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10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, June 6, 1967 With Dear Ann Landers: Let me begin by saying I am a 14-year- old girl and I don't know any- thing about the subject I am writing about. I mean venereal disease. I only know what I have read in magazines, and that's not much. Can a person get V.D. from kissing someone who has a sore on his lip?) Can a person get V.D. from the member of the same sex or does it have to be from a member of the opposite sex? For example, could I get V.D. from kissing my aunt? How can a person tell if he has V.D. without going to a doc- tor? Where would a teen-ager go for treatment if he didn't want his parents to know? Please give me some informa- tion. I feel very ignorant and I can't talk to any adult about this. The kids in my crowd don't know any more than I do and they'd like some informa- tion, too. Thanks for your help. --Curious and Needing Answers Dear Curious: First, it is pos- sible to get V.D. from a person (male or female) who has a sore on the lip, but most people do not get it that way. The sore that spreads V.D. is an active chancre, which means the per- son with the sore has V.D. It is never a good idea to kiss any- one who has an eruption of any kind. Even if it isn't V.D. you don't need it, whatever it is. It is risky business to try to daignose your own illness so I will not describe V.D. symp- toms. If there is any question in your mind, go to your family doctor. He will in all proability treat you and not tell your par- ents. Or go to the city or county health department where they will be happy to treat you free of charge and not snitch if you ask them not to. (This is the way it is in Chicago and in most other cities.) And while we are on the sub- ject I would like to urge all teen-agers to co-operate fully ANN LANDERS No Kisses For Those Sores On Lips with the health officials when they ask you to name your friends. This is not rat-finking. It is your duty to tell the health officer where you have been and with whom, The only way to eradicate V.D. is to track down the sources of infection and everyone who can, should help. Dear Ann Landers: I am the mother of two small children. We recently moved to a new house which I love, but staying home seven days and seven nights a week, 24 hours a day is driving me buggy. On weekends when my hus- band is home and my children are napping I have asked him for permission to go next door for a cup of coffee with my neighbors. He says it is not necessary -- that a woman should not be gadding about, that her place is in the home. My husband leaves at 8 a.m. and returns at 6 p.m. He bowls two nights a week. I feel it is only fair that I get out once in a while, If I am wrong, please tell me. If he is wrong, please tell him.--Tied Down Dear Tied: He didn't write, so I am not going to tell him anything. But I am going to tell you to find a sitter and go with him on one of the bowling nights, even if just to sit and observe. Or join a sewing cir- cle, or a church group or a book review club -- something that will provide intellectual stimu- lation and a change of scenery. And don't say you can't afford a sitter. It's cheaper than a psychiatrist. CAMP FOR DIABETICS FREDERICTON (CP) -- A summer camp for diabetic chil- dren has been organized by. the New Brunswick division of the Canadian Diabetic Association. The camp will be held from Aug. 13 to Aug. 26 at the Grand 'Lake Rotary camp. Here is a dinette set, charming in its contemp- orary simplicity. Crochet the lamp shade, chair covers and placemats with metallic mercerized cotton. IN THE MODERN MOOD Select a shade that blends with your color scheme, and see how easy it is to give a room a totally new look. Leaflet No. C. S. 565. If you would like the instruc- tions simply send a stamp- ed, self - addressed enve- handling, to the Needlework Department, The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Ont. re- questing Leaflet No. C. S. 565. Former Governor - General's Wife Detied Tradition To Organize VON In 1890's By MARILYN ARGUE OTTAWA (CP) -- In the early years of Confederation, Canadian men liked to see their women in the kitchen, the sewing room or playing a pretty tune at the harmonium. When a strong-minded Eng- lshwoman tried to confront Canadian femininity with problems of politics, disease and poverty, she was con- as a meddlesome busybody, even though she was the Governor-General's wife. But Ishbel Gordon, Countess of Aberdeen, wasn't about to be stopped by the wrath of Politicians and doctors. In 1893 she founded the Na- tional Council of Women, to advise the government on so- cial, educational and labor questions, and in 1897 she set up the Victorian Order of Nurses, sending nursing aid into rough frontier settle- ments. The attractive, dark-haired countess was born Ishbel Ma- ria Marjoribanks on March 14, 1857, in London. The shy middle child in a family of five, she was terri- fied of her Victorian father, Lord Tweedmouth, and often tried to protect her mother from his rages. SET UP SUNDAY SCHOOLS She grew up in London and on the family's Scottish es- tate. Her education by tutor was of the type thought suit- able for young ladies in the 19th century, Her father, find- ing her studying mathematics with her brothers, forbade it as unsuitable. Ishbel made her debut at court as her father wished. She also managed to begin her career of good works by set- ting up Sunday schools for un- derprivileged children in Lon- don and Scotland, though Scotland's strict Presbyterian Sundays didn't allow her to use music in her classes | once wrote a duchess acquain- tance to find out if the mar- riage rumors were true. The young couple was mar- ried in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury and went to live in the earl's Scottish estates, The young countess founded the Scottish Mother's Union, the Women's Local Govern- ment Society and the Wom- en's Liberal Federation of England and Scotland. She also set up the Onward and Upward League, an or- ganization with thousands of members, which aimed to promote "more sisterly inter- est in one another among women of different classes, especially among mistresses and their female servants." 