The Seaforth News, 1954-05-20, Page 6'Dear Anne Hirst: 1 am 19 and
everyone says 'Inn a nice girl,
but It is all on the surface. Down
deep I am hateful and sinful and
sinful and just downright nu
good.
"After my father died I was
sent to my grandmother.. There
I didn't have any fun like other
girls do / and at 17 I ran off with
a man who was married. I didn't
find it Out for 10 months, I had
a baby by him after we parted,
but he never knew about it.
"I came home to my mother
and stepfather. My inothel' hates
me. She will not let nie have
any frlends, and accuses Inc of
being no gond, If I do get out,
I must be in before 10.30.
"I have met a very young man,
but she refuses to let him see me
and if he calls she won't let me
;peak to him. I have met his
parents, though, and they are
very nice. He likes my baby,
and 1 believe he cares for me,
I've told all my friends I'm di-
vorced; no one but the family
knows the truth.)
"I have lived through all the
torment I can stand. Can't any -
One ever stop paying? , , , I have
no one to turn to, and I'm afraid
*5 make a decision on my own.
Please. Anne Flirsi, tell me what
to dol
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ALL M1:i:f;D UP
Before you' dream of the fu
• tune, I would like to see you
* establish better feeling be-
tween your mother and your-
* self. It is unlikely that she
* hates you, She gave you and
° your baby a home, and has
* taken pare of you since. You
* must admit that your elope-
* anent and its cOnsequencea
° were a severe shock, and I ex-
pect she imposes these restrie-
* tions because she fears you
* may be tempted again.
* Instead of nourishing this
* bad feeling between you, it is
* your place to show her that
* she can trust you now. A
straight -forward talk should
* diminish her doubts -.- if yOu
* practice what you promise,
Assure her that you will never
o betray her confidence, and if
''•sine will somewhat relax these
" rules she will never regret it.
* This is the time to humhie,.and
* to mean every word you say.
o Prove your intentions by ac-
* tion, Are .you assuming the
• * baby s entire care? Are you
relieving your mother of many
o household duties? Are you at-
• tending church regularly, and
being a helpful member? If
° you are really sincere in earn-
o ing your mother's faith and
° leading a good life, it will
" show in all you do -- in your
• manner (less bitter and more
respectful) and in your atti-
° tude toward everyone. I think
* it will not be long before she
is convinced you are a very
" different girl than the one who
brought shame to your family.
" You yourself will soon know
$ you are, and find tolerance and
* understanding where before
$ Only suspicion and criticism
* obtained,
s As for this young man, I see
°
00 reason to tell hies you never
° married until he cOnfesses his
e love. Then it is his right to
* know, You. ;may calI me old-
* fashioned, but no marriage that
• starts with deceit can last
° long. 1f you do not agree, and
° even if few others know the
truth, ,there is always the
° chalice it will come out some
° day, He had better hear it
" from you.
Take heart. Life can be a
* beautiful experience. If you
* want to make yours that, be-
' tin today.
Oue cannot sin without pay-
ing,
aying, and the cost is high. One's
life thereafter depends upon ber
acceptance, and her deternmitis
anon to repay those she has hart.
Tell Anne Hirst your prob-
lem, and know you can depend
upon her wise guidance. Write
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Chri5te iiigi
Now < .. Arid When
In the Roman Catholic Church
the christening takes place with-
in a week or two weeks titter the
birth of the child.
In the Church of England
when the child is four or five
weeks old.
In most other Protestant
Churches the christening is us-
ually within a few months after
birth.
In the Jewish Faith children
are not christened, The circum-
cision for baby boys is a religi-
ous ceremony as well as regular
medical procedure. Parents
assist in officiating at baby -nam-
ing ceremony without the infant
being present.
Hurry -Up Highlights --•There's no longer any need to wait for
Done Nature to acid years to your age before you can enjoy
the glamorous htghfights in your halr. A cosmetic house has
developed a system whereby tiny end strands of newly washed
end see hair can be wound around pegs, left, and then placed
in transparent tubes containing a lightening mixture (either
silver or gold). While you're under the drier, the lightening
process is completed, and the new treatment is said to be
suite to alinost any hair style. When your hairdo is completed,
highlights will show as at right,
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Last Tuesday 1 had my first
ride 011 the new Toronto Sub
way. On the whole, I thought
it was grand. Just imagine, I
boarded the train at Milton,
arrived' at Union Station, took
the Subway to College and was
able to keep an appointment
without Once getting out into
the pouring rain, It was wen-
clerful.
Now for reasons for and
against the Subway. I liked the
clean, roomy, fast - meving
coaches, I liked the mysterious,
distant rumble of the traits as it
approaches the platform, I liked
the escalators — but. I definite-
ly didn't like the steep stone
steps. In some stations there
are two flights to climb. Actual-
ly the steps are my only objec-
tion to an otherwise perfect
method of transportation. There
were, however a few things that
worried tele that could be pre-
vented — passengers standing
too close to the edge of the plat-
form; mothers allowing children
too much freedom while wait-
ing for a train — children play-
ing too roughly could easily
push each other on to the track
with fast trains corning
every two minutes the risk is
too great..
