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QA THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturdey, Februery 26, 1966 LIBRARY NEWS AND REVIEWS * FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO e « « Goodmans At Kingsway Young Harpist In Concert With Dad In Lyceum Series Erica Goodman. harpist with | the Toronto Symphony, at 18 is one of the youngest profession- al musicians in North America. She will appear in concert this Saturday night in the Kings- way College Lyceum Series. Also appearing in the concert will be Hyman Goodman, Erica's father, who is the con- cert master of the TSO. Mitzi To Seek Bit Of Villainy HOLLYWOOD (AP) -- Mitzi Gaynor, star of many comedies and musicals, is looking now for roles with a little bit of villainy in them. "Like Sandy Koufax," says Mitzi, "an actress needs a change of pace." She and her husband, Jack Bean, have optioned some prop- erties that may give moviegoers a new Mitzi Gaynor. "J can get mean and nasty,"' she says. "Ask my husband." Mitzi and Bean have been married 11 years in what the fan magazines like to call an ideal Hollywood matriage. Erica. has already appeared with her father in concerts and as soloist on numerous radio and television programs. She took her first piano lesson at the age of four, and at nine she took her first lesson on the harp at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. By the time Erica was 12, she had challenged her way at Interlochen, to lead the harp section of the National High School Symphony Orchestra. Her activities this winter in- clude playing with the TSO and the CBC Symphony, several con- certs in duo with her father, as wéll as several solo engage- ments with various Ontario Sym- phony orchestras, Hyman Goodman has_ been associated with "nearly every major musical activity in the Toronto area for many years. Since 1948 he has been concert master of the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra and has been associated with the CBC in countless programs on radio and television since the incep- tion of the corporation. This father-daughter duo con- cert will be held in the Kings- way College Auditorium at 8.00 p.m. Immensely Readabie Work Argues Start For Novels a (Tne ivuuwinig covicws wele written by Mrs. W. V. Mc- Knight of the Circulation De- partment, McLaughlin Public Library.) Before sane Austen. The Shap- ing of the English Novel in the Eighteenth Century by Harrison R. Steeves. There are copies in both the Reference and Circulation de- partments of this important, yet immensely readable work by an octogenarian Professer Emer- itus of Columbia University. Val- uable and amusing contempor- ary illustrations enhance the book. The author maintains that there were no novels before the eighteenth century, only stories and short tales. Aithough he asserts that the only way of ex- tending one's knowledge of lit- erature is to read it, not read about it, he admits that many early novels were too long and dull in parts, and suggests read- ing the abridged editions of the mediocre ones. Professor Steeve's early criti- cisms are of that man-of-the- people Daniel Defoe and of Jonathan Swift, whose savage indignation he explains. He goes on to discuss the growing band: of mid-century novelists, paying. special attention to the three greats, Richardson, Smol- lett and Fielding. The novels of that teriod deal with the manners and mores of the upper classes, the main themes being the designs of wealthy, society philanderers upon the virtues of "poor but honest' maidens. To refresh | our memories, the author | thoughtfully outlines the plots | of many of the books and in- cludes pungent passages from some, one being Stern's delight- | ful dialogue between Mr. and} Mrs. Shandy on putting Tristam | into breeches. The last quarter of the cen- | tury belongs to the women noy- | elists, with the growing eman- | cipation of the fair sex. The; Style Out Of Step, Says Curvy Star HOLLYWOOD (AP) Joi | Lansing, who has more curves than pitcher Sandy Koufax can throw, says it's time the fash- jon designers get in step with public taste. The blonde actress argues that "no woman on earth can be attractive in what Paris and New York are advocating now."' "Take the short skirts," she said. "They put any woman out of contention. And if worn by a woman with a definite bust, the ciothes make her look square. : : : "The feminine figure has been getting along pretty well for thousands of years. Design- ers should keep their clothes feminine. "What girls want to look like a boy" No one, not even an effete designer... will ever mistake Joi for a boy. TAX TIME? 4 The Remington 100 Only $169.50 You Con ye Roig This Fine Machine. COOK'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT 75 Simcoe WN. 728-8300 author ends with a discussion on the ironic genius and discipiin- ed writing of Jane Austen, in one admirer's opinion, an excel- |Jent place to stop, before the | deluge. ' WHY SHOOT THE TEACHER, by Max Braithwaite. During the depression 'they told a joke in Saskatoon about the man who fell into the Sas- katchewan River, and five men . . . On learning his name and place of employment raced off in an attempt to get his job, leaving the poor fellow to drown.' The narrator didn't laugh; it was too close to the truth. After graduating from Normal School in 1932, he was hired, finally, in January 1933 as 'Teacher' of the Willowgreen District School, 12 long, empty miles from the FUNNY GIRL Vancouver - born Mimi Hines co-stars with Johnny Desmond in the hit musical Funny Girl, now playing on Broadway. Mimi plays Fan- ny Brice on whose early life the play is based. She replaced star Barbara Strei- sand. railroad stop at Bleke, Saskat- chewaii. 'Teacher's' quarters were in the basement of the square schoolhouse in the 'Middle of nothing', the only redeeming features being the indoor chem- ical toilets. Mice and eventually a pet coyote were his only companions after school hours. The gnawing loneliness reliev- ed by infrequent visits from the well-intentioned but shift- less Montgomery and once by another rebel, Alice, a timid romantic bride of the first World War, was worse than the poverty, the biting cold and the dreary food. Although he left the district six months later in desperation, somehow humor and a sense of accomplishment break through Braithwaite's story. He drilled the three 'R's' into children and managed to instil a love of lit- erature into a few. Max Braithwaite has written a revealing, authentic account of life on the prairies; this book will undoubtedly add to his suc- cess as a writer, but the read- er's gain is the pupil's Joss. He was surely an inspired teacher. NEW AND RECOMMENDED BOOKS FICTION Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton The Double Image by Helen MacInnes An Infinity of Mirrors by Richard Condon The Lockwood Concern , by John O'Hara The wall is strong by J. H. Spencer GENERAL Bluenose ; by Brian Blackman Ethics for an industrial age by Victor Obenhaus Give Joy to My Youth by Teresa Gallagher The Gorgeous East by Rupert Croft-Cooke Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children by George Bain NEXT WEEK'S ACTIVITIES at the AUDITORIUM FEBRUARY 27th -- MARCH Sth Sundey -- February 27th Friday -- Morch 4th 11:00 om. -- 12:30 p.m. U.A.W. Hockey 1:15 p.m. -- 3:15 p.m. Family Skating 4:00 p.m. -- 7:00 p.m. Duplate Hockey 8:00 p.m. -- 11: 00 p.m. Senior ruckey Monday -- Februory 28th 6:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m. G.M. Office League 8:30 p.m. -- 10:30 p.m. City League Tuesday -- March Ist 6:00 p.m.--8:00 p.m. Skoting Club 8:00 p.m.--10:00 p.m. City League Wednesday -- March 2nd 8:00 p.m. -- 10:00 p.m. Public Skating (adults only) Thursday -- March 3rd 6:00: p.m. -- 10:00 p.m, Skating Club 7:15 p.m. Bingo Saturday -- March 5th "Public Skating Children under 14 (perents may accompany 7:15 p.m. Junior 'A' Hockey Oshowa vs Niagora Falls Coming Attractions March 9th 7:45 p.m. TORONTO SYMPHONY. Conductor -- SEIJI OZAWA March. 19th 8:00 p.m. FIGURE SKATING CARNIVAL Ice Rentols Available Phone No. 728-5162 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday THORNTON KD. S. OFF KING ST. WEST