The Brussels Post, 1956-05-02, Page 2•
DISTINCTIVE'DESIGNS IN ,CANADIAN-MADE were `crfeattire
of the 'ye'ar-erici fashion show 'Flay students of the, School - of
Fashion ofethe: Ryerson -institute of Technology; Toronto:: Three.of
the 51 skirts seen are- shown• above'. Their desIgners are, left
to right: Joline Root, Cambellford, Ont.;Carcf Walfe, SaskaiOan,
'Sask.; and. Gunta Mateo's, of .Toronto.
"Dear Nene lairStk For the Past
Year I've been, going with a girl
think so much of that we have
talked of marrying, Ilewever,
em getting fed up, We have had
io many; quarrelsabout my ese
girl friend and her former boy
friend; I've suggested we forget
all about them. I've done every-
thing to avoid such unpleasant-
ness, I've taken the blame and
apologized when I knew I was-,
n't wrong.
"Now she says it is possible
there is another fellow! After
a hot argument, I told tier she
could do as she pleased, I had
had enough. She tried to lead
around for my apology, but. I did
not offer it,'
"How much is a guy supposed
to take to prove he loves a girl?
I know as a rule a girl won't
admit she is wrong, and I do
love her, Hut is it my place to
apologize now? RICH"
DON'T GROVEL
* Two people in love usually
* are on their best behavior.
* They present their most at-
e tractive selves, and conscious-
* 1y or not they suggest the
* comfortable person they would
* be to live with day after day.
* They flatter each other, they
smooth" over differences of
* opinion, they are agreeable to
* the nth degree, striving to
* make the best possible
pression. If they did not, how
* many friendships would cul-
* minate in marriage?
* Both sexes, however, some-
* times take a different tack.
* Many a-girl, like this one you
* are fond of, delightS in argu-
e ments which will (she thinks)
* rebound to her credit, She
Separates with a smooth coor-
dinated look smart fashion
any .season! This twosome is a
cinch' to sew; classic blouse ia
threesleeve versions — favorite
full-circle Skirt below. "Ideal
for cottons,,in gay. plaid, check,
mint!
Pattern 453e. Misses' sizes 12,
14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38,
40, 42. Size 16 blouse takes Vie
yards 35-inch fabric:- skirt 4
yards.
This pattern' easy to 'tete, sim-
ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has
complete illuStrated nstruc-
tions.
Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS
(stamps cannot be accepted
use postal note for safety) for
this pattern.
Send your order to Anne
Adams Patterns, 123 Eighteenth
Street, New Toronto, Ont.
meanest Vesta arousing your
jealousy, and, not eentent with
* quibbling over former friends,
* she sugeete there is still an-
* other lad you must watch out
4 for! She gets a kick out of
* such scenes, your apologies
4 Make her feel superior—and
* that to her is infinitely more
* pleasurable than the rapturous
* romantic attachments many'
* young couples enjoy,
• You did, well to walk out.
* What a prospect for marriage!,
* Can you picture such debates
4' going on year after year? Un-
* less, there is faith on both
* sides, there is no foundation
* for a good married life.
* Let her simmer down, Dur-
* ing your absence, she may
* realize how cheap her tactics
* have been, and if she does, you
* will get a hurried call to
* please come back, Then you
* can put your foot down and
* tell her 'you are having no
* more silly arguments.
* No self-respecting young
* man will continue playing the
doormat to such shabby ca-
* price. Let her alone, and if
* you do not hear from her, it
* is, I think you will agree, a
* good riddance.
LANDLORD TROUBLE
"Dear Anne Hirst: The letter
you printed about the landlord
who, made such trouble gives
me courage to ask for your ad-
vice in 'a similar situation. My
little boy, 8, constantly is being
abused by the man who owns
our house and lives next door.
"Everything that happens in
the neighbourhood he blames
on our boy. Once he even
struck him! His own children
(four) are using foul words;
they have even lied against our
son. I've been patient but now
can take no more.
"His friend's stride through
our property, dropping litter
and 'getting-intoxicated in our
back. yard. Do I have to take
more of such goings-on? The
trouble is, there isn't another
place available-in the neighbour-
hood which is convenient to the
isnehesosol and, to my husleand's bus-
"FURIOUS."
* In these days of scarce ac-
comodations, it is a toss-up.
whether children or parents
suffer more from unpleasant
neighbours. A day of reckon-
ing must come, and then abu-
sive owners will find the
tables turned.
