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Hamlet's Inconsistencies

To modern critics there is no grcat ilil'i'iculty in rccoiiciling the diticrcut ”sti'iita" of taste and style in Sliakcspcaies "Hamlet." The text was given an ungarbled rendering by the Canadian Players here on Saturday evening. and was taken Ill stride by both players and audience.

Even llamlct's obscene jest to Ophe- lia in the ”play" scene passed with- out a lifted e3 ebi-ow. His coarser comments on the corpse of poor Po- lonius failed to stir us to revulsion. We were carried high on the tidal wave of the drama and our perspec- tive had, unawares, changed: under Siiakcspcaics spell until we could- or thought we could- "see life steadily and see it whole." The blem- lshcs in taste were spots on the sun we hardly bothered to take note of.

They are there, nevertheless. Hamlet is full of unexplained scenes for which, by any moral standard, there is little excuse.

In the nineteenth century these blemishes were accounted for on the

comfortable assumption that Hamlet was mad. He was the introverted dreamer, driven crazy by his mur- derous uncle and adulterous mother; and when he talked lecherously, and cruelly affronted those he loved with coarse jibes, he was merely talking in character. Shakespeare could not err, and Hamlet, his star creation, could not say a word amiss.

Modern criticism rejects this easy explanation. We know that there was an older play, "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd, based on earlier sources of the revenge mo- tlve which forms the plot in "Ham- let." There are verbal parallels which leave no doubt that in places Shakes- peare was merely revising the text of Kyd, which in turn had been re- worked by a third hand, perhaps George Chapman (Keats' "Chap- man's Homer") before Shakespeare touched the play. It was transformed in spirit by Shakespeare's magic; but some of the material he found intractable, and left it that way after hasty revision.

The evidence of this haste is seen in the different styles of versifica- tion, some dating to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" period, others to his more mature work. Critics are also probably justified in attributing the play to in period of crisis in Shakespeare's life, after which fol- lowed the tragic successes culminat- ing in "Coriolanus." As T. S. Eliot remarks in an essay on the subject, probably more people have thought "Hamlet" a work of art because they found it interesting. than have found it interesting because it is a work of art. It is the "Mona Lisa" of litera- ture.

Thcsc finespun cobwcbs of critic- ism mean nothing to the ardent play- gocr. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" it is! His unmatchable genius is stamped upon it and we accept it, blemishes and all. as one of the greatest tra- gedies of all time. That, indeed. is how it was presented here Saturday evening and why those who, privi- leged to have seen it, will remember It for a long, long time.

I 3 Sin-io?7n

Striking A Bargain

Not much information on the talks now going on between British Defense Minister Sandys and his American counterpart Mr. Wilson has been released to the public. It is known, however, that Mr. Sandys in not in the United suites merely to seek United States' aid in lessen- . in: Britain's defense burdens. in fact, them is reason to believe that Dffhln is in I better bargaining pbaltlon than the United States in the hnportant field of nuclear re- garch which, from all accounts is the chief mbject being dbcusaed. , eunuch otflelab have III!!!-ISM! for some that that ark-

luctance in Washington about shar- ing scientific secrets with Britain; but now that the advantage is with the other side the United States is calling for reciprocity. This appears to be quite agreeable to the British, provided reciprocity is to include manufacturing and technical facil- ities as well as the sharing of the secrets. In other words, it seems that Mr. Sandys is ready to trade what- ever superiority the British have in research for a United States' under- taking to expand its manufacturing facilities for building missiles and other electronically - controlled wea- pons foi: Britain. this being the field in which the United States has the upper hand. It seems likely that something of the sort was suggested to (iiiiiadian officials, too.

One thing can be taken for grant- ed. American defense officials are not going to pry any secrets out of Mr. Sandys and his team of experts without guaranteeing th e m some- thing really worthwhile in return. The day is past when any tentative commitment by the United States was of any value in Britain.

Public Opinion

By mutual consent of the Yugo- slav and United States' Governments President Tito's proposed visit to President Eisenhower has been can- celled, at least for the present. A spokesman for the Yugoslav leader has announced that although it was thought that the proposed visit would be in the interests of peace "the time is not ripe." .

