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The Brussels Post, 1958-03-26, Page 2~;PACE VOLUNTEER—Sue Evans,' a profeSsiondl harpist known in r;vate life as Mrs. Paloaft tivers, wants to be the first woman 'hi orbit the earth, Sue taid that she hod Written' to De. James Jr., science` adviser to the President, about her space drnbitions, Far her qualificatioris she said she was vet y 01011, .5'1” end 102 pouriels. 4524 SIZES 141/2-241/ '191, -1404 Young, graceful! The sheath silhouette is so flattering to half- sizers — makes you look so nar- row through the middle. Choose faille, crepe, wool for this sew- easy Printed Pattern. Printed Pattern 4524: Half- Sizes 141/2, 161/2 , 181/, 201/2 , 221/2 241/2 . Size 161/2 takes 3% yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (400) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order,te ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., Nevi Toronto, Ont. 4SPACZNAN'V,IORMER -MARRIAGE REVEALED -- Mr. and Mrs. Luraas of Troy, N.Y., look over a bank statement concerning payments-made to. Mrs. Luraas for the support of her daughter, Heidi. Mrs. Luraas was formerly married., to Donald Farrell, the New York airman who recently spent seven, days ,in a space cabin. Their marriage was annulled in April; 1954, al- though Mrs. Farrell was pregnant, She. claims that Farrell •is $2,000 behind in support payments for Heidi, but all she wants from him is his consent for her present husband to adopt the girl. eweadolin.e P. Ct&rke N MST //quit, fairti4 Co-wet4e&t,. • PLAYFUL PRESIDENT singed: 'ohd,,.061.ka,,clotteci native .teatfunie .and *headdress, President' U MOUrig- CcierieS 'he 'happily takes, part hi the "dance of ilia' . ,• tribes" of 'thangiaoti„ falloWed by Bu Eirnu. Aufidi Speaker of Burintet thataiber of 'beOutieti- 'the ceremony 'Was` part of Site Union bay. cOebrditeliit. Half-Size Step-in PRINTED PATTERN * Your husbands attitude is * one of the most trying to * handle. When he is home, give * him all the attention you can * spare from your little girl. * Employ all your tact, Don't, * for instance, mention your sis- * ter at all unless you must, and * tell your mother you will call * her daytimes . Remind your * husband that you cannot ig- * nose old friends and you do * not intend to. You may even * have to threaten to leave. * He must understand that * the strain of his jealousy is * keeping you so unhappy that *you cannot be an affectionate * mate nor an adequate mother * so long as he subjects you to it. * Some husbands have been * impressed by this reasoning, * and overcome their jealous * fears to a considerable degree, * I hope yours will. * * * CHANGE PARTNERS "Dear Anne Hirst: My best friend and I are both 17, and eight months ago we met two boys and have been dating them ever since. I think I am in love, and my friend thinks she is, too; we are very close, and tell each other every- thing. "Last week the boys came to us and said they wanted to change girls! Is this awkward, or isn't it? Shall we try it out, or should we be insulted at the idea? "Would it be disloyal to our special boy if we accepted this crazy idea? We are awfully con- fused. * Neither of you is engaged * to her boy friend, so there's * no reason you shouldn't ac- * cept the plan if yoU want to. * It might be fun, at that. Of * course, these boys talked it * over before they spoke of * changing dates: k Should either of you regret * it, that can be- handled when * the crisis arrives. You girls are * such good friends that I am * sure you only wish happiness * for each ether. Take it on, and * see what happens. * * . A jealous 'husband is one of the most miserable of men. Use patience and tact and never cease your attentions . . , Anne Hirst's sympathy .and wisdom can be of service, if 'you write her at Box 1, 123 Eightenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario. Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q. When a woman's husband la,. a "junior," should she also use tfi4 affix in her correspondence? A. Yes, certainly. Q. Should each guest scat him- self at the dinner table as soon as he arrives there? A. No; until the hostess seats herself, ,everyone should stand quietly at his place. When -the coffee or tea is very bole, is it proper to use the spoon to • sip it? A, No; the spoon is for stir. ring only; and wheti that is done, tho spoon is placed in the sett- ee]. alid .tefititisetlirre. One can only wait 'until. the beverage is sufficiehtly4 cool'161°46mfortable drinking, Q When someone' whom ;you haVe just thee SaYS, am glad to have niet yon," isn't a smile' in reply sitflidient? A. This would seem to have • cOridesceficillig tir about it.. It is bench better to accompany that smile with a pleasant "thank you.'" We, are still in the deep freeze — definitely. At this moment it is 10 below zero and there isn't a window we can see out of properly. That is -because storm