The Seaforth News, 1957-05-23, Page 6LittlX144VE. HIRSTi
"Dear Anne Hirst: Like so
many women who put love first,
t fell hard for a man who posed
as single; even the friends who
Introduced us didn't know he
had a -wife in another city. I
didn't find it out until I was too
much in love to care. Though
that was eight months ago and
I am still in love, I must escape.
Love of itself is not enough for
me now.
"I realize what I have done. I
was not brought up to behave
like this, and I am wondering
whether. it is too late to be good
again? No one here knows about
us, but feeling my guilt I would
ask your advice as to leaving,
how and when,
"The man is sweet, generous,
and very much respected, but
he evidently is a rnan without
morals who sees nothing irregu-
lar in our relationship,
"He would never understand
why I cannot keep on like this.
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ISSUE 20 — 1957
. How can`I get away without
any argument? Can I ever, re-
gain my good name back home?
REGINA"
It is never too late to turn
* to the right. ' The fact that
* your relationship is not sus-
* pected where you are now will
* protect you in . your home
* town. You have been circum-
* spect, and your guilt exists
* only in your own mind.
* As to the manner of your
* going, it would 'seem wise
* from .every angle to leave a
* note saying you have gone.
Make it brief and firm, and
' add thathe will be kind. not
* to try to find you or even re-
* ply,
" You are still in love, but you
* are no longer blind. Go home,
* resume your former life there
* and hold up your head as al-
ways. You will find People
* less curious than you expect;
* in' your absence they have
* been busy with their own of-
* fairs, and there is every rea-,
son to believe you will be wet-
* coned by all your old friends.
* (I have edited your letter
* carefully for your own pro-
* tection.)
* * *
BOY MIXED UP
"Dear Anne Hirst: I am 17,
and came to live with my cousin
and his wife because there was
always so much trouble at home.
My family liad eight kids, and
I worked hard after school and
never had time for fun. But I
don't get along with my cousin
or his wife, either.
"We are a mean family, and
the chip on my shoulder is a
size too big. I don't smoke or
drink, and I'd be all right if I
weren't wanting to raise Cain
all the time.
"Can you inherit a bad tem-
per? Or should I see a doctor?
I'll soon be in the service, and
maybe after that I'll be more of
a real guy. TROUBLE"
* , I think you've had enough
* quarreling in your young life.
* Why don't you make a vow
* never to listen to a fuss, and
* never start o n e yourself?
* Quarreling is a habit some-
* times formed early through
* hearing others lose their tem-
* pers, It is an adolescent trait
* and has no place in a man's
* make-up.
* Now that you are physical-
* ly away from your family and
* intend to make something of
* yourself, do learn self-control.
* If you can't, you never will
* make lasting friends; if you do,
* you'll not only be a regular
* guy, but will have a rich and
* wonderful life of your own.
* Start today!
* It might be a good idea to
* have your cousin's family doc-
* tor give you a complete physi-
* cal.
• *
In any hour of indecision, ask
Anne Hirst's counsel. She will
weigh all the angles of your situ-
ation and withhold revealing de-
tails. Address her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ont.
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by Roberta Lee
Q. How should the butter
knife be placed on the individ-
ual butter plates, horizontally
across the top or vertically at
the right side?
A. There is no set rule about
this, but the consensus is that it
looks better placed in the same
direction as the other silver.
THE HYACINTH SEA It would seem this boating enthusiast
pot carried away and drove his craft into somebody's potato
patch. Actually, it's Lake Kissimmee in Florida and the driver
Be demonstrating the advantages of a new, 60 -horsepower out-
board as he roars through a virtually solid growth of hyacinth
on the water's surface. The boat skims over the tops of the
plants and thestreamlined propeller avoid any entaglements
!below.
KISS DISC — A talking love letter, the latest craze in Ham-
burg, Germany, is sealed with a kiss by this lovely Fraulein at
a recording slot machine. The automatic recorder, which costs
about 25 cents to operate, produces an unbreakable platter safe
for mailing.
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HRONECLES
7G1NGERFARM�o
The weather, insofar as we
are concerned, was made to or-
der. So much extra ;washing;
so many people coming and go-
ing. One man to take away
baled straw; another to pick up
hens; still another to load a
chicken -pen. It has been a
strangely busy time for an Eas-
ter week -end. And while the
weather has helped considerably
it has also made things a little
harder in another way, As
Partner put it yesterday
"Leaving the farm doesn't seem
too great a hardship when the
weather is cold and miserable
but when the sun comes out,
warms up the good earth and
things start to grow, then it
doesn't seem such a good idea"...
That's the whole thing in a
nutshell — it's the living, grow-
ing things we hate to leave — the
trees we've planted; shrubs and
spring flowering bulbs — and
even the rhubarb. However we
have permission to take adything
out of the garden- that we
specially value so I suppose we
shouldn't complain.
Another regret is leaving our
neighbours. There never was a
better neighbourhood than this.
Of course we have got away
from neighbouring in the old
way. There isn't as much
"changing hands" as there used
to be; nor the huge meals to get
for threshers and silo -fillings.
We don't need to run to the
neighbours now to borrow extra
plates or an oversize pot to cook
potatoes in. No, that kind of
neighbourliness has more or less
died out but the neighbourly
spirit still survives. Just let
trouble come to a family and see
how ready the neighbours •are
to help. Or when someone leaves
the. community'- as we are do-
ing — then the neighbours are
'If I've told you once, I've told
you ten million times — don't
exaggerate'
never satisfied until they have
found some way of expressing
their goodwill. In our case about
thirty of them staged a farewell
party last Wednesday — such
a nice friendly gathering — and
in addition our hostess had in-
vited our own family. We were
really surprised. First along
came Bob, Joy and Baby Boss
who was very much admired!
