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4 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6. 1963 MehoroJ&Tbibuni "Everyone in Southern Oregon Beada Tne Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO asNorlh FirSt, Ph. 77:1-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GRtV Advertlalnl Manaeer GERALD T LATHAM, Bua Kfgr ERIC W ALLEN JR. Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHU'MAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women ! Editor DALERICKSONCIrculaUonMgr An IndeDendent Newaoaper Entered aa aecond claaa matter It Medford. Oregon under aci ox March 3. 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By' Mail In Advance Daily and Sunday 1 yearl00 n,1w anil Sunday 6 moa 10 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moa 5-00 Sunday Only One year ! 00 Single Copy (Mailed) 200 By Carnei And Motor Ruute. Dally and Sunday 1 year $21.00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.75 Ciinrinw rinlV 1 mO. 50C Carrier and Vendora Copy 10c Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jachaun County United Presa International Full Leased Wire U. P 1 Telepholo Newsplcturee MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSoil ROBERTS &t ASSOCt ATFS Offlrpa In New York. Chl- caso Detroit. San Franci-o. Loa Angeif a. aeaiua, r w i . - Denver. EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 6, 1953 (Wednesday) Seventy-five cases of Influ enza led the list of 123 cases of communicable diseases In Jackson county last week. A total of 57,911 persons were on and off passengers at the Medford airport during 1952, according to the annual report. 20 YEARS AGO March 6, 1943 (Monday) n rpanlr Van Hvke Ashland, urges establishment of anoiner insuuuiuu w lor minors of higher intclU- From Arthur Perry's "Ye c- , rjrti'1 nnlumn' 'A man aiming - has been found in New York who has never neara oi n. Hitler. Millions wish they were in his former heavenly state. 30 YEARS AGO March 6. 1933 (Wednesday) Medford High school basket ball team defeats Phoenix, 24 to 21, to win trip to stale high school tournament. Many members of "Good Government Congress" de mand that their resignations be accepted. 40 YEARS AGO March 6, 1923 (Thunday) Ku Klux Klan "nightrid Ing" case goes to Jury at Jacksonville. Burglars break into every doctor's office in Ashland. 50 YEARS AGO March B, 1913 (Friday) Local trappers start annual shipment of skunk hides; post office and express clerks threaten to quit. Survey completed for pro jected railroad from Mcdlord to Crescent City. Whal's Your I.Q.? tj;. a. Sam rAtrarl la eunerlor even of eight li ticellantj five 01 ii it good. 1. Sugar Loaf dominates which South American city; 2. Give a Verdi opera whose name begins with A. 3. With what recent scien tific development do you asso ciate a route with a perigee and nil nDOfiee? 4. Which Illinois city is named for a revelation re ported by a Mormon? 5. McAulliff said "Nuts" at Baslognc; what did General l'uliiain say at Bunker Hill? 8. Madison, Monroe. J. Q. Adams and Hughes nil held whirli federal office? 7. Though a mediocre play, rjcrformiinco of "Our Amer ican Cousin" was made fa mous by whut infamous off- SM11. PU'lll? 8. Which Amendment pro vides against double jeopardy and for Just compensation for tiriviiie Drooerty taken for nnblic use? 9. In what game would you find the "hot corner 7 in. When at rest, does normal heart beat 18, 40, 72 or 08 times per minute? Answarn 1. Hio de Jin iro. 2. "Aids." 3. Satellites orhilHl course. 4. Nauvoo. 5 "Don't fir until you let the whites of Ihoir eyes. a. sec retary of Slat. 7. Assassina tion of Lincoln. S. Fifth. 9. Baseball (third bat). 10. 72. gft&L NIWSAI onSp( PULIHt$ V-asiociation NATIONAL World's Greatest Men Who were the round who, by any criterion or standard, could be ao curately termed "the greatest"? This was the subject of an interesting late eveninc conversation the other day, and the re suits were, to us, a bit surprising. There actually was difficulty in finding 12 men (no women, alas, made it) who could be unqualifiedly placed on a greatest list. There was agreement on seven names, not necessarily in this order: Jesus of Nazareth, Mohammed, Plato, Leonar do da Vinci, Beethoven, Copernicus and Einstein. OTHERS mentioned est" appelation, but qualification, included Sir Isaac Newton, 1 nomas Jefferson, Karl Marx, William Shakespeare, and Charles Darwin. (An additional suggestion was Sigmund Freud. ) Beyond that, there gestions, but most were are no military men on the list (unless, by stretch ing definitions, one could called Da Vinci or Mohammed military men.) Only one was a major political figure. There are two religious figures, four scien tists, one musician, one author, one philosopher, one political philosopher, and two men who were so broad gauge they are difficult if not impos sible to confine to any one category. WHAT is