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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-11-02, Page 11• v ra • Ilue Thurnb , t 4f, t - Theexterior -ef-the British pavilion consists - ofa broken obAtft,. pall:aided bY the debris therettem.,It is hard to decide whether thleAastheaiichitect's intentiOn, yet It recalled at once the Ibrokea shafts' seen in OeraeterieS. The interior, on die other hand, can be summed up by saying it is a three. dirtteaslenal edition of that old and famous publication called 0Punch'4 d since few North An3ericans understand 'Punch' one hundred 4percent, it will 4 net be Surprising if they spend a 'Sleepless night, wondering about, some Of the manifesta. tions here presented. To fool and to spoof is a very old English pastime and here you haVe it in concentrated form - the velvet sell - the disarming understatement -the tongue in cheek. Many of the showings, and they are very numerous, Seem fa say: "You believe us to be effete old. fuddyduddies. Well we will show you how right you are, that is, if you are naive enough to be. lieve us". Contrary to the exhibits of some countries, this pavilion shows you the facets of the average Englishman with all his foibles and prejudices. It breaks down at one or two points to be serious and shows portraits qf ,the men of Britain who have gone before, each contributing some tittle to the tradition on which so, many Englishmen feed. The poets, scientists„ , doctors, actors and, dramatists. All are here to bearwitness to an amazing nation. Surprisingly there was no sign of Rudyard Kipling amongst the authors, no sol. diers, no sailors after Drake and Raleigh. Not forgotten is the glorious company of ad. Venturers, the colonisers, who _opened up vast'continents of the world by their dogged deter. mination. As anEuphrates Arab • said: "The English are like --t:rits.---11- cue -finds -a-- piece -of meat, a inmdred follow". This sort of compliment Englishman amazingly re. lishes. .You will see the old school tie ridiculed. The English Club,, mocked. The Establishment pil. laried, butyouwill find- no & reference to.Royalty. Some tab.'. - leaux bear mute witness to the Englishman's insensate love of dumb animals, more•especially, horses and cats and dogs; all being treated as human beings and taken into the bosom of the family. The dogs each with his ifirstsclass rail 'ticket .and the best seat by the window! In a sort of TV convex mirror you see, in colour, a really very pretty girl tryinga, variety of ways to dress her hair, lipstick her Ups, shade -her eyelids. She works at WS for the• full 10.1./0 hOUrfiAll!kpaYils ion to open daily, Yet' never succeeds to her • satisfaction. The caption alongside explains; 04A1l British women work; Some ' in factories,. shops? onbuses mid in business.. Some only work The entrance to the pavilion is up a dark incline'but while waiting in line you have been regaled wiei' . the ha, unting melody of 'Greensleeves' and a three.minute story of England,. Inside, in this caver. nous entrance;ploture's of Eng. land's long history are flashed. From the woad coloured en- cients, through the . Scandi. 'navian, Ronian and NorMan in. vasions to Magne Cha.rta and the heroes of the Elizabethan age. Next you escalate to a semi. circle of superb colour trans. parencies depicting the beauty of the countryside of several Counties. Next yoU enter that portion which shows "England as YOU like it". A plaster group stands round the coal fireplace - The Pater' •• Mater and the three children and, of course, the. dog, in the warmest place, centre. The Oxford and Cam. bridge boat race is remembered by four figures holdingoars and dressed for the Victorian era, circa 1883. There is a wishing well, down which you can gaze , and at the bottom of which passes a coloured panorama of an aerial trip along country roads. Nearby husband anciwife 'do it themselves' i.e. paper the wall, -but unfortunately hubby, who is up the ladder, has torn the paper, much ,to the annoy. .„ ance of his wife below.- Who remembers the old music hall song: "When Father laid the carpet on the ,stairs"? In an. other circular TV mirror a suc. cession of characters from all walks of life and in all the otike country, _carry_en.a disjointed &inverse. tion 'about..nothing. at a.11.Only thlf-sea, so dear of the English, is ,Areated straight • in the shape of a 12. foot long model of the new Cunarder, the Queen Elizabeth 11., to two islands. It has raitesi the Place des Arts,, in down- towni4Ontreal, ,f(F pi* months. Ilare are three theatres: the 8000 seat ,opera house, Salle Wilfred Pellitier ..thei300 seat Theatre Maisohneu.ve and the 800 seat -Theatre Port -Royal. thts complex has been pre. sented the geateSt ru'ogramme of entertainment in any one city over a six-month period. Opera companies from LaS cale. Milan, Vienna, Ilatnbin and the Bd., shoi, Ballet from eleven cowl. tries from Bele* to Tunisia and from Paris to New York. • Theatre companies and enter. tainerd include names like Sir Laurence Olivier, MauriceOhe. Yeller and , Marlene Dietrich. The Salle Pelletier pr,Dvides , • an underground garage, so that youth and beauty May arrive in good order to be wafted by es. calator to the :nein foyer. •This is a gala.performance, the open. ing night for . La Scala Opera • company and they have brought curtain, scenery.