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The eyes of Mary
are sad tonight! Her
pale slim hands are
folded in prayer.
Mournfully the
lambs bleat in the
gloom, while the
donkey champs the
thatch-strewn ’floor,
pricking his ear . . listening . . - waiting
. . . expectantly! The
town of Bethlehem is
quiet now. find the
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moon hangs obscure
in the eastern sky.
The eyes of Mary
are sad tonight!
Quiescent she sits in
the shadow dusk.
Her arms have lain
empty for two thous­
and years! Hye al­
most two thousand
years it was, when
He wandered down
the winding path­
way, no more than
• a child, down into
the busy haunts of
men. The heart of
Mary is waiting to­
night! Her eyes are
filled with old, old
dreams. Her ears
are straining across
the years, cocross
the thousand mileslistening for that
step that never
sounds. He had left
with a promise. "I
shall come back,"
he had said, his face
deep hid in her flow­
ing robes. "I will
come back." He had
turned to wave his
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A Yuletide Message from:

A New Year Message from'

Hon. Seijiro Yoshizawa

Kenji Nakauchi

Minister for Japan

Consul for Japan

J am happy to accept the invitation to

contribute a message for publication
in this special Christmas and New Year
issue of "The New Canadian."
It is my sincere wish on this occasion that
the Japanese Canadians, conscious of
the flow of the blood of their ancestors
in their veins, will be worthy of the rich
and proud culture and tradition of their
forefathers. Japan's history is indeed
great and long, for on November 10th of
this year the 2600th anniversary of the
founding of the Empire was celebrated.
I believe that the way for the Nisei to
be worthy of the tradition of their ancest­
ors is to be always loyal and faithful to
their country of birth and nurture, Can­
ada, especially at this time when she is
engaged in a great struggle. In the last
World War, the Japanese Canadians,
not having yet attained majority, were
not in a position to make their own con­
tribution to Canada's war effort. Many
of their fathers, however, besides aiding
the prosecution of the war by remaining
law-abiding and purchasing war bonds,
volunteered to join the Canadian military
force to bear arms in the battlefields of
Europe.
flithough narrow discriminating treat­
ment arising from racial prejudice may
act to restrict even their contribution to­
wards the national war effort, the Nisei
should be magnanimous in their willing­
ness to discharge their duties as good
citizens of Canada. They should then
endeavour to organize their life and
activities so that their presence in this
country will be of real help to Canada in
her hour of need and will strengthen the
hope that reciprocally friendly relations
between Canada and Japan may be
maintained for the fuller ultimate realiza­
tion of their common interests and as­
pirations to guarantee the peace and pro­
gress in the Pacific.
I conclude this message with the Christ-

came to this fair city of
ver, and within that short
witnessed the perplexing problems'^’"
beset the Niseis on the Pacific CYaV^
We are living in trying times.
in the Orient has intensified racial ^)
ings. On the heels of that war has coX
the European war. War in the Orient has
been, and rightly too, to Canadians H
a distant rumble on a foreign soif C
war in the West cannot be regards
aloof and far-distant, for it ^
no small way, the life of the youna
and women of Japanese origin who'o^
striving to become citizens of Canad^

rThis Was Their Finest Hour'.
Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill
June 18, 1940

lasting peace will soon displace the
widespread warfare that is now raging
in this world.
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Thomas Tamaki
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age through the medium of "The N^C
Canadian" — a message to the Niseis
What can I say as we come to the dos=
of a year fraught with turmoil, and as wo
await a new year? It is this. The task of
solving the multitudinous problems rests
upon the shoulders of the Nisei themselves, on the degree of strength in their
resolve. They are Canadian citizens, first
emd foremost by birth, and as such the’’-'
owe a moral obligation to the land oi
their birth — that of unswerving lovalty
loyalty above everything else!
I do not say that Niseis should ac­
cept fatalistically, conditions as thev
exist, but they must not, in laying claim
to their rights, make willingness to senze
in defence of their country, or anything
else, the bargaining point for the fran­
chise. The performance of military duty
and. the advocacy for citizenship should
run parallel to each other — but they
must not mingle together. '
The task of the Niseis has just begun.
The problems are numerous, but if they
accept a tolerant attitude and render un­
selfish, selfless service to Canada, no
matter how difficult it may be, whole
heartedly, without flinching, the prob­
lems, I believe, will eventually be solved.
May I, at this time, through the med­
ium of this paper, wish the Niseis and
The New Canadian" itself, best wishes
for a Happy Christmas emd a prosperous
and successful New Year.

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DECEMBER 25z 1940

qrODAY, as never before, we JapanBy HARRY NAGANOBU
we must keep on striving T]y
esc Canadian citizens are in a po- ■
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sition of heavy responsibility. About'
; When insult is heaped on iniun
us human society and relationships' disintegration and, finally, the down- ; efforts to further the cause of Canada wve must not bow down or dv
i to meet with more criticism, more
are in a state of violent upheaval. Old ) fall of the nation.
;Be sympathetic and open-minded
Though on a smaller scale, this sus- | suspicion, and more restrictions. It is j to understand our fellow CanadiT
institutions, old conceptions are giv- i
ing way to new. Even in the horrible ■ picion and nervous tension exists here I discouraging for us to have our best i position; his viewpoint. We mu*1
art of making war, old methods are I in Canada today, especially in British i endeavours met with distrust.
) honest with ourselves. In the pXJ
crumbling before modern means.; Columbia. Amy foreign looking per­
npHE situation, then, is a direct chal- i situation, this is fundamental r
Everyone’s thoughts are changing to । son is looked upon with some doubt
1 lenge to us as citizens of this I cannot build a firm foundation b
keep pace with today’s rapidly chang-1 and misgivings. Actually, the more
country. It will be a magnificent test )the future on dishonesty and dece?
ing events. The world is steadily be-j alien-appearing individuals are, the
iHave the courage and strendh^
of our honesty, our courage, our
coming smaller. Nations are inevitably : less effective they can be as internal
examine our own selves; find1
strength, our determination and our where we are at fault, and hav^
drawn nearer to each other because disruptors because they are easily dis­
loyalty. In fact, our actions, our deeds
of more rapid means of communica­ tinguishable and would be already
to meet this situation will show Can­ I found it, have the character to co?
tions, resulting in closer contacts and under suspicion and surveillance by
ada what sort of people we are, and rect or eradicate it. This is the onb
consequently, more complex human I the general public.
way we can build a lasting future* J
whether we are worthy of being ac­
relationships. What people are doing •
In spite of this, a certain proportion
Canadian citizenship for ourselves a J
cepted as full-fledged Canadian citi­ our
children.
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in other continents vitally affects each I of the Canadian people view us un­
zens
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other
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one of us in this far away section of I favourably. Some even burst forth
dians and be one of them and, having T know that you will behave as trm
the British Empire. What happens in I with far-fetched accusations, never
fulfilled all of the duties, have all the 1 and loyal citizens of Canada, even
Europe has a direct bearing on us in I proven.
rights and privileges of Canadian citi­ j to out-do our brethren in this respect
British Columbia, economically, po-!
If -we speak of an invasion, we are
zenship.
We must be more than average?
litically and socially.
j viewed as being dangerous; if we deny
zens
—we must be extraordinary citi­
In this confusing world at the hour ; allegations, we are accused of attempt­
It will be a hard test,”mind you.
when the Empire is being tested, we ing to lull people into a false sense of
For each of us difficult days are ahead. zens so that there can be no cause for
as citizens of Canada have our duties security: if we'keep our mouths shut,
All the efforts we put forth may seem questioning glances in our direction
to fulfill. What are they? What must we are suspected as merely waiting
to go for naught, may seem to have when every eye is watching us closely
we do? What can we do? How best) silently for “the day”; if we protest
been futile, useless, ineffective, may looking and searching for the merest
can we perform our duties as befit-) that we are the most law-abiding pass unnoticed. This is where you. the sign of any disloyal act. We must,
ting members of the British Empire? | racial group of Canada, we are said
second generation must show your moreover, counsel our neighbour
npHERE are several things we must to be trying to gain popular confidence
courage and faith that I know you against any unintentionally careless
all possess. In the face of failure we act which may be interpreted as an
1 do. First in importance, we must, with an ulterior motive in mind.
act of disloyalty, for a few careless
It really is hard for us, after all our must redouble our efforts. Undaunted
at all costs, preserve the unity of
individuals in this time of tension can
Canada, protect the home front. This
bring disaster upon the rest.
is as vital to our nation as maintain­ ¥
I know Canada will come out vic­
ing the front lines intact. For us per­
W
torious
in her struggle and you in
haps this may be the hardest task of
ft yours. For just as I have unlimited
all, requiring unending patience and ¥
Credit is due to a large number of agents,
Ocean Falls—Tad Hyodo
faith in Canada as a nation, I have
understanding and sincere effort—we & delivery boys and correspondents through
Okanagan—A. T. Kobayashi
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faith in you as individuals — strong,
may not receive immediate recogni­
whose continued work our readers are get­
Paldi—Cossy Asada
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courageous young men and women
tion or thanks.
ting their copies of the paper and news of
Port Alberni—Messrs. Tani
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with undivided loyalty for
What I mean is this. We have seen ¥ their locality. To these Niseis we express
ft working
Prince Rupert—Hiroshi Hamasaki
betterment of this our Canada,
the methods employed to vanquish
our thanks, from them we bear their greetIs the
Regina—Tom Hori
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our
native land.
many an European nation. People who
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Steveston—Hanako Maruse
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The year which we are about to
are ostensibly bona fide fide tourists ¥
Steveston—Saburo Hirayama
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AGENTS
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CORRESPONDENTS
ft face is fra fraught with stupendous
turned out to be forerunners of an
Surrey—K. Hirasawa
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possibilities. History is in the mak­
Bloedel—Chiuzo Adachi
invading army; trusted men in key ¥
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fortune may rise or fall with each
positions were quietly undermining
Britannia—Jimmie Kakutani
&ft ing,
Victoria—Sam Okamoto
of
us.
But in the main, by our own
and working for the collapse of the ¥
Celtic Cannery—M. N. C. Pator
Woodfibre—Hideo Takeda
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striving, by our own true resolve we
defensive system so that actually I ¥
Chemainus—Kaname Izumi
DELIVERY BOYS
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can
turn the year’s progress to our
hardly any effectual resistance could
Cumberland—Cazuko Iwasa
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Mitsuo Goto
use. The future is given to every in­
be offered to the enemy. No one knew
East Richmond—Bill Sasaki
Tatsuo Okumura
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dividual to do as he wishes — to
who could be trusted. Everyone was ¥
Englewood—0. Kunihiro
Toshizo Onizuka
squander it or to avail himself of its
jittery and nervous, living in fear and
Mission—Malcolm K. Fukami
Hiroshi Tanaka
unlimited
possibilities.
suspicious of each other. Thus morale
A toast then to the New Year, Niwas destroyed which led to division,

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Christmas and New
R 1 • D„ it is a habit of civil-Mankind'to act like the ostrich:
^lXnt facts are hidden with
!"P Latitudes and everyone enjoys
^'delicious numbness got by stick* h?« head into the nice, warm sands
‘T make-believe. ‘Peace on earth,
01 drfl toward men’ is a lovely
■rfo or greeting cards; day-to-day
Mines render it what it has always
11 d _ ’a sentiment, not a statement

of fact.
at this very grim Christmas
A' with an even grimmer New
I Sr’ looming, it would seem wise
i lr vou Nisei to send out pretty greetM’cards, but do some unglossed
inkin’. Whether you realize it or
*MMs do not look at all good
. for vou and no imitation of the os
iSh Will alter the fact. Come to
of it. vou Nisei seem to have
I ^n acting 'like ostriches the year
j Jund: you have hoped that. this
would be done for you and wished
’ that that wouldn’t happen, and any
; iiTe an issue threatened to explode
Ju have looked the other way and
imagined it wasn’t there because you
weren’t looking at it.
I know a lot of you won’t like the
above remarks, but then, the doctor
is never popular when his diagnosis
is unpleasant. And yet, the doctor is
i often a mighty good friend.

