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° y id Great ',Britain, $2.00 a year to .United
fi3ui'1�•cril?ti4n mates -Canada u
r fates, $2.50.
Ldveztisin- Rat's on 'request Authorized a07secondrelassl •mel, Post
, ', The Country Mouse at the Royal
Conservatory of Music,
Office Department, Ottawa. Te1e'ihone 71. ""
Member of Canadian Weekly Ne'tivspapers .Assaeiattion •--•
Weekly Circulation Over 2000•
W. U. 1tQwAtTS - 0• L. EI.Lt9
TIDE' KING POLICIES
(Editorial in Saturday ,Night,
• ' Toronto��
It. seems f t), being r eeoguizedi
now ;that he isUd, *t Macicenzie
ding's 'pQlic�>ea during.' the second
.world war had one—great and .un-
denable .merit. Maclean's \iiaga-'
zine, ifsan, lane eonttaiui,ng an ad-
inirable article on the - deet ased
statesman by Blair "Fraser,
fishes also an editorial which
• admits that while the. magazine it-
self was. among the critics. who
"thought other and atrouger courses
were feasible," nevertheless "Mac-
kenzie King's makeshift recruiting
procedures . .. did bring Canada
through a war•.asd a great internal
crisis without letting eventi drive
an iriemovable wedge between Eng-
lish and French,„""
This is a very significant, and
honorable, admission.
ght was not among
ritics at that time,
simple •reasen , that
we were 'convinced that no "other
and stronger course" could" . have
been taken withoutdre ing, .thaltti
irremovable - wedge—or in other
words that. slow ni easure for
saription %r overseascon-
service could
. -
have secured the support of , more
*than an insignificant : fractionof
the French-speaking'" minerity in
a
of that
driving. g
' da dl.
Cana r The ._
seemed 'to us, -would be
o an entirel;�
Saturday N
.Mr. , King's
for the, ver
it brings n» another question which
may have to' he faced in, the neia,r
future.
• • • •
• There has been some, euriesitY
regarding the' apparent ignoraneb of
the UTnited. States' ,,representatives
in Japan et the impending invasion
of South Korea by the northern
Ileds. 1 G looked as if the U.S.,during a 'musical performance is a
intelligence Officers, ,had, been asleep. debatable Procedure. However,
Now. ft, is revealed, that • months be-, after hearing Lois sing. I decided
fore the • invasion South' Korean to visit.. the Conservatory and bald
officers:gave Warning that the ,Reds out a few things about this place
were preparing for. an attack. The 'which turns' out so, many C'auad'4an.
gmusicians.
warning was repeated from time The maiii building. • is n t t •
he
Pear Friends,_ •- as, well as eighty-two fully &iuij,Iped
I wonder how many of you at-. studios for teaching and t>ractice
tended .an)° of tilt# tnta:e recitals in , these bdildings, .And Scattered,
in the music anlphtthi:ratre 'at t1te" through Toronto and the suburb
Ex. this. year. k. heard one lttdy are seventeen! brandies where
say••it was a wonderful place to students may study'-ifp. they ' are
rest your' feat : Perhaps so. But not able •'to go to the.' main Con-
it wtas also d wonderful place `•to-"servatury.
-hear some of our ont ltasidiug youth; Although there are no, branched
Canadian
,
•• ,• a e.
who i
students
Windt` a1 �. Of •tl'II Conservator, outside of
students at tht, Coosa z vatorY ,hely
in.„,,,Xoxotito. The recital ,•1 heard Greater rroroflto tlier'i are ioe11,1
Wats givezt 33' Lois 'Marshall, whom Tepresentatives le they larger citie$
I nicutiunea3.Min a 1';,�rwer letter. from, Muittreal t1 victoilta'anct ex -
She his a has void=, slid -amivatioits are held across Canada
Sinks with such tapll ti a t,t errs► that twice a "year. So • you see why, I
listening to her can be veryrestful. $40. the Royal ; ,C:onss•ervatorY iia •
And her perforwlrnce. are so�.�con- • had so much to do • with t1.ib_
sistentiy, • correct that, tis one ether musical grpwth of Canada'.ladysaid, , "I can will go
I connection- With .the , exate-
and. know tzotainl, will go s ions,. illations, I learned an interesting
Of 'course; resting, tend' relaxing thing; from G. i1• Atkinson, one of
the faeultyt+•:. Before examiners
start out for the winter or summer.
