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THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
TORONTO,. ONT.
iR—NO. 57

_________________

R III: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

SATURDAY. JULY 20, 1957------------ _----------------------

"T
MP
Maclnnis
Honored
Reminder—Ho Issues
m

iTYTT;

Canada. In reply to
COUVER.—Retired MP group
•■ram from The N C" ^1111 a~
Ma cl ones and Grace Mac- dian on behalf of its rcadeis, Jm
presented with a tokclnnis wrote:
i of appreciation by’ the Vancou-We take this occasion to
i
ver-B.C. J CCA at the annual
thank
the New Canadian with
By BETTY WANGENHEIM
w
J CCA picnic held
all the. sincerity that we feel
ban stat
Note* Continuing with Mrs. Wangenheim’s thesis.
Park recently.
for their kind reference to the.
one-wee
we r e a d
$ I nra-wization of the Japanese Community in
work of Mrs. Maclnnis and
Communications
The jcual
gpterq of which were published earlier this
uivself in the interests ot ci­
from various Japar j Canadian
S“S* pSkt ihe first part of Chapter HI, Family and
tizens of Canada of various
origins who were deprived ot
Coin munity.)
rights’and privileges which
• T-mqiipsp familv of the late 19th ceiituiy wa>
were enjoyed by Canadians o
"T‘-e ^ted iivboth structural and behavioral respects Its
tend to follow up every possibil­
other origins. We believe that
^^Htvwa* expressed in the principle of ’mutual helpThe defense Research Medical ity for defense purposes. Ihey
Canadians today, regardless ot
patriarchal in form and colored throughout by Ku .Laboratories in north Toronto are
racial
origin, all have the same
have
already

conducted
a
series
Th* father symbol was one of great
fulness . It va= p
currently conducting an experi­ of tests on Occidentals with an
rights
and privileges betore
notion of 1 ^noHuS^vmb^ was primarily7 warm and. affectional. ment to' determine the effective­ extract prepared by Trofessoi
the
law.
It is our hope and we
:/h
mi roles were conditioned by the doctrines. of filial ness of an extract, prepared by a
Hanaoka

s
method,-But
have
met
shall
work
to the end that all
In thi ±aA4l ‘m^culine superiority and ancestor worship. Mai- Japanese physiologist who claims
Canadian
citizens
shall have
!elllOp±S
action for purposes, of family con- it will enable humans to see better with no success. To Lover the pos­
sibility
of
biological
differences
equality
of
opportunity
m
11Udv cas conti actuU
chief agenev of social control and
in
the
dark.
between
Orientals
and
Occident
­
every way.
tinuity. ^e xanBy^w
(Leonard Bloom)
Professor Toshimasa Hanaoka als the researchers are now con­
’“Mrs. Maclnnis and I enjoy­
its concept- p
•r.fprrpiMionships which comprised this tradition- of Nara. Women’s University ducting a test with subjects ot
ed the friendship of the Japa­
*a«rk"d bv"
code which » aS taical y
claimed in 1951 that his extract, Japanese, descent.
nese Canadians at the picnic
al f™"y ' .', ° , ‘ sanctified bv tradition though not linked to prepared from the pituitary
on June-30 very much indeed.
A Japanese Canadian scientific
aa set t.s“ . 1J«S“X ^ this code was defined the
found to give humans officer in the deparment of phy­
gland,
was
I was so overcome with emo­
”i S”i&tal, Hs rights and obligations in all situations.
the ability to see better in dark­ siology at the laboratories, and
tion when the presentation
ness.
was made, to us that, Lor a fen
Marge Umezuki volunteered as
Altough laboratory ^officials “guinea pigs” for the first of MOTHER-IN-LAW eased the rigid training
moments I was unable
o
here are doubtful as to the effec­ this phase of tests. Jour or five
speak and tears came to my
tiveness of this extract, they in- more healthy young Japanese Ca­
of transplantation. Th&
J
( ^ grandmother exacting comnadian adults with no sermus
“Canada is a great country
of three S®^ 7X L? darter-in-law. The absence of
eve defects arc being sought ioi
and
there is room in it for Ca­
plete submibsueness tiom
familv provided the possibility of
the experiment. Those willing to
nadians no matter what their
act as subjects are asked to call
origins may have been . . •
Di. Kalant at ME. 3-4240.
kB ^“pKAora of the children Scheduled to arrive in Vancou­
Drummer Togawa Keeps Cool with Beach Tob
ver today is the NYK Emer Hi­
U)S ANGEO,BS.-Paul
Japan were consistently mAi^. , child in order to show herdomi- kawa Maru, which left Yokohama
feather to his. cap nhen he °fu
Redondo Beach. Togawa and his
oraiidmother, who often
.
Caudill points out, the Nisei on July 3 with 25 persons of Ja-^ •at
the Hollywood Riviera Club at Ikilond
the 0C(?an.
panoseancestry
on
the
pa*
nation of the
their grandparents
quartet
appear
every
Sunday
fiom^
of
listening,
danc(except those who visited <P A
f gratification and comfort, senger list:
..
Mrs.'Sayoko
and
Keiichi
Aoki,
side
club.
He
invites
al
™Me
flab
Baltazar,
alto
and thus were deprived of this source o e
structural
Haruo
Fukushima,
Tsutau
and
ing
and
swimming.
H
eatuied
int.
V
Buddy
Woodson,
bass.
Certain forces acted to minimize the effect ol suw
Tsugio Ito, Hiroko Inai. Mis. ->• _
changes.
_ ,.
-f'lniilv is not limited, as a Kato. Tokichi Maeda, Mrs. Toshi
“The Japanese conception of
„J 1 ,‘xe^
for primary
rule, to the household. There is aP0^ of Olie-S legal kinfolk Maeda, Mrs. Nobuko c Miy- aKe,
Advertising Art by Nisei in Time and Newsweek^
Kikumi Nishi, Mrs. Iku Nakauchi,
group attitudes to reach bey oi
as a family. Such a unit Fumi and Sae Nakauchi, lakaCHICAGO.—A Japanese American ^st ^®;’“ American
and apply’ to the largest unit co
p ‘ ^ ^ f r fro*m a historical shi Oku. Shohachi Omoto, Mis.
for the Container
“s -blMi" Shika Omoto, Mitsuko Omatsu, to do a “aSaz™./^
concern
this
month.
A
it
.
I
o
nnwired
in
Time
and Newsweek
Mrs. Michiko Taki, Shigeharu Ia- Corporation. «I ^‘“’ "J j,^ ^to of Chicago.
Goto, who
maki. Masato Tsukamoto Mrs. s’S at the ArPt instate of Chicago, has won many prizes in
which derives from the
Hana Tsukamoto, Mary T suka
moto, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mrs. exhibitions.
b a larSe ^
Kazuyo Yamashita.
the solidarity of the Japanese community.

