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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 1955-11-10, Page 10PAGE'1E'N c1.INPON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, NOV 1141EER 10, 195 The Top Shelt. (By BENJAMIN BEV'ERIDGE) Almost every aspiring writer who ever presumed to ask the advice of a successful author has received the same answer: "Write about what you know" "BUSINESS' DIRECTORY" INSURANCE Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 324J H. 0. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251J Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. Be Sure • - Be Insured F W. COLQUHOVN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative San life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 703w2 J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - 'Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1954: President, John H McEwing,. Blyth; vice-presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; secretary -treasurer and manager, M. A Reid,-Seaforth. Directors: John IL McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholni; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seafosth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Isondes- boro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. INVESTMENTS Get The Facts ' Call VIC DINNIN Phone 168 — Zii;ice Investors Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate of Canada, Ltd. OPTOMETRY G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich J. E. LONGSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a,m. to 12.30 p.m, Clinton: MacLaren's Studio—Mon- days only -9 a.m. to 5.30 pan. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant 4 Britannia Ed. (corner South St.) Telephone 1011 GODERICH ONT. RONALD G. McOANN Public Accountant Royal Bank Bldg., Phone 561 Res: Rattenbury St., Phone 455 CLINTON, ONTARIO 4-tfb REAL ESTATE• LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broken High Street — Clinton Phone 448 I don't know why they do that. Perhaps successful writers like people to think that they and only they could have written their books because nobody else could see the situation from quite the same point of view. This may be true, but I wonder if such novel- ists as Rosamond 1Vfarshall would Want it said that the torrid' scenes in "Kitty". were literary replicas of her own personal experiences. And would the author of "From Here to Eternity" say: "I wrote that book because it is about what I know"? We all think Boccaccio was quite a fellow, else how could he have written "The Decameron", that racy collection of Arabian tales. And few of us ever think of Omar Khayyam, the Persian tent maker, as anything more than a lascivious old man—al- though we are often led to agree with ,the wisdom of his verses. But just how good, after all, is the advice: Write about what you know. "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" was quite a good book—a best seller, in fact—until it was dis- covered that the man Dupre, who told the story to Quentin Rey- nolds of his fabulous experiences in the French underground, had just imagined the whole thing. Even Hemingway, who did some of his best work during the Span- ish war, wrote some of those "on - the -spot" accounts amid the gay lights of Paris (But he is a good fisherman, and make no mistake about the genuiness of his "Old Man and the Sea".) Immanuel Kant, the great Ger- man philosopher, wrote a lot of books, a couple of centuries ago, and they are still being sold. His thinking has influenced the think- ing of others all over the world, yet Kant was never more than 50 miles from his Konigsberg home in his 80 years. But he might also have said: Write about what you know; because he denied that our ideas must conform to eternal reality in order to be true, and he proved it, How much did the French writ- er Jules Verne know about life under the ocean when he wrote "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" in 1870? And who would say that he was not successful writing about the future — of which men can for the most part only guess? If I were trying to disprove the old adage—and I am not, because it is generally good advice — I think, Stephen Crane would be as good an example as any. Crane was born in 1871 in Newark, N.J. When he was 21 he wrote a book called 'Maggie: a Girl of the Streets". Few people paid any attention to this novel, and this is interesting since the unjust criticism of his personal life, which eventually drove him to Germany to die at the age of 29, may have suggested that Crane was writing about what he knew. The author triumphed, however, with .the publication in 1895, of "The Red Badge of Courage", a story of how a man feels in battle. It is a famous book, told in lurid language by a very young Alan who was never in battle. Perhaps the rule is valid, never- theless. Thomas Gilchrist of Van- couver, can probably write more