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THE LUCKNOW ;SENTINEL, I,UCKNOW,,TARIO:
PAGE FIVE:
Remember, a co.uple•'cif' weeks
's'ago, 1' as telling what a wicked
place The City has 'become? And
of the,dreadfui eliable pitfallsinto
t from icha
a steady,
small town .can stumble, Parti-
cularly if he's at. •.the dangerous
'Age? I promised to continue; ,the
Confession of my wild adventures
that
night', .in the next week .s
column, but I couldn't :bring my-
self 'to do it..
•
and
PICE
Bill Smiley
After serious thought however,
I've .:decided it's ,my •duty • to re- '
veal, the perils and the,., purlieus
that exists, in the hope 'that you
may 'be saved, should your foot
slip from the paths of .righteous-
ness, . as _mine' did, .
You'll remember that, .torn by
who • knows' what Strange. and
:Wayward desires,: I had ' already
been clipped .at a,.• honky-tonk
piano joint, And then to be shorn
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NDST'AND ',SLOW
FRI. & SAT.' AFTERN'S. & 'EVEN'S.' SEPT '8 & `9
Adventures On Ice. and R.0 M P. Musical 'Ride —•
Ulster ,Girls' Choir. MON. TA) .SAT. EVEN'S.. SEPT..'
11 'TO. 16 Famous' Revue "And Away We 'Go''•
with'', lune, Taylor Dancer's,— Famous R:C,M.P.. Music
cal Ride: Johnny O'Brien, Comedian; Wes.,;Harrison,
Sound..Effects, The Gutis, Jun Ie Fantasy The
„Simru Duo,, Aerialists, :Ferry Forst, Magician, Chuck.•
Brown. & Reta, Acrobats. " '
i ARADE OF DAYS
friday,-:Opening Day; Saturday
riors' Day;': Monday 74 Ladies' Day Tues-:
day — Students'.. Day; Wednesday .;and:
Thursday — Harness 'Racing; Friday
Children's Day;` .Saturday -. Harness.
Racing.:
DISPLAYS & COMPETITIONS
Farm Machinery.;' Agricultural Products Art,
.Handicraft; Hobbies; Women:s Institute
Fruit; Flowers; Poultry, etc.,' Thrilling Horse
snow.
A:E•TERN:JOO'N:.RACI:NG•
Harness Racing on Wed , ',Thurs. .&' Sat:.
Also, Heavy Horse judging and�Gentlemen's
:Road Racing .are included, with .races.;' .
Two Midways Chil'dren's Mid.
Way and giant Adult: Midway fea-
turing "The Wild Mouse:
DRAWS
Tti'e' Fabilious• Western Farr
Shrine Show -House. • • '
1.`-m Three big 1961 model' .cars'.
ONDON; ON
E,YC1T
DAYS,`
SEPT: 8 1,
61S
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Available At The. Lutknovr .Sentin
Only holders ,of advance sale tickets are Oligitle
•
• `� ' for draw for . three 1961 cars..
at one Of those ,wicked' foreign
movies i:n.which the actors seem
to think Sex is funny, not sinful,
as w.e:'all know i;t is
Well, I, escaped from:- there,
and had; determined to go straight
back to my ,room and read a
pamplet: ,, called The Teachers',
Superannuation Act, in, an at-
tempt to• pull myself , together..
• But.. If., fell It.,was a warm,
seductive, supimer night, remme
ber. Just as I' walked past this
rarro*' old house, it happened.;
The •door was, open,:.young people
`laughed and 'talked in the 'dimly
Lighted hall, and. from the •depths
of, the house,. faintly,: came a
sweet song and '..the tinkle of a.
guitar... .
I'couldn't help it, I turned' and
-walked straight in. I,,must have
thought. I was in another incarn-
ation, as a sailor on.: 'a street in.
Marseilles or . Shanghai, • rather
than a `s ta.id.•thoroughfare in what
was: not 'long ago, the: dullest city
in christendoin. •
A • darkly handsome' young
fellow ':barred my way and asked
. mes pleasantly enough, if I •was
a member. 'When ,I shook "my,
head", • mouth. open, he .. suggested
I•,.might like. to: join, It' could have•
been the Foreign, Legion, for all
I eared; Forking' over .the modest
fee., I" alin,ost knocked 'him, '"down's
as I hastened through• th'e. door,
•anticipating •.mystic: rites,. cabal
istrc'' ceremonies, exotic- ,dancing
•giris '',and; ~ ifs necessary, a ,pipe:.
or' two of opium
It -Was -dark inside: On-a-smalll
I;ighted platform in the. 'middle
of
'the room;' iEn •the.• centre of . the.
very` ",pretty girl,:
with deep "::red hairand white
skin and • white teeth•.that gleam-
ed . as she sang;
Sad songs' and • iove, songs' and
old songs and ••funny songs ; she
•Sang,, picking thein out .as daintily .
arid .strongly as .she picked out
the accornparriment on her, guitar:'
And that"Was my` introduction :to
The Purple Onion,• and, the world
'Of folk` music, blues andjazz that
,comes :to life in The .City :when
everything. else is going to sleep:„
4 ,
the surface, these clubs -'
there are'half a; dozen of • them,
;n The City' now' look like, dens
of iniquity,..:.They are' shabby,
direly lit. There :is' exci'thig music,
and in some, home made:. poetry.
They are ,full o.f • ki,ds' in;. thein
early twenties:.. The atmosphere:
is intimate. ;They' stay open :late,
And yet, i`tas •a curiously inno
cent:: world, 'Let's take a, look at:.
The Purple Onion. First, the
:audience Hiere, ..three, pretty„ Ja
panese girl`s:listen intently; Over
there;. five young. fellows' heckle
'1 the singer ''good•=naturedly,, be,
• tween songs. • 1Near ' them, , two
young -married • c'bupies, •' supping
' onion -soup., :.A '' . big,; sad -eyed.
blonde girl its gazing into "space.
What', about : the atmosphere?
Well,. the wildest • ,drinks 'Served
are -hot apple. cider 'and .a youth -
Tut nightmare called 'coke-au-lait,
‘which, believe it 'or 'riot, is, -coke'
and milk, mixed..T.he'entertainers
, Joke with .the audience, & • there's
:no ' sntuL . The Waitresses smpke
on the job, and' demand':cash for
Coffee. A' "fellow with. • a ' beard
and a' babe "with long .black hair
struggle .noisily, in .the tiny • kit-
. chen,' '•looking . like ` 'tivo people
washing, up after a,•• partyi'
Let's have a chat with that girl
Singer; Who's, just . finished :a
•"set" . or: There's no; .:dreg.,
sing40om. to retire to, so she
rsit's down, and drinks.. coffee: till
sale's ,.on aga:in,•'With, hei••",is a
41ervo'usrlookin. g Young, Yellow,• in
horn=rimmed•' specs. '
She's Karen Tarries.' 21, folk
'singer by choice, Canadian by
residence, Norwegian -Spanish an-
cestry. She's poised, intelligent
rind knows what she .wants to do,
/-ler' ideal' sof the good life would'
be that of a strolling singer, wan-
de}ing from town to town:.But
she Concedes that that is impos-
`sible for ' a gii°l; especially. one'
'(‘,'ithl "an urbane background. 'So
sh'S ,doing rcsearcl on 'Canadian
folk .songs, hopes tb become a,
specialist in' them, 'intends.' to go
o'}1'S.. .�
'ngin, and has'•.made 'a re -
Cord With a TLS, com:pang;:
The. .bird sitting: with ,her, who
dotes fondly •a: