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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1961
The Family Council
.,i.,E?i!Vlr'! ,Note: ThE FamllV Council consists of a Judge, psychia
trist, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Kich article
is a summary ol an actual ease history. The Council reports on prob
lems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors.
(Copyrisht 1961 General Features Corp.)
Elissa G.-A one-room apart
ment imposes more restraints
than he realizes.
Abraham G. - She doesn't
make many concessions to
our awkward living arrange
ment. .
Elissa G.-When we were
married three months ago,
Abe and I considered our
selves lucky to find even a
tiny apartment within walk
ing distanct to both his job
and my college. Although it
was only one room with
kitchenette and bath, we sign
ed a two-year lease to take
us through my graduation
and Abe's training -squad
stretch in the office.
Naturally we were pre
pared for some discomforts.
But Abe piles them on for
good measure. He's a jazz
hound. Fine. But can't he
hold off until I go marketing
or visiting? No. He has the
room shaking while I try to
study. My only refuge is the
bath-tub. That's where I cram
for an exam.
And even worse, he brings
his friends in while I'm re
laxing in bed or otherwise
unpresentable. "It's just for
a minute," he says, "while
we swap recordings."
Abraham G. -1 know our
set-up is hard, but I thought
Elissa could take it. She used
to boast that she could con-
ntrate in a dormitory full
of roommates when she went
to Bryn Mawr. Maybe it's be
cause they stuck to Hinde
milh and Grieg, while I pre
fer Gerry Mulligan. I tolerate
and suffer through her class
ical suff even though, to me,
most of it is just funeral
music.
I've tried not to annoy her
with my list of complaints,
because I feel we must live-and-let-live
to get through
this tough period. But if we're
trading beefs, how about
Elissa's hour-long yaks on the
'phone, right next to my
newspaper? And her walnuts!
She loves cracking them.
What of her face-cream" and
lipsticks in the desk with the
paste and pencils? And her
snoring!
We must each get rid of
our intolerances in such close
quarters.
Tho Council: Living in such
confinement is indeed a try
ing situation and, with their
love to keep them warm, the
G.'s are indeed trying to re
concile split-level idiosyncra
sies. ,
. Ingenuity is taxed and at a
premium, no doubht, when
such problems as entertaining,
or convalescing, or deep con
centration come up. Elissa
and Abraham are seeing, at
first hand, how many of the
world's problems can be trac
ed to lack of "lebensraum."
As just frail humans, they've
set themselves a project best
suited for superiiumans who
can fly through walls and be
come invisible! They're worse
off than the "doggie in the
window" who can curl up in
a fluff of confetti.
But we suspect that, after
this honest airing of their
gripes, each will gird anew
for the challenge of Life in
a Breadbox. No doubt they
realize that this is an acid
test of their love. If it sur
vives the abrasions and con-tusions-and
lack of illusions
-of such raw proximity, it's
a pure unquenchable flame!
As they endeavor to com
pile their own rulebook, here
are some random suggestions
for Elissa and Abe to ease
the strain: Get an earphone
attachment for the record
player, plus earplugs for the
non-listener. Elissa's studying
should be pursued mainly at
the library. Each should plan
to be out (marketing, walk
ing, visiting) so that the other
has the apartment alone, for
either silence or noise, sev
eral times a week. Most im
portant, try to sub-lease and
move!
The overall guide for each
of these co-tenants is: What
must I not do? Or, if they
prefer: Disobey that impulse!
The G.'s knew they were
attempting something diffi
cult. Now they suspect it may
be impossible, but as the
Army Air Forces' slogan puts
it, that just takes a little
longer to do, about as long
as that lease runs.
Examinations Open
For Federal Positions
New examinations are now
open for federal civil service
positions as engineering tech
nicians, supervisory sound
physicists, and cartographic
compilation aides.
Additional information and
applications may be obtained
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building, Seattle.
Rugby, England - IUPI) - The
magistrates refused afi offer
by James Cleary to leave his
wife as a deposit while he
went to get money from his
brother-in-law to pay a fine.