; m'HIS ostrich attitude of the second! 1 generation seems very, evident
with regard to Aiderman Wilson and
shis noisy little games.' Your idea
I seems to be: If only the gentlemen
would have a heart attack, so join
the Army, or something, why, everyI one around these parts would love
us. all barriers would melt away and
another problem would enter the
history-books. But you have to get
it into your heads that Aiderman Wil-

1 Cold Comfort Intended I
son is a symptom, not a cause. He
simply expresses, loudly and possibly
for his own advantage, the fears and
dislikes of a large, larger than you
realize, group of B.C. people. And
whether this fear and dislike is just­
ified or not makes no difference to
the fact that it exists; it is high time
that you gave more attention as to
why you are attacked rather than to
who is doing the attacking.
OW’ fear and dislike, producing in­
tolerance, is to some extent the
result of ignorance. So, many Occi­
dentals fear and dislike the Japanese
because they do not understand them;
and during the past half-century there
has been a horde of missionaries,
scholars and others of good-will ex­
plaining, working, learning and
preaching to make the opposite sides
of the Pacific Ocean understand and
respect each other. Certainly, some
success along these lines has been
achieved.
Yet, to-day, fear and dislike of the
Japanese, affecting the lives of thous­
ands of Japanese who have never
known Japan, is the predominant at­
titude of North Americans, of British
Columbians. So it seems evident that
other causes, as well as ignorance,
operate against you.

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pRANKLY, it would seem that a
major cause is the very opposite
of ignorance; you are feared and dis­
liked because a great deal is known
about you. So, Nisei, brace yourselves
for some unpleasant truths. (Why, oh
why, does that adjective always seem
to precede the worth ‘truth’?)
You are feared and disliked be-

cause the country of your father s
origin. Japan, is in open alliance with
Germany and Italy, two powers and
two systems against which Canada is
pledged to war to the death. This is
no fault of any of you: but many
Canadians, understandably, wonder
if any and how many of you rejoice
at this alliance.
You are feared and disliked be­
cause Japan seems very much akin
in ideals and government to an au­
thoritarian, un-democratic stat e.
Again, no fault of your; but, honestly,
Nisei,' you would be much more
trusted and respected if you did not
attempt to tell Occidental Canadians
that Japan is a Japanese version of
democracy. And there’s no need to be
apologetic; there is no scientific nor
historic reason for supposing that a
system devised and developed in one
part of the earth is necessarily fitted
for another part.
You are feared and disliked because
of the actions of Japanese govern­
ments, presumably supported by the
nation, during the past ten years.
Once again, no fault of yours; but
when, as has happened, some of you
inform Occidental Canadians that
Japan went to war with China and
expelled foreign business for the
benefit of the Chinese and the foreigners, you do not amuse Canadians;
you insult their intelligence.
You are feared and disliked be­
cause of what, for lack of a better
term, may be called your ‘question­
able relations’ with Japan — ‘dual
citizenship’ and the whole vague as­
pect of your allegiance. This is a
cruel question to raise, it is natural
and proper to love and value the

country and culture of one s fathers,
but these times are not natural and if
vou are not for this country you aie
against her.
Finally, and as importantly, you are
feared and disliked because you do
not do very much about clearing up
the fear and dislike. Take the matter
of friendship and getting together;
there are many Occidental Canadians,
with the kindliest and most interested
intentions towards you and your pos­
sible human and cultural offerings,
who simply do not know how to get
to know* you. It is up to you to make
the first and some of the more strenu­
ous efforts toward friendship and co­
operation; it is up to you to break
down your own barriers of shyness
and retreat; it is you who have in­
herited a tradition of conservatism
and formality, not the Occidentals.
Mention of shyness brings up a not­
able reason for calling you ostriches.
You have worked yourselves into a
resentment ■— complex because you
aYe denied a few rights in this coun­
try; admittedly it is not fair, but when
weighed against the above-mentioned
causes of your unpopularity, it is
understandable.

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And it is time that you got a health­
ier view-point, that you realized that,
in this era of Jew-baiting and scape­
goat seeking, you are one of the besttreated minorities in the world.

I know you will mutter about the
vote and hunting-license when you
read the last lines above, but remem­
ber, this democratic way of life has
been built up slowly and. painfully
over a long time and its rights have
been achieved at the same pace. And
a right given at the whim of politic­
ians can be easily taken away; the
only right that endures is that which
is earned. If you prove yourselves

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T) AYMER was queer. I sensed it the
1V first day he came to our branch
as district man y
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years ago. Everyone else in the office
thought so too. Judging from a busi­
ness standpoint he was one of the
best. He gave his whole effort to the
work, but socially he was a lone wolf.
None of us ever saw him laugh in that
jolly fashion of a man who really
enjoys himself. He must have been
forty or so, rather grey above the
temples, with a figure as straight as
a young man’s . . . with more dignity,
of course. Miss Whitely, one of the
stenos, said that sometimes his man­
ner was very unnatural for so hand­
some a man. I guess she meant that
he didn’t appreciate feminine pul­
chritude as she represented it.

DECEMBER
couldn’t have .been mom tn,,
years old.
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i looked at Keith, then at p„..
again. Something was wrong K;^?
weren’t turning out the way^
pected. I was definitely embar-and Keith didn’t look any hapnie^i
remember scraping my feet like
guilty kid. Raymer was still qandE
tense, strained, and gosh, belong
old! I felt that we ought to w
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A SHORT STORY BY T.M.K.

T MENTIONED the dream at Hob- Christmas. Then all of a sudden we

So I mumbled: “Um . . .
get going. . . ”

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1 son’s next day, where Keith and I
were invited to have an early dinner.
We got to talking about him. Even
after some of our friends dropped in
later, we were still discussing him—
that is my girl-friend was still want­
ing to know this and that about him.
Then the others got curious. You
know’ how it is when a lot of people
think they are onto some mystery.
They won’t let go of it until they find
a solution, Keith was bored, and he
said so, but Janie who is his one and
only cried out:

