never shall, USe pellonts but who wanta to be bothered when all one wants to do is run out and pick a few Rowers or speed a parting guest, There should be a law against the pests, that's what there should. be, So help me, I'd. vote fOr any political candidate who promised to mop out 0* mosquitoes. Any takers.? If S COMPLAINT LOST"' A very small man married- one unusually tall and large widow. A few weeks after the wedding one of his friends came upon him looking very glum. "What's the matter?" asked the friend, "Isn't your new wife "`She's kindness itself." agreeable?" "Isn't she a good housekeeper — a good cook?" -'None better in the world." "Then what's the matter?" "I'd be perfectly happy," blurted the little man, "if peo- ple didn't call me 'the widow's unite'!" recently and found a pheasant. on the back porch. • She, put feed down and it came back and cleaned. it up: There should be lots of birds around our place after awhile as the cherry trees, mountain ash and wild honey* suckle all show promise of bear- ing plenty of fruit. Cedar waX- ings, should be here by the dot- en. Spring ,and early summer must. be, a lovely time for folks who cannot see --- at least as lovely as it can be under the circumstances, Most blind peo- ple have an extraordinary sense of smell and at this time .of the year the perfume - laden air is different every week. Last week it WAS early lilacs; this week lilies of the valley, late lilac, honeysuckle and double nar- cissi,, When the doors open the sweet scented air tills the house. It must be wonderful to smell the spring and summer if one is denied the ability to see. I think that idea of growing. perfumed. flowers for the blind was just ;lovely!' We have a Young friend who is 'blind and she loves to have flowers given her and of course the first -thing she does is bury her face in the • blossoms to guess their identity from the smell. Well, I hav'e just come from a tour of inspection of the Duch- ess apple trees. But it is too soon to tell whether the, blos- som is set or not. However, "Dear Anne Hirst: I feel WO I'm 35, but I'M only 17„ I hnve done so many =pile .thinge That I wonder whether it is too late to be good tigain? Three I....webs ago I Met a married man. He. was honest' and said he wasn't single, but it didn't make any difference to me; I let him. come to see me,'and I fell in love "Leek week. I 'laid 'down the law --- he'd have to choose be- tween me and his wife. lie chose her, and said I must forget -him! "Only 11.0W that I am alone do I realize what a. fool 1 WAS My reputation is gone, Only this crowd. I got in with will go with me, and today I see what a cheap lot they are , I wish other girls would realize that no married man means a single girl any good. A ROUGH ROAD * The load back to goodness * is rough going. Nice girls will * keep on shunning you for -a " While, their parents won't * let Them be seen with you, " Only by breaking sharply * away from these loose corn- * panions, and living a very dit- • ferent life, will you show the. Easy to Make ! SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY—You'll have to, if you want to wear either of these rainy-clay fashions, Cornplefely lined in -wild. mink, die coat at left is woven of wool frLorn the Andean vicuna, has a generous collar that doubles as a hood on cold, blustery days.. At right, viewers are also being treated to a glittering view of this 24-carat gold-sprayed fitted jersey, which features a full-circle skirt. dads si c stand corrected . arid pleasurably so, A reader of this column came in last Saturday With a six-quart 'basket of En- glish wall-flowers — -roots and all"— just to show me wall- liowers will and do grow in Can- ada, ,Thes'e are a lovely deep shade 'of old gold, in full bloom add ame straight out of her own garden. She says they win- ter very well, Evidently they do for her , but here . I just wonder. We get the full tdieeor the cold' winter 'winds so 'that everi'panSies- giVe up the ghost, :However; there is nab- ing,like trying them, out — at least I shall have „the pleasure of looking at them all summer, Tivo other visitors 'tat week came from Illinois. I'm begili- rdng to think a few people must read this,column! I often think it would be nice to have plenty of time to work tiro garden. One evening. I went to see a friend's display o, tulips. They were very beautiful and must bring a great deal of satisfaction to the grower, Not' that she has time on her hands but .it is evidently the pne hobby to which she gives the most concentration. When time is limited that is about 'all one can do — decide on the hob- by that gives the greatest plea- sure and stay with it. Attempt too many things and we achieve nothing at all. Thank goodness, Partner has the cows out at last. Now he will have a little time for other things besides feeding, milking and caring for the cows. Or as a farmer would put it "lie won't be tied to the cows' tails all (jay long." The extra jobs have started already. Saturday Bob was here and the two of them cut down an elm tree near the hoUse whose branches were touching the high. tension wires leading from 'the house to the barn. In a bad storm those branches might 'have caused a short circuit. Now the tree is down we have that worry off our minds. The grass is also getting the once-over. It had reached' an, unsightly length but, due to lack 'of rain, it was not yet unmanageable. Every- thing is crying out for rain -- pastures, crops, gardens and forest fires. We haven't got our vegetable garden in yet. Not much good thinking about it while the ground is.so dry. Un- less, of course, we water it, and that we will not attempt. Our mail Carrier tells me the starlings are giving trouble again. We. were• not surprised to hear it, as one day I went for the mail and found, a, starling had nested in 'our box. We soon put a stop' to that. 