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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, Augurt 18, 1958 U.S. Women Downtrodden ;Lots Says Englishman By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor New York (UPD U. S. 'women are a downtrodden lot, says Alistair Cooke, famed British-born reporter of the .American scene. "And by that I don't mean !that she should have two votes," Cooke added. "But the -American woman's ambitions 'are too high. In England, in ; Europe generally, a woman decides early what type she .will be good mother, good ' cook, or siren ... " "Women here want to be all of these . . . wife, mother, cook, nurse, mistress and run Wall Street at the same time. It's a hard job . . . the nation is full of women who believe . they're doing it well. But I often think they are under heavier strain than any others in the world." Who's to blame? Cooke said , both sexes. "The American woman seems to lack the sagacity to see that the home is the most ; resourceful place a woman can operate from . . . but the man expects her to be all ' these things and like an idiot she accepts. I don't know the reasons, unless it's the good old American belief that life ; is improvable." ' Comes From England Witty, urbane Alistair Cooke came to this country from England in 1932 to be i come an actor. He studied : drama at Yale and Harvard : but most of all, he said, he ' studied America, which "I t found as exciting as a nine ' ring circus." Today, he is a U.S. citizen, is host on the NBC television I show "Omnibus" and is a . peripatetic reporter for the : Manchester Guardian, He ; brags that "I have filed stories I from every state." t Married twice, .his second j wife was a war widow from I New Jersey. "There are four children," said Cooke. "I have 1 two, she has three, we have : one." Work on it awhile, it i adds up. - Cooke said, in an interview, it'd be easier to talk about Stauffer Home Reducing Plan Virginia Wicfcersham, Counselor PHONE SP 2-9260 subjects less controversial than American females ' you keep opening up chasms for me to drop through," he laughed. But he went ahead anyway, and then touched briefly but scathingly on American males. Some excerpts from my notes: On the career woman "She is a monster . . . the su preme escapist from the role of being a woman. I'm not talking about the working wife whose job supplements family income. I think the difference in the two is in happiness. I never met a hap py career woman." Mistaken Idea On conversation "Long ago we gave woman the ms taken idea this was one of their main roles." On cooking "The Ameri can woman is essentially a part-time cook, but one of the best part:time cooks. We're not obsessed with food in America or England anyway. I'm a devoted seconder of A. J. Liebling, who said 'an Eng lishman telling an American about cooking, is the blind leading the one-eyed'." On fashion "The Ameri can woman is the best aver age dressed in the world. The working female populations nowhere else strike such a high standard; but there is less really first-rate dressing among women who make a fetish of it. I notice one dress ing defect, especially in mid dle age . . . the woman be comes a portable jewelry store. As she sees her hands going, she puts on "three more bracelets . . . and inevitably the anklet chain." On American men "Strik ingly spoiled on the whole; ex pect to remain,' though not a thing of beauty, a boy for ever. Look at the shy, boyish movie heroes. Millions of men remain unweaned from the womb to the tomb." - Picnic Grove Garden club will meet Wednesday, August 20, in Maple park, near the new Armory, for a potluck picnic supper. The hour is 6:30 p.m. . In making bread or rolls, rinse the bowl in' hot water before mixing dough. 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Grants Pass, the new yitfe-president; cers elected at a meeting held Wednesday Mrs. Milo Marlatt, Eugene, secretary and at Rogue Valley Country club. Miss Bever- Mrs. E. C. Sullivan. Bend, handicap chair' ly Steel, Laurelwood Country club, Eugene, man. Travelers Return From Island Trip Among those returning last week from vacations were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Haskins, 228 North Holly street, Mrs. Haskins' sister, Mrs. Louise Schramm, Pekin, 111., and Mrs. Mabel Hundley, Central Point. The four made a trip to Hawaii on the liner Mat sonia. They made trips by plane to the various islands and while in Hilo were among the guests at a Hawaiian wedding. The