alstently beat Sl ik Tong career, The well shown by the tumultuous Toception he recelved from the) A> Wh people et Great. Hrtatn, after he had) stood uncompromising! against his persecutors in Amerioa, “Phe Tattle Fellow," by Potor Cotes and Thelma Nikiaus, ie an excellent book about Charlio by two English writers who both Jove and understand him, ‘Tho first part of the book tells the story of Charli life, the background of harsh pov- erty and flerce struggle without which understanding Is impos sible. The facts of his public and private life are presented change of ownership of our local newspaper. eke. publisher, A. Price Atkinson, has in the past been Cae with daily and weekly newspapers “across . and, more recently, in California, Be- sides his newspaper work he has had considerable experience in commercial job printing and advertis- ing. Just prior to the Second World War Mr. Atkinson also published a gardening magazine in Winnipeg which was very well-known to many prairie gardeners. Mr. Atkinson is affiliated with the Inter- national Typographical Union and the Fraternal Order of Eagles and is a past-president of the Active placo to the “Charlie,” the Convervat ward, PHS aac en itech | dine ol Germ acoeeceseee little tramp whom Chaplin| river Albert Blais, Revelstoke, created and immortalized ax the| B.C, now chauffeur for « mil: symbol of the common man|Honaire, was taken along on a throughout the world. Ax tho| 10-day world cruise by his boss authors conclude, "So tong, oa|to Just look after the luggage Chaplin's generation walks the|4y that with 248 millionaires earth, the Charlo will bring\on board he was treated “Just with him nostalgic memorics of | like the rest."—Waterloo, Ont. tho unconquerable Uttle tramp,| police picked up @ 15-year-old with his Ught jacket und baggy |Doy who held up news’ carrier trouscrs, small bowler and|boys and demanded thelr mon- large boots, forever setting out}ey, using a large sily e i wi |to run to be unt ° thinks the word ‘Rayal" should ° ue 3 2 5 & Writers’ Club of Vancouver. His hobbies are garden- ing, golf and stamp collecting. frankly, and the reader: ean draw his own conclusions, Ono thing all readers must agreo along an endless road, secking eternally with all the ardour of his great and candid soul, a pistol secretary F.C. MeMurchy at ion, Man., was doluged with ! ‘on, however, is that in spite of is faults (and they are, clearly pointed out) Chaplin is a man of great integrity whose enemiés have seized every excuse to pour scurrilous and unmerited abuse upon him, out of all proportion to tho facts in the case. ‘As for his politics, the authors place Chaplin in proper context, thus explaining the current American witch hunt against) him: “his own passionate desire for freedom puts him always on the side of the underdog, the downtrodden, the Industrial slave... . His deep sadness, his solitude, were the basis of perfection always out of reach, Among the many fine features of the book are the numerous and first-rate photographs taken both from the films and from life. The book also contains two appendices of great interest and value: a chronology, com- plete with vital statistics, of all ‘Chaplin's films, 1914-1947 (only Limelight” is missing); and a selection of Chaplin's writings, }including the still timely and powerful final speech, ‘Let Us “The Great Dic- 961 rats in his office; they were muskrats, however, caught on | with special permits along munleipal | they ety and Ne in so) lL — lace Johnson of modern ‘Tweed, Ont, thinks the mean- Prey Searytaene est man in the world-turned up| power he at Christmas; for some years he has nurtured a beautiful Cea oe his yard, but this past Yuletide some lazy H ‘ Tawed ft down andAook ft nome! tent a ouen for, Christmas tree — most! government, as pee it was’ gone | tims irist 1s morning.