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THE NEW CANADIAN
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FEATURES
SONG HITS OF YESTERYEAR
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Have" you ever wondered wh.il mg Fool" . "When there arej To sec sou coming in.'Ull and wore the "hit*" before the advent|grey skies, 1 don't mind the grey j straight, your ilear eyes gazing oven of the radio? Most of us manage to j skies . . : " Remember? jibe crowd to find me' I knew you j
keep ourselves well |>osted with cur-iTWO , . . 4searched for me. though your folksj
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programs,,but there was �ivi.iit-/PMvi. tana i~n.inev mrreu were 'caMoutted. looked so verv -proud ol you
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radios were mighty scarce and entertaining radio programs prac tically non-existent.
So this w��k, instead of discussing the scHijj-hits of the week, let's turn back the pages of popular ballads of the 'tens and twenties.
I Sonny Boy 11.800,0001.
2, Dtane (1,500,0001.
3. Alexander's Ragtime Band
(1,300,000). �1. Pagan Love Song (1,200,-000).
5. Charmain'e 11,200,000).
6. Wedding of the Painted Doll - (1,000.000).
7. Who's Afraid of the Big,
Bad Wolf? (900,000),
8. Love in Bloom (800,000).
9. Tip-toe Through the Tulips
(750,000).
. Tho figures in parentheses indicate the approximate sheet music sales. " "
And what momorict these old tongt bring back.
The good majority of these pieces belong to the lioy-day of the postwar era; Thoso were the days when motion pictures came into their own, when literally millions of. women and young girls used to swoon with delighf as their Idol; - Rudy Valen hno, made exotic love on the screen, and when Mary Pickford won the title "America's Sweetheart/' ONE...
�At the height: ojMlii^Jj^nj^agg^ AI~7dlson moved millions to gu$hy fears by singing the never-to-be-for-gottcn "Sonny Boy" in ''The Sing-.
\v/; hope 7 0 iove honour, and - om-y
I:very- woman has her hopes�shining hopes o! a ''goUlen'TutVr- =-ITieV jsnptcme happiness, for everyone: is on the quest of happiness NKrv ^ K"'fciov!noPc to find that happiness in financial, security or- spintp^1 <;>tiv'f^^i--
to stardom in "Seventh Heaven.'' For days people used to grow moist-eyed listening to the heart-tugging refrain of the film's theme song, the watt? "Diane." THREE ... . t
"Come on and hear, come on and hrar,' Alexander's Ragtime. Band!" in 191 2 people found that clarion cajj irresistible, and on that tremendous wave of enthusiasm and in-e'rest, the theretofore obscure, des* pised and lowly "jazz!' was ushered into American society, and the brilliant career of Composer Irving Berlin was started.
"Pagan Love Song," "Char-main*" and "Love in Bloom" are se mf-classics. Every n ow and th en f they are feature** in radio broadcasts, and invariably Hnd a warm, reception. Don't berate yourself if you find yourself soften in recalling tjiese bid-Timers, "You're just being human.
My son. my son' How infinitely -.siuccss in their ihosen work, marriage, or perhaps a combimnon cf ^ dear you were to me when you knelt j^ciois But to women, with the exception of a few career women ihv bJore the chancellor ^nd ! felt hifn'P,ctim* of fl,l"rc J"PP>r�ess lies m the vision of wedded bh^ yMth ;>e
murmur: : Admit to tc!" You smiled as you rcceived -your a ecolade; CouId I help my heart near bursting or.mv eyes tear-dimming? �
Your steps were buoyant, as you took your place, again among the. others in �0wn ar\4 hood. Mine. too. And I suddenly thought of the night you spent propped in a hard chair because it was too late to go home to bed.
My son. my son! My own for the muddy little knees 1 scrubbed to keep you clean, for the tears 1.kissed away when you were small, and hurt, for the love i bear you. 1 low soon .you g re w to young mjnliood, A nd I grow old.
Behind my pillar in that Vast halt I hugged your image to my, hcart. grateful .to : have ..lived .just long enough < \ .
Oh my son! My son I
Around The Bridge Table
OPEN IMC NO-TRUMP BIDS Instead of taking up the details of bidding and play, we* have decided to cover just tho essentials for the benefit,of beginners and less advanced play e rs a nd lea v e it up to them to work ;Our the fine points .by actual bidding and play.
Moreover, in reply to repeated re-: q ticstsr* wr-xha 11 *-mi ilirfiT basic ~plays; in alternate, lessons With the bidding; -. The next stcp;:aftcr opening bids of one in a suit is (he opening No- � Trump Kids* The One No-' _ 7 rump shoivs:
(1) Even distribution. 4.-3-3-3v
(2) POUR to -J-IVE honor-: tricks (divided .in at least THREE
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man of her dreams, a secure home, and children. This i$ the hope v^f majority of women--even though they may be afraid to. admit it v\nd- as-trsymbol of all her hopes and dreams she hu;:d$ hope chest adding piece by piece-: until it['isfilled' ;^i'r^ n:c/�on{^c;^;' . beautiful senttments luk in every corner. . -
The. hope chest which was considered part of the dbwty )s a Win.; ful relic of the old custom of coinpensatjhjg tlie groom Tpr theTiuK>ii?<-money which, he had paid to the bride's father. !to centuries back, wtien business and careers were things unheard of in k'~< inine circles, and the one and only future of a girl lay in mauied life.