it that made these 12 or 13 men great, in almost any meaning of the term? Is there any common denominator? Perhaps, if there is one, it is that all had a tremendous influence over the lives of all men who followed them. In each case but one (or perhaps two), the result has been good, making for greater under standing, greater humanity, greater skill, for the greater satisfaction of human curiosity. The outstanding exception, or course, is jvan Marx, whose influence, misapplied, has resulted miseries than any other single individual, even such malevolent forces as Ghengis Khan or Na poleon Bonaparte or even It is still too earlv to and value of the thinking of Sigmund Freud. But no one can deny that his work has had a startling and revolutionary impact on the last three generations or human beings. THE POSITIONS of the others, probably be noitua oil l-mf TT? iiutriMi imiA i'nm n in Viicfninr vaiiLic ti i i wut uiiiOLv in oti v ivuiuiv.1 ii iuduuiji, or because their work and teachings have been so thoroupfhlv explored and understood, is firmer. Still, the impact of of these men is not too Copernicus, lor instance, understanding of the kind of universe in which we live is not universally known. Too, it must be understood that, giants as they are, none or very stood entirely alone. Even Jesus had his Paul. Each was influenced by and some were given greater scope by the addi tional work of others. DUT it occurs to us that these seven or ten or twelve or thirteen men, by any standard, de serve to be on the list of the men who are the greatest the human race has produced. Other names could be deleted, and the effect would be much the same. Perhaps some of the bus, Magellan and Prince should be added. Perhaps some of the great geniuses of medicine rate a place on such a list. Perhaps this list skimps on some of the towering figures in letters Homer, Virgil, and a few others. Perhaps political prominently represented greatest sons. It is a fascinating exercise, open to all. Would others care to submit their lists of the 12 greatest figures of the human race Whakwatching Birdwatehing, we are is a fine avocation. We but given the proper whalewatehing. The circumstances this week, as we sat at breakfast, and later beside the window in our room at the Adobe Motel just north of Yachats, binoculars in hand, waiting for the tell-tale spout of spray. It would come, and the great mottled body beneath would heave into partial sight for a mo ment or two, then plunge again beneath the waves, only a stone's throw offshore. IN THE COURSE of an hour, the whale (there may possibly have been two) spouted anil showed its back perhaps i0 or til) times, each time being greeted with excited cries of "There he is!!'ror "Oh, look!" or simply "Oooo!" The little dark ducks, meanwhile, bobbed on the glistening Witter, the great combers came roaring up onto the rocks, the gulls wheeled in detached circles, and the stubby little fishing boats chugged along a mile or so offshore. A few miles down the coast the whales' dis tant cousins, the sea lions, were out in force, sun ning themselves on the rocks high above the sea. As we finally and reluctantly turned the tar inland again, we felt it difficult to await another chance to watch the whales, and the other beau ties of the great ocean which make Oregon's coast the magnificent playground it is. E.A. dozen human beings as deserving the "great- not approved without were some tentative sug rejected. Note that there even though twisted and in greater crimes and Adolf Hitler. assess the true worth the life and work of all widely understood. That gave us our first real few of them could have the thinking of others, added, or some of these great explorers Colum Henry come to mind genius should be more on a list of mankind's : h.A. told by its practitioners, presume this to be true, circumstances we prefer were ideal on Monday of MEDFORD "Dear Friend and Comrade: We long to welcome you again. Let ut hear from you toon, admitting that your a no-good two-faced lousy bum. P. S. You Rat!" ... Communications ... Letters lo the Editor must bear th nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen nam or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the light to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do contrary is often the case. Pretty Disgusting To the Editor: I agree with our Editor on Sunday clos ing laws. I do not believe this law, If passed, would be con stitutional, and anyone wish ing to do so could go to court and win the right to sell any thing he wanted to on Sun days, and if such a law is passed I would like very much to see them do just this. We have already lost many of our personal freedoms in ill is land of the free as it is, many freedoms that have cost the lives of many good men to preserve. This is too much to tell a guy, on which day he can or can't buy or sell, and I hope