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The Brussels Post, 1959-04-23, Page 2e_YV Inf #(440V.Witoutiat 4 BEDROOMS — 447" x 24' — 1028 SQ. FT. OWN THIS HOME! LI MAWS NO DOWN PAYMENT ! If you own a lot * If you can hammer a nail * If you qualify for N.H.A, Mortgage' 640, orally' Mine bulldlno PIW grani enables you to share in the henna eirini4 flat arid, finishing,-1 lava. ininy'!dailliiiit‘ Full IMO*. initlen and Cilia:it , 10011" wilts DEPT. oNtAtelti THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT — Both photos are of the same scene in the forthcoming movie, "Solomon and Sheba," but two of the duelists are different. Top, it's the late Tyrone Power cross- ing swords with George Sanders, Bottom, Yul Brynner goes through the action with Sanders in a remake. it was during the filming of this scene that Power suffered a heart attack and died lost November. "Dear Anne Hirst: A year ago when. I was a widow with two small children, I married a Man ‘r, thought was everything that was good, Now we have n Young baby and. I'M still in love, but I am worried sick because I don't see how that can lass My husband has changed int a jealous, vindictive creature. and lie is so mean to us that I fear the worst. "When we were going to gether he was always pleasan, to my family and friends, but since we got married be de- clares they are all `no good,' I am not allowed to see my mother nor his, nor even my friends; I can't go to card par- ties or other little affairs. He declares 'Rou don't need other people, you have me! — And what use is he ? He never takes me anywhere, he won't pay a baby-sitter, and I miss my 'people so much that some days I have to restrain myself phy- sically from going to see them. "Our baby does not interest him except to show oil; when he cries his father loses his temper. To my own children (whom he promised to raise as his own) he is impatient and mean. he hollers and often slaps them. I never had any trouble with them before, but now they cringe when he comes home and run to me. That makes him furious. "He is a good provider, but that isn't enough; we all must have love and understanding. and these he withholds, He Rags me all the time; I can't do anything to please him, and he even calls me lazy ! With t w a lively youngsters and a baby I can't snap into it every time he calls. I don't enjoy Two pretty ways she can wear this style! So cool and cute a pinafore or a party dress with the addition of the collar. So versatile — sew-very-easy for you. Pattern 801: sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 included. Pattern, embroidery transfer, directions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, Print plainly the PATTERN NUMBER, and your NAME and ADDRESS. Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It has lovely designs to order: embroid- ery, crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting, toys. In the book, a spe- cial surprise to make a little girl happy—a cut-out doll, clothes to 'color, Send 25 cents for this book, anything any more; I'm sick and tired of housework, and heaven help Me, I'M tired of my chil- dren, and they are so sweet and good! "I think I'm the loneliest wife in the world. I don't know which way to turn, I still love my husband, but he is destroy- ing that love . How can. I restore peace between us and between him and the children? I don't want my marriage to fail, but I just can't go on like this. DEFEATED" * I wish I could have printed all your letter . „ It does * seem that you married a man you did not know. He used to be loving and thoughtful, kind to you and your chil- dren; how could you foresee that would not last? Perhaps, it is only jealousy that causes his selfish prohibitions, and. he feels he must put you in the wrong to justify himself. Your life now has become unbearable, and physically and spiritually you are at the end of your endurance. Since he is getting more intolerant, you had better announce your ultimatum. If your husband wants to stay married to you, he must be kind and fair to you all. He has separated you from your family and your friends; these he must restore: He must realize you are over- worked, and without the in- centive of appreciation or af- fection you cannot go on. If he will not (or cannot) accord you the respect and affection and freedom you deserve, then he is not the man he seemed to be. How can you keep on living with a stran- ger? You have tried valiantly to *live up (or down) to his auto- * cratic demands, and you 'find * it increasingly impossible. It is your husband who can * save your marriage if he will. * Otherwise (and for the chil- * dren's sake, too) you will * have to take steps to end it. * I am so sorry! * +, TRIALS AT 15 "Dear Anne Hirst: I am just 15, and have gone with one boy since I was in the fourth grade, Now he has grown so popular that he doesn't ask me for a date any more! I'm sure he Minks I don't like him. "But I