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STAR FEATURES
Fiction:
Safe in his Love by Mary Jones
Man of the World by Charles King
Serial:
Dangerous Minx by BARBARA BEAUCHAMP
Specials:
Don't Pity Me by Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones
Cover by Mead Maddick
woman’s own
Tower House, Southampton Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. Telephone: TEMple Bar4363
Nov. 27th, 1957
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Letters to woman’s own
Special announcement
And here it is, the wonderful surprise that we promised you last week. In addition to the usual guinea, all the readers whose letters we publish on this page will receive this great Christmas bonus woman’s own BOOK OF PLEASURE
Give me a real live hero any time !
I just can't understand how
girls can hero worship film stars. I and my friends, like our heroes to
be real, flesh-and-blood he- men, people we can really see, and get to
know. So give me an ice hockey player anytime. They beat these celluloid
idols hollow. - MISS J. MARSH. HAMPSTEAD.
Here are some pretty, real live fans, with your kind of hero. Miss Marsh - Bill Glennie, Player-Coach of Harringay Racers.
It's fun-going to school again!
THROUGH my two sons, now at grammar school, I am reliving my own school days, but in quite a different way from the first time. Each subject has taken on a new interest for me; I have re-learned two foreign languages and am learning a third. The lovely, familiar poems, and fine speeches from plays are all corning back to me, and how much more I enjoy them now! I'm only just beginning to realize the need for the rigid accuracy and thoroughness that was drummed into us at school, and the true value of education. It really is great fun, both for me and the children. I'm very glad to 'go to school' again, and I'm sure other mothers would find a thrill, too, in going through. their school syllabus. - E. 0., LANCS.
Mistaken identity
A friend of mine, who is particularly fond of animals, went into her garden in the dusk, and seeing, in the half-light, a brownish object covered with prickles, she put out a saucer of bread and milk.
Next morning she did not go into the garden, but later asked the 'daily' if the hedgehog had eaten the food. "Oh," came the reply, "is that what the bread and milk was there for? But it wasn't a hedgehog, just an old lavatory brush I was going to throwaway." - L. HICK, BOURNEMOUTH.
Grannies galore
My little niece, of three months, has four grandmothers. Her mother is 16, her grandmother is 34, her great-grandmother is 53, and her great-great-grandmother is 74. To cap it all her great-great-great- grandmother is 95 years old. - MRS. R. PRICE, SWANSEA.
Looking ahead
The other day I heard of a gift being sent to a new-born baby girl. It was a very pretty lace handkerchief, and on the card was written: "Something 'old' for your wedding." A charming idea, don't you think? - MRS. A. JONES, CRICKLEWOOD.
Happy homecoming
Having just come back from my honeymoon, my husband and I entered our new home to find flowers carefully placed to catch our eye on opening the door, 'welcome home' cards, and a cheerful fire burning in the grate. A lovely beginning to our life together, made possible by wonderful parents. - E.V.A., FLINT, NORTH WALES.
Handy hints
A cork stuck to the back of a mirror, at the bottom, will prevent the mirror from pressing on the wallpaper and marking it, especially when one is cleaning it. - C. JENKINS, SOUTHALL.
Make sure of tender liver by dropping the slices in some boiling milk for two minutes. Take out and fry or grill for one minute Mrs. J., TOTTENHAM.
When sewing nylon with a machine, place a sheet of paper over the work and machine paper and nylon together. This prevents the material from slipping and the paper is easily removed. - M. W., NEWBOLD.
To remove kick marks and stains from light-coloured shoes or sandals, use lighter fuel. This will bring the colour up like new. -E. B., ANGUS. cards, and a cheerful fire burning in the grate. A lovely beginning to our life together, made possible by wonderful parents.-E. V. A., FLINT, NORTH WALES.
Thank you
May I say, through your page, how much joy and pleasure I derive from the beautiful gardens of other people. I have no garden of my own, at the moment, os I am sincerely grateful to those people who make Britain the beautiful place it is.;-MISS A. Ross, BOSCOMBE.
Dear daddy
A teacher was telling her pupils about animals at the zoo. "There is also a deer there," she said. Janet, aged five, proudly spoke up. "We have a deer at our house, well, it's really my daddy, but we call him dear." - M. S., NORTHFIELD.
Welcome!
Walking down the main street, I saw a woman coming towards me on an auto-cycle. Many people were waving at her and seeing me she stopped and said, "How friendly the people are here." I was forced to tell her she was going the wrong way, in a one-way street. - MRS. BARR, SCARBOROUGH.
Then and now!
If I had to give one great difference between the children of today and those of 50 years ago, I should mention their attitude towards the dentist. I well remember my own fears, and the pain I put up with, rather than face the' horrors' of the dentist's chair. Nowadays, my grandchild goes quite happily for her regular examination, and is only too happy to talk of her dental troubles. -P. T., YORKS.
Wash and brush up
My hobby is growing and collecting cacti, and I was much amused to read that one type of cactus needs an occasional shampoo with a shaving brush and spirit soap. I wonder if some enterprising person will one day open a beauty parlour just for these plants? - MRS. HARLAND, BRIGHTON.
Safety first
I know an old lady of almost 90 years of age, and normally she never leaves her own home. However, one day she accepted my invitation to ride into town in my car. All the way she fired questions at me, with scarcely a break, except to repeat again and again. "Do not answer, dear, you must concentrate on your driving." - W. D., HUNTS.
A new life
They say that life begins at 40, but for me it began nearer 50 when I had issued to me an invalid tricycle. After being cooped up for years, it seemed like a miracle that I should be able to go out where and when I wished, without having to bother anyone. I am truly independent, and I often wonder if people seeing these tricycles on the roads know just how happy the occupants are. - MRS. A. BULMER, GT. AVTON.
We know just what you mean, Mrs. Bulmer, after reading our story "Don’t Pity Me," on page 18. We wish you all the luck in the World.
That little extra
My husband is very proud of his coffee-making, and I must admit it is usually very good. When I showed him the hint from WOMAN'S OWN, recommending adding a pinch of salt and dry mustard for extra flavour, he decided to try it· He made the coffee, tasted it, and said, "Well, that's one tip I won't try again, this coffee's awful." I tasted it too, and it was awful. But no wonder he used salt and pepper! - ANGELA KINE, SOLIHULL.
Bun trouble
Do all girls who wear their hair in a bun have my trouble? On buses, my bun is the target for the conductor to knock with his money bag, the delight of all women with shopping bags, and a mystery to any child sitting behind me. In the office it is used as a handle by the male members of the staff, in any queue it's my bun that receives the roughest treatment, and at home it is the butt for many family jokes.- J. NESTER, PRESTON.
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The average price of a new home then was $12220. about 2.69 times the yearly average wage of $4550. Which was about 2.17 times the price of a new car $2100. And the future was progressive not regressive
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