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A Woman's Frank Opinion 0f Women "Toda's careerwme are be- coming the equal of m-en,"ý writes career wýomnan Eve Merriami authcr ("'Figleaf: The Busine-ssof Being in Fashion") and onie-time Glamour 1-iiagazine capy editar, in the current issue of The Na- tion-settîng up, with this placid banality, lier article's 471h con- sCceutive knif e thrust. "It is," she adds, "one of the ,reatest nega- tive achievýements oi ail time. They cari now b2 almnost as rilth- less, almost as selfish, almosýt as iinputblic-spiritedl," An attractive, 45-year-old New Yorker, Miss Merriami wrote lier piece on "The Ogress in the Office" from persanai experi- ence in the fashion and advertis;- ing industries, bithi jungles of pcarly tooth and iacquer:ed claw. She ake, it clear that the ca- reer wvomen she is talkît'ig about are flot secretaries, swîtchboard girls, or just any femnales work- ing outside the home, but womeniLi "in the professions, arts, and sciencesý, and atqusrepsbe levels aoof rmnbuies and idsr. And ali the basic chargaes against these driving, comrpeting femnales, says MiËss Merriamn, are tru.e. They (1) negleet their hus- bands and families, preferring "dry artiýnis ., ,. ta wet imoý.ps," <2) insist on being treated a3 equa,ýL5 by, men, yet use theIr teminire curves and prerogatives- to get, a leg Up on the lfadder, (3I) are secretly frigid and mian-hat- ing (ýMiss Merriaml's title for the article: "Fhe Abominable Snowr Woman"'), Even the Holljjywoad proý-totype, common-ly played by such as Eve Ardeni, Bette Davi-s, or Rosalind Russe!!, has a ring c0f trd1th, the author suggests - the woman lifving 1h a "cold- hearted penthouse with -wire mro- billes and abstrac't paintingcs and (despisiig') lier wa-m -lhearted h'usbandi." For every decent ca- reer womnan, she concludes, 'there seemn to spring u-p at least two dragon-toothed ones." Yet having cat-clawed Iler sex, Miss Merriami promiptiy springs ta its defenise. If career w-omen are coid and cunning, "what of their male counterparts wlio Tnust step on the body below -ii order to reacli the higher ruing?» she asks. "The mani who mnakes It ta the tcop," she charges much-, too categorically, "is flot friend- lY, loval littie Micke-y Mouse; he is Brothier Rat." If career wa- men use thieir sex'as a weapon, what about mnen "using the steamn roomi, aid university tie, or golf course ta pramnote ani inside track?" Modern Etiquette By-Amie Ashldey Q. hent are the bread and roils served at a dinner? A. As soon as the soup is served, the rails or bread are passed. MoýIst popular container nowadays is a shaljy9w wicker basket that lias a f rinüged napkin laid in it, and severai sorts of bread dispflayed. Q. When a man is wvalking along the street w-ith two womnen, daes he wl between them? A. Not usuaily. 1lie should waik on thie Curl side, ta avoid turning his back 0on one offithe wvomen wietaiking ththe 0ther. Q. ýis it ever proper to tip any of the oefa'elu an arpiane?ý A. No, FURRY TALE -Long vest is designed for chilly fait dçiys, If is done in orlon fabric at o London, England, preview. TAKES CENTER STAGE- Flanked by the Presidents of Iwo North American neighbors, Adolfo Lcpez Mateos, left, of Mexico and John F. Kennedy of the U.S., Jacqueline Keinnedy takes the center stage away f rom them in Mexico City. ginNG64IDcFARM eol4r.eP. Ct&»ka Na history caiumn tIls week again. For one reasan I leit MY notes behind, another reasan if took mne nearly a week ta get aven f ive days away tram7. home in the leat. You see I got a dose afilaryngifis and a neck 50 sifi 1 couldn't turn if at ail. Just fine for driving a car! But 1 have- m.yseif fa blamne. The hatel romr we had wvas a corner roomr and very liot. The manageress sent in an electric fan and the last niglit we wete there I slepf with if go- pig ail -niglit just belhind imy head. Sa I was asking for trouble, wasn't I? But wlicn I get tohot V'il do anything fa cool off, fia maffer how f oolisl. Wcii, I stili' have plenfy Çof thiags I can fellyou abou)t aur trip. For onie fhing you miglit like fa know 'flic 'places wc pass-, ed flirou-gli .and imany