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The Seaforth News, 1959-10-22, Page 6.1141RST "Dear Anne Hirst; 1 am near- ly 18 and I've never written to a stranger before, so I feel a little foolish, I want you to tell me what to do; I guess what I mean is, I hope you'll be on my gide. °I am in love with a wonder- Jul man. He is 32. He is so much more interesting than any of the Boys I've known. He's been in Europe and all over, and I just Sit and listen and I'm so thrilled that he pays any attention to me that I just about worship him. "All the family respect him a lot—but they won't give their consent to our marriage now, If I wait till I'm 21, they promise to. "Anne Hirst, I just can't wait that long! Wouldn't it be all right to run away and get mar- ried? I know he will do any- thing I want, and I want that But I thought I ought to ask somebody first. Please say yes! LOVING GIRL" * * * WIIV CHEAT YOURSELF? * From the time a girl's heart * is touched by love and she * realizes, however dimly, the * meaning of life, one day shines * clear before her. It is her mar- * riage morning, * The picture is clear; In shin- * ing white, decked with or- * ange blossoms and veil, she • floats along the church aisle 4' on her father's arm, preceeded • by her attendants. Proudly. • she walks to the altar where * her bridegroom awaits her, ▪ Surrounded by her family and •n: Glad -Plaid Look PRINTED PATTERN 4549 SIZES 6-14 Plaid 'n' plain add up to A - PLUS fashion for bright schol- ars. This gay dress . has a front - pleat skirt. Easy-sew—pretty in one colour. Printed Pattern 4549: Girls' Sizes 8, 8, 10, 12, 14. Size 10 takes 2% yards 35 -inch; % yards contrast fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS , (500 (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plain- ly S I Z E, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. " his, the pews filled with their • guests, she repeats her Vows' * in all . their holy meaning, 4: Blest by her pastor, glowing 0 with good wishes, she embarks 4' upon her new life with, su- ' te * aand the loreme ve confidence she k ows will • last as long as she lives. • It Is the most solemn mo- * meet she has ever known, and * with all her heart and, soUl she • dedicates herself to her bus-. * band's happiness. • Compare this, sacred seene • with the elopement that tempts * you today. Sneaking out of • your parents' home, driving' * madly about to find a justice * of the peace who will go * through the motions the law * demands and you find your-'. * self the wife of a 'man you * hardly know. . and what 4' then? You must creep back * and confess to your parents the * thing you have done. They * will be shocked beyond words, 4' and you will be . sick with * shame—and this shame is the. * beginning of a marriage that * should be consecrated in dig- nity and honor. * The contrast between these * two pictures is not the only * reason your parents ask that * you wait. Three years will 4 prove whether your love is 4 real, or you are only blinded * by the man's sophistication. * You will grow to know each 4' other better, learn the man's * faults and virtues, find. out * how to bring out the best in * you both. When that happens, * you will be really ready to * marry, or you will know that * what you feel is not the love * of a lifetime. * Three years will prove, too, * whether you, now 18, will * mature sufficiently to find * complete companionship with * a man nearly twice your age, * or whether the difference in * your ages is really important. * Read this piece again, my * young. friend, and think — * hard! o * * INDISCREET DAUGHTER "Dear Anne Hirst: My- prob- lem is my daughter, 24, and her boy friend. When they come in from a date, he stays until well after midnight! "This is a one -floor house, and others like to sleep. As for me, I have to get up early and go to my school job the next day. And should they be alone all •that time? MRS. A.B.C." * Your daughter needs to be * reminded that consideration * for others (especially the fan- * ily) ranks high among the vir- e tues of young people. She * should know without being * told that keeping such late * hours is not conducive to a * quiet household, and certainly * is doing her no good physical- • ly — two reasons why sne * should discontinue these long * hours. It would not. surprise * me at all i2 one grateful * friend will be 'the young .man * she keeps up so late. * It is always the duty of the * girl to adjust her hours to ac- * comodate 'others affected by * them, and if '"the lad knows. 4' his way around 'he will appre- * elate having his time cut short. * Your daughter has overlook- * ed one factor: Nothing is so o important to her social pro- * gram as her reputation. Neigh- * bors have eyes and ears — also. 4' tongues. a * * Even though you are sure it is love you feel, don"tcheapen that love by eloping. You will be sorry the rest of your life. Anne Hirst is here to advise you in any vital situation. