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\ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 4, 1928 ARNfte BULDINGS INTHE CITY OF MONTREAL DELGHT ARTISTS (By Canadian Press) "Montreal, Aug. 4--No city in Can- ada offers a richer field for the artist who specializes in architectural mo- 'tifs than Montreal. Tucked away in odd corners of the busiest commercial districts, within a stone's throw of St. James street's "Temples of Fin- ance," shouldered by the fish markets and wholesale establishments of the waterfront, are rare scraps of seven- teenth century building craft that to the trained eye are invaluable ma- terial for artistic composition. Here is an unobtrusive stone gate- way, given power and harmony by the simplicity of its design; there a stunted stone tower, still clad in dig- nity, despite the inconspicuousness of its proportions when compared with the towering height of brick apart- ment houses just across the street. Nearly three centuries ago, when the Sieur de Maisonneuve held feudal lordship over Montreal, these stones 'were fitted into the design of some master builder from old France. To- day young Canadian painters strive to catch their message of beauty upon their canvasses. Few have succeeded in this endeav- or as has Thurstan Topham who has been working forward with steady persistance along lines which he has chosen for himself for the past 10 years. There is little of the sensa- tional about Mr. Topham's career as an artist. He has never been "dis- covered," nor has he brought himself inte the public eye by pledging his brush to any one of the modern schools of painting. Finding his happiest inspiration in architectural subjects, Thurstan Top- ham has added to these subjects an atmosphere of his own. He has chosen to clothe historic gateway and crumbling wall in the intriguing mantle of moonlight and for this pur- pose he has created a special moon- light possessive of a haunting charm that is not easily to be shaken from the memory. Moonlight is dangerous stuff for painters. Those who have come to grief in the attempt to transcribe its mysteries, wasting good paint and canvas and insulting good subjects, are legion. But this young man, who started his" artistic career as a de- signer of furniture, has compounded something that, whether or not it ap- pears to mimic the inimitable origin- al, is undiluted magic. Blue? Green? Purple? The layman would not dare to say. He can only recall a line from the hury-burly of things he has read; "A light that never was on land or sea." It is in this radiance of his own creation that Mr. Topham has en- shrouded the gateway of the old St. "Indisposed" Sometimes it's the "nerves." whatever the cause of an achin !Aspirin stops all such pain. Other times, ovate, But head, there's an antidote. llions would not use it if it didn't! And doctors wouldn't tell men and women to take it freely, if they didn't know it to be perfectly harmless. Has no effect whatever on the heart.) Ismallest but the most strategically Sulpice monastery, a stately portal of the: Mother house of the Sisters of the Congregation, and, throw-backs to his army days, scraps of battle- worn Ypres. He has not reserved it entirely for the dignity oi odd buildings, however, despite the special qualifications with which his training has endowed him for the treatment of such subjects. With it he has laved the austere curve of a Laurentian hill, accentuated the startling design of a rock that towers from a mountain lake. Upon the wall of his studio hangs an unfinished ex- periment in moonlight and surf, born on the rugged gulf coast, near Ri- mouski. Thurstan Topham is not a modern- ist in landscape painting, although he can display pleasing fruits of occa- sional adventures in dashing decora- tive impressionism. He thinks that the Algonquin School has gone a little too far along its pioneer trail, that its earlier work is of more value than the pictures which it is exhi- biting today. Imbedded in a foundation of sound training in design, he has his own artistic standards, combined with a {ducts when the monopoly became creative force which promises steady | °ffective. Their contraets, how- growth for his reputation. Jever, provided for less than half ALBANIA PRESIDENT £55 et WILL BECOME KING is understood 'that .the Soviet' Rus- General Election Now sian fields supply the remainder. 'The failure of the Russian fields Progress in Balkan State SEEK CONGESSIONS IN SPANISH OIL Two Additional US. Com panies Bid to Supply Shortage Paris, 'Aug. 3.