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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
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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?"
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