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T 1UIbSDAY, ZAR011 29th, f951 ,
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T TRANSACTION
E
. 'WHEAT TRANSACTION
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• °• Par`liamen has 'Voted $05,000,400
rats coMpe7 isation . to the Western
wheat -growers for they losses in
(selling wheat to the British Gov-
ernment In 1946-47 at a price below
"the market. The discussion on. the
question in the ;af�[ouse 0 - Ominous
,'revealed so man•anglers that it is
difficult. to generalize. • Represen,t-
atives from the wheat -growing cro-
- •nares held >tha t the 'growers'. losses
were much greater than the amount
rated;: which, would represent about
8 1/3 cents per bushel. They con-
tended that the grewe"'s should re-
' Ce1ve 5 .eente, • a bushel. ' While
the Conservatives opposed-I"fie''ote,
of
-$.65;00a-,600, a their', leader, Mr:
Drew, stated that they were not
•'<r�otiiig against compensation to the.
wheat -growers but were condemning
the Ooverninent ' or its "Mishand-
ling"
ini�shand-
fin '" of the who transaction. A
g
few Liberals .from Eastern' ' con-
stituencies held there as no
Obligation to the when grower
:and 'voted . against' the billy
There is wo ,.doubt•.'tlhe Western
. re n e Britain a , ood
bargain in the agreement of
and,. under the terms of that agree-
ment expected some- substantial
eonipensationn' in the later years
covered. by the agreement. The
Ottawa Government held' there was
no legal claim `upon Britain but
that" there might be . a, moral
..that -
obligation. i "
In the next election, .no doubt,
the,. Government will be assailed
in-ehe wheat -growing' Provinces. for
not voting a larger amount, and
in the Eastern, Prov iiites for voting
-anything at all. Another conse-
qunce of the unfortunate affair is
that future. there will . be no
more such bargains • when 'wheat
' Is sold to Britain. or any other
customer.• the' price will be set forth,
in definite terms. ` And again the
the date renia'inn unchanged," In
this case 'this year's ;early date
will be repeated : iri fifty-seven years
fain tow.
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The 'concert to. be given by the
Blue Water '' Band on April ,9th
will be a welcome, prelude to the
simmer season, and a reminder of
'We pleasures "`to come when the
band begins its program of ,out-of-
door eoneerts. Band concert nights
in 'court house Park• are • one of
Goderich's summertime attracti is
to which. we can all look forward.
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Toronto's municipal tax ratQ far
1951 has been set at 39.3 , mills.
Th'i is; off a new and higher assess-
.;. Elven t, Several times ., this week at
.Prl' t, Ste hen's Church. So I der
Mouse �bsejvesE s?r'CeV1'
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Dear Friends,—
Now , that heading might mean
anything. But right at the outset,
I shall tell you one thing it does
not mean and that is, the Easter
parade at the board wan. 1 think
it would be what one old Scotsman;
used to call "cold ceort"--'wateh -
iug, or participating in, the Easter
parade. this year. No, I am going
to tell, you . of some 'of the more
significant aspects of Easter I have
observed this year,
Last week was holy Week, and
ab you kndW some religious faiths
observe it more faithfully thani.
.others. However, judging by ' the
notices in the paper, clittreh in one
form or another'forftibd a large
part of the lire of nlMMiy people
during this Holy Week. I .sht,tll
begin ,with something which many
ok you may have heard on the.
radio. ' I mean, of course, the full-
length performance of the great
St. Matthew Passion•, or, 'as the
programs said, •`"The Passion ,gf, Our
Lord according to. Saint Matthew,
set to anisic by Jefunin Seba t qu.
Bach." The performance you heard
this year was on the 266th an-
niversary .of Bach's �bii:'th. It was
given in Massey 'Hall by the
llendelssohn Choir and the Toronto
Symphony ' Orchestra, directed, as,
always, by Sir Ernest MacMillan.
