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The Seaforth News, 1959-08-20, Page 6ANNE FFIRST "Dear Anne Hirst: I've known WS boy singe I was 14, but only about a year ago did we fall in love. He asked me to go steady. But soon 1 broke up (over some imagined slight); and I""haven't heard from him since. Only long after that did I realize how much I cared for him. "All this was three months ago; but I believe he still loves me. Everywhere I go, to parties or dances or barbecues, he is there and he watches me all evening. 1 think he's afraid of being hurt again, and I •expect it will be a long time before he asks me for a date, if ever, "How can I let him knovi that I would never, never be so unfair again, I want him to come backs JESSIE" HONEST CONFESSION * There is no better relief for * a guilty conscience than an * honest confession; if it is not * made, the offender harbours * a feeling of guilt which is * destructive, Where the heart * is concerned, the need be- * comes imperative, I hope you * will not allow pride to delay * admitting how wrong you * were. Write the lad a friendly * letter apologizing for your * bad temper, and ask him to * forgive you. Quick -to -Sew Set PRINTED PATTERN 4720 4-Afeur. 44+4 It's such fun to mix and switch all the pretty, button -on toppings that turn this princess sundress into three different fa- shions. Beginners' delight - - no waist seams. 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Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. * I warn you, however, not to *'be so optimistic as to believe * his watching '.You throughout * an evening means he still * cares; he may be congratulat- * ing himself on having eseap- * ed a girl with such a temper. * No matter what his response, * your mind . will be relieved; ' * you have made the gracious * gesture and given him the op- * portunity to be as generous. * If he is not inclined that way, * it is his decision and you will * have to accept it as final. * You need not grovel in your * letter, and certainly say noth- * ing of your hope that he will * want to "go steady" again, If * he still likes you, a hint that * the door is open is all he * needs. * * * SHE KNOWS YOU "Dear Anne Hirst: I will be 14 in December, and I'm writing you about dating. My mother says I'm too young, but 1 know how to act and I'm sensible enough to date. I'm in the ninth grade and the boys I like are in the 10th; they're 15 and 16, "My mother approves of the boys, but still says I am just not old enough to date. Please. give me 'your opinion. CAROLYN" * Some 13• year-old girls are * as mature as if they were 15; * others still act as 11 they * were 11 and 12. No other * human being knowns you, as * a person, as well as your mo- * ther does. Nor does anyone * else want, youto be as happy * —believe that, for it is true.. * So, for a while yet you will * be smart to follow her eoun- * sel, and without argument or * complaint. * When she feels you are * ready to date, she 'will welt come these nice boys and en- * couragetheir: coming. So next * time they mentionit,,;just. say, * "Maybe next year, and until * then have fun with the group' * of girls you like. * Let other youngsters make * the mistakes they so often do * (which embarrass boys they * are with), and content your- * self now with being an obe- * dient daughter. You .may., not * believe it, but • the boys' will * think you . are worth waiting * for. y * * When problems arise, turn to. Anne Hirst. For nearly 30 years• she has been an understanding friend to this column's readers, and her sympathy and counsel will comfort you. Address her at Box 1, 123 'Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Cattle Rustlers Getting Sneaky Warning to Western druggists and drug supply salesmen. That slow -spoken hombre ask-- ing about tranquilizing drugs may be wanted by the sheriff. According to a dispatch fro,n Montana, rustlers are using tranquilizing means to slow critters down and make them happy. about being rustled. It takes the moo and the kick out of the beast, and he can then be easily scuttled into a truck - and off the home place. This is a pretty sneaky law the range varmints have sunk to. ' It used to be that a rustler at least gave the owner some- thing of a fair shake in that he hada a chance to notice some commotion and perhaps hear his gold -on -the -hoof being removed. If this is what modern science is accomplishing, there'll oe some docs and druggists on the run. — Denver•Post. FLYING STICKS — Gene Krupa (left) gives Sal Mineo a few pointers on the drums between recording sessions at Columbia Studio, Mineo is to portray the famous drummer in the "Gene Krupa Story". A KISS FROM GRANDPA — Sir Winston Churchill kisses his newest grandson.; Rupert Christopher, who is held by his mother,. Mary Soames, during a christening ceremony In Lon- don. Mrs. Soames Is Churchill's youngest daughter. Ar right is the baby's, father, Capt. Christopher Soames. In foreground is another son, Jeremy Soames. , Hot, dry weather still persists. I wonder '.when it will end. Walking on 'our lawn it 'like treading on crisp cornflakes. Green, string beans : are ; limp before I. pick 'them. `A remedy for that is to ,wash them in cold water ,and leave' for •awhile , in the crisper. Beets are growing exactly .the opposite from last summer. Then they had healthy, leafy tops but small beets. This year the' tops appear dry. and ragged tout the' beets are sur- prisingly good. Tomatoes look 'as if :they will . develop stem - rot before they have a chance to ripen. Table turnips have thin, spindley roots but the pumpkin vines are growing well. So are the scarlet runners ex- cept that the flowers drop without producing bean -pods. Could be there are not enough bees around to pollinate the blossoms. So that's our garden. A lot of work went'into it but I doubt if we getfive dollars worth -of produce from it. ' But I guess we. shall ',in time develop a. "next year" -spirit like the prairie farmers.