MONTH LY LETTER

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who i s also a member of the Council of the organization
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CLUB WINDOWS
Judging by lunch-table discussions some members a r e
dentiy under the impression that the club windows are d i r t y . Others hold
t h a t the windows have acquired a patina* The l a t e Mr f Webster defines patina
as
l! The incrustation which time gives t o the surface of works of a r t H f „ That
seems plain enough: our windows are works of a r t , therefore the i n c r u s t a t i o n ,
which i s unmistakable, i s a Patina*
CURED BY THE BUDGET
(F r cm the d a i l y p r e s s ) . When Mrs• Douglas Abbott offered
a cigaret t o Saturday Night newsman Willson Woodside, a t a North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation reception i n Ottawa r e c e n t l y , he shook h i s head*
n Your
husband cured me of t h e habit with the l a s t budget, 11 he explained pleasantly*
The minister of f i n a n c e d wife nodded sympathetically.
lf He cured himself
in the second last, 11 she said.
OBITUARY
I t is the sad duty of this letter to record the passing of
three more club i&embors whose loss will be deeply felt, not only in the
Club, but in a very wide circle. The death of Franklin Ft Appleton, occurred
on September 19th as a result of a heart condition which ted troubled him for
some years, Franklin Appleton .was a member of the Club and a publisher who
endeavoured to mate his publications a credit to his f i m and publishing
generally, both as to matter and manner f He undertook the publishing of
many Canadian authors 1 books, including our friead John Robins. The late
Frank Carmichael, another, former club mernber,. was a. close friend and associated
with Mr* Appleton in the illustration and decoration of seme of the
latter 1 s publications*
Mr* Justice George Alexander Urquhart died on October 8th#
He had been missed from the Club lunch.tables for a long time on account of
illness Q Judge Urquhart was a member of the Club for many years who enjoy-