14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, February 9, 1967 AN Dear Ann Landers: My hu band and I have been married for six years. I am 21. Sam 26. The problem is his tempe: If the car won't start, Sam will break the windshield with his fist or kick a dent in the fender. The shirts had better be ironed perfectly or he will tear them to pieces. Once, when the TV broke, he hit me with the antenna and I had to have 22 stitches in my leg. It is because of last night that I am writing this letter. was sitting in the rocking chair reading and all of a sudden "T can't stand that squeaking noise." He picked up the rocking chair with me in it and heaved it out the front door, My head hit the cement steps and I'm lucky to be alive. Sam yelled: My friends say Sam is a nu and I am crazier than he is for putting up with him. Can you help me?--Purple Heart Ache Dear Purple: Dear Ann Landers: I am a mother with three children un- der five years of age. They are all sick today because a stupid, inconsiderate relative brought over two youngsters with run- ning noses and hacking coughs. One of the young visitors was red as a beet and I'm sure he had a temperature. I wouldn't think of taking my children any place when they aren't well. How can some mothers be so) dumb?--Just Fuming Dear Just: Motherhood is one Battered Wives Should Leave Abusive Husbands Probably not, because I'm afraid your friends are right. If you didn't switch channels after that five-star TV performance you must enjoy wearing bandages. So just stay with the lunatic and keep your health and accident insurance bd because you're going to need N LANDERS s-jaccomplishment that requires no brains. It is virtually impos- sible to protect your children against the germs of other chil- some visiting kid doesn't cough in your children's} . faces, somebody in school will. Your 'best bet is to see that your youngsters get enough rest, are well - nourished and properly is T.ldren, If clothed. I}she ruined mine? gave up. into the same trap. I would tjanything in the world to help her, but I don't know what to do. Liz is a smart girl but her grades are poor and she is so far behind now she wants to quit and start over next semes- ter. She is only 14 and I hate to see her louse up her. education the way I did. The doctors can't find any- thing wrong with mom but she insists she is sick and can't get out of bed some mornings. I have given up trying to help mom but I cannot give up on my little sister, What should I do?--Rope's End Dear R. E.: Children should not be kept home from school to care for ill members of the family. A day or so in an emer- gency is OK, but the situation you describe will surely lead to the end of your sister's educa- tion. Call your clergyman (or any clergyman) and ask to be put in touch with an agency | that will give you the help you need. Rejuvenating Used Furniture Can Save Newlyweds Money By ELEANOR ROSS Letters to our desk ask for some follow-up suggestions for doing over second-hand or used furniture, so much in demand these days. Newlyweds and young folk furnishing their own little place away from home are avid cus- tomers for used pieces. Which Means, of course, that. prices are soaring as the demand in- creases. So unless a chair, table, sofa or whatever, can be put in working order reasonably, don't buy no matter how beautiful it is. Of course, if it is a terrific bargain and worth professional care--which is expensive--then let your pocketbook help you decide. Before buying a used chair, test its sturdiness by lifting it up and supporting it on its front right leg. Pull each leg separ- ately to test if any are loose. Exert pressure on the back of the chair to determine its over- all solidity. If any part is loose, but not too much so, it might be tightened with glue. CANES ARE BACK Chairs with seats, backs, or sides of cane are much in de- mand. Caned pieces are making a comeback after many years. If the cane portions are so broken that they must be re- placed, this is a job for the pro- fessional caner. Much of this in many institutions for the blind or by professional caners. If the cane is sturdy but just a little dirty, this is easy to suds and leave it to dry for sev- eral days. The cane can then be shellacked with a mixture com- posed of equal parts of white shellac and denatured alcohol. If the cane seat has sagged, the water will help shrink it taught again. Painted or enameled furniture that is dirty should be washed with "dry" suds, made by squishing a sponge in sudsy water to build up a lather with- out dripping water. Wipe all surfaces well with this lather, then rinse-wipe with a damp cloth. A séries of two or three such treatments may be neces- sary to clean a painted piece thoroughly -- but the results should be well worth the effort that is involved. Painted pieces are very much in demand these days, espe- cially by young folk--and their elders, too. GRADS DENIED GRANT VANCOUVER (CP) -- The city's 300 women college grad- uates don't need civic grants, city council decided. When the Canadian Federation of Univer- sity Women asked council for $315 for a tour of the harbor, Alderman Reg Atherton said Dear Ann Landers: What can I do to keep my mother from ruining. my little sister's life as I dropped out of school at 15 because my mother was always sick and I had to stay home to take care of her. I flunked so many subjects that finally I Now my little sister is falling high to hip-low. Then a decad remedy. Wash it with warm|York language, it became the By MARGARET NESS NEW YORK (CP) -- Waist- lines are back. They're still erratic, as they have been since the First World War, but the trend for spring represents a break with the fashions of the last 10 years. In the years from 1918 on waistlines swung from Empire- THE WAISTLINE IS BACK Waistlines Fluctuate Up, Down! As Shape Strays Back For Spring the matching skirt and white blouse are belted. KEEP IN TRIM Many coats and some dresses hint at a waistline by the use of back half-belts. Christian