„ -singers, 'or. chestra, even the kitchen stove, froln Milan. It soon became evident that,we should have not - 11 Trova.tore alone, but a stun. • ning fashion show, with jewels • and coifs, . elongated eyelashes an eye shadow. fact an ektremely fashionable turnout, which could rival New York, •London or Paris. It is time to leave this kalei. doscope of this and that and be pushed to a gallery where four or five gigantic figures, cast in' aluminium (anglice), cavort. They resemble the Mil. lais figures round the fountain' at Cranbrook, near- Detroit. What. dp they mean? You pays- yer money and takes yer choice. Some likes a happle and some likes a honion. „ THE PLACE DES .,ARTS But Expo 6'7 is not -confined This superb house, with its' parterre, corbeille, twobalcons and ten boxes, is one of the most acoustically perfect in North America. Each floor is PERSONALS - Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hill and friend,. Louise MacDonald, for. merly .of Belfast, Ireland, have returned home toToronto, after spending a few days visiting with' Mrs. Hill's son, IN'ibrman Fitz. simons, Mrs. Fitzsimons and • family. * * * • Mrs-. .Gerald.1V1cMichae1 nee - 'Connie Durst a gro.difate of Toronta,-;--. ieraiBosp1i School of Nursing, learned this week that she ha been suc. cessful in passind. her Regis. tered Nurses examinations. * * * Mrs. T.H. Martin has re. turned home to 122 Quebec Street • after being a, patient 'for,,several weeks in the Guelph General Hospital. * * 471; • Frank Lynn of Sarnia spent the holiday weekend with his ; parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Don , Lynn and daughter. • * *.• - Mrs. Erma, Brewer, and J IM - of -Kitchenerspent the weekend with , Mr. 'and Mrs.„ 11. VanArmand. 'Mak • 8. V-148, As' '4••*•• .8 V••4. 14, 8.' 'vst.t. 0. V r ',A ....1%.4k.7 55' '48' 1.41, Canada's First Bank celebrates, a Centehnial and a half . , Throughout this Centennial year, Bank of Montreal has joined with communities, large and small, across the nation in cele- brating 100 years of Confederation. On November 3rd, we have our own special day of celebration — the 150th an- niversary of the founding of Canada's First Bank and the Canadian banking system. On this historic occasion we could be • looking backward over 150 years of achievefnent. Instead, °we're looking ahead. We're looking ahead with the enthusiasm of a vibrant institution geared for the future ...A people's bank pervaded with a, dynamic urge to maintain the leadership that has always characterized its service to the Canadian.people4 • The years ahead will be full of new challenges and new opportunities. Fresh _ground.must be broken and new pathways established in creative services to our cus- tomers tameet their ever-changing needs. Right now we're busy trail -blazing. That's the responsibility that comes with the privilege.of being a leader.. When you're 150 years old you have to think young • In the past year alone, Bank of Montreal has continued to lead the way by being first with: True Savings Accounts • True Chequing Account's • Bancardchek (the cash card) • Customer Convenience Hours 1 As we enter the second half of our second century It's as true today as it was in 1817: The bank of the fulure Is Canada'sfirst Bank Bank of Montreal Canada's First Bank • •• 44 M1 4 reached by ekcalator and eaeli Provided with a Side foyer, When to plis you. s4icr the , rtous voices. of 144 Scala, 0, inapt:toe* orchestra, realis•, tic sets, and gorgeous costtimeg) even a --tepid admirer of opera was overcome„ The manner in which the rich votees ftlied and carried in the huge auditorium made one realize the .441.42. ing range of Volume whiehwell, trained human voices could en. compass. "it Vas. perfor. Mance that dame withinahatr's ' breadth of bell* as good as yon can imagiae„ .. You kn ew you had seen a feat ofrnustca1Lngald of production more thoreughand more beautiful than any 99 out of 100 you are likely to see and hear". * * * Finally for the credits tor this superlative Expo. As everyone knows, ideas are two a penny. What counts is their implemen. tation. For en 'instant' visitor to name names is likely to be invidious, but no one can re: train from mentioning the Mayor of Montreal, Jean Dra. peau, who was the driving force, the prime mover. The thought escapes that he must have been brought up on Napoleon's remark: "Impossible ce rifest pas francais". (Freely trans. lated: The word impossible is no part of the French language.) Itmas fortunate that the world at large obtained- some insight into this man's personality as it did when he so subtly rebuked de %One, Ills dictuni: We mtist .not 0104 01words, The word (dee has neVerbitten anyone,o', will not Seen be tor. gotten, • • 0 Other names which come to mind' are those of Robert Shaw, the deputy .commissioner and vice President for the ex. hibition and Colonel V, ChUrch• ill' the director& installations both .cof whom • deserve our ad. • • miratiOn, " • The productien was on the scale to 'which North America is accUstomed and is identi- fied. Canadians should be very .gratiiied that it was their men who brought off such a.saccess. fut. and sophisticated coup. To anyone fortunate enough to ex. perienCe its atmosphere, it brought the, realization that • Canada could not afford to lose the services to -mankind of a vital portion of the country. Surely Quebec has hereby demonstrated to the world at large and to de, Gaulle in par. • „, ticula.r, that she is comprised ,of more than 'habitants'. That she possesses a hard.cdre of s el f. e ffa c ng intelligentsia whose expertise and culture can confidently play in the first league. Now all we need is for a statesman to appear Who, ' ,ustng the same definitive idiom as Drapeau, can submerge for all time the ridiculous political manoeuvrings which have dis. graced too many bygone years. And even if the visible deli. olt SOTO, mtllion, could Omitds; have given heriselt a` more re* warding birthday present?" On the clear day that ggPo bashe, %teethed .to us, we cannot fall to s0e ahead the' happy eon solidation of thP Nation, ringbam .Memon Quallitr—Senrconstery. Le pHotio comgcr 3514i wail" ox.isf•vii!kicsilikm4 otfrAptio `4 , Of e — for20 tol• • • • Definitely, This is the best timeboy life inSUrance. 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