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- ~-#~'ajC~ ,Z;- ~ '~êst~ ~ THURSDAYMAY 25THI 1939 ---- ---going soutb, wbereas his pason- ate desire and staunch urose were ta go north - to Norway. YOUR WOR LD AND INEYet, when Tervai was free tc (Copyright) go off to his ancestral land, be BY JOHN C. KIRKWOOD found himseif unready ta go. There were circumstances which contributed ta bis decision ta stay I have been adig a book ters. He was flot a goad mixer; oni bis own 5-acre farmstead. Then which impresseýre deepîy - a hie neyer went ta church; bis char- hie married a woman a few years book by an autho o f whom I had acter was sound, his habits fine yaunger than himself - a cbild- neyer previously heard, and a and dlean. He was a diligent hood neighbour; and as one read book of whase existence I had worker, but was not a fisherman, thîs book, one feit that some day been unaware - a book published as were most of tbe other men. these two'fine persans wauld be 35 years ago. I found this book in He had great physical strength. joined in marriage. There was a a second-hand book store. The He had no love afftirs, but a=wy son born ta them, and the story background of the book was the he had his dream - the going aa ends witb the picture of the con- Shetland Islands, and the story ta Norway, there ta recapture the týnt of the parents in the passes- was about the few persans and aid Norse spirit. sionl of tbis son. fa ies in a particular commun- Life in this Shetland commun- JÇCIK itj. The men were fisher fok by ity was rather bleak and empty htlneswhmeiti: p ference, and farmers by neces- for most of the dwellers in lit. Each Whtinrs itmestis sity. They had ta dig their few Persan and famîly had, undoubt- ane can live a rich life - a normal1 acres, for seemmngly tbey bad no edîy, cantenting occupations of 111e - away from tbe bu~y baunts piows, and perbaps plows would niind and hand, but boaks and af men. And soime persons must have been unusable, awing to the newspapers and contacts with live in the lonely and dificult character of the land - rocky, autsiders were uncomynon. Life parts o0f tbe earth. For centuries1 boggy, hiily. was witbout stimulations a n d men and wamen in narthern coun-t The story was mainly about a amenities - and life was bard - tries, nat far from the Arctic man - first as yauth, then as aduit. bard as tbe rocks, bleak as the Circle, and sometimes witbin itt His father had been disabled in a moors. There were no trees in the have dwelt there untauched by Storm at sea, and the twa young isiands - for the wind and temp- any ather kind of life. They haver sans had ta perform -the crofter ests were the enemies of trees. fished the seas, and tiiled their i wark . Then, after tbey bad grawn Gossip of a narrow sort, and the bleak acres, withaut campiaint,a up, one son went off in a whaling tragedies of last lives when fisher- withaut tbought of anything dif- i sbip, and neyer returned - bis sbip men's boats were wrecked and ferent. They have developed theirv had been lost. The ather son was swamped in the pitiless seas - characters and performed their i loyal ta his mather - of Scots de- these gave tbe cammunity its con- simple - and perhaps perilous - scent, who drank whisky siyly, versations. labours witb gaodwill. A few may and was aften dead drunk. The have had a lave of books and may so garedthsgrm ecetfrmJ C K have informed themselves about i hsnegur s frimns ert ro It was when Tervai's mother the wider and the farther warlds; r bis neihasf or any eas.e died - and Terval was upwards of but for mast books were useless,n this tosas h0f Nd os dent 50 years of age at the tirne - that for tbey cauld not read. Perhaps i haislta dsyndentikedthcanider e at last had the freedom so long a few daring ones did f lit ta iiiselfandeedat0f the Viko desired ta go off ta Norway - ta sauthern lands and did take up ah insan b hd her olurofmake a lifelong dream came true. new type of lUfe, but they weren hair and eyes and skn. His dream Once Terval had a chance ta go few in number. was ta go to the matherland - ta Edmnburgb for a year, ta take a I suppose that many of us have N'OrwaY - some day. librarian's post: it could have been contemplated the gituation of our This son was a great reader - of arranged, and it was felt that hie being shut off, for a periad of seriaus