'examinations, they:, meet and. :dis;
suss standards apt scale of mark-.
ing.. To make for greater iiniforin-
ity, candidates • eeme and play for
them and the markings are corn,
pared, analyzed, etc. The result is
to time,.hut was disregarded by the corner of college street and ' L'ut- that if one . examiner passes a
1:7.S.• military group, who would. versity avenue—certainly a • \ery
not olielleve that North Kora1a would learned location. The• Toronto Con=
ser\•story of NInsic • wa's founded
dare launch such, a move. The in 1886 by- Dr. Edward Fisher and
Reda evidently counted ,upon a swift the work was carried on for,\ a
conquest of South Korea that
would leave no tune for successful were approximately twenty teachers
interference -..with their. plans, a r& and 200 students, who taught land
they.' came dangerously close .to studied "all branches of the hurt
realization pf their design.• and science ` of music and such
• • * . . ''other--sirs'jeers•-up--» 1v -4*-eon. cla1ed-
Q : necesssiry for the fullest develop -
A. change has taken place in the meant of the students' mental„,and
o vpers1iip , of The' Orillia Packet physical faculties preparatory to
and Times, one .of the leading week- their pursuing iuusic- as a pro-
uewspapers of Ontario. • A•fession." In ten years' • tune the
i enrolment • ' had reached • ,pver, a
"sy nliic€ited." group of opens, thousand and •the present building
which includes several dailies in -was opened: Looking • at it now,
the smaller cities of tills 'Province, you see the original . building at
now fill the -first: 41 -me . hiss .takt;u ,the -earner ; --what_ saptiears to be an
in a weekly . incl. ..has placed the addition behind it; a c:ivered pas-
..in
few years above :a store at the
corner of Yange nncl ]?undas. Trere
ori11ia paper under new. manage-
ment. \Are are glad tosee, however,
r
that C. H. Hale reizYttina, aQ•• ed tor::
• national disaster r more, serious r1,hc,' Packet and ''l initis ' is usually
a about the first of . our weekly ex -
than anything which,• could . result
from delaying the sending abroad
of troops conscripted for home ser-
' vice until French opinion Was ready
to accept that step. It. required not
only ',astuteness, with. which Mr.
King ' ” is seldom . -insufficiently
• „credited, but also great courage and
tenacity to resist the pressures , that
;were put upon hien at the time of
(fol. Ralston's-, resignation ; but the
fad that Mr: King did resist them
is one of .the. chief reasons , Why.
Ca: ada:. is 'a powerful and' in
Canada:.
est4e. dile a u•A1•ted country today.
' EDITORIAL. NOTES
4 new -Wile of .CaIBida savings
bonds is to be placed on the market
in' October. • Save your dimes and
your :dollars for a. good investment.
changes" that we .peruse, for the
reason, that its editorial page
shows. thought • and • ti rattier rare
degree of independence, Not that
we'*.always ''agree with its con-
clusions, •l?ut it is worth , While, to
see the questions of .the day treated
intelligently and - with •a mind open
to other than purely material 'or
partisan . considerations. • ,
*. * * '
The world has lost one of its
mostinteresting and .impressive
figures in • the death of Jan Chris -
`'t Lau 11 S "11 ClV"3l £" "'`a`"(iinl't'i1 Allred: •
,a young' man Smut fought sturdily
against the British forces in the
Boer. War.. When' a few Years
later the •Ciinpbell Bannerman
G•overnnienl • of ' Britain granted
hotne ru1Ee• to South. Africa he be-
came a, loyal supporter' of 'Botha
in «the new understanding with
Britain and used Itis,infl11ence with
this • Boers...to alloy th:ter feel-
ing that still existed among them.
As the • British Commonwealth. of
Nations . developed he 'became one
of its staunchest adv(E(ates and •tvas
regarded as one of its strongest
pillars. For a time he ,was' the
•F •
Red seems to be a favorite color
for ladies' dresses this year," .This
•is not to 'bd.' regardled as haying,
any relation. te, Communist' doctrine.
Just. a passing„ftishion, al•r. Stalin,
with no; more significance than •the
.red.'coloring 'of the autumn leaves.