id Ethical Code Held

Of The Hew Canadian

JCs Act as Guinea Pigs for Defense Research Test

Hikawa Mara to Dock
At Vancouver Today

SOLIDARITY NOT DUE TO INSECURITY
ne to assume that »
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An Interview of Our Tinies , • •

Profession: Strip-Tease Artist

through the circuit of lo burles­
unknown culture. It is perhaps Bane
,...:.. differences are to be
It is of interest to note that these que theatres in the United States.
as an exception but it is a fact that certain diiteicnces
By ART SHIMIZU
children who travel with their
discovered.
Oonndn not TURA Setana, “the .Exotic and mother during the summer ap­ At one time there, were 48
In the first' Place; nearly all
^
also takes her “art” to Australia .
A Rare Treat from Japan”, was pear quite. Japanese despite the and Hawaii as well as to Canada.
with the idea of settling here_permanei y
n re’turn to their, the feature billing at the Casino fact their father was of Hanan
She mentioned that the majority *
quick” and thereby-acquire higher
extraction.
Theatre
in
Toronto
last
week.
The
of her audience in Hawaii were, of
native village. Despite the general lack
after
It is a fact that people, tend to Japanese extraction indicating
able to re-orient their whole appi °ach to
dream of an. contributor to this column and
to judge a .person’^ character by
marriage and the coming of_ ckddr
^
was reinforced by Mr., Ken Adachi, interested in the way he makes a living.’ thus that the Hawaiian population is
eventual return to live in Japan, ^h s
code of ethics and also persons exotic and rare, decide., by this standard, doctors and mi­ predominately7 Japanese in origin.
their conviction of the superiority of u
A
ple, with the- corol- to investigate such a personality. nisters are virtuous and dedicated Apparently the enchanting set­
ting of the Hawaiin Islands suits
of the essential superiority of the Jap.
P P
rather bar'For
those
who
are
not
familial
men;
politicians
are
ruthless
and
her
“art” most happily because
lary that the individualistic North Amei leans veie
with some of the performances at ambitious; prostitutes possess no she obtains twice the pay tncre
“L, while the solidarity of the
"^ the Casino, Miss Setana is by tender feelings. Strip-tease art­ that she does on the mainland.
profession a strip-tease artist.
ists are regarded by many to be
Her future includes a movie
by the hostility of the out-group, its mai
added value
cheap
and
immodest.
Miss
Setana
emerged
from
her
production in which Frank Sina­
fence, of this orientation towards ^^pan wh^ gaie aaoea
Miss Setana proved that these tra will be starring. And perhaps
dressing room, a tall woman
to the perpetuation of the traditional paden
dressed in a light blue toreador conclusions may not be neces­ taking her across the Atlantic
outfit simply designed with a sarily true. We found her to be for European approval. In reierKUNIMONO STUCK TOGETHER
.
matching jersey which hugged her a woman of considerable charm. ence to her act, she was concern­
While the entire community was held
jn the stunningly constructed anatomy. She. discussed problems related to ed about not being able to bring
of interdependence, the ties LetxveeiY faiaai
SN^ These fami- Her dark hair was done tip m« her profession like any other girl her “whole act” to.Canada due to
sarne Japanese prefecture (ken) were
J drawn together by ponvtail which cascaded Mown to would who is interested in her the limitation imposed upon it by
Ues from the same ken
gation her slim waist. Only her eye­ vocation. And she did this with the Ontario Censor Board. Re­
-similarity of local customs and dialect and had
. 1
kunimono lashes were prepared for stage notable poise, free from affecta- strictions are directed against too
to help each other become established. Consequently ^
purposes. We were struckby Ki tions. Her manner of speech and manv and overenthusiastic bumps
lived close together and worked together or in similiai types
striking resemblance to Shirley response convinced us that she and grinds. After seeing her act,
Yamaguchi. After the introduc­. has not only an interesting, body the censorship took such a heavy
tions, we offered Tier a chair an but some intelligence as well. She toll that it was reduced to some­
The effect of the continued social ^
pattern of gift exchange and of mutual help
the general proceeded with tht interview.
thing approaching acrobatics at
answered us with an easy
She was born in Saseho, Japan, readv smile and we detected a times.
these people so closely together,was heighte
same ken.
.
preference for choosing, marriage ^partners A^^^^,, Besides and is of East Indian and Japan­ sense of humor which was deiiniWith the approach of curtain
it makes it so much easier to check on then Ma
-Parity of ese parentage. At the age oi
telv charming. . .
..
time she excused herself to dress
She began stripping for _and for the show. We bid adieu and
the complexity of their informal relationship ’.. , . , p „ss'ocja. her familv came to the States,,
kunimono was*furthered by the formation of kenjn