Ment. Mauy'i_ether Municipalities There were eight or nine soloists
iii Ontario have higher assessments taking part and a small extra choir
wt ladies', voices -members of Bloor
this year, but almost any consider- Street United Church choiir. • Be -
able town in. the Pr=ovince would ' side*, the orchestra, there • were an
organ and a harpsichord; . If yeti
noticed a very thin accompaniment
to the voice of the evangelist, that
be happy - to have as' low • a tax
rate an Toronto. For the big city
this is made . possible by gifts .°f' was the harpsichord. It looks
one sort and another from' the I sori►ewliat• like a diminutive grand
Federal and Provincial Govern- ' piano, ' and. was really one of the
ments—and still Toronto is looking forerunners ' of the modern ' piano.
for more. • It was played on Wednesday night
by Greta Kraus.. r. think' I re-
member hearing 'her being inter
approval of the action of the On- ago. d She had . arrived hi Toronto
to,rio .Gauen®►newt lit.,, giving rep e- in . pouring ruin with her harpsi-
seuta�tion on • the Milk Control sherd, and felt very, forlorn at. the
time. I•Iowee er, she has become
Board to the consuming public. firmly.established in musical circles
The' Government's. choice of the' rinee-then, And, -like so ninny other
• -. Europeans, has added much to°'our
'Mayor of. Toronto as that. rel3re- .
cultural life in `a comparatively few
seutative, however, is an uriforttin, years. For One thing, she and her,
ate one. •1'or one thing, Mayor instrument give nn authentic touch
lieCallurn' htts so many other de- to Bach's music which earlier per-
itonitis ou his time that he is unable formarices iu Toronto lacked•• • all
• year `Sir Ernest condreted the per -
to give the business of the 13ut►rd
• fcYrrnauce for,' 1 -think,' the ••tR-enty-
the consideration it deserves, and, eighth- consecutive yetur,, and many
further, his environment, is, apt surf] think he was almost i:nSi fired. ' `
as . yvould �ttt him "fur the 'frust. A
member of:: .the Legislature • is re-
ported as saying .that "any 'Toronto. 'Christ. However, it . is •.111 there in
housewife would have bceik a better the • words' Of the 'Evangelist and
choice." , At illi- mite, the (loiverri- t .hristus, but it is iutersper. ecl. N-vith
went should have looked longer and arias of retiec�tion''and penitence
" - and numerous choruses, and the
farther before.' making an alriwitit' chorales in whieli the. audiences
question is posed,. Why should not ment of 'sticli. importance. The .Milk took part in .the, early 'days ' You
Board has 'established a Price of i1 icaIcl,everyone in•Massey Mill in -
4he wheat -growers,. through their 'f •; ing one iif them. The others' icer:e
•own.• organization;• handle the 21,-),
0 cents 7i (plait- fon 'format), ur ,ung, by the Ciiir• only. For `this.
,marketing• of their' product ivith•otit '"toys" ceirt if t-ke mill: La delivered. !,,1'ass ion music, IV? (•ilei,'is divided
- - .bringing :the t�e�'ef`7tiaient into life This 'certainly- is nut, tnfaii . to ` in 'tw'o ',tarts and the orchestra the-
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trine and the climax. of the whole by Canon Ward and directed by
work. : Earle Carey, aud, told very simply
the story .which ° we had heard.' so
The part of th Evangelist` was feeenti in all the maiesty°of I3acti'e
'am Morton,y ex of the chorales from
suing, as tistt�t; :by William music. Several
who is 'a C:I3.C. veteran. y You have the St: ' iattihew t assion for
used
heard bim many times An- many as backgrouynd 'music for the play.
roles. Christus has 'b'een sung- for canton yard. had lised. °Biblical
several years by Philip MacGregor, quotations quite liberally in , his
tjrom the States, and .1 think he play, and the language o' the rest
Sings it with great reverence and of the play was quite ,in keepiiig
"restraint. There are many plaees with that ttxken• • from the Bible.
