The Seaforth News, 1955-08-25, Page 6ANN€
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"DEAR ANNE HIRST: 1 am 65
years old, and a year ago 1 met
a lady in her early 40's who is
very attractive. She has a lov-
able nature, a fine education and
no faults that I can see. Her
personality and her sense of hu-
mor make me feel so at ease —
perhaps because I am very much
in love. But she will not discuss
love nor marriage!
"She was married once, 20
years ago, and I understand it
was a tragic disappointment and
ended in divorce. Financially,
she is well off, so am I, and we
enjoy so many things together
that I feel sure -I can make her
happy .. , Just now she is away;
her letters are newsy and witty,
but never does she even say she
misses me. When we are to-
gether she is always kind and
sweet, but this is the only indi-
cation that she is fond of me.
"Could the difference in ages
be the one barrier between us,
and perhaps she is reluctant to
say so? (I am in perfect health).
After seeing her regularly for a
year, haven't I the right to know
how she feels about me? Please
don't see me as an old man with
silly ideas, but I feel I must
know where I stand.
WORRIED"
* It is not only young men in
" love who grow impatient of
* delays; older ones like your-
* self do, too. Your house and
your heart await the woman
* who will share them, and you
* long for this one who you be-
* lieve can make that house a
" home. After dating her for
* nearly a year. I agree that the
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• time has come for you to
speak, and for her to answer.
* Her reluctance to discuss the
future may be caused by her
* unfortunate marriage; yet that
* was 20 years ago, and it seems
* unlikely that she can miseon-
* strue your assiduous atten-
* tions since you met, She does
* enjoy your friendship and is
* apparently satisfied with the
status quo, though it does not
* satisfy you.
* The difference of 10 years
* in age might have been vital
* when you both were younger,
* but it has been my observe-
* tion that as the years fly by,
* such a difference matters less
• and less. In later years, one
* considers the other as a ma-
* ture companion, and thought-
* fulness, temperament and char-
* actor become deciding factors,
* Whatever this woman's rea-
* son for delay, however, when
* you tell her frankly that you
* want to marry her, she cannot
* gracefully withhold her answer.
Go ahead, and good luck.
A YOUNG TYRANT
"DEAR ANNE HIRST: 1 just
can't understand my boy friend.
He says he loves me, but he still
goes with other girls, and I'm
not supposed to mind! If I date
anybody else he gets furious.
"Would it be all right for me
to go out with other boys, any-
how? I ha ve had several
chances. I am not terribly in
love, but I do think a lot of my
beau and I'd hate to lose him
entirely,
WONDERING GIRL"
* Date any boy you care to,
* if only to show this lad where
* he stands. He should certainly
* value your friendship more
* than he seems to, otherwise he
* is not worth your time.
* When will young girls learn
* that any young man to whom
* they are not engaged has no
* right to dictate whom they
* shall date? To submit to such
* domination is to sacrifice one's
* self-respect, and also shows
+' they are too anxious to please
* him.
Stand on your own feet, and
* don't let any young man who
* plays the field deny you the
* same right,
* * *
When one grows to middle
age, the years ahead seem pain-
fully few. They are too pre-
cious to waste apart when they
might be spent together. Anne
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GOLF PROBLEM
•
"A golf game involves all
kinds of problems,' Nussbaum
told his wife. "Take the match
I had with that Scotch fellow
McGfegor at the civic center
course this morning. We're all
square at the seventeenth hole,
playing a two -dollar nassau,
when McGregor loses his ball in
a thick rough. Naturally I go
over and help him look for it, on
account I don't want any mon-
key business from McGregor. Ile
can't find his ball, however, and
I start walking toward the green.
Suddenly he yells after me, 'It's
okay, Joe, here was that little
ball of mine all the time.' I look
back and there I see a ball right
on the fairway, all beautifully
teed up for a shot to the green,
with McGregor happily pulling
an approaching iron from his
bag. And here, my dear, I am
fared with a very serious prob-
lem. Just how am I going to
break the news to McGregor
that all the time I've got his
'lost ball' in my pocket?"