.,
kuni~ settling in California, where la­ teasing the public some four left still under the compelling
ter she was chosen, understand­ vears ago. Before Uns she "as
tions which held regular meetings and thus bioug
°v
spell of Tura Setana. It was not
ably, Miss Japan ^Beautifulm ~ doing a dance routine—fully marred by the bright harshness
mono not living in geographic proximity.
.
In many respects, the group of kunimono xorme^ ^y^ften contest at one of the festn als. clothed—with her
of the sun upon Queen Street.
She is a widow with two children, husband. Her work takes her
mediate link between family and community. Ku
eldest of whom is ten years old.

^Continued on Page Eight)

Page 2

Sooners Start Practice for Coming Grid Season

SPORTS

The Nisei Sooners, an entry in
All positions for the 145-pmnS
the Ki-Y Junior League, will be­ class are open and all prosper
gin open practice at Christie Pits ballplayers, especially of the Ni
Owing
to
difficulty
in
arrang
­
on Saturday, July 27, beginning sei variety, are asked to turn out'
Who’s going to beat Hamilton ? while issuing three singles. Re­ ing for a playing field, the pro­ at 10 a.m.
The Nisei club -is in desperate
That seems to be the general gent responded to his masterful posed visit to Hamilton today by
Husky D an Shaw, a recent stal- need of a. sponsor to heh caK
question in the Nisei League pitching by touching loser Jackie
these days, as Hamilton continu­ Tanaka for a single run in the the Main Auto team has been war‘ with the Toronto Argonauts them through for the 1957 5
ed on its winning way in quest of first, and adding two more in cancelled. Instead the teams will of the Big Four, and Balmy son. Any party or parties Inter
the league championship. Busseis each of the third and fifth inn­ engage in a contest at Stanley. Beaches of the ORFU, has agreed ested in aiding the Niseis are Uto help coach the Sooners for the ? P1 S?act Tosh Saka>W M
Park starting at 11:15 a.m.
set down to their fifth straight ings.
coming season.
LE, 1-692 l.
T o


