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The Seaforth News, 1955-10-20, Page 2► ►►►►►s►►►r►►►!Vr "Dear Anne Hirst. Seven years ago when I was 15, I married a man 10 years older, my parents tried to dissuade me, but 1 thought I knew everything. Now we have a little girl, and it is chiefly for her sake that I ask your counsel , .. Her father has been drinking for years (which I did not know when we mar- ried) and he is getting worse; then he has physically mis- treated me so that I ate really afraid. "So far I have been able to prevent her seeing or bearing him at such times, but Idon't know whether I can keep that up. Strangely enough, he is de- voted to her and she to him . , , Re travels sometimes now, and when he is home he drinks al- most -consistently. He tells peo- ple I am a spendthrift and that I date men in his absence! Re gives me so little money (barely. enough to get along onl that I am almost destitute of clothes and must count every dime. The only places I go are to church and an occasional movie with my little girl, "I would leave him, but 1 can't bear to separate the child from him, even thought I expect he will get worse as he grows older. Yet how can I let her dis- cover what sort of father she has? I must do something soon, and I will do anything you say. MISERABLE" Make this attractive cover for any size TV set! It's pretty grape pattern—a smart combination of filet crochet and regular crochet! Pattern 600: Crochet TV square 25 Indies iii No. 30 mer- cerized cotton: smaller in No. 50; larger u crochet and knit- ting cotton. Send TWENTY -PINE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN N3ThIBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. LOOK for smart gift ideas in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog.. Crochet, knitting, em- broidery, lovely things to wear. Dolls, iron -ons, quilts, aprons. novelties — easy, fun to make! Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW! You will want to order every new design in it. A SLIM HOPE * Your marriage still could * be a good marriage if your * husband behaved as a hos- * band should. He must be con- * sclous that he is failing in his * job. To attack a faithful wife * is monstrous; to spread tales * about her is the act of a cad; * to squander money he cannot * afford is utterly selfish. * The picture of his future is * not heartening, and I see only * one hope — your husband's * love for his little girl, * There may lie the answer • you hope to find. He must * know that he cannot conceal * his weakness from her for * long — and then he will have * to face the horror and the * shame she will feel. You will * convince him that unless he * transforms himself into a de- * cent, right -living person you * will take her from him, for * you refuse to allow his influ- * ence to darken her life. * The time for him to reform * is today — not next month * nor next year, If he laughs off * your threat, you will have to * go through with it. * If your husband would ad- * mit his failures and try to be- • have himself, I know you * would can en all your pa- * Bence and faith to help him. * Perhaps it is not too late. It * is up to him. * * * IN LOVE 11'ITII LOVE "Dear Anne Hirst: You, with my parents, will say I am too young to be in love, but really I ate. My family makes fun of me and says it won't last, but I know it will. The young man is 21, and doesn't know I care for him; I'na ,afraid we couldn't be friends if he found out. "But hoc' can I act when he ch•ope .in? 1 am so miserable! DORIS" * Almost all girls in their * early teens get a crush on a * young man several years old- * er. It is nothing to be ashamed * ef. Indeed, it can have a salt- * tary effect. Subconsciously " you will mold yourself into * the kind of girl you think he * admires, and instead of aping * other girls you will just con- " tinue to be your own best self. * You are so wise to give no sign of your emotions; if he * sensed your affection he would "' avoid you. By using restraint, * you can keen your secret and * remain the little pal he likes * to see now and then. When * your family teases you, don't * retort; ignore it, and they will * cease, Go out with your girl * friends often and learn some- • thing from them all, This is * one way to grow more inter- * e. ting, and develop into the * fine, normal young woman • that nice lads will want to * date, * It is likely you will outgrow * this phase, but you can al- * ways hold this young man as * your ideal, one by which to * measure other boys you'll be * dating soon. • • • * Many a man has changed his life for the sake of a child he loves, when all other appeals failed to move him. Anne Hirst has helped thousands of couples to a happier 11fe, and her wis- dom and experience Is at your service. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. RAILWAY POLICE Canada's railways had a po- lice force of 1,080 in 1953. Aver- age salary of the 197 inspectors and sergeants was $4,367, and of the 883 constables $3,455, WHERE THERE'S WOOL, THERE'S A WAY — A way to publicize that is. TV actress Lisa Ferraday finds it's easy to pull the wool over the eyes of Democratic Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney who hails from Wyoming, where sheep -raising is a major factor in the agricultural economy. Lisa and pet Iamb, "Wooly," pose with the Senator in front of the nation's Capitol before taking Off on 0 cross-country tour in behalf of the nation's woolen goods industry. -La SETS UP RITZY PERON EXILE — Maria Goran Weiss, glamorous, tennis -playing friend of Juan Peron is seeking a luxurious villa in Zurich, Switzerland, for the deposed Argentine dictator. She is backed by his "exile" fortune. The 35 -year-old brunette is armed with Peron's power of attorney. Peron is reported to have a sum estimated at between $6,000,000 and $20,000,000 in various banks in Switzerland. Miss Weiss is pictured in Buenos Aires, where she competed in the Pan-American Games tennis matches. ROYAL BRIDE SAIO "NO" BY MISTAKE Amid the glittering splendour of the Coronation ceremony a princess in the simple grey habit of a nursing order sat in one of the honoured central seats of the royal box and gazed down lov- ingly at her only son, the Duke of Edinburgh, and at his wife, our youthful Queen. Most people imagine that the Duke of Edinburgh's mother, H.R.H. Princess Alice of Greece, is Grecian by birth. But the truth is that she was born in. Windsor Castle as a ranking great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Princess Alice was soon adored as one of Bri- tain's loveliest young princesses, Her doting great-uncle, King Edward VII, used to run his hands through her soft, fair ring- lets and declare bluffly that no throne in the whole of Europe would be too good for her. Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, was fully alive to the dynastic undertones of these royal compliments. Alice passed her girlhood in a bappy though regal atmosphere There were visits to cousins in Russia, exciting holidays against a background of jolly sleigh -bells and glistening snow. There were tours through Germany, an end- less succession of balls and parties. And of course there were plenty of matchmakers among her aunts and uncles, some hope- fully linking Alice .with the fu- ture Tsar of Russia, others dis- cussing prospects in Sweden, and Prussia. - Then, unpredictably, when barely eighteen, brown - eyed Princess Alice fell in love with handsome Prince Andrew of Greece. He was just twenty-one years old, tall, fair-haired, as strikingly good-looking as -the Duke of Ed- inburgh is today, Princess Alice was unable to speak a word of Greek; Andrew's English was halting. But with the blithe as- surance of youth he made his hopes and passions known. The betrothal required the King's consent under the Royal Marriages Act, and Edward VII wanted it fully -emphasized that the bride was a British subject As a result, the shy ash -blonde princess had to undergo three marriage ceremonies. One was civil, another Protes- tant, The third, and most pic- turesque, ceremony was held ac cording to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church in the lovely old cathedral church at Darm- stadt. By this time, it is not to be wondered at if the bride was a little confused! During the service, the priest had to ask her two questions - whether she consentedof her own free will to marry Andrew Or whether she had premised her hand to someone else, In some perplexity Alice mur- mured "No"'to the first question, and "Yes" to the second, and e ripple of amusement ran through the congregation, As the pair drove away for their honeymoon royal guests in their tiaras, ribbons and stats began to run after ,the carriage, clutching paper bags of rice and confetti. To a startled posse of • Gerinan police, the paper bags looked like bombs. And they, too, joined in the rush! The Emperor of Russia spied a short cut through the crowd, and putting his head down, ram- med his way through the cheer- ing people. Just es she was bow- ing her acknowledgments, Alice received the contents of a bag- of rice full in the face, followed by a satin slipper. Catching the slipper, she hit the Emperor over the head with it, then re- sumed her seat with an idyllic smile. If one lingers over this arous- ing scene, it is because the sands were running out, Though so happily begun, Princess Alice's married life was to be fraught with danger and tragedy. - When she was blessed with four delightful daughters, no wo- men in al] the world was hap- pier, Once, during a family re- union in - Malta, she met her youngest brother, now Earl Mountbatten, and as a young naval cadet he cheekily ex- pressed indignation at having been made four times an uncle before he was fourteen years old! But the storm clouds were gathering. Icer father-in-law. King George 1 of Greece, was assassinated at point-blank range by a madman in the streets of Salonika, and Andrew's elder brother, Constantine, assumed the throne. With her four little girls, Britain's Princess Alice found herself embroiled in plot and counter -plot and military revolt as a result of divided loy- alties in the first world war. During one, uprising, Alice was busy in a tapestry shop in Ath- ens, which she ran for charity. Through a hail of falling shrap- nell, she ran home .. , and saw with horror that her children's nursery window had been shat- tered. Smashing through the glass, a bullet had. whizzed above the princesses as they played and buried itself in the plaster. "You should retdrri to Eng- land," Andrew told her. Tender- ly Princess Alice answered, "I will never leave your side . Then Ring Constantine abdi- cated and in the resulting up- heave] Andrew and Alice fled with their family to Switzerland. But it was not long before the Royal Family were welcomed back. Delirious with joy, a cheering crowd even tried' to tear off Andrew's garters as sou- venirs, On the Allied side, Andrew commanded a valiant army against the Turks. While he was away he received the long- awaited news that a son, Prince Philip, had been born, A period of renewed happiness seemed to dawn, But just as suddenly events took a savage turn, The Greek Army rnet with reverses. In the throes of revolu- tion a n d counter-revolution, Prince Andrew was stripped of his honours ,and arrested. "I must go to him!" was his wife's only thought, Her home was watched day and night by g I...aw✓ .II Jl W,q� 3 !CLES Back to good old standard - time . and wasn't it grand to get that extra hour last Sun- day morning? Unfortunately nightfall now comes all too early. But we can't have it both ways, can we? The last day of fast time was also the day of our County Fair —and we did manage to get to - it for a couple of hours. Not longer because the plumber was here that morning fixing the furnace. I wonder how many people had an experience sim- ilar to our