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"SALAD
RE' YES
1
ANNE
"Dear Anne Hirst: My husband
and I need help, guidance and a
recipe for tact, We married two
;Pears ago, after working our way
Through night school and saving
enough for a new home and a
car for cash, I worked for an-
ther two years, to save niy salary
against a rainy day. Now I'm
pregnant. Both families await
our child happily; my in-laws are
the best in the world.
"My husband's sister, 19, I've
always loved. She is a real doll,
with a bouncing personality. She
fell in love two years ago with
a boy who quit grammar school,
and has had several small jobs
since. They had to get married;.
ave worship their little girl. My
husband got his brother-in-law
Into his own firm, but he lasted
two months. At present he makes
$40 a week, pays my mother-in-
law $8 for their board, The rest
he spends on himself—and you
should see his wardrobe!
"Now my sister-in-law is preg-
nant again, and they insist on
:oming to live with us!
"She has yet to prepare a
meal, wash a dish, clean or iron.
All she does is read love stories.
Her husband would live with us
free of charge, saying he can
save for a place of his own that
way. We have only a two-bed-
room house, and that spare room
was for our nursery. Every time
my husband talks to his sister
the has hysterics, and the doctor
has warned us she must control
herself.
"Anne Hirst, we are not selfish.
We give her mother money every
week to relieve the burden of
these young people and their
baby living there. (They know
nothing of this). My mother-in-
law and husband are not the type
to contradict or reprimand. My
Own mother knows of this, but.
does not want to become in-
volved,
"Please help me! Tell me what
to say, or what we can do, 'With- .
Out causing my sister-in-law a
breakdown? Honestly, all the
love we had for her is leaving us.
How can anyone be so callous?
Anything you suggest will be
more than welcome. BIess you
for it. P. M."
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HIPST
t have seldom heard of such
etfrontry! Two irresponsible
children see in you the chance
again, to let somebody else
* pay their way and assume re-
* sponsibilities which are their
own. I hope your husband will
'' refuse, If he weakens, I fear
* you would have a hard time
* ever getting rid of them. Mean-
` while, your housework would
* be doubled, you'd be caring for
* the sister, her present baby and
the coming one. And you your-
` self are .pregnant,
' Better forget tact. This is
the time for a short NO.
* The boy is a lazy adolescent
* who never accepted the first
'' duty of a husband—to provide
* for his wife and family. You
* say that in four years with your
husband's firm he could have
made the sante salary. Did he
try? No, he said that was too
long; he wanted easy money
" fast. So he has hit upon this
impertinent scheme to share
your home at no cost to him-
' self. His plea that he can save
• money is fantastic; he has not
* saved any yet.
* To allow them to move in
• would be no kindness. The boy
* would, I'm afraid, be encourag-
* ed in his selfish indulgences,
* and might relax completely.
• Then what becomes of your fu-
* ture? You have worked hard,
* for years, for a home and se-
* curity; you would be risking
* that security, I do believe, if
* you make things easy for them
'' now, As for the girl's condi-
tion, if she will not accept the
°• facts and weigh then reason-
* ably, she invites a breakdown
* herself. You will not have
* caused it,
If you two can increase your
allowance to your husband's
'a parents, you might offer to do
* that. But this cadging young
'' husband should be told about
your' former contributions, and
warned that now he- is on his
x` own. If he is every to become
* a responsible man, this is his
* big chance — perhaps his last
* one. If his frivolous wife will
* grow up, earn her way in her
* mother's home by taking over
* household chores, and behave
* like a real mother, this is the
* 'tine she must start. Her par-
* ents are doing what they can.
' Now it is up to tete young peg-
* ple themselves.
Each of us has his own way
to make. If pity or sentimentality
tempt you to help others too
much, remember it is no kind-
ness to thele. Tell Anne Hirst
your troubles, and she will try to
guide you through. Write her at
Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New
Toronto, Ont.
Word's Worst!
The more a person uses his
handwriting, the more difficult it
becomes to read. That is why the
papers of many famous • persons
in history still defy our efforts
to translate them.
Many words and phrases writ-
ten by Shakespeare have never
been definitely deciphered
Several manuscripts written by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, an Ameri-
can novelist .who died nearly a
hundred years ago, came to light
after his death. But they have
never been published, and never
will be. Nobody has yet been
able to read his impossible
scrawl.