books, and bie was far had the required ,sompetency; but mantbs or of years, from the busy ahead intellectually af al athers in be had refused ta cansider the world wbere we labour and fret 1 his cOmmunity, except tbe minis- aPPointment: lit mo.1a hV* a4 h.,lQ. '+-r 99HOW do,» yau?» "BOUM veit or fot, l'e oaking forci Swnt Cupi- SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTES "The parmii tomu inwhsch tobsCco cmn b. moked." lb It's exciting ta fail in love with Buick. For liere iis a car unmatched for good looks-unrivalled for lufe and action. No wonder it is winning so many hearts. If you have an eye for beauty, you wil instantly pick McLaughlin-Buick out of the passing parade. No other car so definitely reflecta the style trends of tomorrow. If you want power to speed y aur going, take the whcel of this great new Dynaflash Straight Eight fluiek. See how 8moothly you wing down the etraight- sway, cruise around the curves woop Up the MIL. If it's comfort you crave, just relax in the roomy, luxuriaus inteiar of a new Buick. Wateh how steel coil-springing on ail four wheels leveis the rough roads .-how Knec-Action even bîînks the turna, If you want the car of the year-the value of the year .--choose McLaughlin-Buick. It's easy to own on the General Motora Instalment Plan. So why wait longer? beca u ofrie neavy pressure on us to make a living - for aurseives and those dependent on us. I have dreamed of being locked up in an isiand girt about with ice or made inaccessible by texnpestuous seas - this for a whale winter, settled in a comfortabie cabin, with nothing ta do but read - with no cancern about the wide, wide warid; and there were times in my youth when I ionged ta dweli in the wvilderness of aur nortbland - af- ter the manner of the first settiers and traders; and every naw and then we came acrass books whicb tell us about men and women who bave fled the cities and the weli- settled countries, gaing ta remote lands and isiands where tbings and people are primitive, there ta find a kind af peace fat ta be found in civilized lands. Robert Louis Stevenson was one af these wanderers. And wba af us did not read Robinson Crusae and the Swiss Family Robinson w i t h yearning for an equal experience? J C It takes books like "The Reap- er", by Edith Rickert - the book wbich tald about Terval - ta make us see, rather clearly, that 111e cas be adequately lived in lanely and bleak places; that 111e for its rich- es and iulfilnient does not require one ta mix daily with multitudes and ta engage in fierce flnade anhd Illusraed-McLaughinBukk SPeciaI Sedan. IT'S THE BEAUTY1 ITS THE BUYI1 *DYNAPLASN VALVE-IN.HERAD STRAIOHT4 ENGINE *HANDI- SHIFT TRANSMISSION *TipTOm H-YDRAULIC BRAKES *SELF- BANINO KINUE.ACTION FRONT EPRINGINQ * "CATWALK.COOL- INCI" * TORQUE4FRUE REAR.-COIL SPRINCINC * CROWN SPRING C-LUTCH * IWOMIER UNISTIELIII BODY @Y FISHER * PLASH.WAY DIRECTION SIGNAL * «REATER VISIIILITY * TORQUU-TLJ.E DRIVEI M«LwugA ZV&lin RVUILAÀK ROY NICHOLS Bowmanvllle1 [S B LITY(O TS -s YFR0MM U M A G IN2UK E SLE THÉ CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THREE *e OUR ENGLISII LETTER e FOR POSTERITY BY MISS 18019EL STEPHENSON s The chairman of the London in 1877 beneath Cleopatra's Nee- County Council, Mrs. Evelîne die, that Stone wander repasing Lowe, went 40 ft. down. beiow the i the Thames Embankment, Thames Embankment the ather wauld already make fascinating day to officiate at the placing of rumznaging. a copper cylinder in tbe faunda- Amang the abjects that may tian stane'of the new Waterloo same day amuse, amaze and fili Bridge. wîtb wander are: mhe cylinder was made af heavy A standard foot and pound; capper, with a vent for extracting copies af "Engineering" printed the aÙr. An engraved explanatian an Vellum, with plans and details decorates the outside. af tranisporting and erecting the An L. C. C. engineer says that monument; jars of Doultan ware; he daubts if tbe contents of the a parcbment copy of Dr. Birch's cylinder are likely ta be gazed translation of the bîerogiyphic on upon by an inteetdptriy the obelisk; a standard gauge, ac- as blastiig will prob biye used curate ta l,OOOth part of an inch; in demalishing cancrete, when a portrait of Queen Victoria; that day cames. Bibles in various languages; Brad- It is my opinion that it (pas- 51ifw's Railway Guide;, a box of