heard the murmuring of a voice. It
came from 23A, With one accord we 'THEN the tension eased and Rav.
stepped closer. I don’t know why we 1 mer spoke, only this time he
did so, but Keith and I tiptoed to the sounded more gentle and relaxed He
door and listened. After what seemed sat down, and motioned us to sit too
hours a man’s voice was saying some­ There wasn’t another chair in that
Personally I thought he was a wo­
small room except those around the
thing like:
man-hater. Once he said to me,, and
table, so I sat in the one where the
I don’t know yet whether or not he
“Oh, my dear . . . .”
picture of the woman was placed, and
was sarcastic, after I came to work
‘Raymer! That was his voice. Who Keith took the Boy’s place. We kept
bleary-eyed after a late night:
was the other in there? Obviously a our eyes on Raymer and listened
“Chesterton, what’s the attraction
woman! We could’nt hear her though closely.
that keeps you from getting a decent
. . . maybe because our hearts were
His voice was low.
stretch of sleep at nights?”
going like trip-hammers. Raymer
“Since you boys have seen this, I
with
a woman! And we thought all
His voice was cool, and his glance
don’t suppose there is any use’in
“Johnny Keith, why don’t you find
at me made me wish .... oh I don’t out for me before I die of curiosity?” the time that he was a woman-hater, keeping it secret any longer. I am
at least I did. Neither Keith nor I are
know what. A junior clerk can’t very
having dinner with my family;’
We turned to him for his answer, what you’d call dewy-eyed innocents,
well talk back at the manager. I had
My first thought was that he had
an uncomfortable feeling that he was but he only shrugged. Then an idea and we aren’t more sophisticated than become unhinged, but he went qn
warning me. Maybe he thought my came to me. Why not find out? Keith the next fellow. But that day we were with a slight smile towards me:
work was slipping. Anyway, why and I were the only ones, besides shocked. Here we had believed that
“No, Chesterton, I am not crazy as
should he have a down on women and Hobson, from the office, so I shouted our manager was above reproach . . .
then
what
was
a
woman
doing
in
his
across
to
him.
Perhaps
I
shouldn't
your
looks imply. This . . . (and here
good times, even if they did keep you
room?
He
had
no
close
relative
that
he waved his hand over the table)
up after midnight? Just beause he have; perhaps the noise and excite­
we
knew.
Not
for
a
moment
did
it
ment
were
making
me
do
something
... is an annual custom with me,
didn’t go in for it himself was no
occur
to
us
that
we
were
doing
a
bit
thus to have dinner with my wife and
reason why he should expect every­ I would regret; but at the moment I
of
shameless
eavesdropping.
We
only
didn
’
t
care.
All
I
wanted
was
to
find
my
son. I’ve done it for the past ten
one else to be so straight-laced.
had
thought
for
the
perfidy
of
the
the answer to the mystery that was
years. Always at seven-thirty. We
fellow, putting on such aloof airs at used to make a point of that This,
Raymer.
T’VE mentioned the above because
the office while . . .
too, was her favorite way of decorat­
A it has a great deal to do with what
“Keith,” I yelled, ”how about you
Our breath was coming short with ing the table, and because I know no
happened on Christmas Day.
and me going to wish Raymer the
excitement. We weren’t thinking other way I always get holly and mis­
season’s best?”
Keith and I, with Hobson, the
clearly. I, at any rate was disgusted tletoe every year. As for the dinner,
credit department chief, were on our
He shrugged again as if to say I was clear through, and I wanted like any­ I have a caterer send it up. Ten years
way out of the office, and going down crazy, which made me obstinate. thin? to show Raymer up. Without ago tonight, this table was as you see
it. She had it ready before she went
in the elevator Hobson remarked:
Anyway, the girls and I talked him knocking we burst into the room.
with
Teddy . . . that’s my son . . .
into going with me. Keith and I were
“Raymer’s got a big box of holly
Ye gods! When I think of it now! to distribute some gifts among her
to go and nonchalantly wish the sea­
and mistletoe under his desk.”
friends and Teddy’s . . . and mine. She
son’s greetings to old Raymer, and
Raymer sprang up from his chair, was the most considerate of women,
Keith and I looked at each other. keep an eye open for anything. When and stood there stiffly, gaping at us.
but she knew I did not mind waiting
we were out into the snow, which
I whistled.
He turned sort of white, then red, be­ ■while she took those presents around.
was piling white and thick, we turn­
“Not the sort of thing you’d expect ed up our collars and headed west. fore he pushed back his chair, and That night I waited. The Hospital
asked through tight lips:
him to get, is it?” asked Keith.
phoned.- The car had smashed on that
Hobson, who is as curious as an old
icy highway. I called a taxi, but it
“Well, gentlemen?”
“But mistletoe,” I exclaimed in sur­ woman, gave us the address. I was
crawled.
I was late. I never saw
prise. “Surely he . . . oh well, maybe feeling kind of sheepish now, but
Keith
and
I
coudn
’
t
help
glancing
either.of them alive again.”
really there was no turning back.
someone asked him to get it.”
around
to
see
if
the
woman
w
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as
Funny though, Johnny got more en­
His voice died away. The room was
“Might be something in that.”
thusiastic as we went along.
He around, but Raymer was alone. Absol­ horribly still.
utely. I. began with:
Hobson was just as curious as we kept _ on wondering what we would
I don’t know how Keith took this,
“Where’s the lady, you . . .” but
were, but he wasn’t letting on. All find had happened to the holly and
because
I didn’t take my eyes from
the way back to the boarding house stuff, was he an honest-to-gosh bach­ the rest of it choked in my throat, and Raymer. After awhile he rose from
I tried to figure out why Raymer elor, and maybe we had misjudged I stood there like a fool.
his chair, and came around to where
should buy such festive things. You his queerness, and all that sort of
thing.
Raymer turned back to the table. .1 sat. I wondered what he was going
wouldn’t think it such an important
I followed his gaze and saw that it to do next. He had the decanter in his
item to occupy a young man’s mind,
We walked about two blocks when was decorated as pretty as any pic­ hand, and he poured the rich red wine
but somehow it did. You see, it was Keith said:
ture book setting, and there were into the glass by the plate. When he
common knowledge at the office that
“Here it is, Victorian Apartments.” the holly and mistletoe making a filled the one by Keith. We watched,
he never went anywhere for Christ­
brave centerpiece or what-you-call-it. fascinated. Raymer went back to his
mas. What he did that day, though,
I saw that there were three places place and motioned us to stand. When
no one knew. Where on earth was he TT WAS a respectable sort of place, set, complete with silver and sparkl­ we had, he picked up his glass; we
going with holly and mistletoe? He 1 but not too new. The main en­ ing glasses. At the place opposite from picked up ours . . . and in the tenderdidn’t seem to have any friends. It trance was open so we just went in, Raymer’s there was a photograph. It est voice I ever heard he said:
was puzzling. I dismissed it impat­ and climbed the stairs to the second was turned this way and I saw it was
“Gentlemen, a toast! My wife and
iently, but that night I dreamed that floor, because his, Raymer's place, the picture of a young woman, sweet­
my
son.”
Raymer was hiding behind a pile of was 23A. The whole building was so faced, but not as smart-looking as
holly and mistletoe, and I couldn’t quiet it was uncanny. The people who they are now. At the other place there
It was the bitterest toast I ex e^
get him out into the open.
lived here must go out for their was a small picture of a boy who drank.
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n the field of short story writing, the Nisei is re- philosophical, frustrated, and definitely ‘
presented by a mere handful of manuscripts — man-. And what these sensitive people do is char®-^'^
uscripts which would neither excite the critic with Nisei heroes. A sensitive creature meets with'^
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latent promise nor cause him to tear his hair at the ment. There is conflict. And conflict is
presumptuousness of embryo writers. If one were to logical, expressed mentally rather than phtjEj
approach this meagre output of creative writing with against a protagonist, or protagonist beyond J ?'
the critic’s set of rules — an eye for perfection in plot trol. Thus the outcome, naturally is not aha^"
construction, characterization, tonal value of each True, there are odd moments of lashing hu^^
phrase of word, then Nisei writing is not much more these are few and far between. Throughout *th?w’/
than mediocre. But if one approaches these works with group there persists an undercurrent of sadness' 5
a certain tolerance, a friendly understanding and a is typically Niseian. But curiously, despite ^?
mind “set” to probe beneath the actual written words, ness, the theme is never fatalistic, morbid or di
he would find Nisei stories, such as they are, pregnant ing. The Nisei Byronic hero forever strives mJ
ideal, or reconciles himself with a wise
with meaning.
It matters not what theme is selected, what manner things as they exist, or where Death is the chor '
of technique is employed, what message is being con­ is either a moral victory, or death in order t
life of another.
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veyed, the Nisei short story reveals more than what
happens to the hero or heorine. When Peter Adamic, in
In The End by a young writer. Sumiko Iwim>The Time Will Come, writes of Masao, the hero:
the hero possesses these qualities. He is a painter J^'
Self-exiled or otherwise, Masao was
ened by blindness, yearning to paint the one Z
definitely a social outcast. At least he con­
picture.
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sidered himself so. But he didn’t know ex­
actly why. ‘‘Oh why, O why was I ever
If only he could shake off the
born? Why did God make me a black-and
burden
of his mind for the space of ? f wirehaired kid?” He thought bitterly as he
precious hours so that he could D-air'r T
tossed in bed trying to reconcile himself to
last picture before it is too late J® e
the fact that he was exotic, that he -was
more picture, please God of sowtihing
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Japanese. Night after night he went through
worth while.”
the same queries, the same torture . . .”
Then the chance is given to him. He realizes that
This is not the rebellious, puzzled cry of Masao
even
if his whole life were devoted to painting he
alone. It is the universally common cry of the alien
child who, in one sharp, cruel moment, finds be is would never equal the picture he has painted. What
different and- is set apart. It is the torturing question was blindness? Even Death?
In that rich moment, he was overcome. Let
which rises to the lips of the Nisei at one time or an­
the future now advance with her protenother, not because he is ashamed he is Japanese, but
tous
doom!
because the impact of the humiliation he suffers at the
hands of his tormentors is more than he can bear. His
In The Escape by Miyo Ishiwata, heavier in touch
world, a pleasant one, had come tumbling down! The and grimmer in theme, Yoshio, the albino, chooses
Nisei themselves may deny this fact vigorously — but death with the resoluteness of maturity. His death is
it is there. And it is brought to light in Nisei writing. prompted, by both a desire to break away from the
The story of Kimiye in Let Her Keep Her Dreams by fetters that bind him to a life with pink eyes and
Eiko Henmi, is not the story of Kimiye only. It is white hair, and a wish to ease the grieving of his mother
the story of the countless Harukos, Misuyes, Taros over his weird appearance.
There was no escape from it! Gradually
that people the Japanese community — those who
it began to dawn on him that fate left him
make up the younger, Canadianized Japanese genera­
but one course to follow. At first such ?.
plan seemed absurd. The mere suggestion of
tion — torn between respect and desire, ever at log­
it
left him cold. Then he felt a little sad
gerheads wth the older generation. Whether the fault
and lonely. And yet he sensed this sudden
urge did not come solely from fear: rather
lies with the young, the untried, the rebellious, or
it was a voice which hovered so close to
with the old who cling tenaciously to the customs of
him, he began to find solace in it.
another era — that is not the question. The question
is the existence of that perpetual problem, casting dark And gradually the idea grows and in his ironically en­
shadows in the life of the growing generation. Kim- couraging words to his mother, he seals his doom.
iye’s thoughts, her inner conflict is thus recorded:
‘‘Now, don’t forget, Mom, remember
what happens, you just forget about the
Suddenly feeling she was not alone,
whole thing. You see, Mom, when a boy
Kimiye turned around to find her mother­
reaches my age, he hates to see his mother
standing behind her, as of old, not com­
and father make such a fuss, you under­
manding, not crying, but all the five feet
stand, don’t you? For a minute he was dis­
of her—resolute, ^unyielding, uncompromis­
appointed because his mother’s perception
ing. She remembered the countless times her
could not penetrate beyond his words, but
little-girl hands had battered against that
on second thought he was glad because he
heavy-black skirt, and how her hot tears
sensed that it should be this way. It was
had tried to break down the wall which
the best way out of all concerned. Besides
seemed always to be between her and her
he dreaded pity, for it was the last thing
mother, like a wall dividing good from evil.
on earth he wanted.
In the end the child Kim used to give in,
and run away by herself to cry out her
Death is not always the solution. At times, out c^
anguish and her heartbreak alone because
suffering, the hero emerges, girded with courage, stritmother was always right.”
ing towards an ideal state of affairs. The heroine ot
Thus, in the short story, the unexpressed is given ex­
The Parting of the Way, by Kay Sasaki, out of heart­
pression. It is here, in this small leaf of closely written
break, cries:
manuscripts that the innermost reactions, hidden from
‘‘Must we always come to the parting of
the ordinary eye, are caught and held for the world to
the way? Must we always work toward an
unseen goal? Must we always walk on the
see.
harder road? Please someday, help us to
travel with our Canadian friends . . • not
to go our different w'ays: youth, life ana
t is interesting to note, too, that the Nisei writer
happiness are just before us.”
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stature as the one emphasized in the Horror Tales, And yet this self-same child, out of whose mouth thi
but with straight, black hair and slanted eyes. The rebellious note pours forth, turns, and with tokBu«
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One of the most promising writers. Mark 1 oyama,
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kind of freshness new to Nisei writing. There is some­
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style, which captures his listeners in spite of themselves.
"Hiva. Shu! 1 called on you but you
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weakly and says, “Yeah" and is
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Throughout their fiction, there are descriptive pass­
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Fiercely he tried to avoid it. but the
I'Girikindv revealled in The Time Will Come. Masao
oncoming night clutched at him relentlessly
l^s'to the gutter, but at the end, he rises to the
with its talons of chilling remembrance.
| heights- his faith re-born, for he says:
And the close is an example of classic simplicity.
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In the final description of the old lady, M. i . Kit­
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agawa. has achieved an ivory-like polish which rounds
i political and social positions, but foi thens
off the character of the hypocritical soul who left a
too!
trail of broken hearts behind her.
A moral victory is won.
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mentioned the trail of unhappiness she had
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spread around her. All that was forgotten
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in the flambovance of her generosity to the
church and needy imposters. Only her de­
fktion _ startlingly similar in character and in the
pendants remembered the ruthless tenipei
manner in which they cope with environmental forces.
of the old lady, her bland disregard for
their likes and dislikes, and how she had
Here is no mere creation of the imagination
it is
squandered in her later years the fast
imagination girded by truth. The sensitive girl, Masao,
disappearing fortune.
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I the albino, Chiyo, the painter — they are the mouthThe power of suggestion is quite marked in Nisei
I niece of the Nisei. They record those deep emotions writing. The writer by a short word, or phrase, will
if:
? and thoughts which are inarticulate but deep in the suggest a wealth of ideas, which are more potent than
soul of everyf Nisei. In this lies the significance of Nisei long discources or descriptions. T. M. Kitagawa em­
writing.
ploys this technique in The Old Lady.
Much criticism has been made in respect to Nisei
The village Grundys wagged their
tongues in vain. She merely sniffed at them
characterization and theme. Characters have been lab­
her scorn, and slaved harder than ever, bo
elled as femininely idealistic, and typed. the sentimental
did the poor husband. One day he jave UP
trying to follow this magnificient vile, tie
and constantly harping on the gloomy side of life: the
died.
stvle too puerile and full of purple patches. It is
Symbolism of a kind, too, has found its way into
true the theme of frustration is sounded over and over
Nisei
fiction. It is not always successful, but the ‘ feel,
again It is true that the style at times becomes style
for the sake of style alone. It is true that characters are the sense for artistic technique is in evidence. In Let
idealistic. But in defence, this much must be granted. Her Keep Her Dreams. Eiko Henmi attempts to suggest
The Nisei writer works with whatever material he lays the cessation of turmoil in a girl’s soul by a description
his hands upon whatever experience he has undergone. of a natural storm’s subsiding.
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It is a small sphere, and limited — and if he, in that
stick,” she whispered and she stepped out
little world has offended the sensibilities, it must be
of the door and across the lawn. The lauie
leaves on the. hedge were shining and water
remembered that he offends on the side of truth, aided
dripped from the bare branches of the
fruit trees. A clouded moon swung into the
; bv his feelings and his sincerity.
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Tn direct contrast to the idealistic vein are two stories
by Nisei writers, interesting because the style is more Tndeed, when discussing Nisei fiction from a literary
matter-of-fact robust and vigorous. Curiously, when -L standpoint, certain reservations must be made. The
the writer departs from the Nisei world as he lives it, time is not yet ripe to measure their w°rk
and attempts to portray events or charcters of one re­ same yardstick as that used to measure a Wilbur Steele
they
mote for his own, the style becomes virile, the theme or a Katherine Mansfield. Steele and Mansfield
light, with touches of hpmour, the treatment more give out of the richness of years of experience: the
Nisei give out of their narrow world. For the present,
coollv detached.
it is enough to say that in their small way, the Nisei
The Old Lady, a characterization by T. M. Kitagawa
is an excellent piece of detached writing, clear cut and story-tellers are "holding the mirror, up to nature.
As the Nisei grow up in years and in experience, so
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Girls read carefully about the bride and her equip­
age which are described in detail and with adjectives
The family record of both parties is ]00Veri
garnered with wild abandon from the Thesaurus while
so that there is no stains on the family
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cause it is expected of them) that another good man
sheet is considered . . . Meanwhile Albert Ichi ^
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being mutually satisfactory, Albert ,
the end of the article to the effect that the groom was informed that a beautiful girl has been found"
present and was “held up” by his brother acting as- Japan Alberts usually take it in their stride but'
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marriage and that there is a surplus of marriageable or
inconspicuous Albert gives her the once-over. *
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So it is well to consider co-operating with the in­ - The fear of such situations may be the reason wH
evitable and facing the problem realistically. As in Japanese girls eat so rarely in public.
all problems there are the questions, ‘who, where,
Albert may then return home jubilant and the time
when, how, why,' to tackle. The last question must
be dismissed as unanswerable. The question ‘where’ has come for Albert and Ayako to meet each other.
is also needless because like the cemetery plot it does One of the most popular places for the Ayako and
not really matter. Thus the questions ‘who, when Albert to meet is between acts of rhe Kabuki shows.
and how’, remain and in the life of the Nisei the Perhaps after the 2nd act the two are introduced to
one another by the go-between and the atmosphere is
‘who and how’ are most difficult to solve.
dynamic to say the least. There follows a round
The question ‘when’ may be taken next. Aristotle robin of bows with Ayako-san taking the honors in
the Greek sage recommended that the man of thirty­ the number of bows and Albert bows a few times and
seven marry a woman of twenty. He wrote that “wo­ then tries his -best to look manful. He is matched
man is to man as slave is to master” and that “man in Thespian effort by Ayako's becoming modesty and
is the superior, woman the inferior — one rules, the sweetness. The last act of the show may have started
other is ruled.” Yet wisely Aristotle recommended the and the 47 Ronin may be committing mass hara-kiri
great plurality of age for the man as if to give him on the stage, however, greater drama is being unfolded
an indispensable advantage. The reason is easy to see. in the foyer . . .
Aristotle was a married man.