•
* * *
.Wt, Bete th'iit the •local branch
sageway ,Connectiug it with what
\gas a fairly large house •\vest of is the neat given in the 1"`ear'Book.
;,
teachers
r n are
of the.
Jios•t o
h use g°a
ntl Required o s
it ; two' rete y�
ou-_the• other gide. of:t;)rydriien ay•>• organists here in the. ciao
. :Thee
her,passagewLy leading to'string instruments come next and
•t1e women's' residence,•
which faces 'many of the • tea chers are members
on- Orde street. The'higileest"enrol- of the Syhplipny Orchestra. There
Mont at,- the Conservatory -was •-iin, is instruction ,given in the playing
tile' 1946-1947 season, -when there :of all orchestral instiuntents, also.
were • 9;000 students. That • WAS the There 'are, courses in theory, eom=
diamond jubilee 'year+Kn, which the positron, ,orchestration and key=
King recognized, the- influence of board harmony. In ``connection
the •C'ons'ervatory on the musical with \rocal ,work, . there .are many
developm•en,t of Canada by granting voice* teachers, one teacher• of
perniissioti for, the use ;nf "Ito;val'rllieder (which, I understand, means
in the name. The estimated enrol- mostly German songs in,. which the
ment this year 'is between. 7,000
and 8,000 students.. This ' slight
,decline is 'partly accounted for by
in Vancouver .that sante
student would have,,been given al-
most the same narks by any other
examiner. ' So if your child failed,
de not blame the, examiner, or 'if
your neighbor's child passed with
honors it ,doesn't mean it was' be-
cause she was such a sweet little
thing. It was just what she. de-
served on examination day.
Now. what does the Conservatory
-off�or-stndentae.,her ,.-.is...,;Teron.t� 9 -
have been studying the Year Book
(which I think any really interested
person' can procure by • writing).
The most popular course seems to
be pianoforte ' and you may pay
anywhere. from $55 to • $10 a term.
Divide- that • by ,ten and you have
the cost of each lesson. There .as
also a course in accompanying,
'kiz dergarten- teacher's course (for
teachers of very young children) ;
harpsieliQrd. and pedagogy. • prgari
leader of the South 'African, Govern-
, „ of the Women's Institute has been lazent,"leut .in later yell's, \vit'h fail-
trying to reach • a decihioh' On: the •
aft-reptiteci_N„ question, 'what' .is
ing health, he was unable to stem
Canada'. national dish ?• We under- 'tide 62racial ' feeling ' and
lost the majority support that had
stand , no dellnite conclusion ,was kept him;.; office. A great. st,,,tunF
the' ;'completion •'ef the course by
Twiny D.V.A, ,students, telt it is languages. •'
felt that the work of these same " You remember, near the begin-
s tudents in their' home colninunities fling of this letter I referred to
will make a wonderful change' in "siich, other subjects"?i 'I , suppose
rine al de ehipiT1E`et•-an -appreel t1}CLj=-�AGllitl0 ��` "3 t11n71�S,--.S
a•tion :right across ,Canada, arts and drama, speech ••improve-
• When I entered :the front 'door went and correction, manners and
of the.. Conservator" I, saw the nbt' e . toms, stage . movement and
very interesting music • counte-r'. blit , speaking. All these things
c'ashier' desk and switchboard. tete taught„ .in the regular cciurses'
Thereare several .offices openingand' have been .given for a consider-
off that lobby: To the left is the able number of years. Some • are
main lounge and an hour' spent given by correspondence also. • Re-
there can be.very interesting. There Gently" several branches have, been
are soothe tine portraits on the wall's added ,to .broaden the teaching and
—one of Sir Edmund Walker, Who to live graduate students. 'an op -
was one of the fin,aneial backers portunity of further study in Can;
of the -early. Venture; •(,. W. Albin, ada. These include the Senior
the first president; Edward Fisher, School and the Opera School. ' The
the founder; Sir John Alexander director ;of the Senior School is
Boyd, another president; Dr:. Vogl, Pr, Arnold Walter. 'Only a limited
founder of the M.endelssohn Choir; number' of students can be. aceom-
Norinsin Willes;, Principalutati1J 4u,. •zn'odated ins the Senior School and
and of 'course • Sir* ' Ernest Mac- tl1c 1• must be especially gifted; 'ad-
vanced • stud.ents who .`4intend to be-
eome • professkmal musicians.
