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Use creamed ham in this de lightful shell, suggest food spa cialists at Macdonald Institute, Guelph. Press trimmed butter+ ed bread into a greased muffin pan. Then toast in a hot oven until crisp and golden brown. 12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, April 16, 1966 JO'S JOURNAL BY JO ALDWINCKLE Women's Editor of The Times V ~ SPRING FASHION SALE 9 t How thet old pendulum swings and swings us with it! Two years ago women hooted with, laughter ai the very thought of going back to the styles of the 1920's, Yet look at them today in their waistless, knee-high dresses, point- ed, strap shoes and cloche hats. Even the bouffant hair-do is reminiscent of Clara Bow's all-over curled bob and the Go-Go bounce is not unrelated to the Charleston. There are other signs, too, For the past generation, educationists have taken the stand that it was a waste of © time for pupils, particularly. in junior grades, to learn " .. "by heart". Recently I have read articles that indicate ; that this point of view is changing. An eminent child psychiatrist writes of an evening he i y t spent with a blind 65-year-old woman. She had spent a j number of years as a librarian and had read widely and remembered much that she had read. 'We got started on " recalling some old poems we each had memorized in childhood. She often smiled as she recited poem after poem. Both of us were pleased at how many we could recall," he wrote, "As the evening progressed she paused to philosophize. 'I can enjoy these poems here in the dark. Suppose I had not memorized any of them when I was a child,' she said. We agreed that it was a great pity that children today are not learning by heart lovely poems and other literary gems and that few are exposed to them at home or school. " 'Some parents and teachers,' she observed, 'have been led to believe by so-called experts that it is harmful to have children memorize anything by heart.' Then I added that some Sunday school teachers have also be- lieved it 'a sin' to have children memorize verses from the Bible. HAVING DOFFED his black cassock and blue and black brocade gown, Jerry Evanston, comment: ing false beards and mous- tachios has been introduced to the students by Dr. Mary Rost, Ph.D, of Northwest- ern University, Illinois. Jerry's "It still hurts". "Often musing on that evening I get thinking of the possible pleasure to other blind persons who with sight in childhood can recall beautiful poems they bad memor- ized as children." Storehouses Of Beauty I get to thinking, too, of the thousands of aged people sitting hour after hour with nothing to do and not much to talk about, unable to read or not caring to read; a few sitting together in hotels amid affluence; thousands more in homes and nursing homes with many or few physical comforts. Imagine that most of all these aged persons had their heads full of poems, prose and music they had memorized in childhood. How could they keep from bursting forth reciting them to one another, seeing who could recall the most? It is wonderful to relate, aged persons still fairly alert mentally, can easily recall what they had learned with pleasure years earlier. Of course, we couldn't expect these older persons to set out memorizing now, though a few of them might do it surprisingly well. We can't easily fill their heads today with mental treasures. However, we can appreciate the treasures they stored up in earlier years. We can do something about the store- houses of memories many aged people will have 50 or 60 years from now. We can guide and stimulate children at home and school while they are young to learn by heart beautiful literary gems they will be able to recall when they are old. Think of the millions of men and women working in factories, driving a tractor on the farm, or doing pork which 'requires little or no thinking. Suppose their heads were full of beautiful poems, beautiful' music, beautiful pictures. How enriched their lives might be at recalling such when their minds otherpvise would be more or less empty. Let's entreat the school to expose our children to more real poetry, not just empty jingles and inspire, even require, them to memorize many beautiful literary gems they may recall the rest of their lives. Let's do so at home, too. My father was great at poetry so, of course, I learned to love it from him. Before I went to school I could recite "How Brave Horatio Kept the Bridge' and revelled in the grand words "Lars Porsena of Clusium, By the Nine Gods he swore ,.."' To me it was magnificent. Batman and Superman are robots compared with the noble Horatio. I really believe, too, that learning poetry at home and later at school trained my memory. Forgetfulness was mental laziness, my father used to say and it roused his ire as much as wasting time. As an antidote to both, he hung a beautifully printed poster-sized card of Rudyard Kipling's "If" on the ap- propriate wall of the WC, at eye level. On the reverse side was "The Glory of the Garden". He grould turn the ecard about every four weeks and to this day I'm rather weak in the last verses, Russian Death Knell As an Easter treat I took myself off to the O'Keefe Centre to see Sir John Gielgud in Ivanov. This is not the greatest of Chekov's