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The Brussels Post, 1956-12-19, Page 24.i, :.- • 1 !,..".- • A ,t, .'$) 4,- Ala 4",1. --vet*, 1-u'llrigri :16d7&44 'v..). - - 7 " •*11.5. MAP' rir'L7 Qw42,ti.clolIt\e, P. Cto„rke HE'LL CLIP 'EM — Barber Nicholas Corsino hangs a sign in front of his Rockland shop, announcing a 10-dollar price to anyone wanting an Elvis Prefley-style haircut. Barbers' code says a customer's must be given any sort of haircut he wants. So Corsino jacked up the price, from the regular 41.50. So far he's had no takers. He thinks the Presley haircut is the craziest one yet. auk "Dear Anne Hirst; Practically every colnmn you write must stir memories in other readers of a similar ,experience. The one about; the grandmother who got in wrong with her son's wife (and now misses her grandchildren) matches my own. Don't you agree that her uninvited 'helpfulness' so enraged the girl that it was the real cause for bad feeling between herself and her hue, band? ""Is it eny wonder the young wife forbade her children to 'visit their grandmother, or that her husband stopped going there often'''. They blamed her for all Mee arguments they had. "I had the same bad• time. My husband's mother lived too close to us for comeort. Not a day pass= ed that she diclift'drop and criti- cize something I did; cooking, cleaning, the way I dressed, the, friends I had. After too niany Years of such abuse, I just told her off — respectfully but she got the idea -- and I had the sur- prise of my life. She was decent enough to, see my point, and more, she said so I She even brought my husband and me, close again, and advised a trip for us while, she took over the children. I shall, never forget it. "Such a little while ago, I hated her. Today I love her as Sew-Easy! DOLL WARDROBE EACH ONE MAIN PATTERN PART 1011 22" LL n has to gar- ch just, cinch et, skirt, jumper, -top, cap, artiest 95: For dolls inches tall. See yardage require- ions printed 'on each e pateern part. Easy,-to-use, accurate, assures perfect' fit. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note-for safety) for- this Pattern, Print plainly. SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE lqtrMBEIL. Send oredr. to Anne. Adams, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toren- to ren, though she belonged to me , It couldn't have happened if had pet up with her meddling= or if she hadn't been the great. hearted person she'is, HAPPY NOW" UNSUNG MOTHERS * of mothers are Wen- • derful in-laws. They tecePt * their son's wife as a new • .daughter; they love her for her * devotion to hint and for her # private virtues, and respect her * as an intelligent human being ' * whose life is, being dedicated * to her husband's comfort and * eoetent. The selfless role of * such mothert-in-law remains * unsung; it never reaches the * newspapers, The only ones we * hear about are those who in- * terfere with the lives of their * children. * One reason they interfere is * a determination to see . that * their beloved son is properli * looked after — and what chit * of a girl, they argue, knows * how? So in they barge with. * an, armful of suggestions that * reduce the bride to tears; if not, rage, and light a spark of * resentment that can flame for * years. Even this reason, though, does not give the' older woman * the right to criticize the girl's, • appearance, her friends, her habits; such personal intrusions * should not be permitted — * though sometimes it t a k e s * months of a girl's tactful pro- * tests to make the woman * realize she is making a nui- * sance of herself. • You were brave, and wise, * to speak up for your rights, and, * I can- guess you did not until * the situation became so crucial that it disturbed' your husband, * too. It is your good luck your * mother-in-law recognized how * wrong she had been, and had e the grace to say so. * It was good of you to des- * tribe your experience. I cer- * tainly hope it will guide other * brides and mothers in this vital'marriage problem. * * BE FRANK "Dear Anne Hirst: I pm 19, and for a year I've gone with a young' man whom I have come to love deeply. We have an gureeeretaild- ing' which may mean everything —or nothing—Last ew.e,,'A'I heard he'd been seeneevith a girl I know, and I sir ,Set`' cannot believe it. He "liar' i1 taken anyone else out sincere 4W.e met know he is not wealthy, and since 'Mate he said he'd like to marry, me 