terity) will net have missed mucb cigars; a box of hairpins and Considering the trouble and ex- ladies' arnaments; a baby's feed- pense in the making and engrav- ing bottle and chiidren's toys; ing of sucb a cylinder, with the photographs of 12 English beau- accampanying ceremony af bury- ties. (wamen, nlot horses). ing it in stane, the abjects interred with it were disappointingly un- Americaris like burying things, imaginative, ail sorts of things. Film compan- One supposes that the purpose ies bury a film whenever they of setch a ceremony is ta present run short of publicity stunts. intact at some distant day, ta a Na doubt they find it gratifying new worid, fairiy representative ta visualize the modern maiden of reiics of aur present lives. I can- 500 years hence casting languish- not help feeling that I could have ing glances on the screen-farm of improved considerabiy an the L. Mr. Bing Crosby. (I wonder what L. C. 'choices for the some-day the boys will think of Ginger bistoric cylinder naw buried be- Rogers?. If 1 live ta be 1000 1 neath the foundation stane of knaw what I'1l think of Errai Waterloo Bridge! They were: Flynn - and if my great great Copies of five newspapers for great great great great great March 21, the day af the councii's grand-daughter does net think the jubilee.. same she's no chiid of mine!) A copy of "Iiiustrated London News"; "Vogue," for current wa- In a decay-resisting time cap- men's fashions; the "Tailor and suie buried under the site of the Cutter" for men's fashions. New York World's *Fair, the fol- Current coins of the reaina, in- lowing message, written by Nobel cluding - for no good reasan that Prize Winner Physicist Dr. R. A. one can think af - a Scottish shil- Milliken bas been enclosed. It t ling. includes these words:1 .Current postage stamps, hall- "If the mationai, scientific, pro-i penny ta ten shillings. gressive principies win out of tbis Two photagraphs af the faunda- struggle (presumably against Fas- r tien stane af the previaus Water- cism) there is a possibility of war- E loo Bridge. iess Golden Age abead of man- t kind."3 A mare uninspired collection I Here's ta you, great great great % cannat imagine. etc. grand-daughter!! É New if I bad been doing it-! 1"' Neyer mind, tbey used ta have Isobel H. Stephenson, r more imagination when burying Cartwright Gardens Club, 1 for future amazement. London, W. C. 1, The Victorian treasure buried England. in fiercer politics and affairs; that lIfe ta be richly and adequateiy lived daes nat require one ta bave money and fine bouses and a wealtb of physical and cultural comforts. The fact is that life is made infiniteiy harder for every- one wifen it is enmeshed with the affairs af trade and politics and society. And same, alas, wba dwell amid the crowds become great sinners - became evil in their ways, and criminals. Taa many of us bave lost sigbt ai the true purpose ai 111e - wbich is self-discipline and the cultiva- tion af the perfect character. To many ai us see 111e ta be a thing af acquisitions af perisbing things, sucb as money. and fine homes and sensuaus experienoes, and the at- tain ment af bat ambitions - af fame and warldly honours and social eminence. One thinks of the Sermon on the Maunt - and af its commenda- tions and impiied behests. It is wben we forget and disegard the Sermon on the Mount and its bring ta ourselves and ta; the - Urban Choir warld grief and pain. It is deplomable that no com- petition can be obtained in the Um1ban Chair class. There are MUS.IC FE UI VAL many outside aggregations that cauld have rallied ta the festivai's (Contlnued from page 1) support, but only one came for- ward. Bawmanvîlle Trmîity Unit- at the affender at the piano, who ed Cburch Choir, whose reputa- seemed ta say, (again quoting Dr. tiarl for excellent singing bas long Fricker> "Rang, the sololat, I'm been recagnized, rase ta its usuai aut for a gaod time."1 heights in the twa chasen num- We do fat wish ta convey that bes Worthy ls the Lamb" and ail the accampanists are included "Cbrubic Hymn." In the first, i the above crlticism, for we had loud singing, without variation, several very fine accampanists, was the order af the day. There but uniartunately they appeared was fia apportunity for the listen- but seldom, and between times we er ta, discover any of the finer had an exhibition