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The Seaforth News, 1959-07-23, Page 6AN NE 141IRST wouk, Farm,* cumstecrt, "Dear Anne Hirst: before Thanksgiving I expect to marry a young man I've beep engaged to for two years, but as the day eSears I realize how different our concepts of married life are. Don't get me wrong — I never have doubted his love, and we agree on almost everything that mattees. But marriage means More than that. "Now and then he likes to drink too much, though I've never been with him when he has, I've also had some of our regular dates postponed because at the last minute he decided to join the boys in a card game. All of them are still single, and it has got me worried; as his wife I wonder whether I'd be spend- ing more evenings at home wait- ing for him to come? "That Is not my idea of mar- riage. "I want a home with him, not without him; I love children, and I want mine to have a father they can grow up with. During our engagement we have spent most evenings at parties or shoseealways on the go (his choice, not mine) and have taken little time out to talk over plan- ning our house, discussing a budget and the intimate give - and -teen of two people who ex- pect to spend the rest of time under one roof. WORRIED" DANGER SIGNS * It Is not essential that a man O anl his fiancee leave every- * thiag in common, but to choose * one whose living pattern is so • opnesed to your own is to * state: a battle of temperaments * that could lead to disillusion if * not disaster. * rater picture of marriage is * sha.ang a home with your bus- * baal, raising a family with * that home the center of your • life and theirs. There must be • love, naturally, but love alone car set guarantee a contented * life for either of you. If your fiateoe. expects to continue find- ing his pleasures with his men * friends you two would be in * conaiet from the end of your * honeymoon, e What you want is content- * meat within your own walls, • a spiritual companionship, a * sense of well-being based on jusc being together. * Can it be that you have • nothing in common but a phy- * steal love? Gather up your * courage and find out whether • your fiance intends to be a * part-time husband whose home * is a place to eat and sleep — or • whether he will give up play- ing at life and follow the de- * sign of couples who rate a rich • farally relationship first. • I two people (even in love) •• do not enjoy spending their • leisure hours together, mar - Half -Size Play Suit PRINTED PAT fit -RN SIZES lani-2•41/2 4776 4-4w. Med :sty plus figure flattery in s plaesuit deftly designed for Pon c7h0 are shorter, fuller, Note bra -concealing straps, built-up !Iodic°, Easy -sew. PrLn3d Pattern 4776: Ralf ;lees'161/2, 181/e, 201/2, 223/2, 14%, Size 161k requires 23/4 yards I5 -ince fabric. Printed directions on each pat - ern pad. Easier, accurate, Send FORTY CENTS (stamps annot be accepted, use postal tote for safety) /Or this pattern, vlease print plainly SIZE, rAME, ADDRESS, STYLE rif5ABER, Send order to AhTNE ADAMS, Io X 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New ieronte Ont. * riage soon becomes a farce. It * is for your flame to decide • Which kind of living design • you both ean agree upon, L DANGEROUS DREAMS "Dear Anne Hirst: I have fal- len in love (after lour dates), with a young man 19 who was raised abroad. Now he wants me to go steady. "lrly young sister dated him meantime, and is telling a story about him which I know it not true; my parents insist he is not our kind (whatever that is) and won't let him come here any- more, Is that fair? Or is it be- cause he comes from a poor fam- ily? Should your parents choose your friends for you? "Shall I speak out to see him? Now I'm ,home nearly every night, listening to music that brings me thoughts of him, TN LOVE" • Because your parents dis- * approve of the young man, you • question their right to say whom you shall date; because * your sister has told of your • meeting him, you blame your * mother for believing her. * You are in a dangerous * mood. These conclusions re- * fleet your resentment that you * cannot do as you please. A girl * that declares she is in love * with a boy she has dated four * times reveals an irresponsibil- * ity and emotional unrestraint • that can lead her into trouble. * Certainly parents have the * right to say whom a young * daughter should see; who else * can protect her from. dating * the wrong friends? • Don't sneak out to meet him. * Deceit is a costly gesture, and * it would cheapen you even to * him. Accept your parents' rule * for the time being at least, and * play fair, * * Marriage is not for adolescents whose happiness consists of good times. It is for grownups ready to settle down and share the rich- est experience life Mids. Anne Hirst will give you her opinion of your problem if you write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Si., New Toronto, Ont. Quackery Revived Elisha Perkins was reputed to be able to cure almost any kind of ailmentwith two small pieces of "magnetized" metal. A couple of centuries ago, his "magnetic tractors" allegedly drew diseases out of such celebrities as George Washington. He was discredited only when his magnetic tractors were discovered to be two pieces of painted wood. Since Elisha Perkins' day, medical charlatan- ism has made great strides, notes Dr. William H. Gordon in the medical magazine GP. Frequent- ly the quackery is keyed to news of medical progress. Use of radioactive isotopes in medicine, for