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2 .ft Wta-fc, July 24, 1958
Have Men Lost Manners?
Utters Say Yes and No
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o 9f lork (CPU fTell, all
X pit tU th.t w Tot.
3 &4ttncii 'U subject of
JJl chivtlff pouted In
croin oth m$ &9 U partf
SC at tion, cornsseirtinf an
dter ytctnfc irijt tAat taut
tttmi ii foe ct, iabwy
cHMtf, 'vttcr 4 )pAan
ofcxth, Xht, i acft, men
f(OS ehiRt like
$Uma)n. Or, 1iM fti Jirl
A t litU fjrtftep otn
u n Jilt nhttten, frfS frova
v) trrfctint thont to.
Yhinfeicf 1 lttf, nra ot
them in rhymt, cam. eros
the desl.3Bo 8i lcttt fs .free
q ing thJ) "100 Je cant Am.ri
. can bcs" no lonjt feA toe
viMuA of jt&ei mtnittn, but
ing w Women coulft Ul
f omef thblmf bectua. v
cmped tn antfl 9 jot
and we'd left torn at our 9?a
femininity. tn Siqftt at U,
letters from irtt males cttu-
gating m) for cffC-
samples:
"Go Hoftie
From "ln" ie $fn dDitfo
who signtd ftSnSJl '
Yoriter? VI tfOuH lit. t.
complent ou on btinf the
biggest blowherd in New
York City quit a fe.t in ft
city so far j . . .
"Having worfced in New
York for t8 last decide, leav
ing your wonderful chivtlrous
South fc do so, it must have
become tAed in your feeble
little mind that you0weren't
th only one to leave the hills
in Mrlh of civilizttion . . .
'. "ll4 ld, go home and
ur playmates with
V'
o . 4 Mtfler ngmed Steve Ben
ftt, 80, -ho signed his let
ter "t American, an Okla
homaa, ind gentleman"
agreed mtnner were gone
but Safil it wq bEcause wo
men "have beegme too inde
pendent. They are trying to
place themselves on the same
level as men socially, eco
nomically and every other
way . . . When women start
acting like ladies, then men
will start acting like gentle
men." Both At Fault
; "I agree that there j is a
dearth of good manners,"
wrote Theodore H. Frieden
berg, in "Letters to the edi
tor" in the Philadelphia Bulle
ton. "But she this colum-nist-Q-should
have been more
accurate to address her re-"
mark, te both men and
wotnta rather than only
man . . .
"On countless occasions,
vftil. Bitting on a bus or sub
way, I have been banged by
myma omn's pocketbook
without so much as a 'Sorry'
or 'Xxcuse me . . ."
Another Philadelphian de
voted three pages to tell me
tht "chivalry is indeed dead
. . . Where we part company,
however, is who killed it . . ."
"ut try protecting one of
Close 'weak' females," he
wrot. "If you don't end up on
you? back in a gutter, you'll
t least need a couple of
Philadelphia lawyers to get
you out ef the pokey. Gener
ally h. male is too busy pro
tecting himself from some fe
nl te have time being
chivlrou . . ."
"Lt me tell you New
Torfc dossn't have a corner
eat ad manners by any
means," Ted Krec wrote in
his weekly column in the
Lontf Beach, Calif., Indepen
dent - Presa - Telegram. ". . .
Boorishness is running ram
pant in the good old U.SA.."
In 20 lines of poetry on to
day's not so fair maiden, W. C.
Clement Jr., of Abernathy,
Tex., complained:
"No gallant deed her knight
will try . . . On chivalrous
road he'll pass her by And
hold within that wistful sigh
.'. . Until she mounts her ped
estal high."
Shortest blast of all came
from L. L. Peterson of St.
Paul, Minn. Said he, via post
card: "When you got the right
to vote and -the right to hold
a man's job, you also got the
right to stand up in a bus.
"Stay home and scrub the
kitchen floor."