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. FINGER OF ACCUSATION — Pointing fingers pick out 16.year- old Nestor Hernandez as the accused thrill slay.er .of a New York youth. Three other teen-agers were 'also booked on charges of homicide, as police staged d clty-wide'crackdown on juvenile crime, OOP -LA — No bore this boar. "Luke," a nimble porker., -indeed, takes life's hurdles in stride under the tutelage of his trainer, Bob Nelson. Farmers are throuph with but it is cool and I have part of it curtained off, And then, wouldn't you know, AFTER the weather changed our electric stove gave up the -ghost. • And of course it had to be on a Saturday, night, after six o'clock. It was nine. before- I ,could get any. response opo nse to emergency calls. i 1' had, visions of a ;cold, coffee- dess breakfast Sunday morning , their harvest; holiday folks are home from the cottage; children are back to school; the C.N.E. is over -and the weather, at last, is normal. What more could anyone ask? Dee, Arthur and,•the boys were here last -night•— the first time we had seen David, Eddie and Gerald for two months. They all looked well and had plenty to talb about, especially: Dave.. 'Eddie's winning ways are still ,apparent.' "I like you, -Grand- ma," says he, as he 'followed 'me into the kitchen. Jerry is still belligerent, determined to get what he wants in spite .of every- thing and everybody. Thank goodness his parents now realize he can't be treated as a baby any longer . he will be - two next month. So, they, act. accord- ingly. Loud howls of ' frustra- tion from Jerry are the inevit- able result. They all show signs of battle against mosquitoes and poison ivy and they have a standing joke against Dee who cast anchor from the motorboat a short distance from shore and then fell backwards into 'the- lake while trying to raise the anchor out of the mud. Cousin Betty ,reported all she saw was a pair of legs in the air.- ' Just recently I have had quite a stint of baby-sitting. Our next door neighbour came over in a hurry last Saturday—brought his five months old son with him. Would I loop after the baby and could he borrow our car—his wife had gone shopping and locked herkeys in the car, hence an S.O.S. to hubby .to go and rescue her. This morning an- other neighbour had an appoint- ment with her 'doctor. Husband was working overtime a n d couldn't get 'home -so of course there was the usual baby prob- lem. In this case the baby raises Cain with most of the available neighbours except meso I pick- ed mother and baby into the car 'and off we went to the doctor's. Could be there are drawbacks to being popular with children. Maybe that popularity will even- tually extend 'to our youngest' grandson. You may remember our session with him a few weeks ago when he' cried con- tinuously for two and a half ' hours. Since then' baby-sitting for 'him has neither been re- quested 'nor offered;- But don't make any mistake, we still think he is a lovely baby—at least when his mother' is around. Last week 1 was bemoaning the fact that I couldn't go to Ottawa on account of •what I thought was 'shingles or prickly ,heat. It was neither, but a drug rash. Seems''some of us have an. internal mechanism like an old car—fix one thing. and something else goes wrong. However, dur- ing the time I should have been in Ottawa we had another spell' of ninety -degree weather so 1 consoled myself with the fact that I was "more comfortable at home 'anyway, Several days two of our. neighbours who couldn't stand the heat of their own homes any longer came :and spent the afternoons in our basement, where we had a cup of tea in comfort. Our base±nent cannot 'boast a recreation room Mrs: Dorothy P., I. enjoyed your letter and got a great kick out of your baby-sitting experi- ences. Thanks for advice 'about F.M. radios. At the moment I have one on approval, just to find out�:what it has to offerin the way of programmes. It is wonderful not being told what to take for an up -set stomach; what soap to use '• to get things really white and how to find out "where the yellow went": Any- way,. an F.M. set would be' a means of escape from T,V. west- erns. Partner and I agree about, music and drama—and education- al .features -but I am a long way from liking his westerns. As'for wrestling, I feel 'every hammer - lock and every twist of the muscles that are shown on the TV.' wrestling bouts: When they are on I can't concentrate on anything else—if I• am in the same :room. But with • radio it is a pleasing accompaniment to working, reading or writing. and maybe . a cold lunch. How- ever, Our very obliging plumber came' to the fescue, put in a' new cartridge fuse and then we Were able to boil, bake dr fry to our content. ntent. Actually I' wasn't too worried. We could still use ;the electric kettle 'and eggs can be coddled Very •nicely if left in boiling "water for five minutes:When conveniences break down I think we should -accept -the oc- casion as a challenge to our ingenuity. Nothing is so bad but what it could be worse. I hate the thought of being absolutely' dependent upon modern conven- iences. We need a breakdbwn in seivi ccs once in awhile to shake " us out of 'otir co iplacent acceptance of all that we take for granted. This Worm Thins With Both Ends A flatworm, James v. Mc- Connell learned when he was a graduate student, is a "rather magic sort of beast,"- Cut an inch -long, mud -brown specimen. into two pieces and a couple of weeks later you will have not one dead worm but two live wiggling ones — the old tail grows a new head and the