T.
S._
Offensively,
Regents
were
led
Joss—they have yet to win—were
by
Roy
Tanaka
who
rapped
out
a
the victim of the determined
Hamiltonians. In other games, double and a single. No other Re­
Regent Press remained in solid gent player was able to garner
contention for league leadership more than one hit.
by dumping Christie Flyers-5-3,
The bludgeon drives of Don Yo­ against Ets Fujiwara when she
Playing-manager Nobby Fuji­
while Yamadas upset the defend­ moto who had two hits and Porky kota prevailed over the flat bul­ found herself behind 3-6, 1-5 . ^Femaie Help Wanted
ing champions Main Auto- 7-1.
Ito who managed to garner a let smashes of Tak Yamamoto in match point.. Outdriven and outand tuckers, exoerienc^'
■single,
were the only Christie the semis of the Bussei men’s placed up to that point, Mary OPERATORS
lor ladies blouses and. skirts St^ari- ’
HAMILTON 7—BUS SEIS 6
players who were successful at consolation singles, at Earscourt,
^PQOy^?nt- ^PP^^t Page FasHon
Hamilton, fighting an up hill the plate.
but in the finals, iron-man Yoko­ fell back to her ■ ever ■ dependable mSpadinaAye^icronto. .
battle, came back from a 6-0 de­ Flyers: Jackie Tanaka and Sam Matsuo. ta’s drives were at a disadvantage stonewall defense and outlasted GIRL for general office work ?n~7^v
ficit to edge the luckless Busseis Reaent: Vic Kitamura and Bill Aoki. against the blocking of indefati­ the fast-tiring Ets to exhaustion. transportation terminal. Some' ty^a‘’
essential;/ modern office aid eauimCFlyers
000 011 1
3 3 3
7-6 in the last inning.
Regent
102 020 x
5 8 3 gable Toru Idenouye, as the har­ As a result, the third set was no Phone RO; 6-3640, Mr. Mayhew ,"barwe=n
10 am. and 5, p.m. (Toronto).
Busseis had held a comfortable
der he smashed, the faster the
match
and
Mary
finished
upin
GIRLS
for factory work, sewina AfTP
6-run lead going into the bottom YAMADAS 7—MAIN 1
ball came bouncing back as from
HAT^CAJVSOgj^^
:
the
last
round
3-6,
7-5,
6-2.
She
of the fifth inning when Hamilton
in a game that was close until a brick wall. Yokota lost through now awaits the winner of the OPERATORS and homeworkers ex^’-'
exploded for five runs. Then in the sixth inning, the much- his own errors in the deciding set
on ; skirts. Dalton Casual * S
the bottom of the last inning, improved hamadas humiliated and rubberman Idenouye won his other semis between Chic .Yana­ ionced
Camden St. (Toronto).
:
gizawa and Agnes Tsujimoto..
Hamilton loaded the bases. With the listless Main Auto crew 7-1: third straight title 6-3, 4-6 6-2.
Slapshot artist Yanagizawa won
two out, Ted Sekine lined a single
In
the
men

s

A

semifinals',
In
what
was
a
pitchers

duel,
the
first set 6-1 and hardworking DELICATESSEN for sale; going business^
into centrefield scoring the tiepowerful
Tom
Iwasaki
pinpointed
Yamadas
broke
the
game
wide
Mrs.
Tsujimoto took the second Ideal for couple or one; living quarters'
ing and winning runs.
his placements past the netrush- 6-3 and lack of time postponed reasonable; Keele-Bloor; phone ROaJ
■open
in
the
sixth
inning
when
It was a tough loss for Busseis, they combined five hits with two ing Mickey Cinicola to gain the
the deciding set until tomorrow. 2-9053 (Toronto)
who were seeking their initial
finals
berth
by
a
6-1,
6-1
score.
The ladies are competing for the
Rooms to Let
win, for they were in complete errors to score five runs.
He meets sharpshooting Edzy same aforementioned trophy.
Yamada
hurler
Hiro
Izumi
pit
­
command, pitcher Mike Sakura
Tsujimoto next Sunday for the
LARGE front room upstairs with garage.
having allowed just one hit until ched very effectively, scattering Wes Hodgin’s Mensour trophy.
Danforth-Woodbine district. Phone OX.
eight
hits,
while
whiffing
eight
1-0685. (Toronto)
rhe fifth.
And in the ladies’ “A”, Chic
Herb Morino and Ted Sekine hatters. Loser Tucker Uchikura,
TWO or three unfurnished rooms,: kitchen with sink; Phone LE.- 3-5251 (Toronto).:
making his first mound appear­ Yanagizawa smashed her way
divided four, hits for Hamilton.
past
the
fast
improving
junior,
ance
in
more
than
four
years,
TWO unfurnished rooms, kitchen with
For Busseis Sam Koyata. slam­
sink and large bedroom. St. Clarens at
Sue
Nagano,
6-2,
6-3.
Superwo
­
showed
signs
of
brilliance
and
med a homer while Ike Shiozaki,
St. Clair. Phone LE. 5-8263 (Toronto);
with
better
fielding
support
he
man
Mary
Ebata
had
a
slight
Maw Mori and Mike Sakura garn­
Watch Repair Shop
ONE or two rooms, furnished optional;
could well have won the game. scare in her semifinal match
ered two hits each.
.
Gerrard and Coxwell,. above store. Tel:
HO.
5-3652