■FREQUENTLY the first meeting takes place when
1 Albert goes to Ayako-san’s home for tea, in
which case Ayako-san has the advantage of peekin’
through the slit in the sliding door. Ayako-san,
arrayed in her finery serves tea. Amusing tales are
told of shaky tea-pots pouring tea into still shakier
cups and of excited damsels exuberantly pouring gallons
‘Who’ and ‘how,’ as mentioned before, is a part­ into tiny tea-cups . . .
icularly difficult problem for the Nisei. Before at­
Albert then courts his lady and their courtship is
tempting to go into the style and manner of Nisei idyllic for both aim to please. Albert imagines him­
marriages we must hearken back to the style of mar­ self as the most important of the two by virtue of
riage as practised in Japan.
being a young man (and so being ’quick to hope)
and Ayako-san humbles herself for she knows well
T et us go back and take Ayako and Albert and place that after the marriage vows Albert will bring his
them in Jajan. Albert may live in Shinjuku and
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son should be married now and so she scurries to a
few friends and gently asks them to be on the look­
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out for a bride worthy of her stalwart, obedient
son . . . Ayako’s mother has also asked a few of her
friends to be on the -watch for a good husband. The
CANDLES
friends of both families become prospectors and the
hunt is quietly on. As fate would have it one friend
I love tall slim candles . . .
meets another and^ the conversation is suddenly made
alchemy in taper'd form'.
interesting when both find out that the other has a
good prospective half of a marriage combination . . .
Softening the harsh lines, the etched lines,
the strike is made . . . Both prospectors hurry home
the faded rose . . .
in order to assay the find and the investigation then
the garish red of colour
goes underground,
Both families inquire in the
smear’d bravely to hold back futility .
other’s neighborhood about the character of the boy
or girl and of course unless there is something seri­
Calling back the rose!
ously wrong all neighbors give the benefit of the
—E.H.
doubt to both parties. . .
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Modern opinion, candid and discarding pretenses,
recommends marriages of twenty six-seven to twenty
and twenty-ones. Aside from age, the question comes
down to the mundane level of whether one can afford
to support a wife or not and that, in the last analy­
sis, is the most important question. It must be solved
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It varies of course with
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Yomo-no-umt Mina harakara to Omo yo ni
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ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS

Surely in this world men are brothers all,

One family!
Then why do winds and waves on ail the seas
Rage stormily?

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practiced by nature to attain her end—that of pro­
pagating the species” and “Nature does not seem to
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if “men would but recognize the snare that lies in a
pretty face the whole absurd comedy of reproduction
would end.”

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words will let us end on a high optimistic note.
“We commit the blotted manuscript of our lives
more willingly to the flames when we find the im­
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red-lipped Sasha, laughing, teasing;
Tanya swaying, Olga’s kisses, Katrinka dancing;
clinking glasses, rousing regimental songs . . .
. . . and he, Peter Karagin, prince of them all,
leaps to his feet, his tin-cup high:
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the hymn they knew in the distant past,
and silent honoured the birth of the Christ,
The silence wavered ... a song arose . .
the men stood still with shock:
The /Austrians! They sing for us,
their Christmas a fortnight past!”
Eyes met eyes in wonder; sharp the sting of tears.
Then out of the hut filed all the Cossacks,
humble, bare-headed, to stand in the falling snow,
listening to the singing of focmen friends:
"Silent night! Holy night!”

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AU is calm, all is bright!”
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"Over the top at the zero hour,
sharp at the stroke of nine.”
. . . and be, Peter Karagin, paled to his heart:
Genetai, tis Christmas . . .” no further he got.
He glanced at his men, their eyes disbelieved
Tis Christmas! The Austrians, they sang for us!”
"Over the top at the zero hour,
blast out the nests of our enemy friends;
blast them to hell but God save their souls,
our Christmas they knew, and sang for us too!
Damn you Austrians! Heaven forgive us all!
Victory be ours! . . . Christmas, they sang for us.”

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crumble to earth and mingle with dust;
die like the craven, fear in your heart:
"Mamashka. don’t let me die!”
Die like tht hero, death in your heart:
“Natasha, you devil, see you in hell!”
"God and Holy Russia!” the Cossacks fighting cry:
thrust at the foe, thrust by them too.

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glazed his eyes and anguished his heart;
saw not the forms of his fallen men,
saw not the smoke of cannon fire,
heard not the din of bursting shells.
"Home of my fathers, land of the Czars,
stronghold of Cossacks, moujik and prince,
turn you now from your freeman sons?
Retreat, withdraw, and victory not ours?
Holy Ikon, this cannot be!
The Little Father slain, my own family gone
Marshanka . . . lovely Marshanka,
art levelled too by the scythes of hate,
stilling the song in thy golden voice?
Why stand I here, wherefore fight?
The heart is fled from the battle’s zest!
. . . then shall I die for a cause not mine;
Russia, my Russia . . . Oh my God; I knoLO you
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to ravage the land, this Czarist state:
No more of Czars, no more of chiefs!
Landless we rule this land of our bread!”
Then peasants desert the bloody front,
but bloodier run the streets and the squares
with the savage lust of a maddened mob.