our legislature throws this bill in the waste basket where it belongs with out further ado. If these merchants who want this law don't like the competition from those stores remaining open on Sundays, then let them stay open on Sundays themselves. If it is against their religious beliefs then let them find another business to get into that they do not have to deal with the public. No one is telling them what they can or can't do. Many of us that work long hours all week and perhaps live far out of town find it impossible to do our shopping except on week ends. Many of us wishing to improve our homes in our spare time on week ends find it difficult as it is to find a place of busi ness open on Saturday after noon and Sundays to purchase our building needs. Unless we rush in by noon Saturdays we are just out of luck, and with the boom in building in this valley, it would seem it would pay a few more placj to keep their doors open on these days. Perhaps they could lake turns staying open. It is pretty disgusting to start a project and discover there is something you forgot to get and can't finish the job. 1 do hope some of them reading this article will give us a break on this score. (Name on File), Eagle Point, Ore. You Nam It To the Editor: Many things that lake place in this greedy commercialized age are more than amazing, they are tragic! Instance, the persistent, vorac ious, and greedy cruelty of modern advertisers to put ovet upon-as they suppase-a gull ible and ill-informed public absolute lies to sell not only worthless but murderous pro ducts! Four glaring examples of such arc: the liquor traffic: pornographic literature; to bacco sales producing lung cancer, etc.; and that skull and marrow bones aluminum sludge formerly selling at a pittance for rat poison, but now being foisted on the pub lic at a high price as a "health additive" called by an in fluential writer of the past year the greatest crime ex tant a g a I ns t civilization, namely, fluoridation of public I drinking water. I Little did the voters of Med ' ford and Ashland who turned ! it down so completely at the recent polls, think that it would raise lis slimy nefarious head so soon again to preju dice an unsuspecting public in it favor Remember ihc recent partial I report about Detroit and area ! to be fluoridated'.' We pity i them to require to "learn the j hard way." and require to do ! as over 100 American cities I before them have done, name- ly, oust it with anger when ! the truth become known, I w hen the skull and marrow j hones stood out in bold relief! I Proverbs 29.8 says, "Scornful i men bring a city into MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON not necessarily represent the snare," and the margin says, "set a city on fire." Unwise and sinstcr contention to poi son Medford's and Ashland's pure spring waters docs both! Let all wise advocates of pur ity cry out in timely remon strance against these four monsters of Iniquity: the liq uor traffic; the pornographic literature; the opiating to bacco killer; and the alumi num purveyors who want to poison our water. All the ads claim on sign boards, television screens, the printed page, and by radio, that they too have made (to quote the recent communica tion) "exhaustive studies of all available data" to convince and palm off on all and sun dry that their wares are to be "accepted as safe and effec tive!" They don't try to ad vertise fluroridation! They leave that to the in favor of D.D.S'ers; and to the eight member city councils, such as Detroit has, to decide for the 1,670.144 populace, and, with its area, a total of three mil lion. Amazing and tragic? You name it. H. R. Hulman Route 4, Box 316A, Medford. Woe Be To Us To the Editor: and to our state legislators, an open let ter: Gentlemen: What is this major decision you are about to make, or are contemplat ing, that would so effect the efforts and status of Oregon's citizens? Have you consider ed or pondered their rights to expression in so vital a proposition? Is there so great a haste that this matter can not be put to a vote to ascer tain their desires concerning it? Who are the instigators of this monstrous invasion of private rights? Who is. or constitutes the lobby? Whre are they from? What do they do? Are not God's law tamper ed with enough already that they should be again dismem bered? Does He not say, "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou shall not do any work."