Res:
LE.
2-7445
HO.',6-8513 (Toronto).’
'Bussei:. Mike Sakura, (4) Dick . Hashi - However, with more condition­
328 Broadview Ave., Toronto
iroto and. Maw Uyenaka, (7) Jets Oishi- ing, he should prove invaluable to
FURNISHED one-room apartment. Phone
Hamilton: Bill Matsui, (4) Frank. Shimo- Main Auto.
LE. 5-4877 (Toronto).
da arid Kaz Ishii.
6 9 5
Bussei
202 200 0
Yamadas were led at the plate
7 9 3
Hamilton
000 050 2
by manager Sid Nishimura and
Stan Nishimura, both rapping out
REGENT 5—CHRISTIE 3
Vic Kitamura, backed by the a homer and single. Sam Kobaya­
clutch hitting -of his team-mates, shi chipped in with a long triple.
Ken Kutsukake banged out
hurled Regent Press to a 5-3 vic­
A Big Majority of Japanese Canadian Customers
uwv LKs,
tory over the winless Christie, two
hits and: Min Nishimura1384^ Queen W.
Purchase Their Homes Through
Flyers. Flyers no doubt were smashed out a circuit clout, for
hampered by the three-week lay­ Main Auto. Bobby Miwa also
LE. 2-6378Toronto
out that they were confronted helped by poling out a tremend­
with, as they were limited to only ous triple.
representing
: :

three hits by fire-balling Kita- Main Auto: Tucker Uchikura and Ken
Kutsukake.
KEN
WILES
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Hiro Izumi. and Frank NishiKitamura was in command all Yamadas:
oka. •
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^ 153 St. Clair Ave. W.
18 4
001 GOO 0
the way. He struck out 11 bat­ Main Auto.
7 7. 0
or LE. 4-1427’(Res.)
| TORONTO. Ont
000 -205 x
ters, gave up just two walks, Yamadas.

Hamilton Chalks Up Sixth Win in Row

Idenouye Wins Bussei Men's Consolation Singles

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20,—1957
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KAZUO G. OIYE
BARRISTER — SOLICITOR I
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dates and doings

Personal Notes

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JULY

Marriages

TYBS To Make Excursion to Camp Mishannock

.

CLUB AMI WIENER ROAST
This year, the TYBS is hplmng
This is a reminder that Club
its excursion at Camp MishnnAmi
’s Wiener Roast will be held
nock. Lake Simcoe-over the: Civic tonight
at Sandy Beach on
Weekend for two days—Aug. 3—1- Frenchman
’s Bay.
Everyone'S
Everyone -is welcome and inter- welcome—50 cents P'M'—^leet m
at the Church by 3 p.m. on Sat­ front of the Toronto BuoufUbt

KAMITAKAHARAMIYASH1TA
Lethbridge. Alta
The marriage of Kazuko Miya­
shita, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ihei Miyashita of Glenwood,
Alta., and-Noboru Kamitakahara,
[ sonof Mr. and Mrs. Miichiro
Kamitakahara
of
Lethbridge,
took place on June 15, 1957, at
First United Church.
Reception was held -at Lotus
Inn.

CALENDAR

•iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniinnHiiinii.-.
20—Toronto. Club Ami's Wiener Roast
at Sandy Beach. Frenchman's Bay.
20—Toronto. Nisei Young Adults Shake­
spearean Festival Trip by bus.
20_ -Winnipeg. Annual MJCCA Picnic at
Kildonan Park, 1 p.m.
21—Chatham, Ont. Chatham Community
Picnic at Erieu Beach, 10 a.m.
2S—Toronto. Aoyagi-Kai picnic at Kew
Beach from 12 noon.
.
28—Toronto. Toronto Japanese Language
School picnic at High Pars, bioor St.
entrance.
2S—Toronto. Kishujin Picnic al LaSalle

urday. Those without care will be
accommodated by
telephoning
,
Haru Murakami (HO. 1-4552) or
Registration forms for Nisei
Picnic, Plage
Kunio Suyama (HO. 5-9966). Y oung Adults Fellowship group > 2S—Montreal.
Everyone is asked to bring their weekend at South Camp should be
“Obento” for that day.
entered, as soon as possible. A ho
An interesting and varied prog­ forms for the camp at Lake Scu—Toronto. TYBS ^Excursion to Camp
TOKI-MATSU BARA
ram has been planned to suit eve­ gog on Aug. 23-2o are available 3-4
Mishannock, Lake Simcoe.
Toronto
ryone’s taste. You could join in
4—Fort William. Lakehead Nisei Club
The marriage of Amy Emiko, with such activities as softball,,
Barrister & Solicitor .
daughter of Air. and Mrs. Chono- vollelball, horseback riding, boat­ Osaka to Hold Unique
Club 6 th
4—Toronto. ..Nisei
s Point, Lake
suke Matsubara of Toronto, to ing, fishing-, swimming, outdoor
Annual Outing at
Cameron, Weldon
Rick Yoshiaki Toki, son of Air. dancing, or, if you prefer,
East-West Festival
5-9—Vancouver. UBC Seminar on Japan
Airs. Shinji Toki of Japan, lying around and acquiring that
Brewin & McCallum and
1957, conducted by UBC Department of
TOKYO.