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"This land is ours! Each to our own!”
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it a Christmas tag with a name written
on it, fluttered gently.
He tried hard to keep his eyes still.
If only there were a Santa, a Santa
who knew nothing about dads and
Oh. well, Fuzzy had told him to
look around as much as he pleased
and he had to face and touch it, just
once more. He was the ladder.
It was queer, but the higher he
nrHEN Fuzzy was sighing and climbed the ladder the shelf remained
straightening himself. “I’m going just as high above from him. Now
to look in on my sick neighbour now.
he was on the top step and still he
No customers today, it look like. Guess had to reach up, up. His fingers
everybody's got all the ships they
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want. You just stay and look around
the world, his “Caspian.” He must
as much as you want to. lad, and I ll bring it down carefully now, carefully,
be back right soon. And I wouldn t without . . . suddenly the ladder
worry about Sarita, either.”
rocked and he began falling, falling—
Had somebody really bought the his “Caspian” was falling and Fuzzy
“Caspian?”
It wasn’t fair! No, it was shouting, calling him all kinds of
wasn't here or there, anywhere, oh— names, everything was falling . . .
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Above a flick'ring tireplace.
Near by. a sparkling Christmas tree
And faintly chiming bells of light;
Without, a world of magic snow
Beneath her dome of silver stars,
Beyond, a hardy sparrow small
Still haunts his glist'ning snow-capped home.

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fee brother Dick, the big cry-baby!
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Dear eyes now claimed by slumber sweet
Any tiny lips curved in a smile.
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the “Caspian" wasn't going to break
after all. Why it was morning too,
Christmas morning! Santa must have
come and gone by now!
Then, just as he had done ever since
he was three years old. young Jimmy
Burke stole silently into the warm
hallways, slid noiselessly down the
bannisters, and crouching on all fours,
he paddled towards the living-room
doo. Suddenly, he sat down, all the
happy anticipation flowing out of him.
He really wasn't going to get the “Cas­
pian.” He had dreamed about the
“Caspian" falling but he hadn’t dream­
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That was real.
Sullenly, he pushed open the door.
And there it was, right in front of
all the other presents! Bright, glitter­
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grained wood, straight and tall, the
proudest galleon of all the seven seas!
He gasped, holding his breath but
before he could pounce on his treas­
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and kicking furiously looked down on
powdered eyebrows, an enoimous
white moustache, long, cotton batten
beard, and his dad’s own merry, blue
eyes.
Fuzzy had been all wrong. Theie
was just one Santa Claus and Santa
was dad. He couldn t help but laugh
and laugh, he was so glad.
“Merry Christmas, Santa, and thank
you very much.”

a Sir Santa, ah—er. the good knight
Sir Santa himself, one of those hun­
dred knights of the—Christmas table.
The King can’t do all the work, you
know, and the knights help him. That s
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But Fuzzy didn't know that he had
broken the beautiful “Revenge" just
last week and dad had promised that
he’d never get another ship for his
collection, no matter how much he
wanted one.

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Cession on his face and why was
fe quiet. not answering at all? Then
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By A. Y.

come stereotyped of late, even his slow swingy pieces,
cursory survey of "Your Hit Parade" for 1940
"Crosstown,'' "Slow Freight," "Pennsylvania 6-500,"
reveals that the musical tradition boasting of
adhere too closely to the "In the Mood pattern . . .
such as "Once in a While" and "My Reverie" has On the other hand, Tommy Dorsey's is one outfit that
been successfully maintained by the "Woodpecker s continues to show a remarkable versatility, vetve and
Song" and "I'll Never Smile Again" imaginative interpretation. Though failing short of a
SONG HITS
both of which broke into the magic Shaw, Miller or a Goodman genius, Tommy Dorsey is
circle of tunes ranking first seven nevertheless one of the most reliable, one of the most
times or more, and both have tied the record of the consistent, all-round orchestras on the continent.
longest stay on "Your Hit Parade" by ranking in
the "Big Ten" for sixteen long weeks. The top five
Charlie Barnet, Harty' James, Bobby Byrne and
tunes of the year computed on the basis of 10 forjGene Krupa are the four horsemen of musiedom who
first, 9 for second, S for third, etc. (I think this jkear watching, especially Krupa, the acknowledged
rule is more accurate indication of popularity than ung_pjn of the drum, snares and percussions. Freddy
Martin's aggregation has been doing splendid work
the old method I've been using) are:
lately. I miss Sammy Kaye.
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By "The Ambler"

N iCe-co!d north wind comes sweeping down from ice-clad mountains
-ddina its plaintive wail to the shriek of saws, the hum of many
hL-h signify that here in this little town of Woodfibre man is
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' As | write this article I can see the beautiful moon just rising from
> ;nd the mountains and casting its soft, welcome light on the residents
W -dfibre It can now be seen in its full-sized beauty, and the
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waters before me are dancing in sheer delight, stretching
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thev; are lost in the sombre shadows that cloak the
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Must this moon be wasted in this hamlet? It is beckoning everyone
their hideouts, but no one seems to heed its call. So tonight our
Xs' Lane must remain a gloomy place except for imaginary couples.

HOUGH for my thoughts . . . Looking over to the Japanese section
of the town, one can see the little schoolhouse still standing as it
fifteen years ago, when the muffled voices of children repeatid seme
"i-ro-ha's"
first issued from its windows. The first Japanese
■g their
held at the home of Mrs. Tomomi Date, wife of the present
lass was
J-oanese foreman. She now lives in Japan, but I'm sure she must often
jCa|l t'he happy hours spent with her five or six pupils. Until her depar^e for the country of her birth she was unsparing in her efforts to
..?de her students to higher aims in life. At present, the school is in the
F-ds of Principal Mrs. Suyama and boasts of an attendance of some
orty-five children.
Glancing a little above, one sees the bunkhouses, the home of so
pany of our "bachelors" and single married men. The bunk newly built
this summer Seems to boast that it is the "baby" of the six. From the
many windows the gay, colorful lights play onto the grounds beneath and
=dd oaiety to the ghostly ball-field where pixies dance their rounds on
starlit nights like this.
The Mess Hall stands at the entrance to the Japanese camp and
here the single workers are served their meals. Here folks carry on much
of their social life too. The place also serves as an emergency' hall where
concerts and lectures take place. Salesmen from the big city display
their wares at this centre from time to time.
The Japanese camp includes all this part and also the "Beach"
below. It has increased to a great extent from the days when Woodfibre
was known as "Mill Creek" and consisted of several shanties scattered
here and there. Through the keen and active part played by old-timers
of Mill Creek this town has seen the growth of the Japanese community,
which has kept in step with the development and expansion of this ever­
growing town of ours.
AND now time is bringing about another change in the community.
Year by year the Issei are decreasing in number while the Nisei are
increasing. Their habits and desires contrast sharply too. Here the Nisei
live a somewhat dull life for unlike the first generation they want fun
and like to be in the spotlight. Newcomers to Woodfibre mostly say,
"Oh, I hate this place," to which the voice of experience chirps up, "Oh,
you'll soon get used to it." Except for movies, sports and that favorite
haunt, the Pool Room, the Nisei have no source of relaxation. So Nisei
life marches on and on following the same routine nearly every day.

Niseis go in and out from Woodfibre. Some say they like the place,
some say they don't. Oh yes, there are quite a few like me who don t
mind leading a quiet life spent by most Woodfibrites. But then 1 must
admit that it sometimes does get dull.
Many of the Niseis born here have reached manhood and are being
employed by the company. Some are pursuing their studies elsewhere.
Ths girls have also attained womanhood and have left for the big city,
Naas River, or Ocean Falls. We ourselves have welcomed into our society
several new Nisei young women.

JN the social field, local organizations are quite active. The Isshinkai
has done great wonders in promoting better relations between the
Japanese and their fellow Canadians. The Boshi-Kai, another club re­
cently formed, is assisting the younger generation to play their role as
^Canadian citizens. In August the local Koyu-Kai, the first all-Nisei club,
as formed. Former students of the local Japanese school compose its
embership.
For sometime many thought of forming such a club, but it did not
come into being until a local boy who left lately for Japan and the school
principal, Mrs. Suyama, did the yoeman work of organizing interest and
enthusiasm. As yet the Koyu-Kai has no outstanding achievements to
jits credit, but in the future it will surely work for the good of the Niseis
h Woodfibre. Under the capable leadership of President Takeshi Nishida,
the future indeed is bright.
With the march of time the Isseis are gradually fading out of the
Jife of this community but the Niseis are following in their footsteps. It
Is for us Niseis of Woodfibre to strive for unity and better understanding
^thour fellow Canadians, take up the task so ably done by the Issei and
also to enlarge their work as much as possible . . .

^pHE wind has died down outside. | can no longer hear the rustle of
cedar boughs by my window. But the steady drive of the mighty
Rotors in the pulp plant, assuring the prosperity of -our Woodfibre, a
j tai part in the economic well-being of our Canada, comes to my ear
R
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8 Ush on the crest of billowy clouds is showering gems upon gems on
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On the focal front, Mart Kenny proved the biggest
disappointment. With the departure of vocalist Georgia
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Dal Richards goes the credit for lifting his group
Remember these numbers which also rang the bell
from a fourth to first-rater (provincially speaking,
on one or more occasions?—"Practice Makes Per­
naturally). One of the sheet music corporations has
fect," "Sierra Sue," "Make Believe Island,
Maybe,
"Trade Winds," "All the Things You Are," "Indian even featured his band in a season's hit.
Summer," "Fools Rush In" and the current favorites,
OPS in the field of popular recordings in my opin­
"Only Forever," "There I Go," "Ferryboat Serenade"
ion was Shaw's "Frenesi." The public took some
and "We Three."
One of the freak successes of the year was the time to get the swing of it, then when it did, it went
ditty, "Darn That Dream." It was on the parade just for it in a big way. Its catchy rhythm (one of the
five times, and never ranked higher than fifth except most compelling points of Shaw's orchestration in his
uncanny sense for a full-bodied, satisfyonce. Then it zoomed from nowhere to ceiling zero.
Other songs deserving at least an honourable mention RECORDS ing rhythm) makes Kay Kyser's "makesyou-wanna-dance" music pale by com­
are "It's a Blue World," "When the Swallows Come
Back to Capistrano," "Say It" and "The Breeze and parison . . . Other hits were Miller's often-mentioned,
often-played "Tuxedo Junction," Dorsey's 'TH Never
Smile Again" and nowadays his "We Three." Dick
RCHIDS to Artie Shaw for one of the greatest Jurgen's signature song "Day Dreams Come True at
comebacks of the year. Although relegated to the Night," Carl Ravazza's "Vieni Su" and Gray Gor­
sick list, blackballed by unkind critics, run through don's "Ferryboat Serenade" (Gordon cans his tinny
the matrimonial mill with volatile Lana Turner (not tick-tock rhythm in this piece with superb results),
that I would have mind swapping places with him), and Will Bradley's two-sider, "Beat Me Daddy Eight
shorn of many of his star players, and to the Bar." The most assinine recording was Jurgen's
BANDS
adopting an altogether different—an highly "Cecelia."
symphonic—style of playing that threat­
ened to alienate even his most faithful fans, he proved T OCAL fans had the opportunity of hearing several
"name bands" in person this year. Starting the
without a shadow of a doubt that he IS one of the
all-time greats by organizing another top-notch band, big parade was Duke Ellington's orchestra (no one
waxing several best sellers, even composing a con­ comes near his swing interpretations and creations),
certo for clarinet and orchestra, a work that is strange­ and was followed by Benny Goodman (somewhat dis­
appointing) , Jan Garber and Lionel
ly reminiscent of the compositions of the late George
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Hampton (a one-man affair), with SkinGershwin.
nay Ennis and Gus Arnheim thrown in
He shows his rare musical genius when it comes to EVENTS
for
good measure ... 1 am hoping that
finesse and polish, and is, I think, definitely superior
to Miller, Goodman, et al for sheer. artistry and the Musicians A. F. of M. Union, Local 145 will be
good enough to allow other bands to come to town,
imaginativeness.
Sickness struck even harder at Benny Goodman, too. My ears are twitching for a little of Kyser, Dorought to pack
perhaps the greatest swing artist of our period. After sey, Miller and Lombardo. (Miller
right now.)
a summer vacation spent in recovering from an attack 6000 and over into * the * Forum
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of sciatica, he has gathered his key-men again and
The editor has his sign ". . . 30 . . ." dangling in
is well on the way to his former greatness.
The Merriest of
Glenn Miller continued his triumphant ways, pro­ front of me. It's finale for the year.
ducing music that the consuming public has taken to Christmases and the Happiest of New Years to you
most readily. Unfortunately, his recordings have be- all, filled with the music you enjoy.