Dinner Planned
For Pocahontas
Pocahontas lodge has
planned a potluck dinner Fri
day, July 25, at 6:30 pjn. at
Redman hall. A business meet
ing will follow at 8 p jn. and
a card party will close the
evening's program. Members
are privileged to take guests
for the dinner and card party.
Return
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Agard, 222 King street, re
turned recently from a trip
to Santa Barbara, Calif. The
Agards, accompanied by their
son, David, spent a week in
the area.
John Day Home
To Be Scene of
League Party
Medford League of Women
Voters will hold the annual
summer party Tuesday, July
29 at the home of Mrs. John
Day at Gold Rey.
Guests are invited to attend
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 pjn.,
or from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. A
tour of the Day home is sched
uled for both morning and
afternoon guests. Swimming
is planned for the morning
and bridge in the afternoon.
A brief comedy skit and re
freshments for members and
guests is planned for both
sessions.
The league cordially invites
anyone interested in the pro
gram to attend. For reserva
tions call Mrs. Homer Marx,
SPring 2-6845. A charge will
be made and the funds added
to the league's treasury.
Special Dance
To Be Saturday
Bruce Johnson, Santa Bar
bara, Calif., will be featured
caller at a square dance start
ing about 8:30 p.m. Saturday
at the Square Corral, off
Highway 62 at Camp White.
At least three area clubs
have cancelled dances Satur
day night in order, that mem
bers may attend the special
dance. Clubs which have can
celled dances include the Star
Promenaders, Waggin Wheel
ers and Jeans and Janes.
Mr. Johnson is en route to
Quinault, Wash., where he
will be on the staff of a
square dance institute next
week. Sunday, he has an en
gagement in Portland. He
records for Windsor records.
Local square dance repre
sentatives said there will be
no potluck refreshments
served.
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Hittle Family
Visits California
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hittle,
and children, Diane and Da
vid, drove through California
recently on a ten-day vacation
trip.
Traveling south through the
Redwoods and along the coast
highway, the Hittles stopped
in San Francisco where they
attended a baseball game be
tween the San Francisco
Giants and Milwaukee Braves.
From there they visited with
friends in Pasadena and Flint
ridge before spending several
days in Disneyland and Mar
ineland. On their return trip they
visited relatives and friends
in Culver City.
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IPtfprairrii
In case any of Potpourri's readers are thinking of moving
to the country because it's quiet don't. It isn't. Not on
South Stage road, anyhow. Sometimes we think there must
be a greater variety of noises in our neighborhood than any
where else.
Take yesterday morning, for instance. The noisy log
truck woke us up before 5 o'clock. Not just "a" log truck,
but "the noisy" log truck. Most of the big trucks using
South Stage road make quite a commotion with their pow
erful motors, but this one sounds as if it had gravel in the
motor instead of oil.
Not long afterwards three birds flew across the patio,
one giving an urgent call sort of a hurry up or we'll miss
breakfast cry.
This morning it was a tiny noise that woke us the
hum of a mosquito. After the nasty little creature had
roused us, two log trucks completed the job pf completely
shattering our sleep. About half an hour later when we had
just about dozed off, a spray plane came roaring over. The
pilot made six or eight trips right over our heads while
dusting the pear orchard across the road.
All this wakens Tippy the Terrier, and he adds his
voice.
Of course, the neighborhood sounds aren't so noticeable
if one sleeps indoors, but we happen to enjoy sleeping out
under the stars. And so far the beauty of the stars and the
moon and the soothing sound of the water in the irrigation
ditch have outweighed the nuisance noise of the cars, the
planes, the spray machines and the barking dogs. (The man
who makes records of "dog symphonies" should try our
neighborhood some time.)
Some of the early morning sounds we enjoy, and don't
mind being awake at 5 a.m. to hear. Earlier this summer a
cheerful meadowlark served as our alarm clock. Practically
every morning for three or four weeks, the lark perched
on top of the barn next door and woke us with an early
morning concert. He had other listeners, too, for frequently
a blackbird would answer. But since last week's storm the
meadowlark and his pretty song have been missing. One was
running back and forth in Neighbor Meyer's yard yesterday
afternoon, but he sounded worried and distracted, and his
chirpings weren't the usual meadowlark song.