Of course there are etiil many
people every day taking their
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first ride and some of them don't
realize there is more than one
door, There are also people
keeping away from the Subway
entirely, having heard rumours
of dooms that automatically open
and eioe° hardly giving passen-
gers time to get on and off. That
is just nonsense, of course, Nor
le there any need for what hap-
pened to Ellen and Mary who
were taking their first ride on
the subway. Ellen got on the
train but Mary was left behind
on the platform! But even in a
case like that there is me need
to panic. Ellen had only to wait
at her destination for Mary to
come on by the next train --.
possibly a matter of five or
seven minutes. But this I must
say -- it isn't wise to read the
evening paper as you ride, • Far
better to watch for your station
ort the wall of every platform
or first thing you know you will
find yourself at Eglinton. in-
stead of Bloom or College or
wherever you intended to get.
off. •
Back to the country
spring seems to have been so
late in coming the last fete
years. And a late spring snakes
such a rush job of seeding. Not
enough of the right kind of
weather for a long enough time
is really what causes the trouble.
It just doesn't leave any margin.
A breakdown with a. tractor for
even a few hours can mean a
week's delay in getting a field
seeded if rain should come before
the repair job is done. No
doubt this feeling of having to
beat the weather is responsible
for a few fields here and there
not being worked up as well as
they )night be. A lot depends
on the soil of course -- and it
could be that farmers with clay -
loam look enviously on while
neighbours, perhaps no farther
away than the next concession,
work with very little interrup-
tion on their sandy -loan fields.
But then conies a dry spell and
it is the clay -loam farmers who
reap the benefit, No one can
win all the time, In the long
run the law of averages evens
things up pretty well. And that
applies to more than farming
it applies to every aspect of
life.
We can all think of people
we know who are blessed with
plenty of this world's goods but
there may be ill -health in the
family, dissension in family cir-
cles; tragedy or .loss of life. Or
we may know others who ap-
pear to have so little but yet
seem so happy. Because of their
religious beliefs, or their philo-
sophy of life, to them every day
is a new beginning. A beauti-
ful sunset means more to them
than a movie; a well-written
book better than a television
show; a friendly call from a
neighbour more than a bridge
party. There are also people so
busy all the time that physical
tiredness and a mind at peace
with itself brings sound sleep
at night. And there are those
with too much leisure and too
much social life who hardly
know what it is to get a good
night's rest without the aid of
sleeping pills, The law of
averages again . , . what you
gain on the swings you lose on
the roundabouts,
Well, it is raining again • but
Partner says there is noticing
for farmers to worry about. FIe
says according to what 11e has
heard from old-time farmers if
Easter is early, seeding is slot
likely to start until a week of
two afterwards. And in those
days seeding took weeks .
our modern tractor -farmers ex
pec:t to get the job dome in two
weeks anyway. Antibiotics,
commercial fertilizers and weed -
destroying chemicals were urn
known at time turd of the cons
tiny but I think everyone will
agree that the old-time ferment
was es weather-wise as a swamp
frog.
ary-
ISSUE 21 — 1954
SEW IT AND LIKE IT
Most people think this is the
at0nele age, but when it comes
right down to essentials, this is
really the; great age of "flow -to-
do,'
Houle sewing experienced a
rivival during • World War 11
when inexpensive and well -)rade
manufactured clothes were hard
to find, and has been mushroom-
ing ever since, Now sowing ma-
chine manufacturers are turning
Out machines and attachments
that will do almost every intri-
cate stitch and job hitherto per-
formed only in the professional
workshops.
There are millers which can
ruffle 10 yards of material in one
minute, and binders which not
only bind over the edge of the
fabric but sew it down in an at-
tractive zigzag stitch at the same
time. Buttonholes do not have to
present the inevitable problem
any more either, since one of
the most practical attachments
now being put out is the button-
holer, which can be adjusted to
any size required.
Mttolhine Quilting
You can practically make your
own fabrics today, 200, thanks to
the inventiveness of the sewing
machine industry. On the mar-
ket now is a guiding prong for
the home machine which guides
the needle along the stitching
lines required for quilted mater-
ial, Since quilted fabrics are hes
ing used more and more in the
clothes field, this new gadget en-
ables any woman to take her
favorite fabric and quilt It pro-
fessionally.
Illustrative of the many jobs
which can be done with machine
attachments is the new booklet
entitled "Sewing Magic for Teen-
Agers," written by Mildred Ryan
and published by the Greist
Manufacturing Company. It ex-
plains how to use cloth guides,
adjustable zipper and cording
feet, scissors cutting gauges, gath-
ering feet, various types of hem-
mers, tuckers, quilters, edge
stitohers, multiple slotted bind-
ers, and ruffters.
