The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COlBORNE, ONT. OCT. 31, 1957 J ANN£ HIRST | L-^Wi T{unify Cou*Ut£oX-i, WIDOWER'S IN-LAWS RESENT REMARRIAGE "Dear Anne Hirst: My wife died five years ago and she always read your column, so now that I face a delicate situation [ ask your advice. I have a son of seven, and his mother's parents have been raising him for jie. Nearly a year ago I fell in love with a fine girl, and we plan to marry soon so the boy can have a real home. Here's the rub: "I took her to see my wife's family and they seemed to like her -- but they vigorously oppose my marrying again. Unfortunately, they have tried to influence the boy, too. "When we do marry shall we take him to live with us right away, or wait a while? Or do you think it is my duty to renounce this sweet girl and let these older people have their way? UNEASY DAD" DON'T RUSH THINGS * It is not unusual that older * people resent anyone taking * their daughter's place in her * husband's home. They forget * that for him life must go on, * and especially where a child is * involved the satisfactory an-t swer is to provide a well-bal- * anced home life for him. Now * you have this opportunity. I * think you should take it. The * boy's grandparents are natu- * rally loath to part with him, * but after all, they want what * is best for his future. * Your son should get ac- * quainted with your fiancee * now. I suggest you take him * to visit her on Saturdays or * Sundays, when you three can * have the day together. Plan * real outings that will appeal * to the boy, and he will come * to associate his future step- * mother with the happy times * you and she share with him. * All week long he will look for- * ward to these visits, and so * will be eager to come and live * with you when you return * from your honeymoon. * Then you will, of course, * see that he visits his grand- * parents regularly. As they see * him contented in his new life, * they will give credit to his * stepmother's influence. It us- * ually works out this way, and * I expect it will for you. * Don't worry about them. It * is almost impossible to please * the whole family in any mar- * riage, particularly a second * one. Your good fortune in win- * ning this fine girl brings your * son back to you again and * opens up" a richer life than his * grandparents, with all their * love, can offer him. They will * grow reconciled to the idea and * realize he is where he belongs. MAY AND DECEMBER "Dear Anne Hirst: I am just 18, Shapely Sheath PRINTED PATTERN 4560 ! / 12-20: 40 With this shapely sheath in your wardrobe, you'll never have another "what-to-wear" worry! It's so smart, new-looking! Choose faille, wool jersey, winter cotton -- fast, accurate sewing with our Printed Pattern! Printed Pattern 4560: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4 yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (40(f) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal not for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont QUEEN VISITS WAR MEMORIAL--THIS IS A GENERAL CEREMONY AT THE WAR VIEW OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S WREATH - LAYING MEMORIAL IN OTTAWA. HRONICLES °3Sin€erFarm Ovcrvdotirve P. Cl&,t>ke Such a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend -- and so much for which to be thankful . . . beautiful w e a th e r, glorious colours, and the visit of our Queen and her husband, Prince Phillip. I am sure nearly everyone will be following the Royal couple by radio and television as they make their various appearances. We who remember and for three years I've been going with a man 45. We have exciting times together, going always where I choose, and in other ways, too, he is most con-sderate. I think it will be wonderful to marry him, which he has begged me to do more than once. "I've been told by three friends that he has a wife, but he denies it. Even my Dad feels I would regret marrying him. I have always heard that older men are kinder husbands than young ones, and anyhow, I can't g^t interested in boys my age. "Yet lately I have felt so uncertain! I couldn't marry anybody else; if I couldn't have 'his love I'd be miserable. RITA" * I hope you will not consider * marrying a man more than * twice your age. While he is * dating you he is generous and * thoughtful, but after marriage * he may find a quieter life more * to his taste. In 20 years you * will be in your prime, while * old age will be creeping up on * him and he will not enjoy the * recreations that delight you. * Why have your parents al- * lowed you to date a man of * his age for so long, with no * other boy friends on your list? * I'm afraid you have been so * dazzled by his sophistication * that your mind is closed to * anyone