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4 THE FINEST MUSICAL ! _ â€"ENTERTAINMENT IN THE NORTH _};‘jfiu I was to control, was a torpedoâ€" _ boatâ€"destroyer of 300â€"odd tons; her _ gun armament consisted of two 13â€" mnder guns, and she carried exactly _ In a few minutes,the Kelly was well down by the bows with a heavy list to starboard. It looked as though it must be only a matter of minutes before she foundered. But the captain knows his ship, and he‘s not going to give up . It was 10.30 p.m. one twilight evenâ€" ing, windless and with banks of mist forming on the surface of the North ‘Bea. Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion as the torpedo hit her, and a sheet of flame rose level with the ‘bridge. The Kelly lifted bodily with ‘the force of the explosion, which blew a large hole in her side extending downwards to the keel. The foremost boilerâ€"room was blown open to the sea, and the ship was enveloped with steam which escaped with a deafening roar. Every one in that foremost boilerâ€"room was killed instantly, but those in the after boilerâ€"room and the engineâ€"room remained quietly at their posts until ordered on deck. â€" What a contrast to the modern deâ€" Itroyer where, in the largest class, as the ‘"Tribals" on account of (their names, names such as the Somali, the Tartar, the Eskimo and so â€"on, the ;;-illsplacanent approaches® 2,000 tons. They are armed with eight 47 and other smaller guns, and four 21â€"inch torpedo tubes, With their vastly imâ€" ‘proved seaâ€"going qualities these modern destroyers are almost in fact small light cruisers. â€" Then, beside the Tribals, there are those destroyers whose names begin with J. and K. In the J‘s and EK‘s the gun armament is slightly reduced and the torpedo armament proportionately increased. Thus they have six instead Oof eight 4.7‘s, but they mount 10 torâ€" pedo tubes. Several of these destroyâ€" ers have distinguished themselves in the war. Amongst them are two speâ€" clal cases, those Oof the Javelin and Kelly, where, having had the misforâ€" tune to be torpedoed during action with enemy craft and very badly damâ€" aged, they were safely brought back into port, the Javelin with her bow and her stern shattered, â€"and the Kelly â€"â€"Well, let me tell you about the Kelly. McINTYRE ARENA .. 1 Sir Michael Hodges in the The destroyer has been described as the "maid of all work" ofâ€" the FPleet, and that is exactly what she is; the many and various duties she has to perform provide the finest training imaginable for both officers and men. The command of a destroyer teaches an officer at an early age, the quick handling of a ship, gives him selfâ€" confidence and many opportunities ofâ€" showing initistive and accepting â€"re« sponsibility, all of which are of inâ€" estimable value to him when he comes A midshipman of the Royal Naval Reserve opened fire with a pomâ€"pom blew the car to pieces and sent the enemy scattering in every direction. Just at this juncture on enemy deâ€" tachment: of motorcyclists and a car came out of the main streets of Bouâ€" History will have many tales to tell of destroyer doings in this war, illusâ€" trating the many and varied jJobs of work they may have to perform at any time. You would hardly expect, for instance, to find destroyers taking part in street fighting, but here‘s something that happened at Boulogne when our destroyers were evacuating the last of our troops. One of them, after forcâ€" ing her way in found herself under fire from a battery of fieldâ€"guns in a fort on a hill above the town. The destroyâ€" er.turned all her 4.7 guns on to it, and the second salvo blew down the whole side of the port and part of the hill, sending guns and mountings rolling down the slopes. ation, required to ‘bring her home, but to the complicated task of repair which was so expeditiously carried out by the yard in question. o British shipyards are supreme and perfect understanding between the men who build our ships and the nien who sail them makes possible such a splendid story as that of the Kelly, who, by the way, is now back at sea in full fighting trim. . | combined with courage and determinâ€" Mb mmmmmmm.mpr. "The day of the oldâ€"fashioned love storyâ€"at least on Broadwayâ€"is over. The theatre has grown too adult to go for sticky, sentimental mush