'some day,' I have been saving" a good deal 'of my salary so I can.help him out . . . But I hate to doubt him! What do you think?. WORRIED SICK" • Why not ask him point- * blank? Say ,you doubt the ru- * mour 'is true, but if it is, you * will say good-bye and wish him * all happiness. Add that you * know a couple can grow tired * of seeing each other often and * regularly, se you want him to * feel free to date anyone he * chooses. Some folks cannot bear to * see a couple happy, and they * will go to almost any extreme * to destroy the friendship. Per- * haps one of your girl friends * is jealous? * * * Why should the words "in-law" be' an anathema to a bride? Why can't she start out being grate- ful that the older woman brought up her husband to be Such a grand person?' If • thiS situation faces you, tell Anne. Hirst. about it and find how ,she can guide both "WoMen a' better 4ddress, Under- standing, her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth t.1• New Tor- ofit4; Ont.- Lots. of Research: • Woo ..onto••Rig Film. One of the many :astonishing things about "The Ten CoMneenel, manta" is the colossal amount of research that went into it, For this one motion picture Cecil B.-, de Mille, ,consulted.--or had his research man consult—some 1,900 books and periodicals, nearly 3,000 photographs, and 30 libi4are les and museums in America, Europe and 4frica. Mr, de Mille's research man is Henry Noerdlinger, and he, has written a book about his adventures in ancient Egypt. It has, been nubliShed by the linie- vereity of Southern California Press. "Moses and Egypt," says de Mille, is the first such sum- Mary of research on backgreund • documentation for a motion pie, ture "to,• be offered, to the general public as well as to scholars.", With Mr. 'Noerdlinger's help, ,,.the producer had to decide when the Exodus occurred—that is, he had to pick an ggyptiat dynasty , definitely. He could not say, as some scholars do about this: "We don't know." Again he had to decide whether Moses was in fact treated' as a prince in Egypt and whether (as (Josephue says) he was ever in charge of an Egyptian army that defeated the Ethiopians. ,He had many story points tee be 'concern- ed about, 'since the whole period of Moses' sojourn in, Egypt had to be pieced together from hints-- and little' moee—in Philp, Euse- bius, josephus,' and other histori- cal writings. Apart from such larger cone siderations, Mr. Noerdlinger. was also confronted with a vast array of problems having, to do with buildings, arts and crafts, sculp- ture and painting, furniture, cos- fumes, hair styles, jewellery, food, and so on. As an example 'of the exhaus- tive care required to cope with a large subject of this kind, take a look for a moment at the camel. The mystery about. him is covered briefly enough in Mt. Noerdlinger's book to come with-, in the scope of this column. At' the same time, this one , item serves to suggest the complexity of the whole. "The camel has become the most controversial,,penimal in „Hallyvend when the making of a motion picture involves ancient Egypt," Mr, Noerdlinger writes,. "Scholars usually claim that camels did not become domesti-,: cated animals in 'Egypt peeper , till the Greek period, while the Bible places them there when the nomadic, patriarch Abraham sojourned in that land. At the time of Moses they are mentioned in connection with the plague of murrain in Exodus 9:3 . "It can be argued that the scribes who set the Old Testa- ment down in writing unwitting- ly committed an anachronism. But let us consider what archae- ologists have to say on the etile ject of camels . • . "A. E. Robinson writes that 'the.remarkable success of the Assyrian invasion of Egypt in 671 B.C. is attributed to the use ' Of camels by' the eastern army! We can assume that the Egyp- tians certainly did become ac- . quainted with the camel in a painful manner, whether they wanted to or not • . . "In One of the books con- sulted on this subject W. F. Al- bright is quoted as authority that 'our earliest certain evi- dence of the widespread domes tication of the camel does not antedate the end of the 12th century, B.C. . . but the beast was previously known, "Sir Flindets Petrie ascertains that camels may have been in use close to the borders of Egypt during the nineteenth dynasty, i.e., thirteenth century B.C. Tin- portent data is' provided. by R. C. Thompson, who states that the time of Hammurabi (2000 or 1800 B.C.)