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"HIGH ON THE LIST' Book On Duplessi Appears Best Seller By BERTRAND THIBAULT Canadian Press Staff Writer MONTREAL (CP)--High on the list of best sellers in French Can- ada is a book about the late pre- mier Maurice Duplessis of Que- bec, probably as controversial a figure as ever appeared on the Canadian political scene. fhe book, written by Pierre Laporte, legislature correspond: ent for the independent Montreal Le Devoir, is not a biography. Entitled Le Vrai Visage de Du- plessis (The True Face of Du- plessis), it is largely a collection of anecdotes showing something ' of the character of the man who directed the destinies of his prov- ince for almost a quarter of a century. "He left no one indifferent," writes Mr. Laporte. "People con- sidered him as the anti-Christ or as a sort of messiah, depending on whether they were opponents or supporters." Published by Les Editions de I'Homme, the book was placed on| sale March 3. Selling at $1 al, copy, it quickly climbed to the top of the best-seller list in Que- bee. More than 17,000 copies have been pt «d so far, a record such a short period of time. Translation into Eng under way pected to be ready distribution by the The Toronto has purchased the English-language edition and plans to publish about 10,000 words from the 140-page book end of May? serial Interest in the book arises pri- marily from the person who in- spired it--Maurice Duplessis, who 69 after more s in politics died last year a than 30 ye: It stems also from the person ality of the 39-year-old author whose writings provoked some of the most violent outbursts of temper by the late leader of the Union Nationale In a foreword Mr. Laporte ex plains that the book is not meant to be a biography but a portrait although he confesses that the finished product does not repre- sent a complete picture CONCEALED TRUE FACE Each of the 12 chapters of the book deals with a different facet! to disclose his completely." His BEING TRANSLATED nified," lish now is alive and and the book is ex-|hands which 1 for mational/flected his thoughts" always sup- fi | bad made a public statementimacabre--the bleached skull of which said a great deal abouti;yo first man hanged in London. the principles of the Liberal The house, on an 11-acre site, party. quired Mr. Smallwood. had only one principle . that was not to have any," Mr Duplessis replied. "but why in the devil was it nec- essary for Laurier to say that in public?" day in the legislature when the Liberals were accusing the Union| Nationale cal program, | PIERRE LAPORTE | 'of the man who always refused true character The book notes that Mr. Du- cele' Wa caviinlossic 'Gabinel . i+ plessis was one of the most-cari- plessis cabinet, for a French-Canadian edition ino too q" mon of his generation. lieutenant-governor, the premier nose, 'its length over-mag- his eyes "astonishingly intelligept," and his "frequentlymre plied inspiration to cartoonist his hats which were old and bat- tered. "An old hat brings you closer ' he is said to have to the people,' explained. SUPERIORITY COMPLEX Mr. Laporte describes Mr. Du plessis as highly intelligent with a superiority complex, outspoken and sometimes brazen, a with a quick retort, 'sometimes cruel," and one whose reasonings were sometimes fantastic He lived politics passionately, knew the history of Canadian p« itics intimately and spoke about politics constantly. The author recalls an exchange ot quips between Mr, Duplessis Globe and Maill The late premier Was varia 1Y describe the painful impression | rights to dressed impeccably except for this outburst left on the invited | guests. FRENCH CONTRIBUTIONS | ARIMOUSKI, Que CP The, St. Jean Baptiste Society has col-| . lected $9,000 in this diocese for] t distribution to rench-language| institutions in British to tel land Premier Smallwood of New-| foundland at a federal-provincial conference in Ottawa. Mr. Du- plessis said Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GANGES, B.C. (CP)--Because called "the squire" |England," she said, faa pass for ear-rings, Salt-|have fallen a with a girl with an greater proportion of women with! gloves, high heels, a big floppy hat was convinced all his life that spring Island probably has plerced ear lobes than any other| place in British Columbia. The earring situation is only| one of the distinctive features of the 77-square-mile haven in the Gulf of Georgia, 28 miles from Vancouver In Ganges and other island settlements the stores have two| price tags on articles--one for cash, the other for credit Fallow deer stray on the gravel roads and life moves at a leisurely pace. But changes are coming FIXED IDEA Mrs. Diana Shove, whose fam- fly was one of the first on tne island, explained about the ear-| rings and the late Harry W. Bul- lock, the man squire. Search For | Fish Secret In Arctic MONTREAL (CP) -- An Eng- lish-born post-graduate student at| McGill University will spend his| second summer in the far north this yeor, searching for the se- cret of the Arctic stickleback, a tiny fish whjch has puzzled biol- ogists on two continents, Milton Freeman of the univer- sity's biology department has left for the Belcher Islands, near the east shore of Hudson Bay, where he will carry on his research un- der auspices 'of the Arctic Insti-| tute the same site, and laid away 100 pounds of supplies and a canoe|o. returned to the United States, | for his return visit, He expects] to live with a party of Eskimos | during his stay in the north. Passion F or Ear-Rings Changes Island Women "When he was a young man in| i 'he must essly in love 18-inch waist, He man | MUSE" ' EXCITED The Royal Ontario Museum, of Carnwath, {Robert Dalzell, son of the Earl THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, May 4, 1960 7 which is getting items from the attic, was pleased to learn of the) which 1 |Eldon House In London S Turns Out Treasure Chest i... == = == urned from trips