—The ladies’ Tryin; a of the Stitch and Chatter Club | legislation a “rutile. when @ Grandview Bench, B.C, held| there is virtue, legislation is @ dance in the community hall,| hardly necessary. — Mennonite night of a raging blizzard; it| Weekly Review. Corday M. Atkinson, who will be associated with her husband in the publishing of the Semiahmoo Sun, is better Known to magazine readers as Corday Mackay. Besides free-lancing and newspaper work she has done considerable writing for the Government Travel Bureau in Victoria and for the Department of Education. Copies of her “History of the Queen Charlotte Islands” are this year being placed in all High School Libraries in the Province, the first in a series of Historical reference books for both teachers ‘and students of Canadian history. A frequent. con- tributor to the Canadian Geographical Journal, the Beaver, the Province and Sun magazine sections and J. MARSHALL Historical Quarterlies, Mrs. Atkinson has made a eles Gems of Thought | uot oly repbiitiia) rama ito jie jp ramsbiana Oo aac eeata special study of early Hudson’s Bay and North-west Businessman’s e the Seay Cee at hdsen [och until ea maxthatrEel i Whil ji i ncouv re gol: Dictiona WISDOM and decamped—Seth Pansa, a) government can history. While resident in Vancouver before going to i start taking 2-year-old student at Waterloo, care of us. Business men speak a langu-j If any of you lack wisdom, Ont. College, from the African| @ The Rural Scene: Our free California to live she was employed by the Vancouver | ase which tan't always. IntellijJet him ask of God, that giveth 7 A fal 6 vas alaible to the uninitiated. For{t? all men liberally, and up- Gold Coast, saw his first hockey j enter School Board as a High School Librarian and was a}sibe 1 ie fr ne comer [braldeth not; and It shall be] game and liked it; But he ‘wore | equal rewards to usally but our qellknown member of the Vancouver University |{0° me office we pass on this|siven him. Heavy undenveactonl sop lothov {ia tera pata Recta cantata Women’s Club. As for hobbies, she says she has nono, jhandy pocket-sized glossary cog pemeni dS | emanate ewes ereaes paler | avin equal rewards for un- Meee «keen intefest in wild birds and all branches| somplled Im = recent Hoste Of] wiiom ig oftitmes nearer|and mitts; he sleeps with Peli of local history would qualify. A Programme: when we stoop than when we| blankets on his bed In the dor-| /@ Vernon, B.C. News: That & is ‘Any assignment that can't be} soar. mitory.—New kind of a baro-| matter of hauling the taxpayer Both Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson look forward with } completed by one telephone call, —Wordsworth| meter, says Capt. Neil J. Roach,|in to pay this and that deficit To Expedite: oo 5 master of the CN steamships|1or scheme after scheme is the pleasure to getting to know the residents of the Semi- |79 rere contusion with| Wisdom allows nothing to be|liner “Lady Nelson” shark's oll,|sad' feature. of ‘government in ghmoo Bay area and working with them in the] commotion. good that will not be so for-| when apeor Gato be-} business. And it’s an expensive ‘ i ' the com-| Channels: éver; no man to be happy but|comes bubbly; it ig taken from} feature,. too. pont ofall: enterprises “of value to” the The trail left by inter-office|he that needs no other happi- the liver of @ shark. @ Camrose, Alta, Canadian: munity. acer, ness than what he has within ‘Stouffville (Ont) Tribune: |We have always upheld a Co-ordinator: himself; no man to be great or|We have on more than one oc-| healthy Income for farm pro- Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pinchin, who have heen associated with The Sun for the past two and one- half years, leave September 14 for Pittsburgh, Penn- duets, but we never did believe that beef prices could be held up to the $30 level, on the hoof, powerful that is not master of|casion pointed out the fact that himself, farmers do not magnify thelr —Seneea| own calling as they ought to do- The guy who has desk be- tween two expeditors. Consultant (or expert): z Sage cisnt - ‘Any ordinary guy more than mouse It Is hardly to be expected that|either in the U.S. or Canada— sylvania, where Mr. Pinchin will begin graduate study so miles from home. Wisdom is only in truth. ‘ambitious boys and. girls will] and if our opinion has offended s in the field of industrial management at the Carnegie |7¢ Activate: —Goethe| stay on the farm if their fathers) We are prepared to stand our To make carbons and add oo 8 land mothers are always) decry- Wisdom in human action be- gins with what is nearest right under the circumstances, and thence achieves the absolute. —Mary Baker Eddy Institute of Technology. The Pinchins expect to be in the United States for two years., ing the farm, its work and its living conditions, and if they, allow only those members of the | some of