PAGE 2 THE. CASTLE. NEWS Published’ Every Thursday By THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED Castlegar — B.C. L, V. CAMPBELL, Publish a dior’ Weekly Nt ig A rare and BC. Weekly Advertising Bureau | - RIPTION RATE :— $3.00 per year; 25¢ per month by ‘carrier. Authorized, ag Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. In the last two weeks I -have seen ‘two’ examples of the ‘Arts’ —the ‘live’ Theatre and. the film theatre. They made’ an in- teresting comparison, since both were period pieces. Both were written (originally) by top flight and both won popular acclaim, “atleast locally.” They AS WE SEE T., 7 THIS IS WHITE CANE WEEK There is a tendency among the blind, and the sighted too for that matter, to construe the specific handicap of blindness a general one; thus suggesting general helplessness. While there is no denying: the severity of the handicap there. is also. no denying that it can be circumvented to a most appreciable degree. It is a matter of reaching one’s objectives by an alternate route. The blind person must leam a new medium of expression to’ replace thot part of vhis expressive ‘self lost with his’ sight.’ Just as a. book ‘may. be written in one language and translated to another without losing the. essent- ial story, so may-a blind person ‘translate his sur- roundings and: express his impressions in senses usual-"" ly regarded as subordinate to the.visual. The medium of expression: changes but the end ‘result is the same. : One of the‘ safest’ and best avenues of ‘expres- sion is in the. field of recreation, In games and ‘sports a man finds -his measure. He learns the intensity and endurance of his strength in concentrated effort. When a blind person discovers he can bowl. an elip- - tical course and. strike the jack some ninety. yards away, the result is exhilarating. He experiences an upsurge in*morale. Hearing ‘the. cry “Strike” at five pins, holding the perfect hand ‘at. cribbage or know- > ing the quiet satisfaction of a well placed arrange- ment of bishops and. pawns; each has a role to play in the lives of many of our blind neighbours. Through were the film “Ulysses” and the play “St. Joan”; My own, minori- ty but unasked opinion ‘is that they both fell Ny short stricken -imagination saw the great Homeric of / Gods. and strait jacket him. into an ‘inabilj- ty ‘to decide’ whether he was writing comedy,’ tragedy or a i which in of their possibilities for a num- ber of reasons, some equivalent —some . contrary. In. the first place,.there are the scripts. The seript for ‘Ulys- ses’ was written in part by Ben who|to this case, makes two of us. ‘Xairly, there was the produc | tion of the two, was, lavish, . excessive, ~ flamboyant with costume’ and “background going. beyong the eye's ability and Hecht, a Jewish once wrote during the F Arab war, “every time'a British soldier is killed, the Jews of America light 4 fire of thankcful- ness in their hearts.” He is a pln write among other things, a very paragraphical wre “Count’ Bruga” and vari- ous: exposees on Hollywood. None of which, however, qualify him as.an adapter of the writ- ings of Homer, with. obvious’ re- sults. After .Br. Hecht’s efforts, I doubt if Homer would | re- cognize Ulysses either. For ex- ample, in the tense moment when Ulysses (Kirk Douglas) ang his men discover’ the huge foot print of Polyphemus, Mr. D. (or Hecht) neatly deflate | it by the remark in the. “One thing is for big feet”. also doesnot like ,~and says, so. fre- quently at the most: ‘inopportune times in the’ play,. “Joan”. In fact, both gentleman, and. par- ticularly Mr. Shaw,. are appar- ently so afraid that any dram- atic peak in the play. may ob- secure the view of their own outstanding wit that they pune- ture the situation before it be- comes more than a hill there is the fact ‘of his newly acquired skills comes. the. satisf 1 of accomplishment, and with. it, confidence. A blind person's greatest source of confidence .is his fellow- man, with or without sight. To; now. acceptance as the point of view. of the author though we.+do not presume to compare. Mr. Hecht with - the great Irish playwright, all.to.ob- the i i der. he action and drama (such as there was) was lost in ‘costume and other. hand, shere wes absolutely no staging. In the Shows play. on the which was' not’ only confusing at times, but placed so excessive a load on. the dramatic effect was lost, In brief, each was an excess of opposites. Finally, since « neither” time nor space permit of-a fuller criti- streism, I feel both pieces fell badly in their (supposedly) main theme, ‘The - unconquersble spirit of, man’. Empty heroics against great action, banality against sublimity and frivolity in the midst of tragedy so em- best|asculated: both plays that a sense of life and art is leaked out bit by bit and we arise at the inevitable conclusion—the fiction hero survives miracu- lausly to. get the -girl; that: the real hero is bearable only when |. dead. Of the players: Kirk Douglas gave his usual. vigorous