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Goodbye to 1940
y^ND so 1940 flees down the pathway
of the past into oblivion, and once
again the time has come for us to take
stock of ourselves, to think back upon
the past 366 days, to ask ourselves
what has this tired old year left with
us that is significant and important.
There are few of us who will care
to look back with any particular satis­
faction, for it is difficult to recall a
year more fraught with uneasiness
and tension than that which is just
passing.
And yet one fact has emerged from
the black months of the war, from the
shadows of international politics, from
the difficult position in which we have
found ourselves as an alien-born group
—a conclusion seemingly inconsistent
with the realities of the situation, yet
for that very reason all the more sig­
nificant.

That one fact is the final realization
among each and every one of us that
we are here now, in Canada as Cana­
dians. and come what may, we are
going to stick with Canada.

THE NEW CANADIAN

Christmas Tide and . .

hinobu higashi

Peace In Our Time"

(Continued from Page 1)

kissed its tears away. O gentle
Mary, grieve no more 'Twas the
other morning I saw him pass, at
the head of a lean and hungry
band. Gaunt were His cheeks, His
face unkempt, as He beat at the
Councillor's opulent gate — begg­
ing for work — work that shall
buy them their daily bread.
O gentle Mary, grieve no more!
'Twas last night that He brushed
past me, making his way through
musty tenement rooms, find the
aged pensioners smiled to see the
kindly soul who lightened the
weight of their lingering years.
That was your son in the guise of
fisherfolk.
O gentle Mary, grieve no more!
His is as yet an unfinished task.
The spirit of peace has taken
wing, and men have forgotten
how to love. Men are not yet good,
nor wise, nor kind. So His feet
must guide Him ever and yon, over
stony roads and damasked floors,
over mud and.filth, e'en to the gate
of licentious repose . . . onward
and onward to the ends of the
earth!
O gentle Mary, rapt in prayer,
pray for the dream of thy self­
banished Son! Weary His feet
and heavy His head! Longs He to
nestle His head in the folds of your
gown, longs He for the tenderness
you alone can give. He has not

DECEMBER 25

—Neville Chamberlain

this my window
linking, manebo^,

Bf Miyo Ishiwata
Time was not with you.
God was.

Dull is the vision of man

who cannot see
beyond the margin of your constant
cause.
You,
whose inner contemplation
dwelt within the bosom of humanity

sought deep into the night
for that one topmost reach
—the Star secure . . . .

the world was with you then.

But,

when, alas, this search was foiled,
how swiftly rose the madding cries
in mockery.
You stood alone, O resolute soul

a sea-ward cliff against the waves;

So shall your rectitude of peace
endure and abide with the age.

forgotten the promise old. He will
come back when men are wise
and kind and good.
The eyes of Mary are hopeful
now! find her pale slim hands are
folded in prayer, find dark-skinned
Joseph stands by her side, guard­
ing the Manger for their long-gone
Child!
—Eiko Henmi.

Herezs to the New Year . . . "Shinnen Omedeto!"
■Qerhaps no other new year has been dishes — the traditional “ozoni” and

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greeted with so much hope, so the sweet sake to ward off lurking
much expectancy, so much enthus­ evil spirits; a bit of “koi” or carp
iasm as will be this coming New for that “never say die” spirit; black
Year. The past three-hundred sixty- sweet peas for health and vitality;
six days which commenced with such and chestnuts for success and mastIn years gone by, as a people we
promise is ending on a grim, un­ tery. What more can one wish their
happy note. The last several months friends as they begin a new year —
had clung to the belief that if in the
have seen great and fearful changes a clean unspotted page in the book of
end we found all our striving come
taking place throughout the earth. life, than these?
to naught in this country, we could
The tired old year, 1940, must be
These symbols, steeped in ancient
reverse the historical movement of
more than weary, and glad to go to its folklore and tradition, are fast disthe past two-score years, and flee final rest. And we as a people are appearing from the Japanese Can­
without regrets that it is so.
adian community. Except where the
across the Pacific, there to find a
This year “Happy New Year” pass­ older generation congregate, little by
refuge and a future. But this year the
ing from person to person, will be little, the picturesque and quaint
crystallization of the international pic­
more than an expression of gladness, customs are being forgotten. In time
ture has proved to us that that vague
a wish for the future. It will be a the outward expressions of these
fervent prayer. It will be a fervent symbols — the “shime nawa,” the
dream was but an illusion; and we
prayer expressed in rejoicing — a “koi,” the “ozoni” — these will pass
have come to realize that if faced with
the decisive choice, it cannot be other rejoicing much wilder, more intense away, but the spiritual qualities con­
than has been evidenced before, for nected with each symbol, they will
than our home and native land. His­
torical and social growth, far-reach­ at the root of every new year greet­ live on, despite the adoption of west­
ing and intimate, has made us irrevoc­ ing will be the heartfelt- hope “It ern customs.
The old year is fast waning: the
must be so!”
ably a part of Canada.
And Powell Street and Main Street new year is on the horizon. The mis­
So it is that we face the New Year
and Granville Street; Shaughnessy takes, the blunders, the heartaches
with this conviction—that it is up to
Heights and Pender Street; they will of 1940 are of the past. Ours is the
us now to dig in and, employing every
shining future. Ours too the tremend­
faculty of heart and mind and in­ join in the gay festivities. Were it in ous task of becoming a part of the
far-off Japan, the front of every
heritance. to make the best of what
house along Vancouver’s “liT Tokyo” Canadian scene. Let us, then, plant
we have here in Canada. In that con­
would be flanked with pines or “Kad- in the inner chamber of our memory
viction which 1940 has brought lies
omatsu,” combined with slender bam­ a pine tree, that we may be ever
the pulsing vital hope for the new
boo stalks — the pine for a hardy and strong to carry on; a bit of bamboo
year.
prosperous life; the bamboo stalk for that we may be ever faithful to the
| faith and virtue. Across the entrance highest ideals. Let us fasten a “shimeI gate would hang the “shime nawa,” nawa” across the entrance of our
WINDY NIGHT
I a hempen rosette made of straw rope, memory, that no matter how threaten­
I centered with a crooked lobster or ing the future, we shall have vision
High in the sky. the wind
! an orange, and ornamented with de- to see beyond the present to perpet­
| licate ferns and bamboo leaves — the ual sunshine. Let us remember the
Swings the dark-curtained moon.
! hempen for permanence of light and to do and dare. Let us adopt the “koi,”
Speeds the stars, silver-finned.
j sunshine; the fern for purity and a keep alive that youthfulness of spirit
High in the sky, the wind
I long family line: the bent-back lob- bent-backed lobster, that we may ever
Spreads the cloud-veihnas thinned
। ster for perpetual youthfulness of that we may push upward and on­
Like an unwound cocoon.
i spirit; and the orange to wish that ward, even against the tide, to a hap­
i these will continue from generation pier, more prosperous year!
High in the sky. the wind
And now, a toast to 1941! Let the
! unto generation.
Swings the dark-curtained moon.
And throughout the festive day, sweet sake flow! Omedeto! Happy
M. H.
all would partake of the New Year New Year!

this perpetual dust on thp
clawing at nostrils du^t at
dust in throat on tongue^wJr^
blown fpm the mongol pSS
" A dYng °f camels l0n,**
and/ne dust.of the legions of
and his hordes bringing Cl
'he dust of the plains of russia ?
black loam of rumania dust at mv /
at my throat at my mouth.
*
in the gobi desert lies a bleachbone one of the bones that lived
in the frame of a camel driver thv
drove the caravan of marco polo to
wards the fabulous realms of catU
while the flesh that has turned
dust whirls at the feet of anothedriver of heavy-laden cart of heavy,
laden wagon.
dust in the air hung heavily lib
yesterday’s wash drenched bv the eve­
ning rain bringing more dust and dirt
from the country roads where once
trod prehistoric saurians before the
last ice age brought new dust from
the rim of the arctic pole no bounds
no race no international differences
knows this dust.
dust the last melting pot the final
leveller of all rank the king the beg­
gar are one here and alexander is no
better than a lazarus for all the purple
robes that girt his youthful frame
framing the essense of dust that men
have called genius.
life finds repose in dust but dust
finds no repose blowing where the
wind listeth hither yon and thither
here yesterdays and todays and the
golden age of greece all find rest in
dust and all things find rest in dust,
dreams of russia lie in the dust that
hovers like a dove over the street'
to the vanity of man and man himself
of another dream another monument
walks fearless confident of the dust
that he is ignoring the dust on the
street that swirls to his nostrils coat­
ing his tongue with a history of dust
and dust historical from times imme­
morial coating the eternal man that
is not eternal.
the motes dance a gruesome dance
of life and death as the sunbeams
strike the dirt covered dust laden
dung coated road of dust and when
the sun sets the same dust is metamor­
phised in glory the last glory of a
dusty day a dusty age a dusty drean
of life dusty to the taste to the fee
to the sight while dust sits dustily
here waiting for dust to return to
dust and find repose.
_

Cold Comfort Intended
(Continued from Page 5)
worthy of the tolerance and respect
you now enjoy — and before you
shout back, do a little reading o 1
•M,’ ‘Minority’ section of the encycj
pedia — you will ultimately thereby
earn those rights yet withheld r
you, withheld from you by thew
of the majority of the people o
province.
qO, IN the New Year, which you hat
better admit may be veij ar
for vou, resolve to face facts
you/minds, as well as your eniot^
It is up to you to become brave
honest representatives of the bes 1
ues of the Japanese race; to recOs
and try to overcome at least the r _
of this world upheaval as the'
vou, devising solutions out o
own lives and experiences and
by as much good-will a$ y(T TA^.
look for among your Occidenta
=
bors; such is the responsible an
orable way to incorporation i
Canadian nation.
—P.V.H.

