The Seaforth News, 1957-11-07, Page 6iANNE 14H?ST
George egetJ
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WIDOWER'S IN-LAWS
RESENT REMARRIAGE
"Dear Anne Hirst: My wife
died five years ago and she al-
ways read your column,so now
that I face a delicate situation
7 ask your advice, I have a son
of seven, and his mother's par-
ents have been raising him for
me. Nearly a year ago I fell in
love with a fine girl, and we plan
to marry soon aso theboy can
have a real home. Here's the rub:
"I took her to see my wife's
family and they seemed to like
tier — but they vigorously op-
pose my marrying again. Unfor-
tunately, they have tried to in-
fluence the boy, too.
"When we do marry shall we
take him to live with us right
away, or wait a while? Or do
you think it is my duty to re-
nounce this sweet girl and let
these older people have their
way? UNEASY DAD"
DON'T RUSH THINGS
* It is not unusual that older
* people resent anyone taking
* their daughter's place in her
* husband's home. They forget,
* that for him life must go on,
* and especially where a child is
* involved the satisfactory an-
* swer is to provide a well-bal-
* anted home life for him. Now
* you have this opportunity. I
* think you should take it. The
• boy's grandparents are natu-
* rally loath to part with him,
* but after all, they want what
* is best for his future.
* Your son should get ac-
* quainted with your fiancee
* now. I suggest you take him"
* to visit her on Saturdays or
* Sundays, when you three can
* have the day together. Plan
* real outings that will appeal
e to the boy, and he will come
* to associate his future step-
* mother with the happy times
* you and she share with him.
* All week long he will look for-
* ward to these visits, and so
• will be eager to come and live
* with you when you return
* from your honeymoon.
* Then you will, of course,
* see that he visits his grand-
* parents regularly. As they see
• him contented in his new life,
* they will give credit to his
* stepmother's influence. It us-
* ually works out this way, and
* I expect it will for you.
* Don't worry about them, It
* is almost impossible to please
• the whole family in any mar-
* riage, particularly a second
* one, Your good fortune in win-
e ning this fine girl brings your
* son back to you again and
• opens tip a richer life than his
grandparents, with all their
• love, can offer him. They will
grow reconciled to the idea and
• realize he is where he. belongs.
• * *
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Such a wonderful Thanks-
giving weekend — and so much
for which to be thankful
beautiful w a th e r, glorious
colours, and the visit of our
Queen and her husband, Prince
Phillip. I am sure nearly every-
one will be following the Royal
couple by radio and television
as they make their various ap-
pearances. We who remember
and for three years I've been
going with a man 4?'. We have
exciting times together, going al-
ways where I choose, and in
other ways, too, he is most con-
sderate. I think it will be won-
derful to marry him, which _ he
has begged me to do more than
once.
'I've been told by three friends
that he has a wife, but he de-
nies it. Even my Dad feels I
would regret marrying him. I
have always heard that older
men are kinder husbands than
young ones, and anyhow, I can't
get interested in boys my age.
"Yet lately I have felt so un-
certain! I couldn't marry any-
body else; it I couldn't have his
love I'd be miserable.
RITA"
* I hope, you will not consider
* marrying a man more than
• twice your age. While he is
• dating you he is generous and
* thoughtful, but after marriage
* he may find a quieter life more
• to his taste. In 20 years you
* will be in your prime, while
* old age will be creeping up on •
* him and he will not enjoy the
* recreations that delight you.
* Why have your parents al-
* lowed you to date a man of
• his age for so long, with rro
* other boy friends on your list?
• I'm afraid you have been so
• dazzled by his sophistication
" that your mind is closed' to
anyone younger. Your present,
* uncertainty is a hopeful sign;
• subconsciously you sense how
* unfit would be such a union
• and your common sense cries
• out against it.
* His undetermined marital
* status isnot to his credit. How
* did the rumor get started?
* Your father ,can find out, and
* I hope he will before more
* time passes. I urge you to heed
• hiswarning, and begin now to
* encourage younger men.