The next time this owner
causes trouble, call in the law
to settle with. hime, So long
as you pay your rent and he
cannot prove his charges
against your boy, it is not
likely he .can turn you eat.
You have my sympathy,
*
If your courtship days are
clouded by disputes, take time
out to reflect. Anne Hirst can
help you see clearly, and de-
termine whether petty differ-
ences are important or not . .
Write her at Box 1, 123 Eieh-
teenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
GRIMM RETOINER
Prompted' by 'd desire to help
his club, John Phillips, the Chic-
ago Cub statistician, took a
eastirl 'et scouting one summer.
Be , heard about a wonderful
Young pitcher and hurried out
to take a look. The prospect
proved to be even greater than
anticipated. Phillips phoned the
then Cub, manager, Charlie
Grimm, in frantie haste.
"Charlie," he said excitedly,
"I've landed the greatest young
pitcher in '.the land. He struck
out ,every man who came to
— bat twenty-seven le a row!
Nobody even got a foul until
two were out in the ninth. The
pitcher is right here with me.
What shall I do"
Back came Grimm',: voice,
"Sign up the guy who got the
foul. We're looking for hit-
ters,"
Lincoln 1-101:1
Almost a century go, Abra
ham. Lincoln and, Meese,. Todd
were married, in Springfield, Il-
linois, and theirinarriage' prov-
ed to be one Of the most un-
fortunate unions in •the history
of the United States.
The only comment that Lin-
coln ever •made in writing about
his marriage, was a postscript
that he added to a business let-
ter,„ written a weep;aftee s .the
event. The letter, was written to
Samuel Marshal, and it iS now .
in the possession oethe Chidago
Historical Society. In it, Lincoln
says "There is no news here ex-
cept my marriage, which to me
is a Matter of profound wonder:”
William sH. Herndon was Lin-
coln's law partner for a fifth "of
a century, and Herndon knew-
Lincoln better than any other
man ever knew him; and Hem-
don said, "If Lincoln ever lied
a happy day in twenty years, I
never knew of it." And Herndon
thought. that Lincoln's marriage
had lot. to do with, his sad-
ness.'
I once spent three- years writ-
ing a biography of Lincoln, and
while I was writing it, I believe
I made as careful study of the
' home life of the Lincoln family
as it is possible for anyone to
make. I carefully examined arid
re-examined every shred of evi-
dence that is in existence; and I
came to the reluctant and pain-
ful conclusion that the greatest
tragedy 'in Abraham Lincoln's
life was hie marriage.
Shortly after he and Mary
Todd were engaged, Lincoln 'he-
gan to realize that they were
exact opposites, in every way,
and that they could never be
happy. They were the exact op-
posites in temperament, in tastes,
in training and desires, writes
Dale Carnegie in. The Police 'Ga-
zette.
For example, Mary Todd had
attended a snobbish finishing
school in Kentucky; she epoke
F'rench with a Parisian accent,
and was one of the best-educated
women in Illinois. But Lincoln.
had attended a total of less than
twelve, months in his entire life.
She was extremely proud of
her family. Her grandfathers and
great - grandfathers and great -
uncles had been generals and
governors, and one had been Sec-
. retary of the Navy.
But Lincoln had no pride what-
ever in his family tree. lie said
that only one of his relatives
had ever visited him while he
lived in Springfield, and that
one was accused of stealing a
jew's harp before he got out of
town.
Mary Todd was deeply inter-
ested in dress and show and os-
tentation. But Lincoln took no
interest whatever in his appear-
ance, In fact, he would some-
times walk 'down the street with
one trouser leg on the outside
of his boot and the other trouser
leg stuffed in the inside of his
boot.
Mary had been taught that
good table tharthers were almost
a sacred rite; but Lincoln had
been reared in alog cabin with a
dirt floor, and he etude his Own
knife into the butter plate and
did a score of things thet shbek-
ed Mary and droVe her wild.
She was proud and haughty,
He was hurrible arid democratic.
She Was intensely jealous; and,
created a scene Of he Merely
looked at another woman.
Shorty after they were en-
gaged, Lincoln wrote her e letter
Saying' that he didn't love her
stifileletitlY to Marry. her. He
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gaVe, this,- letter...to., hia friend,
Joshua. Speed,, and asked Speed
to giye it to Mary 'Todd. Speed
tore tip 'the letter, "thfew "it 'in
the. fire, and. told Lincoln to go
and see Mary Todd himself. He
did, and when he told ,her :that
he ,didn't, wane to, sham, her,
she;aarted to cry. Lincoln' could
never standseeiriei women' cry;
swhe Took-het ert his arms, kissed
her; said lee was serry.