'A few days later I met the mailman at the' road. As he gave me the 'mail he asked if them was anything in the box. "No," I answered, "not even a starling." "That's good news," he re- marked, "because the other day I gave a starling a free ride for about a mile. It flew out of the mail-box arid into the car." That,would be, startling to say the'leaet. One of the pesky things got into Mir south 'bedroom last week. The' storm- window was still on and , the: only way the bird could have ,,got. ,in was through the ventilation holes in • the storm window. It takes -a' lot to, stop a starling once it tikes a notion to go places. I think birds must be getting tamer anyway. A neighbour opened her kitchen door just, strajd to ti e onij mirratio dugs it flu again, this time over yielding precedence in seating. The seat- ing system varies too much from place to place to describe fully here. But in general the, higher seals are either at the north or at the inner' side 'of the room, while the southern seats or .the seats nearest the serving door are the lowest and reserved 'for the host or hostess. The guest of honor' is, therefore, always seated farthest from -the host in- stead of nearest to him-. Because of 'the community form of eating, you often`-have to reach quite. far if _there are several dishes on. the table. You do not have to excuse yourself for reaching in front of others, although you should net be too obtrusively in another's, way. The passing of dishes around the table is strange practice to most Chinese. When you ,want to be very demure, you simply limit yourself to 'eatingfromthee- dishes nearest to yothk . Since we meet and eat with people of so many different ex- periences and traditions, it is difficult to advise what to do tell what is proper, All I can do is to tell you how we do things in China and why, When you know more what the cus- toms are and what leind of com- pany is..present, then you can do as you see best by applying the principle that the best man- ners consist 'in making every- body feel most at ease.—Frore "How to Cook and Eat in Chi- nese," by Buwei Yang Chao. Table Planners hi China 10 better ekuti.ent in your QM.- * inumty that you deserve heir * friendship. bury yourself in your studies (as you say you once did) and •excel, as quickly as you can. ,Cone straight home, * from school; don't linger after classes., Join the YWCA and learn what fun you van have .4' there in a decent way; use their # gym, join their hikes, and take * up an extra course there which * interests you, Show your parents how sorry * you are that you deceived e them. The shame you sutler * is their shame, too, and they • must be horrified to discover * what you have been ,doing. • Go to church with them, and * later on join the youth activi- * ties there; you need all the " moral support you can get. As • others see your intent they .* will gradually receive you * again, and that will be your " Big Chance to prove yqur new • integrity, * You have been on the wrong * track too long. Turn to the * right. Stay, with it, and you * will win through. .* ENTERPRISING SAILOR "Dear Anne Hirst: A few months ago I met a Navy boy, and during his leave,. we went out half a dozen times. Before. he left he asked me to marry him, but my mother wouldn't let me. I am 10. "He • told me how much my letters would mean to him, and I promised to write regularly. But he hasn't sent me his address! I miss. him terribly, and I do believe I am in .love. Could this be true? ,• • -LOUISE" Whatever you choose to call * your feeling for this lad, I * hope you will not continue to * dream about him, but turn to * home-town boys for dates. A man who proposed after • dates is acting on impulse, w and is too irresponsible to w trust. Sailors have the reputa- * tion of working fast" but. this * one took top much for granted. T)o you want proof? He hasn't sent you 'a single letter, He * was only having fun tt your " expense, Even a girl of 16 should know * better , than to waste time * mourning such a boy. What a * blessing your mother stepped " in to prevent the marriage!. If you have made . a mistake, turn back today to the goOd life you used to know, It is never too late, and peonle wily be. kinder than you think. Anne Birst is here to give you her un- derstanding and moral sunpoit • Write her at Box 1. 123 Eight- eenth St„ New Toronto, Ont. The motto that good manners lie in making others feel at ease is as true of . Chinese manners as it is true, of A_mericap manners. But we apply the principle very differently. Sometimes, we seem to be actually quarreling and fighting when we are really each trying to be more polite than everybody else. The, important thing is that in that wrangling atmosphere everybody feels hap- py and at ease, because things are going as they should, Table manners begin with a fight over yielding precedence in entering the dining room. Among familiar friends it may come to actual pushing, though never to blows. After a properly long deadlock, some elder guest will yield and say: "Kung-thing pu-fu teung-ming." "Better obe- dience than deference." Modern- educated bests may also break. the deadlock by saying allow him to lead the way. After you all enter the dining ram, the fight has to be repeated' all over S-o-o Slimming. FIGURES DO LIE A man who discovered the joys of fishing rather late in life became even more insistent than ordinary anglers upon re- counting his many triumnhs to sceptical acquaintances.. Annoy- ed by their thinly-veiled hints that he was ,untruthful, he bought'a pair of scales and made his friends watch while he weighed the fish he had caught. One evening a neighbour burst in excitedly and sought perrnis- ion to borrow the scales. He was hack in ten minutes, his face flushed with delight, "Congratulate me," he cried. "I'm the father of a 24-lb. baby boy" the j-lothe Meru tvho Ofith.if tomorrow practice moderation* today tq •rettkeiW14142...Q.a. 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