easily about the sea than about anything else because he was a sea captain. And certainly Rachel Carson had to know what she was writing about in "The Sea Around Us". It may be that rules are made to be broken, and it is true that few writers worry anymore about starting a sentence with "and" or ending it in a preposi- tion, or in not having a subject and predicate in every sentence. However, if rules are to be brok- en they should be broken only by a master. And that makes the difference. ** You have probably been reading in the newspapers about Sheila MacKay Russell's. book, "The Liv- ing Earth" (Longmans, Green). That's the one which a man in a rural Ontario district has called "vile and indecent". I have not read the book and, therefore, can- -MMMiVIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM M M M Proved by Actual Test m New Master Laying Program M: M" M M M M: M. MIi •Mlir The Master Laying Program has always been a big money-maker for many of G'anado's successful poultrymen. Now, it's better than ever. Improved Red Head Krums, together with Improved Master Laying Pellets and Master Green Pellets, is a feeding program that will increase your profits even more. Actual tests have proven. it. 4 kL- MMMMM MMMMM MASTER BALANCED FEEDS ALL CLASSES Of POULTRY FARM LIVE STOCK FUR BEARING, ANIMALS & DOGS AIMMMMM MMMMM Matt! WIVA 1,JM"IY Try the Improved Master Laying Program this sea- son — More Eggs than ever before with Less , Feed. S. RIDDICK and SONS Phone 114 — Clinton EEE"DERS WHO ,EI R'ECORDS. USE M M M M M M! M M .M M M 1Vl MASTEt not say whether it is or is not vile and indecent. But one thing I am sure of: the notoriety will make it sell like hot cakes. Mrs. Russell, of Edmonton, is one of those housewife writers, like Florence Harrison of Harris - ton, Ontario. She is the authob of "A Lamp is Heavy", published in' 1950, and this as well as "The Living Earth" is based en her, true experiences in a career of nursing. Who is Chekhov? , A lot of people are asking that question these days. The first of four Chekhov plays is now on Broad- way in New York. The fiction anthologies give Special emphasis to Chekhov stories, and Chekhov is a name that most casual read- ers are showing some respect for. .1951: at least until they find out who Well, Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer whose short stories rank among the finest ever writ- ten in any language. He has been dead for over half a century, but The Cherry Orchard", 'The Sea Gull" and his numerous comic sketches are still available at the libraries and are well worth read - Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A, J. Cronin and Somerset Mau- ghan, Chekhov was by profession a doctor. It is estimated that immigra- tion, to Canada in 1955 will total about 130,000, a decline cif 64,000 from the post-warpeak year of Varna Ladies Are Hurt In Accident lvIiss Claire Clarke and her 74 - year -old mother, Mrs. Ella Clarke, both of RR 1, Varna, suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon when - their car, driven by Miss Clarke, crashed a culvert, Dam- age to the car was $*150. Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton, treat- ed Mrs. Clarke for cuts to the scalp and over her right eye and Miss Clarke for cut lips. Neither was hospitalized: 0 Chile supplies the United States currently with twice as much iron ore as Canada does. 1 Secondary School Teachers Meet Here In 1956 The sixth annual educational conference of this district (Dist- rict Four) of the Ontario Second- ary School Teachers' Federation has been invited by Principal E. A. Fines and the staff of Clinton District Collegiate Institute to meet in Clinton in 1956. This year's conference was held at the Elmira District High School on Friday, October 21, when J. A. Boyd, member of the modern lang- uage staff of Kitchener -Waterloo Collegiate Vocational Institute .+Tent&+Hr was elected president for the nam– ing year. Schools represented _ at the welt', ference included Stratford, iiJ.t•-_ ehener, St. Marys, Clinton, Gode- rich, Dublin, Elmira, Seaforth, South Huron District High School, Exeter and Waterloo -Oxford Dist- rict High School, Oldat40 ...,50,60. -- Man, You're Cr Forget your eget:Thousands isop Try"pepping u ' with r a ling paed� . Contains for weak rundown feeling due enfy womenlack of iron which many men soman, Dell "old: d. Try OAcex ery d yTA , fat 1 ac Dun er feelin y g ilia ve Lir zY get og storese v trine re. 800, F ,ilp eL drag stores everywhere. RTOON CAPERS CONTEST $7.00 Weekly In Merchandise Certificates -- RULES -- Each week there will be an extra word in a few of the ads appearing on this page. Re d the .:ds, find the extra words. Write these words on a piece of paper and list the firms in whose ads you found each word. When properly assembled they will give the title of the cartoon. Thensee if you can write a better title. 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