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Oshawa Times (1958-), 28 Jul 1966, p. 12

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OOOO SO FF Or ow we © ANN LANDERS Gran dfather Becomes Younger Every Year Dear Ann Landers: I've read some pretty stupid advice in your column but telling that 70- year-old grandfather to wait un- til 1967 to take his 18-year-old granddaughter on a trip to Eu- rope just because he couldn't afford separate rooms this year was the dumbest thing yet. To begin with, the grand- father might not be here in 1967 and 'that girl could miss a chance of a lifetime just be- cause you didn't think it was proper, If a girl can't trust her own grandfather, for heaven's sake, who can she trust? I'll bet Grandpa has changed that girl's diapers and given her a bath dozens of times. Your 'advice was dumb and I hope it was ignored.--Judi Dear Judi: Gramps may well have changed the girl's diapers and given her baths--not not 'Jately, dearie, Little girls do * grow up to be big girls. Apparently you were so ig- 'nited by my advice that you 'didn't bother to read Gramps' 'Jetter. He described himself as "full of pep and a_ real swinger." This is not to suggest *that I think gramps is a dirty +old man, but I did get the im- pression that he is likely to lve at least another year--which is the length of time he said it would take to save for separate rooms. Dear Ann Landers: You do a good job for a non-lawyer. I liked your advice to the father who wrote about his avaricious children, They were trying to| persuade him to stop spending | his money so they would in a sizeable estate. The next time you advise someone about estates, how- ever, do them a favor and sug-| gest that they leave the original | of the will with an attorney and) keep a copy. | Why? Father dies. Number two and three sons and their wives are the first to appear on the scene. They look in the desk for burial instructions--or out of sheer curiosity. They find dad's will. The lion's share is left to No. 1 son. So they de- stroy the will. Result: In most states the sons get equal shares. This sort of thing happens every day. It cannot occur if the original of the will is re- posing safely in the attorney's vault, Pass the word, will you please?--Attorney W, I. M. Dear W. I. M.: It's nice law- yers like you who help a non- 'lawyer like me alert millions of readers, to some important facts of life. We are all in your debt. Dear Ann: I'm 43 now and ever since Mike and I married I've helped him in business. When he sold cookware I washed dishes while he gave | the health talk. When he went to work for a trucking company jand his helper didn't show up I'd go along and help him un- load the furniture. Now we own la small cafe and I'm the cash- ier, bookkeeper and general | manager. | Last month Mike hired a go- go girl as a waitress. He said she'd be a drawing card. We |don't need a drawing card. We |need someone who will work-- and she won't. | I don't want Mike to think I am jealous. He is not a skirt- jchaser and I don't worry about lsuch things. But what should \I do?--Boots | Pear Boots: Keep your eye| peeled for a working replace-| ment for Miss Drawing Card. herit| When you have one, hand thelin a cramped, dilapidated two-) |doll her walking papers and let/r90m dwelling on the outskirts her go-go. Confidential to In The Dumps: | Well--get out of 'e. So whom | do you expect 'to meet there? Nothing repels people like a self-pitying female. Get off your "qualifications" and accept those invitations. Good, Synthetic Appear On Jewelery Market By MARGARET NESS One reason why.emeralds are so expensive is that absolutely flawless emeralds are imposs- ibl to obtain. And Isss than 10 tal is of fine quality and good color, with the result that a really good natural one-carat per cent of uncut emerald crys- stone sells for as much as $5,000, However, good synthetic em- eralds now are on the market. Linde Stars in New York, be- sides creating star sapphires and star rubies, produces man- made emeralds, used in mak- ing fine costume jewelry. And there are many' imitation emeralds in the cheaper range, used for rings, bracelets and necklaces. This year a combination of} emeralds and pear!s is popular. Richelieu, Pearls introduced a two - strand short pearl neck- lace with a synthetic emerald clasp, an oval emerald ring out- lined in small pearls and