--It was reported in Paris recently that two addi- tional American oil concerns had bid for concessions under the Span- ish oil monopoly, which when it was inaugurated: eight months ago virtually swept the field clear of all companies then operating in he country.: The companics which are now seeking rights are said to be the Atlantic and the Pan-Amer- can. Two others, 'Petroleum Ex- orts and City Service, were 'given :ontracts to supply refined pro- to supply sufficient quantities is said to have bcen the reason for acking for new bids to which the are additional American companies responded. French oil men, who saw five of their largest companies forced out of Spain by the monop- oly edict, say that the inaugura- tion of the new regime provided one of-the most amazing industrial spectacles of present day Europe. At. present, they are Trincipally concerned: in the actions of a com- mission appointed to adjust claims of expropriated oil companies. The heaviest losers were the Standard 0il Company of New Jersey and French concerns. The French as- sert that on the commission are 4 representatives of group of bankers which purchased the mon- opoly from the Government, and only one representative of the af- fected companies. Loss of $30,000000 They allege also that supposed technical experts of the commission declined .to visit the property in question and have con- fined their Jabors to cutting down the claims. The companies place their loss at $30,000,000, Singular occurrences have char- acterized the operation of the mon- opoly since its inception, dccord- ing to members of the industry Vienna, Aug. 3.--Ahmed Zogu, the president of Albania, will as- sume the title of King on August 25 following the so-called general election now in progress in the important Balkan state, according to despatches from Belgrade here Wednesday. The claimr for consti- tutional justification for the presi- dent to assume the title of king was set into motion, according to these despatches, with the opening of the general election according to the usage of which each five hundred voters are permitted to choose one nominee. From these nominees 57 deputies are then elected. Owing to the presence of troops at all polling places the vote promises to he very light and the election of a Parliament which will confer the title of king upon Ahmed Zogu is regarded as a fore- gone conclusion, the even the bank sent an order with' a receipt io a factory-or delivery station. been made by France, the United States "and Great Britain concern ing the treatment.of thd companies which were 'forced out 'of Spain by the monopoly. CANADIAN SUNSET BEST IN WORLD In Opinion of Miss Cha:- lotte Pearson, Art Critic + (By Canadian Press) - Toronto, Aug. 4 --Canadian sunsets surpass any in the world in the opinion of Miss Charlotte Pearson, art critic and comnoiseur who has been spending two.months in the city, but who has at one time or another made her home in most of the capi- tals of Europe and the Orient. Miss' Pearson left recently {for Boston, where the exhibition of British paint- ings, of which she is in charge, will be on view 'in the Museum of Fine Arts for the next 'month or so. She regretted that her first visit to Can- ada was of necessity so brief a one, but expressed a hope that she should return before long to sec Canadian sunsets in Muskoka, Algonquin Park and the Rockies. "I prophesy that Canada wjll have a wonderful 'out-of-door schogl," said Miss Pearson, in speaking of the fu- ture of Canadian art. The' colorings im Canada's out-of-doors; in her opin- ion, surpass anything she has seen in her travels, even the 'rich color of Itzly. = Of Canadian art, however, Miss Pearson would say little, for she felt that her knowledge gained in the past two months was only superficial This charming visitor, an artist who Has never painted a picture, has made it her life work to study works of art in the capitals:of the world. She was born in Sweden, educated at Lund University and Sorbonne, Paris, where she specialized in philosophy, aesthetics and languages: Miss Pear- son came to' Toronto with the collec- tion of paintings by contemporary ar- tists which was shown at the Grange during the month of June. PLAYING SAFE (Chicago Daily News) Yvonne "Ethel hasn't a great deal of self-confidence." Yvette--"Heavens no! She mar- ried the first man she was engaged to." Diplomatic representations, have | +n that Is winmn new thousands every week ACH week the Pontiac Six forges ahead to a new high point in sales. Each week this lowest-priced General Motors' Six surpasses its own amazing records of success. And the reasons for its tremendous popularity are found in the quality which Pontiac provides! From the day of its introduction, Pontiac Six has served as an outstanding example of quality=--quality of materials, quality of design and. quality of workmanship. 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