wherc we stoppcd biefly. We wcnt by ftic 401 and w iifgefs you flicre in double-quick timne if isn'f the best way ta sec flic country. Çanyý-iing back ,ve fook fthe aid roads sa I -,as able fa make flic acquaintance oai many iaveiy aid fowns and villages, formenly juIst namres on flic map ta mie. We stopped at Kempfvillc, a deligliht- fi aid-f ashionced littie town. Fnom thecre fa Mcrrîckvilie and tien on ta Smih Falls, al] in siglit aiflie Rideau MRiver, Af Si'aFails we visited flic luge Hospital Sehool for flic Retardedl. My friends knew anc ai the girls tîcre andi we calicc ta tak le ouf for a picniic lunch. W a soi-e aiflic' boys andi girls ouft far a -walk anid at firsf giance mnany oi thcm laokcd so normal anc wvondercd wiy tliey wcre there af ail, e5xcepft 'hat fiey sem fa i ack ca-ordination and. liad ani awkward gifý'. Thus flie ,;Crocodile" une-iC was very sfrag- gln wticlîdren ai al ages and sizes. Thec g,,irl we to ouf badi- been totaily bind sinice binfli. lier mnain passion was ciassical nmusie. Wirvrshe ,vecnf l ier fabisornaiawnt wif h lien. About fliree o'clock we ere feking lier back, and rail into a terr.ifie nain and thuinder- stormi. We, waif[ed autside flic school for 'fhinfy minuites before flic nain I14 up enougli for lus fat leave the cen. Duning fliat lime four girls about 12 - 141 ycars ai, age wcrec dlasing up and down ticse ealsin flic pauring raiiI. Tliey seemed fa bc havinig a grand imne and I don'f. suppose if would hurt thera jusf 80 long as f hcyýgot int a dry clothes ait- enwards - but I landly thïink normnal yaung.ters wouid have considered îIt muchIfun.ý Once we were an aur way again wetoppedJ af "The Cabin Restaurant" for calice. This wma afie junection i 7 and '37 an~d_ it boasts one big attraction *. live bears! An.(aid lady of 29 was in a cage by herseif and two younger, sprýightly bears in a cage together. Believe me, thiey were well-ied by the public: and were ready for anyth:ing -sanid- wiches, cake, cookies, chips and ic-ra.One tîme 1 saw themn chasing back and forth along the front oi their cage, quite ob- viousiy excited. 1 looked for the reason and there, coming towards tbecm, was a m-an witli two bat- tics of pop. The bears stoad uP on their hind 'legs and gulped thie pop strailglit ram the bottie just ajs neat as yau please. What amazed mre was, the fact that' they 1knew whiat ftic man vwas car rying, We continued aur way ibrougli Madloc, Marmaora and U1-ay-elock but we by-passed Peterobrought and went on ta Lindsay and Omiemee and fram tihere ta Sund- erland, GrLenbank, lTxbridge and finaily Newmnarket. I 'know there are readers of this calumn ini miany of flie districts we passed thirouýLgh. I wish I could have met a few of yau. Naturally we .saw m iany beautiful inland lakes, ail laoking very peaceful and attractive - water and trees ap- peal ta mne at any time. By the tume we got to \e' ,n&warket peace- fui scenery wvas a tlhîng of the past. The traffie a a sure in- dication we had reaclied central Ontaýrlio. Almest as soon as we reached Newý,market I phoÈed Bob ta ask if lie could came and take me home. He did, but aiter driv-ing witli bumper ta buirper trai fie along flie four-lane higli- ways lie decided ta take alil tha back roads coming home through Kleinberg, Bûoo, al ton, Derry West ai-d f inallyý Erin- dale. 1 didn'f know wh-ere I was haî,f thietimie but Bob ý)seemýis ta have Fa sen-se ai direc-tion like 9a boiîng pigleon). One fnnyting i nmut feu yo.As wý,e apDproaichcd INew- maýrket Lillia)n starfed linting fo-r ber bhouse kepy. She cauflCdn't findci t. What she did find wýas" the key oai our hotel roomn at, Prescott! 0f course ieýrhsbd liac bis own key alnd opened up the biouse. Then lie caiied from thie kitcheni - "Camne here, j, want taow yausmein" We wcnt an-d thcre was Liliian's krey stili on the OUTSXDE of the back door, and liad beenIthere for fouir days. Wouid-be burgiars missed an easy toucI, that timie. 