BOOK OF THE WEEK
Moscow Confession Orgy Explained
FALTIN'S chamber of
The scene opens when Rubi- horrors "Out of the slov himself finds himself - in Night," has now been succeeded jail, facing the fate of former by the also horrible but far victims. He knows himself more balanced DARKNESS AT guiltless of disloyalty to "No. NOON (Macmillans;. Book-of- 1," and the book tells of his the Month), by Arthur Koest brilliant verbal duel with his examiners, behind the scenes,
ler.
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Those who emerged unscathed Ay they gradually convince him he must plead guilty to from the emotional debacle of "Out of the Night," will find thoughts, actions, and implica- tions only distantly related to
"Darkness at Noon," a holiday his own. Light glares into his Vigorous, dramatic, a combina- tion of emotion and
eyes, Ittle sleep is permitted.
reason,
Kocatler's book fills a gap left Exhaustion is his enemy.
by Valtin. For it explains the
Russian party purges; for the
Better Stayer
Yet one feels Rubashov would
first time in a popular book it have "confessed" in the best of makes comprehensible to us the circumstances. If Communism lurid confessions of the Moscow is right, Communists must not trials.'
be split. One must not recoil from betraying friends and It shows how a veteran re- volutionist can consistently in order to preserve the Bastion compromising with enemies, in the courtroom call himself a of Communism. The success of liar, traitor and counter-re- the Battle of the Revolution de-. volutionist and yet withal re- pends on the better stayer. main perfectly true to his own Therefore No. 1, as typifying ideals and those of his Party. the Party and the Cause, must
be right whether right The book shows how this con-
wrong. fession orgy is the final sacrifice
cause.
or
a Communist can make his In auch a cause, of course, the individual is nothing. His Party It also goes a little beyond is a "multitude of a million this. For in the last chapter people": the individual is an the hero, who has been tortured item of only one-millionth of
this multitude. for Communism in a foreign country, repudiated by his own So Rubashov confesses and party in his own land and in- goes to his death, his confession duced to confess to uncommitted being his final abnegation. For sins, at last in 籍 detached he has thereby exchanged the fashion finds himself doubting role of national hero for that of the whole totalitarian gospel. villain. Thus he has been given He dies bewildered and at a loss. Vanity for the Cause.
Third Degree
an
It can be seen this is a power- ful book. It also is Rubashov's Comrade N. S. Rubashov is
intellectual prodigy who tragedy, because although he helped bring about the Soviet the ultimate
has confessed,. Rubnshov doubts revolution because he believed Cause, and feels that democracy in release of the "trodden"
might even achieve the same people from their chains. Through thick and thin he fol. ends less painfully.
Like "Out of the Night,"
Saturday,
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WAR DEPARTMENT
COL.HINKLE
"It's about a new time bomb, so the boss had better ace me before 2.16."
Fashion Trend
In days of old, when rights were
cold,
It took two fleeces from the fold, To dress a layde faire;
But in these days of jazz and hob A tiny silkworm does. the, job With time galore to spare.
Coloured Talo
More Howlers
in the Black Hole of Calcutta, which A lot of Englishmen were shut up
ut alive. only had one widow. Only four got
Wells' history is n veritable mill- stone on the roud to learning.
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Henry VIII had an abbess on his knee, which made walking difficult.
The people of Japan, ride, around
There was n collon plantation manager who employed an old Negro in Jigsaws. named Eightball. Eightball and his wife had numerous children. When- from house to house increasing the A census taker is a man who goes ever Eightball's wife found herself population, with plecaninny, the Negro asked his master for a ́raise in salary, which he usually got without much argu- ment: But Bfteen children having seen the light of day, the planter be of Venus, came tired of Eightball's demands and said:-
September 27, 1941.
WIT
Assorted
Hel-"Good gracioust What's hap pened? Why, have you got that plaster over your left eye?"
She: "Plaster? That is my new Tant!"
Visitor:-"How many students are there in your university?"
Profesta! "About one In every five."
"There's nothing really wrong with you," the doctor told his young and attractive patient. "All you really need is a little sun and air."
"But, doctor," she said, blushing. "I'm not even engaged yet."
Ship's Officer:-"Oh, there goes eight bells. Excuse me, It's my watch below."
Old Lady:"Goodness ine! Fancy your watch striking as loud as that!"
Friend: "How long have you been married,now?”
Henpeck:"In three months, I will be mourning our silver jublice.” "Was u case of love at first
sight?"
"No, second sight. The first time he saw her he didn't know she had money."
"Mary, did I see that soldier's orin around you?"
"Olt, mother, you know you shouldn't discuss the movements of troops."
