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restceQue Voulez Vous Pour NoI this Christmas Greeth-ng editioni, the Editor and hls wife are prouI-dta' AAVRiEY dL A Q &7E yk6/ ? uce to readers, tlihir two grandchildren Susanne, four, and TmyJamne, lidren of Mr, and Mrs, John E. James of -Montreal, In ths photo, they to have a 'ting' going with that jolly old fllwSanta , . probably ilui 'renjk àI ad English. ____I______________________ Making the Utilities More Public E'ridayth 0-o7 mnilePu For mos-'i vislum if î; rÊ They% Wo n't Be, Home for Christmac41s Napoleon's Biographey I Thp Art nf %t 010Old West Tlhe volume is ncedblmîgon'S troop"end pony ex- (Alfred sA. Knopf, me.) 15 a uiueb nas i the sheer pes eders. Funom scneof book oMinceuedil bauy, 8-R bunan;qo is Western Art ganbt spiendent itb alo, epet- oletO, eectboth itoex n ad sameet ly neîned and epod c mplily the ighest ahiv-pc ef. etSretple, it bings togethe rfor the fiest nt in Ucgne n aAmeirica's lost rfeontxer- i, d -es f t( -1nii-i ý,ud rLOhopeful, harsh end beautife Ameria's grematst eposrtory mair lf ofC hie Ame-r-rican r1 ,a aoriaesuceaionofuit>- of the- art of te lýrnd w V>t, WstlSo tnmny of l'he tre-a- r" dnyofvt oletdare tb, eses nd M Se produced eeevirtu- aiarist hir master- mstrepesetative drawinus, ally nnuavail until owpieces are nowbog(o p"tng , colr, supue otogteeweswl el er i< in this remaeldab1e and lith1ognlphuý rcmnthe uc- rvlainto those who ave riupassed collect(inof Tbe Mnade1the jonu rn)eyt o Thoma Gilecas Inîtute -l(,of Tulsa. Te ajriy f be AmrianHitoy fArt in bave neyr efore been in a e Tlsa 'Il chlenhbythe isti o o k .l-mny intii ow, tute's dror, w.Paul A. R l1, ave notbeer'publihed i ano Ons purator of at avid C. a n orm wb tsoee Hunt1.Tb pebrnig ar- Every ume in mrcn ive cîasey relaes tSe artt Wetenar i îclyrpr-the 1lfce and bistoey of nthe1 wmt 300 plates, 1:14 of thnl fatirwI ratipotn nin fuil color. There are 2aeGog atnshrî paintingse nd bronzes by 8encanv auseà of Indasso ie a ingto'n, "20 1i usl~and 1hn ndi aiea els byMler ey Moran, 34bantly immediate pages paîtigsstdis açlskechtrmbho neyer beore dieecty rs by Cudsin,23 by beîgh, for wpoue kecbo i Schireyvogels ntiSve Ia- 2000mile ourn-ey fron St. f of rrearablr ks by 4ess-Absudepicttie IPthp dal' Ce kÀnown rtists.nd janigieof Feecli1e ýRenli- Sugar TH1E Gif¶OSTS OF CHMtSTMAS PÀST Looking forwacd to Ch-ristmas has; benw' csormething less thani unadulter- atetý iojy, The tLhrce -blaste-d cards, the oeven-tirn(es-b)lasted tree with its inevit- rible cr-cookec1 stump, the evEýr-ncreasing cost of gifts: thoe and otheËr ap otsf tire [estive season hâve turn-eti the Wes, tivc part of Hmit, a et, i-nto anl exercise of hectic uiiy 1 th-ink urany will --gré ewhien 1I ay thiat there's a hbuge sighi of relief aýn Christrnas night when the last of tire wrappîngs have been Put awray, the last af the dishes washed, and wVe cars lit brick, laaýk at thre lights,, andi listen ta mutîc Ifsa lot, casier an (tire nr ta look back on ChiMtmaes ni the part. lTh-y weýrA prabhably just a fraîntie, but ini retraspeet thcy have à sort of rosy There' se tirai st ili causes me A pa)ng af remacree and rshame. My mother wais makinig the usuial turkey dinner, wit'hIl fi entails. We were ta cat about four. Arauni twùo p.nr., my kid brother andi 1 sneaked off ta the matinec. About tbe same time, my oldcer brother anti sîser entfor a long walk with a friend. Nane of us gat home until abot 1:,391 an thece was MrriStUCk with heruins of a magnificent tudiner, an whicb fiShe hadi toïleti for hours. She- dintsay anything, but 1, foc onc, felt like a rat. I was about ten, andi A was the ficst timeIc evfer reaiized how thoughtless and selfisi kitis cars b(-. Whîihremirnis me that my,ý owri {wo thoLightless, seifisir bris wi be borne this Chcistmnas. Huhsa vegetarian and will. have his uile bag af xhole brow-n rice. Kimi's an same lkird af a crazy diet. By sanie sitrange coïncidence, the vegetriian 'be- cones a'qcarn-ivore ansd the diet gones out. tire indo, whe. ihy're home. I«i7, tptrgta Link af making iheni a niceý ;ut )ia Cni eooking a sinil duvk for their parents only Another Chrisraz Illnefer foc gel, wýas that