H

i The Blew Canadian

&

THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION

DECEMBER

VANCOUVER

in

Students Debate on 4Japanese Town
Girls To Argue On College Education
|

I
^isei °
t

By K' W’

Year
Our Amerirn{er an annual award
Lei wh°. in ,he opir”

Artists Support Nisei Talent Revue

! VANCOUVER — Should theition "That a college education
I TaUei family move away I is advantageous to a N«, girl
|from the centre of concentre-jin obtaining vocational oppoi-

Patients Make Donation To "Home" Fund ition usually known as

the debate the
lese town or not is the question; m •
will be £eted at an
f.L the titie of "Nisei o t e
ence
in
concert
work.
All
’U13t £
supper at the New
VANCOUVER — Enthus- ;
PV^ed by a Nisei group
amateur
singers,
however.
.mg
Friday
Decembe^
pier
Cafe
a{ 6;00 p.m.
iastic oyer the news of the I
| Wago, it's a nation-w.de affair
place
their
.7:30
p.m.
at
the
Japanese
<
L
^
the
following evennig a
are urged to
List year the award went to Nisei Talent Revue, the pro- i
ini
chairman
I when the U.B.C. Japanese
wm be given in hon_
names with the
Ei Tsukamoto, former national ceeds from which will go toI
dents
’
Club
debate
team
m^Lj
or
q[
the
visitors at the Sun
ward the beginning of a fund ; mediately.
1.1,1 of the Japanese American for the establishment of a i
team from the.
Chop Suey 252 Powen
Two entirely separate pro- the visitin
IT League for his work in f.ghtof
Washington
in
convalescent home for tuber- ; grams will be given at each University
Street, at 6:00 p.m., following
Lli-ilien legislation in Califor- culosis patients, inmates of ; performance. Saturday night the annual intercollegiate de­
which they will be entertained
St. Joheph’s Oriental Hospit- ' and Sunday afternoon. This has । bate.
at a social at the Masonic Hall,
I In this last column of the year
the
।
al last week held a raffle ' been made possible by
Arguing on the subject, 4426 West Tenth. The social
Lnk heaven!) I'm setting myand donated the sum of S3.40 j widespread support which al-i ‘Resolved that the Japan­ is scheduled to begin at 8:00
Llf as a judge to award a nontoward the Fund. This is the •ready established artists arei ese family should emerge p.m. The tickets for this event
Listent award to the “Canadian
first money put into what is ! giving to the project, and from the Nippon-machi and may be obtained from any
Lei of the year."
hoped shortly to be a con­ i which will ensure an enjoy- seek domicile in the sub­ member of the J.S.C. Mem­
; able program.
| I've kept my finger on the events siderable sum.
urbs, the two local debaters, bers, graduates and friends arc
*
*
ItNseiville pretty closely throughI Some of these include: Mary Peter Yamada and Minoru cordially nivited to come to
h the year, but find it difficult to
Amateur. Hamagaki, Fumi Ohori. Kat- Yatabe, will uphold the re­ the Social and meet the visitVANCOUVER.
an individual who really
mg debaters.
Kumagai, Roy Kumano. | solutions.
to
L'sout head and shoulders above singers from all over the prov-; sushi
Nishino. Ty Kuzuhara,H Battling for the Hisaoko Members are reminded for
ince
will,
make
their
public;
Dick
L crowd in accomplishments.
debuts before the footlights.; Gene Kuzuhara, Bobby Hodtroohv will be two Co-ed de-send in their reservations to
Oki. Lily baters, Kay Kato and Taka the Supper and Banquet
We had a yo-yo champion, a when the curtain goes up on the Ruby Miyake. Amy
.
a t
Nikaido, who will also uphold George
Shimotakahara
jlden Gloves champion. We had an Nisei Talent Revue in the Jap-ide, Etsuko Ruhl
a drama championship group, anese Hall, January 18 and 19. g«wa. Tsutomu Hakkaku, S hi the affirmative in the resolu-BAy view 2406.
I a "best actress" award. In the
A swelling list of amateur ; ley Handa. Akiko Hon and
hid of art, music, literature, ora- contestants who will compete: Asako Ikeda. Joanne Maikawa, NEW CANADIAN POLL
we had our shining lights who for vocal honours was reported i Sam Yamada, Fujie Terakita.
Lbsd to make life richer and more this week bv Cecil Okawara,; Hisako Shishido. Martha Hon,
Lovable for all of us by their j program chairman, as the clos- i Adam Moriyama, Iwakazu SaAchievements. And in the scholasitc mg date, December 31, is only p^aj Kaye Homma, Fumie Nafield there were one or two Nisei one week away.
katsu, Shigeru Mizuno, Hat Ka­
kho captured highest honours to
The competition, Mr. Oka- wamoto and Stoney Odamura.
uphold the Nisei reputation.
wara emphasized, is confined i and three odori groups—Sumi1940! Another year gone by,.ing more spectacular headlines,
But none of these accomplish­ only to vocal selections, from iko Saskai, the Kitsilano Girls’
ments, praiseworthy as they are, performers who have had i Troupe and the Kurenai Buyo- but what a year! Someone has I was the issue of compulsory
said that these are desperate J training. If it hadn’t fizzed out
Item to me to merit this award I m little or no previous experi- , dan.
times,
an dno one can seems far as the Nisei were conIpresenting, even though it doesn't
where they will end, but ah cerned. it would probaoly have
exist. And narrowing the field down
L down, I'm left with two names.
least they keep us alive and won the nod as the outstanding
interested in what is going on story of the yeai.
It's a toss-up between them, bearound about us.
I But
subject actually,
l»een Harry Naganobu of New WestGathered for the second an-j that v/as the most wiitten-up
Linster, national president of the Stick, to the Farm
Conference
nual poll of staff writers and I in respect to newspaper lineJjapanese Canadian Citizens' League
Rouses Interest
Nisei Advised to
reporters of The New Canad-;age was undoubtedly the con|or the third consecutive term, and
.NEW YORK.—The 5th national
SEATTLE.
—
Although
there
is
a
,
.
.
.
r
ian here are the results of the tinuing story of the Japanese
gDr. George Ishiwara, national execj
x
hrift. corifereoce of the American ComCanadian contribution to the
tendency
for
young
Nisei
to
anrr,
,
n
x
xx
xv
gUive secretary of the same organ x
timed . mittee for Protection of ihe For- news awards of the year for war effort. Scarcely a week
the farm, they are urged;
. > , . r xA u no the Japanese Canadian com­
|ization and president of the Van- away • from
of
ei an - born,, scheduled for March
to
stickI xto agriculture as aa mpan?
means
or^y
. ,
.29.
went by that some form of sup­
icouver Chapter.
munity:
...
t
icori
nmminenfUO,
is
rousing
keenest
interest
in
livelihood by Tom Iseri, prominenr ।
'
,
1. Outstanding story; 2. Na­ port—donations, war bonds,
| Naganobu, long active in the Nisei
, Northwestx produce
j
view of disturbed
world conditions
Pacific
dealer inj'^w
t
tional Registration; 2. Compul- red cross—failed to hit the
Bmovement and one of the original
r
enpprh
-and
promises
a
record
attendance.
l
-........ o.
j headlines — magnificent evia Conner Radio speech.
, ^ (
sory
Military training;
launders of the League as at present
2 Largest number of news dence of the way in which the
Second generation farmers ,n the j |eaders in politics, business, educagconstituted, hasn't made the head|lines often, but he has been a con- northwest, he declared, are makin9)tion and |etters are sponsoring the lines: Contributions to the war community has attempted to
carry its share in the war ef_
gtinuing tower of strength in the rapid strides due to the adoption °Dconference/ which makes a powerful effort.
3 Dramatic Story: Nisei del- fort.
Icalled upon to do this past year, scientific methods in soil tilling and plea against undemocratic discrim­
Of drama there was much in
regleague, and in the work it has been organized marketing. Financial
ination that divides the country. egation at the Vancouver City
the
year now passing, but the
are
line confidence of members in his turns in such cases, he said,
Hall.
Red
Cross
Commissioner
of
4
Tragic S+ory: Double.award goes from our writers to
Ktadership is reflected in his “third often higher than tne income
Praises Year's Voluntary Work
drowning Occident of two Nisei the three Nisei who went^to
many business and professional men.
Perm."
VANCOUVER. — Reviewing Red
It’-s
youths in the Alouette River, beard the lion in his den—
Ishiwara, relatively
^inwara,
relatively aa new
new figure
iiyuic
Cross work during the past year, F.
5 Human Interest: Edith Ik- an August afternoon in VanJn the Nisei movement, has blos-clysmic events, of new ways of life, W. Tuffrey, provincial commissioner
couver’s City Hall, and the
|somed forth during the past two of radical changes in ordinary every of the Society, said he could not eda’s expedition to Ottawa.
6. Funniest: Shoyu Drought. committee Council chamber refyears as the driving energetic force day routine. Care to know what give too high praise to the 30,000 NATIONAL
REGISTRATION, sounds with the torrent of
behind innumerable local projects stands out in my memory this year? j regular volunteer workers in the Red
No story affected, more words hurled back and forth as
phot the Vancouver JCCL has un­ No, well you needn t read any fur" ; Cross,
the Nisei spokesman, George T.
’ Since the war began the number people or jostled them out of Tamaki, hurls word for word
pertaken. His value to the League ther.
their usual routine, if only for
ffl is seen in his election as national
Two o'clock in the morning, we,of branches ip B^ ^^
a moment than National Reg at all the aidermen in general
executive secretary less than two
Pender
Street in .grown from 15 to 98, and junior istration. It covered every first j at Aiderman Wilson in particuwere meandering up I
------,
lyears after he joined as an active the heart of Chinatown. There out- ^branches now number L22.
and second generation in the dar. No matter of life and dea
| member.
side the Sai Woo Cafe we bumped | Military Course in ARP
country over the age of six-1 to be sure, but it’s a battle for
I Between these two Nisei leaders into a tall slim street minstrel, I For Japan's Women
teen, produced the greatest vol- understanding and sympathy,
a southern,, TOKYO. — Sponsored by the ume’ of headaches, caused the rather than ignorance and pre­
g< find it hard to choose. Actually no guitar slung his neck,
i
|choice is necessary, because both accent in his drawl. And so, being! "Women's Aeronautical Federation
greatest amount of worry and judice. And in the worlds of
,/|OOi]DS
s,apuq
z
,
e
p
lunjnoiJ
|°f them have been working together
young and somewhat screwballish,
cussing,
and roused more the retiring Mayor the three
|>o achieve the same end, to help we danced on the pavement to . . . -jno sq! uo paja^o aq HW spafqns
laughs than any other story in. Nisei “made a very fine impres­
H the second generation to find a finer “ . . . there in a veil of white, by ssaqi me pue eas 'pue| uo asuaj
sion.”
the year.
| 2nd happier future.
candlelight ..." while the shuf­ -sp Ajepiitu jo a6pa|MOu>| e uedef
Running it a close second
See STORY Page 20
ui uacuoM 9Ai6 04 pauue|d 6uiaq
I •
* * *
fling parade of Pender Street mid­
however,
and certainly winn| Av;
'•que Vale ... to 1940, a