—the era usually as- cribed to Abrahani-LSeniites of the desert were known to ply 'the carnal caravan trade 'rarely showinetheir beasts ft the towns , , . That the camels - were ticil .intoled the .cities not entistial, as their drivers prefer to park them outside,' 4 "It can be considered as at least pegible that camel eat-fa', Vans penetrated into Egypt proper without entering cities, /t is also Within the realm of pos- sibility that desert Semites wodld bring their Camels, with them 'when they sought teftige: froin drought and pasturage for their animals' in Egypt's open Delta , "Their"'list may have been tee .etritted to the caravan trade plied by desert Semites, - Wheelie' 'the ggyPtieriS, Might well Piave scornfully' ignored,, tined they felt rather superior about thead 'despised Asiatics, whom they' tailed 'sand dwellers.' "Iii.egreenediit With the Bibli- cal text" IVIr, Noerdlinger eludes, "we do show cantelS A caravan and in the Moineritoid Exodus." Legal beagles 'kilo* that, the most 043PriSiVe. kind of diatied to negotiate i§- the Santa' Clete. A Happy Christmas to all the readers of this column. Yes, Christmas again — and if it were not for the calendar it would be hard to realize that a year has slipped away Since L passed 'along that same greeting before. Each Christmas is a milestone along' the road of life. During the winter .we measure time by speaking events "aer,; happening "before or after Christmas". And we have a way of comparing one Christmas with another . . "remember = that was our first Christmas away from the old home" . . and 'another "we celebrated Christmas'' in our new home that, year, with the grand- parents. and our first baby" . . . or again — "remember how hap- py we were-three years ago be- cause our little girl. Nem had' been so ill had beep. spared to us?" And there are sad mem- ories too . . there is the inev- itable feeling of loss because some that we had dearly loved are no longer with us. That is the pattern of life and we have to accept it. But, by and large, Christmas is what we make it. We can add to the r4grettable commercialism' of the season by being too lavish in our spending, forgetting that the ten-dollar' gift, hastily chosen, cannot give as much pleasure as a less ex- pensive present upon which lov- ing thought and care has been given to the choosing. Christmas is a time of happi- nets and goodwill. But can we be happy and gbod-tempered if we beCorrie involved in a mad rush of Christmas shopping? Can We blame the children for being irritating and boisterous if we ourselves' cannot take time 'to talk with theta quietly; to enter into their• little secret plans for'. ChristmaS giving, HOW, 'neanY children are given' a dollar of two .at the last minute and told, to chodse something for " the , grandparents? 'What shall you' get? Oh, I don't know look' around the stores = you'll likely find eoillething!" Can we blame- the children if they grow Up taking little thought in' either giving or receiving? Don't we sometimes lose sight of the tee, son for exchanging gifts? The Three Wise Men brought gifts to the Christ child because they Wanted to honour him Arid, te• show their great Joy at the Se- \doer's birth. By that same token it was Originally the cus- tom to give gifts to those 'we love and in that way show our affeatfote Making each bee feel he* glad we Wete to haVe him With tie. If we would hold to that principle We could then never go very far wrong with our giving., "It isn't the` gift that &Melte, but the thought be-. hind it." That is a trite saying, I know, but it is also very true. The same attempt at simplicity might well apply to our Yule- tide fare. Of course it wouldn't be Christmas without the tradi- tional dinner. But need we -be quite so lavish with our rich food? There will be plenty of strangers around us this year — perhaps some in our own com- munity. Shouldn't the, spirit of Christmas, along with practical expressions of peace and good- will, extend to those who have sought refuge in our own coun- try? , Christmas is such a wonderful time. Twinkling coloured lights relieve 'the drabness of the streets. Gaily trimmed Christ- mas trees are a joy to young and old, Greeting cards bringing with them messages from near and far. Do you read those greetings? Do you stop to think. that the verse inside didn't come to you by accident? More than likely your friend or relative sent the