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The Seaforth News, 1959-12-03, Page 2110 ► • • 11. • • • • • • • � �+iasT "I just know I'm in love with this boy!" cries a frantic .10. year - old, "though I've known hien only two menthe and he has never asked use Mr a date. He drops in sometimes, and I get so excited my heart is in my throat. We like the same things, and we exchange kisses, but I'm a decent girl and mean to stay that way. "I have cultivated his sister, and she says he hardly ever has a free evening, That scares me. What I want to know why doesn't he ask me for a date and take me out? I'm pretty. and I'm . popular, but since I Met him I won't waste time on anybody else. I just sit here waiting, and beckon him from the window. "'When I don't see him I get so sick I can't eat ... This must be love - but what good is it unless I get a chance to go with him? How can I get him •for myself? Show me how, because I can't stand this much longer" LOVE AT 16 * Many a girl, like this one, * is so eager for romance that she snatches at any boy who * stirs her emotions. (She * doesn't realize that any other * attractive lad can arouse the * same thrills.) She fairly flings herself at his h e a d, over- * whelms him with attentions, * and dreams dreams of the per- * feet marriage they will have * some day. • It doesn't occur to her that * she is doing all the wrong * things to win his regard, Any * popular young man is so * spoiled by easy endearments • and kisses that he is apt to * think the girl who refuses + them must be worth knowing. * In the old, old phrase, her * best chance of dating him is • to play "hard to get" * The lad is accustomed to * other girls falling for him, and * he prides himself on his little * address book. He expects any • new girl to join the throng • and bow down to his charms, * Instead of that, if this one is • smart she will cease "beckon- * ing him in" (a cheap gesture) • and feign an indifference she • does not feel. She will resist * physical temptation—no more + petting, no easy kisses, for * those habits are not new to * him. Rather, she will hold her- * self aloof, and show him that • here is one young lady im- * mune to his physical attrac- • tion. She will keep him talk- * ing about himself, ask intelli- Join In The Fun 659 £4w e, Q8 . Whip up this gay apron to greet Christmas guests. E'en to make—all will admire it. Happy touch for a joyous day. Santa's jolly face and tinkling bells trim this apron. 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At her age it is * folly to pair off with any one * lad; staying with the group, * cultivating nice girls (who * know nice lads) will widen * her field and teach her a * great deal about the male sex. * It is a safeguard against the * isolation she is inviting now. * Of course she may fail. But * at least she will have made * a novel impression on this lad * she would win, which as he * matures will set her apart from his adoring conquests. * * • WHEN TO DATE? "Dear Anne Hirst; My Mum and I have read your column for a long while, so she sug- gested I write and ask you how old a girl should be before she dates boys? "I am 16, and mature for nay years, and I have met a nice boy whom she likes, too. He is often at our house, and I would like to go out with him. Don't you think I'm old enough now? MARrCIA * You seem to be ready for * dates! It would be smart to • make your first few double- * dates with a girl friend and * her beau. Most girls and boys * your age are shy,• and the * presence el another couple * makes things easier for all. * There is more to ,talk about, * everyone learns to express * themselves, respect each * others' opinions and get along * . generally better. * If this boy hasn't met your * best girl .,friend, invite her. and her escort next time he * comes and let them get ac- * quainted before you all go * out together. • Keep on reading this column * regularly, and you will learn * something from it constantly. * And thanlc your mother for * her confidence in me * * * The teen-ager who respects herself will never fall into the cheap ways lesser girls adopt. Anne Hirst's sympathy with the problems of the teens has won friends and admirers who value an honest opinion a n d know they will get it from her . Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Modern Etiquette . By Roberta Lee Q. When writing a note to decline an invitation, should one make it formal? A. This depends upon the nature of the invitation. If it is written formally, that is, in the third person, then your re- ply must be written in the same style. If the invitation is writ- ten informally, you reply in the same vein. Q. My daughter has become engaged to a young man whose Ileum is in a distant city. She has never inet his mother, but would like to write her a note. Don't you think his mother should be the first to write? A. Yes, the man's mother should write a letter of wel- come to your daughter — and, if necessary, her son should ask his mother to do this. Q. Should birth announce- ments be mailed to everyone, in- cluding