“EXPRESSES IDEAS IN SIMPLE FORM”

THERE will be no change in

“which many friends of China
think is very complicated and one
of the causes of illiteracy,’ when
actually illiteracy is: more the con_
sequence of the economic evils
of Chima’s past. ;
. This is what Kuo Mo-jo, vice-

the method of Chinese writing,

president of the People’s Republic
of ‘China, told the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences when he
spoke at its 125th anniversary
celebration in Budapest.

Kuo Mo-jo, who is alsp presi-
dent of the linguistics section of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
spoke on Stalin’s recent article on

CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS

THE FOLLOWING suggested
lists of gifts for Christmas buy-
ing is made up from a conden-
‘sed version of a rather good
article in Parents Magazine, as
Well as some ideas of my own.

One to two: Small wagon or
wheelbarrow that can be loaded.
Nested blocks, cans or colored
measuring cups. Push and pull
toys, small chair, piling toys
Such as a large peg with colored
discs, a good one, very simple

comes on wheels. Tin or plas-
tic dishes, simple doll, cuddly
stuffed toys,

Two and thrée: Sled, tricycle,
kiddie car, dolls, doll carriage,
Miniature household “equipment,
such as cooking, cleaning, gard-
ening sets. Rhythm toys, small
animals and - barn, cars, trucks,
hammer toy, large peg board,
modelling clay, stringing beads,
crayons, finger paints, blocks.

_ Four and five: Dolls, doll car-
riage, miniature household equip-
ment. Darts, bean bag, doll’s
house, skipping ropes. Colored
Paper and scissors, poster paints,
tools, with small work bench if
Possible. Simple jigsaw puzzles,
all kinds of miniature cars, and
trucks, fire reels, Purse, bank,
‘small cash register, blocks, flexi-
ble simple construction sets, pen-
ceils with colored lead small to-
boggan, skis, bob-skates, roller
Skates, scooter, gold fish in bowl.

Six and seven: Roller skates,
‘ice skates, skis,’ simple card
games, dominoes, checkers, game
that could be played with family
and friends, i.e, Snakes and lad-
ders. Paints, pencil sets, more
complicated puzzles. Carpentry
sets, baseball and bat, dolls, doll
prams, doll accessories and doll
clothes, doll house, more compli-
cated miniature equipment that
can reallywork, ie. a small
double boiler for making cake
icing. Paper dolls, simple sew-
ing or knitting sets, :
Eight and nine: Ping pong
sets, tennis racket, anagram, ma-
gic and smal] printing sets, fan-
cier dolls and doll clothes and
accessories, sewing sets, a sewing
machine that really works, pbuil-
ding models,
starter set, scrap book and glue,
inexpensive camera,
mensional viewer, simple musical
instruments. :

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Suitable gifts for
tots and teenagers

Ten to fourteen: At this point
most youngsters have a definite
leaning towards a hobby, sports,
music or other creative interests.
Good gifts are those which will
help him pursue his interest, and
if at all possible donor should
idea of

what the child is like. For a
‘child you do not know, say in
another city, books or sports
equipment is safest, or a sub-
scription to the new youth paper.
There are many sets of equip-
ment for all types of experiment-
ing with radio construction,
simple chemistry and physics,
model plane building. There is
a welter of material available
for _ the potential photographer,
sculptor, painter, musician. Sim-
ple sets for leatherworking,
metalwork, beadwork, etc., are
also available’ — some of them
quite inexpensive.

Fourteen up: Usually there is
no doubt at this point what the
interests are and what is needed
to continue them. Here clothing
becomes an. interesting gift, or
simple cosmetics, costume jewel-
lery, or stylish gadgets. Dancing
or music lessons or extra money
for a long-wanted object might
be considered. A year’s dues for
club, or extra activity such as
folk dancing; might be a good
gift. A subscription to magazine
or paper (the new youth paper
to come in January, for exam-
ple) might be welcome. And of
course «in this age group, books
and records are important.

Generally speaking it is best
to know the child if at all pos-
sible. For example, the small
rubber ~bricks, known as Mini-
Brix, are treasured by many
children of five, yet a number
of four year olds might be just
as pleased with them.
children shun them completely
because of their size.

In general among the small
fry, a small object imitating
something mother or dad _ has,
Such as a small carpet Sweeper,
is a good -gift. For the older
ones, something they can play
with together with other child-
ren, such as a game, or some-
thing they can become complete-

ly absorbed in by themselves,

Such as a model plane building

set, are pretty good rules to

follow.

