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52 Ce tl i at De -- A a Shabu: waa (ANNE Family Youn "Dear Anne Hirst: I've just finished reading that letter tell- Ing you about-one happy mar- riage where age didn't hake any difference. Maybe she should have looked ground be- fore writting. . . . Iam married to 1 man seven years older, and 'I have friends in the same situa- 'ion; "others are married to younger husbands . .., We real- ly could join a group called Tost Wives Club.' "Older men want to stay home and watch TV, or have a night out with" the boys; they never want to do anything their wives would like, When wo- men marry younger 'men, the wives are tired at night, while 'the men want to go out; often the wife would go along, but he doesn't want her because she is older and looks it, "A person seven or more years older will likely be used to his freedom and will not change. The younger one hasn't had freedom long, so is expect- ed to change her ways. "lI have seen many happy marriages, but most of them nave only two or three years' difference in ages. After the wedding with them, marriage " really is growing up or growing old together -- and their love grows stronger each year. The other kind of marriage is a strug= gle all the way through, and many times you lose your love more each year, growing old before your time, Home Decorating! Holiday ahead! Spruce up your these smart new slipcovers, Thrifty, easy -- just follow our directions for a- most profes- sional result! Pattern 841: Illustrated step- by-step directions for making slip-covers for sofas, chairs. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, 123 Bighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Our gifts to you -- two won- derful patterns for yourself, your home -- printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book . . . Plus dozens of other new designs to order -- crochet, knitting, .embroidery, iron-ons, novelties, Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW -- with gift patterns printed in it! entertaining home - with -- 1 knew 1 was HIRST "Marry someqne in your age bracket. You will have a health- ier, happier love for each other because you will enjoy being together and doing things to- gether. In most cases when a man or woman marries some-=" body much older, he or she dreams about young love. -But when you marry one about your age, you have it. FOUR FRUSTRATED MARRIED WOMEN." PERSONALITIES COUNT MOST * This controversial question * is always good for hours of agreement or opposition in any group, The problem comes to 'this desk regularly, It is:difficult to take sides, for! I'm of the belief that it is not a matter of age, but a lities. 1 know women who married men 10 years young- er, and several such couples of my acquaintance have had successful marriages for 12 to 20 years. The wife, being "more mature, exercises a lov- ing maternal influence to which many young husbands respond; as one wife told me, "We are each other's children, and there can be no more satisfying companionship than we have." Older men (with the exceptions you mention) are usually proud to have captured young brides, and are indulgent and completely satisfied. Only the years can reveal whether the girl will be. Notwithstanding these ex- amples, I agree that the same age brecket is the safest of all. The couple who are mutually happy in their leis- ure hours together can cope with other differences through mutual compromises that re- 'sult. in harmony, Thank you warmly for your good letter, which explains clearly the dangers of wide differences in "age. I know it will be applauded by other readers, many of whom will sec their own experiences mirrored here. * * * LA A A OEE IE I IE IE J EEE IE IE IR AE IR IE IE IE NER AAR TE EEE IE TE IE I TE Tt Whether readers of this col- 'umn agree or pot with the opin- ions given, Anfie Hirst is always happy to hear from them and will print letters as space per- mits. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Ont. Safety Hints For Chopping Wood For. tightness on handle. Re- place weak handles. Chop so that the axe handle is as nearly horizontal as poss- ible when the axe strikes. Champion" woodchoppers keep their axes sharp -- it makes chopping safer and easier. Of obstructions; keep chil- dren and stock at a safe dis- tance. Avoid bulky clothing. Swing so that axe is always un- der control, . If possible, anchor wood so that the ends will not fly up when the gxe strikes. Use short strokes when chipping ice in water tanks and troughs or when killing chickens. When not in use. Place it where it cannot be stepped on or bumped and where it won't fall. Keep your eye on the point where you want the axe to strike. BARGAIN I bought it and took it right home, Though a use for it doesn't exist, wasting my money, But the price was too low to resist! matter of individual persona-. Before Kitchens Were Mechanized In southern colonial homes, as has been shown, many oper- ations, related to cooking were carried on outside the kitchen. Meat was cured and stored in its own outbuilding, dairying " took place in the springhouse, fuel and ice were laid down in their own sheds, and even some cooking was done in an outside kitchen, In colonial New Eng- land such procedures as. cider and apple butter making, maple sugar and boiling, , . . and lard rendering were accomplished outdoors. With the coming of the nine- teenth century, certain cooking techniques and apparatus -be- gan to appear in the kitchen proper. Outbuildings tended to disappear, pantries and storage rooms replacing them, In theory, this should have simplified the work of the housewife, but whether it did is a matter of question, Her kitchen was more crowd- ed than it had been in the days of the fireplace, Though it might still have _an open hearth, she had to find space for a range and an icebox, which, in turn, meant she needed add- itional