younger. Your present * uncertainty is a hopeful sign; * subconsciously you sense how * unfit would be such a union * and your common sense cries * out against it. * His undetermined marital * status is not to his credit. How * did the rumor get started? * Your father can find out, and * I hope he will before more * time passes. I urge you to heed * his warning, and begin now to * encC%rage younger men. Men who read this column ap predate Anne Hirst's warm un derstanding and practical solu tions of their problems. Write her frankly, addressing her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. "This car is absolutely the last word, sir," said the salesman to a prospective customer. "Well, that should suit my wife," was the reply. "If there's anything she loves, it's the last word." "Was it a good party you went to last night?" "It was great--while I lasted." fSSUE - 44 1957 the baby princess, the little girl, Lillibet, the young bride -- now find in our gracious Queen a combination of all the promising attributes - that accompanied her period of growing up. Yes, we watch her, but often with mixed emotions -- glad that she is our Queen, yet knowing that but for unforeseen circumstances (the abdication of King Edward VIII) our Queen might even now be leading the comparatively free, and much easier life of a royal princess. We watched on our television set the pageantry of the parade from Rideau Hall to the Parliament Buildings and then the opening of Parliament. And we loved every detail of it. The Queen seemed more relaxed than when we had seen her on any previous occasion. Her delivery of the Speech from the Throne was really wonderful. To read faultlessly for half an hour must be quite an ordeal, even for a Queen. Well, I hardly need say any more about this great and memorable occasion -- the first time in Canada's history that a reigning monarch has opened the Canadian Parliament. Prime Minister Diefenbaker, as head of the Federal Government must be a proud and happy man. And now to come back to events nearer home. We have had our own special reason for remembering this as a Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Our daughter presented us with another grandson -- a brother for David and Edward. We would have welcomed a little girl but by the time the baby arrived we were not caring whether it was a boy or a girl -- just so long as it wasn't both! Twins wouldn't have surprised us in the least especially as the arrival was ten days over-due. This fellow weighed in at d lusty nine and a half pounds. Dee says he looks like a little Indian -- chubby face, flat nose, black hair, inclined to curl. Not a very flattering description but then how often can newly born babies he called attractive? I think hi ••■ name will be Gerald Roe -after the family names of his two grandmothers. No doubt h.-everyday nams will be Gerry -or Jerry -- whichever way the dscide to spell it. David is already talking very proudly about his new brother. Eddie, of cours . is unaware that he is no longc ■ the baby of the family. Whic.'i is just as well as he had shed many of his baby ways since he came here" and is becoming more adventurous with each passing day. If my hair were not already white it soon would be. Yesterday I found him busily engaged in an endeavour to plug in the space heater, later on it was the floor lamp. He has also found out how to open the door leading to the basement and a few days ago he pulled a fresh cherry pie on to the kitchen floor. So we have our moments! We also find plenty SMART SACK -- Paris designers have succeeded in changing the shape of fashionable women with this year's "sack" dresses. So Myrtice Hunsucker, carrying the theory to its logical end, shows that a printed cotton seed sack can --with a little imagination--be turned into a of work to do down in the laundry. I say "we" because Partner helps with the job. I do the washing and rinsing; Partner empties the tubs and hangs the washing on the line. He says he never expected the day would ever come when he would be hanging out diapers again. Which goes to show you never can tell. However, the end is in sight. By this time next week I suppose Dee will be home and be looking forward to having her three boys together again. Until then there is no chance of my seeing the new baby as only fathers are allowed to visit the hospital because of the flu epidemic. We shall miss our wee Eddie when he goes home -- but one thing is certain, we ought to be able to get a little more work done than we have done the last few weeks. A little more visiting too. Yesterday Bob and Joy cames along to take us for a drive to see the glorious colour of the leaves up around the I Caledon Hills. I couldn't see any j pleasure in taking Eddie along so I