old head grows"a new tail. ' This 'is the well-known phe- nomenon of regeneration, com- mon om- mon to salamanders, newts, and starfishes. But here the worm tale .turns complicated. • McConnell;, who received his doctorate in psychology and joined the University of Michi- gan faculty, continued 'study- ing "flatworms .with a classic stimulation -response apparatus, A water -filled trough is fitted fit each end with electrodes and topped by two 100 -watt light bulbs. A 'flatwoi=m is put in the trough; the light bulb flashes and an electric shock pulses through the water, causing. the Worm • to contract, Usually in less than 300 trials, the worm "learns" to contract (response) as soon as a bulb flashes• even without the expected electric shock (stimulus)', Surprisingly, when 'the worm. was cut into two, and then al- lowed to regenerate, the tail • retained almost as much of the. response lesson as the head, where the rudimentary but measurable central nerve gang- lia, or "brain," is located. Then, McConnell reported re- cently • to the American 'Psycho- logical Association, Miss Reeve Jacobson, a''•21 -year-old senior honors= student took over: She cut a flatworm in half, threw away the tail and conditioned only the head. Then she let the head -grow a new tail. This'sec- ond-generation flatworm was cut into two and the separate halves each allowed to ' regen- erate into complete worms. Now came the, key conditioning test: Bulbs flashed and the two - '!grandchildren" -worms both -showed =retention of the learn- ed response. This, wasnot to- tally unexepcted- in -the worm on the right— it, after all; possess- ed the original brain. 'But how was . the performance of :the - worm on the left, made of -en- tirely reformed tissue, to• be ex- plained? McConnell conjectured that "some sort of chemical condi- tioning may take place" which can be •iranlsmitted to succeed- ing' generations. 3f this should prove to be true for men as well as worms (and there : seems to be no reason why itshouldn't be), .then memory and learn- ing would appear to have a chemical, inherited basis. It may well be that 'in the schools - of the ' future, 'studentswill facili- tate their ability to retain in- formation with , chemical injec- tions, —'From NEWSWEEK Modern Etiquette Hunt For Ancient Hairy Ape Men A five-nan Australian expedi-' tion, headed by Dr, John Prineas, of Sydney, is •to`traek down a tribe of "hairy ape men, "' said to be running wild in the little - explored forests of Northern Manchuria. Although remote from civilize"' tion and apparently untouched by its influences, they May hold a key to how man's ancestors be - hayed and managed their eom• munity life 500,000 or more years ago. Known as Alamos, these semi- human creatures talk only in growls or guttural noises, but allow themselves one civilized re- finement: they wear skins as 10in- cloths. A Russian scientist, Professor B. Porshner recently confirmed their existence, basing his evid- ence on reports collected from nomadic tribesmen who, in their wanderings, 'have ' penetrated parts of this mountainous hinter- land. But by staging the first full- scale scientific' search, ,,the Aus- tralians hope to discover, photo- graph and get on friendly terms with these Stone Age survivors. Having hired Chinese guides, Dr. Prineas is using Mongolian packhorses to carry his party's baggage and scientific equip- ment. Somewhere in the hills he hopes to . find his quarry and study on the spot the social struc- ture of a sub -human race, be- lieved to be behaving very much as Neanderthal Man did a mil- lion years ago. by 'Roberta Lee Q. Whena visitor brings candy •to a . patient in the hos- pital, should the candy be •offer• -ed about? A. Yes; and the nurse should be included, too, If she is pres- ent. Q. Is it proper to take your. place card and nut cup from a banquet • table as you leave? A. You 'are privileged .to take anything • that, Is. obviously' an • individual favor of the occassibn. In fact, a hostess ;-is ,usually pleased if ypu do show your ap- preciation of her good taste in selecting her place 'cards 'by , wanting to keepyours as a me- mento. Be , sure; however, that you are not taking any of your hostess' permanent .equipments Smart Scalar Gy £state► Y ikat Sew 'n' save 1' Make this smart sailor dress of remnants —'gay inim. navy and white with red tr Do ;oneversion with embroi- dery — other in -plaid 'n' plain. Pattern 922: child's sizes 2, 4, 6, 8,- 10; tissue '•pattern; transfer; easy directions. State size. 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, Ad- dress and • Size. ` Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Boo k. It `has lovely designs to order: em- broidery, c r o c he t, knitting, weaving, quilting, toys. In the book, a special surprise to make a little :girl happy — a cut-out doll, clothes to colour. Send 23 ,cents for this book. LSSUE;'42' - 1959 1111/1171i *" - HEY, TAXII — Transporting a truck from one place to another is getting about as easeyon non - water as it is on land. Above, the ocean-going cargo carrier, the USNS Cofr:t (right), demon- strates its roll-on, roll -off shipping technique by moving a big truck onto the Discharfe Lighter. The shallow -draft -Page then tranfers vehicles to` the dry' land of the beach.