Mr Smith (whose wife had faint- ed):-"Get me some brandy, quick!" Maid: "Yes, sir, And-gr-what shall I bring for the mistress?"
Τινο youngsters were getting weighed. One sald:-"Look, I weigh three pounds more than you do.”
"Aw, you're cheating," replied the other. "You've got your hands in your pocket."
E
A newly-wed Scots lassic wan entertaining friends for the first If you are sick, a physician should time, and was annoyed to see her. he insulted.
husband tucking stolldly into his own tea and ignoring his visitors, The Rialto, was the business part At length she could bear it no longer. "Ye muckle gowk," she cried wrathfully. "Can ye no' keep your Monotony is the state of having een on folk. They're helpin' theirsels
tae everything."
last time. You can have your dollar, success of the. "Now listen. Eightball. This is the only one wife.
raise, but listen; the next time your wife has a child you can go hang yourself as far as I'm concerned,
lowed the dictates of the Party Koestler's book is uglied with a because he knew if the Party sex and lack of disinfectants,
Yassah Mister Boss, man, ynssirl" A year passed. Eightball appeared
"Oh, Boss.... "Well?
was split its cause was lost. yet it has its golden passages.again, twisting his cap.. He became one of the Party One observes a shade of that leaders, sending dissidents to fatalism which makes totali- torture and trial if suspected of tarianism possible in Russia. opposition to the changing Par- ty programme.
TELEGRAPH
QUIZ
1. There are eight States in the
U.S.A. beginning with the lotter M. Can you name them?
2. To pat a horse on the withers. is to pat him (a) on the head (b) on the back (c) be. tween the shoulder bones: (d) on the flanks.
3. What is wrong with the spelling of these words- Magnesian, nonentity, inter- costal, obscenity?
4. The first submarine was used
in warfare in the year 4776-1846, 1876, 1889, 1901, 1914.
5. The Speaker of the House of Commons was recently 72. Name, please,
You would carry pemmican with you if (a) it were rain- ∙ing (b) you were going to the Arctic Tek you were! visiting the theatre (d) you were sun-bathing.
When Arabs visit the holy city of Mecca they go to th Iran (b) Palestine (c) Saudi Arabia-(d)--British Somalt=
land.
Italy's declaration of war was described as a stab in the back by (a) Chamberlain (b) Churchill (c) Roosevelt (d) The Pope.”
C. O. S.
PROBLEM
Centre-Pieces
Mah Desdemona done being -fư'th a do'ter,"
"Now listen, Eightball. I told you last time. No more money. Get out of here: go hang yourself."
"Jes like you all say, Boss," said Eightball, slouching out.
Next day he returned.
"Ah done like you all said, Boss."
mean?"
What do You meant
"You all said Eightball, go hang yo'self,
self, so nh says good-bye to moli sixteen children and Desdemona, an' Ah goes to the bahn, an' Ah gits a rope, an' Ah fixes dem rope right to a hook in de beam, an' Ah makes a The following fragments are the hangman's noose, Boss, an
an' Alt puts exact middles of quite common words, close noose right round mah naick None of the parent words is loss, an' Ah stands on a chair, an' Ab take a deep braith, Boss, an' then Ah says
to maliselt: Wait a minule, Eightball, hold yo' ho'ses, Eightball How you-all know you ain't hanging
Innocent man?"
|| hyphenuted; -
PSICH AVECO ZZOTI DERRA DIW Tsen SKITE NOTO EVENO CRIARO OWLED GWu VACLY SCHOL
(Solution on next page)
"Mister Boss, man, fin i have jest
50 cents ralse?"
CONTRACT How to Play
BRIDGE
How
By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON,
Uncanny Luck
Wattending some badly bid hands was little short of horrible.
WHEN onc compares the luck thusiastically to reach a contract that with, the afflictions that often beset A heart lead would have cooked good bidding, he is forced to marvel déclarer's goose, but West, un- at the workings of Fate. Note to fortunately for his own side, felt that dny's hand:
safest lead was a spade. De South dealer.
clarer wen and promptly ran off .seven spade, tricks. (Break number one a perfects, 3-3 spade division!) West- held.. on to the Q-0-7-4 of diamonds and the A-Q of clubs. Dummy was reduced to the blank heart ace, the A-10-8-3 of diamonds, and one club. East's hand scarcely counted except for the K-Q-10. of
Both sides vulnerable.