do, more than ever . I started going with an- other boy, and now the one I like hardly speaks to me ! What cna I do to win him back ? LONESOME" * Instead of inventing excuses * for this boy, why don't you * admit the truth? He doesn't * ask you for a date because * just now he doesn't want one. • Unflattering though that 4` sounds, don't despair. Boys * his age flit from one girl to * another, and often come back * to the first one they liked. * They are gaining experience * (which is natural and right) * and no one girl means much * to them at the moment. You * appealed to him once, and * you may again. * Meantime, though, amuse *yourself with other nice boys '1` arid give the impression * you're having a fine time. * This is one of the most suc • cessful ways to attract an in- * attentive lad, or even new 4' friends. 4; * If you question Anne Hirst's opniions, or want further assur- ance of her whole-hearted in- terest in her readers, write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. S h e pub- lishes criticisms as well as bou- quets, as she can find the space. In'Kenora, Ont., Ice Fisherman Oscar Boivin had no luck with, minnows, stuck a marshmallow on his hook and pulled in a 14- lb. lake trout, Threw A Party Inside An. Egg. The ,beautiful young actress who had been invited to a big dinner party in a Paris night club, triumphantly produced clur- iing' the evening Easter egg. Which she had received .as present earlier in the day, Attached to it was a card. Which read: "From, .en anony- mous but devoted admirer. Please don't open the egg until this .evening.". - "Open it and let's all see what's inside," urged the actress's friends, They gathered round her as she broke the egg. Suddenly they were horrified to see a scorpion jump from the egg and with it poison-bearing tail sting the actress's hand, She collapsed, Several other scor- Pions, each about five inches long, came out of the gift egg and wo- men in the cerimany screamed as they fled from the table. Luckily for he actress, the scorpion's sting did not • prove fatal, but she was in hospital for several weeks suffering rrom its effects. It was assumed that the Easter egg was sent to her by one of her stage rivals, who kneW that most scorpions are more ac- tive and more likely to sting at. n ight. A former Tsar of Russia was once sent a Easter egg stuffed with dynamite by some of his political opponents. It was care- fully timed to explode in his., PRIMA DONNA — The first Soviet vocalist to visit since World War IT, Zara Dolouk- hanova will make a concert tour of the U.S. suite at midnight. But the weight of the egg aroused sus- picion and a tragedy was avert- ed by the secret police ooening the egg and discovering its con- tents. Imagine an Easter egg with a "yolk" costing $50,000. When a member of the court of Napoleon III became infatuated by a pret- ty young dancer he vowed to a friend that he would give her his entire fortune, To prove his words, he ordered an'ornate Easter egg and sent it in a coach to the dancer's house. Opening it, she gasped with astonishment when she saw that its "yolk" was composed of jew- els worth $50,000.00 Nobody sends such fabulous Easter eggs as gifts to-day, but it was only a few years ago that a wealthy Brazilian staying at a London hotel ordered one which because of the- precious stones with which it was inlaid, ' cost $35,000. It was nine feet high by eighteen feet at its greatest circumference. 'Another rich man, a South African, came to London to order a giant Easter egg for his fiancee. It was ten feet high and made entirely of chocolate. Into it had gone nearly half a ton of the choicest confectionery. This giant egg was •shipped off to South Africa as a surprise for his bride- to-be. With it went a costly trousseau which the South Afri- can, with the help of his sister, had purchased for her in Britain. The late Queen Mary used to send pretty little eggs to all her relatives and friends but she never followed the example of Queen Victoria who used to send real hard-boiled eggs, tinted in 3 arious colours and inscribed With various mottoes, Easter egg parties and dinners were once very popular, A Mrs. Proul gave a Unique dinner to her friends some years ago. Guests eritereckhe ballroom to see an enormous egg towering to the ceiling, Around was a farm " scene. • Chickens clucked, ducks quecked and pigs grutted amid green pastures and flowing brooks.. The Maitinieth creamy egg was built up of papier-macho, The gueste filed Up a gravel path to the` door of the eggi which was six feet from the greutid, and went inside. There the table. Wet' decorated With flowers t6 - represent the yolk and white of an egg with golden daffodils and jonquilS, White lilies and candy tuft, The Waiters Were clad as fat-nil-iamb' coloured shirts arid smocks. This is surely one for the rec- ord. Sunday, March 22, was of- ficially the second day of spring, yet. at seven o'clock that morning it was