'GOING INTO EXILE' Lord Aberdeen was ap- pointed lord Heutenant of Ire- land in 1886. There his ener- getic wife founded the Irish Industries Association to de- velop home industries such as lace-making among the poor. She supervised the Irish dis- play, a village with shows of dancing, singing and home crafts, at the Chicago world's fair in 1892. It made a profit of £50,000, joining the Cairo 'Street and the ferris wheel as the only money-making ex- hibits. The Aberdeens were disap- pointed to have to leave Ire- land in 1892. Lady Aberdeen wrote that packing for a six- year stay in Canada "'felt like going into exile, The only safety was not to think, and be like flint." Canada's seventh Gov- ernor-General and his wife arrived at Quebec City on a wet Sunday in 1993. With them were Marjorie, 13, and Archie, 9. Left behind at school in England were George, 14, and Dudley, 10. Another child, Dorothea, had died as an in- fant. there, At 20 she married John Gordon, 30, the Marquess of Aberdeen, whom she had known for six years. Their romance had been closely watched by London society, including Queen Victoria, who BARBARA'S ShuTr | ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 25% OFF ON ALL COLD WAVES 75 CELINA ST. -- OSHAWA 725-9572 a For all your drapery needs see INTERIOR DECORATOR 15 King Street East CUSTOM MADE DRAPES Phone 725-2686 When Lady Aberdeen ar- rived at Governmént House in Ottawa, her reputation had preceded her. dy, news- Papers were reporting she was a high-handed revolution- ary and her husband "a fool or a tool" for backing her up. FORCED TO SMILE At this time she wrote to an English friend that '"home- sickness seems to be an awful malady that will neither die nor cure." She complained of the "'sti- fling official artificiality, the perpetual smirk I have to wear. Our staff, though as nice as can be, are awful con- servatives. Please do some- times send us a gossipy politi- cal letter." To restore her peace of mind, Lady Aberdeen resorted to horseback riding or, in winter, to driving her ponies. On one occasion, when the temperature was zero and winds bitter, she drove down to the Parliament Buildings in an open carriage to fetch the Prime minister the two miles to Rideau Hall for tea. At the Chicago world's fair, she had been a delegate to a women's congress which elected her president of an international council of women founded at Washington in 1888. Now, in Canada in 1893, she convened a meeting of 2,000 women in Toronto to form the National Council of Women under her presidency. It united all women's groups across the country, and wherever she travelled as first lady she supervised set- ting up local councils. She was criticized by Prot- estants for opening her meet- ings with silent prayer so that all faiths could participate. "They say we are shirking. Of course, women who are used to working only on a church basis find it hard to grasp the broader national side." Out of recommendations by the local councils grew the Victorian Order of Nurses, designed to give nursing aid to people in remote areas. Lady Aberdeen proposed a scheme modelled on the Queen's District Nurses in England to an NCW meeting in 1897, and they approved. Leading Montreal doctors endorsed the plan, Queen Vic- toria sent a congratulatory telegram, and Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier said the government. should give $1,- 000,000 to the planned organiz- ation. Then Sir Charles Tupper threw his weight against the proposal. Angry with the Aberdeens because of an ear- lier disagreement, he had al- ready refused to shake hands with them in public and sent back the gold box they had given him on his 50th wedding anniversary. Manitoba and Ontario doc- tors' meetings opposed the plan, and all chance of a government grant vanished, Finally, the VON committee begged Lady Aberdeen to give up her attempts because 'the wife of the Governor-General shouldn't receive such abuse." The tide was turned by the staff of an American district nursing school discovered by Lady Aberdeen on a trip to Philadelphia. NURSES IN KLONDIKE The director of the Amer- ican school convinced Cana- dian doctors the plan was good, The superintendent of the school was a Canadian, Charlotte MacLeod. She was allowed to come to Canada to direct the setting up of the VON. By 1898 four of the new nurses went along with the Canadian troops controlling the Klondike gold rush. Lady Aberdeen wrote in her journal that she had had trouble get- ting accommodations and ra- tions allotted to the nurses, but succeeded "'by being trou- blesome and desperate." The couple left Canada the same year, but not before the first lady had founded the May Court Club, a service group similar to the Junior League, and proposed a na- tional capital plan for Ot- tawa, an idea that was real- ized 50 years later. The Aberdeens had been plagued by money troubles in Canada, as they continued to be for the rest of their lives. Lady Aberdeen tended to trust to providence to finance her