? Now you, by saying through the State law that a man can not work on the first day of tne week, or buv or sell cer tain articles or things on that day, would add another ma jor problem to an already confused situation. Woe be to us if we take such burning responsibilities upon ourselves, should be the attitudes of our wise and considerate legislators. James Williams, P.O. Box 441. Jacksonville. Ore. Truat in The Lord To the Editor: I would like to make note of some of titc statements made by the "Lady of Fatima," the angel tlvit ap peared to the three children in Portugal. She told thtm that World War 1 would soon be over, and that if men did not change their ways. World War II would come. She told the children to ask for prayers for the Russian people, for their conversion to Christianity, or the era of communism would spread through out the world, and thai some nations would he annihilated. Several years iso an interview. Lucia, the one lady of the three childre.i that is still alive, was asked if she thought that this had been done. She said yes. uut not as the angel had asked When asked if that included America, she said there are no exceptions. The majority of people do a not believe In God enough to Two Faces And Politician, On Display in Capital By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyist On display in Bonn in re cent days have been what might be called the "two faces of Adenauer." One is the face by which c h a n eetlor I Konrad Ade nauer seems most likely to I be remember- I ed by history. 1 'T' I The other is that of a tough politi tlewsoa cian, an in-fightcr who rides roughshod over his opposi tion, often to the irritation of the German people. The occasions were the ap proval by the upper house of the West German parliament of the new West German French accord which will go into Adenauer's historical record; and, on the political side, the renewal of his ven detta against his economic minister and vice chancellor, Ludwig Erhard. Back on Jan. 22 when Ade nauer signed the accord, the views of the paper; in fact th pray for themselves, let alone the Russians. Many think that if a nu clear war comes they'll be dead anyway so It doesn't mater. But of a truth, a third shall perish directly from the war, another third, from pesti lences, plagues, and starva tion. The time is appropriate for these words of the Lord's, "And take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit ing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye , may be accounted worthy to escape all these tilings that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." They who put their trust in the Lord, shall not trust in vain, they that have been wayward shall be punished by the ungodly, and their de struction by the hand of the Lord. And this generation shall not pass away till all these things come to pass. Ted Sletten Route 1, Box 224 Rogue River, Ore. Girls and Jobs To the Editor: Dear Name On File (Jobs For Girls, MT 3-1-63): Take heart for your daughter, granddaughter, niece or whomever it is that concerns you so. Truly, Rogue Valley Merchants do not staff their stores exclusively with "Grandmothers on Social Se curity." I'll take your chal lenge, and offer one of my own. You ask what chance a young girl has when she goes job hunting? Plenty of chances if she'll but make them. The jobs are there. New stores are opening every month in our progressive valley. In March alone we welcome Leeds and Lerncrs, both of which will have staffs nunv bering over a dozen. And certainly, newly hired, younger, less experienced girls would be laid off before the season ed hand. You wouldn't want it any other way. And yes, there are many young girls who'd rather work a while than get married right away. Many who need the money for college or family debts. But take a poll. Ask every woman over 40 you see working in a store why she is there. She'd tell you she went to work to put her children through school. To help a grandson get a degree. To pay a crushing medical bill. The reasons could form a never ending list. But so rare would be the answer you indicate: That she is working just be cause she's bored at home. (I'll be perfectly honest in saying to you that with many work ing women this is a factor, but not a contributing one!) And believe it or not. . . many employers request that women who have previously been on their payrolls, return. They know them for their skills and their willingness to put that extra 5 or 10 minutes into every hour on shift. More youngsters need to develop this kind of "jobmansliip." Tell your girl to read: "Sev en Steps Toward Getting A Job.'' on page 72 of the March issue, Reader's Digest. Better advice than this has never been put in print. And must oi an. ten ner never 10 nis- obey the first cardinal rule for anv girl who is job hunting GO ALONE! A group of gag gling girls, (and they do seem to gaggle when they get to gether!, will discourage any prospective employer. A sec ond rule, go job hunting only where you will have a real In terest on the job. SHU another of Adenauer, Man of History aging chancellor called it "the crowning point of my career . the most beautiful day of my life." But when Adenauer return ed to Bonn from this emotion al moment, he found a rebel lious cabinet. Europe still was in an up roar over President