two below zero. The win- dows here were all frosted over and our first job was to mop up the-water on the hardwood floors as the sun quickly thawed the ice on the wt.dlows. And yet on the two preceding days ditches ' were running- and water here and there flooding the highways, And well we knew it. Friday seetn,ed such a lovely day—bright sun, crows flying,,,starlings chirping, so we thought we would make an early start and go to Milton to see our new grandson, never realising how bad the roads were. Of course we had to take Ross with us and so as not to up- set his schedule we planned to be back soon after mid-day. But it turned out to be a case of "the best laid planS . .." About fifteen minutes walk from Bob's home we had car trouble and were stranded. One. of the fan blades had pierced the radiator and the anti-freeze was merrily boiling out all over the place. It may have picked something up in a flooded section of the highway and got it wedged in the fan. Be that as it may the ,damage was done. We called for a tow-truck and the driver first drove us to Bob's place before taking the car away for repairs. We. were really in a quandary. The car would naturally take , some time to .fix and we didn't want to stay at Bob's too long for fear of upset- ting Joy and the baby, home from the hospital "just the day before. So we came home by taxicab. Of course the whole business upset our visit but at least we saw the baby. He doesn't look a bit like Ross did at. two weeks old. An entirely different shaped head .and. a chubby little face. Ross was only mildly interested A • GIRL'S CURLS. The aid, fashioned Curling .irari, heated on the 'kitchen. stove; ii still an' niiting item to this 114116 Mrs. Northdry up 9-yzer,ald daughter Sharcil's their hortiS, in "Mummy and the baby" and came away from home with never a backward glance: I be- lieve the infant is to be called "Cedric Davis." I like the name bUt I hope no one calls him "See- dric"! That pronounciation is so hard and ugly; Bob brought the car home for me on Saturday and went back by bus. Ross will be staying with us until Good Friday. Fortunate- ly for all ,concerned he is now sleeping until nearly seven in the morning. He is also feeling more at home and getting into more mischief. But we, survive, Since he came I have been wondering how . many rhymes and games have come down to present-day children through the ages and when and where they first originated. As a means of. amusing Ross I sometimes jiggle him up and down on 'my knees while I recite an old, old nurs- ery rhyme, "Timothy Gay went out one day, into a field all covered with hay A lamb and a hog, and a fine speckled dog. Frightened poor Timothy right , into a bog." With the last lour words I spread my knees, , keep hold of Ross's hands and let him fall down "into a bog." I played the Same game with my children and I am sure my parents played it .with me, But how -much further back does it go?' Does anyone know? Another game I' remember is "Ride A-Cock Horse." My Daddy used to sit With crossed knees and then jumped me up and down astride his foot as . he re- cited the old.nursery rhyme— "Ride a-cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady' upon a white horse ." And then there was the story of "The Conceited Chicken," pre- sumably a rooster. I loved that. It started this way: "Good morning, my dear," said a chicken one day to a motherly hen who walked past her. "You really are looking so horribly scared, 'have you heard of some dreadful disaster?" And then the Motherly Hen eXplains that company is expected. She had heard the cook talking to her mistress and, she concluded dole- fully — "As likely 'ea not' you'll be put in a pot and served up for dinner tomorrow!" But the Conceited Chicken "took her re- Marks with some laughter -- "For you know very well that a chick such as I knows very well what she is after." They were delightful stories, those rhymes of yesterday. Are they being remembered and re- * told to ;present-day •-grandchil- dren I wonder. If so Will they in tnrn be told to our granclehil- drents children' Or will the, Old stories with their .homely but fanciful philosophy ,be forgotten in favour of stories of spate 'ships and inen from Mara. Folklore and many traditional , dances' are being preserved. I would' to see a colleetion of old nursery rhymes saved for posterity' in just, that same, way: Arid L be- lieve children today would enjoy theni just as much as they ever LUCK WAS HARD •••` • In Milwaukee', Robert D. Sul, liVen lost a primary election lot' a civil judgeship by 2,954 vOteS, two days later ftilfilllect a pre VietielY made commitment to lee titre the West Allis KiWanis Club on "The theft' of the Irish." He Proposed To The Wrong Girl Sutddee n sensi t ive, shyness hadyoungiir aprevent- ed h haired. Swiss from proposing to the girl of his choice, although he had purposely taken her out to a quiet little restaurant to lunch in order