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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT OCT. 14, 1954 f ANyt HIRST I t-fyouA. reunify Coua**<iJLo\,-J "Dear Anne Hirst: My stepmother took care of me since I was three, and she is the only mother I remember. When 1 was in service overseas she sent me everything I wanted. You can see why I love her dearly . . . Three months before I was discharged, I married; that was two years ago. My father and stepmother have been wonder ful to my wife -- but she has not seen them for over a year, and refuses to go with me to visit them. "She says she doesn't like my stepmother or her family because they are not my people She will not let me include her name when I send them gifts; my stepmother sends my wife wonderful presents, yet when they come here she goes out the back door! I always go with her to see her parents, for she says I owe it them and I agree "Is there anything I can do or say that will bring my wife to her senses, before it is too late? Richard." STRANGE REASONING * It seems to me that your * wife is jealous of the strong * ties between you and your * family. Perhaps you have * praised them so highly that * she feels she comes second * instead of first in your * thoughts and plans. Of course * this is not true, but a young * wife is often quick to take * offense, and so wholehearted * in her own affection that she * brooks no division o f what * she calls loyalty. 10. 4649 Sew yourself a wealth of outfits fiom ONE pattern! Make teverai of the ever - so - stylish rokedifront-and-back blouses, four-gore, flared skirts. Use a pevy of fabrics and colors! ^lake the shorter sleeve length for variety. Mix 'n' match! Pattern 4649: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 blouse 1% yards 39-inch fabric; skirt S yards 54-inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit, Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35tf) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. _ ISSUE 42 - 1954 * Your wife should realize * that your stepmother de- * serves more than ordinary ap- * preciation of all she has done, * and that appreciation should * be active and articulate. Her * attitude is really shocking; * your father must resent it, * too. It has already engender- * ed bad feelings, which can * but grow deeper as your wife * pursues her narrow-minded * philosophy. * As your wife she should * welcome as friends all who * were and are kind to you, * and make them her friends, * too; that is natural with a * generous nature. Your wife is * behaving in a childish and * ignorant manner, which only * reflects upon yourself. We all * need to be proud of those we * love; you cannot be proud of * her as she is today, I know. ' * I hope she will read this * opinion. If she would like to * write me why she feels as * she does, I hope she. will; to * talk it over with someone * who does not know her may * be a relief, and perhaps I * can explain the situation in * a way that will not offend her. * She cannot, I believe, real * ize what a disturbing element * she is in a serene and beau- * tiful family group without * wanting to correct her atti * tude and enjoy the affection * and good will which await * her. Jealousy hurts the one who feels it even more than it harms its victims. If you are jealous, let Anne Hirst help you toward a richer, lovelier life. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. They Get Married The Hard Way It is easy enough to get married in Canada; but if you were a Munda in Bengal, you .wouldn't get away with it so easily. When two members of that tribe decided to marry the first thing they have to do is strip. Then their friends paint them all over with tumeric, which turns them bright yellow. Then the bridegroom is married to a mango tree and the bride to a manwa tree. They have' to fling their arms round the trunk and kiss, if then stand there while they are tied to it. The bridegroom has to untie himself and the bride before he can take her into his arms. Until comparatively recent years bridegrooms in the Outer Hebrides had to literally risk their lives before they were al-lowd to marry. A man might pop the question to his girl and be accepted, but he was not much nearer marrying her than before he'd even met her. At that point the prospective father-in-law stepped in. Any father-in-law-to-be will ask his daughter's prospective husband if he can keep a wife; but in the Hebrides they had to prove it. One of the main food supplies was wild birds, so the boy had to prove he was able to keep a wife from starving by being able to catch wild birds. First he had to make a rope from heather. Then both families met at the top of a cliff. The prospective bridegroom shook hands with the girl's father, then his own father. Then he lowered himself over the cliff by rope and took a bird from one of the cliffside nests. If the rope he had made was not perfect -- well, there would be no wedding. It he climbed back safely, both families walked to the church and the ceremony took place. Self-Iced SPICI 3 limes, 2 '4 c. once-sifted pastry flour (or 2 c. oncc-rl all-purpose flour), 2^2 tsp. Magic Baking Powder, V2 salt, 114 tsps. cinnamon, \i tsp. each of ground cloves, r, allspice, nutmeg and mace; mix in y2 c. seedless h and ]4 c. chopped walnuts. Cream ;3' c. butter or -arine and blend in 134 c. lightly-packed brown sugar; i 3 well-beaten egg yolks and Y2 tsp. vanilla. Add dry dienta to creamed mixture alternately with '2/z c. milk; spread batter in greased 9" square pan lined in the bottom with greased paper. Beat stiff, not dry, 3 egg whites and a few grains salt; gradually beat in 1 c. lightly-packed brown sugar and spread over cake; sprinkle with Yz c. chopped walnuts. Bake in rather slow oven, 325°, 1H to iy2 hours; cover lightly with brown paper for last half hour. Always Dependable IMBIBING BEAR - A Teddy bear with an alchoholic flair fascinates eight-year-old June Usher at the Autumn Antiques Fair in London, England. Made in 1840, the bear has been pouring a glass stream