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economy of 'Eoglatui for many
years.
The developmnit of these
cient bleaching tlgerILS ,tis
sodium perboratt.., chlorine and
hydrogen petonde opened the
way for the truly white fah,,
tics of today. 'anger are
white goads a novelty — mile;
Of white garments ihatkat from
„clotheslines every Mom ."34Y
morning, .And according ..to, the
soap- makers, it has now become.
a matter of prestige to display
the. whitest ww ash. in the neigh,
horhood!
AOC NO ituk.-NOIcAr 1*
The judge studied the twenty-
four pairs of trim ankles dis,
played beneath a curtain at an
angle judging contest at Here-
ford, then gave his decision.
Up went the curtain to. -reveal
the smiling winner--a lady of 81 '"
years of age.
ISSUE 43 •-•-• 1956
Jumper Dress
la see what his reaction would
be to new surroundings. 1 need,.
n't have worried, Ile and the
children took to each other as if
they had been brought up to-
gether. So I left him pro-
hAtion. I thought if we intended
to part with Min now was the
time — before Carol and Nancy
arrive, This Morning I phoned
to inquire if Robbie bad really
settled down happily after I had
gone. Ile is still perfectly cones
tented, Actually,, it is a shame
for Robbie not to have a per-
manent home with children —
he is so fond of them, But if
other dogs are around there is
trouble, as he is very jeelous.
To part with him wasn't easy —
he is such a lovable little dog —
but 1 think is time gees on we
shall eventually feel it was the
best thing to do, Especially as
Robbie is definitely not a- "one
man's dog" but of the type to
be happy with anyone who is
kind and makes a fuss of him,
Rusty is -quite different. We
would hate to send Rusty to a
new home --, I think it would
break his heart, unless he was
with someone elready known to
him and whom he recognized
as a friend of the family.
-White Was Mark.
Of Social Prestige
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stars will still twinkle for the user of this umbrella. A rainy-
day brightener from West Berlin, Germany, the umbrella has
tiny bulbs that light under each ski''r when the user presses e
switch. Power is supplied by a battery in the handle.
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FIRONICLE
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Q, What sert, of boutonoiere
should the bridegroom . 410.
attendants, wear at a formal .
wedding?
• A, It may be a small gardenia,
a spray of lilies of the valley, a
white carnation, or any '4 white
garden flower,
Q, t noticed at an airport re,
cently that the men boarding We
.platte allow the wonten to
enter first,, but took their turns
as they fell into line. Was this
proper?
• A, 'In order to load a plane
most efficiently, and in the hurry
and bustle of travel, it usually
isn't practicable for the men to
stand aside to wait for the :we-
men to go first.
Q, Is it proper to tip the soup
plate in 'order to scoop out the
last bit of soup?
A. There's nothing at all wrong:
with this, You .don't have to
leave soup that's intended to be
eaten,
Q. Isn't it good manners to
comment '0:11 the food served by •
your hostess?
A, Don't be too profese about
IL A brief word of praise may
be spoken to the hostess for a
particularly attractive or deli-
cious dish. To think your hos-
tess profusely for the food im-
plies that you came solely= to
eat. It is not necessary to be
extravagant in praise of any
social favor; in fact, it is ill-
bred.
Q. When a married woman is
traveling alone, should she sign
her name on the hotel register
as "Marian S. Summers?"
A. No. She should use her
husband's name and , sign as
"Mrs. Robert L. Summers,"
Q. In the double-ring 'mar-
riage ceremony, does the- bride-
groom purchase both rings?
A. No; he buys his bride's
ring, and she buys his ring.
Q. Should a married woman,
whether her husband is living
or deceased, always be address,
ed socially as. Mrs. William T.
Anderson?
A. • Socially, Mrs. Mary An-
derson is in extremely bad
taste for both a wife and a 'wi-
dow. In business or a profes-
sion, "Mrs. Mary" is. usually un-
avoidable, . but ahe should never
be so addressed in social life.