card with that particu- lar verse just especially for you. A. little 'sentimental perhaps — but then, Christmas is a time for sentiment. So won't you take time to read your Christmas cards and enjoy,, the nice little verses? Christmas — although a lovely season — still has its drawbacks. At home and abroad; in , the streets and in the stores, there is noise and eicitement. Nige can- not escape it entirely, tor Would we want to. But too Much is too. much.' We owe 'it to our- selves,,to plan ,a little time fot rest and .quietheSS. A half-heeir, pethape only 'ten minutes, to be completely alone,. Yes, even on Christmas Pay; Paring that quiet time little grievances — if we have any — will disappear; tiredness will vanish; a new ap- preciation of the good people around us may come as quite a surprise alter all. We shall find ourselves refreshed, ready to wor k again — or talk or play possessed of a strange inner Peace, as If for awhile we had walked with God, and perhaps in some inadequate way thanked him for the miracle of the Sa- view's birth, Yes, there will be many things to be thankful for At Christmas time hut perhaps the greatest of all will be that gift to ourselves that short period in which to be absolutely alone. It sounds easy but busy wives and harassed mothers know it is not, But do try to give yourselves this gift — now, and every day until Christ- mas. By the New Year it may have become quite a helpful habit. Perhaps you will eay. "Well, that isn't much of a Christmas column." No doubt you are right, especially as I still can't think of a better greeting than to say — "A Very Happy Christ- mas to you all," Modern Etiquette . . . Q. Is it really proper to chew gum in public places? A. This d e p e n d,s entirely upon just what kind of a chewer you, are. If you are the nervous ,kind of chewer, then it is better if you refrain from public gum- chewing. lf, however, you can keep gum in your mouth with- out its being obvious to others, there is' nothing wrong with it. Q. If a man is entertaining a group of friends in a restaurant or hotel dining room, in what order do they g6 to the table? A. If the headwaiter leads the way to the table, the host goes first to seat his guests, The women of the party follow, and the men last. Q. When eating olives, is it proper to put the entire olive into the mouth, and after the meat has been eaten, remove the stone from the mouth? A. No. The olive should be held in the fingers and nibbled off the 'stone. Q. How is the formal mar- riage 'announcement worded? A. Usually, this way: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Harrison have the honour to announce the mar- riage of their daughter, Judith Ann, to Mr. Richard Hoyt Hayes on Saturday, the sixteenth of , June one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six in the City of Montreal." Q. When selecting mono- grammed handkerchiefs for a man or 'woman, which initial should be selected, that of the first or the last name? , A. For a man 'it is < always the last, For a woman, the last is custornary,.but the firit .is per- missible. The auctioneer R was a last- .minute substitute and obviously stew to the business.. Sales hadn't been going Well, and the ,crew4 was losing interest, Clutching the next item that came to hand the young man an- nounced; "What am I offered foe. this beautiful bust of Robert. Eurns:?" 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Send 25 cents for your copy of 'this book 'NOW — with gift patterns printed in I ST Family Ceu44.3ceot WAR ECHOES 114 ENGLAND — Perhaps a hint of more drastic; akin to tattle os teen in thit photo Of a London garagerneni explaining to d Wouicl-he gasoline htlyee thof he Has only „though gat id take care of his re9uicir tesfberiers. FOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE—Pktured above i; the rn•eW U.S. Children's Stamp of 1956, with its theme of ."Friendship—the Key to World. Peace." The design shows a group of children of the world looking toward the key of friendship: The new three-cent, blue issue. went on' first tisale. Dec. 15, in Wash. ington, D.C. RREDGE TO FREEDOM REDS-t-i"e•ii guards sitciricl near :Ow blatiaa foundations of a bridge saaantodr &Mal • at. :AU fro-HUngarran hor. r. e rid had been blown up by Soviet troops 'fo 'stein the flow of refugees seeking freedom. in Austricie The Russians were reported to be. placing Min es -along lahle frontlet 40 holt the exodus