of 1944, deep i-n ire heari of Plomerrinia, behinti barbeti wire, W din' hv htaworry about buyýiing gîfs, eningerrds or nraiing long-dis-- tance cals ta relatives. MIaybe thrit'sr why> il ws s mucir fun. Not ev,ýen a tree tawrestle w1th. We exchanged gifts, I gave a pi aIor e ta(ane af thre artists, and h gve mPacaricature cf myseif. Samle- anc dCa Cga ve a Pack ocf cmonkes and 44nd Spîce By Bill Smiley t hadfonly done eweek. And there was ilte ChistmLas dinr neu. WI hadsaved every scrap we eou1ý from the iasýt af thie[RedCrspacl 'Ne had two tin of salmo with dW ejous cmreedsaunce made f rm pojwdel, ed nid lk.Tee we potates au grai (we'd hung onto a hunk oà (heusr)>Andi thre was that fantasti cake. crumw bled Grahaým cace ad nhd turf, rsîps heUtaeterbyabit(of marg, ii two m -eited chocolae barn stired hm. Q was cooked on toýp of the stave,n wveied abort i8 pounis ane Pound pet: Wît dinerwent kregie brew, We'd saved enough runes and sugar tri muake a patent, potion (Just add atet- and let itlferment for a couple Off After sc>caff1[ig the lt, vwe 1ayý around on aur bunks, with the fîre1igh1, flickering fcorn the batteredsv. Di4 we talk- about, homie and loved oe? We did not. We julst lay thbceeail« graaned, like 18 pythons whohiad! simul- tainously swallowed 18 gas Mtosqtof us iwere sihalf thengt but it was worth it. Ut was thonl tm for nmoths that ive hadn't been lungry, and the only tîmec for mnonthei that w wouldn'tb. Other Christrasswarn i W6 moemory, 1111 not farget thre oune whesý mny wif e was hlaving the fami-ily, for th(s first timre. She ,cfussed. ai dlay andlhadU everything pjust sa. She wa1s gan t show hler mather and. auntis thatshe wa no sloiuch of a bausewifpe.liec eyes we"rp-, dlarting everywhere, making sure thaf everything Nws lnu ocrderThe atpmos- phere wans about the samla tat ut Cape Kennedy when theyre going tep fire rit the moon, . Fitnjly, the speemmn.5 ushceiee vcyone tao the ,t'ile](" rather grandly ardered ime ta take thé-, lurkey auifthe aven. I1 did, Ibut th# d'u n ; w-ias ced hot ani i 1.drope4 l'he whole vworksv, grease, édress4;. ing and turk-Jey, an thie shnin kchesý floor. l'i spare you the detauis, but I've- during the war. In pating, I1aetee ihsfY imy loyal ceaders: thiat your hsta tree djoes-n't f aa vecfjust alter you'v fiihddecoritingo,; that yauni t dcaH' Y the tuckey; anf thtyau hve he b and happiestc hristrnas you've eveS M VEARI ACO At p.î,F iafiee were sleepThey hd a detwhe1l, arou]seri by iin- tene et, tey crasheti thrugh a whiçlow tu sality. hemen, employd asntMe trmmrs ouldýn't finiliv- ig accrmnaÉton a ndt halIII their trail-er ont(- vacat poperty,ý to make il their homew. Poica Contable Qordon Brough- ton, wbo-i investigated, founti the trailer r1educed tao a ske1eton af tisited metai. Contentswrecomipletely, destroyeti. Retiig Mayor Ted Moi- ri was tedereti a dinner Saturdlay nîgbt by the 1046 lCd Jtth Beacph hme oY 'f' A.fatn h aa U03 presnteri wîh a bunsi Motrisarmuenta ev Nrm a n dGreen a at-d Woyrioc Çlarke wllbc eýnsb1ip of thel Uniteci Coun11- tjes for 1974. Me. A. M Hardy a srn we'st of Enia-ktllen tLo Me, irwîn and Ile daughter Gaoleta tiNs community. Mi'fî ýSsRuth Hut11 feh in Son r, Amerian Aca(icmy aof D- mtçArt, New Yorký City-, ia enjoyng Chroutasva- ra ii fiauwîtli heIl mother Mels, M. J. 1 11tghuinseon Mvi. anti Mes, ateMl bond-on, n, resec ing nntolas ith th ltter darnts M r. ati ng -10t anmtei, Mes. J. T. CZl- wil 1. MessI, . John Hi adp re. and Mrs. Normanj Stanley, Dorotby and Leslie,, , er," Mes. S. Stanley and otlieereldativ es.:~~? byand babe, Port Ceedît at Mr. Jule Roeigk's. Mrs. John iJoblin, Scuigog, iie has beeni visiting ber broth- er, Me, F. H- Joness and oth. MWT.Allen Iand Miss thre hil e, elle)fvle, TO FRIENDS FAR AIND AR to, Tootat AM.Jae JohOsto1)sU fO Quee's UiverityKiîss- -THE f N'MJl YEAR onýi, wîtohber parents, 8v and es. D.I W. Best, St. Meh. William ieh lee land, Oiloc, w*ithbi par- *entls, MeI. and Mes lha Me. ndrMs, . JS. Mundie and familywthDr. and rs. fiC.Rud, Brigh)ton.1 and Miss IoblK. Sm' ih ý* TamWioefthi, with hi's mothi- Me. ApdMe MrkFru ith thir àr in To- ,. . rontoC In the Diml and ý'Distant 1Past From the Statesman Viles