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Port Perry Star (1907-), 2 May 1957, p. 2

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8 oF 32 58, 0000000000288 e oe Db BLAS a a SE AA a FS NSA iy sites TIA t lds LAE RS v he € _ AAT Y Sade A Addi PRENTS aS ou/L [ANNE HIRST tamily Counselor "Dear Anne Hirst: Last month [ left the husband I married in September. I could not stand his crazy jealousy. We had gone together four years, and 1 thought I knew him through and through; yet just a month after we married he said a friend swore he saw me out with an- other man! When I denied it, he refused to believe 'me. "Soon after our marriage he began getting home late, would not sit down to the dinner I had ready, and half the time put his things on again and left the house. I could fill a book with the mean little slurs he cast, the arrogant way he be haved . . . I love him dearly and I have done everything I knew to make him contented. My nerves are strained to the breaking point, and I feel so helpless. "I have left him. I am back with my mother. And what a changed man he is! He is just as he was when we were dating. He takes Mother and me out to dinner as often as we'll go; he brings us theater tickets; even drives us to church, and he hadn't gone since we were mar- ried there. I am up a tree. I am almost tempted to go home with him as he begs, yet I am holding on to my common sense. "I couldn't go through all that misery again, and I've almost decided to divorce him. (He is . 49, I'm 25). What do you think? MARY FRANCIS." ANOTHER CHANCE? Some men are so unfor- tunately made that they can- not be contented away from the one they love, yet can- not make her -happy with: them. Your huband's being so much older accounts for his jealousy, I should say, and that is almost impossible to dispel. If he were more objective, he would know the surest way to hold 'your love is to keep you serené, which he does not do. The humiliating scenes he forces upon you, his keeping you on the defensive with fantastic charges, leave you outraged yet helpless. From more of your 'letter (too long to print), I picture you as an eager bride who used all her talents and in- genuity to make her mar- riage permanent. Your hus- band lives in a home that you redecorated for him, where he was served delicious meals. You have no other interests than your man and your | Week's Sew-Thrifty - Sew this 'adorable frock for daughter in a jiffy! See the dia- gram; it's the EASIEST! She'll love thegstyle; cool,scoop neck- line, saucy bow trim of contrast binding. Make severalin easy- to-launder cottons -- keep her smartly dressed every day this summer! i Pattern 4766: Children's Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8. Size 6 requires 2% yards 35-inch fabric, This pattern easy to use, sim- 'ple to sew, is'tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send FORTY CENTS (40c) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note pattern. Pléase print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123, Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. © 8 000 4806 EO EDEN SLL 0 eee 080s OSs church, Why doesn't he hurry home every night to be with you, and stay there? Instead, you must listen to trumped-up quarrels, unfounded charges of disloyalty and his unex- plained absences -- leave you miserable and frightened. Surely you have cause for divorce if that is to be. Yet his ardent attentions since you left him, his promises to trust you entirely, may really mean he has finally begun to appre- ciate all you are and all you've done for him, and that he only awaits your consent to prove it. Perhaps, your leaving was the shock he needed. Besides, you still love him. There is only one way to find out whether he can keep his word. Go back to him. If he: fails you again, at least you will know you were chari- table. Some readers will say that I am condemning you to the same problems you ran away from. Yet it seems worthwhile to me to give the man a sec- ond chance, hoping for the happiness you thought was assured. LJ * LJ TOO MANY ARGUMENTS "Dear Anne Hirst: I'm 16, and in love with a boy two years older. He is friendly with every- body, he dresses nicely, and all the family like him a lot. But we've been having differences of opinion lately. "He doesn't think I care for him. How ¢an I show him I do without being forward? I'd like to get serious, but I know I'm young for that. "Every time we settle one thing another crops up, and then we. get mad at each other all ® 900020 COLLEEN TOOL OLOEELEOLIEILIE PRPOERROEOIRETES ..over again. I'm jealous when he talks to another girl, though he never dates any of them.