heer on the East African coast LONDON, Ont, (CP)--The atic ihe family ret from 1901 to 1908, brought bac of 130-year-old Eldon House, abroad with mementos and these 4 given to the city of London as a|eventually found their way to the such things as ornately carved historic site in January, has|attic. wooden pillows and elephant |nroven to be a treasure chest. | The skull of Cornelius Alversor tail tai Contents range from rare Orl- Burleigh probably has the most| ormer Liberal prime minister, ental and African curios to thelinteresting in 1830--hanged twice, in fact,|.... ¥ " because the rope broke on the{Sarved spears with fierce figure- time, first try. - ph 4 . i 2" in 18 the city's oldest. It was built] ry What did Laurier say? "by Capt. John Harris and oc- 'upied by the Harris family untillo ng Yale University student.pells and a five-foot-lon we death last December of Miss|o,..on gquires Fowler, who used| complete with a queue of human Ame a ares, . it that night in a lecture 00" hair Surviving members of the fam-|phrenology--study of the shape "Agreed," said Mr, Smallwood, ily, Mrs. Frank Little and her|of the human head. brothers, Prof. Robin Harris and George Harris, all raised in the Bi toured Jhe, vor Kull England and has been returned years using urie 5 SKU a LNgle ang 4 home, offered 4 to the city. {his chief prop, then gave it to|here. It was taken to England by MEMENTOS OF TRIPS Harris family on a return|Sarah Bushby Harris, a daughter gh the years bers ofltrip to London in 1880. of the builder, who married Col. "He said that the Liberal party «+ 80 A painting of the house, done| {abort 1840 by a member of the for 50/family, recently turned up in{skin the sion ETIT LARCENY Another anecdote deals with a Th Arica wa Ov e121 cis Canadian, 101, In Hospital |For 1st Time 8. 1 he museum will also get al KINGSTON, Ont, (CP) -- After : Yo scale model of a boat used by more than a century of life, John' story, He was hanged Mombasa natives and scores of|Crites is in hospital for the first 1 He's recuperating from an op Oriental curios include manda- | On the day of the hanging (rin generals' coats, a skirt Ride etion In Ripgsion Seneral ny |Burleigh's skull was given to alof four-inch ribbons adorned with! around by July 1--Canada's 93rd| hatipirth day and his own 102d. Although slightly hard of hear- ing, the trip to hospital is his only concession to old age. His mind is clear and doctors say his| is like that of a much younger man, His favorite pas-|Ing his farming days. time is watching sport on televi- A third-generation North Amer- ican--his grandfather came to the Cornwall area from The Netherlands during the French Revolution--he lives with his son, John, 7°, a retired farmer in Morrisburg, 80 miles northeast of here. The last time he was in King- ston was 82 years ago for militia training when "we were getting ready to fight the Indians on their raids through the west." His recipe for long life? "Be temperate in all thipgs and never let anything bother you too much, "I just "don't let anything {bother me too much and I refuse to worry." A staunch Baptist, he has never touched hard liquor al though he admits having kept |some hard cider in the house dur- He took up his only curren! "bad habit" at 65 when he 6 Fusiliers Try Alaska Rockies LONDON (CP)--S8ix members of the Royal Fusiliers will leave London this summer to plant their regimental flag on at least three 10,000-foot uncom quered peaks in the Canadias Rockies. They will travel to Dawson Creek, then go by the Alaska highway to Summit Pass and make their base at W Lake. Their main objectives will be Mounts Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, "Adventure is the main pure pose," sald the expeditions started smoking a pipe, leader, Capt. M. F. R. Jones. stealing their politi- "No, M.. Speaker," interjected ine premier; * that is not theft. If one consults the Criminal Code it can be seen that for there to| be theft, the item taken must be| worth at least 25 cents." | Other stories show how Mr. | Duplessis could humiliate an op- ponent or laugh at protocol, even ou important occasions. On the day that Onesime Gag- non, long-time member of the Du- was sworn in as AND EVERY WEEK UNTIL JULY 6th FRE als "yv suddenly shouted "VIKING SEVEN cS" 'Lieutenant-governor, go jump | n the lake! Go jump in the lake, | l.eutenant-governor!" | Mg, says exaggerated | word | to| Laporte the "stupor" is not nclude $6,000 to the ine Convent and $500 to Fa-| Church, both at Mail-| $1,000 to St Sac-| Vancouver and| $500 to the French Canadian] | Foundation. The remainder is be-| ing kept in reserve by the Coun- cil of Fre Donatio tima Parish B.C School at lardville rement fTAC- I NATURAL GAS IN THE DOMINION | \ iS YOUR BEST BUY for HOUSE HEATING and pendant ear-rings. this was the only way for a woman to look. '"'He used to coax or bribe every woman on the island to have her ears pierced. I held out until he went to $25. "And if women visitors arrived at his house without gloves, he'd give them a pair." CHANGING SCENE The big push toward change will be a new provincial govern- ment ferry service between the mainland and Sidney on Vancou- ver Island. The ferry will dock side by side with one that trav- els between Sidney and Ganges. known as the|lt will be twice as fast as pres: ent service and will make the is- land more accessible to the main- land. The hunt for land on Salt. spring is already on, with water- front lots selling for $20 or more a foot. A shale-processing plant is being rebuilt. Saltspring still raises a few thousand of the sheep that once were an economic mainstay. But the salt springs which gave the island its name are going, some being trenched out to sea while others are simply neglected. And the last cougar has been shot. NEGRO SETTLERS One of the early chapters in Saltspring's history is the ar- rival and gradual departure of a colony of Negroes. 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