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TOURTEEW MEDrOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January t, 1337 Teheran Traffic is Campaign for Mayhem Writes Wife of Army Captain To Parents Many Americans, critical of American truck chassis and put the U.S. methods of handling traffic, might enjoy a typical day on the streets of Teheran where everyone makes his own rules," wrote Mrs. Robert M. Shoemaker recently to her par ents, Gen. and Mrs. Roy V. Rick ard, 901 South Newtown street. Mrs. Shoemaker's husband, a captain, is with the United States military advisory group to the Iran government, and the couple lives in Teheran. "The foundation of this strange and hazardous situation is the sacred right of the indi vidualto 'save face'," 'he wrote. "First, look at the participants the sedan and the sheep; the cicyclist and the camel; the water cart and the 'shedora' cut ters and the policeman; the bus and the 'drosky.'- "Start with the premise that all have equal rights. To make progress under the rules one must be aggressive, hence if a car bounds its horn, it simply means someone is challenging that right. To increase pace in volves loss of face. Since the driver also has rights, we then either have an accident or a close miss. The pleasure of driving is greatly enhanced by one's ef forts to 'skin through' by as minute a margin as possible. Anyone can pass with a foot to spare, but the expert can reduce that margin to mere inches. "The 'shedored' woman, with one dark eye surreptitiously peeping from the folds of her flowing cloak, never knows the degree of danger to which her life is exposed. Her 'shedora' blinds her to the dangers, and her fatalistic attitude shields her from harm as she shuffles aim lessly out into the traffic stream. Bicyclist Superior "The bicyclist is a bit superior to the man on foot, and he makes no concession to the man in the car with considerable confi dence in the speed of his wheel, he sees no reason for expending energy to change position. His ability to dart in front of ve hicles approaching from either direction, displays a daring skill that leaves the uninitiated spec tator breathless. "The camel caravan presents a different problem. The team, of from 10 to 30 follows the 'bell mare' at intervals fixed by a rope from the tail to cheek strap. While there is no attempt here to save face, the camel being a slow, plodding methodical fel low, will not deviate from his posoition. The 'Shortoban,' in charge of the team, with his many duties as engineer, con ductor, load inspector and brake man, is so busy that usually the bell mare makes the decision, namely to continue on the chart ered course. "Polo was invented and first played by the Persians. The art of 'riding off' has been inherited by the taxi driver. While body contact is usually avoided, the ride-off is accomplished with considerable skill. After pushing his adversary out of the way often into the path of another vehicle he is ready for a new victim. Confusion H.ign. "Flocks of sheep, donkeys with loads many times their size, the horse drawn 'drosky' or taxi, two-wheeled carts, rubber-tired wheelbarrows, and even baby carriages add color and con fusion. Add to this the water cart, each two-wheeled, drawn by one undersized, gaunt, tired looking little horse. These carts competing for sales, stop at any place, without notice to traffic behind them, to transfer their water into earthenware gallon juss. Often the Abbas or Ali will whip his horse into a spec tacular race at a furious slow trot which is top speed for the emaciated animals with two or three carts abreast, in order to be first at a desirable location "The taxi is. small and quick the agile polo pony of the Tehe ran traffic game. The bicycle is the tiny banty rooster darting about so antagonistically. The water cart, the disdainful pe destrian, the donkey and the camel are but painful nuisances. But the almighty bus with its wild-eyed driver is the absolute monarch of Teheran traffic. Take a small capacity high speed RUPTURED? 9 Distllomtooed because you wr not get ting the proper support and comfort? Are you one of thoee unfortunate who has rtently tried all rrpet of trusses only to find little or no relief, falling for the ilih mail order ads. or the so-called out-of-town experts, spending freely your time and on it to auner greater nwuuuonmentr Often we trch in re mote ectiona r-i ik world lor relief nry to ftrd a oetter serv w msrs in our own community. ETrt ntting and sympathetic vndpr tandtng. combined through many yar of npenence are at your disposal. We fre ture th famous line of Non-Skid Spot Pad Tnises. Abdomtnal Supporter, Static Hosiery, boulder Braces, etc WAIHSCOTT'S PHARMACY Open Daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, Holidays 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 322 East Main Phone 2-6440 an Iranian built body atop bulbous at the sides, tiny win dows, and no rear view mirrors. Paint the bus at least five dif ferent bright and glaring colors add modern Cadillac tail fins for effect, crowd at least twice as many people into it as was orig inally intended and now you are almost ready to enter the lists for the traffic tournament. But not quite. The bus driver and the bus conductor must be especially qualified. The driver must never stop at a bus stop, but always in the middle of the traffic stream. He must never look to the right cr left, front or back at any time the bus is on the Teheran battlefield. But most of all he must be a four-wheeled guided missile. "The autobus conductor is an entirely different breed. He is one of the most important par ticipants in the Teheran cam paign of mayhem. He stands on one foot on the bottom step of the bus entrance at least three fourths of his body dangling outside the bus. No vehicle in the streets of Teheran ever pass es a bus in motion! The bus driver and conductor team up to assure against such a disgrace. If a vehicle pulls abreast on the left, the driver senses this afront and cramps his wheel 'hard aport' to quickley rid his majes tic vehicle of its pestiferous in truder. Should a vehicle have the effrontery to attempt