The simple truth, .of course. is that public opinion in the United States, as expressed by more than 100 members of Congress, numerous organizations and a large section of the press forced President Eisen- hower to change his mind, or at least his plans. This and the wide- spread opposition to King Saudis visit has, it is reported, brought a measure of dismay to State Depart- ment officials, one of whom declared that he did not see how the Govern- ment could carry out any foreign policy in the face of such "bitter expressions of public opinion." An- other, referring to Mayor Wagner's refusal to give the red carpet treat- ment to Saud on his arrival in New York, observed that it marked the difference between a politician, meaning Mr. Wagner, and a states- man, meaning Mr. Eisenhower. A great many people in the United States and elsewhere will say that, on the contrary, it marked the dif- ference between a politician who has the courage to stand up for moral principles in international relations and one who thinks that there are times when moral principles ought to give place to political expediency. On the evidence, they are certainly as much entitled to that view as the State Department is to the other.

One would imagine that Ameri- can Government officials would be the last persons in the world to com- plain about expressions of public opinion respecting the country's for- eign policy. The criticism at any SIVCH time may be right or it may be wrong; but surely In a country like the United States the right to express it must be numbered among the democratic freedoms.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Things are going to get better in England from now on. The "Bells of St. Clement" are ringing once again after being silent for 16 years, the result of the destruction by German bombs of the Church of St. Clement

Danes.

The incidence of tuberculosis is at its lowest point since 1929, reports the Bureau of Statistics. It still has a national rate of 57.8 per 100,000 population, however, which means that it remains I serious public health problem.

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Pierre Poujad, the doughty French politician who built up quite I good following I couple of years ago by decrying taxes is said to be losing ground. There just doesn't seem to be anything these days on which I demagogue can hang his future safely.

I ' O O On his 1-etum to London from his tour of the United sum Earl Attlee was quoted as saying he found ! neat amount of anti-British 311! O 3 travels. However, -i umlllitdmllvlcw . - -nliunhuoaua:

IN SIGHT AT LAST

OTTAWA REPORT

Ottawa: "The unguided miss- ile". as John Foster Dulles is mockingly nicknamed in Europe, has at l"ast come under really . severe criticism from the majority party in the US. Congrcss.

The American Forciizn Sccrct- , Iry has "made a disastrous mess of Middle East affairs." Congress- man Wayne Hayes told a group of Canadian parliamentarians here last week.

Democrat Hayes. of Ohio. Isl chairman of an important con- j gressional committee on foreign affairs; he is also president of the association of parliamentarians from the fifteen NATO nations. in this latter role. he visited Ottawa to meet and address the members of our NATO parliamentary group.

He adopted the theme that we are very wrong and wrongly pes- l simestic in assuming that "thel West has all the problems. while . Russia knows all the answers." I Enlarging on this. he' sketched some of Russia's very severe prob- p

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lcms, ranging from technical backwardncss to uncontrollable - satellites.

TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA

Travelling in Russia lastycar. he said. he had seen an average of one Russian car per mile. broken down by the roadside. "That is about par for the course." be ex- plained .

He himself was travelling in I i 1955 Chevrolet. The nearest np- i proach to such a car made in I Russia, he said. is a copy of I 1939 Ford, priced at 58,000.

Mr. Hayes told I group of Russ- '

lIn workers, through an interpret- er. that nearly every American worker owns I car like his Chevvy

W- Dulles Under Criticism

By Patrick Nicholson

or better. 'vhile some uorkers own two cars.

"He does not have I very dis- honest. face, but what a fantastic liar. he is," commented the incred- ulous and car-less Russian work- ers.

when he added that cars like his Che-vvy cost only uueouarter the price of the cheap Russian car. his audience L mmcnled that of course it was well known that there are twenty million unemploy- ed in America, so obviously can could be mjiufactured by cut- rate labour glad to get any job even at low wages.

FORD As ADS IN RUSSIA

To show Russians that modern American cars are far ahead of their own. the Cluu;fCSSlTlIIl sug- gested in Washington last Full that some new model cars should be sent to Moscow for the use of the American Embassy staff, with orders that they be driven Is wide- ly as possible around Russia. His suggestion was at once adopted; thus Russians had I sneak pre- view of fifteen 1957 Ford: before they were exhibited In the States.