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KQ 10 6
J 10 64
J 104 ♡ #2
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AQ B
S AAKQ8B62
KJ K9 --The bidding:
South West 14 Pans
Pass SNT (1) Pass 40 Pass Рава 4NT PASS INT
ONT Pass Pass
hearts..
theri
Now declarer cashed the diamond king and sent the jack through West. The latter covered (ducking, would Have done no good) and the ace won. The cushing of the heart are made-West-acutely uncomfortabic: He could not let go a North East
diamond with- out establishing dummy's eight spot, and to blank the club nee-would: In- vite declarer to lead a club thereby forcing a dlamond
return into dummy's tenace. Rather than render abjectly, West boldly dis The bid that led to such an amaz- carded the club ace, hoping against ing contract was South's leap to hope that East hid the club king. three notrump. South's hand did not Actually, however,
desperation
Рди
Pass
Bur-
Can you name the five States begin to justify this strong bid, play gave declaror an extra trick which
make up Indo-China? North, It is true, might have passed, East had discarded a heart on the
but credited South with far ace of diamonds; now when the dia 10. You might catch silicosis if greater honour-strengths and with mond ten was
vas enshed, he found Hlm→ balanced distribution, hence felt that golf in a squeeze.
set up declarer's Jack; o
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The SNAPSHOT GUILD
HOME TOWN HISTORY
Dramatio angle, shots like this have a definite spot in your historical album. A deep yallow filter recorded the sky in a dark tones, accentuat ing the white building, and greatly enhanced the texture rendering, RECORDING home town history other historical landmarks which is a fascinating field for the are soon to be replaced. New amateur photographer. With your buildings are being constructed, camera you can make a historical, the street car has already been re picture story of changes la the local placed by buses in many localities. scones, and in. time your album will Styles change every year, skirts ba a treasure chest of people grow langer or shorter, and our placos, and events. Bome of the ple outdoor 'activities and sports are turos may soot commonplace ́now, constantly changing. but they wil`bocomo as interesting
· and valuablo Lwenty-la, thirty years. beses as those of the "Gay Nico Los" aro today, that
When planning your picture his- Judgment, are most typical of your tory, select subjects which, in your
town. Street scenes, ... residences, downtown buildings, present. types. of automobiles, trains, aeroplanes and many other things contain ele- ments that are modern to-day, but may be obsolete to-morrow,
Do you remember your lawn thirty years ago? Forhaps the streets were gravel or dir-now they aro paved, The ivory stable, blacksmith shop. Take a number of good compart "and"cho" gozeral store all ployed a prominent rolo in ovaryday life.
son plotures. For examplo, tako a Now the horse and carriago is, an
shot of an old house which is being oddity," the blacksmith shop has
torn down, and iban, 'Inter, taka á snapshot of the modern structura given way to the garage, and the
which roplaced It For variety in aloro that contained everything from ...mauso traps to coveralls, whosa
-your- album, try a number of an- owner was both the postmaster and
'usual angio shola similar to our the sheriff, is relatively rare.
illustration above. And don't forget Supposo you had a comern then
night scenes of eléctrio signa, light- I recorded all thong subjóčte You od buildings, and the main 'strost. could now Biclare things as", thoy History is being, made every day, aro today and make up a wonder and your camers in an ideal means
And
ful album of comparison snapshots of recording 1. You'll be surprised enjoyed but at the changes made in a five or
-you were a (a) fishmonger his own two aces were worth another heart wouldre To let go the lust that would not been-year perjod Things wo 100, to-
b) flower-seller (c) miner bid. If a good enough it in diamonds club discard would establial de
(d)_librarian_(e)_ _radio could be located the thought); clarer's fine-spot
operator
Ansizers on Pope: 133
elom might be a good venture. The moral, i mual
on
Davlod by
The changes in the next try day will be nothing but a momory
The fairest thing to say, however, milt;/1f7that crinie door parentia and noticeable as those in the past. you take now will have greater and.
If that both partners co-operated end timely
Bestany?yowas, dull any Trousers or janateriappeal as time goes, CA, - 4+
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BLIND HOSPITALITY
No, Sir, the Black Out does not start for forty minutes. Captala Jenkins and five other gentlemen coming over with you from the Mess very good, Sir I'll put our drinks in the billiard room. You think they'll be staying late, Sir ? Then Fll tell cook to prepare sandwiches. And a piano? Certainly, Sir. Might I suggest the cottage plano from the nursery, not the grand from the music room. No, Sir, no light showing through the blinds I have taken every precaution. And I will also make a point of leaving out six bottles of Rose's Lime Juice to avoid any possibility of what are known in civilian life as 'hangovers. In times like the present, Sir, we must be prepared for any emergency. Goodbye, Sir. I'll be back about 5 a.m. No, Sir, I won't forget the Rose's. Goodbye, Sir.
There's nothing wrtais about Rara's Lime Juice. Ask for Rosa's and enjoy the pure juice of the lima.
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