James Joyce, who wrote -.Ulys-
ses," was a candidate - for the
world's worst handwriter. Dur-
ing the First World War the
manuscript of that novel was
found in the post by a London
censor. The mysterious ecribble
at once aroused suspicion
It was sent to Britain's best
code experts, who studied the
man u s c r i p t for days with-
out staking anything of it They
released it eventually, satisfied
that it was not a secret code, •yet
unconvincbd that it was a novel,
The handwriting of Napoleon
Bonaparte was incredibly bad. It •
is said that a number • of his, let-
ters were mistaken fax traps of
the battlefield,
DIDN"L' LAST
A druggist met an old cus-
tomer on the street and asked;
"Well, Tom, did that mudpack
I suggested improve your wife's
appearance?" "It did. for a couple
of days," replied Tom mourn-
fully, "but then it wore off".
By .Guml. It's Artistic
While using chewing gum to patch chipped woodwork, Mrs. Faye Garrioti noticed the permanency
of dried gum. Putting it to more artistic use, Mrs, Garriott began using gum on bas-relief paint-
ings, as seen ie. pictures below.
# iF
Mrs. Garriott pulls well -chewed After molding gum on plywood board, she paints over i# Result:
gum to prepared drawing. ' beautiful bas-relief paintings, and plenty of jaw exercise.
RON!CLES
iNGERFARM
o evens -1013n e D Cl a.rlte
My column this week, will, 1
hope, be of special interest rto
W.I. members everywhere. You
see I am all enthused about the
big event that is coming up this
summer when rural Canada en-
tertains the A.C.W.W. And the
more enthused I get the more
amazed I am when some one
comes up with the question
"And who, or what, is the
A.C.W.W.?" So now, just in case
there are a few women reading
this column who still don't know,
and would like an answer to that •
same question, I will give it to
you right here and now.
• The A.C.W.W., given its full
title, is "The Associated Country
Women of the World." Its purpose
is to promote peace, good fellow-
ship and a better understanding
between rural women of all na-. •
tions, and include& all rural or-'
ganizations of the world. The As-.
sociation was organized in • 1933
at Stockholm, Sweden. Its first
president was Mrs. Alfred Watts
a name familiar to all W.1. mem-
bers. Its present president is Mrs.
Raymond Sayre, a friendll .little '
woman as easy to talk to as. your
next door neighbour.
So that members of the Asso-
ciation may become better ac-
quainted with peoples from other
countries and their way of living
conferences are held in a differ-
ent country each time. En 1936
the A.C.W.W. met in Washing-
ton, and, while visiting points of
interest, about 79 or 80 members
crossed the Peace Bridge into
Canada and were given an offi-
cial welcome by the Hon T. B.
McQuesten.
In 1939 the Triennial Confer-
ence was in London, England,
Delegates from 32 rural organ-
izations were present, many of
then in native costume. During
the war world conferences were
naturally impossible although the
organization was still active. In
1947 the A.C.W.W. met again, this
time in Holland. There were 21
delegates from Canada, including.
Mrs. Hugh Summers and Miss
Anna P. Lewis. All told. there
were representatives from 22 na-
tions.
Now it is Canada's turn to do
the entertaining. From August 12-
23 the Federated Women's Insti-
tutes of Canada (F.W.I.C.) and
their sister organization, Les
Cercles de Farmieres, of Quebec,
will be the official hostess groups
at the Royal York Hotel in To-
ronto. Delegates from at least 25
countries are expected - even
from Pakistan, Egypt and Le-
banon, and possibly from japan
and Jamaica.
So you see big things are shap-
ing up for the W.I. in Canada.
Naturally preparations are al-
ready underway, and, have been
for some time, One of the big
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ISSUE 16 — 1953
events will. be the Canada Day
program to be held at the Maple
Leaf Gardens in Toronto It is
hoped the Prime Minister of
Canada, the Rt; Hon. Louis St.
Laurent, will officially open the
ceremonies. This will be on Fri-
day, August 21. There will be a
musical cavalcade of the story
of Canada -- "Dominion of Des-
tiny"—presented by the F .W.I.C.
This cavalcade will have contin-
uous action, full orchestra, chorus
of mixed voices, soloists, a large
east of actors, units of the armed
forces, members of "the Mount-
ies" together with various ani-
mals, vehicles and other special
features. , Production managers,
O.. W. Forget' and Larry Mc -
Cance, music directed by Samuel
Hersenhoren..Singing star Will be
Ernest Adams. ,On Saturday, Au-
gust 22, the performance will be
repeated and will be open to
the public.