"What is RussiI'I plan in the Middle East?" asked Mr. Hayes. "Frankly I don't know. I was only in Russia ten days, so I cannot pasI II an expert on Russian If- fairs - even though some of our State Department officials know all about the most complex nation

after a two-day visit." be added,,

in sarcastic reference to the un- guided missile. A NOVEL THEORY

"But it is my belief that Russia's motive II nothing more nor lens than to use the Middle East II I land bridge to tho huge,

So niiicli has I'tf'PIl liriirrl about the financial troubles of canadign universities that their other wor- ries receive little attention. The unlversiiics' fllnIrl'llll('0 no.v in Pmlfrcss in Otlnua on what is called the "ci'i.-is in higlier ed". cation" is coiiccriicd with more than the llioncy required to ac- commodate additional students. In fact after the Prime Minister's Issiiraiiccs of furthcr gnvcrnment help last l1lL'Ill even the raising of 3235.000.000 llr llissell of Carlo. I0" Iiflllltllc said the universities feel that they must spend in 10 years does not look nearly as lormirlalilc R tank as it did.

0'10 llroblcm is that which Dr. Sydney Smuh of ihe University of Toronto raised in his paper in what he cailcd "Ilic defence of the ivory tower.” It is the question of whether universities shall contin- ue in liivc first place to IcholIr- ship which is not necessarily of practical application. or yield to the dominance of the engineers.

Defence Of The liiory Tower

Ottawa Journal

doctors and others who consider their practical skills most impor- III

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in the En lish-Canadian univer- ' the Irtsclement still I

silica he u! is primary: except for one Nova Scotla college, CInIdI has not developed degree-granting institu- tions with their chief emphasis on professional tnining. But now they must face I vastly increas-

ed demand for the training of prn- .

fesllonals. Yet "university"--and Dr. Smith quoted Dr. Ashby. pres- ident of Queen's University. Bol- fnl-'haI stood for something pre-

clous. ."A leisurely and urbane attitude

to scholarship, I release from the I

obllgatlonl to use knowledge for practical ends. I sense of per- spective which companies the broad horizon Ind the distant view In opportunity to give undivided loyalty to the kingdom of the mind."

Dr. Smith put the challenge cun-

Flver since the dawn of the human race. men and animals have been running from Ind after

each other.

The odds hIvell'l Improved. OM of man's finest Ichlevements on foot is running the mile in ion than four minutes, In speed of Ibout is mils: II bout. Compared to the grand champion of track and field. Home napkin hardly gets away from the our!- tn line.

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undeveloped and wealthy contin- ent of Africzi."

"Africa is the richest part of the world: it contains all the resources which we will be needing for I thousand years to come. Russia could be planning to dominate Africa. and then sit down patiently and wait, not for I year. not for ten years - she is in no hurry - but maybe for a cciilury. Then all the rest of the world. hungry for Africais great resources. would fall under Russian control."

This carefully reasoned and novel argument. based on Mr. Hayes' long experience of inter- national affairs. provokcd some spirited comnicots by Canadian MP: attending this private meet-

ing.

For the first time, our Parlia- ment Building heard the longtime anti-Dulles whispers raised in out- spoken comment.

"The USA. by its inconsistent Middle East policy over the past six months. has played right. into the hands of the Soviet Union. and right into the trap of betraying and striking down our strongest ally there. lsracl." declared Wal- ter Tucker, Llberal M.P. from Rosthern, Sask.

Mr. Hayes told me that in power- ful majority party, the Democrats. in Washington has had enough of Dulles. But, he added. some people hope that he won't be thrown over by Ike until after next year's elections: "because he makes such In easy target. for the Democrats."

Since Mr. Dulles has not merely boxed the compass, but also boxed up the world, feeling is strong against. him in Ottawa. at least the Cabinet.

clsely: "if tho ivory tower is to be defended we must marshal our thoughts and clarify our aims.”