* 4, *
Men who readthis column ap-
preciate Anne Hirst's• warm un-
derstanding' and erotical solu-
tions'ot their probiems.,Write her
frankly, addressing her at Box. 1,:
123 Eighteenth' St., New Toronto..
"This cal. is :absolutely the last
word, sir,",sai'd'the: salesman to
a prospective customer,
"Well, that should suit fry
wife," was the :reply, "If there's
anything she "loves, it's the last
'word: '
"Was it a good party you went
to last night?" '
"It was great—while I lasted;"
!ISSUE - . 44 1957
the baby princess, the little girl,
Lillibet, .the young bride — now
find in our gracious Queen e
combination of all the promise
ing attributes- thataccompanied
her. period of growing up. Yes,
we watch her, but often with
mixed emotions:— glad that she •
iseour Queen, yet knowing that
but for unforeseen circumstances
(the abdication of King -Edward
VIII). - our Queen might even
rimy . be leading the compara-
tively free, and much easier life
of .a royal princess.
We watched 'on our television
set the pageantry of'the. parade
Isom Rideau Hall to the Penia-
ment.' Buildings and then the
opening of Parliament. 'And we
loved every detail of it. The
Queen seer>ted more relaxed
than when we had seen her on
'any,. previous occasion. Her deli-
very' of the Speech from the
Throne was really wonderful.
To xead faultlessly for half an
hour must be 'quite an orde 1,
even for a Queer!,
Well. I hardly; need say any
more about this great and
memorable occasion the first
time in Canada's history that :a
reigning monarch bas opened the
Canadian Parliament. P r i m e
Minister Diefenbaker, as head of
the Federal Government must
be a proud and happy man.
And now • to come back to
events nearer home. We have
had our own special reason for
remembering this as a Happy
Thanksgiving weekend, 0 u r
daughter presented us .withan-
other grandson — a brother for
David and Edward: We . would.
have welcomed a little • girl but
by the time . the baby arrived
we were, not caring whether it
was a boy or a girl - just so
long as it wasn't both! Twins
wouldn't have . surprised us in
the least especially as the arrival
was ten days over -due. This fel-
low weighed 'in at a lusty nine
and a half •pounds. 'Dee says he
looks like a little Indian - chub
by face, flat nose, .black .hair,'
inclined to curl. Not a very flat-
tering description but then how
often can newly born babies be
called attractive? I =think his
naive 'will be Gerald Roe —
after the earthly names of his
two grandmothers No doubt his
everyday. name Will be Gerry
or Jerry — whiebgvcr way they
2.ccide to spell ie David is . a]'-.
ready talking very proudly about
nis'new brother, laddie, bf course,'
ii ,unaware that he is no longer
the baby of the family. Which'
is just as .well as he had shed:.
'many ,of his .baby, ways: since,.
he came'. here and •is becoming
more adventurous with each.
passing day. If my hair were
not already white it soon would
be. Yesterda6.I'found him busi-
ly engaged in an endeavour to••
plug in. the space heater, later
on it was the floor lamp. He has
also fpund,`ou't how to open the
door leading to' the basement
and a few days ago he pulled'
a fresh cherry pie on to 'the,
kitchen floor. So wehave our
moments! We'" also find plenty •
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SMART SACK'—Paris designers
have succeeded ' in' changing
the 'shape of fashionable wo-
men with this year's "sack"
dresses. So Myrtice Hunsucker,
,carrying the ,theory to its logical
end, shows that a`printed cotton'
seed sack can — with a little
imagination -be' turned irtto a•
sack.
of work to do down in the faun-:
' dry.. I say "we" .bedause Partner
,helps with the -job. I do the
washing , and .rinsing;,' Partner
empties the tubs and hangs the
washing on the line. He says he
never expected the day would
ever come when ,he would : be
hanging out diapers again."Which
goes to show you never can tell.
However, the end is insight. By
this time, next week I suppose
Dee will be hbma arid be look-
ing forward to having her three'
nays together` again. Midi then
there is no chance ' o' my'seeing
the now •.baby as only ,fathers
are allowed to visit the hospital
because of the flu 'epidemic.
We shall miss. our wee. Eddie •
whop he "goes home •but 'one
thing tis certain, we; ought to be
able to _get,'.a little more week'
done then 'we•.have done the last
few weeks, A little -hone visiting
too. Yesterday Hob and- Joy
carnes .along to take us for' a '
drive to :see the. glorious colour
of the , leaves • up around the
Caledon Hilts. Lcouldn't see any
pleasure •in' taking .Eddie eking ,
ad •e , persuaded `Partner to go
and, :I stayed, home.' Actually, it
was the line' of least resistance.