af laud noises Points of the bymn, for there that cantinually effaced artistry. seemed ta be na attempt ta ex- Aduit Choir Highlights press anything but volume. For- tiasni singing gives a chot a fine Village Choir chance ta run riat, but it is fat 'Vesu Word af God Incarnate" recammended for artistic resuits. was splendidly sung by twa chairs, An entimely different atmo- Garden Hill and Caesarea. Mrs. sphere was ceated when the Hubert Fostem's choir, always a "Cherubic Hymon" was sung. This pleasure ta hear, bas not last any was a wonderfully effective effort. af its former lavely tonal quality, Expression was excellent, tone indeed, if anytbing it bas impmav- quality exceptionally good except ed this year. The beautiful rend- if the tenor section, when we eing af a lovely number was a missed the golden toucb af Mm. Jo.Paism passages were, as Daie's vaice. Aitogether this was hitero, enerand delicate, and a performance that the choir louder passages, full and resonant. shauld be proud ai. Well known The treatment of certain quick in former festivals as a choir aI crescendas was difficuit to under- autstanding menit, it has still e- stand. The sudden pressure on the. tained under its new leader, Mr. marked phrases bad the effect af Partridge, its supreme qualities. a jerk which interfered with the 80- marks, Dr. Fricker's highest smaothness ai pbrasing. If the rating, was accomded for thîs per- crescendo bad been started at formance. pianissimo and swelled ta pianio only, again diminisbing ta planis- Elocution Classes aima, the efieci would have been Unfortuà~tely averlapping again marein keeping with the score. interfered with the writer's ability Mrs. Foater and ber choir have ta ta attend elocution classes, so be congratulated anew for their nathing cas be said as ta the in- exceedlngly refined and artlstic dividual performances apart imom presentation. those put forward at the final The Caesarea Chair bad same- concert. Here the winning con- thing different ta offer - mysticism testants exhibited a fine standard and spiritual beauty that was felt ai efficiency, though the level, in ,by the audience ahl through. The spite ai differential ideas as ta very saul of religion was contain- marklngs, was fat so hi gh as that ed in the interpretation af the an the musical side. The chosen hs=n Choral singing like this pieces were nicely put aven, but nthes a grace beyand the reach aiten taa many unnecessary man- ai art. The expression was varied ferismis mammed performance. Ac- and pleasure-glvlng tbrougbaut - tion sangs and cbildren's poetry the aestbetîc always in evîdance. often demiand a certain amount of This singing was funther proof physical accompaninent, but elo- that with newer substantial meth- cutian in the truest sense, asks for ods in tnanlng, wonderful resuits oral display only. can be attained. Mrs. Switzer's Mankings, 'though soaing i demonstratians ai bier work have some cases well aven 90 marks, been further proof ai the exis- were fat aI the same value as Dr. tence of "samething new under Fricker's rating aI 80. This was the sun" that bas not hitherta not a fault on the part af Mrs. been caught by the naontide rays. Hickingbatham, the adjudicator, In time, however, methads that but menely hiem farm af rating. reap such resuits, are bound ta When ane arrives at the percent- came into their awn. No praise age af efflciency requined to mark aould be toa great for Mvrs. Swit- a student up ta 80 - then compare zen, this truiy enthusiastic and the efficiency aI the student wbo successful leader, wha bas dane earns 90, a true estimate af values s0 much ta naiSe thia festival ta is revealed. t is not the mari-kmnà its present high standard of de- velopment. Rural Choirs Rural chairs continue ta give us satisfaction and pleasure. The piece chosen this year was not exacting, but was a real test as ta a choir's capabilities. Mm. George Campbell bas praved himself a veritable "tawer of strength" ta bath chairs entemed in Class 30, viz. Bailiebaro and Welcome. These chairs are bath making namnes for themselves; their per- formance la* beyond the amateur stage, and is fast approacbing the artistic. ThW'tane this year is of much better quality, and rhythm and good blendmng are leading this chair on ta real success. In Choir I, several voices stood out from the athers at times, and