own. Practically all our smoke pipes rotted. Fifteen lengths and four elbows, as our pipes go right through the house. We have since heard of quite a few people in this dis- trict who had furnace pipe trouble. Why should that be? Was it the humidity this sum- mer, or was it because most of the coal last year was oil -treat- ed to prevent dust? We are in- clined to think 11 was the oil which produced some sort of chemical reaction on the pipes, Be that as it may we under- stand the use of oil has been discontinued. The explanation? Customers were objecting to the oily odour that permeated their homes, But to get back to the fair. Friday afternoon there ' was a - drenching rain and the "probs" did not sound too good for the morrow. But the weatherman was kind. The day was com- fortably warm and sunny, There was a wonderful attendance and something, somewhere, go- ing on all the time. Local fairs are no longer 'slow' the way they used to be. In fact it is - like a small C.N.E. ! You can't take it all in. Stop to watch the cattle being• judged and you miss a trotting race. Or look at the dray horses in the ring and you lose out in seeing the square dance competition. And in the display halls you can't see the work for the people. Such a lot of good exhibits , sewing, knitting, quilts and so on, representing hundreds of close work by scores of people. And the Junior Farmers and Homemakers . . , clever and original displays. Yes, it was police agents. Every day was passed in an agony of suspense, Soldiers and heroes in those grim days were being sent to the firing squad. Would Andrew be amongst them? The trial finished ... and Prin. cess Alice, tired and pale, went to a church to ,pray. As she came out, she saw her sister-in- law running towards her with news, Her hand flew to her heart and then she heard the cry, "He's safe! It's all right!" Andrew had been sentenced to banish- ment, not death, And Princess Alice turned back towards the church, made the sign of the cross and burst into tears, - The rest of the story is known to the world, A British warship rescued Princess Alice and her husband and carried them to safety. Andrew never forgot his debt to the Royal Navy and re- solved that his son should enter its service. He died in exile. But Princess Alice always re- membered that her prayers had been answered. That is why in a nursing order in Greece today she works among the poor and lowly, remembering the days when her husband was spared to her to love. all very good—but do you know what impressed me most? Jusi the terrine amount of work and planning that had .preceded the day of the fair. How many people who do to more than pay their way in realise how hard the directors work to make their own particular fair a suc- cess.- A -successful fair doesn't just happen. It is the result o' weeks and weeks of careful thought and planning and in- tensive activity just before and during the fair. And all a labour of love. The same applies to the organiations that set up refresh- ment booths as a means of bringing in a little money for their W,I„ W.A., or whatever organization they happen to, re- present. Working in cramped quarters isn't easy—nor is the catering. Which will be the best seller,— hot dogs or pop? What the public demands de- pends on the day—and no one can plan the weather. So 1 stay hats off to the directors, the exhibitors, the caterers and to all those who in any way help to make the local fair a success. And this applies to all fairs. not to any one fair in particular. But of course the exhibits and various events are not the only attractions. There are also the people you meet. Time after time you hear ---"Well, for good- ness sake, I haven't seen you in years" And do you know, 1 ant beginning to believe it is a very small world. I met one of our District W.I. officers at the fair who informed me the last time she saw me was at Montreal hurrying across the runway to board a plane for Prestwick. So you see it doesn't matter how far you are from home you can never be sure there isn't someone around who knows who you are. I'm telling you, folks, you have to water, your step these days in this lit 11e old world of ours! Well, there is quite a bit of excitement among the fanners, around here these days. The Department of Highways is re• putedly checking un Its last sur- vey for Highway 40I, which - cuts through our farm. Waren this check-up is completed 1 is said valuator's will be mak- ing the rounds. So now the ..,�,. local Federation of Agriculture is holding a series of small meetings among the landowners concerned to establish some sort of protective policy. Partner is attending one such meeting this morning. In the meantime was are get- ting a little action from the Main. tenance Division of the Depart ment of Highways on a wash- out on the corner of our pro- perty. It had previously been repaired" with loose stone Now a permanent job is in pro- gress—a cement retaining waft directing the course of the creek away from our property. We are well satisfied with the job. Action was finally taken after we had sent one letter to Ham- ,..fir ilton and another to Queen's Park calling attention to the matter. Sometimes a little co- operation between the public and the Department helps both parties. MORE BEEVES SLAUGHTERED Canada's slaughtering and meat packing industry slaught- ered 1,469,346 beeves in 1953 as compared with 1,251,892 in 1932s but the cost of the animals was lower at $229,361,419 versus $258,892,737. Drive With Care FAITHFUL LUTHERAN — Rounding out 64 years of. perfect Sun- day school attendance, Amelia Grim, left, was honoured at Promotion 'Day services in the Grace Lutheran Church, of Frank- lin. Labrida Hanby, assistant Sunday: School superintendent, is affixing the special pin awarded to her, Miss Grim's attendance has been broken only once, for a trip to her mother's native Germany in 1907. Since thee, sh; has a.ir*o;td of 2'47'6 Sundays in Sunday school.