persuaded Partner to go and I stayed home. Actually, it j was the line of least resistance. • 1 .Trying to control a restless. ; squirming youngster in a car already full isn't my idea of fun j Baby Ross has the bed from his buggy on the back seat and thai takes up a lot of room. Well, I wonder how many folk I still have flowers in the garden. I We. have an absolute mass of golden nasturtiums and guinea gold marigolds. The geraniums and petunias are still very colourful too. Partner has been j very busy digging up a patch of ] land for next year's garden -- and Eddie loves to sit in the middle of it. We missed having fresh vegetables this summer. Maybe it is just as cheap to buy what you want but it isn't nearly so satisfactory. What do you think? Giant Pies And Even Bigger Cakes Centre of attraction at a recent Leicestershire village fair was the biggest pork pie ever made -- a monster three feet high and six feet in diameter. Two huge pigs were needed to fill it and more than 1,000 portions were cut from it and sold on souvenir plates to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the granting of a charter for the fair. English cooks have achieved some marvellous feats of cooking at various times. The Leicestershire pork pie was tiny compared with the giant pie produced by the people of Denby Dale, Yorkshire, seventy years ago -- on August 24th, 1887 -- to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. It weighed two and a half tons. It contained 1,850 lb. of beef, twenty-one ducks, 100 small birds, forty-two fowls, forty pigeons, sixty-four rabbits and half a ton of flour for the great crust. Ten horses were used to pull the pie to the feasting arena and hundreds lpoked forward to a meal, but they were disappointed. By the time the pie could be cut it was a trifle "high" and only a few people dared sample it. Colossal cakes? The record probably goes to a Miami, Florida baker, who a few years ago made a cake which contained the whites of 14,000 eggs, 3,500 whole eggs, 2,280 pints of milk, 1,400 lb. of flour, 1,066 lb. of fats and butter, 3,490 lb. of sugar, 90 lb. of baking powder and 65 lb. of salt. Imagine a sausage 3,000 ft. long. That's more than half a mile. This fantastic "banger" was carried through the streets of Koenigsberg, Germany, in 1601, by the 103 butchers who had undertaken to make it as "a labour of love." An outsize in omelettes was cooked in New Jersey, three years ago. It contained 2,100 eggs and was fried beautifully by infra-red rays in ten minutes in a frying-pan measuring 13 ft. across. The reason for this astonishing culinary effort? It was a publicity stunt to persuade people to eat mere eggs. It was successful, too, for the sales of eggs soared for weeks afterwards. Modern Etiquette. .. by Roberta Lee Q. What should one say to people who have just had a death in their family? A. Upon the occasion of death, some expression of sympathy is always appreciated by the family, but the less elaborate the expression the better. "I am sorry. Is there anything I can do?" is sincere and sufficient. Q. I am always uncertain about the lettuce on which a salad is served. Is it really proper to eat this? A. Since the lettuce is as much a part of the salad as any other of the ingredients, it is quite proper to eat it. Q. What jewels, if any, should a bride wear for her wedding ceremony? A. Only, the gift from hejr bridegroom. Q. Is it ever proper to use the knife for cutting the salad when dining? A. If it can be done easily, use just the fork. However, sometimes lettuce can be tough to manage with the fork, and in that case, it is quite all right to use the knife. Q. How does a married woman sign her name to a telegram asking for hotel reservations? A. She must include the "Mrs." with her name, so that the room clerk will know how to address her when she arrives. Welcome Gift w (n/ £<uvie, YYUwfiU Be prepared for Christmas and all its joyousness. Make this apron -- colorful -- quickly embroidered. Makes most welcome gift. Pattern 803: transfer of Santa head for 17-inch apron; directions. Done in white and red cotton material. Start early! 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 PATTERN NUMBER, your NAMB and ADDRESS. Two FREE Patterns as a gift to our readers -- printed right in our 1957 Laura Wheeler Needle-craft Book. Dozens of other designs you'll want to rder -- easy fascinating handwork for yourself, your home, gifts, bazaar items. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book today! NOW THEY'LL GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS-Pamela (left) and Patricia Schatz, Siamese twins from Long Island, strike a tirmlaf pose after thoy were successfully separated in Philadelphia. The twins we;o bcrn September 26, joined at the pelvis.