where a singer would be tempted The actors were all very godd, and'
to dramatize the mltsdee a bitty but the whole thing was most, effective,
Mr. MacGregor never yields to .the the costumes and lighting being
temptation. The other soloists you very beautiful. Wherever the words.
heard were the younger.ones here of."Christ were spoken, they were
in Toronto. They have ° all been from backstage—no one appeared
heard many time+' b`y'-radio listeners as Christ. The screams' 'of hatred
all- over Canada. I., shall not tell of the mob were particularly vin-
yeu which one I' enjoyed most; Weave., •
because we all have our, own .likes Saturday, Holy Saturday, as some,
and dislikes,. • ,But I think. we can call it, ,I went to the service at 4
1:>:e justifiably proud of the rising 'pm: at the Church of St. Mary
generai<tpn ,p ;: anadian singers. Magdalene The New
called it
According to our printed program"Lighting 'of the New Fife, " Bless -
note's, "During the Middle Ages, ing of the Paschal Caudle and J ont,
•when few could read, the ChriStian
Church employed great Nrtists to
illustrate the life of oaf" Lord and
top give religious instruction through
paintings, stained glass, `sculpture,
architecture and music." That was
the origin of such ,great -works as
the .1St. Matthew Passion. In the
same' way,, Aleuts in the life of
Christ were acted .out in plays to
make them more real to the un-
educated illiterate Masses. Re-
ligious
and. i a see. R
ligious dramas seem to be having
a rev ival these last few years,
though we • in' Canada pride our-
selves on our literacy . and do not
need thein ' for the old t, reaS'ons.
You hear many of these dramas on
the radio, and I suppose the'names b
best known in Canada in this con- one, side end it was draped in
n•eeti'on are Canon Ward and •Earle purple. , lairectiy across the church
Grey. At the: Mendels�sohn concert was "a picture of the boy Jesus.
this week, I heard a Tuan behind' I'was told that it •was•the Child's
ine talking about a ('Passion Play, altar. At side
",God's Friday," -winch was being was at Large 0 p
You' probtably.felt rather confused
trying - to follow the story' of the
arrest,.. ;tr=ial and crucifixion - of
The °window$ wp a not 'Stained
glas8. ' SupPofe •that was elle;
reason, the church looked somewhat
plain. There wile, quite a large
eongregtltien,, many of thein 'being
young men. One beside me gave
me his Missal so I could follow
the service and Ms address la it
was ...Trinity Celleget. so I suppose
a number" of the young men" =ware
divinity studentts. k •
The service 'began. at .4 0• clock
with, a processidii of cantons, mM-
isters and several assistants-'tbe
whole.. Ongremittal" standing; T
have no idea • what they are all
wiled. The IIast part ,of the ser-
vice, "The Lightiug of the New
Fire," is a very ancient ceremony,
whose origin is lost in the dim
pact. ] t could eF+r:u have beena
modification of some Pagan -rite, as
several of those old customs have
been . incorporated in our Christian.
services, Anyway, 'wherever it came
from, It . is,:: very rarely' performed.
I have been told. by a reliable
authority that St. Mary Magdalene
in ° 'Toronto.. „and St. Margaret's,
Westminster, arse .the only eli'urches
and First Evensong of Easter." I where he .knows of it. All those
have heard it,mentioned many times in the procession who did not have
and have wanted; to be present, 'bur; "anything "' to.. ,carry walked with
never quite hnarittgea it; before. I folded hands and lowered eyes, and
am going to try to tell you some I have never seen a procession move
•ef the. ;things I saw. • The cliurelr so slowly. They went . down one
is not, a very large 'building and outside aisle to ,the back of the
I was struck with the width of the church. There" was a rather long
aisles. • I soon knew why they were halt there while one candle was
so wide. The' interior was rather lighted with a spark from a flint.
