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The Seaforth News, 1955-09-15, Page 6ANNE HIPST 71,,,s t. t wu ! o -L "At my age (50), I know there is an end to everything, Anne Hirst, so am trying to bide my time In a frustrating situation," writes a mother who tried to disprove an old adage. Six months ago, during a housing shortage, she invited her son, his wife and their baby to move into her home. At first every- thing worked out so well that the couple turned down a remu- nerative offer to stay on; but the classic rule about the impossi- bility of two women living in the same house again has been proven true. "Now everything has gone wrong!" she cries. "The girl is really a rough housekeeper, and she is destroying my home, She has banged my furniture to ruin, slamming the baby carriage in- to every piece, and she makes a sloppy job of everything she touches. I cannot tell her any- thing about how to fix the meals or use the washing machine; she resents it, and completely ig- nores my suggestions. Nor will she listen at all to my son when he tries to tell her about caring for the baby. Yet she complains to him about everything my young girl and boy do, expect- ing him to fight with us. He doesn't, and this makes her madder than ever. "The baby is no longer the quiet, well -sleeping child he was when he carte, and we have to creep around the house and whisper to avoid waking hint, "They are saving to buy a house, and it will take a year ! How can I stand it (or end it) p ,( li �,IE 4...,.•. Make this attraetive cover for any size TV et! Its pretty grape pattern• •- asmert combination of filet crochet and regular ere (het! Pattern 500. Crochet TV square 25 inch: in No. 30 mer- cerized cotton; smaller in No. - 50. -larger in crochet and knit- ting vette.,. -Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coin:, eterims cannot he ac- cepted) for t,l :.. pattern to Box, 1, Eighteenth St.. New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN 'NUMBER, your N ° $1E and AD- DRESS. LOOK FOR smartest ideas in Needlecraft in cu: Laura Wheat • er Catalog for -1955. Crochet, knitting, embroidery and love- ly things le wear. Iron -on., quilts, aprons. novelties — easy, fun to.make! Send 25 cents tor your copy of this book NOW! You will want to order every new design in to without hurting my good son?" A MOTHER" * This troubled mother can- * not hasten the end of the * present difficulties, she should * present difficulties, she has * make up her mind to accept * them as something she cannot * change, and to bide her time. r+ The cheering fact that a deft- * nite day is coming when all * this confusion will cease *° should comfort her and bring * the patience to endure what * cannot be cured. * Her chief concern is that * her son shall not be hurt. If * she stops trying to direct his " wife, let her alone to commit • what damage she will, that is * the simplest way out. Let the * girl complain about the chip- '° dren's behavior, for she can- * not be stopped; her husband * is too well-bred to resent it * audibly, and for that his * mother can be grateful. It is ' her own disappointment that • the girl will go her own way (regardless of any guidance) which really distresses her, .:. and I hope she will take her * $on': cue and calm her hurt * feelings. * In such a situation it seems * best to expect these annoy anees to continue and to arm herself against them. When * her home is again her own is time enough to repair the de-. struction and put her house in order. * TO "A MOTHER": Foi' your * son's sake, be philosophical • and try to hide your displea- sure. Then when all this is over, what a consolation it * will be to remember you did nothing, said nothing, to cause any outburst, but submitted * with mature grace to a ten- * sion which many another * mothers would find unbear- * able. * Living just for today will help. 'You know tomorrow will * bring its own harassing prob- lems, but if you do not an- ticipate them you will solve * them as simply as you did to- * days. Each dawn brings you * one day nearer your release * from them all. GOING CRAZY 1 'Sear Anne Hirst: Since last fall I have gone with a young man with whom I fell deeply in love. I was sure he returned my affection, for he was never late for a date and never broke one, and we had wonderful times together. We were so com- patible that weseemed to think as ane person. We never argued, and I confess I expected to mar ry him—until the night he failed to come. That was three weeks ago, and I have not heard from him at all. "I am almost crazy. I can't get over it! I hold a responsible position, but I'll lose it if I keep on carrying this torch. Shall I call him, or what? What is a nice girl supposed to dot CELIA" e When a nice girl is tilted * she is supposed to take the * shock like a lady and behave as such. It is a staggering • blow, but it is seldom fatal. * Your Yob now is the most * important anchor you have. * Dig into it deeper than ever, * and if you can take a course ' on the side that will make it more exciting (and you more * valuable) do that. Coneen- tration along some practical * line is sorrow's great healer; * it leaves less time to mourn, it stimulates our mental energy e and during the hours we give * it, lifts us out of the depths. * Hold on to your job, e Of course, you will not call this faithless male nor make * any other gesture. His leaving • was brutal, and I hope soon * you will realize how lucky you • are that you did not get furth- N' 'e esti faf,./714-7 Combine in a greased casserole (6 -cup size) ;:; c. corn syrup, 1 