dishâ€" ed out in the corny plots of the 1920s; the estrangement of the lovers, and Y . B. â€"G. De . Sylvfa. producer of ‘"‘Duâ€" Barry Was a Lady," ‘"Louisiana Purâ€" chase," and "Panama Hattie," sock musicals whose books have no relaâ€" tion to the pattern of Elsie Dinsmore, puts on his type of show with deâ€" liberate intent. Says he: ‘"I don‘t say that there must be a social message in every comedy â€"or drama," Max Gordon said. "But I am convinced that no play can ceed in these days that does not pre- sent an adult viewpoint.. Audiences have been educated to the broader and sterner perspectives of life and all it holds for us socially, politlcélly and economically. ' . Herman Shumlin,â€"who is sponsoring Eihel Barrymore in â€"~‘"FThe Corn Es Green" put it this: way: He says the American theatre . has outgrown . its "make believe"â€"play clothes: and aobu- ally has become a. part of. the peoplt: who themselves are realists and insist' on that kind of fare.â€" e QQPWU’ vJAV UR JQli3_° A J 44389 _ CAAA U ind of an ordina be buried in ‘the mass â€"of liés that conâ€" ry person are too excitn "stitute; Ahe ‘sum total of the world‘s ing," M « 3 lgxgxger lt;ff?? u::xlzl?e:g: tr:!az‘l,é % ,dipfom'acy in wartimeâ€"â€"-are such as to the empted deception." ; *Kx 4. to pause .n their prophecies. "The present. conditions: in the . life Stark Realism Reigns . : â€" â€".â€" inâ€"~Broadway Theatres There isâ€"not one romance currently playing on Broadway. A nugnber of reasons are advanced for the starkness of the plays now offered theatregoers, and for the realism that has gripped alike playwright and producer ‘The inclination seems to be to put the reaâ€" son for it all â€"on the audiences.> They are being added to our Fleets: as fast as the shipyards can turn 't.hem out, and there is no lack of realization on the part of: those responsi»ble as to their value.. Their duties, as I have said before, are endless and they call for the high-s est form of seamanship, courage and endurance. We can never have enough of them and. like Nelson, whose ery| was always for ‘"‘Frigates more, frigates." our senior officers repeat the. same cry, “Destroyers and : more de-' stroyers." an SOS be received, the order is in- variably ‘"Send a destroyer." And how many of our merchant ships. bombed or torpedoed, with the crew taking to the boats, or . slill endeavouring tb1 save their ship, have been cheered by the sight of these splendid little ships steaming at full speed to their rescue? 1 Destroyers form part of all convoy escorts. This convoy escort work enâ€" tails long voyages in all sorts of weaâ€" ther, and you can: imagineâ€" what this means to theâ€"officers and men of these little ships, in the North Atlantic, for example, during:> the . Winter months; Think of them, for days and. days on end, always wet : and cold the shi knocking about in such a way 'tha cooking becomes almost impossible . > Life in destroyers is a hard one: Spells in harbor are very infrequent and, when they do came, very. short.{. But all this is most cheerfully homel by these young officers and men De- stroyers are always on the go and alâ€" ways ready for any emergency. Should to command the bigger units of the IITSL CONUFARCVLS 161 wcanaumnq'trcrug COIICETIIS WIIEIl pFOUuucUuoli OL about 200 Martin Bâ€"26 bombers at Malton, 4 "Ply warplanes began here were‘ for Britishâ€"type planes. Now, as U.S. firms Torpedo" in the United smn::: ?t?s omegt of th:) r:orlg’:nfed u:ht:ebombemg are rushing their best planes to â€"Rritain under the leaseâ€"lend bill, these f P + e % makes are gradually being put under tuction here.. A contract which and those built here will incorporate many improvements suggested by may. reach $18,000,000 has beenâ€"signed by the National Steel Car to build the Martin‘s in actual warfare. First contracts let to Canadian aircraft concerns when production of W'hy Is it that â€"Herr Hitler‘s armed £ power ~has broken, so far, and spent 1 itseif meffectively. as an angry wavse, ;upon ‘the ‘rock of Marshal Petains 7 $ simple ‘piety?. factsâ€"for the outâ€" P 4 sfianding facts can be seen and appreâ€" s ciafied though the underlying details l «To us in Great Britain there is someâ€" * thing still obscure and slightly odd in Marshal Petain‘s purpose and achieveâ€" menb The enormously. interesting thing is that he has surprised and lintxfigped many other people as well. The dear old lady was knitting when in rushed her little granddaughter “Grannie.,” she gasped, "there‘s a delayed a,ction bomb just fallen in your garden and it ain‘t half a big one!" “My child," said the old lady, "how many times have‘ I told you not to say ‘ain‘t‘?"