So there you have it, ladies,
something to look forward to
that is truly Canadian, from
which you may learn many things
about the early history of Can-
ada. If you saw the marvellous
pageant that was put on in
Guelph in June, 1947 -• "Let
There Be Light" then you will
not want to miss this pageant
either—"Dominion of Destiny."
Now about , plans for you to
attend. To every W.I. branch in.
Canada tickets for Canada Day
celebrations will be sent. The
number of tickets will depend
upon the size of the branch. To
whom the tickets will be given
each branch will decide for it-
self. Think this over carefully,
W.I. friends — keep August 21
free if you can, and then, if you
are one of the lucky ones chosela
to represent your branch, be
ready to accept the invitation.
The opportunity may not conte
your way again. Don't think of
attending the A.C,W.W. Confer-
ence as one more duty—it is more '
than that -it is a privilege. Last
week I was at a press conference
with the F.W.I.C. Planning Board,
and a more capable and friendly
group 'of women it would be hard
to find. They are hard at work,
trying to make. this A.C.W.W,
Conference second to none. It
is our job, as W.I. members, to
get behind them and help make
this big event a success—for the
W.I, in particular for the honour
of Canada as a whole. How about
it, folks?
Plan For Making
Better Drivers
During World War 1I many air
pilots received effective prelimin-
ary insruction in what was called
the Link trainer -a device in
which the novice moved the con-
trol stick and took the ensuing
barrel rolls, tailspins, or three-
point landings as simulated by
the machine, which all the time
was bolted to the floor.
Public schools in New York
City have been trying out some
rather similar devices for teach-
ing high-school pupils how to
drive an automobile with safety,
The student drivers operate the
controls to meet various traffic
situations simulated by motion
picture film—and are "graded"
by a monitor recording, which
tells whether they made the cor-
rect turns or stops and whether
they stepped on the gas too much
or too little.
Out of such experience can
come better coordination for
meeting the hazards of the road
and better understanding of how
to reduce them, It is often deplor-
ed that young drivers are respon-
sible for more than their propor-
tionate share of highway acci-
dents. Many high schools have de-
veloped helpful driver training
courses for students. A real im-
provement in safety habits for
new drivers might well justify
an investment in added training
devices.
GET IN LINE
• Grover Whalen has revived the
story of the fastidious diner who
objected to the way his steak
had been prepared and had it
sent back to the kitchen. The
waiter brought it back with a
message that. the chef considered
the .steak perfectly okay in every
particular. "He does, does he?"
bellowed the outraged diner.
"You just march that steak back
to the chef and tell him to ram
it down his throat." Back came
the waiter with the 'same old
steak. "I'm very sorry, sir," he
reported, "but there are two
steaks and four Iamb chops
ahead of you."
SPRING
Even by the gauge of the >;.«.
winter is over. Days lengthen,
daylight now minutely longer
than darkness. The sun .5 over-
head, • speaking directly to the
grass blade, the budded tear, the
• sheathed :flower. Spring, by an
the formal and mathematical cal-
culations, is here.
Walk an upland pasture and
you know it. Si'nall new leaves
of clover begin to haze thesere
grass with a subtle green, and
the grass itself is fresh and even
lush beside the brooks where
flowing water has washed 'away
the frost and warmed the air by
some small fraction of a degree,
enough to prompt new growth.
Gray birches have small catkins
out of bud, waiting ony a few
warn days to swell themselves
anch turn gold with pollee;. The
furry buds on pussy willows and
others of their kind are fat and
silvery, almost ready to reveal
their catskins, too.
In favored places the bulb flow-
ers have already come to bloom,
or threaten to any •day. Crocus
chalices can be seen, and even in
more northern parts of this area
the daffodils are opening Hower.
Forsythia is about to bloom; in
some places it already has spread
its gold along the graceful stems,
So there is a welcome to the
new season, something fax it 'to
work with, which is neithex cus-
tomary nor always expected.
No equinox ever made a
spring, however, of itseli The.
equinoxes are matters al the
stars and the sun, not of root
and bud, One might almost call
the vernal equinox a permis-
sive signal; not an order. If the
'highs and lows, the cold fronts
and the chill winds, follow a
benevolent pattern, we may have
an early and enduring spring..
The sun is in the right place fax
it now, and . the root, the bough,
the bulb' and the bud are almost
ready to burgeon.
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