'Bye for naw. The rest ai the family lias gone ta Orillia and 1 amn almast on mny way oufta meet Kiemi Hlamb>ourg, iffy neýpl- ew who lias just refurncd frami EnigIand. See you, next wcek. ISSUE 29 -16 SIept !very Winter While Wife W(%rked Few people reaiize t b a t we ecpend about a third ai aur lives in bcd. Nor ïs il genenaliy known fliat thene are som-e people so fon-d ai bcd that in w,ýinter they becomie humnan gnounclh ogs for seveýral mainthis - neyer gomng out, aithouigl they are peifctiy fit. A nman ini Wisconsin spent fwenty-seven wiînters iln bed, cmeorging hale and liearty cadih spning ta re-apen lis country favenn. Wbien lie died - in bcd- if caý,me ta lighf that is wife carried ancicheiousehioid dliores and othený duties whiele liber- nated, and fliaf lie lad neyer çaught a c-old. bi-s neiglibours caled this man "The Grouindhog." Bu1t during lis prologned stay in bed, lis fafhful wiie made sure thaf lie haýd anc good meal a A doctan revealed recenify tilat bi's patients includda aid couple who ",wenfta bd n Novemnber and got up in Apil." Thein dauglifen called af their fiat ta feed f lera. When a Beigýrade builden de- cided ta hibernate in 1937 lie barred and sliuttered lis wood- en hut and4 leit this notice ouf- side: "Please don't knack, as I'm in the -(-idst ai dee'p dreams. "I dan't intend ta wake untîl flic spring lbegins. I shail sleep like a bear until then." The buiider's ala2rm-ed neig- baurs did knock. There was no reply sa tlicy forced the door. They shoak him, but lic drow- sily declincd ta get up - sa tliey finally liadta rause hlm with coki wafer. Later lie explained wiy lie liad "hibc-riated." Hec lad ýcen bnable ta, get same money tiat- was owing to hlmf, so lie de- cided ta sieep until the briglit days af spring when lie thouglit ihLs creifors w,,ould be- mare likely ta pay Up. Same years aga a Soufth AFi- tan .salaciton hibernated during a proiongc4 "legal slump." Finding fIat no clients were eomning fa him~ as ,winter ap- .praached, he bouglt six pairs of pyjamas, laid la a stock ai bokls and1 settled down ta read and sie ep until better times came. lie ware bis pyjamas for three mlonfis -- and only gaf up fao re-make lis bcd, caf, or sec if tlire were any letters. Too Many Swcmns For Britishfurmers Britaîn's 19,P00 swan popula.- flan in multipiying sa f ast that farmens anc worried because Mf th(- great damiage these lovely birds arc doing on their farras. Ilung,,iny swansý in southecrn England fiy lani r o mnearby rivers eveny day and caf and tcramrple on yaung grass reserv- e d for tIe farmers' dairy cows. Thrce swanis can caf or iay aseas mqch grass as 'a Cow. In anc day' a swan lias been knowa fa caf ifs oawn weight in grass. Early flua spring tif ty swans wverc fiying ia daily and fced- ingl, on a Wiltshire farmer's fresi pastures. lie calculaf cd that lie liad ta spend af least $600 in providing alternative faodstuffs for lis dairy herds. One farmyer faou n d rece'rlly fIat therecre swans' nests evcry 100 yards aiong flic banks ai a river adjýcent fa lis land, Hie tried vainly ta scare tie birds tram lis grass by firing a gun over their hca-ds. Under flic Protection ai Birds Acf, 1954, it is illegai ta kili s'wans or dlesfray their neats and cggs. Elsewhlere in southeýra E n.g- iand, anc, or fwo farmers took EVER SEE A MP-0NBqCW?-For the uniniiaitcd, a moonbaw is a nighttime phcnamenn similar to the rainbow, by day, It is claimed thoit onlv fw,,ýo of the wo)rld's volterfolis boast maonbows - Victoria Poalls in Sout' Africa and Cum-bcrla]nd' FaHls. pictured abave, in Kentuckv's C(umberland Folls Staf'C' Park, southcast of Mammfh Caive Nationail Park The shirm- merir-g trnoonbDow be '-mes visible en mooncon play oil Spray Fis:irg firm fh-e lacy fouls busy. Rabbit meat adds vani- ety ta the US, food market. And U.S. researcli institutes aýre biddinig licavily for live ralibits for their ,einical investigations. Australien animal-loyers say that Amenicans should use cither theiraw native stocks or their own -native peýopie as test-p*iecýs for- meci lexpertiments. Long Lost Rivers Undernieath London At an un-usual joînt,.convoca- flan ai York1 and Canterbury in the Cliurclih use, Westmins'ter, the cleries werc puzzied as to whase jurisdliction fhey wevîre mieetïing unden. Was Chunchi bouse under flic Dean and ChaIp- fer ai Westminster or unden the Bishop ai