Trying to 'control` a .restless;
quirming youngster. iry• ,a car
already, full.isn't my. idea. of fun.
3abY• Reas•.has'the;bed' from his,
Ei.odgy:on the'•1)ack•seatand that
takes up, a '14 of :room. '
;Well, I ,wonder how many,;foll,
still have flowers in the garden.
We have an" absolute' mass of
golden, nasturtiums arid guinea
geld; marigolds. The; geraniums
and petunias are .still very
caloueful:tbo. Partner has. been
Very' busy, digging• up a patch of
land,. for next year's garden —
• and Eddie• loves to, sit in .the
middle of •it. We missed having
fresh • vegetables this summer.
Maybe it is just as• cheap Jo buy
what you want but it, isn't nearly
so `satisfactory. What do you
, _think?
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Giant Pies And
Even Bigger Cakes
Modern
Etiquette
by Roberta Lee
Q. What should one say to
people who have just had a death
Intheir family?
A. Upon the occasion of death,
some expression of sympathy is
always appreciated by the fame:
ly, but the less elaborate' the
expression the better. "I am sor-
ry. Is there anything I can do?"
' is sincere and sufficient.
Q. I' am always uncertain
about the lettuce on which a
salad is served, Is it really prop
• er to eat this?
A:`Since the lettuce is as
much a' part of the salad as any
other of the ingredients, it is
quite proper to eat it,
Centre of attraction at a re-
cent Leicestershire village fair
was the biggest porkpie ever
made a monster three feet
high and six feet in diameter:
Two huge pigs were needed to
fill it and more than 1,000 por-
tions were cut from it and sold
on .souvenir plates to celebrate
the 700th anniversary of the
granting Of a charter for the fair,
English cooks have achieved
some marvellous feats of cooking
at various' times. The Leicester-
shire pork pie was tiny com-
pared with the giant pie pro-
duced by the people of Denby
Dale, Yorkshire, seventy years
ago — on August 24th, 1887 --
to
to , commemorate Queen Vic-
toria's Jubilee.
3t weighed two and a half tons.
It contained. 1,850 lb. of beef,
twenty-one ducks, 100 small
birds, forty-two fowls, forty
pigeons, sixty-four rabbits and
half a ton'of flour for the 'great
crust.
Ten horses were used to pull
the pie to the feasting arena and
hundreds looked forward tria
meal, but they were disappoint-
ed. Bythe time the pie could he
cut it was. a trifle "high" and
only a few people dared sample ,
it. •
Colossal cakes? The record,
Probably goes to a .Miami, Flori-
da baker, who a few years ago
made a cake which contained the
,whites of 14,000 eggs, 3,500 whole
eggs, 2,280 pints of milk, 1,400 Ib.
of flour, 1,066 lb. of'fats and but-
ter, 3,490. ib. bf sugar, 90 lb. of
bakingpowder: and.65 lb, of salt,
Imagine a sausage 3;000 ft.
long. That's more than • half a,
mile. This fantastic "banger"
was carried through the streets
of Koenigsberg; . Germany, in
1601, by the 103 butchers' who
had undertaken to make it as
"a labour of love."
An outsize in omelettes was
cooked ' in New Jersey, three
years, ago. It: contained 2,100 eggs
and was fried beautifully by
infra -red rays in • ten minutes in
a frying -pan measuring 13 ft.
across.
The reason for this astonishing.
culinary effort?: It was a publi
-city stunt to persuade people to
`eat more eggs. It was successful,
too,. for thesales of eggs soared
for weeks. afterwards.
Q. • What jewels, if any, should
a bride wear for her wedding
ceremony?
A. Only the gift from her
• bridegroom.
Q. Is it ever proper to use the
knife for cutting the.; salad when
dining?
A. If it ,can. be done easily,
use just the fork. However,
sometimes lettuce can be tough
to manage with the fork, and in
that case, it is quite all right to
use the. knife.
Q. How does a married wom-
an sign, her name to a telegram
asking for hotel reservations?
A. She must include the
"Mrs." with her name, so that
the room clerk . will know how
to address her when she arrives.
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