of "beverage" for over a hundred years. iRONICLES °%IN6£rFaRM *W Qv*rvAoUrv» O Clarke If we watched the birds more closely we might get a little warning of weather wise nature Two weeks ago our clothes-line was just alive with twittering barn swallows. The young birds perched in a row while Mother Swallow flew back and forth with choice morsels to feed them. Never a day passed but what these pretty little birds were there, and then -- suddenly -- they were gone. Almost imme-diatly came that long spell of cold, wet weather we have just experienced. Had the swallows sensed its coming. And do they sense the coming of spring in just the same way? One day next April or early May the swallows will appear again as suddenly as they left, and we shall know it's spring. The canaries have vanished too, so now, instead of swallows and canaries we have the noisy handsome bluejay -- his plumage so out of keeping with his And oh my, are the squirrels ever busy! It is fun to watch them. Perhaps you may have noticed the grey squirrels definitely boss it over the black and the brown. At least it is always the grey squirrel that does the chasing. I have never yet seen a black squirrel turn around and chase his aggressive grey cousin. Besides squirrels, up in the barn we have bats, quite a few of them, so Partner says. But I'm hot going up to see for the very sight of a bat gives me the jitters. Horrible things! Last night a hoot-owl. which I like, was in a tree outside our bedroom window and the first mouse of the season has invaded the pantry. So, one way and another it looks as if summer may be on the wane and the birds and beasts preparing for the winter, either by migration or by gathering in a harvest of nuts -- and it takes an awful lot of nuts to keep the squirrels satisfied. One farmer we know has quite a big woodlot on his farm. One year he was asked by the Department of Lands and Forests .to save acorns for them that fall. He agreed but he was unable to fulfil his promise. It was not too good a year for nuts and seeds anyway but there still would have been plentv had i' ~-\ been for the squirrels. They stripped every tree in rnr wood lot. In fact it was three years before the acorn harvest was„ more than enough to satisfy the squirrels. Another friend of mine has had a mud turtle for a pet for the last three years. He lives in a glass tank with a mound of flat stones the top of which is above the water. All summer the turtle enjoys his food, swimming around in the water and slithering over the stones. Now he has stopped eating, has climb ed on top of the biggest, flattest stone, and there he will stay until spring, his life in a state of suspended animation. To our pullet pen we have just imported sixty good, strong hybrid pullets -- Plymouth and New Hampshire crossed They are laying well. In another pen we have our hens -- same breed. I suppose we should sell them but it seems a pity because they are still laying well and haven't even thought of moulting. But of course they lay a dark-shelled egg and so many people have an idea a white egg is the only kind fit to eat. Quite a ridiculous notion, of course. It is what is in- | side the shell, not the shell it- j self that counts. But we find there is a difference between the shells of hens and pullets. ; The latter are always of a good thickness, smooth and well- « formed. As hens get near to moulting, the occasional egg is rough shelled, porous, or has a thick 'waist', and often cracks when boiled. But there is a way to fix that -- drop a good tea-spoonful of salt into the boiling water and. unless the egg is very badly cracked, the white will not boil out. You can use your culls that way for devilled eggs. Well now, wouldn't you know it? The foregoing was written Saturday, the last day of a cold, wet week. Summer seemed to have vanished for good. Then came Sunday -- hot and humid. Today is pleasantly warm and bright. What is our Canadian climate coming to? It may even puzzle the birds to keep their weather-wise wisdom. Maybe the swallows are only in temporary hiding. But not the flies -- they are with us yet. We haven't got such an awful lot but what we have stick closer than a brother. We can be thankful the housefly doesn't bite. You don't believe that Well, it's true. The housefly hasn't got the sort of anatomy to make biting possible. It's his cousin from the barnyard lieve that? Well, it's true. The if you have biting flies they are just visitors -- probably come into-the house with the men, the dogs, or the children. By comparison the housefly is a nice, sociable sort of creature, don't you think? HARD TO CONVINCE Henry called to his wile one morning: "Susie, come here." When she arrived he told her: "Darling, I'm dead. 1 died during the night. 1 just want you to take care of the children Never' mind about me. Just take care of the children." "What do you mean, you died?" the wife demanded. "What I said," Henry explained carefully. "During the night, I died. Make sure 1 have a nice funeral, Susie. Forget all about me and marry some nice man." A "You're not dead," she told "What do you mean, I'm not dead? I died during the night, and now I'm dead. Perfectly natural. Happens to everybody." Susie ran off hysterically and came back with a doctor. "My husband claims he died during the night," she explained. "He's gone crazy. Doctor, please see what you can do." # "I know just how to handle him." the doctor said Together they went into the room. "Now look," the doctor said. "You'll admit that dead men doh'1 The man thought a minute. "Okay," he said. The doctor pricked the man's finger. A few drops of blood welled out. "You see?" he said triumphantly. "Blood." The man nodded. "Doctor," he said, "you're wrong. Dead men do bleed." LAST DSP - Though summer is gone, French starlet Noelle Au„ dier graves chilly weather for her final swim of the year at an outdoor pool in Paris, France. The fact that she is the only person in the place does not deter her, proving she's a brrrave girrrl. 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