various ventures, and paid ARPET lyou jjbe sincere and self-reliant; en- THE STARS SAY. By ESTRELLITA FOR WEDNESDAY Wednesday should be a highly stimulating day. Practically any endeavor in which you engage should work out extremely well. Job projects started in the morning should culminate suc- cessfully by mid-afternoon, and the late p.m. will be highly pro- pitious for romance and social interests. FOR THE BIRTHDAY If Wednesday is your birth- day, your horoscope promises an exceptionally fine set-up in your personal life during the next 12 months--with emphasis on social and romantic inter- ests. In the latter connection, look for interesting develop- ments betw now and late September; alo in late October and next April. In the former, activities promise to be most stimulating between now and mid - September (a generally fine cycle for all Geminians); also, in December, January and next April. The same periods will also be highly propitious for travel. Domestic affairs are also happily stressed in our chart so that, with the excep- tion of a brief period in early November, when you may be under some stress, family and home concerns should prove un- usually serene. In job and financial matters, should do exceptionally well--not only during the bal- ance of 1967, but for more than a year later. On the monetary score, you should rack up fine gains between now and the end of December, when it would be- come advisable to 'mark time" for two months and prepare for further expansion on March 1, when you will enter another splendid four-month cycle for adding to assets. Best periods for occupational advancement and recognition: September, November, December and next March. A child born on this day will KEEP IN TRIM Losing Pounds Fast Leaves Limp Muscles By IDA JEAN KAIN 'A courageous reducer needs help in restoring tone. She writes: "Help... please help! I have lost 50 pounds over a seven- month period. Result, flabby upper arms and toneless thighs. The lost pounds and inches are wonderful, but I am so disgusted with the end-result in the two Spots mentioned, that I am sorely tempted to forget about the other 50 pounds I still need to lose. Yet I hate to give up lat this point. I will be deeply grateful for any exercises that can help overcome flabbiness," she concludes, First, congratulations on your weight loss. You reduced at a fairly brisk rate, but this is not too fast considering the amount of your excess. Be content to lose at a slower rate in remov- ing the. second 50 pounds. The backs of the upper arms and the inner and outer thigh Muscles are two muscularly "dead" areas, because these muscles are not brought into action in routine activities. Spe- cial exercises can restore live tone. WORK WITH WEIGHTS Wor?in£ with weights is ef- fective in toning the triceps muscles of upper arms. Pur- chase a pair of dumbbells, weighing two to three pounds each. Grasping a dumbbell in each hand, take the following exercise: Standing, or sitting, hold arms out at sides shoulder level. Bring hands together in front of chest. Have palms fac- ing and keep elbows straight throughout the exercise. For the return action, twist wrist to turn palms reverse way, and swing arms back to starting position. Repeat a dozen times, exercis- ing slowly. Exercising against the resist- ance of the water is rewarding. If you swim, or even if you do not swim, if you have access to a pool you can take this toner. Stand near the shallow end of the pool with water about chest level, hold arms out at sides, palms facing forward. Push against the resistance of the wa- ter as you bring hands together, turn palms and push back against resistance of water. Re- peat a dozen times, rest and|j repeat. Of course it is more exercise if you are floating on your back, and keeping yourself a-float and pushing forward and backwards in the water. To tone thigh muscles: If you swim, practise the frog kick 'with your legs, for that reaches inner thigh muscles. If you do not swim, try to purchase "beauty boots," which are weighted shoes. The weights af- ford resistance. Swing alternate legs in a_ side-to-side action, such as clearing two waste baskets, one a-top the other. Another thigh-toner: Lying on back, extend legs straight up in air. Separate legs, swinging toward sides, then bring legs in- INGROWN NAIL; Relieve nagging pain quickly with liquid OUTGRO. After a few applications, OUTGRO toughens tender skin and pushes the nail up for safe, easy cutting. dowed with a delightful person- ality and a brilliant wit. for many of the projects out of her own pocket. She wrote that she was glad her husband didn't worry about their financial situation "but sometimes I fairly sink under the load--trying to help him a bit over business, to be a companion to the children, work for the NCW and VON all night and this gnawing at one's heart over money." "Then no stone is left un- turned to have unpleasant things said about us; the dis- like of myself which I stumble upon occasionally is a dis- agreeable shock." On their departure, the atti- tude changed. Her journal says: "The kindness shown by all classes is bewildering. I don't understand why all of a sudden there should be such a difference." The reason could have been expressed in a tribute sent to her family at her death in 1939 by Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King. "She was a true leader, al- ways ahead of her time in ideas, ideas afterwards ac- cepted by all," he wrote. ward, crossing legs in air. Re- repeat. On the weight score, you're ha 6..406to your goal. You have what it takes. 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