â€"Exchange. |It seems now=>toâ€" be proved, on the s cumulative evidence of several months, that Herr Hitler is among. those who ‘are bewildered by the obstinate unexâ€" '-«pecbedness :of: this aged, pious soldier. 'Those Frenchmen of an ungodly tempâ€" â€"er, exemplified by M. Laval, are clear« ly\ no less bewildered. Marshal ‘Petain will live in history. His eflect upon the catastrophic times in which we: live is not yet worked out, 1.nor can it ‘be foreseen. But even at this there is evidence enough to uggest that: he stands for something ;entirely unlike anything that is being -done by any other political leader in the wbrld | ‘Looks on Marshal Petain ~as an Enigma of France ‘romance. in stride. Things that were taboo..as. conversation twenty years ago now make the themes for our plays. f._fl,f;fijnk'itfls’-al'l to the good and that ‘we are bétter for it." (Geox‘ge Glasgow in the Oontemporary +/ ..‘ Review, (London) Seven months after ‘the surrender of France, Marshal Petain, who had led the country in that historic act, had become.‘a‘ figure as. enigmatic and as patentlally important as any figure on the world‘s. stage "I doubt very much if this type of materlal will be accepted in the theatre again;.. certainly not in a long, long while. This is an age of realism in which we all have a vital interest. Events 'happening in all parts of the world make. us keenly alive to the sternness of contemporary life. . "The attitude that only the strong sm‘vim naturally is reflected in our dra.ma.fic literature. We have become @ . hardBoiled people who can take the.clinch. in the final scene after a series of miaunderstandlngs that them apart from the end of act one to the last few minutes of the play. Pm e sn u9 _ The London, Ont., Red Cross Corps has a nifty office administration groyp sand the.company commandant is Mrs. Marian Clark. . Their new ullfforms are gray with green trimmings. Note the airâ€"force type of ‘ank distinction on the sleeve, the smart military tie and the Red Cross . the hat with the green band, the Red Cross being EF '§ 2 § So the talk went: Radio programmes how to improve them and reach Arâ€" gentina‘s 700,000 radio set owners (longâ€"wave evidently, since only six percent. have shortâ€"wave receivers); releases to the Argentine and foreign language newspapers; founding of a newspaper to contain releases not used by the Argentine press; money for a weekly pep sheet, published by the free forces of one Oof the conquered counâ€" tries. Then the treasurer said: "Funds are low." "If you will permit met, Mr. Chairâ€" man," said an Argentine guest who had not spoken until then.: "I would like to return the courtesy of this "QOurfr joint strength will defeat Hitâ€" ler,‘ a Czech member asserted with some unprintable additions whicn did not obscure his meaning. ‘‘Unity is the keyword,"‘ said a Dane whose loyalty to King Christian is unchallenged. "I think this text could be ‘strengthened." ‘The common tongue was English, spoken by Dutchmen with German accents, by a Belgian with a French accent. A craggy Yugoslay engineer sat beâ€" side a swarthy Welshman. On my a slow Polish statistician spokzs to me in Epanish. On my right was an Engâ€" lishman, spare and precise with a rapierâ€"quick mind.. Down the table, the© diminutive Frenchman representâ€" ing General Charles de Gaulle leaned forward to hear better. A veteran of the First World War, he belongs to the famous Cassess", the broken faces. Down the table from him sat another Englishman. As we went to table he limped. A German bullet smashed his hip at Dunkirk. At one recent luncheon there werse present represeni.atives of Czechoâ€" Siovakia, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland, Free Grance and Great Britain. None is skilled in swaying public opinion. But where a smart public relations counsel has ideas, these men, in a tightâ€"lipped way, have faith in a British victory. These men, members of the interâ€" allied : coâ€"operation think, talk and dream of