The eveddiTig 'daessives 'set Tor
January '1, 1841. :The yeddiog
cake.was baked, the guests .were,
assembled, the, preacher, ,was
there„but Lincoln didn't appear.
Why? Well, Mary Todd's."Sister
affeilkards explained" it 'by `say-
ing- that- Lincoln- went. crazy.
And her husband added:. "Yes,
crazy as, a loora,'! The„fact„is that.
he elidebecome ill see dengeronsly
ill in body and ill in mind, and
he sank into a ''Snell .of Melan-
choly se deep and so terrible that
it almost unbalanced his. reason.
His friends, found-him at day-
light, mumbling incoherent
want
-
tences. He said he didn't
to live, lie wrote a poem on sui-
cide and had it puhlished in one
of the Springfield -Papers, and
his friends took his knife' away
from him, to keep him from kill-
ing himself.
Lincoln then wrote -the most
pitiful letter of his life. It was
written to his law p,artner „whet
was then in. Congress. This is
the letter:.
"I am now the most miserable
man living. If., what I feel were
equally distributed to the whole
human family, there would not
be one cheerful face on earth.
Whether I ehall'ever be any bet-
ter, 1 cannot tell. I' awfully for-
bode that I-shall-not. To -remain
as. I am is impossible, I must
die or be better it seems to
roc."
For almosl two years after
that, Lincoin-had nothing what-
ever to do with Mary Todd. Then
a self-appointed matchmaker in
Springfield brought them to-
gether again
'
behind closed
doors, and Mary Todd told. Lin-
coln it was his duty to marry
her. And he did.
While. I was out in Illinois,
writing that book about Lincoln,
I went to see Uncle Jiminy Miles,
a farmer who lives near. Spring-
field. One of his u xi el e s was
Herndon, Lincoln's law partner;
and one of his aunts ran a board-
ing houee Where Mr. arid Mrs.
Lincoln came to live shortly after
they were married`, Uncle Jimmy
Miles told me that he had Often
heard his aunt tell this story:
One Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Lin-
coln were having breakfast with
the rest of the boarders, arid
Lincoln said something that dis-
pleased his wife;, so she picked
up a pup of hot coffee and ,dash-
ed it into his and she did
it in the presence of the other
boarders, Lincoln didn't answer
her. He didn't scold her, lie said
is o t h in g. While the landlady"
brought a wet cloth and wiped'
off his face and clothes.
But let us not judge Mts,. Lin-
coln too harshly, She htially went
insane; end perhaps iiitteli earlier
her Mind was being affected by
ineariitY.
One of the 'most beautiful
things I know about Abraham
Lincoln is the fact that he en-
&Wed his triffeepPy home life for
twenty-three years Without bit,
terriess, Without resentment and.
Without saying a Weird about it
to anyone, He endured it With
Chtiet-like forgiveness; and with
a Patieriee that Was ainiOst tlivs
Me,
1 Home Sewing Hints
rotYNyion-rs?rIcs
zoini.,„: from the eame eitY
izi l'rimce which gave the sew-
ing snechioc to the world, ,Ber-
nard Digonnet of Kingston,
Ont„ is well versed in the his-
tory of this French invention,
But he never ,expected to find
himself operating one,
a tailor, as ,was say-
thelmy •Thimonnier Saint-
. tlttealie„ whp in 1825 saw his
.machines smashed, by 'angry
,eitisteng because, they believed
e"inecelanizatien" inellie„seoeM Pf
'the eewing needle •would take
food out, of the limps of
France's seamstresses, Nor does
he , fi:ew entirely "for —his "own
„pleasure;
1VLr, Pigonnet is..a technical
service eeeeeeentatieeee.with
leading neocinc,et4 Pt, nylon yarn,
Since •arriving ill' Canada
„three 'yearst age IVIreeDigonnet's
duties heve teleen ]fiery into viz-
"'Welly every-'type of textile fac-
tory, iyhee ,nylon ,is,„ used.
-Among other plications of
this' fibTe, sewifig thread le' one
ef his responsibilities In, order
to understand • thoroughly. the
operation of, a „sewing „machine
he had tO leaen to sew. After
Starting on a domestic type he
now conducts`` experiments on
commercial machine capable of
5,000 stitches a minute.