match-| ing earrings. If you happen to be wealthy enough to give--or lucky enous hj to receive real emeralds, you're] in good company. The emerald has been known for about 4,000 years and, ac- cording to legend, was the fav-| cite of Venus, goddess of love. In early days emeralds came from mines in Egypt near the Red Sea and in 1000 BC_the Queen of Sheba brought gome as a gift to King Solomon. OWNED THE MINES Emeralds many times. It was worn by the royal family of Spain, came into English possession and then passed on to India. Ten years ago it was bought by a New York jeweler. One of the largest emeralds in the world hangs over the throne of Ahmet I in the Sera- glio, the group of palace build- ings of the sultans of Turkey that now are a museum, In early times, gems pvere supposed to possess certain powers which they transferred to the wearer. Because of its green color the emerald was thought to be good for the eye- sight. When worn ,it was said to be'a protection aguinst epilepsy, a cure for dysentery and an aid) to a woman in childbirth. It was also believed to be an indication of faithtulness. Worn by a faithful lover, it glowed green; worn by the faithless, it lost much of its color, | An emerald was supposed to} help you become eloquent or| improve a poor memory. And one early Greek writer suggested that by placing an emerald under your tongue, you automatically obtainer pro- phetic second sight. | | | SANDAL SORE FEET? Saturate a generous wad of cotton with ice-cold special as- tringent and pat it all over throbbing feet. If the soles are |getting hardened from your jsandals (and perhaps heels a} little grimy) get out ing grains and give your feet} | the clean- | Bob. }out trek she made across North America in a 13-foot' cover- ed wagon still parked be- side her home, Mrs, Larsen and her daughter made the trip behind Bob, a for- VIVIAN LARSEN lives in this little house on the out- skirts of Moncton, New Brunswick, nursing hopes for a best-selling novel and movie about the 4,500-mile Spurned By Greai Walt Disney | Widow Hopes To Publish Book | Although disappointed, she} Canadian' Press Correspondent|does not condemn him, for his) MONCTON, N.B. (CP)--Vi-|decision. She now thinks he vian Larsen, the nomadic|turned them down for fear of widow whose 4,500-mile trek} legal implications. from here to Hollywood re-| Because Mrs. Larsen refused ceived a cold shoulder from|'to reveal her secret, there were Walt Disney and stirred up. almanhy rumors and speculations} heated controversy at home labout her motives, She thinks still keeps her secret almost|Disney investigators warned seven years after she set out} their chief to be cautious in a horse - drawn. covered]... a, 4 ; wugnn : STARTED BACK EAST agon. } Now she nurses her hopes for|, "fter Disney's dismissal, the Larsens. started. back again, a best-selling novel and movie) {Bob in the shafts of the wagon and $70 in their bankroll, When |they reached Los Angeles a isiable-owner took them in and |}persuaded them not to set out By DOVE HARKNESS | of Moncton. In failing health and unable to find employment, Mrs. Larsen is living on wel- fare payments. | across the desert in winter The 56-year-old widow left the| There were many offers to city July 24, 1959, with he rjmake 'paid 'television appear: | daughter Sandra in a 13-foot| ances in Los Angeles, Mrs. Lar-} covered wagon pulled by a for-|5en remembers, but the Cana-} mer milk delivery horse called dian consul said she could not earn' money without the 'proper Sandra, who was 13 when the/-Visa. Then the news got back) great. journey began, now is}to Moncton that she - was serving with the navy in Hali-| stranded fax, while Bob is enjoying re-; One New tirement on a farm, probably| gested a unaware that his exploits gave; movies as much publicity to Moncton) ranked with Black Beauty and} as its nearby Magnetic Hill. {the Lone Ranger's Silver and x Disney ought to have filme 5 EXPEDITION FAILED ey Oe tae cane oe life-story if not Mrs, Larsen's The saga of the travelling; secret idea Larsens drew attention through-}" 4 Jecs.friendly reaction was North America as Bob] the compilai fat a th \the complaint that the Larsen plodded westwards for lJiro, depicte iy aa ; x picted New Brunswick steady months. It also stirred) 4s stil) in the horse-and-buggy up. controversy in 1961, when! years ~shidd th ty 1% t. of ey | AN e party