redeeming their countries. Their aims are two: to keep up the courage of their countryâ€" men settled in Argentina; to debunk information dis.ributed by the Gerâ€" mans. Haters of Hitler in Ten Countries Form a Club (By Allen Haden, of the Chicago Daily News, in Special Gorrespondence from Buenos Aires). United by common hatred of the Nazi conqueror, 24 businessmen, repreâ€" senting 10 countries that are or have been at war with Hitler‘s Germany, once a week eat a 50â€"cent lunch toâ€" gether at the English Club in Buencos He serves on juries. He explains forgotten income tax deductions to ferretâ€"faced agents from the tax deâ€" partment who never believe a word he says and never will. Employees sue him. Business improves, but his workâ€" men strike. His distant relatives are destitute and write him demanding dough. His motherâ€"inâ€"law comes to live with him. He is a good and faithâ€" ful husband all his lifeâ€"or you tell one. And if he reâ€"marries his friends He has to act as pallbearer at funâ€" erals. He gets airsick when he flies. He takes a cruiss abroad but can‘t get a decent cup of coffee anywhere. He finds all adventures, beyond a certain point, just like Regina. He grows a paunch; works at a gymnasium to reduce it, but nothing happens except a case of athlete‘s foot. Meanwhile he builds a house that costs him three times the esiimateâ€"and he never likes the house. * He fights in wars, if any. His own wife gives him pansyâ€"looking bathâ€" robes for Chrisimas. His secretary leaves him to get married, after fifâ€" teen years. His dentist tells him those old amalgams must come out. Mosâ€" quitoes poison him. Banquets give him acidoses. Hurricane insurance is the only kind he doesn‘t carry, and what do you think happens? A hurâ€" ricane! «4 ; He has hay fever. When he. sleeps his own snores wake him. His hair gets cowardly and retreats; pretty soon it disappears. His dress shirts bulge. He stands around unhapplly at cockâ€" tail parties, nibbling carrots. Headâ€" waiters forget his face. Even liquor disagrees with him. His shoes pinch; his hats don‘t fit him; his dress clothes smell of mothâ€" balls.. Dentists drill his teeth, surâ€" geons dig out his appendix; his sinuses clog; his razor blades get dull; he misses trains; he fills out questionâ€" naires; he stalls in traffic; he fixes flats on lonely country roads. His busiâ€" ness goes from bad to worse, and on top of that there‘s those new excess profit taxes. He doesn‘t know what the world is coming to.â€" But he susâ€" pects. (From Blairmore Enterprise) He is born. He grows a little. He has measles, mumps and chickenâ€"pox. He goes to school and the .first thing you know he is grown up. He falls in love and marries; or, he‘s a ground hog. He joins clubs. He buys eggâ€" beaters, cocktail shakers, some highâ€" ball ‘glasses, a medium or lowâ€"priced car, several magazine subscriptions andsome gold stock which is no damn good. He mows the lawn for exercise. On Sunday he plays golf. His modern children call him "George," which irâ€" ritates him though George is his name. The mother of his children calls him ‘‘Daddy." This annoys him, too. New Version of the Idea That "Man is Born to Trouble" In that shabby and stuffy room in Buenos Aires, 24 unpretentious men are in their own way fighting for their country. ‘"‘Unity is the keyword," the Frenchâ€" man summed up, nodding to the Dane. "In Britain where I have just come from, we know that we are not fighting alone. And each of the countries which have fallen to the Nazis knows also that we are still fighting for them. None of us is alone. We are all fightâ€" ing together.‘" ‘"‘This organization is unique in sSouth America," he said. "It will be the greatest encouragement to groups everywhere fighting German jpropaâ€" ganda. We need to state our case to meet the German brand. luncheon by subscribing the cost of two months‘ publication." The wounded Englishman had just arrived in Buenos Aires after a trip along South America‘s west coast durâ€" ing which he visited Peru, Colombia and Chile. In the applause which followed he slipped out. A True T onic Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food. for Blood and Nerves Byâ€"andâ€"by he dies . . . but is he glad? No, he certainly is not! Next thing he knows he is old. He retires, grows deaf, though not as deaf