travelers spent some time with Mrs. Corinne Rob bins, who formerly taught at the West Side school here, and who teaches now at Kamehameha school for girls. They found the Bishop mu seum interesting and attended services at the oldest Protest ant church in the islands. Servicers are conducted in both English and the Hawai ian language. The four were registered at the Princess Kuilania hotel. When Mrs. Schramm arriv ed in Oregon in June, the Haskins met her in Portland and all three attended the Rose festival there. Mrs. Schramm will return home later in the summer. v Mrs. Herschel Obye. (at left) Grants Pass, was among the women golfers who attended a dinner at Rogue Valley Country club Wednesday night sponsored by the Willamette Valley-Southern Oregon Women's Golf association. Also at the dinner were Mrs. W. M. Clarke (center) Medford, and Mrs. Robert Sproat. Klamath Falls. All three women played in the WVSO tournament Thursday. Mrs. Warren Lesseg, (at left) retiring secretary of the Willamette Valley-Southern Oregon Women's Golf associa tion, was one of the Medford women attending a dinner Wednesday night at Rogue Valley Country club which pre ceded the tournament Thursday. Mrs. Richard Finch, a past president of the Medford club, was co-chairmen with Mrs. Lesseg for the tournament and Mrs. Frank Tamney, (at right) is president of the Medford women's association. Dancers Booked in Ashland Ashland Making its North west debut next weekend in Ashland .will be Ballet Ce leste, appearing under the auspices of the Oregon Shakespearean festival. The noted San Francisco organi zation, trained and directed by Merriem Lanova, will dance two matinee perform ances Friday and Saturday, August 22 and 23, at 3 p.m. at Churchill hall, on the South ern Oregon College campus. Special classes for local dance students will be held during Ballet Celeste's local booking. Miss Lanova will meet with junior students who have had a year or more of ballet training at 9 a.m. and with 'teen age, adult, and more advanced junior groups at 10 a.m. Both classes, set for Friday morning, August 22, are open to the public. They will meet at the Colleen Hope Studio, 45 Hawthorne avenue, in Medford. Thirty young performers comprise the widely herald ed dance company. Original ly formed in San Francisco, the group has successfully toured the United States, reap ing critical praise wherever they have appeared. Miss La nova, formerly a soloist with ,the Ballet Russe, de Monte Carlo, has developed a reper toire of over 20 ballets for the organization, including a wide range from the classics to the modern. Tickets for Ballet Celeste's premiere Northwest appear ance may be secured at the Oregon Shakespearean festi val box office in Ashland. Prices are $2 for adults and $1 for children. There will be no reserved seats. Tickets may also be purchased at Mann's in Medford, or by writing "Shakespeare, Ashland, Oregon." hxM I PI iiiiii;pBiiiii Hilb Short or long, printed r plain, the cotton coat will star as an important fall fashion. At left: A three-quarter, canvas coat by Masket sports a fashionable fur collar. At right: For daytime or evening, Lawrence of London features a water repellent, rose-printed velveteen coat that doubles for zain or shine. At Your Charge Plate Store . . . Finely chopped olives make a colorful garnish on hot or cold soups. Chopped pimien-to-stuffed olives are also good in hot rolls. Stir 34 . cup chopped olives into 1 package hot roll mix and prepare ac cording to package directions. To be sure of the best in frying chicken, look for the government inspection and grading label, either fastened to the bird or printed on the package. Top quality fryers bear the tag: "U. S. Inspected and Passed, Grade A." Navy Mothers' Club Announces Meeting Rogue Valley Navy Moth er's club will meet Tuesday, August 19, at 10 a.m. for an all-day session at Girls Com munity club. During the morning the group will sew, and a potluck luncheon will be served at noon. All mothers of Navy, Ma rine corps and Coast Guard personnel are invited to attend. Miss Lauren Kell (Brainerd photo) President Leaves For Convention Miss Laurene Kell. Med ford, president, Department of Oregon, Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, left last week for New York City where she is attending the national convention of the auxiliary. The convention, which started today, will con tinue through August 22. A school of instruction for presidents will follow the con vention. Miss Kell was accompanied on the