• The' Opera School is directed by
accompaniment. is of tis ' great im-
portance as the voice) .sight sing-
ing ,and ear training;. vocal
pedagogy, vocal coaching, ;and
redched;.' As a matter Of fact Cait-
a scientist of- note, an advocate of
ada has no..national dish:. It is
peace.. but a 'determined fighter. for
• so 'vast; a, country, with such. a
the principles to 'whien• he was de -
great variety of'. products,' .that:' it
voted, Smuts was one 'of . tile, out -
presents ' an almost .unlintited. list
dating "places:. In Whicn its meals •
1900 . -It wasn't only
Grandma's''cooking that
drew the.crowds. She had
the first aluminum sauce
pan 'in town! In many
other, Canadian homes,
too,. this , was the begin-
ning of a bright, new era
o f bettercooking utensils.
1925 —When mother got
married, oho already ti §a
rt
knew how to enjoy life -. , e;
with aluminum. .Sh'e'',A
brewed Dad's coffee in an
.aluminum pot...cookedntrI
de
zn
biganvil ..alp
' se f
those y
r�
i
, more' easily in quick, look
\el
even heating aluminum.. .
.955Q --Today; daughter's •`
kitchen,. belongs to the
"hili intun age". She en-
J9ys larger, selection of
aluminum utensils. This
"food -friendly" metal also
protects the flavour, quali-
ty• and Purity of the foods
the buys. '
render. ,.if -:...same ofw _ the n spiring�
young cofnposers haven't gone there
for copy. - -
Sincerely',
. ' THE COUNTRY MOUSE.
Toronto.
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TIME TABLE
CiNE
• •.•• • • • •'. • -i O.`•
• Effective
Sept; 24th, 1950
Full
informafioa ,
from
'gents
Whenever you see aluminum on the
britside of a food or a drink, there's an
"insifte story" of cleanliness and puritys
Aluminum utensil$ clean easily, To
remove natural deposit left. by fords and
water; use a tablespoon of vinegar
in boiling water. ri
04, PLUS 36 This temporary Clerk' must have
'• "° fT'inaiiciL}T`> Post1 "" "�"� 1 eeti it Y-leasti tern 'years "dre1 ausl'<
A cid older walked, into a Tor= presumably had spent Solnea yiiars
onto drug store last week and at school. If after that he 'is still
asked for a special brand of tooth
powder. When he was told that
the price 'was 54 he
he ,Said to
snake 'even change he would also.
•tape a ,package o1' •eigalrettes at'
36 cents. He laid ••d'own a dollar
bill, -
After fSutting the Young
packages.
on• the counter the young lad wait-
ing on hiin, \vent to eneT end of the.
a r
andgotpad of e and
store got 'paper
C1 . h ii,o:
to
the other for a. en 1 T e . h.
F
started to figure out the cl4n •e•.
Ile was. doubtful • when , the
customer told lams the 'answer in-•
stantly, and, highly indignantat. the
Suggestion ,that such simple arith-
xzietie, should be done in the head.
•
�a
..Good
• Insur-
ance
Millan..". I• like it particularly, for
several reiisons..,.It is very bright
and shows Sir Ernest .seated at
the organ with a score of, Bach, Mr. Nicholas GoidSi?hmidt and Mr.
music ,in, "his ,hands. •Nearl;;ally Hermltn Geiger-Torel It is a de
students.. aS .well as teachers• pass partment of the Senior School. It
through this room on the. way.to gives • training in all branches of
the studios and you may see many operatic production,. and in the very
well-known faces' and many which few years of its existence has done,
will. become well known in years much to reuse public . interest iii
to come. • opera in 'Toronto -,--in fact, in all
A stairway leads to the base; Canada; because the C,B.C.' Opera
spent, •students' cafeteria and facul- Company, and the Royal'. Conserv-.
fy lunch -room. A hall goes hack atory Opera Company were formed
to the 'library, Sir Erneit's offices in 1948 and.1949 respi�ttivel'y• with
;and :also 'to the women's residence' personnel drawn largely from ,the
Conservatory Opera " School: •
If by ch,inCe' you ever stray by
mistake into the parking , lot be
hind the Conservatory when the
windows are all' open and eery
voice and instrumenit Within ° is •
going fortissimo . in every kuoWa
hey, ra"n"ge, style, tongue and 'Voice,
don't think it is the Tower of Babel,
or Bedlam. It' is just ,the normal
sound of the .Conservatory • a week
or so before examination day. And
when, I listen to somef of the modern
music we hear en' the ,radio; I
MARE HUNTING 'A 'SAFER ,
n.s well as to the large cOncert hall.
