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Port Perry Star (1907-), 24 Jul 1958, p. 2

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p = a = aT Se ETE RE REE a a bi» > pr, : os pe YE TE pou' ST : RI = LJ Se Your ANNE HIRST | family (ounselot "Dear Anne Hirst: All my life I have tried to live as a good woman should, but now, at 30, I am frustrated. © Why can't«I hold the friends I make, especially the men? I'm not a . beauty, but I've been called very attractive and several men have paid me solicitous at- tention for quite a period. But I feel 1 have failed them . all. They show they care for me, and some made promises that sound- ed sincere but turned out to bs vague; they cool off, and I have to admit they have simply be- tome bored. Then naturally I grow more self-conscious, and cannot be at my own best. "There are so many women whose horizons end with their own four walls and idle gossip, yet they land husbands. While I (a successful woman in. my profession) with varied interests, a true sympathy for others' prob- lems, and a better-than-saving humor, I go on and on froin friend to friend making no pro- gress toward my goal. "Am I to sit back and give up? Never know marriage, never have a home and children? Or what can I do to interest a man and hold him for the rest of my life? "Can you blame me for con- cluding that men are out for what they can get, some decent girl to practice their lovemaking talents on until they find the right gir! for themselves? FRUSTRATED" Sit down today in your quiet room, and examine yourself as though you were somebody else; you may ferret out the * + + 0 Young Play-Set PRINTED PATTERN 4863 55% by--tone Arms Printed Paltern that's EASY sewing for you, mother -- makes a darling play-outfit for daugh- ter. See the "grownup" styling ot the shirt-top (plenty of room for active wear); shorts and pedal pushers to match or con- trast. Printed Pattern 4863: Chil- dren's Sizes 2,-4;-8,--8..-8ire-2...1. shirt 1% yards 35-inch; shorts, 1 yard. Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (50¢) (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order t6 ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. CE EE EE TEE EE SE EEE ETE IE TER SS) . losing him, «oF a 3 0 ® 2 20 0 * fault in your approach to these * men you knew and lost. * Nearly a year ago another * reader wrote me with the same problem; she was several years older than you, and as hopeless. 1 remember that .I denied being a fatalist, and I persuaded her to rélinquish the idea that one's destiny is fixed. The great element of chance, added to a.woman's imagina- tion and common sense, has been known to bring the ful- fillment you seek. A successful professional career can develop in a woman an arrogance that stifles. any romantic impulse; positive per- sonalities emerge that unin- tentionally reflect superiority. They defy one truth: That a male is still conqucred by sheer womanliness, a little flattery and honest . com- panionship. A girl can make him believe that SHE is tne girl he'd like to come home to, an individual who fits his varying moods like a pair of gloves, asks no embarrassing questions, and is inspiring, sympathetic or tender as the moment demands. A girl with marriage on her mind who has suffered more than one disappointment some- times errs by yielding too soon to a man's lovemaking; he con- cludes she has been as free with others. Again, eager young women snub a man with such hostility that he be- lieves her emotional response. It is weil to realize that most men can be repulsed graciously so that he helieves he appeals to her but she has too much self- respect to yield to his bland- ishments. Miracles do happen, you know. At just the time a woman like you gives up all hope, the right man suddenly turns her corner. Then how + glad she is that all those other * males passed her by! Tomor- * row may bring your fate to ¢* you. Never give up hope. * * * EEE EE EE EE TE EE EE a YE TE EE EE "Dear Anne Hirst: [ should be happy, because I've found a boy I really love, But one day he says he loves me, and the next day he acts so funny that I am afraid I am I know that I fe.l too hard for hirh when we first met. "When we are alone we are al- ways fighting, but when we're with another couple, or with my parents, he is a lot of fun. What shall 1 do? "Do you know any way 1 can fall out of love? WORRIED" * Stop giving this boy every * date he asks. That will mean * that you will include your * parents, or another couple, * nearly every time you see hin. ¢ This is the simplest way to * fall out of love. * When you go out with other * friends you will soon find out * how much fun they can be, * how much more considerate of * you they are and you will have * to admit that they are superior