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The Seaforth News, 1949-12-08, Page 6Censorship Made 2ndEF ' k $ t % sY 4 `A 5,f � i �T ; ■ w LSO � ■ Books Sell _� These � � �` 1 USEFUL TOO "I would sooner give my daugh- ter a bottle of prussic acid than allow her to read .this book!" These words were written by the editor 'of one of Britain's widely read Sunday newspapers 20 years ago about a book he had read and of which he disapproved, "This degradingniovel, dealing as it does with a subjeet that decent people do not discuss, should be • banned," wrote another self-ap- pointed guardian of public morals. Itis incrediblethat this writer of • so many distinguished novels should have descended so low. His book is a disgrace to English letters." Each of the above damning' com- ments about different hooks was,. written by distinguished men of wide education and considerable. experience. A11 three -are.. very much men of the world and far from be- ieg. sheltered, over -sensitive prudes, • Their violent attacks on the books, inch I shall not name, could not have been the outcome of their personal revulsion to what they rend since they 'know as much about the "facts of life" as the authors they castigated, ' writes Thomas Fairley, in "Answers." Boosted the Sales! When these critics expressed them.alves so fiercely, the main ef- feet of their denunciations teas to send hundreds, if not thousand,, of people to the bookshops and lihra ms in search of the book they y.ere not to read. In eachcase,:.. the books i k, in question. which might othc,n:e 'Jaye had little or no at- tention, became hest sellers. one nti:;ht have thought that in tire's days of hroacintindedtiess, at- tienn on books that "ought to be 1 +' e 1 would have stopped. But tie. 1 fen weeks ago the editor of a famous newspaper printed a denunciation of a book that is, in tart, so dull that it could only be of interest t to soon logists and other scientists w. _., have a professional re, se n for taking an interest in the sithleit. And the subject is what seldiers tarot 'shout among them- selves a eta they are separated for at, Iturea4,mably long time from their womenfolk enfolk: 'sVi at is the reason for asking that any hooks be banned The only important reason is that the book in gsestiott would cause pub- lic harm. And how can a printed book do harm? Only by putting r vicious ideas ,moral, political. re- ligious or otherwise.' into mind, waere no vicious thoughts existed before; or by encouraging people of lax morality to feel that their t le,utings are generally condoned or even justified. The other reason is, of course curiosity. Have the writ- ers of 'sexy." "hot" or "blue" booke P something to tell us that we don't know? The answer is ahnost al. 1 ways "No." The truth is that they t seldom tell us anything interesting end certainly nothing new. p Even Shakespeare "Erred" b Even Shakespeare has not been s exempt from attentiion on the c grounds of morals. At the end of s the eighteenth century, a physician s named Thomas Bowdler objected c; to .certain passages hi the works of the Bard so he produced his In own edition under the title of The d Family Shakespeare with all refer- ences to sex omitted, thereby add. th ing the word "bowdlerised" to the th English language. th As far as I know, no one has ever w had the temerity to bowdlerise the Bible, but there was•once a maiden go pr ve ab lett to pe wo pe an Fra bo aunt who sent her niece a H as a birthday present and in accompanying- letter, wrotei have underlined in red all the tions you are not;` e, read," • You, too, have the power to b books -by beeosning What Is call a constnon informer. The law England on the subject is curl It is forbidden to publish porn graphy, and publication in law co sists of showing even one of person a'written work or a .pictu or photograph' whfoh the magiatra considers lewd and indecent; b no action 'is taken unless that per son complaints to. the police. Sue a complainant is' known as a co mon informer. A printed book may sell 100, copies 'before any action will b taken by the police unless a corn mon. informer makes a complain But if you think' of appoiattfn yourself a keeper of other people' morals, you must be .careful, -for 1 the magistrate ,considers your eon plaint- frivolous, you may be ha up yourself for wasting the tura of the police and the court as a public nuisance! The case of John Clelland is in- tereeting. A man of good family, his father was a colonel in the reg- ular army and he was educated at Westminster.' He served for a while in the consular service and later he was