• Q. Is it correct to have .a
monogram engraved on the en-
'velope of social stationery?
A. No; the monogram should
be engraved" only 'on :the note.
paper. •
Q. Is it all right to have nick-•
names engraved on personal
calling cardS? •
• A. No.
can change the truth that, as
your husband reminds you,
.0 she is your .mother, She will
*
not always be here, During the•
► years left to her, perhaps the
only consolation. she will have.
* is that her daughter has not
• abandoned her. If yett cannot
;honor your mother as: we are
* taught to do, can't you at
• least leave her the comfort of
4' your affection?
HE'S A Hal...)!
"Dear Anne Hirst: I've been
married four years to a man e
dozen years older, and I am mis-
erable, My husband is a bully.
Nobody really likes him, even
his own family.
"What he does with his
money, I'l'l never know; he
doesn't give me any of it, He
does pax the household bills, but
I work and buy my own clothes,
and he.. even thinks I should pay
for his! He is very untidy
around the house, and doesn't.
even care how he looks at busi-
ness, He hasn't . taken me out
for months.
"I am practically friendless,
He is so rude and inhospitable
that the friends I had frankly
told me they couldn't stand him.
„ Shall I try to find new friends,
or join a club, or do something
to get me out of the house a few
hours? Or shoald I pack my
things and leave for good?
e When I receive a letter like
* yours, my first thought is,
'" "How long did she know the
* man before they married?"
* Had you met his family, learn-
* ed their opinion of him? Or
* did you marry hastily and in
* ignorance of his real charac-
e ter?
'0 It is your future that con-
* terns you, however. First, re-
* fuse to give your husband any
• * money you earn; if he isn't
-* really supporting you, you need
* every dollar you make.
Join a club or engage in
* some other community activi-
* ty that will require your regu-
* jar attendance; that will give
• you,, some relaxation and in-
* terest. It seems futile to make
* new personal friends at the
* moment; They would be as
disgusted with your husband
* as others were..
• Try this for a time, If it
* does not satisfy you, you can
* find what grounds you have to
* free yourself from a husband •
* whom, apparently, you should
* never have married at. all.
4, 44
If you cannot agree with Anne.
Hirst's "opinion on a problem,
don't hesitate to say so. She ap-
preciates intelligent criticism,
and Will print it as she can. Ad-
.dress her at Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth, St., New Toronto, Ont.
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Jumper with companion blouse
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Pattern 4846: Misses' Sizes 10,
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NAME, ADDEESS, S T Y L lM
NUMBER.
Send order to Anne Adams
123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto
Ont.
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"Dear Anne Hirst': My prob-
lent.poncerns my mother, and it
4, the biggest one I've ever faced,
em 26, married seven years
And have two children.. My
nether was divorced when I Was
very young; she married again,
liverced agein,
"Until we moved back to my
aome town, I didn't know she.
had taken a house and was sent-
ing rooms, and that one tenant
.and she were living together, I
was ashamed of her, but couldn't.
bring myself to talk about it —
she was always dominating, and
we didn't „get along too well.
The two visited us week. ends,
ehd. I finally demanded she keep
him away. He drank and was
loud, and my little boy asked
questions..
"A year ago we moved 600
miles away. I wrote her I was
glad we did, and told her either
to marry Mr. X or get rid of him;
she replied she didn't know what*
to do, he. was a good man. I said
to make up her mind and I'd
stick by her.
"Now I intend, to write her
that if she hasn't done anything
by next January, I will break' off
with her.
"What do you think? My
husband reminds me • chat even
though she is doing wrong, she
IS in: mother.
NANCY"
TOO HARSH?
• If your closest girl friend
* were so invelVed, would you re-
* nounce her family? Or realize
* it was her own affair and she
e must have her reasons?
* What right have you to sit in
* judgment on your mother?
* How can you know what agon-
* ies she suffered making such
a decision? What of these
* years since her last divorce,
* when she has needed compan-
* ionship and affection desper-
* ately?