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Chinese method of writing won’t
be changed, declares Kuo Mo-jo

linguistics. In China too, he said,
there were people who shared the
views on which followers of the
late Soviet Professor N. Y. Marr
erected a false theory of language
as part of the superstructure of a
nation which should be changed
with change in the social system.

According to Marr’s theories, the-
revolution therefore should re-
form Chinese writing, Kuo Mo-jo
stated, explaining, “Many friends
of China think that our writing
is very complicated and that this
ig one of the causes of illiteracy
in China. As for the illiteracy, it
is more the consequence of econ.
omic cbnditions under the old re_
gime. :

The history of the development
of the ‘Chinese language, he said,
refuted’ the thesis that the reyolu-
tion should reform Chinese writ-
ines > The Chinese people, now
numbering 475 millions, had been
speaking the same language be-
tween two and three thousand’
years and the system of writing
which had been evolved possesed
a certain stenographic character
because it expressed ideas in a
very simple form, i

“This writing,” said Kuo ‘Mo-jo,
“economises a great deal of effort
in the spheres of thought and crea-
tive work. In comparing Chinese

writing with other forms of writ—'

ing, it should be noted that for-
eign books translated into Chinese
are from one quarter shorter than
the original text and from one
third shorter than the Japanese
text. :

“Since the liberation, the work-
ers and peasants have set to work
to wipe out illiteracy, but the
Chinese People’s Republic is not
concerned with any question of a
reform in writing, Our Chinese
language twill not under-
g0 any change, which again justi-_
fies Stalin’s teachings,

“The writings and the language

‘are inseparable, An entire series of
thought processes takes place in

the brain to help in the writing.
To change the present Chinese
writing would mean that Chinese
culture would suffer grave conse-

quences because it would prevent «

the development of thought of
many men,” Kuo Mo-jo concluded.

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CAPSULE REVIEWS

Anti-war picture still
among best produced

ALL QUIET ON THE
WESTERN FRONT

After 20 years, audiences will
find this film quite naive in pla-
ces. But its anti-war appeal is
still as strong as it was on the
opening night in Berlin in 1930
when Nazi Brownshirts picketed
the theater and loosed white erats

among the audience. Uncompro-

‘misingly pacifist, Remarque’s ob-.

ject is to show the tragic gulf
between international policy and
the individual sufferings which
result from it. He exposes. the
“glory” of war for the bestial
horror and futility it is, but ad-
vances no conclusive solution. Yet
the film still stands, supreme in

its honesty of purpose, among the’

finest of anti-war pictures, —

THREE SECRETS

Each of the three women played
by Ruth Roman, Eleanor Parker,
and Patricia Kneal, thinks she
is the mother of a child found
beside dead foster-parents in a
plane erash. Flashbacks fail to
convince you why.
TO PLEASE A LADY

Gable slaps. Stanwyck, This
changes her from an independent,

forceful career woman to one
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MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!

New Year’s Party

CABARET STYLE

ELECTRICAL WORKERS CENTRE

111 Dunsmuir St.

Saturday, December 30, 9 p.m. to ?

FUN, FAVOURS, DANCING TO GOOD ORCHESTRA

$5.60 per Couple

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Tickets: People’s Cooperative Bookstore - 337 W. Pender St.
AUSPICES: 20th CENTURY PLAYERS CLUB, ;

ready to throw everything over-
board for a kiss from the man
she loves, Fantastic!

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

A gangster film notable for its
characterizations, and its expose
of circuit detectives. The hero-
Villian (Sterling Hayden) is the
strong-arm mug selected by ambi-
tious and cagey bank robbers
to handle the “juice” and cover
the getaway. The film makes an
attempt to explain how the
gangster .got that Way, and re-
veals the tie-in of police agents
and the aristocracy of the un-
derworld.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

_A repeat of the earliest and
in some ways the best of Dick-
ens adaptions by J. Arthur
Rank. From the dramatic, even
shocking Opening, to the poeti-

. Cally satisfying typically Dicken-

sian conclusion, the
Pip’s good fortune
fectively uncertain.

THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS

English comic satire at its best.
Everyone is gloriously ribbed —
from m/’lord of the estate to
the family butler, and Conser-
vative and Laborite are shown
to be political brothers under
the skin,

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