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The Brussels Post, 1958-05-07, Page 2Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee • I.ro correspondence In ,good taste? A, Yes; they .are very poplam and in good: taste for the short, Informal kind of note, It is he, coming more and more custom, ery Ter men and women to use these cards. .liowever, they should be used for strictly in formal correspondence. Q. Should all the women be served first at the dining table, where men' and women are seated alternately? A, This would be a foolish waste of time. The guests should. be served in regular sequence, whether man or woman. Q. If someone begins a jolce, yog leave already heard, should you step him? A. If you are a member of a group, it would be discourteous to others who may riot have previously heard the story. If,, however, you are the sole lie- tener, it is quite all right to say yoti have already heard the joke. Q. De. you think it necessary • to have the approved ."salad forks," or do the medium-sized regular forks serve the same. purpose? A. One may provide any shape or size of fork one wishes. The medium-sized is quite in goof!. taste. Make An Heirloom A, 60 Vt4V1i-j ;„‘• 41,7` Vt 4.3 If/ 1;14446 WtV241. .1t4 Na."1:4 g It ir:14:447 l'e4404*14. km. • .411e. Decorative cover for a table or to use as a tablecloth for special occasipns. Lovely on the round table so popular now or on an oblong table. Pattern 510; crochet directions for 54- and 64-inch cloth in string; 36-inch in No. 30 cotton. Send. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted) use postal note for safe,ty) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New To- ronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. As a bonus, TWO completo patterns are printed right in our LAURA WHEELER Needlecraft pook. Dozens of other designs you'll want to order -- easy, fascinating handwork for your- self, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! ISSUE 18 - 1958 S H a oracLE 1NGERFARM Gv.ien,ctol,in.e. P. Cletzke 4 • SALLY'S SALLIES 1_ ANNE .41RST (41404.-em NEW NOTE IN CHIVALRY-Sir Walter Raleigh had his cape and Warren Prince, a 17-year-old gentleman, has his tuba, which also proves to be very handy in the rain. Shirley Sandusky, 14, the champion baton twirler, found the tuba a pretty good umbrella after a band competition. a * * a * * * a * a a 1). * • • * • • • • • ''ever since l was a little girl " have dreamed of a home and .tildrett,7-And now that I am in. love I find I Abell have to wait Another whole: year!" A eon, fused young woman wonders. how she, can live through such An eternity. "The man has ap, plied for his divorce, but it won't be granted until. then. An, other, a more reoeat friend., fell in love almost at once and begs Me to marry him. I admire and respect him, and he's lots of fun, but that is :She asks me what to do. "For two years I've loved the first men," she continues. "He never cared for his wife, and since the first year lie has beg- ged her for a divorce, I cannot question his devotion. We have observed all the amenities, of course, but I don't see how I can. be patient for so long!. "My parents are very much opposed to a divorce, and if I wait for the one I love there is bound to be a struggle.. "I am rather Sure I can make the ,other man happy. My fam- ily like him, too. Do you think if I marry him I can forget my love?" IMPATIENT YOUTH, .* If • this girl marries the man * she is not in loye with, she * will not be able to forget the Slim and Smart . PRINTED PATTERN • 4682 SIZES 141A-24V2 4,„ 17-1 psi& 4404 This Printed Pattern is a won- derfully becoming style for half- size figures! Simple dress to wear for sunning; cover with the little bolero. Proportioned to fit, neat, smart, slimming! Printed Pattern 4682: Half Sizes 14%, 161/2, 18%, 201 , 22%, Z4%. Size 161/2 dress, 3% yards 35-inch fabric; bolero 1% yards. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (500 (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. * one who has won her heart, * Year after year .she will be * comparing, her husband with * him, and all her pretenses of * love will be futile. One day *he will sense the truth, and it * could destroy their marriage. * Besides, he is too fine a per- * son to have to take eecend- * beWstaiting a year need not be * the tragedy she pictures it. * The worst is over; the man's * freedom is assured, and her * dreams are to be realized. * How can she even think of * marrying anyone else? Her * family's objections can be met * when they are made. Once her * parents are convinced her * happiness is bound up in this * marriage, it is not likely they * will oppose it. • Love