Wednesday, October 1. 1052
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When he mentioned it again, I 5aul alt right, what's the differ-We, and got up to lead the way low at'd the other end of the room w lure Miyo was sitting. But he \viu-s up before me and I followed his u ni formed back w e a v i n g thriiu^H the clusters of people [ike an errant blue thread in a >iiken deniask. Watching his wide .shoulders'''I thought again how; oltl a uniform makes a man's body, and how young his face.
Mis face had that vulnerable bnk.of the adolescent, the steady.,
� cpi-n-stare of eyes upon which tjie surrounding flesh has not yet oncroaohed, the mouth that had yet not learned control. He was friendly and polite, one of those thin, nice kids in uniform who look like they ought to be back in school making paritic raids on jrirls' dorms. He had attached
. himself to me put .of sheer boredom or loneliness after we collided at the buffet, lie was but of place here in his tech sergeant's uniform, and I gathered that his presence now at Laura's house was due to one of her sudden outbursts of hospitality t o \v a r.d young servicemen, whom she persists .still "in calling "our boys."
Laura believes that parties are more successful when they -are.' , uncomfortably. crowded, and she ir apt to invite almost anyone to whom she takes a sudden notion, which is perfectly all. right, except that her haphazard recruit^ 'ing- usually results in a fringe poup . of bewildered, slightly frantic outsiders.
� I'd spent the better part of an hour listening to Jim's occupation experiences. He'd bee n plucked straight from his graduating class at high -school and �sent shortly there after to Japaii. The experience.."�had been 1 i til a >hort of devastating, I gathered, though his manner . was casual and offhand, and he talked with frightening nonchalance about radiation-burnetl  men, of back-
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alley dealings with black marketeers and of a Japanese landscape at()m-scarii>d and bare. I won dertMl if he were embroidering the tale, because talk of the war, as it cropped up about us, was -mostly .of th* fighting in Korea. Nevertheless, I, with my scanty World War" 1 experience, had" to concede that this youth,, scareely out of his toons, had absorbed "more terror, in his time than I could ever have borne.
His eyes, flushed with drink, wandered over the . room,, filled how-with' men in dark suits and women in the fragile, diaphanous colors of evening. 1 thought he looked wistful, but decided I was being sentimental. He was a .good-looking kid and probably well able to take care of his needs.; .
"How were the girls in Japan?" 1 asked, watching the blonde, red and brunette heads topping the evening gowns.
"All right." The answer came perfunctorily, rebuking me for. the fatuous question. "Nothing like the. girls back home."
He played with his drink. "Thev're too short for me, but you get used to it;. Funny thing, it's hard getting used to th-; orirls back home." '
His eyes went back to the room, Laura's brittle-bright living room that seemed, to glisten-more than usual tonight. The women looked like mannequins, lacquered and-shiny, and their voices seemed shrill.
I tried to' imagine the kid in a foreign country, slumping from his lanky, height to dance witn. one of those strange women with their heavy; hair and frightened eyes, fitting his thoughts desperately into a new tongue or murmuring the -words, he knew into the ears of girls who.might'.understand his thoughts, though not the words, - -        -
"Would you. like to meet some. �irls?" I asked. ' ;
"Oh, I guess not." His hand brushed his short-cropped hair absent-mindedly.
"Well, if you see somebody . . " '   "Sure."
His eyes went back to their restless, listless wandering, then focused suddenly across the room.. - ��  .  .
-Who's that .giri there? The Japanese one�in the blue dress/'
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I hadn't seen her come in, but
I was pretty sure it was Miyo. "Where rH
He pointed her out. "Near the fireplace there. Do you know her?1'
"Oh sure, slightly/' .1 said, wondering why I felt a flair of resentment at his interest Miyo was, in fact, a rather close friend of mine and had been for a long time.
"Introduce me?"
"Well, I don't know her too well. It might be. obvious."
AH of a sudden he seemed L-.-'s a lonely kid.
"She's too short, for you," I -grinned and was relieved to have hmv drop the subject.
Hut two .minutes later he bad pressed me again for an introduction.
And so now, rather meekly, 1 followed Jim across, the room, walking in the little abyss his body created across the crowded floor.
Miyo was with a couple of people with whom I had a nodding acquaintance, and I greeted them all vaguely. She wore a silver-.blue dress and a pair of those ridiculous earrings and a barbaric silver necklace of the sort women affect these days! But she looked pretty terrific. Her. forehead is "wide, coming down to a small chin, and. she wears the short-cropped hair styles to good effect.       :
I was just going to introduce Jim when he broke in himself with  a  few  strange �' words   I ' couldn't make out.
He was standing there with a big grin on his face, nodding and bowing and ;making with these words. And then belatedly I realized he was talking in Japanese.
He was talk ing direct 1 y .to Mi -yo, and she cocked her head, trying to understand.
"I beg: your pardon?"  .
He .went iiito another spasm of words, and then she must have realized he was talking Japanese.
i    Her eyesi chilled.
I   "Well, I'll be darned," she said.
� "He doesn't speak English."
i    Her voice carried sharp and
j clear out of the little pool of sil-
j ence. around us. �
"For Pete's sake, Miyo, come off it," I said hastily, but too 1 late-to be of any help.
"Must be a foreigner," Miyo : said.
The kid's face crumpled, the grin spreading into ghastly awareness.
"Lo�>k/* he said, "I was just
ii ying ta be funny." His eyes went from Miyo's face to mine/' H �nist, I didn't mean to be a jerk/"
I wasn't quite sure whether I v anted to slap Miyo or the kid, but 1 would have settled for a r-hot at both.
I dracged the kid off, despite his rr:ambled protests.
*'H�mv?-t, I didn't know she was o.fferent," he said.
**>he's n^t different/' I said.
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N"'�w more than ever be seemed p. stranger in Laura's ^Tna^fc ard crystal room. � fi
In bygone seasons, a 230 or so average would have copped honors in any Nisei bowling league. But that might not be good enough this year in the Toronto Nisei Majors. Too many bowlera are hitting better than 700, and so early in the season at that.
Eighteen trundlers, or more than one of five, topped 700 last week, with five bringing in 800 scores. So, early indications are, there's going to be plenty of 230 "s.
Topping the list is Mas Iso-shim a with 840 (303),. with Harry Inouyc 833 (373), Scotty. Ame-mori 828 (310), George Ide 810 (320), Jack' Hem my 808 (317), as others breaking 800.
In the seven century bracket are K. Nagasaka 786 (320), J. Watanabe 780, T. Kataoka 778 (376), Y. Saito .758 (304), R. S;^ saki 757, B. Miyauchi 744, B. Tsuruda 730, M. Endo 730, E. Nakamura 734, F. Abe 723, IX. Tanaka 722 (356), K. Kuroda 722 and R. Nagamatsu 715. J. Ito 310.
Pacing the early race arc Ta-keda Insurance and Spadina Bowling who have yet to lose a game. Last weeks results: Lowe 7, Ascot 0; Takeda 7, Du Rite 6; Best 7, El Mocambp 0; Spadina 7, Radio 0; Lewis 5, Karn 2; Yamada 5r Wasser 2; Sammy 4, Sora 3; Urabe 4, Alexander 3.
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��-. A dream of many years finally materialized for badminton enthusiasts in Toronto when the Metropolitan United Church gym was secured for the forthcoming season! The spacious three-court gym is one of the finest in the city. All this and plans for the season will be discussed in an important general meeting to be held on Thurs., Oct. 2, from 7:30 p.m. at AH Nations Church.
* Details such as participation in the "A" and MB" divisions of the Inter-Church League, the Nisei League and the Saturday night-sessions at Trinity gym will be discussed fully at the meeting. � League officials who are headed by JCCA Badminton Club pre-xy Roy Shin, announce that it-is imperative that all players attend the meeting. Former members and persons interested in playing this season are asked to turn out.
The Metro gym will be utilized for Tuesday nights while the Nisei League and Inter-Church games will be played at All Nations gym.
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HULL, P.Q. � Thirty judoisLs from clubs in Ottawa Ami Holi took part in a judo tournament held on Sunday, Sept. 28, in Hull. Over 750 persons attended the spectacle.
Civk dignitaries presented aer en cups to the various winners uv the seven ranks from Mack white belt.
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