in a merchant's office in India. But Clelland *was not sat- isfied -he wanted to be a writer•, so he cavae back to London full of confidence and'ambition, He wrote and wrote, but no one was interested and soon he began to suffer from the complaint which is almost an occupational disease among writers -he was'very hard up. In fact, he was starving, Pension, Not Prison He went round all the publish- ers' offices offering his services as a hack writer at almost any price, and one. day a none -to --scrupulous publisher persuaded him to write a pornographic work. Clelland hesi- tated at first, but with visions of beingturned urned out of his lodgings and of starvingin the last agreed, gutter, he at Hie first novel was "Tire Mem- oirs of Fanny Hill," and no one could ever` accuse him of not keep- ing his bargain -it was porno- graphic with a vengeance! There was scarcely a page without some ncident calculated to scandalize even the toughest reader. It should have been printed on asbestos! It sold like wildfire and in enor- mous quantities. The printers and he book sellers could not keep up with the demand. It was denounced 'n the daily press and in serious weekly journals, but nothing hap- ened to curb the sale of Fanny Hill until, one day, a public-spirited ndividual made a complaint and he police took their usual action, The printers were forbidden to roduce any more copies and the ook sellers were restrained front ening the book pending the de- ision of the court. Copies were est to the magistrates for their lit petition and decision, and they de- ded without much difficulty that The hfeniorrs of Fanny Hill" was deed an indecent work and a anger to public morals. Clelland was summoned before e Privy Council and, in view of e questionable nature of his work, e only defence he could put for- ard was poverty. Fortunately, the council was in a od humor that morning. The esident, Earl Granville, spoke se - rely to the author in the dock out the seriousness of his of- ce, but instead of sentencing him imprisonment, as one might be- et. Lord Granville said that he uld recommend Clelland for a nsion from the state of £.100 per num on condition that he re- ined from writing any more oks of a like nature! This happened in 1749 -exactly 200 years ago. And'I may add that "The Memoirs of Fanny Hill" have been out of print and unob- tainable for at least' a century, ib1e the Pot - an. ed in. curio 0, it- er re to ut h 000 e t, g d e 92e +s..eh cn Meat. Meat. You'll enjoy every minute of this handiwork! You'll also appre- ciate the beauty these exquisite linens bring to your home! Rewarding needlework! Pattern ii26 has transfer of 6 motifs about x12 inches; crotchet directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS rbc coins (stamps cannot be ac- eepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 3 Eighteeeth St.,. New Toronto, One Pint plainly PATTERN NUM- BER, your NAME and ADDRESS. ao Santa Had To Hurry -Christmas came a little early for two- year-old Tommy Pace because Tommy is suffering from the deadly blood disease, leukemia, and may not -live until De- cember 25. Merchants and local townspeople joined in to make it a real celebration for the plucky boy, seen admiring"Santa" and his presenta along with his brother, Jimmie. SSP N1CLh..' S7€1NGR evomdoltme P. C taxke I am going to ask you a question. It is this; Do you, as an Institute or club worker, sufficiently appreciate those hard-working metnbers of the various organizations to which you belong? If some of those same skilled workers who now do so much for your club should move away, have you any idea who would carry on the work that, up to the present, has been so willingly left to their capable brains and fingers? Could you do it?. Not only that, but does your organization as a whole ever stake a point of showing appreciation for the capable help that has been giv- en, from one year's cod to an- other? All persons are not good at the same thing -thus we have s.'no who excel at baking; others at knit- ting and needlework; some in an organizing capacity, and still others at music or handicraft. Whatever their talent, the organ- ization may not have need of it all the time, but when the necessity arises for someone to take charge of a specialized job, what a com- fort it is to know you have just the right person to hantilb it. Only we are rather inclined to take such help for granted, don't you think? This fact was brought home to one Institute branch lust recently when a lovely quilt top and lining was given to the branch to be quilted and sold -the proceeds to go to the branch. So here was a quilt top, beautifully made, but it had yet to be marked for quilting. It was some years since this par- ticular branch has done any woric on a good quilt -that is, one re- quiring a definite pattern and fine quilting. In the meantime, the two artistic members who had al- ways so obligingly done the mark- ing job on any special quilt, had CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 3. Negative particle 5, Turn aside 4, 'Uneven i. Han a. Nurser* t. Curves 1. Finisb 4. New 7.eal di l trees 3. Sauk 12. Flab eggs. 15, Opon 14. Mouths 15. Affect 17. Dry nem 18. Record 19. Auction. 