-Please advise me, WORRIED." ® Perhaps you are seeing this * boy too often. Though you care for him, at your age it is smart to have more than one boy to take you out; comparing this one with others is salu- tary and wholesome. I advise J you to see him less frequent- ly, and cultivate other friends. Watch "this' jealousy. Boys soon desert a girl who gets possessive, and you are likely to lose him if you aren't more careful. Why should he give up all his other friends? If you keep on watching every move he makes he will grow resent- ful, and that's the beginning of the end. 4 If a girl and boy your ages agree on all subjects all the time, life would be duller than you think. As you both grow up you are bound to have differences on a number of things, but if you keep your temper and don't make issules of every little argument, you'll run a better chance of holding him. The teen years brim with problems. Yours are slight compared with others. Re- member, though, there is safe- ty in numbers, and play fair. Don't let it be said of you that you refused the one you love a second chance. No one who pro- fesses to be a Christian: can af- ford to turn her back on sh) a plea, If the circumtances make you doubt, write Anne Rirst about them and receive her sym- pathy and counsel. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, "her wotld - famous or safety) for this . _years E = i i be ¥ pe Coo goog co bit dhe i FATH FOLDS FASHION -- Mrs. Genevieve Fath, widow of the late fashion designer, Jacques - Fath, is shown in the studio 'of. Parisian fashion house, which is soon to close its doors. Mrs. Fath car- fied on the business for three after her husband's death, and its expected closing in June will leave Christian Dior as Paris' No. 1 fashion arbiter. - Casco Bay And Its Islands Casco Bay, the second great! natural division of the Maine coast, is cradled in the sea- reaching arms of Cape Elizabeth to the west and Cape Small on the east. There are two theories Aoncerning the origin of its name. Some believe that it is a corrup- tion of the Indian Aucocisco, or Place of Herons; but I hold with those who think that the name survives from the days when the sixteenth - century Spaniard Esteban Gomez called it the Bahia de Casco, the Bay of the Helmet or Skull, In any event it's an enormous bay, measuring about eighteen miles across the entrance, hav- ing an average width of twelve miles, and covering an area of approximately two hundred square miles. The average tide range in the bay is about ten feet. Four small but-deep rivers empty into it, flowing from freshwater ponds which dot a countryside that is more rugged -than that of the Western Coast. The shining stretches -of white sand begin to disappear here, and the beaches are more often composed of shingle. The whole broad surface of the indentation is covered with islands, like a great fleet lying at anchor. It is the islands that give the bay its unique and fascinating character. They are called the Calendar Islands, because there are 'supposed to be three uhn- dred and sixty-five of them, or one for every day in the year. This "is a nice tidy idea, but whoever counted them originally must have been seeing double if not triple. The United 'States Coast Pilot gives the number as one hundred and thirty-six. It really doesn't make any dif- ference what the exact number is. They are still almost un- believably lovely as seen from the city, or viewed at closer range from the deck of a boat, or -- the final test -- debarked upon and scrutinized at the closest range of all, that of the foot traveler. . The islands are of glacial ori- gin, a fact that increases their resemblance to a flotilla of ships all lying with their bows to the wind and tide. Since the glacier traveled on a southwesterly course, ploughing great furrows in the face of the land as it went its'ponderous way, all the islands run in that direction. There are three parallel rows of them, known as the Outer, Middle and Inner ranges. Some of them have the most intriguing names, like Junk of Pork -- because it is blunt and square like a pound of salt pork at the butcher's; and Pound of Tea -- because that was its pur- chase price in the olden days; and Pumpkin Nob and East Brown Cow and Burnt Coat and Clapboard and The Brothers and Thrumcap. -- From "The Coast of Maine," by Louise Dickinson Rich. Modern Etiquette . . . by Roberta Lee Q. When a hostess sends a couple an invitation to dinner, and the invitation has not been acknowledged, what should she do? A. She can telephone this cou- ple and ask if the invitation was . received, as it is possible that it could have gone astray. If, however, the invitation was re- ceived, I would suggest that the hostess cut thesc ill-mannered persons off any future guest lists. Q. When you have been asked to pass a dish at the table, and you were just about to partake of that dish yourself, is it all right to help yourself first? A. No; this would be very crude and. ill-bred, unless, of course, the other person insi that you do so. Q. What apology offer if one accidenta against another pers street, or in some pub ance? A. "I am sorry," or, "I beg your pardon." Q. When a woman is paying her first call en a .new. neigh- uld one brushes on the convey- . main? inn Coo A." From .. 20 minutes should be 1 .ehough. Usually «a woman who has just moved into a new home has plenty to do, and she might resent too lengthy. a. visit. Q. Is it ever permissible for the parents of a young man who has become engaged to make the announcement?, . ~~ A. No; only the parénts of the bride-elect are entitled to do this. If she'has no parents, then her nearest relative has the pri-. vilege, .