Senator Morse To Speak for MUN
Eugene - Nearly 500 Ore
gon high school International
Relations league members will
participate in a Model United
Nations conference to be held
at the University of Oregon
March 2 to 4. Sen. Wayne
Morse, former Congressional
delegate to the United Nations
General Assembly, will ad
dress the opening meeting.
The MUN session is the 14th
annual conference sponsored
by the University's Institute of
International Studies and
Overseas administration and
the International Relations
committee of the Oregon Edu
cation association.
Dr. Robert L. Allen, asso
ciate professor of economics
and assistant director of the
Institute, is in charge of the
conference. Egon P. Bodtker,
Eugene, graduate student in
political science, and Albert
R. Gutowsky, Chicago, gradu
ate student in economics, are
assisting Dr. Allen.
Paul R. Ward, graduate stu
dent in political science who
is in charge of the intercol
legiate MUN conference sched
uled at the university in April,
will serve as president of the
General Assembly at the high
school conference.
The Berlin crisis, economic
development, disarmament,
and human rights will be the
principal topics for discussion.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
(Restster and Tribune Syndlcatet
1961)
The French Poodle
Is From Germany
She had been clipped. She
was as chic in appearance
as she was expected to be,
and apparently she knew how
nice she looked for she step
ped daintily along the street
in her fur-trimmed jacket.
She tugged gently on her
jeweled leash, attached to her
petite little collar which was
resplendent with simulated
jewels. Ordinarily she would
be carried but the day was
warm and sunny and her
fashionably dressed mistress
allowed the tiny miniature
poodle to trot along the av
enue, the target for the eyes
of every passerby.
The poodle has all the jus
tification in the world to be
proud; also it just about lives
up to its heritage of being
probably more human than
any other member of the
canine world.
Claim to Fame
Intelligent as these little
dogs are, they do not know
how illustrious the breed ac
tually is, or how great is the
acclaim achieved by their an
cestors. Five hundred years
ago, a German artist, Durer
by name, used the poodle in
many of his paintings. At the
time the dogs were probably
called "pudels."
Goya, a famous Spanish
artist, also painted the poodle.
During the reign of Louis
XVI, this vivacious dog was
enthroned in France. Prob
ably the name French poodle
was derived from this distinc
tion, although it is believed
by students of dogdom that
the breed originated in Ger
many.
Several hundred years ago,
dog trainers learned of the
aptitude of the poodle, and
as a result, about all dog acts
contained one or more of this
breed.
There was more reason
than just appearance for call
ing the poodle the "circus
dog," for the poodle is easily
trained, and is agile and will
ing. Physically it is well ad
justed to acrobatic tricks. The
breed's natural intelligence is
high, learning quickly, and
even today, is considered to
be "about as smart as they
come."
'Truffle Dog'
At one time the poodle
was crossed with certain
beeds of terrior and later
trained as a "truffle dog"
used by seekers after the un
derground fungi, considered
such a delicacy in England.
The well-bred poodle is of
a solid color, cither black,
white, gray or a peculiar and
remarkable shade called
"apricot." Often the ski" is
pink with gray spots. The
smallest of poodles, called the
"Toy," stands 10 inches high
at the shoulder, and weighs
less than 12 pounds. The min
iature is under 15 inches at
the shoulder.
When freshly clipped, ac
cording to the, latest estab
lished fashion, the poodle
somewhat resembles a majes
tic male lion; a lion reduced
to a soft, cuddly size. Little
wonder the poodle always
walks with a haughty dignity
and a queenly carriage-it has
every right to.
If you care about surveys and statistics and that sort of thing, you probably should
know that more people in the West drink their coffee black than in any other
area. Which is not so surprising, maybe. But more drink it black in restaurants
than they do at home. Which ought to prove a point or two about restaurant
coffee, the cream and sugar being handy and free and all. When the cupful is on
its own like that nothing to dilute or divert the flavor it has to be good coffee.
Which is what we've been saying about restaurant coffee for years; what we've
been saying about Boyd's, anyway. Which, in the Northwest, is the same thing.
Four thousand restaurants prove it they serve a million cups of Boyd's every day.
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