About fifteen minutes later in
came Dee, Art, David and Ed-
ward. During the evening we
were presented with a very
lovely Spode teaset — teapot,
cream and sugar — in a good,
generous size. So now we are all
set to serve tea to old friends
but in a new home. And I ex-
pect our next column will be
written from our new location —
if we survive the ordeal of mov-
ing: I am still wondering where
we shall put all the stuff we are
taking. It's a mercy there is a
big basement.
In the meantime surveyors are
chasing around here like ants
round a hill. Measuring, measur-
ing, always measuring, while one
of the party makes entries on a
pad. We notice they are putting
down cement block markers.
When you think of the time
spent on this one small section
of road it is small wonder that
an entire highway takes so long
to build. 3 certainly hope we
don't run into any road -building
crews elsewhere. But you never
can tell — not with the network
of highways that will presently
be under construction: I can
quite imagine that in a few
years we, may drive along this
stretch of road, look round in
"Is that where we used to live?"
At the moment it isn't notice-
ably changed so while it still
looks and feels like home we are
planning to have one last family
meal in this century -old house
— that is on Easter. Sunday.
Actually, we have little to
complain about — not in com-
parison with a little Hungarian
woman who comes in here quite
frequently. A' week ago she had
just picked up a letter at the
post-offic9 from her old home
in Hungary. But she was terri-
fied to open it. "My first letter
since 1935. Iam afraid, so ter-
ribly afraid of what I shall react:'
Today she was here again. Her
first words were about the let-
ter. "They are gone, my family.
All gone, except one brother,
he who writes the letter. My
mother, sister Ind other brothers
all gone. Last hveek I cannot
work for weeping."
The poor little soul -- doesn't
it make you ashamed for all the
little everyday things we find
to fuss about. Some of us' may
have to move, practically against
our will, but at least we can keep
in touch with our friends — by
visiting, by letter • or liy tele-
phone. And so a change of lo-
cation can hardly be called a
major tragedy. And that is for-
tunate because, since Christmas,
the Clarke connections' have
been the "Movingest" people
ever. There seems -to be no end
to it. Betty and her family from
Niagara Falls have gone to Sud-
bury; my sister and nephew are
migrating to Peterborough, "Dee
Musical Seal Was
A One -Gal Band
Ever heard a seal play the
mouth -organ, trumpet and xylo-
phone? Rowena Farre's pet,
Lora, could do that, after she'd
reared her from ,babyhood on
a croft, in the wilds of . Suther
landshire.
Whenever she struck up on
the piano, Lora would wriggle
over to it and listen with in-
tense joy and concentration,
swaying at times to the music.
A relative sent Rowena a
mouth -organ and book of songs
for a birthday present, so she
decided to practise singing. Im-
mediately. she started off on
"Men of Harlech," she heard a
loud groan beade' her from
Lora, who proceeded to roar
and hiss as she continued with
her singing.
This gave Rowena the idea of
letting Lora sing on her own,
to her accompaniment, and dur-
ing the practice sessions which
followed Lora made great
efforts to follow the simple tune,
Miss Farre says in a charming
account of her life at the croft,
"Seal Morning". Within a week
she was able to get through
"Baa -baa Black Sheep" and
"Danny Boy'
and her family are moving to
Indian Road — just a block away
from High Park. Babe, as you
may remember, went to Elliott
Lake early in the year — where
Chuck has been one of the vic-
time of the infectious outbreak
of jaundice*and was in bed two
weeks. Blind River must be
quite a place. They are having
to build another jail to accom-
modatethe law -breakers.
This is too ridiculous, I just
looked at the thermometer and
it's 80 in shade — and 90 in the
sun!
40
Then LOra pestered Rowena
for the mouth -organ until ,she
eventually place it in her mouth.
Annoyed that it emitted ; no
sound, Lora began tossing it
into the air and catching it like
a ball,' then rolling on it. Then,
taking it into .her mouth again,
she gave a -loud sigh of despera-
tion. This produced a blast of
noise, galvanizing her to `fresh
efforts.
Rowena set off for a walk,
and when she returned in about
an hour, found that Lora • had
learnt the blow -suck method
and was almost completely ex- '
hausted, having apparently been
practising continuously.
A young friend of Rowena's
gave Lora a toy trumpet, on
which she -soon learnt to blow
ear-splitting blasts. Another
friend sent her t small xylo-
phone, and she would hold the
beater in her teeth and bang
any note to which Rowena
pointed.
Lora now became so musical
that whenever Rowena played
the piano she would at once lift
her head and wail fortissimo..
She .learnt to play the national
anthem on the xylophone._
"Danny Boy" on the trumpet,
and loved showing off to visit-
ors.
Modern Etiquette'
by Roberta Lee
Q. If a wedding must be post-
poned, must the same people be
invited again?
A. Usually, yes. However, if
something serious has caused
the postponement, such as a
death in the family or severs
financial reverses, and the wed-
ding
edding is to be greatly simplified,
then the list of guests would
have to be cut. down.
HORSEY SET — Members of Britain's Royal Family used a truck
top as a box seat to get a good view during the cross-country
event at the Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire. Left to
right are: Queen Elizabeth, II; Queen Mother Elizabeth; Princess
Margaret, two unidentified women, the Princess Royal and the
Duke of Beaufort, at right.
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