@ Prince Rupert Dariy We ‘Monday, January 8 1962 antomine loses app changed to suit moe eal as format ty he ye rts "By CAROL, KENNEDY“ Be ) LONDON (CP)—The rollicking, tinselly' world of*pantomime is dying out t ‘ By “ Two-coast lights out Two marine lights have been reported extinguished by the marine section’ of the Depart- ment of Transport. They are No. 1 Cecil Patch Light, O1519, and Watson Rock Light, LL516. The department said. they are being attended s . ye vec fitieints gs 2 4 to as‘soon as possible. 5. in Britain, strangled by television, pop records and #'generation of disenchanted | * — . ° < . . ot n + pe rn te i , . Ke . children sophisticated at 13. - eg ; _ Court sits an Once this mixture of fairy- 7 = re There will be a one-day sit- i mo tale, slapstick and rip-roaring jor, . Dick. ‘Whittington is often Knockaboui comedy, usually ting of the Supreme Court of iy. music-hall was the ' country’s} played by a male pop singer. featuring,plenty of custard pics: British Columbia at the court : . traditional post-Christmas en- The dame, who used to lead’ patriotic songs and. the upside- |, house January 11. eo tertainment, along with the cir-} the audience in absurd choruses down casting of principal boy. Mr. Justice FF. Craig Monroe RS cus, the great illusionists such and was traditionally played by, and- dame were all. borrowed | will preside at the sitting which i as Maskelyne and Devant and.|a red-nosed comedian in broad-* from Victorian burlesque - and ‘is being held for divorce and mo even further back, the black- | est slapstick style, has largely soon became firm conventions. matrimonial proceedings and fs ° face minstrel shows. dropped out. . Other indispensable features civil matters. i Bea Before the First World War| The ruie of topsy turvy, first of traditional pantomime are The Spring Assizes In Prince ! fee there were 300 pantomimes a essential of the old-style panto, the transformation scene, a lush Rupert will be held beginning ' ff year in Britain, running from has lost its sway, and with it spectacular montage of trick | March 6 while the Fall’ Assizes bys Boxing Day through to, Raster. | has gone much of the old appea; , effects; animals played by ‘have been set for September 13. § e. This year there is only one} to children. | loose-limbed, actors—especially | cee ene nano errno eaten, H be . in London's West End. Suburb-| Today's pantomime is a re-| the pantomime horse — and =“ . a pes an and provincial theatres try | vue-type entertainment,. studded characters | representing pood | Pp A G 0: DA i ae bravely to keep the tradition|with TV and radio persgnall-.. and evil. | Drive-In ke alive, but most modern pantos|ties and angled at the. adults . Over the years, plots have . Re are a shadow of their robust|}and teen-agers who producers; evolved. from .an assortment of S P E C IAL FL. COINAGE CENTENNARY — To | pre-war selves. say now outnumber children. in nursery tales, but the most pop- EVERY WEEK. : ¥ »mark the.centennary of deci- Gone in many of them is the;the audience by six to one.- ular boil down to a basic five-—- 3 VARIETIES. 1.50 : “WHH1 coinage in Nova Scotia, a 'thigh-slapping, strutting princi- Pantomime had its heyday in'Cinderella, Dick Whittingto., 4996 special medal has been printed pal boy—always played by althe 1890s and 1900s, when mu- Mother Goose, Alladin: and. Puss Phone 6226 f: “py the Royal Mint in London, girl—who belted out the sore-|}sic-hall was. king of the British in Boots.. ; | Soe eee nebtl. Hainburg. We England, On’ one side is the hits of the day and sent them! stage.” It had’ begun. modestly| \ Now, it seems, Aladdin’s won- foe a CS _— Coy zt Chips. We pay re" flag of the province (top). and humming round the city fortwo centuries earlier, when. the'derful lamp’ has lost’ its lustre; THIS 1S WINTER? — Chris Dafoe; drama critic. of the Winnipeg Free Press, took advantage ;| Uvery charges up to 61.00 on on the other a picture of the | weeks afterwards. dumb-show harelquinade was on Shaftesbury. Avenue; pump-| of an abnormal warm Spell to eat lunch in a. downstown park, The temperature rose to 37 de- |} mien ot te Rio a.m . jthree-masted barque Susan M. | in today’s slick, wnmagical brought from France to England kin. coaches’ are out of fashion| grees, some 40 degrees: above normal for this time of year. Mr. Dafoe removed coat and scarf, | pen 2230 Dn _ Dada (Oto ee Nove productions, Prince , Charming! about - 1700. ‘in’ Picadilly. oo but kept his pipe. oo —-CP Wirephoto |. Scotia and New Brunswick got decimal coinage in 1861, three years after it first appeared in Ontario. — CP Photo Licence plates now on sale British Columbia licence plates for 1962 went.on.sale at the court house. Wednesday. , A spokesman said that slightly more. than 50. have been sold so far but.a rush ‘is expected. Motorists in Prince Rupert and all. over the province must have their 62 plates on their vehicles by midnight February 28. This year’s plates are maroon with pink numbers and letters, the reverse of 1961. Prince Ruperts oumbers in tie 450, 451 and 452 series. Licenee fees for passenger ve- hicles for the full year are: 1.500 pmmds or less, 10.80; 1,501 are pounds to 2,009 pounds, $14.40; 2.001 paunds te 3,009 nounds, $18; 3.609% pounds to 4.060 pounds, $22.50; 4,901 pounds to 5,000 pounds, $31.59, 5,001 pounds to 6,060 pounds. $45.) and 6,001 pounds to 7,000 pounds, $58.50. Fees for motoreveles are $5 while trailers with carrying capacities not exceeding half a ton cost $3 to licence. MOVIE COLUMN Stars’ children provide problem By BOB THOMAS | HOLLYWOOD (4) — The death this week of Barbara Burns played a tragic note on a recur- ring Hollywood theme — the plight of stars’ children. Barbara was the daughter of Bob Burns, the bazooka-playitig buddy of Bing Crosby on radio “4 5 5 and in films. The sage of Van Buren, Ark., died in 1956 when she was 17. Barbara had her first dope arrest: when she was 19, For the next four years, she wis in and out of the news with various troubles, largely her ad- diction to narcoties, She tried for 2 show business career but never got close, Death came in hospital from an overdose of barbiturates, her third in’ elx months. Many ehildren of the famous manage to lead normal, useful lives. But others web into serious tronble to make their aetions a pattern of behavior, Why? J sought an answer from Dr. Mare ee) Frym. GIVES VIEWS Dr. Frym's credentials are im- pressive: Member, commission or narcotic addictions; teacher, University of Southern Califor. ning staff member, Wacker Clinie, At the elinie he has served as psycho « therapist for nanny fil tipures and thelr children, His analysis: "A natural, unavoidable strug mle of every adolescent with a father and mother figure Is solved doa satisfactory manner jn soeeatled nermal, healthy people, TH oane parent figure ts especially outstanding or file mous, the child is even mare stained beenude of competition with the parent. “Ty the ease af the danvupehter of a fameans man, her fight for his Jove and far position as the preferred child nilnht be inten. sified.” fe Ree mieee ener erate einen cert RN at eemapeRENeD RR A FISH VS, DUCKS FORT WILLIAM, Ont. @ The Thunder Ray fish and ane wasoedation is seeking oO new red. Wation makine it Woapal for ange lers to Neh within 100 yards of a duck hunters decoys. 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