windows were not considered necessary over the plate glass. Which is quite true except in very severe weather. There is a part of each windolW that is not conipleteiy frosted. Through it we 'can. see' our neighbours' hav- ing trouble starting. their cars. The little. girl next door left home a short while ago and then stood for. ten minutes on a cold, draughty corner waiting for the school bus. The wind is howl- ing around the house making weird noises but inside the house we are warm and comfortable. It did occur to us this morning to wonder how much oil the fur- nace "got away with during the night as we didn't set the ther- mostat back at all. Partner -has a fire roaring away on the hearth right now and it looks and feels very cheery. So long as the rough weather doesn't outlast our food `supplier we shall be all right. Snow, so far, hasn't been any problem. The white stuff from our one, and only snowstorm is still lying around but no more has been added to it. When I hear the wind I keep remembering what it would be like on the farin. No matter what we did we could never keep the old house warm in a windstorm — partly because we were al- ways afraid of fire, There were 22 lengths of straight smoke- pipe and 4 elbows running from the furnace to the chimney up- stairs. Taking them down and cleaning them was quite a job but for safety's sake it had to be done twice during the winter. What a change there has been in heating systems over the years. In pioneer days wood was the only fuel — pine stumps butht on the open hearth after tree had been felled. Then came the pot-bellied parlor heaters and the two-hole box-stoves that could be used for cooking as well as heating, split wood be- ing used as fuel. From it we progressed to cOokstoves -- to soft coal and coke, and finally to hard coal. And then there were Oil stoves that would sometimes flare up and smoke the honk out. In most homes there was also a one-burner "Fairy' latnp" lit for a while to take the chill out of tipstairs bedrooms but taken away as soon as the chil- dren were warm and cosy in their beds `tinder layers of patchwork quilts — aftei having undressed it 'front of the kitChen fire. Eke- the. heaters couldn't be used be- tense in most homes there was no electricity. 13y day children Were dressed warmly with heavy underwear, and' , Oversocks and gum-rubbers on their feet, They had to walk to school anyWhere from half a Mild to two Miles. But at least they were On the move. AS I watched our little neighbour-girl waiting' at the hornet in the biting wind T won- dered Which generation of chil- homemade bread came frent oven hooted by cow-chips in the stove. We wouldn't want to back to old.time heating — or plumbing — but I do hope stories of the past will be handed down through the ages lest modern tiv, ing be taken too much for grant- ed, I was going to spy "easy liv, but is it?The more con-, veniences we have the harder it is to deal with adVerse conditions unexpectedly_A ear stalls in a _snowdrift; the driver gets out, often hatless and without rub, tiers. His wife or girl friend sits ethivering in the car, scantily clothed; and on her feet spike- heeled pumps, Weatherwise we .always hope for the best but we ,-rtever seem to—peepere for the worst. Tomorrow I'm supposed to at- ' tend a meeting. I shall not be among those present, I'm a fair, Weather traveller) • Folding Up The Featherbeds! One big reason why houses cost so much is -that the output per man-hour of carpenters, bricklayers, masons, painters, et al. is skimpy in proportion to the $2-to-$5-an-hour wages they draw' Restrictions designed to spread work and keep output low are written into thousands of building - trades contracts. Most painters insist on using brushes where sprayers would do the job a lot faster. Carpen- ters resist prefabricated panels, end in some places panels fast- ened together at the factory are actually taken apart at the building site and nailed togeth- er again. Some locals lay down a maximum daily quota of bricks, studs or square feet of surface for bricklayers, carpen- ters, painters. Specialization is carried to the point where a contractor on a small job may have to hire one, pipe fitter to lay the pipe out and another to join it, Recently the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s 19-union Building and Construc- tion Trades Department took what seemed a momentous step toward eliminating such cost- boosting practices. Announced at the A.F.L.