Although c commercial ma-
chines usually whiz along at a
speed five times as fast as do-
mestic ones, homes, sewers
'should find helpful ' hints in
some of the technical assistance
Mr. Digonnet passes en to gar-
ment manufacturers,
"A few adjustments in ,sewing
methods shOsild be' made with
nylon since 'it is different from
the older fibres women are
more 'accustomed :to handling,"
lie ,says, One example of this
difference is „the Ways:nylon pre-
vents knitted and woven fab-
rics froin sagging when cut on
the bias, — " •
Another concerns the handl-
'ing of seams. In tight weaves,
such as taffetas, seams are more
inclined to lie flat and free of
puckering when not made on
- the :Straight: For this reason. Mt.
Digonnet - advises -.cutting and.
STEPPING OUT — Marie Dionne
of the famous quintuplets will
open a *lower shOp in Mon-
treal next Month'. This is the
first business venture by any of
the ,cittints since they came into
possession of a $250,000 chunk
of their one-million-dollar trust
fund. Marie will name the
flower •shop "Emilie Salon" in
memory of her sister Emilie who
died in August, 1954.
stitching on the bias or in
a selvage-to-selvage direction
wherever possible.
"Always leeeen tension in
bebbin arid -spools 'particularly
when, sewing with nylon
thread," he warns. The tension
ShOuld be lesi on the top thread.
Use a !cOmpTiratively' long ;stitch
of-about 10 to 12 stitches to 'the
inch when sewing, medium
weight fabrics and don't aim at
too much speed, Be 'sure pins
and needles are sharp and fine
enough to avoid marking the
fabrit, It is wise to practice first
on a Scrap of material.
Find out if the fabric behaVes
better when held slightly under
tension during the stitching.
Feed it through the needle
Without pulling or pushing.
Keep scissors sharp arid always
use them to cut the thread if it
is nylon. Those who want seethe
as strong as the rest of the gar-
Ment are Well advised to use'
this type of thread.
If selvages are tight, he says,
clip them et intervals to allow
fabric to lie flat. Be geriets
ous with seam allowances be-
cause en-teeth nyloli fabrics tend
to Tray speeiallY if riot properly
-finished: Another principle to
keep in Mind when sewing With,
synthetics is that they do not
shrink and consequently yeti,
can't depend on shrinking but
the fullness which ie allowed
for 'fit at the top of a. sieeite,. If
you want to cetera on the come-
pieta washability of the fire,
ached article, see that fillthe
'extraslittle such Os' seamWed..;
faCitig and'trimming 'ere
also Washables
The Raster season has come
and gone and. Whatever the
weather before and after no one
could possibly have asked for a
better Easter Sunday, Sun shin-
log all day and reasonably
warm for the first of April.
Easter is such a happy occa-
sion, especially as its promise
of spiritual rebirth coincides
with nature's awakening to new
life once again. Special, church
services, Easter flowers and
lovelychoral music in churches,
arid by radio and television, all
contribute so much, Everything
cheerful and full of promise, If
we doeet feel a lift in our hearts
we must indeed be dull and un-
receptive. No doubt Old Coun-
try people will agree with me
that at Easter our thoughts are
ant to drift homewards more
than at any other time of the
year. Not necessarily with re-
gret but rather in grateful re-
membrance. It makes us happp,y
to recall the lovely shaded
country lanes, banks yellow-
dotted with primroses and the
air sweet-scented from the shy
violets in woods and lanes. No
wonder Robert Browning wrote
—"Oh, to be in England now
that April's here!" If one had
the time, the opportunity and
the money, wouldn't it be woh-
derful to fly over to the Old
Country just to see the prim-
roses and violets in bloom once
again? However, .if, that isn't,
possible we at least have our
memories. The philosophy that
"it is better to have loved 'and
lost thah never to, have loved
at all" applies to• more than hu-
man relations. It applies equal-
ly well to places ,and things that
have brought us happiness in
days gone by. Andyet even as we
remember the past, consciously
or unconsciously, .we are build-
ing up new memories to treas-
ure in the days to comet for the
'present will eventually become
the past as we move day by day
into the future.
One of my more recent `Me-
mories is. shopping With. grand-
son Dave' • -
By specialerequest I went to
Toronto to help, Daughter with
a day's shopping. Dave had to
be taken along too' as he need-
ed to be fitted for 'shoes and" a•
few other things. Believe me,
we had a most interesting and
energetic day. Dave .was really,
quite good but of course stay-
ing very long' in one 'place was
not to be expected. However,
we coped with that ,by having
a harness,, on oue young man.