to pass on the right, the conductor comes into his own; with wild gesticulations; informing the bus driver, the oncoming vehicle driver, the bus passengers, and the world in general, most volu bly, concerning the approaching insult. "The driver, taking his cue from the conductor, veers crazily to the. right and eliminates auto matically, any possible contend er for first place in the traffic stream. But the conductor really begins to enjoy his field day at the bus stops. Foreigners in Te heran might consider it courte ous to allow debarking passen gers to alight before the oncom ing passengers board the bus. The Teheran conductor would never, could never tolerate such orderly procedure. His job is to quickly round up the entering passengers and crowd them into the path of the debarking pas sengers, creating a sizeable me lee at the door and further ob scuring the vision of the driver. At precisely the right moment he must shout to the driver to get the bus in motion. "The white lines appearing in the middle of the streets serve principally as decorations. To stay in one's zone shows lack of initiative and skill. Without les sening his speed, the skilled local driver dodges across the street at an alarming angle to avoid holes in the paving, then with surprising dexterity zags back. Near Misi Misses "Another interesting experi ence is the manner in which acci dents are settled when a near Year-Round Slipper mm 3 v 7007 Ww E-a-s-y living! For year-round wear, these slippers are indis pensable' Quilt plain fabric or use quilted material in 2 colors. Inexpensive to make, smarl. comfortable to wear! 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Mean while, the vehicles involved are left in the middle of the street, knotting traffic in both direc tions. The argument has pro gressed either up or down the street as the antagonists choose, many others have gathered, and soon the policeman is pushed to the outside of the crowd. When the crowd is finally dispersed by police reinforcements, the chanc es are that the original partici papts in the accident will have disappeared in the crowd con federates having, if the crash permits, already moved the ve hicles away from police jurisdic tion. "It has been said that if you arrive in Teheran with patience you develop impatience. Howev- Mrs. Harnish Hostess For Eagle Point Club Eagle Point Eagle Point Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Ray Harnish January 2 with Mrs. Glenn Hale cohostess. Mrs. Cliff Green spoke on the planting of percnnia:s. Plans were started for the spring flower show. The next meeting will be the annual supper for members and their husbands. It will be held in the Grange hall February 6 at 6:30 p.m. Members will be notified prior to the supper what they are to take. Mrs. Glenn Clymers is chairman for the an nual affair. To Visit Mothers Gold Star Mothers will meet at the home of Mrs. Oscar An derson. 218 Winema Way, Med ford, Tuesday, January 8, at 1:30 p.m. Plans will be arranged during the meeting for the visit of Mrs. Rose Decker, Portland, depart ment of Oregon president, who will be here Wednesday, January 9 for the department of Oregon birthday party at Camp White. er, if you arrive with impatience you soon develop insanity. To survive one must develop that fatalistic devil-may-care, hell-for-leather desire to get there first, stay there and 'save face.' " Rogue River PTA To Hold Auction Rogue River Rogue River PTA will sponsor an auction at the Rogue River high school gymnasium Wednesday, January 9, at 8 p.m. Any usable article will be ac cepted for the auction and con tributors are asked to bring the articles to the Rogue River Feed store before Wednesday or to the high school gymnasium on the day of the auction before 6 p.m. Articles donated should be marked with name of donor's children's favorite teacher. Ray Jenkins from Pacific Auction House will be the auctioneer. Furniture, toys, plants, baked food and farm produce are among the acceptable items for the auction. Daughter Leaves After Visit Here Miss Dorothy Wright returned to Chicago Thursday after spend ing two weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wright, 113 Mistletoe street, and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Huntley, 2179 Crater Lake avenue. Miss Wright is in the person nel department of George Fry and Associates, business man agement consultants in Chicago. Knights, Sisters Plan Installation Monday Evenjng Knights of Pythias and Pyth ian Sisters will hold joint instal lation of officers Monday, Janu ary 7, at 8 p.m. at the Pythian building. Miss Florence Bain will be installed as most excel lent chief, and James O'Duane as chancellor commander. The installing officers are Mrs. W. L. Walden and Hugh Welsh, grand chancellor of Ore gon. Entertainment will be pro vided preceding the ladies' in stallation and also before the men's initiation, with refresh ments being served. All the staff members are re minded to be present and to wear their formal gowns. Mrs. Mildred Tolle, retiring excel lent chief, will call a special meeting prior to installation for the purpose of presentation of the auditing committee's report. Installation Set By Two Lodges Mt. Pitt Rebekah lodge 167 and Central Point IOOF lodge 197 will hold a joint formal in stallation Monday, January 7, at 8 p.m. at the Central Point Grange hs 11. The public is invited to attend. Luncheon Meeting Set For Women of Rotary Women of Rotary will meet at Rogue Valley Country club Wednesday, January 9 at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. John Dickson will be the hostess. Uh MiU Trtbunt Want Ada Th Low Cost Way to Sell Items You No Longer Need Serve fresh broccoli often while in season. For a dress up touch, toss chopped broccoli cooked until barely tender with slivered roasted almonds and lemon butter. Wrap pastry squares around drained canned cling peach halves filled with mincemeat. Bake and serve the dumplings warm with sherry flavored whipped cream. A Tribute To The . . . MARCH OF DIMES Polio Is not licked yetl The discovery of the Salk vaccine only opened the way. 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