dim aiid very cold and drearylook= Then. they ,,a11, started up the centre
ing. The dreariness was part of aisle. Suddenly a voice said, "Hail,
the service, '1 suppose; At 131essed Light'" (or "so>iietiling lake
Tenebrae service on Good Friday, that), and the wlible congregation
all the lights and candles had beet bowed while one candle of a group
extinguished, ' signifying the 'dark- .of three was lighted, from the first
apes of the world while Christ teas one. • A bit nearer the front, it was
in the tomb. There, is a large done again. • •One man carried this;
statue of St. Mary Magdalene on first candle, and another the candle
with the threebrant
hes. I think it
signified the Trinity. W1 fie--4he
procession 'reached the . 'chancel,
they ,all took their places . and a'
of front very large candle was lighted there,.
of- St. Jose h. It was the'Pasehal candle which is
the
one.
statue
Sennsemseseasei
used otlly 1 -at very special services.
1 think the censers were used dur
ing that procession•. ' A very long
'reading .followed this—all of the
!first chapter of Genesis, I think,
probably more. It was not just:
read, huts -intoned, and beautifully,
done, too.
Next the procession moved again
to the back of the church, for the
Blessing, • of the ];tont. 1 had. the
Missal for that part, so, I„, .V►der*
stood wfat"it was alt about. . There"
iv n it paptismal service.ito� $, end
1 t-"sa was ,,st}rprised at Part
of .tit. • The child ,was probably two
years old, old eneeigh. to "make
strange," anyway, and. the minister,,
in all his gorgeous . robes, had quite
a battle with the" child. It .made
everyone "titter. Then one part of
the setpice was to the effect that
"she may. cont:'inue 4s she ]has be-
gun" (at which the levity in-
creased), ,and thio' was followed by
the Lord'o Prayer. `When' it was
over, the minister said, in just the
same voice, "I think that .the
happiest Our 'Father we have ever
,said in this parish," we
then .he
went right " on to the next sentence
in the service..
Sunday was church and church
and church again. Many' of the
city churches.have two morning ser-
vices for :Christmas and Easter and
some other special occasions. And
it is done, not. as a matter of form,
but of nec'essit r. -;They just can-
not hold' all the people at one
service. The..one I attended was
almost full -at the .hrst service at
9.30 and crowded at the second
at 11.15, and it holds 1200 people.
The evening service was not so well
attended, but there was a larger
than average evening congregation;
and' there was not a special -speaker
or special ihiiaic to attract the float-
ing' churchgoer's,
So. ,another Easter has come and
gone, as all occasions do. With
Easter comes spring and all' the
beauty — and work — it brings,
especially in the Country,
StuCerely..
TSE oOUNTRY MOUSSE.
Toronto: •
JVHCOI • ST1 EET W.A.
Th¢ Easter message. frons, St.
Mark's Gospel was 'read by , Mrs. C:
M. Robertson at the meeting of the
'Women's Association sof North
Street XJnited .Church . ;field in the
.church . parlor' on' Thursday : after,-
noon • • lest. ' Mrs. • X' arson led- in
and M1ss Cli1 rlotte cGutr
prayer 4
rendered a
rendered,.
Today. • rn the a ssence• of Mrs,'
J. Snider, Miss >Vl c'Clinton: was plan -
bit, The W.4.:-presidelit, 'Mrs. , 7.
J. Pridhazin, presided..
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1 T1v REE . READABLE ROOKS - A GOO1 TOUIt1'ST SEASON
I choir two, tinen a ; iuies y
t d th r t the
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joined' in fear -part choruses and.