individual butting in spailed a most satisfac- tory showing. We say in ail sin- cerity, "Carry on the goad womk! Congratulations, Mr. Campbell." Welcame Churcb Choir came first with 80 marks and Bailieboro sec- that hall-marks the contestant, b ut te effcie cy Some very attractive pieces weme nicely recited at the final concert. Choral speaking, which again made its appearance this year, is very much ta be commended, and encouraged. "T h e Ranchman's Ride" was well put forward. In this Port ýHope and Newcastle came in for most of the honours. Piano Classes The piano playing this year re- vealed a standard of steadîly in- creasing success. Musical Festival grading has proved an incentive ta serious study and bas once again warked wonders withbobth students and teachers. The good opinions of listeners and others have dispensed the fears once en- tertained by.these Young folk, and have brought about a very sub- stantial diffemence in their attitude ta audiences. The creation af easy performers - and consequentiy easy listeners- is flot the least of the very significant services of the musical festival. A high standard was well sustained throughout ail classes, and several outstanding pîanists exhibited real talent. Jean Malcolm,- Gwen Brooks, J o a n Greenfield and Marlon Foley de- serve special mention for excel- lent performances in their classes. AUl gifted children, they have come forward each year, with in- creasingly enhanced style, full of the joie de vivre (the joy of liv- ing), and have achieved through assiduous application a proficien- cy seldom discovered in the very Young. For their present technical accamplishments, their teachers, Miss Dorothy Edger, Miss Jean Ramsay, and Mrs. Campbell, are leserving of the higbest praise. T'he adjudicator was unstinted in his appreciation af such workman- ship. Two of the mast pmomising of the budding pianists. Ruth Bell of 3lackstock and John Stutt, Bow- nanville, played ««An Old Tar's L'arn" with marked success. The nanipulation of the quick melody and rolling rhythm was quite a task for tiny bands, but these Young folk rîppled out the tune with a style and ease that pre- Iicted a dexterity which woulsl become a valuable asset in their more mature 'performance. Ruth Bell pracured 80 marks and John Stutt 78.,Peari Breslin was third wîth 76. She gave a very pretty, leasing performance. "Summer Skies" was played by nany very pramising pianists. The judge placed Joan Greenfield well in front bowevem, witb 80 marks, as she reveaied, in addi- ion to ber technicai ability, an iherent musical sense that always proclaims its presence in the ex- pression af a musical poem sucb s this. Betty Snowdon and Doris Stevens, Bowmanville, are bath ti .in Pl as h rates .. $365 per S 1 OO000RepayabIe in 12 Monthly Instalments.; For any reasonable need -ernergecy or opportunity - we are glad ta advance money ta people with an assured income . . . Consult the manager of aur nearest branch. You will appreciate his helpful attituqe to your probiems. exceedingly clever young players. They gained 75 and 72 marks. Piano - Under 13 "Petite Mazurka" was not an easy solo for smali fingers, and it seemed ta be a eal test for mem- ory. Even experienced pianists like Gwen Brooks and Jean Mal- coim had long lapses that rather (Contlnued on page 4) When you can't aleep it'. tram ilr ht osn the nerves or anaeia hich arethem. In elther case digestion la poor, appetite fickle and the blood la lajklng In iaininB5 and the minera sub tances ra h lch nerve force is praduced. Dr. Chasees Nerve Food supplies these ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O e.enla ngedets I anene ma h sesN re toruF iAND ENERoYln u weakened their shawing. Dr. Fricker, however, in bis kindiy, buman fashion, waived the op- partunity af fault-finding, and judged an sheer menit af performý- ance alane. Fay Gilray was the only girl ta carry the piece thraugh withaut a hait, but she did nat Bcadly ? and Ieasiyaalilte orm, go as ta he. quiky oretr the biaod and ne .,rve ahealth n i gB. ar. anq-s Tfo t this elf Dr. Oha e Fadwlh ltmi d ed sud useo for aurslf and so oy n u n sleigbtedletnhorfo ror Sae By ert Parlker, Plumber ForSae i'Phono 2m84 Bowmnville EMPIRE BRIASSMFG. CO. LIbMDLoudon, IZangitozl. TorotO, Sudbury, Winnipe. Vancouver Z Ii oi aeren Courtice 1 - , 1 , j! fg t-C lilainilig -