An
art
festival
uni
­
was solemnized on June 29, 19oi, nice tan. In the evening, the
International
and Asian Stuaios and
at the Toronto Buddhist Temple. group will gather around the que in the history of such fcsti- Extension Department.
372 Bay St. ’

Toronto
Rev. Takashi Tsuji officiated.
campfire and enjoy a corn and vals will take place at Osaka next 10—Kelowna. Regatta Dance, Buddhist
EM. 3-4391
vear from April 10 to May 10
Hall, 10-2 am.
Baishakunin were Air. and Airs, wiener roast.
,
nations of the East and 10—Montreal. Nisei Fellowship "Group
when
On Sunday, you will not be
Susumu Koyama. Reception was
Weiner Roast at Crystal Beach.
present their combined tacalled upon to rise at dawn—-only West in
held af Scott’s Restaurant.
:
23-25
—Toronto. Young Adults Fellowship
a
great
cultural
celebrain time for the 10:30 morning lents
weekend at South Camp, Lake Scugog
t
•service, after which you may tion.
Births
The Osaka Festival society is
participate in anything that, may
BVBBISTEK and SOLICITOR
presently
in negotiations with
A girl, Yukiko Susan, was born strike your fancy. You will be
notary rubric
several

nations
including Great the Osaka Festival is sponsored
to Mr. and Mrs. Mikio Saimoto hanpv to npte that three delicious
Britain.
the
United
States. bv the Asahi and Maimchi news­
t (nee Morita) on June, J8, 1957, at
Suite 502, Temple Building
meals will be served by our lady France'. Germany, Autsria. India, papers. NHK, the. Osaka Prefect­
62 RICHMOND ST. WEST
St. Vincent Hospital in Vancou­ chefs to suit any delicate sto- and Thailand, to bring their re­ ural Government, Osaka City and
t
TORONTO
mach. In the evening, a feature- nowned artists to this counti y the Osaka Chamber of Commerce.
ver. ...

.....
KM. e-0959 — Bes: BO. 7-8427
supporting the . cultural
length movie will
---- be shown.
for thefirst annual Osaka Inter­ Also
All
you
are
requested
to
bring
meeting
are the Yomiuri and
Obituaries
are blankets and pillowcases. national Festival of Music, Art SankeLJiji newspapers and Prime
Drama.
.
There is, however, a charge of and
SAWA
Designed to merge the arasuc Minister Nobusuke Kishi and his
X-RAY DIAGNOSIS
Torakichi Sawa, 78, of Winni­ $3.50 for each member and $5 for
cabinet.
Paul K. Asada, D.C. peg, passed away on July 6, 1957 non-members to defray the cost talent, of the Occident and Orient,
DOCTOR of CHIROPRACTIC
at the Winnipeg General Hospi­ of food.
A* •
tal. Funeral was held July 9 at
699 Yonge St. . ,
T°tont°
WA. 1-6549 (office)
the Manitoba Buddhist Church,
If no answer,'call conducted by Rev. R. Nishimura.
Office: Room 403
■^a vQnge St., Toronto
EM. 7-5002 -

F.A. BREWIN, Q.C.

Lucien C. Kurata

CHURCH NOTES

BE. 3-3869 (residence)

REV. TADA TOURS CANADA
Rev. K. Tada of Montreal will
begin his two-months’ cross-Canada trip this week, starting
from Fort William, Ont. He will
visit the Japanese Canadian
centres on. the prairies and b.L
continuing
down the west coast
TAKENO
of
the
States,
and returning via
Mrs. Riyu Takeno, 69, died _at I
Chicago
and
Southern
Ontario
her Toronto home on July 8, 1957. |
centres.
He
will
be
in
Toronto
in
Funeral held-. July at Toronto
the
middle
of
September.
Buddhist Church was conducted
by Rev. T. Tsuji
*
REV. SHIMIZU VISITS WEST
At the request of the Home
TAKAMOTO
Alissidns
Board, of the United
Suyegoro Takamoto, 88 years
Church
of
Canada, Dr. K. Snimiold, died July 10, 1957, at the Ke­ zu will be visiting
Vancouver and
lowna General Hospital in Kelowother J apanese communities in
na, B.C.
*
the west. He will be leavingmn
July 28 and will be back in lo' FUJIWARA
Jinshichi Fujiwara passed away ronto by September 5. His ten­
on July 8 at. the age of 86 while tative schedule is as follows t
July 31-Aug. 1 Kamloops: Aug.
confined in the Vancouver Gene­ 2-19
Vancouver and vicinity; Aug.
ral Hospital. Funeral services 19-21 Okanagan; 22 Greenwood;
were held July 11 at 4die-Arm­ 23-25 Lethbridge and Southern
strong funeral Home, conducted Alberta; Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Winni­
by Bishop Fukuda of Konko-Kyo peg; Sept. 3 Fort William.
and Mr. Matsui.

ARIZONO
Zentaro Arizono of Coaiaale,
Alta., died at the age of 77 on
June 25, 1957. Funeral was Held
June 29 at the Picture Butte
Buddhist- Church.

