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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 24, 1987 Woman's View by Chris Carli Men are being replaced by corsets. It's true For years, countless women complained they were held back, hemmed in, by men. But now that women are out working in non- traditional jobs and legislation aims to give them equal pay, equal opportunity, what happens? The Jady logger, the female bus driver and the woman in the gold mine are all running out and buying themselves horrible archaic girdles to keep themselves--or their figures--in check. Now they're held firmly back by corsets. It's a bad sign. A dangerous trend. A dumb, dumb move, this return to foundation garments. Don't be fooled by those smiling young models. Corsets are no treat. They're bulky, cumbersome and hot. Some could even be easily called mobile Nineteenth Century torture chambers with miles and miles of heavy-duty cotton, strings, hooks, eyes, buckles, straps and plastic stays. Why a normal, sane, healthy woman would willingly enslave herself in a walking iron lung that no more helps one breathe than would a pillow over the head is an enigma on par with the chicken and the egg. But turn to a current clothing catalogue. Those spine-tingling pages, like ghosts from an ancient, barbaric civilization, display garments that constrict and bind bodies from chest to thighs. Please don't say thirty-five to forty-five year-olds are turning from aerobics and Reeboks to Super Slimmers and Tummy Trim- mers. Okay, maybe it's easier pulling on the elastic corset than tug- ging on muscles in exercise class but the rigors of aerobics have nothing on the dangers of corsets. Those dangers were shouted far and wide years ago--bad news for young bodies, experts yelled. So the outcast girdles fled for their lives, pretty well disappeared and became almost extinct for a few years. No longer did health and phys. ed teachers have to warn against wearing them lest firm turn to flab. No longer was it necessary to strike terror into students' hearts by telling them corsets turn flat stomachs to pot bellies. So what happened during the silence? Girdles came sneaking back and now they're here to prey on the unsuspecting who have forgotten those grim warnings. « ° But those warnings are still true. Girdles might hold it in but muscles will severely weaken and it won't simply hang out every time you take off the corset--it'll be like opening the floodgates on a tub of Jell-O. Forget the cosmetics, next thing you know, we'll have an epidemic of forty-year-old women with bad backs because the stomach muscles won't be able to pull their weight with spine sup- port. Doctors will prescribe exercise for back and stomach muscles. And what will they tell women not to wear? Until the word goes out, I suppose women in search of easy flat stomachs and slim hips will flock tothe foundation departments to imprison themselves in nylon-spandex and polyester-cotton. But in about ten years, they'll be crying out again on how (Turn to page 8) Some special treats Holiday magic at library "The Christmas waiting 1s long..." when you are the young ones in a busy household, preparing for the holiday season. The Library can help the days be remembered for those special times shared with friends or family, in ac- tivities leading to Christmas. The December days at the Library will be fun-filled. The ear- ly part of the month will get off to a great start with a special puppet show 'Dragon Stew,' packed with merry making puppets and even some juggling! Pre-school activities Boys outnumber the girls in baby stakes The November meeting of the Port Perry Hospital Auxiliary was held in the hospital with 19 ladies present. The President opened the meeting with all repeating the Auxiliary prayer in unison and then welcom- ed 2 new members. In the absence of Mary Cannon, the Secretaries report was given by Bonnie Gerrow and approved. Mr. Brown was then asked to speak, and he told us the parking lot had been partly paved and would receive another coat next year, also some of the baby cribs had been delivered. All other reports were then given and since the last meeting 17 boys and 11 girls had been born. Looks like the boys are in the lead. Joan Godley, adult volunteer co- ordinator is very pleased with the work of the volunteers. Under new business, the Spring conference is April 6 at Ajax. There was a long discussion re: getting a craft and workshop going, hoping we may get some good ideas on this at our next meeting. The Hospital Auxiliary Bake and Craft Sale will be held on Dec. 4 at 11:30 a.m. at the hospital. The Aux- iliary will be pleased to have anyone help with baking or whatever any organization can donate. Our next meeting will be held Dec. 14, and we will have Pat Duchemin with us to speak on drugs. with