is always worth wait- * ing for, and sometimes it is .0 all the sweeter for delay. * * PARENTS WORRY HER "Dear Anne 'Hirst: I am 15, and my parents worry me. They never seem to be affectionate' to each other; I've never seen them kiss except when father comes home. This seems strange to me, though of course they get along all right. Does it mean they don't love each other? "I am not allowed to date yet. They tell me to stick to my studies; this is hard, when all my girl friends go with boys. My mother has never talked about sex to me, and all I know is what I read. "It is good to tell somebody about these things. How can I understand my ,family better? MARY" Fathers and mothers do not have to prove their love by outward signs in the presence of their children. They show it in their glances, their voices, and in other ways a girl your age would not recog- nize. Above all, they prove it by getting along pleasantly, treating each other kindly, and keeping the family at- mosphere serene for their chil- dren. As to dating, try not to be impatient. Your parents know you better than you know yourself, and when you are ready to have boy friends they will help you to be pop- ular. Meantime, perhaps they will allow you to entertain girls and boys together, Ask them. Many mothers are shy about discussing sex with their children. Why don't you talk with your family doctor? a If a girl is in love with one man she should know how futile it is to seek her happiness with another. These situations and other confus- ing issues require the advice of a sympathetic and experi- enced counsellor. Write your problem to Anne Hirst, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New To- ronto, Ont. "Her voice has the range of an organ, but fewer stops." Last week the news highlights - that is, locally - concerned the Women's Institute. One day there was a pot-luck luncheon at the Community Hall near here sponsored by a local branch. Each member was allowed to bring two guests. It was a won- derful lunch-savoury scalloped dishes of this and that brought in piping hot, along with cold meat, chicken and so on. And of course there were plenty of pies, tarts, trifle and a birthday cake - all guaranteed to add inches to one's waist-line. If we had such luncheons too often we might all be glad to take to "chemise" fashions. Of course it was all very friendly and in- formal. After lunch we had as guest speaker Mrs. E. L. Deigh- ton, Hydro Economist, who showed us "Haw To Live Better Electrically". First she gave us a very interesting and informa- tive talk and then drove home her points by means of a movie, in colours, illustrating what can be done electrically to improve working and living conditions in an older type home. How could any woman fail to be interested in such a topic? But just think how impossible all the sugges- tions would have been years ago when the W.I. was in its in- fancy! At that time housewives were more interested in easy ways to clean lamp chimineys or home remedies to ease croup or bronchitis when roads were drifted so badly it was doubtful if a doctor could get through. Yes, times have c er tainl y changed. And yet, it is rather nice occasionally to go back to some of the old-fashioned occu- pations. Far instance there was that W.A. quilting, bee I went to just recently. I really enjoyed the work, taking me back to the time years ago when quilting used to be a fascinating hobby for many women. And how they ever did such fine work by the light of coal-oil lamps never know. Nowadays quilting is done un- der good lights and maybe with a television program going on at the same time, disrupting the friendly gossip usually associated with a quilting bee. But dear rife, We have to keep up with the times. The next VV,1, diversion took place in our old Ginger Farm district and was the occasion of the' 25th Anniversary. We had a turkey banquet - another branch in the sante district doing the catering for us. It was a family affair - just for mem- bers; their husbands arid chil- dren. Of course We enjoyed be- ing back 'ailiong our old neigh- bours and associates, especially as eve noticed how well and tented those in our own age group seemed to be. It was the middle- aged group who appeared to be showing signs of stress, Which is understandable. They are the Ones Who now have to cope with problems incidental to raising teen-age children, to say nothing of the high cost of living and its reaction on the family as a whole. Yes, it was an evening out that we wouldn't have miss- ed for anything. In fact we were so anxious to be among those present that we turned up for the banquet a day ahead of time! I was so sure I had