ran out, of mone} Now virtually shunned by. the | shortly after leaving Hollywood] 4 : ' set |péople of her home town, Mrs. = esa -- me salnee my Larsen énjoys recalling. . the The aners were full of| ronderiul warm reception' letters 'une condemned the|soueney. gave them along the ers, ni ' ourney. whole expedition while others |? "The praised Mrs, Larsen "for show-| gerfy]," ing us that the pioneer spirit that founded Canada is not en- tirely dead." | Mrs. Larsen recalled this inj he a recent interview. She had| been criticized for taking San-! dra out of school but says that | the trip itself provided a won-| derful education. She had hoped movie-maker Walt Disney would be interested enough in her, secret story to) collaborate on a movie and per- haps a book that would finance Sandra's future schooling. But he talked with them for) only a few minutes in Holly-| wood and suggested Mrs. Lar-| sen put her idea in writing. Disney "seemed very nervous) and apprehensive about our presence," she remembers. "He} was surrounded by executives | and lawyers and would not speak privately with us." 3runswicker sug: | boycott on Disney} Another said. Bob) people were just won- | SELLS SHOES: FOR CASH Her bitterest .memory- is- of -r own reception when -they HOUSEHOLD HINT Powdered borax is an odor-| Cleopatra gave emeralds,|a real rub-a-dub-dub. Follow/less, effective moth preventive, carved with ~her likeness, to favorites, She could afford it She owned her own emerald mines. It wasn't until Queen Isabella of Spain financed Christopher Columbus that the richest source of emeralds was found --in South America. The queen had struck a good bargain with Columbus. She was to get one- fifth of all the jewels and gold he obtained from his discover- ies. Many of the jabulous stones she received were emeralds. When the Spaniards discov- ered Peru, the natives gave em- eralds to the soldiers as a token of friendship, believing them to be white gods. Later, of course the Spaniards seized every em- erald in sight. However, one huge emerald, considered to be a goddess by the Peruvians was so well - hidden from the Spaniards that it was never found. One of the most interesting pieces of emerald jewelry is the Crown of the Andes. A small Spanish settlement in the Andes mountains escaped the plague in 1590 and, in thanksgiving, made a crown for the statue of Our Lady of the Andes The crown i da 45-carat emerald, 17 pearl-shaped emeralds and many smaller ones. It was bought in 1936 by a syndicate of American jewelers. USED IN NECKLACE Another famous piece of em- eraid jewelry is the Dudley necklace. The emeralds were brought back to Spain by early explorers and madc into a nenk- lace. Included are several large pear-shaped stones and large - cuts, surrounded and ther- by diamonds. The necklace changed hands ; with hand an d body lotion. | ea oat | | j ANN SUM | CLEARANCE MILLINERY | values up but it should be used liberally. with Walt Disney, but he displayed little interest. She keeps the secret and says it will die with her if she can't publish her own book, --CP Photo mer milk delivery horse, seven years ago, Now she is selling Bob's shoes for money to keep her going. Mrs. Larsen had a secret that she wanted to promote arrived back home in Moncton.| grave if | am unable to publish Almost as many people turned] it," she says out to greet Bob in his boxcar} Mrs, Larsen now spends most| as to mect Mrs, Larsen andjof her time sorting through | Sandra. There were no civie|more than 15,000 souvenirs of dinners or parades and except] the great journey, She says she for "some kind-hearted people| receives about $30 a month in and the CNR officials who gave| welfare payments and is unable us passes" the Larsens might/to find employment, still be in Los Angeles. "People were friendly, but al- She planned to write a book] ways had an excuse for not about the journey but ill health| hiring me," | and lack of funds prevented) Financial problems have pro-| this. Mrs. Larsen is also wary} mpted her to sell three of Bob's| of offers to help her with the} horseshoes. She is asking $3,000 book for fear the idea would be| each and feels the price would stolen not be too high for some people "I'll carry the secret to my interested in her travels | "pptiored e've helped to "marry" a lot of people in. this town! 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