There is much talk about the unusual season the un
usual humidity, the persistent thunder storms and other un
seasonable manifestations. Perhaps these affect the birds, too,
for George, .the humming bird, has been around the patio
but once during the summer. In past years, hardly a day
passed but that he did not treat us to the sight of his shim
mering little body as he dipped into first one flower and
then another.
However, the blue jays have remained around the neigh
borhood all summer, which is unusual. And Neighbor Harold
Meyer reported yesterday that the young ones look almost
large enough to start flying lessons. Earlier this summer
the Meyers befriended a wounded bird which Mrs. M. found
under a tree one day with one disabled leg. It was decided
that the bird was a pigeon, although no one could remember
having seen one with this particular coloring, or with a
crest. Mrs. Meyer fed and doctored the bird, which was
perfectly tame, and made a little splint from some bits of
wood and soft cloth. But about the time she decided the leg
was almost healed the pigeon if it was flew away. Now
the neighborhood wonders if it was someone's pet, and if so,
if it returned home safely.
A most charming and gracious woman called a couple
of days ago to register a complaint her very first with
The Mail Tribune. Would the paper please, please, please
quit using the word "lady" and instead use the proper word
"woman." The caller, like ourselves, had been taught that
the word "lady" is the designation for a titled Englishwoman,
or in a religious sense, is used as a designation for the
Virgin Mary.
After a conversation with the youngest reporter on the
staff, a" university student who said that nowadays "lady"
and "woman" are used inter-changeably, the two of us con
sulted the dictionary. Webster's New Collegiate says, for
"lady": First, the mistress of a household; second, a woman
having proprietary rights, rule or authority or the feminine
correlative of "lord"; third, specifically, the Virgin Mary,
usually with "our" Our Lady; fourth, in the British Empire
a title prefixed to the name of women of certain ranks;
fifth, a wife, now applied to one of recognized social stand
ing; sixth, a woman of social distinction or position; seventh,
a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart!
Under the word "woman? the dictionary says: First, an
adult female person; second, womankind; third, distinctively
feminine nature; fourth, a female attendant; fifth, a paramour
or mistress.
Regardless of what the dictionary says, the composer
of newspaper headlines has this answer: "Lady" will often
fit into a headline when the" worn "woman" won't. O.S.
Relatives Arrive
For Rites Friday
Prospect Mrs. Ethel E.
MacHenry, Philadelphia, and
Machios and Caroline Mac
Henry, both of Texas, have ar
rived in Prospect to attend
the coming wedding of Mrs.
MacHenry's nice, Miss Joan
MacHenry, to Dale M. Chap
man. The wedding ceremony has
been set for Friday, July 25,
at seven o'clock at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Pros
pect. The bride's father, the
Rev. W. Bruce MacHenry,
will officiate.
DeArmonds Home
From California
Central Point Mr. and
Mrs. David DeArmond, 3571
Oak Pine Way, Central Point,,
returned recently from a trip
to southern California. The
DeArmonds, accompanied by
their three older children,
drove south through the val
ley visiting Mrs. DeArmond's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Evans, Calistoga, Calif.
They visited Disneyland and
returned to Medford along the
coast.
DAV, Auxiliary
Plan Ceremony
Jackson County chapter,
Disabled American Veterans,
and auxiliary will hold joint
installation of offcers July 25
at 8 pjn. at the Red Cjoss
building on Hawthorne street.
The annual picnic will be
held July 27 at TouVelle park
beginning at 1 p.m.
Women attending are asked
to take chicken, a basket
lunch and table service. . Ice
cream, coffee and cold drinks
will be furnished.