as most people think. He feels like a patriarch and is treated like a pulsing infant. They bundle him in scarfs and earmuffs and put him out on the porch. When he falls down the céellar stairs and breaks his hip they bellyâ€"ache for weeks that they told him so, which is time enough. ‘Then they ~send â€"him offâ€"of all places, to Victoria, to get his strength back. They get him a nurse and you would think they wanted him to live inâ€" definitelyâ€"but he knows better. say: "Isn‘t it extraordinary how much his second wife is like his first, which starts him worrying. At the regular weekly meeting of the Canadian ‘Girls in Training on Tuesâ€" day evening, Miss Louisa Mayowna anâ€" nounced that the Provincial Camp will take place at Waskesiuâ€"on July 9th to 19th, and is open to girls from twelve to sixteen years of age. It was announced that the next weekly meceting will take place on Thursday evening of next week inâ€" stead of the usual Tuesday evening, as the Music Festival is taking place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Final plans were made for the Mothâ€" er and Daughter banquet to be held on Tuesday, May 20th, when Mr. J. Lyâ€" man Murray, principal of the Timmins High and Vocational School, will be guestâ€"speaker. Guests at the event will be the mothers of the girls, church officials, Sunday School teachers, and others,. Miss Jean MacDonald outlined the programme for the evening. Mr. J. Lyman Murray to be Guest Speaker. The same industrialist also told him, Carr reported, at his press conference, that spsed limits may be reduced and production of whiteâ€"wall tires stopped, with the objective of saving rubber. C.G.I.T. Mother and Daughter Banquet Tuesday, May 20th May Ban Weekend Pleasure Driving in United States A despatch from Denver, Colorado, quotes the governor of ‘that state, Ralph L. Carr, as saying that pleasure trips at the weekâ€"end may soon be banned in the US. to conserve the rubber supply. Home from a trip to New York and Washington, Governor Carr said an industrialist serving as a National Deâ€" fence "dollarâ€"aâ€"year man" disclosed to him that an appedil to motorists to give up Saturday afternoon and Sunâ€" day trips is «under serious consideraâ€" tion. Jute sacks are still another type of secondary textile having salvage value Owing to the slow delivery of jute from India and the problem of getting shipâ€" ping space, there has been difficulty in supplying the needs of the Canaâ€" dian market with new bags. As a reâ€" sult, second hand jute bags have apâ€" preciable value. They are being disâ€" posed. of locally by salvage groups collecting them. Woolien rags underge a transformaâ€" tion that is hard to believe. But it is true, jJust the same. After this type of rags reaches industry, through the work of the voluntary salvage groups, the transformation begins. They «are thoroughly cleaned, sterilized, and then shredded. The shredded material is next mixed with live wool. And the combination is woven into several kinds of heavy cloth which makes blankets and uniforms. Collecting wool rags and turning them back into industry is definitely direct contribution to the war effort. Collecting cotton rags is no less so. White or coloured, they find their way finally to factories which make "waste" for machinery wipers. That old houseâ€" dress that you contributed to the salâ€" vage campaign in your district may at this very moment be wiping oil and grease from a lathe that is turning out a bomb to be dropped on Berlin! Other types of secondary textiles are interesting the National Salvage OLfâ€" fice. Linens, for example, are being turned back to industry to make the fine grade of paper needed for imâ€" portant military and state documents. In the United States there is a busiâ€" ness whose task is to salvage silk stockâ€" ings. The articles are unwoven, and the threads that still have tensile strength are used a second time. Inâ€" vestigations are under way to see what can be done in Canada along this line, How Wool and Cotton Rags Help Win War London Town is being given an addâ€" ed filavour‘ by the intensive drive in Canada for just that commodity. The National: Salvage Office reports great activity in the collection of secondary textiles for war purposes. Ottawa (Special): That quaint song, beginning "Any rags .. ." which used