example, inspired some Co- manche County, Texas entrepre- neurs to sell packages of their local topsoil, which contained faint traces of uraniare. Patients were supposed to sit with their feet in the topsoil for relief of rheumatism and other ailments. Some of the products of char- latans have an ancient history. A turn -of the -century fashion in ample bosoms produced "Bust -O - Fill"; the current bosom -cons- cious fad has resulted in "Kurv- On," "La Contour" and "Charm - On," which, says the Food and Drug Administration, "have about the same effect on the de- velopment of structure of the female breast as Smith Brothers cough drops." The "magic detec- tor" of Dr, Albert Abrams, a roaring success in the 20s, pop- ped up again last year in San Fransisco. The detector enabled Dr. Abrams to "tune in on the electric vibrations coming from a drop or blood and tell exactly what disease the patients were suffering from." Not all such examples are amusing. Use of the mails for medical quackery, according to Postmaster General Arthur Sum- merfield, is at an alitime high. Millions fall for quackery be- cause their own physicians' ad- vice is undramatic, especially in fields such as cancer, where the physician cannot guarantee a cure. An estimated $500 million annually is spent by a duped public on misrepresented drugs or remedies sold door to door. — From TIME Throw Them Away —or Burn Them! Alarmed by the suffocation of 55 children this year by plastic bags, the U.S. plastics industry last month launched a million dollar common-sense campaign to preserve safety, along with its 3 billion -bag -a -year business (estimated $30 million in sales) In full-page advertisements in 117 major newspapers across the nation, the industry warned: "Never keep a plastic bag after it has served its intended useful - IN HOLLYWOOD, A MONKEY SHINES — Fuzzy,the monkey, Is on Cloud Nine even if he's not the space -travelling type. The hairy one mimics actresses Barbara Eden left, and Merry An- ders of TV's "How to Marry a Millionaire." Fuzzy has a key role in the production. KNOT .THEM — The safe way ' to dispose of plastic garment bags, Plastics Industry, Inc., advises, is to tie them in knots and throw them in covered gar- bage cans. The irdustry is start- ing a campaign to make sure the bags are handled safely. ness. Destroy it: tear it up and throw it away." Since some 70% of the coun- try's 55,000 dry cleaners have switched to plastic bags, the in- dustry is geared to turn out the thin, transparent film coverings, and does not want to switch back to paper. What worries many of the 35 producers of plastic bags is that laws will be passed ban- ning the use of -the bags. New York City now requires that warning labels be placed on plas- tic bags, and other restrictive legislation is pending in various states. Despite the deaths( most have been infants who smothered on plastic tags misused as crib mat - Tess covers), cleaners across the country report that consumers overwhelmingly prefer plastic to paper for covering shirts and suits. After, the 27 members of the Knoxville, Tenn. Laundry and Dry Cleaners Association agreed publicly to discontinue plastic bags and shelve $100,000 worth of bag -processing •equip- ment, they found that customers (by e 50 -to -1 margin) demanded the bags. What the plastics industry is after is a porous bag that 1) will not cling to the face, 2) will .not generate static electricity. Some manufacturers have turned to making combination plastic and paper bags, while other key pro- ducers, such as National Distill- ers' Kordite Corp., are return- ing to the heavier, more expen- sive plastic they first used to make bags three years ago, They believe that heavier-guage bags are less dangerous because they . do not cling to the skin as read- ily. In the search for a safer product. Technical Tape Corp,, New Rochelle, N.Y., a major producer of ,plastic bags has de- vised a corrugated plastic with thousands of tiny air corridors that permit breathing, But most of all, the plastic makers are counting on public education. Says Harry llenberg, president of New York's Spot- less Stoves (200 stores): "Plaetic bags are something new, and people have got to learn eboul them the way they learned about rnatches, razor blades and aun." HRONICLES 17116ERFARM md.oLinz P. Cta,rke Partner is still counting the cost of a few blackfly bites. He took penicillin until his system rebelled, then, as the infection was still there the doctor swit- ched him on to antibiotics, He is now well on the road to re- covery after having lost his ap- petite, five pounds in weight and thirty dollars in money. New the mosquitoes are having their innings but at least they can only sting once whereas the blackfly, if left undisturbed, can continue his blood -sucking activities indefinitely. Time was when birds and bigger insects looked after smaller insects, such as grubs, flies and mosquitoes, and kept 'them more or less under con- trol. Then insecticides were in- vented as a means of mass slaughter and for awhile the in- sect population was considera- bly reduced. Gradually they built up a resistance to poison sprays and managed to survive until devoured by the birds. Un-. fortunately the birds also suf- fered — through eating poi- soned insects. It's a vicious circle which ever way you look at it. Man, with the best in- tentions in the world, has upset nature's balance and now he can't find a way to restore it. •Take rabbits, for instance. Do you know we are likely to have a superabundance