Letter

IT USED to be a studied
art, letter writing.

Lofty reputations were made by
those who could take quill in
hand. and make sense out of it,
The arrival of the typewriter
offerea even wider prospects of
communication, we would know

Eleanor
Godley |

, one another and flourish in harmo-.

* ny. Trouble was, it didn’t stop
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“Twenty years age; when my

regular trips to Japan began, shop- .

ping for used tires, my host and

: supplier would write me long »
informative letters in the interims_
“ between. He wrote about his early

life and the dreadfui time of wat.

in his country and the rites he

; practised for Buddha.

- These days, we receive’a fax,
saying “how are you? We have a

i. Shipment ready_as follows”.

Still, there are some of us left,
‘actual practicing letter-writers, ©
__ bent on making a statement the -

“ald fashioned way..That’s nice.)

_, Letters come from some of. you, a

-” great pleasure, and instructive too, ..

a way to discover whai turns you
“on enough to take the trouble. |
_Most of you are obviously from |

lg May generation. (if you’ were bot-
; —_ tled J could say. ‘of, the. same.vin-".

“tage; eh? Ne :
One recent commentator defi:
nitely. wasn’t; though, judging by

“the acidic. contents, of her-brief..
“note. She didn’t sign her name, -

“just pasted her message on to the
_ columti ‘that had twisted her tail.
It was the piece. applauding’:

“West. Vancouver's 8 little orchestra :

“Join

the

vintage years

_-— for bringing up her six children
before ‘she took up her own Jong-
desired education in music.

The young woman protested -
that I must surely be antediluvian, |
not just vintage age —- didn’t 1

know the price of food and clothes

..in these parlous times required all
young mothers to contribute to the.
amily coffers? There must be a. ~
jot of kids getting mixed messages _
about their Ps and Qs from a suc-
cession of baby-minders. :
- i. The young woman's rebuke -
was dissipated by the arrival of an‘
_ offering from someone closer to
i-my generation. His came with a.
* print-out of the dinner menu from ~
the Cave, probably in the fifties. I
say. that, though there’s no date on .
the menu of course, ‘because it

‘does bear a‘picture of Lana Tumer ;

in a very fancy hairdo and a very
frothy dress. I have to tell you, the

froth is all around the bottom. She

could have done with some in the

. decolletage. A girl could catch a

“WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9 FROM 12: 00 NOON To 1:00 PM.

bad cold in the chest in a get-up
like that.

This provocative piece of the
past came from Dave Smith — I'd
love to see what else he’s saved —
who went to the trouble of photo- .
copying this treasure for me.

You'll get'a kick out of the
menu. It offers two dinner choices,
specified as available between
5:30 and_7:00 p.m., and one will
set-you back $1.50 while the
other, for when you're feeling
rich, two whole dollars. Both fea-
ture either crabmeat or fruit cock-

tail, followed by your choice of

soup or tomato juice, but then we.
perforce get into the difference
between the hoipoloi and the.
elite. On the lefi side, there’s filet
of sole, beef loin and chicken a la

~- king, but for the extra fifty cents

you could revel in filet mignon, or
half a fried spring chicken or roast

2 ‘turkey. oy
‘Can you remember it? Can you Jie

believe it? Wow, :
Oh, and for dessert, it cuts no.

. ice if you’re Joe Blow or Lana

Turner. There's either. ice cream or.

“jello. Tea, coffee, milk, they" te
_ coming too. «:

In the same week a letter came

‘from Phyllis to say she’s regularly

in my neighborhood for one thing

_or another and that she'd figured
: from the stuff 1'go on about that

we Shared a lot of background.
She had her growing up in
Manitoba, not B.C.; but 60, 70°.

_years ago there wasn’t much to ; ..
* choose between our situations —

long tough winters and a good

~ deal of hard work, without much -.
"promise of change for the better.

How about we share some recol-
lections?

We sat together ina coffee
house — holy smoke, did you
know a cup of coffee, even the
phony kind that I drink, is more

_ than a dollar? Good grief. It used

to be a dime. | guess that acerbic
young woman is right.
Anyway, Phyllis turned out to

‘bea most companionable person,

very much aware of iife’s vicissi-
tudes, ready to take it us it came

‘ and treat it with humor. We did

indeed havz a lot in common and
the way the years had used us
brought us both to laughter.
Phyllis’s war-time experiences in
the services, much of that time

spent in England, colored her life
to a great extent. She has a strong

_ sense of community, too, and a” :
~ full life, as a result. -

We walked different roads to:
get here but were well-met.

Pharmacist :

For those of . you who. are
watching your fat intake, take a-
look at your. milk.” If you. are
using 2% milk, it has 2% fat by

weight of ilk... that's’ 20gmi of.
ft per litre.:You can cut your fat
intake in -half by using -1% ‘or
even more by using skim milk.”

Also, it’s difficult to control fat -
intake when eating out in a fast-
food: outlet. One ‘of the’ best

“choices for low’ fat contznt is‘ a.
: grilled. chicken’ sandwich. :With’
‘tomato and lettuce, it keeps the;
of fat down and. tastes

good as well! (But 0 lightly on:
the mayo!) of :

1401 Sx. Georges 985-8771
145 W. 16th, St. 987-441 1

‘Lions Gate Christian Academy
“(an interdeniominational; K-4 school)
201 E 23rd St. North Vancouver

is in the centre court of the South Mall and. enjoy the beautiful | sounds of the Vancouver:

—_ FARM OWY

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