C'ullinl;�v(NA Enterprise -Bulletin) oc•casionally - in. great eight -past
'Probably Many 0 readers of this Requests fill>ril t;.S. citizen} `for , choruses., I tliink 'the most' beauti-
i ful 'of these is the . closing Chorus,
,„colvtmn have read one or till of ('raye' 'Permi'ts to Canada are coin-! wliiih finishes with the t�orils,'"Lie
those three delightful books. "bj
in iutu'i>rrtur;ici's 'Tnuvel, ttiid 1'ub- i •Thou softly, softly. hare," almost
Lord• Frederic Ilaniilton, "The• li'city ()Ince "in a yOlunre 'I eau i ei•ery' phrasebeing'-u softly falling
V:iinashed. Pomp.- of Yesterday," "The billy (leracribe ':rs i ►rstOIiislriu ,,," Hon.,melodic. line. • An entirely different
Days°before Yesterday," and "Here, Louis P.`C'ecite :said .tit • the official "cgght-part eherus is where the mob'
.There' and. Everywhere." r Dipping. oPeni'u1, •of -lhe tw errty-,second, an
is nrocgl:iu Christ.%when He was
!crowned with thorns. and. this wild
again; into one of, them (almost _nual Northern U,ntiirio U•ut:litters'.ir
�tttbtrrst is fullo`ved immediately
every page has •something of in- Association, . "There is little likeli-', by the beautiful Vass -ion Chorale,'
(crest), we.find an e ample of the.hoed of restrictions being placed on�'•()• Sacred •neacl." • Howe -Vert the
1 he- sale of gasoline • and tires in the tiny' bit • that I think'is most effec-
':-gr-eat ,length of time that •can bN
('ailed States,„ lie continued. With 'Jive isonly two, and one-half •m-ea-
aovered',by two. lives.' ''rhe :lather, ,tire United_.'Slates worried over the •Mires' long,' when—afte*r the Cruel -
'Writing in the year 1920, tells of Korean wer, Amer'ic�aii's are. staying •fizion, the veil Of the temple , wag
his acquaintance when a 'buyy with closer .to.°home and looking towards rent in twain and all the fearful
-c ,° ,Canada as their nearest foreign.; things bflppened-�-the' crowd ,just
:an ' old. :French h general, the Curu'te 'ireighbur tb visit: Added to 'this breathed la awe '"Truly, this was
de• Flaj)ault, who was an aide -de• fact are ['ailed ,States. salaries, the. Son of •G'od." It •i,,• such a
camp of, Napoleon 1 and was ..with now ,at art all:tirue high. ' ''I think •small bit of 'musical notation, but
Bila in : the disastrous Russian Ontario 'ettn look forwnra to au the whole huge' work•seetes to lead''
campaign of 1812. A period of excellent tourist, yk'ttr',” said the up to. it. And I suppose•• it ASthe
Minister. crux of . the whole 'Christian doe-
• -eight' years .amore.. then a century •
lAtiri` ISI2 `to a1920:.W- - - -
• , Still, this does pot 'nearly equal
'a,'cd:se of which We read seine'•years
agog A very old man, witness in
.a case in court; 'was -asked about
' 'his family relation, aria Stated that
Iris only brother hltd died 150 years
' previously. , The judge on the ,bdnch,,
enquired how this could be. The
eatplantltion was that the witness'
lather shortly after • his marriage
tad a 'son who died in infancy•
' Marrying* second time many years
' later, the father had the • secoud
. lam • Who in his ,old age was the
w1tness in court.
Coming back to "Tlie Days before.
yesterday,l' Lord Frederic tells us
' +that, in his early years •he •spent
4,3anee
pall 'iYi °,hT.tS"'tiiTrte
tuld speak, in English or French
with .equal facility. He observes:
"It is a• wonderful 'trilnite' to the
efficient methods of -teaching foreign
Iariguages practised in 'bur Englislo
Schools, that at, the end of. nine •
Year -a- F''renchlessons,.° ,.both.. at
a preparatory "school and- sat 'Har-.
ro*,. I Siad not forgotten much:
'more than seventy 4lve per pent. 'of
the French X knew when I• went
there.,"
'Doubtless modern languages a ru
- light ' with .better results in these
d y $in Ontariio at'any rate. ' .
Turd; Frederic;kiamllton's '1lbiil
"044.4 the dederieli ['triflic Librarj".
The author, a Member of . the
ritl h nebility, met, many of the
'gteat reef and VOW!' of .hie
, not ,acih►" in Xiritaijt. ,but. in •many
dither ,parts" of' Phe .'world, and; hey:
tell,af thdlm: and a ninny interest'.
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