# Q. When a man fs dining wi a woman int a public place, is it all right for him to suggest something on the menn? : A. This is quite in order, and quite frequently done, especl- ally if his companion seems un- decided. bour; how -lomg should she re-, |- 2 DIG THAT CRAZY BOOKEND! -- That's a r SE 2 26 eal live elephant 'Screen Star William Holden is cozying up with 'while on loca- tion near Colombo, Ceylon, for the movie "The Bridge on the River: Kwai." Maybe the big fellow is--whispering a request for an autograph. TGINGERFARM "HRONICLES na CLIOLN Grit pret endoline P. Clarke All across Ontario branches of the Women's Institute are cele- brating the Jubilee of their or- ganization. Not all branches are observing the occasion in the same way but a great many are finding it a good time to make it a social occasion for members ~and their families. Possibly -the most notable gathering was at Stoney Creek. And rightly so for it was here that the Mother Institute came into being. On February 19, 1897, Mr. Erland Lee gathered together a group of enterprising women at Squire's Hall in'Stoney Creek to hear an address by Mrs. Ade- laide Hoodless. Mr. Lee had heard Mrs. Hoodless speak at the Farmer's Institute in Guelph and was much impressed' by her ability and enthusiasm as she endeavoured to create greater interest and responsibility in the women of that day in matters of health, education, home °~ and child-care, and sanitation, so vi-_ tal to the welfare of all, but par- ticularly to the children. It is quite possible other wom- en in rural Ontario at that time were also aware of the need for an improvement programme, but then, as always, it required someone with courage, initiative and selfless devotion to lead the way. Mrs Hoodless, first through her own need, became that woman, and through her the countrywomen in and around Stoney Creek became pioneers in an organization to work for the betterment of "Home and Country." It was thus the Wom- en's Institute of Ontario was th 150 members, dignitaries and guests assembled to hon- our the founders of the W.I,, in- cluding five of the seven surviy- ing charter members. Congratu- lations came in from all around the wotld. It must have been a proud and inspiring occasion for the women of Stoney Creek. Only one branch in Ontario can' claim the distinction of being the first, but all branches, whenever and wheréver situated, can be justly proud of belonging to an organization that. has developed into such a tremendous power for good among the rural popu- lation of Ontario. And not only in" Ontario. Just as 'a pebble thrown into a pond 'makes cir- 'cles in the water ever-increasing - in size, soithe Women's Institute, by its affiliation with the Asso- ciated ' Countrywomen of the . World, has increased in power, strength and numbers, widening the scope of its influence to many quarters of the world. Last Saturday our Logs branch, 'the Scotch Block W.I. had a Jubilee turkey supper and social evening for. its nYembers and their escorts. According to an unofficial count 'there were about eighty-five present, It Is twenty-four years ago this month since our branch had its say sevéral of the charter mem- bers were present. Our branch has experienced the same ups and downs, common to us-all. Some previous members moved to other districts; some have re- grettably passed away, but many, many others have come into the fold and become active mem- bers of our branch. Looking back over the years it seems al- most incredible that one group of women could have raised so much money, work and. yet with it all had such a wonderful time together. During the war years we were actively engaged in quilts, packing bales, knitting and sewing. Now our main proj- ect is to assist in the establish- ment of a local hospital, badly needed in this district of which the Institute is a part. All in all it was a heart-warming and most enjoyable evening. Partner started playing cards as we do not take foo kindly to late nights away from home, especially as we expected some of the family the next day. Came Sunday -- a lovely spring-like .day--cars - travelling the highway past here in a con- stant stream. Presently one turn- ed in at our gate -- "and the Toronto folk had arrived. They all came into the house except Dave. He amused himself out- side. After awhile Grandpa took him for a walk across the fields and along the creek. At first all went well and then like a bolt from the blue David said "I want to go for a swim' and headed for the creek. Fortunate- ly Partner just managed to grab him, told him he couldn't go swimming, the watér was too "cold. And then David took to the yelling "I want to go swim- ming!" It wasn't a happy occa- sion for Grandpa as Daye is a big boy for his age and his three-and-a-half * year old strength was greater than his grandfather's. But they arrived home safely, both of them a lit- tle the worse for the tussle of for a walk. Poor little chap, he is like something let out of a cage when he gets to the coun- try and ends.up by getting over- tired. At supper time he leaned _ his' head "against his Dad and "actually went to sleep. Art car- ried -him to the. cotich and he slept until it was> time to go home. After that we were glad to relax and to watch. "Cinder- ella" on television. It was good. like Dave, I fell asleep. robbery at once?" an insurance brent eked a woman claimaiit. "Didn't you suspect something when BA came : ; covered all the drawers open ed 'and the contents scattered?" "Not