trip by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hopkins, Rogue River, and her sister, Mrs. Richard Gray, Portland. Mrs. Hopkins, a past department president, is serving as the department membership chairman this year. On the return trip the Ore- gonians plan to visit the VFW Children's Home at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Recently com pleted there was an Oregon cottage for six children and a housemother. Miss Kell, a member of Del Rogue auxiliary, Grants Pass, plans to take pictures of the activities to show to the local auxiliaries on her return. Medford Jaycettes To Meet Wednesday Medford Jaycettes, auxiliary to Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, will hold the second meeting for August Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Robertson, 1313 Mt. Pitt avenue. Co-hostesses will be Mrs. Thomas J. Reed er and Mrs. Kenneth Knack stedt. Mrs. Arthur Van Leeuwen, president, asks each member to bring a guest or another member who has not attended in recent months. Plans will be discussed for the safety - car check which the Junior Chamber will hold in September. Jaycettes are to assist their husbands with this project. Ashland YMCA Announces Camp Ashland Registrations are now open for the annual fami ly camp to be conducted by the Ashland YMCA Saturday, August 30, through Monday, September 1, at Camp Mc Laughlin on the west shore of Lake of the Woods. Each family will have one of, the tent cabins to them selves with the program plan ned for the week end includ ing swimming, water skiing, boating, fishing, camp fires and vesper services. Meals will be served family style. Each family must pro vide bedding and other per sonal belongings. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gett ling are in charge of the Ash land contingent which will share the camp with families Sorority Holds Annual Picnic The annual summer picnic of the combined chapters of Medford Beta Sigma Phi sor ority, was held recently at the home of Mrs. Barthold Barnum, 3976 South Pacific highway. Dinner was served on the patio adjoining the pool, and members and guests swam. Guests for the evening in cluded Mrs. Scott Davis, di rector of Beta Upsilon chap ter, Mrs. James Callan, spon sor of Ah)ha Rho chaDter. and Mrs. David Harem, of Rose- burg. Spelling Topic For Lectures Ashland Dr. Margery Bai ley, director of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival's In stitute of Renaissance Studies, has announced a special three day lecture series, open to the public. Dr. Ralph Lane, 1958 Protector of the Institute, has arrived in Ashland to present 4 o'clock lectures, Monday through Wednesday, on "Shakespearean Spelling." Scheduled for the Ashland Public Library's Gresham room, Dr. Lane's survey of Elizabethan spelling charac teristics is another in the summer series of readings, lectures, discussions and spe cial presentations designed by the Institute to background the current Festival season. Dr. Lane's three-day program is presented to Festival pa trons without charge, spon sored by the theatre's board of directors. Dr. Lane, currently sssist snt professor of English at J. Ormand Wilson college in Washington, D.C., took his first academic degrees in Ohio and completed his doc torate at George Washington university. He has a degree in Dutch - Malay languages from Stanford, was in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown university, and received a Fulbright scholar ship for study in the Nether lands. He has published arti cles on language and the teaching arts, traveled exten sively throughout Europe, and has attended many Shake spearean performances both at home and abroad. from Klamath Falls. Registra tions may be made by con tacting the YMCA at MUr dock 5-8616. OVERWEIGHT? RORY CALHOUN suggests Ayds "Trim off excess weight with the Ayds Plan," says Rory. Take u directed before meals, Ayds emrbt your appetite. Ton amtomattemUt eat leas Jese pound. Ayd mow in chocolate fudge-type and vanilla caramel. Money back guarantee. A Month's Supply fSS Central Rexall Drug Main and Central H. D. CHRISTENSEN 601 E. Main St. Free Parking Right at the Door IF YOU AREN'T TRADING AT THE GROCETERIA YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH LOCAL com Price Good Through Wed.r Aug. 20th GMCETEIRIIA 6TH AND GRAPE OS. The Place to Go For the Brands You Know Pf t AM This WeeM yppM kj VALUE EVENT imiIIS of the YEAR! feil ' CITY-WIDE mm HAIWEST xWk'k ' ' 0f It 1 Wi 1 STORES ii Z Mm m T0E31G HT Till 9:00