Dior-New York confines loose back fullness with this martin- gale effect. Half belts are espe- clally effective in the popular militaire style. Belts come in all sizes and fabrics, from the broad belts featured by Pauline Trigere, as in her black patent belted coat of white, grey and black blocks, to the slim thong belts favored by Stavropoulos to accent a tat- tersall coatdress and a navy wool gabardine dress. Tournaye, for Modelia, losely tied his thong belts low on the hips. And Simonelli, for the same house, introduces a gold link belt with a classic white suit and printed blouse. DRESSES BELTED Belts appeared on several late-day dresses in the New York spring collections. Jacques} Tiffeau tied a sleeveless leopard print with a self-belt. Also self- belted was Trigere's blue and green diamond patterned silk|y surah. Geoffrey Beene says the most prophetic silhouette in his col- waisted dirnd] dress in a woven cotton polka dot. Even Rudi Gernreich, whose collection had riots of color but not much shape, included sev- today's story made up her mind to change her thinking along with her food habits. She is now silken slim and _ supple. writes: who weighs 186 pounds for five- feet-six cannot wear her pretty clothes, I address this letter. to get dressed up one evening to go to a birthday party. Noth- ing looked right on me. I wore size 15 and 16 and I weighed a plump 170 pounds, I am five- feet six inches tall, and at that time was only 27 years old. Dis- gusted with the way I looked, something about and shape. Thank heavens I did, for the way I was going 200 by now. life, I began to think small fection is his high and 'doli"|°t Uf, 7 bee smaller dress size, I cut out the treats, the doughnuts, pastries and the like. I work in a bakery and I had been indulging in baked goods. Once I made up To Reduce Change Thinking Along With Food Habits By IDA JEAN KAIN The spirited young woman in She "To the young woman of 34 "In January of '63, I started then and there decided to do my weight would have weighed around "Resolved to change my way . 6mall food portions, a exercises, ercises are so important! Tell highly protective diet, and still do, I eat well--plenty of lean meat, broiled or baked chicken and fish and soft cooked eggs. I have skim milk and cottage cheese and salads with oil and vinegar. I eat lots of vegetables and fresh fruits. I have wheat, rye or Hollywood bread, but only one or two slices a day. I looked untidy. Now I wear size 10 and weigh 125 pounds. And truly, I'am never tired. My Christmas dress was a beauti- ful sheath, size 10. right pattern of eating is way to slim down and keep slim. I promise that dear lady my mind to change, those goodies no longer tempted me. "I do not go to work until 11 a.m. so every morning between 8 and 9 I took one hour of floor using every muscle from tip to toe. Those floor ex- your readers that exercise will firm, tone and tighten and help to feel fit and look trim. FOLLOWS PROTEIN DIET "I followed a high protein, "When I wore size 15 and 16, "Exercise, along with the the To this disciplined exercise enthusiast, bravo. Do not try to pare down too fine. Won't you describe for us your favorite streamliners? that she can get back into her small dresses and look and feel wonderful. I know, I did it." Many of you readers will be highly skeptical about that size 10 at 125 pounds. It sounds in- credible, but it's where you weigh. Apparently she has a i waisted figure with a 24- inch waistline and 34 inch hips. Only a young woman could thrive on that exercise pro- gram. FOLLOWED MISTRESS Marie Antoinette's pet spaniel, Thisbe, was not allowed to go with her mistress to prison but followed her to the jail door and waited there for several days before disappearing. 9 SPORTSWEAR (LIMITED) eral polka-dotted outfits with cinched-in waists between a full skirt and his new ruffled off- the-shoulder collar. Donald Brooks sums up the new shaped look: "I think day clothes should be close to the body and supple, simple in shape. I have used belts a lot. They do not cinch but they are definitely there." belt. Kimberly belts a white A- line knit through hipline tabs. Some designers play safe with slightly shaped dresses and leave it to the wearer to decide whether or not to wear a belt. Coats, too, take to belts. Cud- dlecoat has a series of belted od Perron say WIFE PRESERVER A square of inner tube under costumes where both the coat, a red, white and blue plaid, and the clamp of your meat grinder will keep it from moving about, protect the table, too. For all your Botty Haydt drapery needs see INTERIOR DECORATOR 15 King Street East CUSTOM MADE DRAPES Phone 725-2686 ago they disappeared alto- gether. In Paris, Christian Dior and Balenciaga introduced the waistless sacque. The following year, as the chemise in New Tage. Since then several abortive attempts have been made to reintroduce the waistline but women preferred the straight- line freedom. With last year's revival of the tent silhouette, waistlines seemed doomed in- definitely. Now, suddenly, there's a con- certed effort to bring back shape. Designers are talking about "training the eye to more fitted proportions." This is mostly accomplished by belts. As Oscar de la Renta sums it up: "Although there are belts on almost everything, they are used to condition the eye to the waistline rather than to tightly | cinch it in." Not that there's any unanim- ity on where the waistline should be: Some designers, such as Pauline Trigere, are for natural waistlines. Her fitted and flared silhouette is com- pleted with a wide belt. She notes that women have enjoyed a relaxed silhouette for so long they will have to relearn pos-' ture and fight excess weight. HIGH AND LOW Other designers decree high or low waistlines: Jacques Tif- work is being done by experts graduates could afford to pay their own way. feau shapes a yellow wool with an under-bust brown leather turers, required, OUR GREAT MIDWINTER FURNITURE SALE | IS NOW ON! 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