plays and the production was dwarfed by the immense stage. Ivanov, the man without hope, was played with the artistic restraint that Sir John masters to perfection and Ivanov's wife whom he has ceased to love and who is dying of tuberculosis, was luminously played by Vivien Leigh. The play is slow- moving and bitter, conveying the sense of impending tragedy, relieved only by Lebedev, roundly played by Ronald Culver and the amazing actress, Ethel Griffies, recently turned 88, who was right in her element as a marriage broker. An interesting evening, if somewhat de- pressing, but what a lesson in articulation ... It was opening night at the Crest Theatre on Wednes- day; the play, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. The action, set in 1905, is a drama of a _ newly-emancipated woman's struggle to find her place in society. Marilyn Lightstone as Hedda occasionally conveyed the complexities of the free, but captive, character but there was no doubt about the tremulous Vanya Franck who gave an intense per- formance. The production and set are superb and the act- ing of Norman Welsh, Douglas Marland, Joyce Campion and Gertrude Bradley, irreproachable. Joel Kenyon who has the difficult role of Lovborg, 1 found unconvincing. Opening night tension which will have vanished by now, was apparent at times to the careful observer. This will be the last play for this season at the Crest and in all it has been a good season. Bright Prospects There's always room for success stories. Mr. and Mrs, George Drynan were delightfully surprised to re- ceive a telephone call from England from their daughter, Judith, at Eastertime. With the good wishes came news that Judith who had been doing a feature 'television "short" on Charlotte Bronte in the Yorkshire moors, has been given a small part in a science fiction film going into production at Pinewood Studios. It's a rung on the ladder for Judith. Then the Oshawa Choral Society avhich recently per- formed The Yeomen of the Guard, has been accepted by the commission for an appearance at Expo 67. If you missed The Yeomen you'll have a chance to hear the choir in the Oshawa Folk Festival, Dominion Day. On Thursday the McLaughlin Collegiate cast of The Merchant of Venice, complete with sets, "props" and cos- tumes motored to Dundalk to present the highly success- ful production they gave in Oshawa early this year, They are expected back today, covered with glory, alter a two- day tour of matinee and evening performances. TWO PORTIAS came to judgment at McLaughlin. Pauline Segal, left, and Peggy Stuart alternated in the leading role. Linda Bell, right, who played the part of Jessica, made her own By JO ALDWINCKLE Luscious velvets, peau de soie, satin, iridescent brocades, suedes and printed corduroys in jewel tones started to take shape. Illustrations and photographs of professional productions guided the seamstresses in the style and cut of cassocks, robes and surcoats, gowns, tunics and pouffed trunk hose. principals and a retinue of mag- nificoes, masquers and attend- ants. The director, Mr. J. B. Palmer, called for a minimum of 30 costumes, including changes for Bassanio, Launce- lot, Portia, Nerissa and Jessica and added caps and capes to lend variety to the wardrobes of the gentlefolk. The play is set in the 16th century, the romantic Venetian Renaissance, when gentlemen threw a short velvet cape across one shoulder merely for effect and topped their silken hose with bold and bouncy trunks. The lengthy cast includes 19} gown and lent a hand with other robes, seen in the foreground and on hangers behind the girls. Pauline has thrown a_ satin-lined, velvet capelet over her ' shoulder while she displays Dressing A Play Introduces Social Studies, Artistry, Skill Mrs. William Blight of Mc- Laughlin Home Economics De- partment who guided the volun- teer seamstresses through the intricacies of cutting, fitting and stitching, estimated seven yards of fabric for each academic gown, a total of 42 yards. Cas- socks, coats, tunics and doub- lets gobbled up the yardage under the expert fashioning of Mrs. Edith Tremble and her power-sewing evening class. Mrs, Edward Oscapella, mil- linery teacher created the orna- mental caskets that play an im- portant part in the action of the play. These caskets, inci- dentally, have nothing to do with funeral parlors. In Shake- speare's time a casket was a carved and decorated chest or box. The accoutrements include a Japanese sword which has been loaned for the production. The McLaughlin Drama Club shouldered the entire expense of this lavish presentation and has covered its disbursements by 'your kind attendance'"'. Wow * :200 Just Cash Your Baby Bonus Cheques at the OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE You may win up to $200. in cash ! HERE'S HOW:... @ Cash your family allowance for free entry form. cheque ot the Centre ond ask @ Deposit entry form into ballot box at the flag pole in the mall, @ Entry selection this month April 28th. ENTER NOW .. will be made on Thursday, Oshawa Shopping Centre Addington who plays the part of Shylock the Money- Lender, gets a hand from the director, Mr. J. B. Palmer, in peeling off his beard. A new way of affix- a silk and brocade robe. 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