21. Flood 15. Tie sop 028. *Trimming 25, Stale 31, Indian mulberry 22. Behave 35, Mature 34. tlreek latter 38..bryselt 38. boot bottom* 37.:Llurapean river 1e. Redacts 40. Legal sore but Tho kin 41. Steiner 44, Tub 46 :loth 1 ng ef. Qpontn$ tat stoking e glans turfman 12..t yrla 13. Rooted animrlt 64. Meadow 55.Sprea1 Aiwa-:'ra E1ard ., IN.... .1. I. Solid part et fat 3. Khtd or tea 10,. Constellation 11. Merry it, Be defeated 20, Cover 23. Blaze aa. I•turrted 23. Vice 14. )3Lnding fabrics 18. Ttallax, poet 27. Foreign e0. Nu femme 3S. Ribbon ornament 14. Licht anus 46. Pigpen 31. 'Bright - colored 550 30. Loafed 41, Peach 43. Paper ]nea9n1's 45. Negative 40. Piet, 48. aronkay 40. Title 10. Shelter 61. ;Devour 1 111/115®®®®� r`� 11111111111 *■i<4fiy� Mall®® ■I fl J tt�W aat�asrt 411 .4 V 24 .eft Answer elsewhere on this page, of moved away. Immediately the question arose, "Who will mark the quilt?" A committee was appointed for the job -and that committee soon knew only too well, if' it didn't before -just how much time and wok had gone into all the previous quilt markings that had been done so willingly for the branch by the two members who were now too tar away to give any assistance. The committee finally got :the quilt marked and into the frames, but would the other members who caste to quilt and followed the in- tricate pattern that had been de- signed for them -would they realize the work that narking a quilt may involve? No doubt it will all be taken for granted, as it generally is' Very few- of us,realize the de- tail of any job until we.heve to do ourselves. Tllen how can such a situation be avoided? Well, here is a suggestion -in so far as quilts are concerned, Most W,I. branches put on demonstra- tions of one kind or another during the year -them why not •a demon- stration on quilt mei-king? In near- ly every district there -ca itbe found artistic persons who are ,known to be good at this very elc ttting job, and even though they May not be membern of the W.I., I am sure any one of them could be persuaded -to give ademonstration,. Talented people are like that -nearly always generous in trying to pass on a little of their specialized skill to others less fortunate. Perhaps by a demonstration of that kind, other members might be found to have • just such a talent, hitherto lying dormant and unsuspected. Ion any case, all , members would at least find out for 'themselves the work entailed in marking a quilt and thus have a better appreciation of the work done by others. What applies to quilts is true of other club activities. A refreshment convener might outline her work in that direction, telling her fellow members how she arranges after- noon tea for each meeting and what preparations are made for a banquet. A. program convener could give a good outline of the work neces- sary. to arrange programs for the year, and the finance convener. might give her end of the story, Not the final result - everyone eventually knows that but the spade work that ie. necessary be- fore any result can be achieved, In other wards, an education in cotn- ntittee activities should help a lot to replace members whoa* help is no longer available. And it would certainly lead to a much bettor ap- preciation of the work done by our leaders and conveners Separately he sergeant was taking parlien- lars from a new vt00t•1ait. "Ara you married?" "Yes, sir." Any children?" "Yes, sir. Five girls and four boys." "Nine altogether," No, ,ir--one at a tinter Play Table New playroom accessory de- signed , for pre-school children is being; manufactured in Canada. De- scribed as a "miniature kindergar- ten" it is a table which combines features of a play desk, blackboard, flannel board and storage unit -all in one. Table has folding legs for .easy storage. Easier "Dlalaidi,"Dialing which slips over dial of teleohgpe, permits easier dialing from any position, maker states.. . Device duplicates the regular dial, but has larger: figures and symbols. 