But wonderful as all these are,
they are really the frosting on
the sewing cake. Any woman
can start to sew with only a
sewing machine — of whatever
vintage—and a little imagination
and patience.
One of the fallacies held about
some sewing — mainly, I believe,
by those who think they can't
sew —is that to be professional
looking a garment has to have a
lot of detail or be of an intricate
design. Actually the contrary is
true. One of the most important
aspects of sewing is not the ac-
tual machine or hand -work, but
picking out a pattern and mater-
ial that are, so to speak, made
for each other.
Try Sleeveless Dress
For a beginner, there is no Net-
ter place to start than on a sum-
mer dress. When deciding on a
pattern, choose one that has no
sleeves. Or, if you feel you must
have some sleeves, select a pats
tem that has the sleeves cut
right. onto the bodice. A home-
made look will show up first in
a sleeve badly or bunchily set
into a shoulder.
Collars can be tricky, too, and
if you feel you don't want to
tackle one on your first try,
choose a plain round neckline or
perhaps one that is slit down the
front and which can be dressed
up with jewelry to take away
the plainness,
Gathered skirts are usually
easy and so are flared ones or
ones with unpressed pleats. But
skirts made in tiers or with ruf-
fles around the bottom can be
difficult for the beginner and
are hard to iron.
Now, if you have a pattern
that can choose a material that is
practically a work of art in it-
self. One of the enormously wide.
range of fabrics to choose from,
not only in design but also in the
fibers.
Cotton is still one o'1 the most
wearable and easy -to -take -care -
of materials on the market.
Sewing Centers help
Syntllatie fabrics havejumped
into the yard goods world with
amazing force since the way.
Nylon is becoming more versa-
tile with different weaves now
being offered, as well as both
patterned and plain material,
Made up in a simple summer
pattern, a nylon dress is a joy to
take care of and for traveling
simply cannot be watched.
If you do want a pattern with
a little mare detail to it, - the
nearest sewing center will cover
buttons and belts and make but••
tonholes for a very small fee.
Attendants will also give you
advice if you get bogged down.
There is one experience in
sewing however, that every
woman must steel herself to face.
That is the movement -- just as
you feel you have finally achieve
ed a Fifth Avenue look in your
designs ••-- when some dear friend.
comes rushing up and exclaims,
"What a lovely dress, did you
make it yourself?"
Had Their Music
Despite The Law
Holland has just passed a law
under which it is strictly pro-
hibited to create a noise of any
kind on a Sunday morning. The
definition of "noise" in this in-
stance is a sound that can be
heard 200 yards from the point
of origin.
The good folk of Kerkrade, a
Dutch village on the German
border„ were dismayed when
they heard about the new law.
It Inas always been a cherished
custom; in Kerkrade for couples
celebrating their golden wed-
ding anniversary to attend church
on time nearest Sunday morning
accompanied by all the villagers
and time joyous music of a brass
band.
Especially disgruntled ae 0 0 e
Mr. and Mrs. Crutzen, of Kerk-
rade's Nieuw Street, who were
about to celebrate their golden
wedding in traditional manner,
Then an ingenious fellow -
citizen had an idea. Since the
German -Dutch border actually e •r--..
runs through - the 'village, the
brass band belonging to the Ger-
man part was engaged for the
occasion. And while the vener•
able couple headed the silent
procession to church along the
left side of the wire fence sep-
arating the Dutch and German
halves of the village, members of
the brass band of the Dutch viI-
lage followed in silence wiith
their instruments reversed.
But en the other side of the
fence the band of the German
half of the village played lusty
marching music in detianr•e of
the new Dutch law,
THE SEVEN WONDERS
The Seven Wonders of the
ancient world were: the Pyra-
mids of Egypt; the Hanging Gar-
dens of Babylon, a series of ter-
raced gardens rising three hun-
dred feet above the ground, said
to have been built by Nebu-
chadnezzar to please his wife,
Amytis, who wearied of the
plains of Babylon; the Temple of
Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus; the
Statue of Jupiter by Phidias at
Olympia; the Colossus of Rhodes,
a gigantic statue of bronze over
one hundred feet, high, and
towering above the entrance to
the harbor; the Mausoleum, or
tomb of Mausolus, at Halicar-
nessus; anti the Pharos of Alex-
andria.
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(or 134 c. once -sifted all-purpose flour), 3 tsps. Magic
Baking Powder, tsp. salt. Cut in finely 4 tbs. chilled
shortening and mix in 7:i c. washed and dried raisins
and 34, c. lightly -packed brown sugar. Combine 1
slightly -beaten egg, 2 tbs. milk and a few drops amend
flavoring. Make a well in dry ingredients and add
liquids; mite lightly with fork, adding mills
if necessary, to make a soft: doagh. Knead
for 10 seconds on a Iiglitiy-floured hoard
and pat out into greased pie plate (71.9 top
inside measure) and mark into 6 pie -shaped
wedges. Bake it' hot oven, 425", about 18
Minutes. Serve )hot with butter or margar-
inc Yield-- sf:onos.
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