to do so, Certainly he had known, her for only a couple of months, lie reflected, as he strode back to his office an hour later, but that was •no excuse for his silly shy- ness, He loved the girl. He sud- denly realized just how foolish he had been in not popping the question as he had planned, He entered a telephone box, determined to propose to her there and then over the line. His firm was sending him off to Geneva for a fortnight on the following day and he wanted to hear his Maria •say "Yes" be- fore he left. He got through quickly to the big city office where the girl he loved was a member of a typists pool. The operator at the switch- board was busy, but a moment later, after asking for Maria, the young• man, still feeling very shy, blurted out: "Darling, I know I shouldn't ring you up while you're working, but there's something I've got to say — something I should have said earlier. I love you, Will you marry me?" "Yes . , , but . . ," said the surprised girl at the other end of the line. "Say no more, sweetheart," he interrupted joyfully. "That's all I wanted to hear. I know how awkward it is for you to talk with the other girls around you listening. I'll write directly I get to Geneva." And he rang off — blissfully unconscious that he had been sneaking to the• wrong girl and had proposed to a stranger. Yes, the switchboard opera- tor had plugged him through to another department. The aston- ished girl he'd proposed to was already engaged and when she had first heard his voice had thought it was her own fiance. You can imagine Maria's as- tonishment when the young man wrote her a passionate love let- ter from Geneva, beginning: "Darling little wife-to-be . . ." and discussing their forthcom- inf wedding. The mix-up was soon sorted out in later letters. When he re- -turned, abashed and shyer than ever, from Geneva, the young man propoSed to Maria• person- ally, blurting out his apologies for the mistake. She smilingly accepted him. We all make mistakes, or be- come involved in amusing mis- understandings at times. Look what happened to a New ,York broadcasting official a few weeks ago. He was very much in, love with his , beautiful young wife. and never failed to take home a dozen Or so roses for her each evening. He caught a suburban train at Grand Central Station at about 6 p.m' and, on this occasion, absent-mindedly left the roses on a platform bookstall while buying newspapers. On the • fol- lowing evening the bookstall man insiste& •pn paying for the roses. .$ "When ; It found •,them I .sud- denly rea.W„that owing. to my mistakini tWdate I' had over- looked tha4...esterday was my wedding "anniversary," he ex- plained. "It was too late to 'buy flowers for • my wife. 'She .was delighted at my thoughfulness. I was a hero in my own hothe." Obey the traffic signs — they are placed there .:for Y 0 U Re 'SAFETY. 111odern. ftiquetto • by Itoberte ,L.Ce Q. )10w does one Proeeri,e signal the waiter in a hotel or club dining roost that he is ready to have his plate reniuv- 'cd from the table? A. The knife and 'fork, placed side by side on the plate, in- dicates that one has finished that. particular course, Q, When the bride Is heine married in a gravelling dress, what should the bridegroom wear? A. An ordinary business suit, or one that is appropriate for travelling, with perhaps a little white flower from the bride's corsage in his lapel, Q. Are desserts always eaten with the fork? A. This depends upon the dessert, Some are just too soft to be handled with the fork, A good rule to follow is to use your fork whenever possible— but use good judgment, too, Q. If a man and woman are walking together during a rain, and both have umbrellas, does each one use his own umbrella? A. This usually proves awk- ward, It is much better if both walk under the man's larger umbrella. Q. Is a bereaved person sup- posed to return all callstof con- dolence? No; this is neither required nom* expected. Half-Size Playsuit PRINTED PATTERN 4A0140 4/444 Modesty plus figure flattery in a playsuit deftly designed for you who are shorter, fuller. Note bra-concealing straps, built-up bodice. Easy-sew design. Printed Pattern 4776: Half Sizes 141/2 , 161/2 , 181/2 , 201/2 , 221/2 , 241/2 . Size 161/2 requires 21/2 yards '35-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (40e) (stamps cannot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for this pattern.• Please print plainly the SIZE, your NAME, ADDRESS, and the STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth • St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 17 — 1959 SWEET BAIT LOOK MA. NO WINGS I -- Pull-stale madel of a wingless air- plait*II ' its . designer, Dr. Alexander LIppisch. The '',AerOdyne"-Xorske ta off and land vertically and fly normally. Two conercterthifingirpropellers force air through the fuselage and out coAkollabl Veleta 1he belly:. Cockpit will 'be located aft under a cali‘py in the Vertical stabilizer.