Charles de Gaulle's veto of British membership in the Common Market. It appeared this might be the issue which would turn Adenauer's "most beautiful day" to ashes. The opposition accused Ade nauer of being so anxious for the treaty that he had not even attempted to plead Brit ain's cause. Today & Tomorrow By Walter fcl 1963. The WAR HAWKS AND WAR WHOOPS After a week in Arizona, I not only have a fine sun burn, but I also think I have learned something. By read ing Mr. Pulliam's newspapers in the morning and the eve ning, I have learned that we must distinguish between a war party - of which I have seen no traces out here - and a war whoop party, which likes to be warlike but does not want war. A war party consists of peo ple conspiring and agitating to start a war from which the country will win, they think, profit and glory. It would be hard to find an American who thinks that in any great war today there would be much profit or glory. The war whoop party con sists of people who suppose that, no matter what we do, the Russians will not go to war. Having this kind of con fidence, they suppose that, in order to get rid of Castro, we are quite free to flirt with smallish acts of war, such as blockade or even an invasion and occupation. They see no essential difference between the Cuban War of 1898 and a Cuban War in 1963. Yet there are in fact not many who want to take such risks. The mass of the war whoop party - a significant minority of the nation - do not want any war or any shooting. What they do want are the fruits of a successful war without having to fight a war. Every day, Mr. Pulli am's editorial writers knock the stuffings out of Khrush chev with a smashing editor ial. I SHALL be going back to Washington convinced that the country wants Cuba hand led without war, big or little, and that it would not only be wrong but quite unnecessary for the President to change his course in order to quiet the war whoopers. The fact in the Cuban problem is that there is now a consensus on the controlling facts. The responsible opposition, which is best represented by Senator Keating of New York, is in agreement with the administration that (1) rule: Be neat. And yet one more: Write a resume. It's most important as Ray Zieg- ler, a division director of the Oregon Bureau of Labor is quoted as saying in the article mentioned above. Finally, tell her for me I wish her luck. She will find that job. If she is "job-ready." Mrs. Elvin H. Pesenti, 1545 Jasper, Medford. Baptist Churches To the Editor: Your Sunday editorial would seem to indi cate a lack of knowledge on your part of the people called "Baptist." There are several million of them in America and they worship on Sunday the Lord's Day, not on the Jewish Sabbath as you indi cate. We at First Baptist church would like to extend a per sonal invitation to you to at tend our services some Sun day soon and learn a little more about us. We have been in Medford as a church for some 78 years and are now making an investiment in the community of over $200,000 in a building that will be a credit to our city. Nor are we asking anyone else in the community to help us foot the bill. Perhaps you will see fit to correct the false impression created by your editorial. Rev. Bernard E.Andrews, Pastor, First B;ptist Church. Conservative. Crater Lake ave. at Stevens St. Medford. Ore. O Editor's note: The Yearbook of American Churches lists 28 separate church groups using the name Baptist. Of these, two are Seventh-day Baptist churches. It was these to which the editorial referred. No derogation of other churches was intended, nor do we think a fair reading of the editorial would cause such inference. In a shaft directed straight at Adenauer, Erhard declar ed: "Europe without Britain is unthinkable." While parliamentary veto of the accord now seems un likely, the issue did reopen the ancient feud. Adenauer now is scheduled to step down from his job this fall in order to give his suc cessor time to prepare for the 1965 elections. That successor is expected to be Erhard, whom Adenau er never has thought Uie man for the job. In 1999 Adenauer risked splitting the dominant Chris tian Democratic party when lippmann Washington Pest with the removal of the long range missiles, there is no military threat to the United States, and (2) that with con stant aerial photography, it would not be possible to do again what was done during the intelligence gap in Spe- tember and October - to con struct secretly an offensive base. They are agreed further more (3) that the Cuban prob lem is not military but para military. Cuba is a convenient base for training and equip ping agents and infiltraters, saboteurs and guerillas to operate in Central and South America. This being the character of the Cuban problem today the American people have to make a fundamental deci sion. Shall we wipe out the subversive base by