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Add extra flavor to an ome
let by stirring a heaping ta
blespoon of sour cream into
well-beaten eggs. Sour cream
also gives finer texture and
flavor to batter for cookies,
pies and pastry.
Mrs. Richard Garrett
Honored at Party
Mrs. Richard Garrett was
honored on, her birthday re
cently by members of the Fri
day Sunshine club at the
home of Mrs. Reimer Peter
son, Beatty street. Mrs. Harry
Wright was a guest of the
group. Colorful bouquets of
dahlias and other summer
flowers decorated the rooms.
Gift and cards were presented
to Mrs. Garrett.
The next meeting of Friday
Sunshine club will be held at
the home of Mrs.. Garrett on
Taylor street.
Calendar
Thursday:
6:30 p.m. Golden "Link
class, First Baptist church, at
N. A. Mead home, Grant rd.
6:30 p.m. Zonta club,
home of Mrs. Edith Gifford,
419 South Oakdale ave.
Roman Miscellany
By MARGARET SCHULER
Rome Of one thing you
may be reasonably certain in
;Rome. You don't decide you
need a new dress for the party
tomorrow night, and go down
town and buy it. Here, there
aren't racks filled with sacks,
sizes 12 to 44. Maybe 8 to 11,
but that doesn't help, and any
way, American figures differ
from Italian figures; what fits
at tone end wouldn't fit at the
other.
You have a choice, when
you are in the mood for a new
dress. If you are riding high
and are tempted to throw dis
cretion to the wind, you might
set out for the dazzling Fon
tane Sisters on the Via Sis
tine. In the plush salon you
make known your wishes, and
sit back in the gilt chair with
a friend. (It is good to have
moral support in this shopi)
Shortly, two models demon
strate two deceptively simple
dresses, then, two more, and
two more. But you want some
thing not quite so youthful;
not quite so modish. The Fon
tane Sisters are not, however,
prepared or such unprece
dented complications, and as
you are not prepared, either,
for the simplest gown costing
$280 American dollars, or an
evening for $800, you do not.
dawdle.
The alternative is the "little
dressmaker." All women do
not go to the likes of the
Fontane Sisters, and scatter
ed about the environs of Rome
mostly, the periphery, you
discover are innumerable
dressmakers (usually girls
who have "apprenticed," then
married, and wish to earn
money while taking care of
the babies.) These women are
quite capable of making good
looking and stylish clothes.
The problem now .is to dis
cover who and where the
seamstresses are. You run into
a snag here, in the form of
women's worser natures
especially American women's.
When they have found their
little dressmaker, they feel
compelled to keep it secret,
lest their own patronage suf
fer. Eventually though, s,ome
charitable soul gives in and
tells you, and off you go. In
variably, the address is on the
opposite side of town from
where you are, invariably, on
a little known street, and in
variably, on the third floor
of an apartment house with
out a lift. But she can sew
for you, next week.
Few dressmakers are aware
of how painful it is for the
average American woman to
envision a dress, buy material
and give instructions for its
creation. Nor do they realize
we are not accustomed to nu
merous fittings. However, af
ter laboriously discussing it,
she, in pure Italian and you
in English, you go off to buy
your pattern, and material
A pattern that should be
easy.'So you go to the pattern
shop where there is nothing
but patterns. High counters
are all around the walls, with
pictures and pattern books on
them, and dozens of women
searching (from morning un
til night) and buying patterns.
Down the center of the large
room and out into an annex
are what Americans called
(when I was a girl) dressmak
er forms. These have paper
pattern dresses pinned on
them what size? Because
Italian sizes, are hot the same
numbers, a size 14 is some
thing else. Having worked
that out, you proceed to the
yardage shop. These are
Rome's largest shops vast
storehouses of fabrics, from
the plainest of cottons through
silk prints to rich taffetas.
They are of every conceivable
color, many shades of every
color and many gradations of
every shade of every color.