It may be accepted that most of the delegates agreed that the academic structure of the uni- versities should be preserved. They would defend the ivory tow-

er. And yet practicality ruled. One , small exchange exemplified how 2

dollars and cents can check the hopes of the scholar who loves teaming for its own sake. UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE

l)r. Smith and others had spok- en of the desirability of good unl- vcrslly residences. I-'0ml79l'Ibl9 I0 those at the old English universi- ties. where the sch0Iar's thought might grow in congenial surround- ings. Dr. Maclfenzle of the Uni- verslty of British Columbia agreed but he went on to pose the dilem- ma of unlvei-slIies' authorities. Faced with the question of spend- ing money on residences or on pro- viding additional training facilities such as laboratlrles. which soiild have precedence? Dr. Smith I- grccd the "awful choice" had to be made. He did not doubt that iidrlilloual training facilities must come first.

Thus the defence of the Ivory tower and its bastlons will not be easy or short. But it must be de- fended. While all the cry is for practical men-Ind we know lore- ly they are needed '-M civiliz- Ition will be in poor thlnu '! the man of liberal arts and the schol- Il' Ire cut I lde. dlsurded I! obaolescent. -a description dim- Ion have ever been read! to ap- ply to them.

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VISITING A NEW MOTHER?

HERE ARE RULES FOR YOU

Everybody warm to take I look It the new baby ll quickly II possible. so grandmas, grandpaa. uncles. aunts Ind cousins often come flocking to the hospital to get a gander at the new addition to the family.

Many lIospliIlI have wisely I- Qpted regulations prohibiting just such a tiring parade of visitors to the new mother and her fragile offspring.

FEW VISITORS

Some permit only the husband to visit his wife while others keep the number of visitors to two I day, CXCIIIIWU of the husband.

Now there In good reasons for this. In the first place. the pres- ence of too many visitors will fatigue the mother and interfere with her routine hospital care. Even more important. the more visitors there are. the greater is the chance of introducing infec- tion into the mother's room-

Still. maybe you are the very person the new mother wants to see most. If you are. here are I few suggetion: to follow when paying your hospital call:

Check with the husband first to see whether anyone else plans to visit her at the same time you want to go. If another friend has priority, choose another time...

When you do get to see the mother. don't sit on her bed or toss your clothing over it. Prob- ably within I very short time after you leave, that precious little tyke will be brought -to his mother's loving arms. You don't want to endanger his life by contaminating the bedclothlng...

Don't take your own youngsters with you. Most hospitals won't admit them to the motherls room anyway. This is an extremely im- portant precaution, for children are more frequently sources of adults.

Don't fire the mother. Gener- ally. hospitals limit visiting lime to two hours. But if the mother begins to show any signs of la- tigue before your allotted time is up. leave right away.

Donlt visit her if you have I cold or Iny upper respiratory in- fections.

Do tell her what I cute baby she has brought into the world even if the squealing Infant re- minds you of your own scrawny first-born. After all, he's I good- Iooking youngster now. isn't he? QUESTION AND ANSWER

J.M.G.: Should I woman who had her female organs removed be given any medicine to keep her physically fit?

Answer: In cases of this type, the administration of estrogen: might be indicated. You should consult with your doctor about this matter.

The Age Old Story

For the eyes of the Lord an over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.

K 7oed&mu

IN WINTER WEATHER UNDER

All the world sleeps dark

In winter weather under.

A burning hidden wonder:

The tulip bulb that shed:

lu tissue paper gown.

As light as sand, as brown.

Then bursts its ribbon skin

To let the flower begin:

or field of winter wheat

A great far field of green

That lies asleep unseen,

Save by those who know

Green spreIdI beneath the snow.

Even my thougbta sleep dark

In winter weather under.

A burning hidden wonder.

My dark. my sleeping dreams.

Like locked and frown streams

That wall the winter over

For meadows spiced with clover. -Louise D. Gunn.

in the New York Herald Tribune-

OUR YESTERDAYS

From The Guardian Filo:

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (February 4. IE!)

with the completion yesterday of the extensive remodelling work on the old NItlonIl Candy Factory building, tlsfacto y Iccommmod- Illoll is now ready for the main Falconwood patients. Ind I num- ber of the patients will be moved In immediately.