- Put in garden year after year and hope for the best. Plant ,a garden and you MAY get' a ,crop of vege ,tables. If you don't plant one, you certainly won't. By a •n d large, the odds are about even. This week -end Art went'' up to the cottage and, Partner went along with him — more for company than anything else as. Art had not been: feeling well. So I have had the week -end Us myself sitting out • the heat. The same applies to Taffy and. Ditto — they were not too ac- tive either. Under normal con- ditions have you ever noticed how animals establish their own living habits — given an oppor- tunity. Taffy, f o r instance, wantsa run , before breakfast. After breakfast another run outside — but for a very dif- ferent purpose. Then . he, is ready for, anything — to play ball, chase birds orjust plain, running. After one o'clock he is ready for two or, three hours sleep. Following supper a pro- longed run outside is very ne- cessary. After dark he looks for a game of ball in the house or to play hide and seek • with the cat if she's around. One more trip- outside ,and. he's`. readyfor.• for bed = a bed he chose for 'himself when we 'first got him, That is; .a braided mat at the top of the basement stair s, .. Slightly chewed now but still quite :serviceable. • Ditto's habits differ greatly in one respect. After dark she wants .to stay out. It is good hunting then —• for things that creep, crawl or fly. She doesn't deign to consort withother cats. She often -leads me a merry chase before • coming, in for the night. We like both animals in the basement at night,' then we know they are ,safe, not get- ting 'into :mischief, on someone, else's property or, jumping out -of ditches into the path of fast moving cars. To a great extent. we feel, the life of domestic pets depends upon their owners. Now It's Monday. Partner got home last night about midnight -after an enjoyable week -end at the '.cottage. That is, between ,showers l Yes, it .actually rain- ed - up Peterborough . way — heavy rain at night and - show- ers during both days. Partner could: hardly believeit when. I told.. him all we had had was a fifteen -minute shower; By all accounts Dee and .the boys have been having a good time on. their Olen — except they all have, a dose of poison ivy and. a variety of insect bites. Part- ner said it was almost as hot there as it is h e r e. But of course they have ,the lake and a shallow shore -line. For a mo- ther ' with small children that means a lot. • What means even more is getting the boys away from the neighbourhood gang. Of bourse, when they are at home they, too, are part of the gang, and you know how it is, what one doesn't think at an- other one will. The wear and tear on the • mothers' nerves' must be. terrific. It' is something I know little about from actu- al experience.' That .•. is; except for one, week's "holiday'" in Toronto when Dee was seven and Bob four. It was. a quiet street where we were .staying' and the children played in the ,garden when I was , getting up each day. At least they 'were• supposed • to. One -morning I' looked out, saw them on the sidewalk, using a wooden box as a sleigh — Bob riding, Dee pushing. The box had been bor- rowed from someone's garbage farther .down the street. That same. -day T secretly ,put in a long • distance call to Partner. suggesting that he write saying he would be glad' to have us home again as he was awfully Summer Afternoon ' Fleery James thought that the two most beautiful words in the English language were "summer afternoon," And summer after- noons b e c ore e progressive'y more beautiful in the afternoon of summer, As August arrives we know that the season' has passed Its high noon, The morning's plea- sant chores are over The re• mainder of the midday meal IS cleared away from the table whereon sunlight . and shadily,' laid a damask of leaf pattern.. This magic cloth will disap- pear of its own accord by the time the dishes are dried, And if we pull our chairs up to the table again • later, its top will wait, uncluttered by design and smooth of prejudice, for books, papers, or even a little radio, June, if we believe Lowell, has rarer days. They are Pi- quant with promise. But they lack, forthat very reason, the poignancy of midsummer hours bounded by the inexorable di- mensions of "nowness"-bour- daries dismissing past as mere preparation and future as irrele- vant. In the afternoon of summer there - comes some moment strangely close to 'fulfillment • — some sense of welcome inevita- bility. This is apart from all the rest of the year's experience, 1t does not depend on what good or what bad we may suppose has marked some other seaso 1.' A flight of birds wheels round in a brazen sky, their wings catching and shedding the sun- light and making the mass seem like a shimmering cloud borne, on a veering ,wind. The rough bark of the bole of: an oak "a- pears as a vast valley system through -which busy insects has- ten their caravan's.' So one touch of sudden unex- plained contentment, makes the whole jumble ,of human, calcula- busy. at the barn. Two day`s•. later we were back to the wide open spaces of the farm—with the children tearing- around as if they had been' let out of prison. I don't think our -friends were sorry to see us go although they said it was too bad—they thought I needed a rest. I did;.. =and I had . it after I got • home. ' I still think the farm • is. the best place to raise a family. tions, misgivings, posslbilitres, merely the overwrought and im- pertinent frame for "Summer Afternoon." O'rom The Christian Science 1Vionitor, Flap ay Headlines r1 Vgi �L CltflLd V116,290, Flatttery goes right to your head with these veil "halos.' They keep your hairrdo perfect Alluring for days or dates, the year round, SIX veil caps -- each costs about a dollar le make. 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