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Slots in bowl of spoon are so designed that food will not stick in them, it is said, Low -Cost Altimeter Aluminum, pocket-size, hand in- strument for measuring heights of trees, poles, wire clearances, build- ings, elevations or vertical or hor- izontal angles. Measures above or below w eye level and with any!en base, according to Canadin mak- er, It is also a range finder. Said to be simple to operate, requires no trigonometry, only simple arithme- tic. Accuracy claimed to be within about 1%, Auto Tire Automobile tire said to give greater traction and safety than any previously evolved tire has been Free Book on 1 Arthritis And Bkeiodiatisei Excelsior Springs, Mo„ Dec- 5-, So successful has a specialized sys- tem provenfor treating' rheumatism and arthritis that an amazing new boolc will be sent free to any reader of, this paper who will write for it. The book entitled, "Rhe,rmatlstit,!° Fan explants why drugs and it edi- eines give only temporary relief and fail to reprove the causes of the trouble explains how; you may ob- tain relief ffom rheumatism and arthritis. You incur no obligation in send- ing for this instructive book. It may . be the means of saving yon years of untold misery. For writing prompt- ly, the Clihic will sent( their newly enlarged hook entitled, "Rheuma- tism." Address your letter to The Ball Clinic: Dept. 5243, Excelsior Spring, Missiouri, but be sure to write today. • announcer, Features : a. "scuff- proof" white sidewall and a special tread that virtually eliminates need for chains in most kinds of winter driving, "cite makers. Exceptional traction attributed to an. exclusive tread pattern consisting of count- less flexilrel tread blocks which' grip the road for greater straight-line staffing power and -added safety. 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Shades come in ivory, white, green and tan. LANE 11-11RST fix«n:Pv Cww,,z,,eh,t "Dear Anne Hirst: 1 syislt I knetti what to dol I've been working every since 1 married three years ago, and I help buy things for our home. "We built a house. Myhus- band has all .his insurance (also the house) in his father's name. If any- thing nything should happen to him, I'd be left out in the cold, "I have live rooms to take care ol, and '1 work eight hours, too, lie doesn't even help nae -with the dishes, I've had two operations since I married, but, sick or well, 1 have t� do everything. He tells me to quit my job; I said T would if he would buy the things we need ' He says all he has to buy is food! "When he goes out, he doesn't take me with him. Yet if I see my mother, he gets. mad. He thinks d should stay hone all the time. "He is always arguing about something. If it isn't my family; it's something else. It keeps me very, upset; and always makes me cry. He treats me like a piece of furniture: And now he says he doesn't care whether I stay or not, that he doesn't •love me any snore. Whatever shall 1 do? G.M.S," * Your husband seems to have a * strange conception of his re- sponsibilities. The house should * belong to you both, and his . in. * surance should be in your name, * He must know that no woman can live by, food alone, and that it is bis duty to provide the obherws, necessities as his income allo Don't you think that taking care ofyour home and a job, too, are too -much for ane in your state of health? Why not try giving up your position for :six months, perhaps, and nee how things go? If you are afraid to take that prep, then I suggest you live with your mother for a little while, and let your hos. band fend For himself. (lie *an have his meals' with his mother). Ns will soon find out how empty the house is without you, and a month or ao of being alone should clear his mind as to what Affection he feels for you, + * * + + • When two people reach the sad * stage which you and your hue- * bend are experiencing, a short * separation can work wonders, It * has for other couples, and it * would seam a gond idea for you * 10 think over. * A wife who has a job, toa, * needs recreation regularly. Your * husband should see that you get * it, and with him. When you two * get along better together, that * will come about naturally. Don't let a husband's hasty words upset you too much. An angry man often says things he does not mean,' and is too stubborn to take them back. Marriage is for keeps, Write .•> 'r''' Anne Hirst about, your problems, and let her help you keep your mar- riage fine. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Street, New To- ronto, Ont. 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