-C.I.O. executive coun- cil meeting in Miami Beach was a n anti-featherbedding code quietly drawn up over the past three years by the building- trades union and spokesmen for the National Constructors Asso- ciation, whose members account for 90% of the U.S.'s heavy con- struction. The man behind the code: old (70), Bricklayer Rich- , are James Gray, the B.C.T.D.'s unorthodox president, w h o shocked his fellow labor leaders "at the A,F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Atlantic City, N.J., two -months ago by ,urging a volun- tary one-year wage freeze to hold prices down. Gray's argu- ment for wage restraint also ap- plies to the anti-featherbedding code: high .construction costs are against the interests of building- trades workers, because high costs curb demand, and lower demand means fewer jobs. In its main provisions the code calls for, an end to: Union control over naming of . foremen. The widespread, practice of ,eystematicelly starting late and stopPild Limits on output, e.g.; daily quotas of bricks per briclayer. Restrictions on the full use of proper tools _orequipment. Sloviclowns, forcing of spl'ead-wOrk -tactics, stand- - by* crews 'and featherbedding practices. These provisipns will' have no real effect unless and until they are'written into Ideal contracts. But in the building-trades' even a start toward folding the tea- - lherbeds. .is.,,, revolutionary. — From TIME, Dy TOM A. ,C111.41,,EN NEA. Staff Correspondent. Paris — Is French. youth laNer in its. morals than Its elders? Is there' more morality in France today than before the war?. A recent survey of people,. aged .10. to 3Q, came up with this shocker; French youth today is far more moral than its elders. On the whole, the young pen, ple interviewed were straight- laced, some even puritanical, in their attitudes towards tree, love, marriage and fidelity. Surprisingly, neerly half. (47 per cent) of those interviewed have already settled down to marriage, the majority of these being occupied with raising families. The eight million persons be- tween the ages of 18 and 30 in France today are the vanguard of a revolution that is as pro, found in its implications as that of g . 1879. They are rejuvenating. France, In 1970 France will be the youngest nation in Europe, as present rate of population growth exceeding that of all its neighbors. Before the war it was known as a "dying nation" where deaths actually exceeded births. What will be the impact of this new generation on French life? It is a generation to whom Hitler is just a name, the Nazi occupation and the resistance merely dim memories. Its idole are the doe-eyed Brigitte Bardot and 22-year-old novelist Franeoise Sagan, whose proneness for fast cars and IDOL SAGAN: Fast ,cars made her a female James' Dean. smash-ups ("It's exhiliratling to miss death by inches") has made her the female James Dean. What does this new genera- tion want? Where is it going? Here are some of the answers supplied to L'Express in'ite sur- vey: ' Are you happy? .Eighty-five per cent claim to_ be happy;, and of these,. .24 per cent .to be very happy. Women are happier than men; married 'persons happier than single. Is love important? Forty.-eight per cent declared it very irr).- portant, while another 32 per cent found it rather important, Typical reply: "Love? Oh boy! It's as important as life itself. And then, it's the only luxury we can afford these slays." Trial marriage, however, is frowned 'upon, particularly by working class and rural youth. "It sabo- tages marriage," is a typical re- sponse. Does„ fidelity seem essential;' Nine out of ten (91 per cent) find, it essential. Says a resigned husband: "With four kids, one is no longer a teen-ager; the fire dies; down." What is France's No. 1 prob- , lem? *Algeria, 28, per cent; to find a stable government, 24 'per cent; -the stability, of the franc, 15 per cent, What is good in. Francei • what bad? About all that youth can 'firfirto praise-Are the postal ser- eqvke,7French railways, and, Ter- sonal freedom, Rated as bad are `politics (96 per cent), the goy. erninent, economics arid housing. "What's wrong?" echoes a Shop-keepet. "Everythingr • There is no authority, only an- arehy, Wdzieerl*a strong niari ih the goverterient." Replies a school teacher:: "The history of France gjpriot.th, its countryside is beautiful, its fl ood good and its Wine. EYthithirig else gfiliks; .,starting at the top." How about a Socialist society? Nearly, half .don't know; 24 pee, eent,fayor. 'socialism, 28 per cent are against it. Would they sacrifice their lives f.OF something? kert,ye,two -per tent7 titre a flat No, while I per, cent, don't .,know. Of, tho.,re- inalning 41 per tent, one in font' IS Willing to risk his lite for his country. IIeroies out lietbee' exist, they are Mord likely to be firemen than solcliera," says a worker, whale a cleric VA* that,: "Heroes are these .who. ter in silence the stupidity aY ethers," Conclusions; French, youth. if selfish, materialist-minded, atp$ concerned almost solely with than ppreult of personal happiness IDOL BARDOT; Infidelity is out, but Brigitte is in. but probably no more so that!' American, Russian or British youth. Its politics, as well as its morals, are conservative; but Et is inclined to be pessimistic con- cerning its influence on French affairs (52 per cent of those „polled feel themselves to be at -1,1-k -mere'y of events, instead of shaping : them). It is probably no worse nor better than pre- ceding generations. TEDDY BEAR SAVES OWNER'S LIFE A large teddy bear which she had juSt been given saved the life of two-year-old Erika Muller ineEssex. She dropped the bear trtim a fourth floor window and while looking down to see where it had gone, Erika tumbled out and landed — on the bear. She suffered' a few bruises and scratches. 