, . . and recital hall. ,The concert hall
, good things all are accepted ' with 'iA.t. least ninety-five • per Cent. of.
-relish, and what is looked for is tall huiting aceidetts, each fahlluincta.enr
not- any "national dish". hut -a be ' 1!-.v94.1e4 if every
acquaints himself „with the funda-
reasbnable variety and. Pl•hlity of it. inentaii of safe gen-handling .'and
a 'dual • purpose; -they', help -keep
in 'itiq..,* doWnfall of' the,. British
via_ . ,, henting a. safe sport' and make for
the Lloae of Comnions on. ',Igue.sda o excuse for carelessness
ow -the question of the. liationartza- in gun handling, veneteer' , .bie'
• 'Mr, ,weapon is loaded ,or not. . The
:tion ; of the' steel, industry.
Chtirchill challenged the GOvern-
h alle.., respect due
ment's plan to plat* the ' iudtikry d win. Always reinetnbet
under. state control bY January 1st —never poini a giIn..at 'anything you
next, and hiith Government and dP not. ivant to .shoot. •Never leave
.OPposition rallied their forces for i8.;°niliorad&Ifliii,,.t.enNatelli.tnerthe.dlinintstsreeyoou
ence with a loaded gun.
, .beds to cast 'their vote -S and -there
. . were very few"' absentees. The'
Toon_mendi.ers,_woe_eallediroin :‘,5ick- Ifteput6icridnritigotily . empty _gima—, taken
',dications -13,0W are, that a , general examine the pfece carefully Co
..-GoVernnient survived. 'by . a margin ttiNn:Wirlj'tth) go:r-truttlron:otbirl—e,"ealrfr-n-1: -np ot7-h7Pomil"--el
doo
make sure whether or • not . it • is
ersneovreroutdou "pick ,up a 'gun, .2n...
irection and
a ''Government defeat, Will not be a loa.ded gun' towardS at
.held until' 1051 ttt least.
has a. very fine organ and two
concert grand pianos. Mendelssohn-
Choir rebearstas are held there
every 'Monday. night during • the -
and' in . the., centre . of . each is the
picture. of •one of the great- mesie
masters 9f the. ',past. There is'
another; hall in the annex known.
as . the West Hall and another lec-
Atire hall on the- third floor. There
are, -all. the adlninhAtrntion offices,
•
. 'Under Pen.. McArthur have prob-
**ably' shortened the war in* Korea
by' many. mOilths•;., A successful
landing was made on Ihe west coast
of the. *peninsula, opposite". Seed,
the 'South korean capital, Which by
;the ,iiherators. "The Mirth ,„Xortan
• the southern, part 0 the, peninsula
escaPing. The question now, is.
of 4ktiSting the ited Govern.
'tient and uniting Nottit and South
end. -Itow.:.the Xreadin would take
comradeShip: of your friend,„. and
briladea yourself thoughtless;
noVice 'or a Careless, dangerous
shooter with whom it Ls unsafe to
to go hunting with, ail experienced
genner.• It means he believes you
will observe all safety rifles MO
let him dowit by taking- chances
(Galt ll'oporter)
Dog story of the Week Ctinfe from,
Saskatchewan : Arnold Werke said
had "the most faithful dog in
the world never roisS'ed a 'day
following my tractOr• When, I'M in,
the .fields." Atieike sold 'the tractor.
The. dog.followed,the:,tractor to! Its;
now farm,.
H. M. FORD
Get Insured:, - Stay insured—
-, a 'Rest Assured' ,
North St.
`unable to•, add 36 and 54 and sub-
tract .from 100 without -the use of
pencil „and paper, theia`,surely„• ndnie-
thing is radically 'wrong • witic the
way elomentaryQ mathematics—are
taught in,.our. public schools.
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