tt was the time. >tao, when there; ^'crc no ;such"U which . to hang one's clothes^ Everything then Svas neatly foljej ini j carefully placed -in massive chests. For each, household had Us jVroud colli lection of beautiful, chests one of-which was set aside for the dauehut y\nd once it was the custom for the groom to examine the chfjt Kfe-o choosing his bride. . - .V
So little girls at the age of six sat at then mothrr's^knee embroidering beautiful linens and damasks; and learned that - to uv? : everlasting happiness a bride^tO'be[miisi^m^ that comprised, the hope chest; . . � :. -^\y..z.
- ^^?hemistOnf'of "w^kihgTalolu: \P^JT for family, relatives^ and friends, wanted ^
their little gifts of linen. It was beh>vedk theh. that if a girl put so.-nt handwork, even just a stitch or two, into every, bit. of finery, shewou^ find only happiness and good fortune in inarried life. Today we $<e jc adherence to this old tradition in.^h*;;."pAt'ichj;;. wofk� of; rhe'- brWeviiv mow:; grammtng all her linens. .. ^ �/].<�[ :-';y '-\ ' >� V
THE OLD ORDER CIIANGETH, YIELOINO PLACR'Pp XEw}/. The hope chcsfTThowever, with all its' beautiful symbols i?. slowly; dying out. for many-modern women do; not "collect t)ie engagement. But th<?re arc some who stUL cling to the customs, cf old for we find families here and there who give cedar chests .to their daujhutv on thei r twenty - first birthday, or f or a; gr.idiiatiori^^^^ from their friends. : \'{ �.'' V-'V..-,''. '� v:..' .
What does tho modern chest contain? Everything that"goes tnjo i sv o f-hi gh>:q ual i t y�rca V~ d a mlrsk"a"nd''g^pdtl i nTi^ and napkins, lunch sets, centrepieces^:� 'dpiIics^^iVgtJ.M/A'a'.rVd^i^l*IV-;.-tp.1?'^; polishing cloths and dust cloths, sheets^nd;;pi|^ spreads.-dtrtd quilts,: bath and hand tpwcls;: W
Silverware may also be includccL �. .' �;-:. V-.'. \ � � -.^/ �
The monograms on the linen arc usually the brute's own, although someL Women^if^their Tuturc husbarids ^ bination of the two initials or just the hew! one>.. .< \ / -]
DON'T NISEIS HAVE: HOPESytdqr^ ':';J : Nisei women as a rule do not keep hope chestsr Thcrv; are mr.V reasons for thi$:,indiffcrencc>'tovonc;^ Wcstern^wortd^ First ^f-allthe^iseBst^
;r> Itvh^s always been the Canadian~ custorii for' the groom to,p:os'\'< the furnishings for the new. home "whih;;t.h^b^ housekeeping articles. The-Japanese custom" rules a great deal of thefurnishings for tlK-hew, hpm^ fu ton (bedding) .tables, musical ins't rumen way between these two custom^ Wt-havVrtlkNi^^^ with her- to her new home the bdropm: suite
fore the hope chest is not regarded as a necessity; .. \. .
Tlien, too,. unhkc their ^Ganadiia'yfr|encis\: �NUrf upon their-parents for a great deal of their needs: .Stdlanor!]-..^.^:-,: Now is the time for graduates! thai some look upon the hope chest as an insane idea and ^oii 3;'.r^ m eommeiee to appl>. Tafca-jwho have staged to "collect � different articles for future use w^'f^
would like to start one dare not for fear of being laughed at. -. "
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The I iVo .No'l'rump is one srrp -higher them the.-One � No-Tramps It shoivs: , -; - ( 1) A strictlv � even disj ributjon (1) to dV> honor-tricks, v . (3.) At least Q 1 Ox or K x x in every suit.
Nc\t week Opening leads by the I defenders.
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\ I HE "FLIG1BLES" HAVE THEIR IDEAS
t Perhaps, these opinions of certain anonymous X'tscieh^,!� ^ w ill change their ,Hliludc% "
lUUR^i: 'The hope chest is a very pretty custom jrd j .pitv to see it die out. Some people mav think that -i -girj�/�< chesr-is going out gunning, for a man, but. then. there_.-v^n:* bom to t.ike things the \yrong-way..'". . - -� - .�� �
JOHNNVs 1 don't think it's at all silK for a gir! �.e ^'l ijnen Ivforc she rs engaged. Even if she never marries. .t.'K useful. A man is- taking the same- risk. With net a. p^>P-partner in sight. \ man begins to s.ive his-.moneyith-t;v. will have a tamdy -of his own." .
� JINt.MV:. Since it is the custom of the bride to p-" > j-*she will have to get them at some time or other. 1 he.n;w;iv : ] lec'rir.5 them early ? I wonder�if I were to give a ;^:r; y. � ] her birihd.Vv. do you think'that's a" terribly big hlr.c7 r \. - � . An\l Here's.-c. nvcahr.j ccr.uss:on-
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