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Saturday, July 20, 1957

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You too can be Hamlet. You too to rhapsodic slim ankles and
can live among rarefied, sublime im^ feet ; And just as Hamlet
passions or, if the victims of com­ aoes nothing, the modem hero
fitted to the
©
©
mon passions, then subject to
and fea?
them in some exquisite form. Refusal. Ay, that’s the rub!
For one thing, the films are see­
All this, you might say, is <rood
ing to it. The theme of the com­ ?dreS a^ay with the maudlin
Canadians will welcome a report that the new '
mon man as the hero is laid down, babbling 01 poetry. Yet the mo­
o-overnment is considering ways of making our immigra- |
tion laws more automatic and less subject to the whims
the penny-organ squeaks, and a- dern nero will also weep lachrvmosely over the hairpin or pow­
rising out of the ashes, phoenix- der-pads of young secretaries who
of individuals, whether department emyloyees or the
like, is the new Hamlet (of the smell of aromatic deodorants just
minister himself. A change will be more welcome if, as it
as Hamlet did over poor Yorickk
Marty, Catered Affair type).
seems it must, it peels away some layers of the secr ecy
old skull. But it is sentinientalsurrounding the department now. .
;
.
Not
that this is something new. ity, rather than poetry; the mo­
Editor: I have just been given
It has been the shame of Canada’s immigration law an out-of-date (Dec. 22, 1956) Charlie Chaplin was all: Hamlet. dern hero, like Hemingway’s, is
you can go right down to afraid of abstract words, "’he
that the effective part of it—who comes in and who does- copy of your very interest- And
Ulysses,
who after long wander­ doesn’t feel the rhythm of the uni­
n’t— is decided not in open parliamentary debate but ing newspaper arid have en- ings, seekings, flights. and suf­ verse,
the night all around him;
reading it very much. In
secretly by the cabinet, the minister alone or even by the joved
ferings, finally came to his cozy- Jie only wants to know how the
fact I have been so absorbed in slippered port, hi? Penelope, his
hired help of the department.
it that my room-mate gave me an fleabag dog, in tracing the storied stars move. It goes to show that '
vast developments in techno­
There is discrimination—of known and unknown! awfully quee? look, as if to say lineage of the hero. The hero who the
logy
has made ours a barbaric
kinds—as to who is allowed to come into this free count­ “What’s so interesting about an enjoyed the widest popular appeal epoch, and partly explains why
old newspaper ?’’* She is a Nisei- was he who, despite the times, the modern hero is so mechanical;
ry of ours. But it is discrimination not in the law but in from
Hawaii so before long, she,
through to good fortune or he resists and rejects the great­
the regulations, those shadowy pamphlets full of restric­ too, was running her eyes through won
if he had to face defeat, went to ness that ■ is constantly being
tions that lurk in the secret recesses of departmental the pages.

meet it freely, • drinking the cup thrust upon him, and the hero be­
The
article
by
Mrs.
Wangenof life to its lees. And from his comes an automatton, like rocket­
files.
_
_
. . .
heim
on