Decision to organize the Char- lottetown Community Concert was reached yesterday Iftarnooa It I well attended meeting of tho Char- lottetown Music Club. the Rotary and other musical clubs. Gyro Club and olbat orunlotlonu Ind lndlvlduall. A oonuniltoo was Ip- polnted to select oflloors Ind a Board of

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The catch nu that when the dollar bought twice as much in- Iu-ead of only half In much we didn't always have one.- Ottawa Cillun.

Canadians are going to get. bet- ter my In 25 yearl. The Gordon royal commission reports. What will the dollar be worth then?- Toronto Star.

Experience touches that being I good husband is about the same as achieving success in any other job. It's much easier If you like your boss.-Kiwanis Magazine.

Just doing enough to gel. by is not sufficient to win a top spot in either business or industry today. It's the little extra that counts. -St. Catharines Standard.

There was In Item in the nevtl reports the other day about "inex- cusable mob I lence," which. of course begs the question: Which kind of mob violence is excusable? -Hamilton Spectator.

Mr. Dulles is Iald to have been quite happy when Eden resigned. We wonder whether he's still happy now that Eden's successor is slashing Britain's reserve forces down to the bone.-St. Catharines Standard.

If II In any. when the cigarette pack is empty. to drop it on the sidewalk, but it is equally easy to pocket it until it can be dis- posed of tidily. The same is true of almost all disposable wrappers, and what a difference it would make to the appearance of the town if everyone observed this el- ementary principle of iidiness. Why don't we all try it?- Dresden Times.

It is I break for the birds that they can overtake insects on the wing, otherwise such feathered creatures as swallows which do their food-hunting aloft would be in I had way indeed. According to Dr. Brian Hocking of the Univers- ity of Alberta no living insect is capable of an air speed greater than twenty-so on miles an hour in level. continuous night, although some can manage thirty-five mph in a short burst. One of the most efficient of travelers is the mon- arch butterfly. A long-i-anize mig- rant. It can carry fuel for I flight of about 620 miles.-Kitchener-Wm terloo Record.

Duchess of Windsor Confides on Love

Do you believe in love It first sight? Aro women more romantic than man? Can I person love more than once?

The Duchess of Windsor, when romance and mar- riage with Edward VII! cuatod w o r l d -wide lu- touot, gives frank answers to Star Weekly reporter Lester David.

Read this week's issue for hia Ixclusivo interview: "Tho Duchou Talks of Lava".

THE WAY I

A U.8. sports writer describe; hockey as "Canada's flvorite out. door sport." Presumably the out. door part. is while you are II-llpg. ing for I place to park.--Pen-i-. borough Examiner.

Of all the glrln who ever said they would not marry the best man on earth none of them bas.- Si, CIt.berinc'I Standard.

If I. IIIIII Ices eye to eye win. his wife it may just mean that his vision has been corrected.- Vancouver Province.

Too many organlxalioiu hay. developed the dreary habit of hold. in: their annual meetings in To main year after year. This is very hard to understand. since om-'g one has travelled on the subway and lobbied at Queen's Park, To ronto can be much like any other city.-Hamilton Spectator

London's regent Park Zoo last week opened an animal hospital Ind received, as first patients. a llama with a broken leg and a parrot believed neurotic. it would be strange if a pet parrot uere other than ill, when you consider what parrots listen to and are expected to repeat.-Cape Bri.-ion Post

One of the nice things about winter, especially if there is a tail of snow on the ground, is that it creates a comforting qiiictnc.-.5. The fact that doors and windows are closed has something to do with it, but the carpet of snow softens the noise of traffic. I-lion frleght trains glide along more quietly, to the great relief of those who live alongside the tracks- Stratford Beacon-Herald

Automation has tukcii unollicr step forward. A drive-throiigh gro- cery has been opened in Houston. Texas, and is reported doing I thriving business. Here's how the system works. The customer. fol- lowing arrows, drives into a shop- plng lane where I basket is at- tached to the car door on the dri- vcrfs side. As the car moves along the lane. I store attendant walks alongside between the car and the grocery shelves. When the shop- per points to the item she wishes to buy, the attendant takes it off tho shelf and outs in in the bask- et.-Stralford Beacon-Herald

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