Such stuff as dresses are made
of. Actually, this is the most
difficult of the problems of
acquiring the new dress. Such
wealth of selection causes
light-headedness. That, and
knowing you must translate
yards into meters, and dollars
into lira. At the arithmetic,
you must be clear-headed, too,
and adroit, knowing that in
decision often means short
change.
A little shaken, and inse
cure, after this, you go into
the button and thread shop,
which is, fortunately, small
and you can also buy your zip
per here.
Actually, these are the way
things seem the first time you
attempt to have a new dress.
There are shops, and right
down town, where, for ap
proximately the same ' price
as you would pay in the bet
ter stores in America, you can
have lovely things made, in
a week. But, supposing they
don't look right when they
are finished? I'll wear the old
one!
The fate of the sack
whether 'or not it will sur
vive in Italy, has already been
decided. Twelve top design
ers know, but they aren't tell
ing until July 17, when they
will present the fall styles in
a four-day preview.
For me no sacks but on
the lovely, pencil slender,
stylish Italian girls they are
wonderful, and I can't imag
ine them giving them up after
so short a trial.
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Miss Oregon Hopefuls
Arrive at Seaside
Seaside (UPD Ten young
ladies, contenders for the
"Miss Oregon 1958" title ar
rive here today to begin ac
tivities that will see . one of
them named and crowned by
last year's winner, Jo Hansen
oh Sunday.
Tomato Relish
New York (UPD Tomato
relish doesn't have to be made
over a hot stove. This fresh
relish is a good side dish for
meat, fish or poultry course.
Combine 3 cups fresh toma
toes with V3 cup finely chop
ped onion, 1 tablespoon each
of fresh lemon juice and cider
vinegar,. VA teaspoons salt, 1
teaspoon sugar and V tea
spoon ground black pepper.
Chill at least two hours.
Makes about 3 cups.
Nursery Should Be
Checked for Safety
Milwaukee (UPD Check
the nursery for safety hazards
before the baby arrives, ex
perts say. ;
Electric outlets should be
made safe from prying fin
gers. Cover base plugs with
spring-mounted safety outlets.
When an appliance plug is re
moved, these mountings
spring over the opening. Also
study outlet to determine if
they can supply all light need
ed.
When painting walls, bassi
nets or , cribs, use lead-free
paint. Check paint labels to
be sure the paint does not con
tain lead or lead chromate,
which has toxic effects.
PICKED TO REPEAT
Los Angeles (UPD A mag
azine poll of sports writers
has picked the world champ
ion Detroit Lions and the
Cleveland Browns as favorites
in the National Football
League conference races this
year. The magazine, Pro Foot-
Camping Vacation
Taken by Family
Mr. and Mr. Richavi M.
Davis, 2649 Roberts road, and
their three childrdh, Diane,'
Marilyn, and Scott, returned
recently from a two week
camping trip throughout the
state. . -
The Davises visited rela-j
tives and friends in Odell and
Enterprise and camped at
Wallowa Lake state park near
Enterprise. From there they
traveled north to tie Viento
state park on the Colimbia
highway, then to Humbug
Mountain state pak on High
way 101 near Port Orford.
Prior to returning home they
camped in the Jediah Smith
Redwoods state prk, Crescent
City, Calif.
The Davies have g 15-foot
house trailer and -commelted
on the "well kept" trailer
parks throughout Oregon and
neighboring state
ball polled 12
sportswriters.
contributing
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Danish Filled Pasteries
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Dinner Rolls, 35c doz.
Large Assortment of
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WEDDING CAKES
All Sizes Made to Order
4 tier . . . $25
Serves 200 People
Bearden's Bakery
Ross Lane and West Main
Open 8 A.M.-7 P.M.
Monday Through Saturday
Mid
Summer
Summer Play Clothes
A great Once-a-Seascn Clearance on
the Northwest's Top Sportsline . . .
all sizes and all types go on sale . . .
sizes from 1 to 6x 7 to 14 and sub
teens. Shorts . . . Pedal Pushers . . .
Pants . . . T-Tops . . . Overblouses and
Jackets ...
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