mom or dad, range from a ~ craft to create together, to special films chosen for the holiday season. The older children can come on a The older children can come on a Saturday morning to ,create a Christmas craft under the leader- ship of a local artisan. The 'days drop one by one'...Just when the season's tempo increases, and some are feeling neglected, there will be a chance ®t 'wrap it up' for Christmas. Kids, bring your packages and keep it a secret at a special creative gift wrapping after- noon at the Library. The meeting then adjourned, followed by a social - half hour, and goodies and a cup of tea served. The week before Christmas and during the holiday week, seasonal films and Fairy Tales of film wil] be shown. Don't let the days drag! Keep it a special memory this year by joining in the festivities at the Library. - There are small charges for some programs and pre-registration. Al] programs will be advertised in the coming events section of the paper Restaurant break-in Durham Regional Police report two break-ins in Scugog Township over the weekend. The Gate Restaurant in Port Perry lost liquor and cash to thieves, while at a View Lake cot- tage, a canoe, paddles and an axe disappeared. Police are investigating. hl IF THERE'S A DELAY FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT ON CKLY 910 Covering Central Ontario A Public Service of the Port Perry Star, CKLY Radio, Scugog, Simcoe, Stockway, Lee Wilfred Vine and Freeman Bus Lines. on occassion, but he can rest easy knowing that the worst is over! What you are reading here, if 1 haven't Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten THE COMPUTER AGE It had to happen sooner or later. After put- ting of the inevitable for the past six year, | have finally entered the age ot computers. This is not to say that | have not had some exposure to these electronic wizards, as here at the Star most of our typesetting, and our bookkeeping is now done by computer. What | mean is that after procrastinating for some time now, | can finally turn on a comput- er and actually make it respond to MY com- mands. That's right, I've joined the new genera- tion....| have become computerized! No longer do | have to fear that miniature TV screen, with the detachable typewriter key- board. No longer do | run from the room when words like "bytes", "icons", or "mouse", are mentioned. Did you know the first time | heard them ing and challenging experience. We have had computers for doing our typesetting in our newsroom for over five years now, but it never occurred to me to learn how to operate them. Up until today, | have been using an old manual standby typesetter for anything that | had to do, but it will probably begin to gather dust in the next few weeks. | have to give a lot of credit to Bish and Rick at the Bowmanville Canadian Statesman for introducing me to the computer, as itwas at their proding that | finally got up enough nerve to give it a try. If it had not been for the patience of Rick, who has made two special trips to Port Perry to assist me in setting up the new system, | would still be using the old "Comp IV" to do my typesetting. ot only did Rick make special trips to as- sist me, he patiently explained proceedures to talk about opening up the MENU, | thought we <me over the phone on numerous occassions were going out for lunch? | know for a lot of people this new event in my life means "ziltch', but for me it is an excit- both in the evenings and on the weekends. | don't profess to know-it-all yet, and | am sure | will be calling on him for some advice bored you to tears, is coming directly off my new Mac, and with a little luck, and persiver- ance it won't be too long until | am an accom- plished computer wizard....just like my very good friend, and teacher Rick James. Thanks Rick for your help! BUSY LITTLE TOWN | would think that most people living in and around Port Perry have noticed how busy the town is getting this year. On weekends in Port Perry, it is as busy as a lot of the larger shopping centers, and it is no doubt because of the calibre of the stores and shops that are available to the consumer. More and more people are travelling to the area to do their shopping, and to find someone you know on Queen Street, especially on Sun- day, is becoming diffioult | A lot of this must be attributed to the excel- lent promotional skills of Tom and Daphne Mitchell who operate Settlement House. Tom and Daphne have long been very pro- motional concious, and have advertised their store and products through various maga- zines, newspapers, and radio. Because of the continual promotion of their stores, other local businesses are beginning to feel the benifits of 'this progressive couple, as hundreds of peo- ple flock to Port Perry every weekend. 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