conquer ing it, expelling the Russians, arresting the Castroites and governing Cuba? The answer is that we shall not do this unless there is deliberate planned aggression from Cuba against American inter ests and rights. Why won't we do it? Because the invasion of Cuba would require sever al divisions of troops and would cost very heavy cas ualties and would, after a successful invasion and con quest, leave us with the odi ous task of policing Cuba and with the obligation to feed and restore Cuba for a period of perhaps 10 years at the least. NOT EVEN the war whoop ers in their most carefree and irresponsible moments want an invasion and occupa tion. What then is left? What is left is what we now have: the policy of containment. Once we adopt the policy of containment, we are faced with the controlling reality, which is that the United States alone cannot contain Castro tightly. How tightly he is contain ed depends not on us alone, but most of all on what the other American states are able and willing to do. We can help them with advice and technical devices, but the United States cannot guard all the harbors and airports and control the channels of communication, including em bassies from all parts of the world, through which subver sion operates. Each American country will have to deal with the small agressions. The United States, if it has Latin American cooperation, can control the seas and inter cept any large scale opera tion which might be launch ed from Cuba. The policy of containment cannot be emotionally satisfy ing. Only an invasion, and an invasion only in the first days before the casualty lists come in, would satisfy the emo tions of the war whoopers. But w hile the country will not feel happy about contain ment, it will surely feel un happy about the alternative. For a war would not be clean and surgical and quick. It would be long, dreary and in conclusive. . . and in conjunction r I ii li filtrate school boards, political parties and other posi tions ol influence in a community, eur guest speaker tonight is an expert on nf ilitrationl" his opposition to Erhard led him to renege on an earlier promise to step down and seek the largely honorary post of president of the republic. That the split was avoid ed was due to the fact that Erhard voluntarUy stepped aside. Now the two have publicly shaken hands, and a party spokesman has announced an end to the feud. Time will tell if the new friendship lasts. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris fe Field Enterprises. Inc. MALE AND FEMALE Speaking of the inconsis tencies and irregularities of the English language - as I was in soma recent col urns of "nouns of multitude" and different verb forms in the past tense - I ran across the word "usher ette" in a new book the aarrla other day. Why should the feminino of "usher" be ' "usherette" in- stead of "usheress?" I sup pose it follows the lead of "drum majorette," which also makes no sense. The feminine of "poet" is "poetess," and the feminine of "actor" is "actress" - but the feminine of "painter' is not "paintress," and the femi nine of "doctor" is not "doc tress." And why should the fem inine of "aviator" be "avia lrix," and the feminine of "executor" (as in a will) be "executrix"? Like wise a female Jew is referred to as a "Jewess," but a female Greek is not a "Greekess," and a female Turk is not a "Turkess." How is a foreigner to know that the feminine of "hero" is not "heroess" but "heroine?" Or that the fern i n i n e of "wizard" is "witch?" And while a bar on's wife is a "baroness," an earl's wife is not an "earless," but a "coun tess." And. in the animal world, while a few females are designated by the tradition al "ess" ending "lioness," "tigress," and so forth -most of them have seperate forms of no regularity or consistency. We have a bull and a cow, a dog fox and a vixen, a billy goat and a nanny goat, a buck hare and a doe hare, a pea cock and a peahen, boar pig and a sow pig, a cob swan and a pen swan, a tup lamb and a ewe lamb, a torn cat and a she cat, a male dog and a bitch, a stallion and a mare, a steer and a heifer, a stag and a hind, a ruff and a reeve (sandpipers), a milter and a spawner (fish in breeding time), a gander and a goose, a drake and a duck, and so on. For that matter, why should the feminine counter part of "male' be "female" instead of "maless"? The mer man takes a mermaid and the milkman takes a milkmaid, but the postmaster's equiva lent is the postmistress and the testator's opposite num ber (in law) is a testatrix. The confusions in such gen der words is pointed up by the story of the French visi tor being taken on a tour of a select English college for women. "Notice that lady in front of us," said the guide. "She is the mistress of Rids ley Hall." The Frenchman looked quizzically at the guide. "And who," he asked, "is Ridsley Hall?" with eur camoaian lo in