L] L v Ld J * in character and thoughtful- ness. If you will be honest with yourself, this boy will soou find himself at the bottom of your list instead of tops. * * 1 clouds of frustration darken your view,' remember that happiness may be just around the corner. Theres al- When ~warsa tomorrow, and it may be bringing your greatest joy . . . Write your problem to Anne Hirst, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ontarlo, The salesgirl was describing the new four-piece outfit a model was wearing: "If you remove the bodice you will have a play- suit. If you remove the skjrt you will have a sunsuit. If you re- move anything else you will have a lawsuit." incapable of any' " sickroom beds. rca gy prerei HRONICLES FGINGERFARM Gwendoline D Hospituls are not what they used to be. Gone are tite austere white walls and furnishings; the white crinkled spreads and high Modern hospi- tals now are cheerful and attrac- tive--mbst of them similar to the gne I visited yesterday. It was "Open House" at the new South-Peel General Hospital. Small, as compared with city hospitals, but lacking few of the essential facilities. The location is ideal -- a stone's throw from No. 10 Highway, about a mile from Cooksville but actually on what is known as .the "Upper Middle Road," with a back- ground of fine hardwood trees. The present accommodation at the hospital is 125 beds and 53 baby cots. But there is plenty of room for future expansion which undoubtedly will be needed. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY -- Seagoing "newsboy", William "Pat" Reid above, makes a six' mile voyage every week from Cohaseet, Mass., to Boston Lightship to deliver Sunday editions of Boston newspapers. Delivery is made under derms of the will of the late James Dean, Boston stock exchange executive. Dean, who made the run' himself until his death in 1942, placed $10,000 in the Permanent Charity Fund of Boston on tondition that the delivery to the lonely lightship ba parpervared. .Clathe There are oil a few private rooms -- at the present high rate few people can afford the luxury of a private room. Nor is it always advisable. Semi- private rooms are favoured by most of the general public. Or even ward-rooms -- ward-rooms being a lot différent from what . they used to be. At South-Peel a ward consists of two beds to a room. separated by a curtain or panel the length of the bed. At one side of the room there is an open connecting doorway leading to the other half of the ward -- again, with only two beds and, the usual furnishings -- a Chest of drawers, bedside table, an easy chair and a straight chair and an adjustable bed-table for meals or reading, all in attractfve steel walnut finish. The .walls are in pastel colours with pretty drapes and spreads completing the colour scheme, The beds are adjusted by hydraulic control -- low for convenience of patients able to get in ard out of bed; high for nurses making beds or caring for the patients. ' But all the emphasis' has not been given to attractive sur- roundings--to what some call the "frills." Vital and essential equipmerit was given top prior- ity. There are fully equipped X-ray rooms, laboratories, dis- pensaries, surgeries and labour rooms--plus a comfortable wait- ing-room for expectant fathers! And of course there is a mar- vellous kitchen with stainless steel sinks, tables and working areas. The laundry and steriliz- - ing rooms are equally modern. All in all it looks like a hospital , where one might expect the ul- timate in'care to promote speedy recovery to normal health--pro- viding the Board is able to main. tain a competént staff of physi. cians, surgeons and nurses. As always wa rewiea to the human ~ Modern Etiquette . . . by Roberta Lee <Q. Doés the receipt of a birth announcement obligate one to \ send a gift to the new baby? A; There is-no obligation, but "it is a nice gesture, If, however, one feels one cannot afford a gift, or is not on intimate terms with the new parents, then a congra- tulatory "card or handwritten _ note would be in order. 