work space. . . . It is hardly possible to de- scribe- every kind of kitchen in operation from 1800 to 1900, even if we omit the dislocations and makeshifts of the war per- iod. Sugar cane workers in the Seuth, for instance, punched holes in a metal pot,~filled it with coal or wood, and cooked over it in the dooryard. In the West, herdes cooked over coals or on a tiny stove in a wheeled herdsman's house; and cowboys and work gangs ate food off a chuck wagon; Mississippi River rafters on sheets of metal nailed to the logs, hoboes in tin eans. . But we must confine our story to the most widespread and therefore the most influen- tial to cookery; the kitchen of a well-settled family in an est- ablished community, ru al or urban. . .. One might ask how our ning teenth century housewife found time to cook, since the getting out and putting away of her stores and utensils and the maintenance of her equipment required so many hours of her life. It was a versatile woman who cauld manage the job. . .. "From "The Everlasting Plea- sure," by Kathleen Ann Small- zried. H J AB-ORIGINAL--From the land of "Down Under" comes a striking aboriginal print for a slim re- sort sheath. By Mawalan, of Australia, the two-piece dress has a narrow skirt and a fitted blouse with a neckline scarf. It was modelled at the National Australian Fashion Show in London, England. Some of these food faddists re- commend a daily eating - of swiss cheese -and limburger. It has always been a puzzle why the swiss cheese has the holes in it, whereas it's the limburger that needs the ventilation. STYLE WITH ZIP--Hit of a recent SGvention of French master tailors in Paris was this dual-purpose suit. Concealed slida fasteners in the back and shoulders of the jacket quickly con. vert it from a close fit for business to a loose, casual coat for leisure or hunting. Wd 0 LET: / £4 WL wd CHRONICLES | %GiNGERFARM Gwendoline P.Clatke Who are the real children -- the youngsters or the grown-ups? Sometimes we wonder. Take the Santa Claus parade. Why are - mothers and fathers -- yes, and _even grandparents -- so willing to take youngsters to watch the parade that heralds Santa Claus' entry. into town? Why, indeed, unless it is that "kiddies and grown-ups too-0-0" enjoy equally well all the fun and excitement of the\big event. Even if it is only pgdssible to watch it on televisin you find just as many oldsters as,youngsters among the viewers. I must admit Partner and I are among those who share in the fun. Saturday morning, for instance, we dropped our work and spent part of the morn- ing watching Eaton's Annual Santa Claus Parade. For the children there is all the excite- ment and fan-fare but I really think it takes an adult to appre- ciate the beauty, the pageantry and the ingenuity that makes the parade what it is. And what a wonderful touch of fun and fantasy it brings into our every- day world. A world, which of late has brought little but anxiety and distrust to the minds of men, particularly to those who remem- ber the pattern that preceded two former world wars... We must, perforce, carry on with our daily work, but we certainly welcome any distraction that takes us out of ourselves and makes us feel gay and carefree - for awhile, What a dull world it would be if we lacked the power of enjoy- ment. Imagine seeing a beauti- ful sunset, a painting, or children at play and yet not have the awareness to enjoy any of it. Or ~ imagine living on a farm and only able to think of the work jinvolved. Actually, every season 'has its work, and its pleasure. l. On most farms at present there is the usual pre-winter activity. Livestock that has been free as the wind all summer must now be driven or cajoled to the shel-- ter of the barnyard so they may be shut in at night should the weather get rough. But cattle are peculiar creatures. They resent sudden changes: they balk at being tied up in strange. stalls _ and will do everything but stapd quietly while confining chains , are slipped into place. But once that has been done even a young heifer becomes as tractable as an old cow. Apparently she rec- ognizes her boss and the next day she puts up no resistance at all. Unless she has been ill- treated. A beast that has been forego. a night's rest to keep watch over his sick animal at any time. And yet neither the farmer nor his family can afford to get overly sentimental about the livestock because the time in- cvitably comes when age or barn-room makes it necessary for some of the stock to be sold. That is the situation we are faced with this morning. At this very moment a truck is down at the barn loading cattle, all of whom Partner has raised from- heifer calves born right here on the farm. We hate to think of them ending their lives at the stock- yards. But there is no alterna- tive. They have outlived their usefulness as milk cows and for breeding. purposes but I suppose they will still make beef -- of a kind. Two of them certainly will as they are being sold as butcher heifers, so there should be a few good steaks on the market. And so activity begins again after an usually quiet week-end. We looked for the Toronto folks but David had a touch of stomach flu so they didn't come. Maybe the flu was the result of too much excitement. His parents took him to the Royal Winter Fair and while they were watch- ing the saddle horses one man asked Dave lif he would like a ride. Dave, being crazy about horses, was all for it. Art lifted him on to the horse's back and the fellow took him around the ring. It is doubtful if any horse ever 'had a prouder mount! As for the other small fry, Bob took Babs and the children to London on Sunday, their last visit before leaving for Elliot Lake. When that will be depends on how soon their house will be ready. Watching day by day developments on a house you are waiting to occupy must be quite . an ordeal, besides having to move into it before it has a chance to settle. However, you would at least be on hand to discover, and remedy, the weak * spots in the plaster. Ah, there goes the truck with our cattle -- a little bit of Ginger Farm that we shall never see again, We still have a few left, buf, not many. Among them are cour pet twin heifers, that are at present pasturing near the back of the house. I hate to think what would happen these days if Part- ner still had ten or twelve cows to milk. 