* Shaken by two unhappy
marriages, she snatched at the
* thought of being wanted and
• needed. She took the wrong
* turn, yes; but is that reason
4 enough to forsake her? You
are wondering with me, why
* she doesn't marry , the man.
* PerhePee Ve isn't the marrying ▪ kind eattleihe fears 'to put him
to the test. Whatever her rea-
* sons, lnriva that' to her they
* seem sutcient.
• Do not misunderstand me. I
* sympathize with you in this
* painful situation. But how can
* you cast your mother off as you
* threaten, send chastising let- ▪ ters that put her beyond the
* pale? Why not simply say that
* you cannot approve, but the
* choice is hers. I expect you
* believe you are a Christian; re-
* member that charity is the
* greatest. bf virtues, and if one
dear to us offends the least we
* can do is to be kind.
I may be entirely wrong,
* but your letter seems to indi-
*
cafe that you are concerned
* that the scandal -reflects on
* you and your children. How
* can it touch you, living 600
miles away? Distance also
0 will prevent her seeing yon.of-
* ten, her life need not affect
0 yours. You still can maintain
0 the semblance of good feeling,
and not stoop to' hurt the
0 woman who gave you life.
Some readers Will agree
° with you and reprove me for
being toe liberal. But nothing
Nlen who grumble at wo-
men's demands for the "Imposs-
ible" can thank the ladies for
the white shirts they're wear-
ing. Without womanly persist-
ence a hundred years ago, white
fabrics might be as rare as
white mink.
If a lady of 200 years ago
could peek into modern bed-
room drawers full of gleaming
white hankies, white lingerie
and' white blouses, she would
be spellbound with envy. To
her, the possession of even ONE
white garment was a mark of
social prestige.
In those days the process of
bleaching fabrics was so long
and tedious that only a privi-
leged few could afford the fin-
ished product,
For instance, in order to have
a white .sheet to sleep on, the
material first had to be steeped
in alkaline ryes, then washed
and spread on the grass for
weeks. After repeating this pro-
cess five or six times the same
material was subjected to a
bath of sour milk or buttermilk
for a few days, washed and
again spread in the sup. This
prOcedure continued until the
material was as white as "could
be expected."
Although this elaborate meth-
od of bleaching was quite the
usual one for many years, it
was hardly practical on a large-
scale basis and the result would
not hold a candle ' to the
"whiter-than-white" fabrics of
today.
However, practical or not,
women insisted on more and
more white garments. And
leading men:, in the chemical in-
' dustry give' credit to 'the per-
sistent little lady, fot leer in-
cessant defnands foie more
white in her life'.brOught about
the birth of modern bleaching
techniques.
Early in the lest century, the
search for More efficient bleach-
ing methods brought to light
many new chemicals. These
turned out to be endlessly use-
ful to industry and formed tha
nucleus of the heavy-chemical
•
keep as far away from it as pos-
sible, As is always the case we
met people at the fair we hadn't
seen in years, some of whom had
come quite a distance. I imagine
-it was the people, more than the
exhibits, that the "olnimers"
came to see. It is just a case of
wheels within wheels. Without
exhibits there 'could be no fair;
Without people there could be
no exhibits. Put the two to-
gether and they attract, an out-
side attendance that come to see
both.
:Well, we had a hard decision
to make over the Week-end' —
whether or not to send Robbie,
our little Welsh Corgi, to a new
home. Two dogs and two people
get along fine, But when you add
to the family two adults, two
grandson§ and one cocker span-
iel, things get a little, compli-
cated. Rusty is supposed to stay
out of the house ,because he is
too big and boisterous and up-
sets the smaller dOgs. Dave,
however, loves Rusty so he Man-
ages to let him into the house
every chance he gets. That is
when. bedlam begins. With Carol
and Nancy here I could foresee
more probleina ahead. It so hag-
pened I knew a farnily where
there are schotalage children whet
were most anxious to adopt Rob-
bie. Yesterday I took him ,Over
Back to standard, time — and
for some unknown reason we
found it very hard to adjust our-
selves to the change; much. har-
der than last spring when we
changed over to fast time. Actu-
ally we were not at all anxious
to take advantage of that extra
hour's sleep Sunday morning.