tbs. grated lemon rind and ) 'a c. orange juice. Preheat oven to 3150 (moderately hot). Mix and sift once, then sift into a bowl, ) A c. once -sifted pastryflour (or ids c. once -sifted all-purpose flour), 2A tsps. Magic Baking Powder, ;> tsp. salt and % c. fine granulated sugar. Mix in ig c. corn flakes, slightly crushed, and % c. cut-up pitted dates. Combine 1well-beaten ,•sie""-- , egg, .2 c. milk, is tsp. vanilla and 3 tbs.' rn? shortening, melted. Make a well in dry a erose ' ingredients and add liquids; mix lightly. Turn into prepareddish.Bake in preheated oven, about 40 minutes. Serve warm, with pouring cream. Yield -6 servings. Always Dependable KNOWS HOW — Handling a baby is nothing new for John Gest- ner, 95. He's a veteran. Nancy Ann Gintner, the baby he snuggles here, is his one hundredth great-grandchild. * er involved. , .. Keep in touch * with other friends, too, wheth- * er you are 80 inclined or not. It will help. In any in-law difficulties, it is the older woman's place to show tolerance and self-restraint. The ways of youth are not her ways, and she contributes most by overlooking what she can and putting up with the rest. Anne Ilirst's studies of family situa- tions have increased her wis- dom, and it is all at her readers' service. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toron°:o, Ontario. How Can .1 Q. How can .1keep the colors bright in House dresses? A. When a new colored cots ton house dress is to be laun- dered for the first time, use one tablespoon of salt to each quart. of water. Then in the rinse water use one tablespoon of vinegar to each quart of water. This treatment will keep the col ors bright. Q. How can 1 make lime water? A. Dissolve a fresh piece of lime in two quarts of water Let it stand for two or three hours Shake occasionally and remove any substance that may rise to the ton. Q. How can I make attractive desserts?? A. Try using vegetable col- orings when making bread pud- pings or custard, It is harmless and will make the dish look more appetizing. Q. How can I remove rusty screws? A. If a rusty screw is obstin- ate and will not move with an ordinary screw driver apply a heavy skewer heated red hot and hold it there until the screw it hot. Then use the screw driver and it will turn easily Q. How can I clean the dust mop? A. After the dust mop has he come dirty, put a heaping table- spoon of lye in a half bucket of water and let the mop boil in it. Then rinse well and aerie' it to dry in the sun. Q. Can you give me a table of comparative measures? A. I cup equals ?a pint; 2 teaspoons equal 1 dessertspoon' 4 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon; 2 dessertspoons equal 1 table spoon. Q, How can I give a better flavour to coffee? A. The flavour of coffee will be more delicious if it is allowed to stand for a few minutes after removing from the fire Pouring a little cold water into the '.rout will oleo have a settling effect, . Q. How can I clean carpets? A. To make rugs leek like new, scrub with a stiff brush moistened in diluted ammonia, and then rinse with the garden hose while hanging on the line. Q. How can I make the step- ladder safer? A. Make the step -ladder safer by fastening rubber or felt pads to the feet of the ladder, and also strips of rubber to the steps, Q. How can I keep cork floors clean? A. By sweeping with an or- dinary broom or floor brush, then putting a small amount of neutral soap in at basin of warm water and -washing the floor. Stains can often be removed by rubbing .lightly with a fine grade et sandpaper Or steel wool. ISSUE 31 1955 Chellnial of Manny And Varied Eises The fragile heroines of old, reputed to have fainted at the slightest provocation, were fre- quently brought around with a whiff of "smelling salts" — sometimes called spirits of am- monia. • However, one doesn't have to be in the habit of swooning to recognize the pungent odor of ammonia, since it is one of the most common chemicals that we know. In fact, amonia alone or in its several compound forms, affects almost cverything we use. Ammonia is ley no means a modern discovery. In the middle ages it was .obtained by distilling the horns and hoofs of stags — hence its 'ancient name of "hartshorn". Today, ammonia is mostly synthetic and is usually made from natural gas or fuel oil. 100,000 tons of ammonia are produced to Canada each year, to be used in products that range from wood pulp to perfume. Housewifes keep liquid "house- hold ammonia" on hand as a cleaning agent, while industries use this same chemical in large refrigeration systems. Other in- dustrial uses are in the making of oil, petroleum, explosives, textiles and dyes. However. it is in agricultw e that ammonia lies its most im- portant use, It is a major com— ponent of many agricultural fer- tilizers and is often applied directly to the soil. We owe more than we realize to this versatile chemical that helps produce much of the food we eat. HIGHER EDUCATION—The tough jab ahead of Peggy Wolverton, 6, and many other youngsters beginning school this fall is dra- matically portrayed here. She's eyeing a pile of 71. basic text- books she must wade through before she finishes the eighth grade. In addition, she will dip into or study many others. A Royal Banquet of Rotten Fish! When Princess Marina, now Duchess of Kent, was a few months old, a mountain gipsy called at the Athens villa of her parents, Prince Nicholas and the Grand Duchess Helen, "This is a child of fortune," she said. "She will be beautiful. "She will make a great mar- riage with a king's son. She will lose her husband while she is