'Dentists' Blues These million dollar sales of toothbrushes, million dollar. sales of toothpaste, and countless millions of allied dental pro- ducts, make the mouth a fertile field for exploitation. It all be- gins with dentition, that physio- logical force that propels the tooth through the gum. The youngster of five years explains it. "Wadda yer mean, I'm cuttin' teeth? The teeth are cuttin' me." As the child gets older, he is taken for his first visit to the dentist. The introduction is a very simple one. The child bites the dentist, then turns to his mother and says. " I thought you said he was painless. Hear how he's yellin'?" Then little Delphina enters dental office. Here's a child who bites her nails so often. her stomach needs a manicure every hour. Delphina is only eight years old, but she already has - so_many cavities in her teeth she must have had her mouth open while she was passing a shooting gallery. . While the dentist is attending to Delphina's dental needs, he is interrupted by a detail man from a pharmaceutical house showing him the latest in anti- biotics and three phone calls from promoters of oil stocks. Outside in the reception room, all is bedlam. It is the Child- rens' Hour. Magazines are be- ing torn into shreds, and the upholstered chairs are being cut to pieces with bowie knives '(four box tops and fifteen cents) in the Hopalong belief that a _ tioned the i redskin lurks underneath. That's why every dentist en- courages the copywriters, If there' are no decaying teeth because of cleanliness and ade- quate diet, there will be ne children in the dental office, No more of Bob Benchley's little Spurgeon, the lad who blushed every time he stole a police car or little Fletcher, who helped his aunt off with her mink coat and then hung it up in the near- est pawnshop. ! Courtroom Capers "l understand you called, on the plaintiff," the lawyer stated. "Yes," answered the witness. "What did he say?" The prosecutor leaped to his feet and in a fit of anger de- nounced the question as false, | misleading, tendig to incrimin- ate an entirely ocent party, etc. He also accused the attor- ney for the defence of illegal tactics, being an immoral per- son, guilty of malicious practices in daring to try to introduce~ such testimony. He also ques- L legitimacy of the attorney's birth, The defenca lawyer sprang for the throat of his accuser and the courtroom was , in 'bedlam. The judge rapped for order and finally court attendants subdued the two antagonists but not before they bloodied each other's noses and blackened each other's eyes. Then the judge ruled that if the attorney would repeat the ques- tion the witness would be dir- ected to answer it, 'I repeat then," said the law- yer, wiping blood from his upper lip. "What did he say?" "He didn't say nuttin',"" ans- wered the witness. "He weren't home." : CASHING IN--This bride in Mes- sina, Sicily, gets a quick nest- egg through the custom of pin- ning money on her bridal gown as a "fee" for dancing with her. Chap In photo gave the most, so he got first dance. 2 Dream Dresses For a Doll DREAM DRESSES for a little girl's favoriie doll are these two lacy confections so easy to sew with our Anne Adams Printed Pattern. : " The bride's lovely flowing dress of imported white chantilly and val lace and the : i bridesmaid's blue marquisette gown with deli cate lace Insert are designs from our eight-piece 7 The bride was told by a well- beaten into submission is Jisble Trousseau Pattern for dolls 14 to 22 inches tall, 3 7 Testing Jena igs son, fou oie oe go ii: Moi? Directions for making Posie's dresses with matching bridal veil and bridesmaids hat, 8 daily Eh So he wy in ed on Canadian farms today. Almost shown here, and also her frilly lace-trimmed petticoat, panties, negligee, and pretty night al) 1 ordered oysters. every farmer loves his livestock, gown, are printed clearly on the tissue pattern parts, Our Pattern Designer suggests using A - "Large or small, ma'am?" particularly his "cattle -- and sewing machine attachments for fast results in making these "dolly delights" while daughter i ih A : 3 horses, if he has them. He may sleeps. . : "Really, I don't know, sir," she said, "They're for a man a call them "ornery critters" and Fine stitching along edges of lace insertions and lace trimming for bouffant petticoats MASTERPIECES -- Art comes to the French postage a good cavse. These two new ones ars engraved with a size 16%collar." make other uncomplimentary re- marks but just let one of them and lovely night clothes can be done with the edgestitchier or decorative zigzag attachment. Tiny hems can be made quickly with the narrow hemmer on the sewing 'm ine, ! Sh bably the brid . a reproductions of Watteau's "Gilles", left, and Le Main's "Young who hike Io WE get sick' and the farmer will Here's a budgetwise high fashion, doll-size, in plenty of time for your bigs Peasant." The 15-franc stamp carries a surcharge of five francs, According to Don Ameche, she sewing. This pattern comes in doll sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 Inches, d "used to place burnt offerings wre the 12-franc a surcharge of three francs. The extra money goes : before him three times a day. ' CENTS (starns €annot be accepted; use postal note for safety) for Printed Pattern 4507, Send 16 the Red Cross, whose symbol appears on the stamps, to ANNE A \MS, 123 Eightaenih St, New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 50 -- 1956