'Q. Is it considered proper for a girl who is not engaged to wear a. diamond ring .on® the third finger of her leit hand? A. There is nothing improper about this--that is, if the girl does\not care about thé impres- sion she is giving other persons. Q. When a family is in the habit of saying grace before a meal, is it proper to adhere to this. custom when there are guests for dinner? A. This most certainly is the proper thing. to do. Q. If a great many wed- ding gifts have been received, wouldn't it be all right for the | bride to mail out engraved cards of thanks? A. Never! If a bride. does not consider the gifts worth her time 'and effort to write personal notes - of thanks, then it seems a shame that the donors devoted any time and money to her. Q. We have just moved into a new community, Would it be all right if we were to give a buffet dinner for our new neigh- bors? A. This might be all right in a very informal community. Us- ually, however, it is more ad- visable to wait until your neigh- bors make such overtures of friendship. Q. I have been Invited to spend two weeks with" a good friend and her husband who live in an- other town. Would it be proper for me to offer them some money to cover any extra 'expenses my visit might entail? A. It would be much better if you did not offer them any money. A nice useful gift of some kind would be much more in order. v « 3 factor--the skill of doctors and the cooperation of patients--and their families. All play a part; all help or retard a patient's re- covery. If only more people would realize it -- especially those who, in the kindness of their hearts, visit friends who are ill, A few days ago I called to in- quire for an acquaintance con- fined to bed in her own home with a heart condition. The fore part of the week she had been improving nicely; then on Thursday came'three visitors in succession. One of them, a good hearted soul but unfortunately very talkative and having a loud voice. Towards evening, follow- ing these visits, the patient took another attack and the doctor had to be sent for. If only. sym- pathetic friends would confine their visits to about five min- utes. A sick person loves to know that friends are thinking of her but the effort of taking part in a conversation, or even listening for too long a time is often more than she can stand. Weakness and the extra exertion jnvolved often leaves her in. a bath of perspiration. In hospitals the hours for visiting are fortunate- ly limited. It is in a patient's own home where the greatest harm is done; the patient and lier fam- {ly are afraid of appearing un- grateful fo those who come to call. May I suggest that in such cases you ask the advice of your. doctor. He will probably limit the number of visits and the length of time the visitors should stay. His authority will let you out of an awkward situation. To the next visitor you may truth- fully say--"Yes, Annie will love to see you but the doctor says visitors . should stay no lenger than flve minutes." If the visit is prolonged, break it up! We had visitors yesterday, but for more than five minutes, Daughter and family arrived for their first visit since the boys recovered from the measles, Full of fun and energy they made a bee-line for the swings directly, They were happy so Daughter, the baby and 1 left the big men and little men together and took off for Milton on 'a short visit 'to Bob and Joy in their new e did not stay for sup-- home. per as they are not yet ready for a house-warming! Incidentally we are wondering how long it takes anyone to get settled. Last week we were held up three days over the installa. . tion of a screen door. It was partly finished and then left. for three days. A general mix-up all round, We waited expecting the men to 'return; the men meanwhile lacked the proper tools and waited for them to come in. The girl in the office did not understand the situation and gave us incorrect informa. tion. Now wa are wondering -- it it takes three days to install a door how long would M take to build a house? A Took Twelve Years To Find Famliy When Corporal Georg Hoft- mann of the Wehrmacht came back from a Russian prison camp to his little Bavarian town, .in 1945, it was to be. confronted with tragedy. He had left beh: ia him his "wife, Anna, 'and six children, two years before. But now, where his house had stood, "he found nothing but ruins, "The "whole of that area of the town + had been flattened to the ground by bombing. He asked a passer-by what had happened, and the man replied that almost all the inhabitants in the quarter had perished during the raid, buried under the ma- sonry of their houses, Further inquiries did no more than cou- firm'the dreadful news. His wife, together with his six children, had disappeared. That day, Hoffman bodan a ghastly pilgrimage 'all over the region, going from one Red Cross post to another in search of news, of somebody who had seen or heard of his family. He heard nothing until, one day, he met a man who had lived near his ruinéd house and who told him that Anna and the children were dead. He was sure of it, so_sure that he accompanied Hoffman to the town hall where 'he swore out a death certiticate . for all of them, Broken- -hearted, Hoffman took lodgings in the house of a widow 'whose husband had died in his own Russian prison, giving. him his papers and a letter of fare- well ta' his wife. The widow had a young daughter, ¢nd after a few months Hoffman proposed to her, promising