of cotton- tails this fall. Why? Simply on account of the widespread slaughter of foxes last year as a means of controlling the ra. hies epidemic. So . . fewer foxes, More rabbits. And as we certainly don't want rabies to increase I guess we'll just have to put up with the rabbits. However, every few years there is a fatal disease among rabbits that keeps their population un- der control. Given a chance nature does a pretty good job of maintaining a balance. With human interven- tion you never know. I remember so well what hap- pened one year at Ginger Farm. A neighbour was pestered with starlings and crows in his corn- field. Finally he put out poison- ed bait — that is, corn soaked with a strychnine solution. It worked in more ways than one. Birds ate the poisoned cern and died. • Our favourite barnyard cat ate a poisoned bird and died too. We found the poor dear al- ong the line fence, heading for home and her family of kit- tens. Very often much the same fate awaits domestic cats and dogs who persist in rifling neighbourhood garbage cans. The only way to prevent a dog forming this objectionable habit is to keep him at home. Even a well-fed dog loves to hunt away from his own backyard. I re- member one farm dog near the • edge of a small town who Came home one day with half a cooked ham! His mistress never did find out where that hare came from. At another house a visiting puppy found the "trig" door open and made off With the remains of a roast of beef. Cats — that is, properly fed cats, are more easily controlled. For years we fed our cats bread andmilk and table scraps, On that diet it took a lot of train- ing to keep them from steal - Ing, But we have finaIly solved the p.Ohlcm, Cur last two cats here hsen fed on • commercial kibbled meal and canned meat. And they are simply not inter- ested in any other kind of food. For the same reason they never go snooping around garbage cans. Buying proper food for cats costs a little extra but it is certainly worth it — that is if you value your pets and like to be able to trust them in the kitchen and elsewhere. Speaking of keeping things under control I met my match yesterday. For years we have had a cot -sized down -filled tick around the house. But who wants to sleep on such a thing nowadays? However you don't throw out anything filled with down without a second thought. I could see four good pillows in that tick. It looked like a simple matter. But oh boy, What I let myself in for! The minute I cut into the ticking the down began to fly — fortunately I was in the basement. I soon had down all over the table, the floor and myself. I had mos- quito ointment on my arms and neck and the down stuck to it closer than a brother. Except for the down being white you might have thought I'd been tarred and feathered. I basted the end of the first pillow and took it outside. Then I folded the rest al the ticking over and pinned it. Cleaning up the mess was my next problem — and that I was most anxious to do before Partner came around! Even with a vacuum it was quite a job. Just get the blower end .of the tank in the wrong direc- tion and the flying down would be thicker than snowflakes in a blizzard. The next three pil- lows.. I shall do outdoors. And how the little birds will love the down for lining their nests. Speaking of birds a few minutes ago a Baltimore oriole came quite close to the house intent on a feast of caterpillars from trees near the kitchen door. ISSUE 28 — 1959 That Last Puff! Ever since statistics began tc point to some connection be. tween cigarette smoking and lung cancer, the world's tobacct industries hay been devisinS ways to cut down the effects of tars and nieotine. Last weell the Swedish tobacco trionon013 settled on a fraction-of-an-inelt policy; the last puffs do mor4 herrn than the first. Testing 11 local and 18 foreign brands, the Swedish Institute for Peo. ple's Health found 'that king. sized cigarettes give the smokes more tars and nicotine it smoked to the same stub as a regular, much less than a regu- lar if smoked only for 11/4 inches, the usual length of a smoke for regulars. Convinced that the trouble comes in the last few puffs, the tobacce monopoly took ads to warn, "Don't get too close," printed two thin rings on its king sizes at 17/8 inches to show where the cigarette should be stubbed out. But Swedish smokers cyni- cally saw the campaign as means of selling more cigarettes puffed right on past the new warning rings. A frowning woman walked up to a little boy she caught smoking, "Does your mother know you smoke?" she demand- ed. "Lady," he countered, "does your husband know you stos and talk to strange men on the street. Jiffy Halter Varied flowers lend colorful touch to this jiffy wrap haltes that tops shorts, slacks, skirts. Little yardage — use remnants. Pattern 572; pattern pieces and transfer; misses' sizes small 10- 12; medium 14-16; large 18-20; directions for sewing. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It has lovely designs to order: em- broidery, crochet, knitting, weav- ing; uilting, toys. In the book, a special surprise to make a little girl happy — a cuttout doll, clothes to color, Send 25 cents for this book. , gee ee.,...,:eeeesseateeteam.sigematettererat?'"'"'" • ',11:4,,:ynr, • LOVE THAT PUTTER! — Billy Casper, this year' ,US Open golf champion, admires his putter in the Wingert Foot clubhouse after the tournament, He should, It was fobitious putting that - brought the 29, -year-old pro his 72 -hole sora of '132, and the championship,