still young and at the height of her happiness. Her children will be her consolation." Could any prophecy have been more ac- curate? E. E. P. Tisdall says in an absorbing account of the Greek Royal Family — "Royal Destiny" — that as a child Marina, named after a famous Greek saint, was the self-willed, obstinate mem- ber of the family. She always knew what she wanted to do, and if forbidden would say: "All right—then I shall pretend to do it!" In 1905, shortly before per birth, her parents went on a diplomatic mission to Constanti- nople to congratulate Sultan Ab- dul Hamid — "Abdul the Damn- ed" — on the .twenty-fifth an- niversary of his accession. Ab- dul drove down the long hill to the great mosque in en open carriage, heavily guarded by lancers. A puffy old man in a black uniform, looking deathly pale and terrified, he jumped nimbly from the carriage, hur- ried into the mosque for his Fri- day prayers, re-emerged, then climbed into a small pony phaeton with his son and drove up the hill again at a fast trot. All his cortiers and servants, Tisdall says, had linedup be- hind him on foot."They pound- ed behind him, gasping up the hill in the scorching heat, fat cheeks glistening, stout bodies tottering and tripping over swords." Nicholas was impressed when he presently met Abdul. Even the rubber galoshes with holes at the back for gilt spurs, which he wore over his boots, did not destroy his dignity! But the Yildiz Kiosk, where Nicholas and Helen were to spend the night, gave them a shock; its chocolate brown interior, with scarlet and blue hangings laced with gold, its brocaded stools, were a nightmare. They were wearily exploring it in full ceremonial costume when an army of nondescript Turks who had just been hired in the market poured in noisily. The royal pair wandered, hung- ry and thirsty, among a be- wildering riot of cleaners, bed - makers, butlers, scullions, and finding at last a long table piled with cooked foods, sat down to eat ... with no knives or forks. Beside them sat Turkish serv- ants and stray strangers who chanced to wander in from the street. It was .like "a railway buffet." Then into the court- yard came a swarm of liveried servants bearing presents from Abdul. An official with a bag presented all of them, Greek servants included, with glitter- ing Turkish Orders. Later, when the royal couple dined with the Sultan and diplo- matic corps at the Palace, seated either side of him, Abdul pulled Helen beside him at the table - head and relaid her place him- self, loudly cursing the servants. "The footmen in ill-fitting scarlet liveries, bearded, un- washed, unshaven, with collars, without them, in white ties, in black ties, in dirty white gloves, with bare grimy hands stood be- side each chair. The plate was golden, the Cinergy tin, Nicholas, winking at the Austrian ambas- sador, wiped the red rust off knife and fork on the tablecloth. The fish was bad. The footman fought each other." What a ban- quet! Advice is like kissing; it costs nothing, and it is a pleasant thing to do. • —H. W. SHAW }MY -Size Style c1ie r•. - ' �1see 'tee Smart fashion for the half - sizer — cut to fit properly the shorter, fuller figure) Sew -easy —you're sure to want more than one. Select stripes — they're slimming, form lovely chevron - effect in front) Popular 4 -gore skirt drapes gracefully from hipline. Pattern 4780: Half Sizes 141/a, 16b , 181!2, 201/2, 221/2, 24?z. Size 1611s takes 314 yards 35 -inch fabric, This pattern easy to use. sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instruc- tions. Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35¢) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, AD- DRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, l23 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Vakir79s .baster; 4eedir with Wonderful:Sew Active Dry Yeast° 'selOktees CINNAMON BUNS Measure into large bowl, 1 c. lukewarm water, 2 tsps. granu- lated sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with 2 en- velopes Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 min., TIIEN stir 'well. Scald 1 c. milk and stir in 1/2 c. granulated sugar,1VA tsps. 'salt, 6 tbs. shortening; cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast mix- ture and stir in 2 well -beaten eggs. Stir in 3 c. once -sifted bread flour; beat until smooth. Work in 3 c. more once -sifted bread flour. $nead until smooth and elastic; place in greased bowl; brush top with melted butter or shoe toning. Cover and set in warm place, free from draught. Let rise until doubled tri bulk. While dough is rising, combine 11/2 c. brown sugar (lightly pressed down) 3 tsps. ground cinnamon, 1 c. washed and dried seedless raisins. Punch down dough and divide into 2 equal por- tions; form into smooth balls. Rall each piece into an oblong 1/4" thick and 16" long; loosen dough. Brush with melted butter or margarine. Sprinkle with raisin mixture. Begin- ning at a long edge, roll up each Piece loosely, like a jelly roll. Cut into 1" -slices. Place lust touching each other, a cut -side tip, in greased 7" round layer-calce pans (or othershal. low pans). Grease tops. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake in moderate. oven, 350°, 20.25 minutes. Serve hot, or reheated. ® No more taking chances with perishable yeast cakes that have lost their leavening power! New Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast keeps full-strength and active right till the moment you use it. Needs NO refrigeration—keeps safely is your cupboard. Try its mar- vellous results in your next baking. °Pike'.3 n70nas see;fly.!