We would all be idle if we
could.
—SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q. Is it ever permissible for
the man to walk on the inside
of the pavement when accom-
panying a woman?
A. Only if they are making
their way through a rough, jostl-
ing crowd, and the man can bet-
ter protect the woman by keep-
ing on the inside.
Q. Which is the correct form
of introduction, "Mrs. White,
this is my husband," or "Mrs.
'Whitt, this is Mr. Walker"- '
A. The correct form is, "Mrs,
White, this is my husband."
Q. When should the bride-
groom give his gifts to his best
man and ushers?
A. Usually, these gifts are put
at the men's places at the bach-
elor dinner.
Q. If a man is accompanying
a girl who is driving her own
ear, should he snake an offer to
do the driving?
A. It would be better not.
Some women are sensitive about
their driving and might think
such an offer reflects on their
ability to drive. Of course, if the
woman suggests that he drive,
then it is all right.
Q. Some of my girl friends,
who have become engaged re-
cently, have given their fiances
engagements presents. Is this
a new custom—and proper?
A. This is neither a new cus-
tom nor necessary. There is no-
thing improper about it, how-
ever, if the girl wishes to do so.
Q. If a man offers his hand
first to a woman, upon being in-
troduced, what should she do?
A. She should accept it, of
course, and without hesitation.
Q. When a bride has received
a gift from the office force,
consisting of perhaps a dozen
employees, how should she ac-
knowledge it?
A. She may write a persorrI
letter of thanks to the chief
clerk, office manager or the per-
son she knows had charge of the
contributions towards the gilt,
asking this person to thank the
others.
Q. Is it necessary for a hostess
to rise when greeting a guest
who has just arrived, and other
guests are already present?
A. Yes, always. A hostess is
very discourteous who does not
rise to greet every guest.
Q. Is it all right to use the
telephone to acknowledge re-
ceipt of a gift?
A. A sincere, personally writ-
ten note of thanks is in. much '
better form.
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'The Wicked Bible'
A man who spent the last ten
years of his life in prison left a
trust fund which saves every
resident in the Buckinghamshire
town of Datchet a twopenny
rate every year,
He was Robert Barker, printer
to Queen Elizabeth I, and he
was responsible for printing the
first edition of the Authorized
Version of the Bible in 1611.
Barker held a monopoly of
printing Bibles and Prayer
Books. Twenty years 'after bring-
ing out the first Authorized Ver-
sion, another edition, with his
name as printer, became known
as "The Wicked. Bible," the most
startling of many mistakes in
which was the omission of one
word in the seventh command-
ment to make it read: "Thou
shalt cortimitt adultery,"
For this Barker was fined
£200 by the Star Chamber, but
failed to pay up, so he went to
jail where he remained until he
died ten years later.
But his trust has prospered.
Its income has risen from a few
pounds to £450 a year, nowadays
mainly used for street lighting
and church repairs.
I loaf and invite my soul,
I lean and loaf at my ease ob-
,serving a spear of summer grass.
—WALT WHITMAN
FIRONICLES
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While I was in England my
only complaint was that I was
never really "warm enough for
comfort. Since I returned to
Canada i haven't had any rea-
son to grumble on that score!
For a whole week our therm, -
meter registered a high of from
90 to 98. I would gladly have
changed a little of our Cana-
dian heat Inc England's fresh,
cool breezes. However, today
the weather has been just per-
fect . . may it so continue.
Now, maybe I shall be able to
get caught up on the extra work
that has accumulated during my
absence, and which I have been
promising myself 1 would do
"just as soon as it gets a little
cooler."
It seems so strange not to
have the cows around any more.
I am not used to it even yet.
Of course there is a lot less work
for Partner, and much less worry
for me. By now the heat and dry
dry weather would have meant
a falling off in milk production,
and probably a shortage of
water, As it is there is enough
of everything for the young
cattle — not tomention our one
dry cowl Partner had every in-
tention of selling that same cow
later on but now he thinks per-
haps he will keep her as she is
due to freshen in September,
which means we should have
milk for the house once again.