those whom you have, already told over the telephone? A. No: only to friends and relatives whom you have not told. Q. Would it be proper, upon Leaving a hospital, to tip a train ed nurse who has been especial- ly kind and efficient? A Better not. Nurses belong to the professional class and might resent this. A nice gift, however, is in good taste. • Q. Is it proper to write a few lines of good wishes on the card that you enclose with a wedding gift? A While not necessary, it is a quite proper and nice thing to do. PLAYING SAFE The proprietor of the Railway Hotel at Gilgandra, New South Wales, was a little concerned lest drinks on the slate put him hi the red with his finances, After careful 'deliberation he had the following notice display- ed: "We give credit to those per- sons over 75 years of age orgy if accompanied by both parents." GOOD GROOMING? Jacques Esterel is decked out in strange style for what appears to be a wedding march in Weiebaden, Germany. But the French fashion designer isn't getting mar- ried. He's merely escorting one of his models to the opening of a beauty salon. H RON ICLLS iINGERPARM Gv=v14)1.11%42, P. Cta,&ke One day our daughter said — "There's one thing, Mother,' if you ever run short of something to write about you can always fall back on what your. grand- sons sayand do." It was a. prophetic statement. A few days 'peter 'things began to happen. Roes; at that time, still. bore evidence of a really big "goose -egg" on the side of his, head, result of falling down cement steps and bumping his head on the sharp edges. Then on a Sunday an S,O.S. from• Daughter — Jerry had climbed on to the kitchen cabinet and taken a generous swig from a bottle of cough medicine.. She thought he may have swallowed two or three tablespoons_ of the liquid. The doctor said give an emetic, if that didn't work make him drink milk and be sure not to let him go to sleep. He said there was codeine in the medi- cine but not too much as it was a prescription for children. Well, either Jerry didn't get as much medicine as feared or he has a castiron insides. Anyway he was none the worse for wher- ever amount he had imbibed. A few days later I was talk- ing to Dee on the phone and suddenly there was an uric x- pected loud wailing — unex- pected because Eddie and Jerry were supposedly quietly watch- ing "Popeye." "Now what's the trouble?" I asked. "Oh, it's Jerry again - I`ll phone you back later." The explanation was simple but painful. Before sitting down to watch Popeye Jerry had ta- ken the top off the pepper -pot and dumped the pepper into his orange juice! Even though his hands had been washed the po- tency of the pepper remained. The sudden howl was the re- sult of tubbing his eyes with peppery hands! I suggested bathing his eyes and smearing the lids with vaseline. Appar- ently it Helped. Pnnr Little chap I could just imagine how his eyes were smarting. Friday night the whole gang came in after shopping. Dave was so excited he could hardly get out what he wanted, to tell me, "Grandma, do you know what? T've got a guinea-pig at home to look after '111 Monday" Apparently the first graders at school have live pets in the classroom, to care for during the weep and to take home over rho week -end in turn, of course. Saturday morning anethei phone call from Dee. "1 just hod to let you know what happened last night. The kids were in bed and I was putting away the gro- ceries when I heard an awful squeal. 1 knew directly what had happened. Mischief (the cat) was after the guinea -lig. I never thought she would touch it." Sure enough she had got It out of its oponeop box and was ready to play cat-orei- mouse.- When Dee tan to the rescue the cat went one way, the guinea-pig another, with a small bite -on its neck. It was fright- ened but not badly,. hurt.. Later .that day Bob, Joy and their • two boys came in after shopping, both of them. so hun- gry they could hardly wait to be fed. They boys were other- wise goodso the evening passed without incident, but with plen- ty of fun and laughter. It was Hallowe'en night. The doorbell was constantly ringing and Taf- fy incessantly barking. Children of all ages arrived in numbers ranging from two to eight. I imagine we must have had for- ty " spooks, witches and space- men call before the night was out. But there was no Vandal- ism, thank goodness. Sunday afternoon Arthur carne out for us -and we went to Dee's for dinner. So that meant another session with kids, dogs, cats and one guinea-pig. The boys were still trailing around with baskets 'of loot from their Hallowe'en orgy. Their mother had taken them out on the street for about an hour. It was her intention to leave Jerry at SALLY'S SALLIES "B -r -r! Your boss keeps his office like the inside of a refrigerator." Does 1-1e Rejuvenate Aging Humans? When Paul Niehans was a sehoolboy in Bern, Switzerland,, a somewhat awed teacher wrote his father that'"the power of his imagination can lead him to the limits of human knowledge," It was an apt prophecy, properly clouded. Today, Dr. Paul Nie- hans, 72, stands In shadowy and