London? It al depend- cd on, a Iong,-fangottcn, medievaI strcami, probabiy fthe Tybura Brook or a tributary, wh'icli mnarked flic boundary ai West- minster. Only a consultation ai old ips could decide the issue. The publication o aic heLast Rivur3 ai London" by Nicholas Barton shlowsthis ta be na isolated instance. Weil illustrat- ed with map-3, plates and dnaw- ings, it pýroves liow nmuch lici past history and the present de- veiopnt ai o London have been dictateri by the course afils itsn- ers. Def ails ai the original and .prescrnt course aiflice streamns expiain mucli of Landon's ta- pography. For example, the winding course af MarylIebone Lane was aiginaiiy the lefit bank ai the Tyburn E Br;flie dip in Oxford Street is whc-re .lhe stncam crassed it. Aniothcr explanation c-lears up the mys- tery ai the huge iran pipe cross- ing- the tracks in Siaane Square subway station -- it carnies the Westbaurne on i-fs way tram flie Serpentine fo the River Thames at Chelsea Bridge. A 12th-century Landanier des- cribcd lis city as "deliglitful lîm- deed" with streams "'mid glis- tening pebliles glîding playful- ,Y," Mr. Bartani's painsfaking sstudy Dhows these rivers stili silcurtly flawing alang beneath the feet ai. Landoners thoughi for the most part delflectcd inito pipes. The rîvers make their presenice feit occasionally wlien for the most part defiected inta the walI ai a buse 'resists al efforts ta dry if out, Or CrYstal water gushes up inta the day- liglit. The names of the rivers live an in thbe namies ai roads and barouglis, graves, and ter- races, stations, schools, compan- les - and even a fishi bar. Best known ai the rivera, per- haps', are the Walbrook and the Ficet wihf lows beneath the City ai London and the West End, but southcai the Thames the b(ýverley Brook, Wandle, Falcon, and Effra are among othens whicli, except for an c- casional sally abave ground, flow be-neath streets oiten bearing thein names. Th~e source aiflice Ficet River on the b-ampstead lieights en- gagcd the attention ai one af London's distinguished lit enary figsures. The transactions oiflihe Pickwick Club for May 12, 1827, recorded "that this Association lias heardi read, . . te -pper commrunicated by Sa.muelc Pick- wick, Esq., G.C,, M.P.C., entitied 'Speculations on the Source of the Harnpsteadl Pondis, with so)me observations ai the PTheory of Tittiebats."' Mr. Barta'n's book quotes fas- cinatig passages on old London from early chronicles. Io these days of heavy raa'ring traffic it is- pleasing1 to read of north London as hiaving "ilsfor past-ure. . . interspersed \withj flowing streamns, on ,viih stand milis whose clack is very pDleas- ingý to the ear," It is no longer psibeto hear clacking ils. The influ- ence of the underground rivers, hoýwever, is feit by ail who usqe London roads and raiiýways pay taxes ta one bruhrather than anather, or simrply walk or bi- cycle aiong its streets. Thýe booýk has a gocd street mnap af Londo)n with thie rivers fsUperimrposed. How The X-Ray Was Dis,overed Mere nance led 'Professor tontgcen to the discovery af the X-ray. A large tube, through wiha current ai eiectricity wý%as passed,wa suspended over a table, and in a drawer beneath *there was a pasteboard box con- taining aone dozen unexposed Photographic plates. Soi-e Ikels happened to be on the table, just above the drawer. When an attemnpt was afterwardz made to use the pae for photo- graphie purposes t'heýY were found to bu "fogged"' but on cdi anc of thern mwas a fir clear, imprint' of the kcys. Tihus it becanie apparent that rays of sonie kind *had pcnetrated through the wooden table-top, and had been so far intcrrupted by the ke ys as ta mnake a shad- ow-picture of the latter on aR photographie plate. During further experiments a. dead frog was put in place of the keys, with a fresh photographie plate in the drawer beneath. The resuit was a revelation, for the shadow-picture made was not of the f rog, but ofilis skelcton, li you want to kili any idea in the world todlay, get a coin- mlttee ,,orking on it. C. F. Kel- teriflg. If fifty million people Say a iDolisti thing, it is stili a faolish thi. A1natoIe France. Lýý