really," she replied, "I looking for a clean shirt." first meeting and I am happy to * done "so much' making - and 1 came yaway before they. "wills. Then his Dad took Dave ° Then came the "Challenge" and "Why didn't you report the: me and dis- thought my husband had been Will Probe Secrets Of The Green Slime Above the chanting of thou- sands of fascinated onlookers, who 'made no effort to inter- vene, could be heard the terri- fied shrieks of lovely young girls who were being hurled to their death at the bottom of the sacri- ficial well. The procession of death wound -its way to the edge of the well from the temple near-by, and the kicking, screeching beauties struggled frantically in the tyran- nical grip of their merciless cap- tors. The grim and horrifying ritual continued until over five hun- dred lovely young girls had been sacrified--to- appease the dread- ful monsters that were thought to dwell on the bed of the death- pit. . So anxious were the supersti- tious Mayans to please the aw- ful creatures believed to lurk in the depths of the well, that only the most heautiful maidens were sacrificed. Doting parents even pray-1 for their daughters to grow into dumpty, plain girls, in order that they might escape the notice of the témple priests who made periodic raids in search of "appeasement" for the horrible beasts they feared, To make the lovely offerings more acceptable, each: maiden was adornedfwith beautiful jade carvings supended.<on golden chains, heavy .gold bracelets set with precious gems, bangles, an- klets and glittering rings. -- Historians who have studied the customs and lore of the May- an people, who inhabited the Yu- catan peninsula of Mexico at about the time the Normans were conquering Britain, are convinced that during these sa- crificial ceremonies vast wealth. was consigned to the murky waters of the sacrificial well. The waters are so deep, how- ever, that efforts to wrest 'the fabulous -treasure from the mud have so far met only with par- tial success, and experts claim that today more than three mil- lion dollars' worth of treasure still lies there. And a further at- tempt is -to be made to raise the polished gold, precious gems and carved jade that the May- ans. gave to the mosters of the pit. The new salvage operations, which will cost about $65,000 are being sponsored by Mexican bankers and businessmen. Hydro- logists, engineers, divers and frogmen will be recruited from many countries to probe the se- crets of the well, which was found 'in the ruined temple of Chichen Ita in the heart of the Yucatan jungle. A connaissance dive has given rise to expectations that several hundred female skeletons will be found in the silt which is ten feet thick. These will be .con- signefl to a drier burial place nearby. Much of the treasure, believed to be still adorning the bones, will find its way to museums all over the world, for the crafts- manship of the Mayans is hailed by cdnnoisseurs as excellent, and it is expected that record bids will be made for some of {he gems. Lo It was at the turn of the cen- turn that the famous American archaeologist Edward Thompson made an attempt to recover the "treasure of the gift virgins." His finds, valued at over $750,- 000, rests today in 'Boston's Pea- body Museum, and include golden dolls, jade carvings, emerald- studded figures, gold discs and sacrificial knives encrusted with amethysts. Yet the experts are confident that the main bulk of the trea- sure remains at the bottom of the well. Many contend that Thomp- son's search was too hurried and not 'sufficiently thorough. Te support this claim, they produce gold and jade relics recovered by sifting the piles of silt dump- ed by the American's search team. One of these finds was a skilfully fashioned frog of gold valued at thousands of dollars. "After early vexplorations by divers, suction pumps will at- tempt' to draw out the watep from the depths of the pit. This is thick and stagnant, indicating | that it is not being fed by amy stream but rainfall. When the slimy water has been siphoned off by the engin eers, the silt will be dredged for odd valuables: though most of the treasure is thought to be wedged in the cracks of the rocks on the bottom. is maintained by Lovely Centerpiece Elegant centerpiece for your dining table! A graceful swam crocheted in pineapple design -- fill it with fruit or flowers. Pattern 581: Crochet directions for swan centerpiece; body about 12x62 inches. Use heavy jiffy cotton. -- starch stiffly. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Our gift to you -- two won- derful : patterns for yourself, your home -- printed in qur Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book . . Plus dozens of other new designs to order -- erochet, knit-. ting, embroidery, iron-ons, nov- elties. Send 25 cents for yous copy of this book NOW -- with gift patterns prined in it! ISSUE 17 -- 1957 ~ FRONT-LINE FEMALES--Young Syrian girls parade grimly down a Damasgus street swinging Czech-made submachine guns: in celebration of the "cultural unification" plan linking Syria with Egypt and Jordan. As members of a militarized youth organiza- tion, the girls receive military 'training just as 'o their lsraell counterparts, : ®

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