So while Mummy shopped for
drapes and sifirirs, 'Grandma
took hhaege of Dave,swho was
constantly- finding• new worlds
to exploreerthe world .of mov-
ing staircases, elevators to ride
in• and toys that might be seen
but not touched. When' we'came
to anything' that moved 'Dave
had, one request—"I go tool"
which meant . that , Grandma
followed.. When our shopping
was done—it. lasted four hours
—we went Over to his Dad's
office—and that was an unex-
pected thrill. Needless to say
Dave-dropped off to sleep in the
street-car coming home, and
_stayed asleep 'while 'being trans-
ported from street=car to strol-
ler and' from the stroller to his
crib. The little man had had
quite a day. But oh dear, what
a bitter cold wind we had ' to
contend with.- I was really glad
to be back home and out of the
weather.
On Good Friday, although it
was a miserable day, the fam-
ily'. drove, out. here—with Dave
merle the worse for wear. They
had stopped at Oakville on -the
way up intending to Visit Bees
and Joy but changed their
minds when they found the
street where they Jive practical-
ly impassable—mud and ruts
almost axle deep due to storm
sewer operations. It has been
like that for weeks, liven
though Bob manages to struggle
inbe vacdr, out g ovbo' idth s c
for t l
a" er tm coat
or.
Saturday, before they could get
up here Bob had to,
down in the ruts. Just one of
out to come
jack up the car and put stone
the joys of suburban life; Looks
as if horse-and-buggy eenclie
lions are sometimes with, its yet
—but without the horse and
buggy to help us out.
we'lellkie_enndletsttrialaffyie
beep
pr t tel
ixau
r,
rifle. We noticed it in rather a
peculiar way on this road. Ohe
time hi particular I was work-
ing in the kitchen. Of course
the doors and windows were
closed, and yet although we are
smite a piece in from the road
I soon became conscious of a
steady,
in osi cheesfeacn c otrtiltdmibtiloinnsg—adnude
traffic on the road. What will
it be when Highway •401 '"kOefi
through!
Saturday night we had unex-
pected callers. About nine
o'clock our good watch-dog was
making a great to-do. Thera
wasn't a car in sight but amid
the bedlam we heard a knock
at the door. A middle-aged cou-
ple claimed to have come oft
the Hamilton bus and were
looking for a. family—of whom
we had, never heard—but who
apparently lived about ,5 miles
south-east of here. The, story
may have ,been true but it
sounded a little sCispiciOns. Par-
tner suggested they go back to
the gas' station and call a taxi,
They were certainly . talsine
chances --e by , walking on a
,strange road on a dark night—
and in dark: clothes4--and by
walking up tb a farm house)
without knowing what ..dogs
' were around. And if I had been
alone-and', without a dog—I
wouldn't have be'en too' hap
when this' 'Strange dopple aps
peered on our doorsteps, Suncley
we had more unexpected callers.
A
A new eni
,i.,p703BeLeEIS* .sligntla his
nameo:u"lAd,t i .n L Liars", ,v
be better
you
spelled: out your,. 'first nem?"
suggested the clerk.
"Not much," replied the be-'
ginner, "My first name is. Adam,"
BEGINNER-SIMPLE to ere.
chet this lovely new doily for
your home! It's, all done in a
jiffy — in your favorite' Pines
apple design!
Pattern 738: crocheted doily
19-inches iii Inercerizgd crochet
and knitting cotton;, smaller one
to match. So-o easy; so pretty]
Send TWENTVFIVE 'CENTS
'(stamps cannot be accepted —
use postal note for safety) for
this pattern.
Send your order to Laura
Wheeler Patterns, 123 Eigh-
teenth Street, New Toronto,
Ont.
INC AN — O D HIS PRINCESS Prince cileide III and has bride,
Grace Kelly, Wave froni a balcony of the palate in Monaco
.aftet they Were united' in a civil marriage CereMOrty.
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r r 4 Lost 'eHottb- 1.66,3 easy When Gene Autr Streine 'it, Thie
appealing picture of two boys engrossed in their first tentati itit
attehipte at guitar chords, Wan first prize of $186 hi the 195'
National Photography Contest snariseired by the Artiericatta ,
Music Crififereeiens