The
Social
Organization
very
defeat was born the hope ships and phallic American cars.
An intending immigrant, once refused admission
of the Japanese Community in and promise of a better world.
I am not suggesting a return
may beat his head against the stone walls of the depart­ Toronto” has interested me very The hero was thus a social and
ment’s silence as long as he likes without learning t ie much. There were many questions moral necessity. He presupposed to the other ages, where heroes,
real reason he was denied admission. He is in a prohibi­ that I’d like to ask her so I have an ideal, a flight from daily life: like Homer’s Ulysses or Milton’s
ted class” or “undesirable.” Because of the color 01 Jus written a letter to her. But the he acted for us and achieved Satan, were ten feet tall and fil­
is I do not know her ad­ what we know, we would never led to the brim with virtues, or
skin, his criminal record or his mother’s politics'. He has trouble
dress I have enclosed the letter achieve,..-giving us a capsule va­ the faceless Victorian drudge
and would be very happy if you cation' from life. The hero-wor­ with no animal desires. Values
a right to know.
will
forward it to her. I’m sorry shipper acted as the swelling cho­ change, new crises arise to form
The present situation also bogs the minister flown
to cause you all this trouble but rus, seeing symbolic heroes act­ the stuff of heroes. Dragons, are
and naturally creates a multitude of politically difficult there is no other way.,
ing for them. And the hero sug­ now extinct as are the Circes and
gested methods of behavior, man­ Cyclops. Heroic deeds in. the
situations.,
.
Jean Kobayashi,
ners,
dress and criteria of beauty grand manner are out of style
Broad principles enabling department officials to
International Christian
for
the
chorus to, admire and imi­ as are the declamatory speeches
University,
reach almost automatic- decisions on most applications
tate..
.;
Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
of Availing Trojan women. To­
from intending immigrants are desirable. Only the most
But
this
fiction
of
ideal
per
­
Ed’s Note: Coincidentally, we sons—the perfect knight, the per­ day’s four-walled heroes are just
difficult cases should be left for the minister.
as genuine despite their inarticu­
But the principles must be affected by spelling.out have just started the continuation fect lover, the perfect woman— lateness. They feel, God-it’s-awnow been devaluated. Now ■ ful-to-be-young, the universe is
in the act itself a good deal more about the conditions of Mrs. Wangenheim’s articles in। has
everyone
is his own Hamlet, nou­ out of joint, and must be revised.
under which Canada will find acceptable vmuld-be citi­ this issue—-the lapse was due to rishing his own little pipe-dreams. But
there isn’t even a decent war
zens. If we are to discriminate against West Indians be­ an overdue borrower of the re- The physical and moral deper­ to fight, a cause to further.
sonalization of modern society,
cause they’re black or Italians because they re Italian, cently returned thesis.
The same blood pulses through
squeezed
together in skyscrapers,
let our MPs stand up in Pariament and say so.
crowded in subways, his illusions their veins, the same tragic mo­
We suspect many would be ashamed to do.so. And
of happiness, luck, joy multiplied ments weave their .spell, the same
to infinity, has crushed the con­ lure of the wine-dark sea laps at
that would be a good thing too. It would at least end the
cept of the hero, though this is their souls, the same vague anxie­
present hypocrisy which finds a virtually wide-open, im­
not to say that true protagonists
migration law block by a host of secret discriminators.
ty clouds their lives. They are'
are lacking in our daily life.
—The Vancouver Sun
Hamlets without his cause.
The classic situations are still
I think the blame lies on the
with us; the potential hero still
fact
that the modern heroine does
moves
according
to
certain
con
­
PARIS.—-Paris critics have de­
nothing to inspire the hero to
ventions,
though
he
is
neither
at
nounced-a display, of Japanese
high deeds, and consequently,
architecture and household good’s the hot gates, nor fighting in poetry. Dante had his Beatrice,
warm
rain,
nor
knee-deep
in
the
as being “too cold.” .
(Continued front Page One')
salt marsh, heaving a cutlass, bit­ Homer his Helen of Troy with her
The
denounciation
was
sounded
.
by flies. He still knows the hvacinth hair, her classic face.
took on some of the responsibilities ■which. in Japan had ..belonged in most major Paris newspapers ten
'
which
anguish of the marrow, theTever■ Hamlet started things wrong with
to the extended kinship while also performing the_ tasks
.
_ the
,,
following the showing of a Ja­ of the bone. The To be or Not To his nun- faced Ophelia, who sang
villno-p sudivision (buraku) had done for each other. Just as trie panese house at this year’s House­
Be’s are deftly transmuted into* silly songs and ended face-up atight3 network within the buraku did not diminish but c°^b^
hold
Arts
Exhibit.'
the To Pick Up or Not To Pick: mong the ■water-lilies; Let us
to the solidarity of the village mura), so the system of mutual
Newspaper critics termed the Up’s as the hero sadly gazes out; face it: heroines nowadays only
obligations which tied together the kunimono contributed to the
Japanese house exhibit “too cold” of the splinter of his. eye at; ask their heroes to gasp, woo
solidarity of the community.
.
%
• and marry them. Nothing else
As Mivamdto says, “Japanese community life is nothing except “impractical” and “entirely un­ poetic legs, lean, muscular, beau­• happens.
tifully shaped, stemming down, in­
suited to French life.”
the constellation of Japanese family units.functioning in its matrix
Unlike the warm reception of.
For occasions of family crisis such as birth, death, and maiiiaoe.
have relatively little meaning for the Japanese except as they are Japanese architectural and house■ hold styles in America, .the Japa­
related to the community life of the people.’
. .
This is, of course, true of many agricultural societies, but nese display was viewed with ge­
what characterizes the Japanese is the complexity of the pattern o± neral disinterest by Parisians.
In order to give better service to our
"■ift exchange and of rigidly controlled assistance and repayment
Observers felt the display was
to expand business, UNION STORE and DUNDA
1
which is prescribed for these-various occasions.
presented with little of the spir­
&
GROCERY
will
merge
into
one
location
at
13/
Dun
­
Because of the important functions of these.sub-groups indi­ it and beauty of a genuine Japa­
das Street West,-Toronto, from July 22, 1957, the new
viduals or even, families who had few or no kunimono lacked one nese house.
of the most important factors for linking them firmly to the. lite
The Paris exhibit, for example, business to be known as the
of the community. Some were able, notwithstanding this -handicap, was unlike the exhibit of a Japa­
to find a place for themselves, but others tended to pass out of the nese house in New York wherein
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orbit, either into the anomie of Skid Row or back to Japan.
an entire house including garden (
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A few families, having not much to relate them to the Japanese was displayed.
Dundas Fish & Grocery
community, developed a more positive attitude to the problems of
TORONTO
The Paris house merely consist­
assimilation and were able create for themselves a not too un­ ed of two stripped-down rooms en­
comfortable iposition in the larger community.
closed by a concrete walkway
(To be continued)
which was lined with clinical and
unappetizing collections of house­
hold goods and pictures.
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Observers felt the introduction
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