been. told it was on a Thursday. After we had started on our way I began to have an uneasy feeling and said to Partner - "I wonder if it is tonight - usually they have these, things on a Friday." Sure enough it was to be on Friday so we had two trips but only one banquet! It didn't matter anyway. Once we arrive in the neighbourhood of Ginger Farm there are always friends to visit. Friday night it was wet and snowy, miserable driving, but we arrived home in time for Partner to see the last ten min- utes of the boxing bout oh TV. Before we left we noticed quite a few old-timers heading home about 9,30 so I imagine Partner was not the only one wanting of see the fight. Yesterday we had all the fami- ly here and Partner and I were the only ones not suffering from a cough or cold. We love having all our grandsons together at one time. It is at such a time we are glad we didn't settle for a smaller house. Plenty of room here for children to play and the dining-area accommo- dates eight or ten very nicely. Lili, a little neighbour-girl came over too - in fact she is here almost every day, a quiet, well- behaved girl whose birthplace was somewhere in Yugoslavia. Before we had supper I went with Bob and Joy to loek at a house they are thinking of buy- ing in the Milton district. Part- ner stayed home to await the rest 'of the family, The house Bob is thinking of buying is quite handy to his work and within sight of "the Mountain" - the same Mountain that used to give me sd much pleasure when we were on the farm. If they do buy this.house we shall be able to take a short cut acruss country and thus by-pass the town - an advantage in these days of congested travelling through narrow streets. But Mil- ton is growing fast, It is soon to be the site of a twomiilliert dollar building - a new home for the Deaf and Duittb.. A lovely pot of hyacinths was left on out doorstep while we were away - arid We have not yet discovered the donor, Part- ner was downstairs and didn't hear the hell ring. MAWS Weetiati, In Springfield, Ohio; Marjorie June Flax drew many admiring Male glances in a packed courtroom When she drepped assault -And-battery charges against her husbartd, said: "It Wail my faint; if I'd kept my big, mouth shut, it wouldn't have happened." Elegance AO Economy! Fee some reason the way world wags, I had not gathered my brows into an overcast and thought much about the gar- ment workers. Oh' I knew 'there was such a craft, that it was a. big group, and that historically it had significance and PgrpOsQ. But these labor movements are, so far .afield from quiet farm living back here in the country, and when the garment workers decided to strike recently I de, voted a few moments to sympa- thetic thoughts, and found I was 'really thinking about Mr. Gilli- land - a character of such ample talents that he, alone, was able to drive the whole garment^ workers' cause from my mind. I think this is significant, al- though perhaps only to me. M. Gilliland used to live up in our Maine woods above Dryden, and operated a small set of lakeside vacation cabins. As far as I ever knew he was an old bath, .but he had so many abilities and in- terests in so many 'different directions that I never pondered that particular point until now. He rented canoes and did whitt- ling, and opinionated freely, and altogether led a reposeful life suited to his make-up. He was also the best-dressed. guide in the Maine woods, for be was always impeccably attir- ed in a trim suit of utmost style. This is not common .among those of us who feel we must dress the part to impress the rusticating. summer people. We generally affect faded flannel shirts sag- ging and experienced trousers; and ancient hats that have grown up. with the country. But Mr, Gilliland was the ex- ception; when he went out to feed his dog he might just as well have been going.to a bank presidents' convention on Fifth Avenue. He was a Nova Scotian, by birth, had been to sea, and long years of doing things had given -his nimble hands a broad know- how. He carpentered straight work sturdily, but could sit by the lamp at night and do dainty scrimshaw. Whatever he did was done beautifully, with a fine sense of art - and he applied the•same, touch to dinner parties he staged with clean linen and candlelight that 'he applied to piling saw logs on a • brow. Mr. Gilliland was not a:mem- ber. of a, garment workers' local, for there was none in his vicini- • MAN OFiDESTINY?