Instead we were up an hour
earlier — that is, according to
the clock. But I suppose In a day
or -two we won't know the dif-
ference. Perhaps it"was the re-
turn of fine summer . weather
that made us feel energetic. We
wanted to be up and doing, As
to that, do you ever wake up
with the thought —
"Here hath been dawning an-
other blue daye--
Think—wilt thou let it slip
useless away?"
Time is such a precious thing
and yet, because there seems so
much of it — especially when we
are young — we often fail to ap-
preciate its true value, Thus we
let it slip useless away. We 'fail
to remember that without time
nothing can he accomplished;
with time all things are possible
— plus a few items Iike energy,
perseverance and patience, I was
going to add "good health" but
that isn't always necessary. In
many instances. much has been
accomplished -from an invalid's
bed, But health is Certainly the
governing factor in the type of
activity in which we engage. It
helps us to realize our limita-
tions — to know that while one
type of work is beyond' our
strength another type can quite
easily be undertaken. That is the
way with Partner',and I any-
way, as with countless Other.
folk. Much of the work we used
to do is now beyond our strength
but that doesn't mean we Must
he content to sit down and twid-
die our thumbs. No Indeed —
for 'that way madneis lies.
Come to think of it, for the
next two Months w.e are not
likely ,to do niuch thumb-.twid-
dling anyway, At the present
moment we a're making last
minute preparations for niece
Babs and her two little girls
Carol end, Nancy, four years and
twenty months old respectively.
Ginger Farm will be their tem-
porary headquarters until hous-
ing arrangements have been
completed foe Cheat at Blind:
River. The trio, with Daddy ine
charge, are supposed to arrive
about eight o'clock tonight. What
our. erstwhile quiet home will
be like after that is anyone's
guess. tell you next week!
Last week Partner and I took
this this opportunity of "the lull be-
fore the Stbritt," to do ,,a little
gadding. Ort two occasions we
-visited friends on farms, in Wel-
lington and Dufferin county, And
en Wednesday and Thursday t
.was in 'Guelph, partly to look in
on the W.1, Convention. Satur-,
day was the day of our local fair.
And the weather WaS petted,
The fair must have 'beaten all
records both in attendance and
The lumber dl efchibils. The
midway too appeared to be big-
ger than ever, 'Whether it WSs
"better" we have' nti means
knowing, it being out' policy to'
GETTING THE PIP
. — Willie, aged seven, was playing
in the back garden when he sud-
denly smacked the face of one
of his little girl friends. She ran
home crying.
Out dashed Willie's mother and
said, "Willie, you had no right to
hit Joan. What made you do it,
anyway?" r
"We were playing Adam and
Eve," explained Willie, "and she
went and ate the apple instead
of tempting me,"
The mosquito was discovered
by the man who was discovered
by the Mosquito.
Just about everything your
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Sew a beautiful 9-inch dolly and
so many pretty clothes — what
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mother" I
She can dyes:; dolly for each '
clay! Pattern 557 has 0.incli dolly
transfer; clothes patterns too.
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Ont. Print plainly kAtTiliN
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"silent killer' the `real douse of .many traffic accidents,
That's the. theory' the Washington Striteljahril is frying to prove.
Acting Patrol ChlefAby F, Colson says, 'Et,is 2r ktibWit fad-
that a small percentage of CO present in la vehicle' for .3
Minutes fd brie hour fcirt slow' ct driver's reatikin. Jaffee
." his Arid give him a general feeling of draW"Sitiet'S.1' The
Stale is'aire4, therefore,. hr...s inaugurated a Varlinfary"festinj
dampaigh. 'A motorist merely,taps at One a the test`.,•
ing pasts.. A patralrnaii holds a CO fester in Side the tar 10 take
on air sainpleand' then' withdraws, if' to' Make the 'readirt4,