Registration, War Effort
Nisei Stories of the Year

The

Newsfront

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t-’e3rL.-. .

of world-shaking cata-

nights gathered about to gape.

aje sasxnoo ,,'siaqtoW ,SJO4eiAy 1°

* Q

i HE NEW CANADIAN

Bl
life

TOWN

DECEMBER 25, 1949

Royal City Nisei Societies Busy

TOPICS

I
December: The weather cer-ese School HYi
n
011
Su:
itainly has taken on a wintry, evening. Decemb~
Ball. rm
!hint and is it cold? Brrr! Royal! principal
1.2
■nt;
GAKUYUKAI MEETING
\ CH RIST MAS BALL
iClty dons its cap and suddenly|cei,tlv returned
A
Wash in
January ] 2 has been marked as: The evening of the year has
(finds itself in a whirl of soc-]^ gaYe ;
Debate.
red letter day on the Gakuyukai rived—the glamorous night of ro-;
Game. leal activities.
I Japan. Topning the
Japan
calendar. Members will meet in the^^nce and rhythm with JCCL at
I “Appreciation of Music” was | rousing game*
Tennis
Roller
afternoon at Japanese Hall to elect: Peter Pan- Waltz away those old-;
Happyland, 7.30.
the theme of the Citizenship menfs ^alore "
r^re^'
'year blues! Swing away that big!
leaders for the new year.
JANUARY
I Group, headed by Miss Kayi n ?
.’
'Christmas dinner to Lozier’s versa-i 4—Powell Y.P.S. Sock
ROLL ALONG
i ! Okihiro and Mr. John Kum-I
J
its SVni,
i
-ipatnv and wi*he*
~
"
Skate away the old year with'tilc orchestra. You have an invitation 5—Hompa Y.M.B.A. a:mi y.m.b.a. ' . .
on
their
December
8
,
\
y
01
a ^peedv
■ Hom pa i agai.
Table Tennis members at Happy- P° ^c dance on December 25.
meeting. After brief remarks j1
erj 0
^lsao Kiruchi.
11
—
Catholic
Concert.
Dunlevy
Mis
­
land. Leap Year is waning, so step}J. S. C. SOCIAL
on the history of music, thejNN15 a, pi esep;1, con^d io
sion.
on it, everyone, for an evening of! J- S. C. invites you to their social 12—Gakuyukai Annual Meeting for convenors Entertained t h ej L °Y °Pa4D!an Hospital
election of officers. Japanese
smooth roiling on fibre wheels on ; in honour of the visiting U. of Washmembers with recordings of^ , ie
^iSoes t0 acknow.
school.
Sunday evening, December 29. from Hngton debaters and students at Masuch famous artists as Enrico^V^
ank''- a donation
7:30 p.m.
!$onic Hall. 4426 West 10th. at 8
of
two
dollars
from Mr Kaz'
Caruso, John McCormick, Gig-j
umi
Shintani
on
his recovery
MORNING SERVICE.
P-m' It s the most collegiate hi-jinks
li, Deanna Durbin, Kreisler, El- i
The annual communion and new'0^ chc Year: An invitation is ex­
Rupert JCYO Has man; and other popular pieces.! from a long illness.
year service will be observed at the fended to graduates, students and
The December 22 meeting: Coming up! Coming up!
Powell United Church on January 5.4ni'n^ ®^ d. S. C. Graduates, come
was
headed by the Literary I
New Constitution
super-colo ’ Social
Everyone is invited to unite in this!and reminisce: friends, partake of
Convenor. Mr. Shuji Suzuki! sponsored
joint Junior and Senior Church SCr-'college humour, for the event promThe presenting of the new From 9 p.m. the group pro-i Y.M.B.A. and the Buddhisi
the Yw.b.A.
vice for an hour of spiritual fellow-5ses to be the merriest and most hilar- constitution and the drafting ceeded
to
Queen’s Avenue: and inviting all the Japane*
ship. The service will commence atTous evening of the old year. Th of plans for the benefit con- United
Church, where they!clubs in the Royal Citv. ^j
11 a.m.
•
I time is 8 p.m.’ The date is Dec cert to be held in the new
held a Vesper Service . with j be coming up! Keep your ew?
•».iiii.iui.i,n.hii.mi.mi Jin.mi.mi.ini.hii.in*.; 28th 1 The admission is 75c a cou- year were the chief items of
other Canadian Y.P. Societies' and ears open for more neiu
“Jiplc. So. we’ll be seeing you.
business at the general meet- of this city.
I HOM PA JOINT MEETING
I ing of the Japanese Canadian
1
Y.P. members were invited
A
“
Shinen
Shinbokkai
’
at
Homi
.;;
j Youth Organization, held Dec. to the Christmas Concert of! I
j.p at.an on anna.s j mi open 114. Hedy Suehiro, vice-presid- the Strawberry Hill Sunday I Is i
.vibe newjear tor tire Hompa young; ent. presided, assisted by Hiro School. held 8t the Kenned ill
’■! men and women. The groups will | Yamanaka, secretary.
^separate after a joint service in the]
The roll
of the club is Hall, on December 22, from 2 । Ai
p.m. Mr. Arai was in charge of i
ternoon. for a separate business; swelling — the club now
i
•imeettng later. A social will bring the; boasts of 3g to M mcmbera the concert.
Do-So-Kai’s Bang-uh Social,! .4
..[programme to a close, so members; ot lg vears and over
TRAVEL BY
B
: climaxing another successful: 0
Hare reminded to keep this date open.1
,
«;iy
P
S
SOCIAL
'
On
Dec.
20,
many
local
mem। year of the New Westminster' §
£
LUXURIOUS
si ' January 4 at Powell United Y berS were seen tripping the! Club, was held at the Japan
7p
c members and rfriends
j wnl
-n •• sing!
• i light fantastic at the Nippon^
-----,<r. o.
FAST N.Y.K
Social.
tomorrow?” during a spell of I
out the old and frolic in the nev.
on
the
ca
i
J
absent-mindedness
of some-;g
New Westminster, B.C
■^ with games , songs and refreshments. I
The social event
SHIPS
: thing . . . Here s a wow of a1 ^
<|Mary Saegusa’s committee promises! endar of the town is th j
’
’
:story that one fair damsel tells 41
?i laughter and merriment to all those! Y.O. New Year Dance on
on herself. It seems that she IJ
>|who meet them at the Church Hall i uary 1 at Nippon Kai
M'
saw
a bottle marked “Smelling!!
at 8 p.m
'Hall
..! Salts" and never having had ^
3 s
© M. S. Heian Ma ru
:the occasion for using them'^
A
5A?
i before, she took a good sniff:®
Capital City Chatter
January 3
— they pretty near had to f
Nun
use them to bring her to! Am-'®
R
Congratulations to the Sur- stop to take off his skates • • monia has the same effect,!^
@ M. S. Hikawa Maru
Announce Their New
a®
% fey Japanese
Farmers
------ ’ As- If you happen to notice a I Bud.
N
s sociation! — That’s a swell! couple of our buddies with nice! Well folks, that is all_ and^
Location at
January 17
J idea you have hit on, the red faces, be sure not to ac-jin closing here’s wishing vou!I
s sending of comfort bags to;cuse them of imbibing too!one and all A good olde Mer-!^ 875 COLUMBIA ST.
\ the Canadian soldiers over-!much of ye old Xmas spirit, rie Christmas and a Healthy,11 (Next door to Trapp Motors’
New Westminster, B.C.
1 seas’
!One of them is still hot under Wealthy, Happy New Year. ’ i ®
%
Vagaries: Now that we’ve the collar on account of a little
—loni I ^«^-wikw
U had a spell of ice-skating, one! incident that took place at a
J party we know, will not be i basketball game not so long
JAPAN MAIL ®
< kidded so much about wear-: ago. It seems that the whistle
ing out his “blades”
; had just gone for half-time,
them out on the family linol-1 aiad what did our hero do? He
1
. eum
. . Then there’s the • dashed over to the time-keepB. W. Greer & Son, Ltd £ story going the rounds about er’s bench yelling, “Hey,
Genera! Agents
■’ a young fella; it seems that he ; what in the heck are you try.; wasn’t satisfied with just skat-■ ing to pull off — it can’t be
Bank of Nova Scotia Building
ing around, oh no, he had to'half-time yet, we haven’t even
be different, he even went in:Played the third quarter!” And
Vancouver, B. C.
wading
and the funny part of i oh yes, the other one, he’s the
vuTU'rP’rinri’UTP’iTi’TiHrrmriHp!*#
the whole thing was; he didn’t • one accused of having come
OlSSig§iE§^^
| out with, “Didn’t he bring it

4PAN

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By WILLIS
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and Grand Pianos

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Exclusive Piano Dealers

951 Granville Street

MArine 5838

i New National Pin
| For JCCL In 1941
Niseis in different centres
throughout the province will
be able to sport a handsome
pin, symbolic of their common
membership in the Japanese
Canadian Citizens’ League.
| The pin is made of gold
plated sterling, silver, with the
letters
prominently
featured. They are available
for 50c, either in the button or
safety catch style.
i Sample pins are being sent
to all chapters of the League,
for orders, which should be
placed immediately. In Van­
couver they may be ordered
from any executive member,
and The New Canadian sports
editor, Seiji Onizuka.

But this year, it wont be for long, so
why not bay a bundle of them, and
enjoy them . . . TO-DAY!
M.ore than, ever — They're

® Sweet and
® Rich in Vitamins
By the way , . .
THEY MUSE NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TOO!

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