_The shadow of Gen. Charles DeGaulle, France's symbol of resistance, in World War II, looms large over the current crisis in French politics. As ominous whispers circulate through France that the fall of the Fourth Republic Is near at hand, some observ- ers believe DeGaulle is ready to break his three-year silence and take a hand in government affairs. ty. He would not have belonged it there had been, for lie didn't believe ,in gregarious security His philosophies were individu- alistic and he practiced rather than preached. He seldom de fended laid own, thoughts, for defense admitted frailty. Yet Mr. Gilliland was one of the finest garment workers ever to ply a needle, and throughout his mature life he made every stitch lie wore. He kept himself eupplied with handsome clothes, and would milk his cows in a. decorous double-breaster that Brooks would hang in a front windoW and fit only to Old and trusted customers. The most interesting thing about his suits was the material. Near him was a small woolen mill that had contracts for up- holstery cloth, and operated mostly on automobile seat covers for General Motors and similar manufacturers, This was before the age of plastics and synthe- tice, and you may remember the lavish plus fabrics that were so much admired. No mill in the world made so fine a seat cover as this one, and Mr. Gilliland would wander in by times and pick up remnants. Sometimes he paid a little, mostly they gave him what he could use. Thus he would cut and stitch, and presently come forth with a new suit that had the same lux- urious quality as the back seat of a Cadillac, Sometimes he would be somber and sedate: but again he might be all roses and fleurs-de-lis and red dots. It depended on what the mill was making, for his sartorial ele- gance was keyed to the local economy. But nobody ever turned a neater cuff or made a more de- licate buttonhole. I recall one vest he had made from the green plush peculiar to Pullman cars, and with a heavy gold watch chain across his bow he pre- sented a spectacle no witness would ever forget. He told me once that his pre- sent suit was from the 1937 Hudson de luxe, and it cost him $1.37, although he had tailored it after a style Rogers-Peet had advertised at $450. It was not the heavy English looming they specified, but he said it would outwear the other by ten years in the sawmill. He had turned out 375,000 feet of boards with it already, and felt it had a good many more board feet in it yet. He pointed out that its style and appearance was still good enough to wear to church, although lately he had been attending services in a blue Ford sedan single-breasted frock with a day- bed off-gray slack. Mr: Gilliland felt the great public reliance on boughten gar- ments was a needless drain on the family purse. He deplored ladies' circles which did fancy work when they might better be making pants for their husbands. He knew how much woolen mill scrap was being discarded, re- woven, or sold to scavengers. He said his whole town could be clothed for $200 a year if other people would do as he did. He felt no sympathy for anybody who objected to looking like an automobile seat, declaring that was frivolous reasoning and un- worthy of thinking people. He was always wadm and comfort- able, and no king ever had a finer tailor. Well, when I read about the garment workers' strike, I found I had very quickly called Mr. Galliland to mind, and wonder- ed what he would say at the news. The garment workers would be out a long, long time before they brought Mr. Gilli- land to terms - By John Gould. in The ChriStian Science Moni- tor, Dead Letters. In Caldwell, Kans., six new refuse containers were repainted to read "Trash" instead of "Litter" after citizens insisted, on posting mail In them. KULDIP'S COMEBACK-eAfter making a big hit on the Groucho Marx show "You Bet Your Life' in 1956, handset-de Indian singer kuldip Singh fell viclirri to a series of Hollywood ups and downs. calculated to grdy his thick, Mack hair. But now he thinks, his troubles are over 66 he stars Ort Shirley Teretples "Storybook''" series, Here heir dWs hie Sward to protect Princess Sue England in "Wild of 'Orden Ginger"'. aRiridg ACROSS CIE StA—A girt With a bridge all her own is bine-year-old Marisa leonzio, r f Who made headlines recently when she Wrote a plea for a spah Over d Strewn elate fa- her home hear Nibbiaia, Italy. She Wanted the bridge because the waters of the stream rise so high the was often unable to Wade across and had to Make a fOur.rnile detour fa get to school. Marisa got her bridge to school a 'ak nd a one to America,.When" Columbia. Pictures, who paid for her bridge in Italy, invited her td a WeishingtOn premiere of its filth, The Bridge on the River cis a guest of the A merican Field Service. She holds a Model of the bridge rn the film ageing the locickgroUrid, appropriately enough, of New York's QUeetiV. bona