to lpok after the little girl as though she had 'been a child of his own, They "were married, and went to live at Ulm. All went smoothly enough and Georg: Hoffmann gradually be- gan to recover from his tragedy. Then, one day, he was due to attend a gathering of ex- prisoners-of-war. When he came back, it was with a grave face and startling news. "I have found Anna," he told his second wife. six children are living at Bay- reuth, I am going back to her." Remarkable though it seems, George and Anna had managed to. live in 'Germany for years, each presuming the oiner was dead. In fact, Anna had not been in their house when it was de- stroyed. She had taken her six children to live with relatives in - the province of Bayreuth. At the end of the war she had mov- ed into the city, finding work with the Americans as a laundress. Like her husband, it. had been long "before she gave up hope of being reunited with him. Every day she went to. church to pray that she should find him, and her confessor became her chief helper in this quest. But when, by 1950, there was still no trace of him, the State gave her permission to presume, him dead and began to issue her with a widow's pension. Anna, however, still refused to despair, and every time there was news of prisoners returning from Russia she made her way to the camp at Friedland where they wer repatriated; always without success. : And the inquiries made by herself and her confessor, pos- sibly because Hoffmann is a common _ name in Germany, never 'led to any result. At last, seven years after Georg was presumed dead, the priest called Anna, into' his sacristy after a service in whicn prayers had been offered by the congregation for absent relatives. "Anna," he told the trembling woman, who had half guessed why he wanted her, "I have great news for you. God has answered our prayers , . ." Before he could proceed any 'fatrher, Anna Foffmann had fainted. Together with the priest, she went to the réunion at 'Dussel- doff where she found that Georg was indeed alive, that at last her search was ended, The priest, too, was convinced, - When he heard that Georg was alive, that he had married again, that he would' be coming to Dusseldorf, . the story seemed almost too fan- tastic to Kim to be true. But it was 'true, and today Georg and Anna are reunited, their happiness marred only by the fact that Georg Had to leave his second wife again a\ widow, and his adopted daughter again without a" father. FATHER'S DAY Out in Akron, Ohio, most of the C.Y.O. by young priests whom the youngsters are very fond of. During: the baseball s€ason,- the ¢ "She and my - teams are coached kids frequently say things like, "Father Flanagan, who's playing third?" or "Father Murphy, do you think we'll win?' One afternoon, umpire Phil + Dienoft was surprised and flat- tered when pne of the young- sters walked up to him and sald, "Father Umpire, whats the score?" \ / "clown : ot this book. today! SPARKS LAUGHS -- See any- thing to laugh about? Neither do we, but every time Red Skelton looks * at long-limbed big-eyed, perky-nosed Shari Stennette, he laughs. But 'she doesn't mind. She's in bit parts "on his show, but he's grooming her as a future comedienne, She says: "Mr. Skelton 'sees a vality in my face." Laugh,- clown, laugh. DIRTY DOG The character and his hound . came into the billiard parlor and sat down, "This dog talks," the charagter announced proudly. "I don't believe it,' snapped the proprietor. "All right, I'll show you." Turning to the dog, "What's on top of a house?" "R-r-r-roof!" "And how's days?" "R-r-rough*" "And who's the longest hitter in baseball?" business these "R-r-ruth." "Waugh!" snarled the pro- prietor. "It's a fake." And he tossed both the character and his dog out of the place. "Shame on you," said the character to his dog, as he stag- gered to his feet, "Yeah," apologized the dog. "Maybe I should have said Willie Mays." Cute And Cool Daughter looks so pretty in this whirl-skirted pinafore. Col- orful embroidery trims -neck. . Button front -- she can dress all by herself! Pattern 866: em- broidery transfer, pattern chil- dren's sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 included; directions for sewing. 4 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, Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- "DRESS. As a "bonus, TWO complete patterns are printed right in our LAURA 'WHEELER Needlecraft Book, Dozens of other designs you'll want to order--easy fas- cinating handwork for yourself, your home, gifts, bazaar items, Send 25 cents for your copy "Why did the little shoe' rum away home?" : "Because his mother was a sneaker and hls father was =» loafer. ISSUE 24 -- 1958 joe em es a --

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