Not having the cows to worry
about is one thing, but having
t0 buy milk is something else
again. I never realized until now
how little milk there is in a
quart bottle. If Partner and I
have one good drink there is
hardly enough left for the cats.
Now how does this farm milk
versus dairy milk realy work
out, I wonder? Just for fun,
let's figure it out.
Supposing we sell the cow,
maybe for $180, That $180
would buy us a quart of milk
every day for twenty-seven
months, at 22 cents a quart. At
the end of that time there would
still be no prospect other than
to buy more milk.
But if we keep this cow and
she produces a calf and there-
after gives a normal supply of
milk, then we could have two
quarts of milk a day for the
Muse for at least nine months,
which at the present retail level
would be worth $118.80. In ad-
dition to keeping the house sup-
plied the cow should give
enough milk to raise three veal
calves, two of which we would
naturally have to buy. When sold
the calves should realise ap-
proximately $50 a piece. At the
end of her lactation period we
could, if we wanted to, sell this
same cow on the stock market
and probably still get $120 for
her. So our cow would bring us
in a total of $388.80 less her
feed, which for one cow wouldn't
amount to very much, possibly
$100 or $150. But since we
wouldn't be paying it out in
hard cash we would hardly be
likely to miss it. Of course these
figures may not ,agree with the
way farm economists might
work things out — it is merely
the way this farmer's wife looks
on the situation after buying
milk by the quart.
While we are on the sub-
ject of home production and con-
sumption, how about a vege-
table garden? Is it better to buy
what you need or grow your
own — and this applies to others
besides farmers. The way we
figure it out it depends upon
the size of the famiy. It would
certainly make a big hole in the
food budget to keep a large
family supplied with fresh vege-
tables or to buy the amount of
pickles and canned or frozen
vegetables that a garden would
supply, But for two .. Partner
says it is hardly worthwhile.
Maybe he is right but on the
other hand it is very nige to get
your vegetables straight from
the garden . beans that are
crisp and green; peas tender and
sweet and beets that are pulled
before they have a chance to
get "woody". And of course one's
family doesn't always stay at
two — there are bound to he
visitors every so often. So I
always say, never mind whether
it pays or not, at least let us
have small garden. So we us-
ually end up by putting in a
few vegetables— but here I.
have to admit it 'is generally
Partner who does the hoeing!
Now when it comes to fruit
we don't do any worrying —
we just take what nature pro-
vides on our farm and let it go
at that. We have early Rich-
mond cherries that provide
plenty of competition between
us and the starlings and robins.
Our apple trees are old and
wormy, the early apples are
plentiful but not very big. So I
pick up the windfalls, split
them in half- cut off the bruised
part and then cook them, skins
cores and all. When done they
go through a rotary colander,
sugar is added to the pulp -
and there's our apple sauce.
Plenty of it too as it is a messy
job so I always do a good batch
while I'm at it.
Next week—the answers to a
few questions about my trip to
the Old Land, from notes taken
along the way.
COMFORTING !
A boatman ran a ferry across
a mountain stream full of whirl-
pools and rapids. During a cross-
ing in which the frail craft was
tossed hither and yon by the
swirling water a. timid lady in
the boat asked whether any pas-
sengers ever were lost in the
river.
"Never," the boatman reas-
sured her. "We always find them
again the next day."
CORNERED — That's the situa-
tion the girls will be in if they
take to the hobble skirt, once
again appearing on the fashion
scene in London, England.
Skirt's, slimness is accented by
wide, flaring three - quarter -
length coat which features fit-
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pockets. Whole ensemble is In
charcoal gray grosgrain.
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BACK INSURANCE — Housewives on the
serviced by Ralph Rujggero, left, felt sorry
his heavy mail pouch. They chipped in
caddy cart to ease the load. He's showing
guise, an admiring fellow postman.
Teaneck, mail route
for him as he toted
$32 .to buy him a
it off to Charles Ma -