controversial eminence at the fringes of medical icnowledge. In his - luxurious clinic near Montreux on Lake Geneva; Dr. Niehans has now injected more than 10,000 patients with the pulverized live cells. of unborn animals, mostly sheep. For 27 years, he claims to have achiev- ed spectacular "rejuvenations" and cures for a wide range of human ills, from kidney and cardiac disease to premature senescence and sexual impo- tence His presumably satisfied patients include such famous names . as Konrad Adenauer, Somerset Maugham, the Imam 08 Yemen, and even Pope Pius XII, whose recovery from n near - fatal illness In 1954 was ascribed by many (the Pope included) to Niehans' injections, Niehans' methods have now spread throughout Europe. But to the American Medical Asso- ciation, among others, he is a charlatan whose treatments may cause cancer, In the first full-dress biogra- phy of this remarkable man, - published recently, French jour- nalist Giles Lambert has trouble remaining objective. Even in childhood, Niehans appeared larger than life: A brilliant stu- dent, champion athlete, and handsome swashbuckler who abandoned the ministry to be- come a doctor, he once delight- ed fellow medical students in Zurich by coming to a mas- querade as a rectal thermome- ter. After heroic service in World War I as a volunteer surgeon with the Swiss Red Cross on several fronts, Niehaus became interested in transplanting organs from animals to humans. In 1931, Lambert writes, he per- formed his first "cellular trans- plant" on a dying woman — by injecting crushed cells .from a newborn calfinto her chest. The woman lived (she is alive today in Bern, age 90), and cellular therapy was launched. Today, at the secluded Nie- hans clinic, the "curists" (as pa- tients are called) may and often do remain incognito. They never see each other. Dr. Niehans, tall and silver -haired and severe, visits each patient at the be- ginning of the four-day treat- ment and prescribes the inier- home with his dad but .when Jerry saw the other two with baskets and funny clothes he went off on his own account and got a basket and his thick sweater and was all ready to go. Leave him at home ... not a chance! Sunday night one big pump- kin illuminated the dining -room. There were also three small pumpkins, carved and scooped out by Grandpa that went everywhere with them, even to the bathroom and to bed at night. I must admit Hallowe'en provided plenty of innocent fan for those three youngsters. Plenty of noise too. Early Mon- day morning Dee was phoning to see if we had survived the ordeal. Obviously we have but one way an another it was quite a week. To quote the October Reader's Digest - "Just about the time a woman thinks ber work is. done, She becomes a grandmother." No comment needed. In betweenwhiles I have been trying to read that much discussed book "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak, banned in Russia as being too revealing for Communist diges- tion. Nous (same patients get levee or eight injections in one day). He sees them again after they have had three days of bed rest to make sure no complica- times ensue. Cost per treatment;, About $1,000. Inscrutable as always, the fa- bulously wealthy Dr. Niehans refused to comment on Lam- burr's generally laudatory nice graphy, But ata thriving "cellu- lar therapy" clinic near Paris, Niehans' good friend and disei plc .Dr, Ilene Henry rated the book "excellent" Cellular ther-. apy "is 'tot a panacea. We do riot make old people younger, we merely improve their ofd age for them -- thlts, It's a -bio- logical therapy complementing but not replacing other thera- pies." ' Niehans himself puts it more succinctly. His definitive com- ment, quoted by Lambert: "I cure. That is all.' — From NEWSWEEK TEMPER, TEMPER! , For illegal parking in Saint John motorist Fred Plint was given a ticket by a police patrol- man. In a fit of pique the motor- ist tore the paper into shreds and flung it down. Subsequently, he was fined one dollar for illegal parking, and a further five dol- lars for depositing litter on a public thoroughfare. Tourist cruises on Quebee'e Saguenay River, which runs be- tween cliffs me to 1,600 Feet high, have been operated since 1849, Be Santa's Helper PRINTED PATTERN INFANT DOLL WARDROBE 4870 8011 DOLL 10"-20 TAIL 1•t4. gens Delight a little girl on Christ- mas with this beautiful baby - doll wardrobe. Easy -sew pattern includes b u n t i n g, snow -suit, overall set, coat, hat, dress, slip and panties. Printed Pattern 4870: For dolls 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.inches. State size, Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS '.(400) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plain- ly S IZ E, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 48--1959 WE'RE ALL CURIOUS — A wo•non deers around o pillar to examine Persian Farah Diboll. 24, who is watching a play in o Pads theatre, The attractive girl- apparently will, marry the Shah of Iran, She's the stepmece of the Shah's old political enemy, former Iranian Premier Mohammed Moesadegh.