perfor- mance of a sheriff, Miss’ Lolli- brigida was . attractive, » Francis Hyland as Joan deserves all the WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW “ABOUT POLIO POLIO RESEARCH—A LONG. TERM FROJECT For nearly half a century, research workers have been seeking a safe method of protecting people: against the. devastating on- slaught of polio. From:early results, of over 1,000,000 school: children in‘ North ‘America last ‘year, it seems conclusive that the Salic against polio. One’ phase of the battle is won. A sure, safe method of preventing, but hot curing polio has been found. While public attention has been focused upon the develop- vaccine. will sitectively spralect 5 Years 7égo ment of the vaccine has not been stopped on cures for polio. A cure is as essential as a preventive if polio is to be beaten, The use of the stop-gap “Miss Carol -Davis who. has completed (her nurse's training at St.. Paul’s Hospital in Van- couver, visited BE, ae xeme of in the p tion of paralysis in a polio cases, is an of wha' her sister, tie, and G. HL King. Sk has research can hie So is the rocking bed, which some respirator patient from his. life- saving . but terribly restricting iron lung. Pos ing, but there credit she has George McCowan, as Dauphin and In- quisitor, ‘was excellent.’ Roland Hewegilil as Bluebeard, the rough soldier, Lak pelther rough, nor ing neauneat and rehabilitation for those who ‘have, and’ those who will contact polio. Your to the B.C. POLIO could not grow a epee blue or any one color in or out of the part. a person and to.feel -the hand of! comradeship is man’s richest rid most sustaining experience. And it is yours to give. This week is .White. Cane Week sponsored, by The Canadian Council of the Blind and The Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind. Canadians have few weeks in which they are not asked to dig into their pockets for some worthy cause, but. this is not’ one of them. You,are not asked to give anything this week except your understanding and a helping hand. The White Cane Week) slogan “The White Cane Creates Confidence’. can: do. something . for. you. Your blind friends have ‘cor.fidence in you, now’ they are asking for your confidence in return. - _| tual, fervent- prayer of a right- kane in Easter week. Three scouts can attend fromm Kinnaird and two each from Robson and will be billeted in the homes ‘of Spokane Scouts—thus emphasiz- . ing the ideal of the world wide Ay ds... first aid for. Roy, °° overweight. Lose weight—safely—eanily. No, hunger pangs! Month's Supply--$3.25 ~ cacloget : Drug »| scout brotehrhood, There will be 3 two. troops. present “from East| and West Kootenays. Mr. Charl- ton also. spoke * of the presenta- tior of Queen Scout Badges at Victoria in‘the same week, there are three scouts at’ Kinnaird who qualify. viously the American's erie by Miss F. Clemo .. “Have you prayed about it?” These arresting, yet challeng- ing words appear on & motto in our home. People. talk about hear the testimonies of an- swers to prayers, but how many tool, you have to use it to view the lasting effects. James 5:16 says “The effec- eous man availeth much. Great men of God have..been men of prayer. The desciples said. “Lord ‘teach us to’ pray”. These followers watched the solitary figure of their- Master‘ wend” his: way to the. mountain or. desert | place] as He sought times of secret prayer with His Father. Before events and afterwards, Jesus prayed when hungry for fellowship—He ‘prayed _ when critiscized—He . ‘ prayed. Prayer power at A vL. investeq the’ following boys as scouts last Tuesday: Garry Bat- ting, Garry Gallo, Gerald Kavic, Jim Merryfield,; Wayne Richards, Michael Taylor, Warren ‘Tomlin- son,‘ James Smith, "Billy Whit taker. “The Bat Patrol -under.’P.L. petition for Jast month and ‘the f | following tied for the ‘most ef- ficient Scout of: the | month, (Garry Batting, Michael ‘Taylor, and James Smith. “PL, Rodney’ ‘Brown was given his Bronze. ‘Arrow’ Badge last ago, A.D.C. B.A. Resker made the presentation. .The Guide, Scouts’ Own, in remembrance of Baden Powell’s Birthday, will be held on Sun- , day, February 26th at the High School.. This’ annual ceremony is conducted’ by the’ boys and girls.” Everyone (especially par- .ents) is, welcome. , Canada jumped nine per cent in 1953 to, an. all-time high of 13,450,07: TZ. wouldn't yield-to His Prayer. Bob King ‘won the patrol com- Je week, he earned’ it some: time]: Motor vehicles registrations in|’ the beginning and kept the flow. imini: a and diffi- that ‘There .was no emergency, culty. “nor. temptation, “Luke, chapter 22 records the self seeking Siepule of His dis- ciples.‘ After a gentle rebuke, Jesus said to Simon, “I. have prayed for you"—He had: been praying for Peter— Friend, ‘He. is: still His Father. fs" : When: Satan: our- accuser : the “bréthren ‘rises ‘against Gad's who pleads our. cause. how to pray, then plan to get teach us, and we practice, 36 ships load at Churchill set a prayer, really pray—Prayer is like al “MIROS —