'WINK CAUSED RETRIAL Catching a juror Winking at a woman witness at a trial in Syd- ney, Australia, a District Judge immediately apprehended the culprit and ordered a new trial The offending juror explained: "I 'caught the lady's eye, and my mother taught me it was polite to acknowledge a. greeting." Half-Vard Apron • , 6/1 So.thriftyl Each Of these pretty 'Orals takes. only One-half yard! Use.'e'craps for pocket. Make the gay designs 'for hostess, shower gifts. Pattern 628: transfer's, tissue pattern fel- making three halt, aprons. Medium size only:. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted e use postal tote for Safety) this pattern to Laura Wheeler; fox 123 Eighteenth $te Now Toronto, jahtt.gsP:irit plainly PATTERN NUSIDEiti your NAME and AD D , As VgstUritis, l.Tw.p complete patterns are printed right in. our" LAURA Needlecraft Hoek. Dfiketie- of 'Other designs Yeit'll want to order easy faS, e7atitia. handwork for yourself this book todayl S your talie, gifts, bazaar ROMS., Send .26 tents for your copy tit ISSUE, ibMIL dren were the better taken care of. Coming back to heating again. Wood for heating purposes is a thing of !the past in most of cen- tral ',Ontario — except for fire- placee. etnetead, think of viide choiceArej, now have in heating our homes. With coal — soft, hard or 'blower type. Heat can then be distributed -through the house by forced air, hot-water pipes or radiant heat under the floors. Instead of coal we can have fuel oil or natural gas to run the furnaces, controlling it thermostatically by the turn of a dial in the hall. It is all very wonderful but I doubt if we really appreciate our modern heating systems — except when the power gives up the ghost. Then we feel hard done by and cry to high heaven and wonder , why the hydro com- mission doesn't look after things better! • There used to be another type of fuel in common use put west when we lived there. I was re- minded of this the other night on TV when 'a man was told to "get a good fire' going with buf- falo chips". Partner and I won- dered how many people would know what he meant. We knew, because where we lived there was a good supply 'of "cow-piles". Cow-chipS' 'I° would have you know were sun-baked dung that could be picked up from the pas- ture. Many is the time I went out after supper,. carrying a sack and picked up our fuel supply for the next day, It was bone- dry, light in weight, and entirely odorles. But what a fire it would make! Many a fine batch of The New French Youth — A Straight-Laced Generation l'',Dear Anne Hirst: the baby, I'd like nothing snore need sane and .safe advice than to stay home with my And I need it now, My husband family at night, I. Ora help it is geed in almoSt every way, if there are men in my depart- /Alt .he is insanely jealous and inent. I don't know 'half of •.always. has been, He has no them and don't care to,. reason for it; he is t h e first My husband's accusations are. and only man I ever cared for, getting me down, I never cheat- I ;still love him with all my heart. .ed oil him before we married. He 'won't believe it.. even when he was in the war, "My family have. always been My love for him and. the child- closer than most, and if I call ress and, my religious faith, would up Mamma or my sister he never permit me to be interest, strides. up and down the room ed in another man if I wanted like an angry child, to, whiCh I don't.. "We have been married eight „Icould not bear to leave him, years, and' have a dear little girl,. but neither can I bear his in- Last year we had expensive sinuations much longer, He Imedieal bills, and I've taken. a swears he loves me. If that is part time job evenings to help true, wouldn't he trust me? I'd US get out of debt, My husband do anything to have a quiet, go, te., work to meet other happy family life, Help. if you men! That is nonsense. After can, please. Spending days cleaning a six- WROUGHT-UP WIFE,' room house and looking after * there are husbands who feel * so inferior to their wives that * they are jealous of every other * person she knows; they must * have daily proof that they * come first in her affections, * her thoughts and her plans. * Jealousy cannot always be en- * tirely overcome, but it can be * modified by a wife's increas- * ed attentions, her subtle flat- * tery, and by seeking the man's * advice on even trivial matters. * He has to be shown that his * home is his castle where he * reigns alone.