European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Whak wms a in .-.-. Weekend the Magazine of the stars and stripes May 15,. 1948a Odate editors Sterling lord John Sharnik Oliver Gregg Howard 1 it i v Vart director Vincent Sandoval production chief Steven r. J. Lakos of i / assistant editors " " -. " fit Baniel. Farson Ralph a. Harwood John h. Bowers Dorothy n. S. Russell Grace Schmidt be. A thur m. Brandel Alwyn George \ a me photographer Hans Hubman Michael Vaccaro ,.,.- it. Contributing editor " ? be Russell Jones. Dorothy Gles. Arthur Noyes. Julia Edwards. Joseph Fleming. Werner prym. Ternie eed. France Eugene Levin. Italy Betty Luros. New York William Stuyvesant --1" 1 lieutenant colonel William m. Summer editor in we. / it1cles German land of milk and Honey by win fanning and g. G. Oliver. 5-. Isle. Of Capri. A by Grace Schmidt ii bavarian boar want. 8. Stories � a-.", v -. Major archer77. .-.ir.r."2 vehicle Park. a. 6 Parisienne learn English. A 15 ice Cream styles. V-.,-. A. T it crossword crossword Puzzle 23 sad Sac to "./. George Baker s cartoon 23 letters to the editor .3 " Over the weekend i column by the editors 31 those United states California goes dry by Edwin e. Dowell books., i. I. Notes and reviews How indigenous can by get. By Morton Gudebrod movie review the sign of the ram a. A zone release movie guide. .y-,.-"-films now showing Over the weekend 19 19 20 21 first american woman correspondent to after the. Communist coup two " if months ago was weekend s race Schmidt. Her reports on czech reaction to the new government appeared both an these pages and m the stars and stripes then she took off on a Holiday. Weekends 6? liter we received a Bright and taunting postcards of am her. Showing the Farag Lioni and we knew she. Was / n Capri. A peremptory cablegram did the rest we said it was a Fine thing for her to be gathering ,. R. Capri Grotto explorer sociologist on he golf6 Dnapoli even at her own expense suffered the bronchial atmosphere " lower Hesse. We said we hoped every Blister her shoulders reminded her of other weekenders slaving Over other typewriters. And finally we said Ift Ough of this Grace get Back to work. Somehow Tor other we bullied her into it and she came backs of Italy with the which begins on Page 11. Now it appears that that was a in the office who has read the Schmidt report has not Teji the Boss that either he gets to end his vacation on or he quits. From the int office has. Come a cryptic reply if anyone lean locate a four Cylinder rotogravure press among a Grottoes we will All get the hell omit of Here. Printing presses it seems Are the one thing hot p i Dantron Caprul sry so often Lothar our faithful copy boy isto work itemizing fahd classifying the letters at come into the office from our readers. Their Gories Arfe rather vague and Lothar sometimes fiust consult with us on borderline cases. While Ina huddle with hint the other Day it occurred to a to have him tabulate the letters which we have received Over the past year. The resulting percent age figures Lothar came up with surprised us Somer ,. What but Well pass them on anyway in the event. -. Anyone cares to make anything of them. Here s the Way they line up fulsome Praise 38.65 per cent of which about a Quarter were asking for jobs and another third had us confused with some other Magazine mildpraise27.35 per cent v fully three quarters of threse. Went on to ask foursome additional information on one subject or an other specific complaints and corrections18.75-per cent this is the Type of letter we like to receive and publish mildly abusive12.75" per Centre like to receive these letters too they prevent the -. Hired hands from getting the idea they Are doing Good enough Job to warrant a raise in the final Section abuse in language that would make you Blush there seems to be a Little con fusion since Lotha r figures it at 3.65 per cent , in our dogmatic fashion keep insisting it should / " be 25 per cent Basing our argument on. An idea we once picked up somewhere that there is. Only 100 per cent in any Given whole. To this writing the matter has not been settled. Leafing through the folders we were especially. Struck by one thing the tone of apology with which so Many readers began their letters. Without letting Lothar get involved in the calculations we tabulated the and with the Aid of an Abacus Given us for easter by an Ait forces press agent found that the apologetic note began some 73 per cent of our readers communications. This baffles ,. Us coming As we do from a Section of the unite states where horse whipping or tarring and Feather. Ing an editor is considered a Misdemeanour at most and where an editor in order to get an apology from anyone needs a rather thorough grounding in the principles of catch As catch can and judo. An acquaintance of x Urs to whom we confided our brooding propounded a theory. In this Day Bandage of High Speed news transmission columnists picture agencies and. The like the Public he says has come to regard editors As rather unimportant adjuncts to any publication Only slightly More important than the Man who sweeps the composing. Room floor and therefore More to be pitied an tolerated than condemned. Whatever the reason for the phenomenon May be we have this to say to our correspondents for heaven s Sake Don t apologize weekend s cover shows actress France Degand punning herself on the right Bank of the Seine. While she studies a movie script. Cover photograph and pictures for Parisienne learn English Page 15 Are by Joe to die women continued it is just As Well that Mary Geye chose to remain Anonymous when she wrote a Marshall plan for the ladies april 10 otherwise she might have been told a few Home truths about american that everything the. Lady is True about american men Rand most of us will agree it is what she seems to Overlook is that the men Are what the women made them. Of course they prefer to play two rounds of Golf or undergo a couple of brisk hours of handball at. The club rather than stand around waiting at Tendance on my lady has the Amer ican woman Ever stopped to think Chow entirely exhausting she is it is not Only that she expects Toi receive so much attention from the men " she is with but she evidently think that Courtesy is a special Brand of treat ment which was devised by god solely As a one Way proposition. American women boast a great Deal that the have achieved Equality but there is " no Equality except in comradeship and what american woman gives As much As she expects to take. Why for instance does the american woman to Man s Cigar ets if she never offers hers return Why does she expect the Manto carry four parcels while she goes empty handed instead of. Offering to share the Burden with him Why if she must expect him to. Treat her. Liken invalid holding her coat rising at her Entrance opening doors Why if she expects this does t she at least mini. Rhine the slavery by. Accepting and graciously too Many american women Wilsall 5w a Man to stand for. Several minutes with her coat while. Shen wishes a Chat w Ith the girl next to her or p ats her hair instead of taking i from him immediately. Too Many Amer ican women come into � room and unconscious or uncaring that the men have risen and Are waiting for her to sit Down will continue to stand an talk for several minutes one Ori their toes. -. A -. And Why because she expects a Man to Light her cig Aret does an Amer Icar woman consider she is exempted from the common Courtesy of thanking him. Why when she joins., a group of men in conversation does she expect All the1 talk to Stop baseball or shop or what Ever it was and immediately vibrate around her i,.was taught As a child that if you name into a room after the conversation had started and you had to reasonable contribution to make to i to you listened until it ended instead of looking bored fidgeting and Assum ing. The privilege of a spoiled child to Lay your Arm on the Man s Arm and ? say what s so interesting about base Ball or " speaking of baseball,.did you hear about my new hat As so Many american women do. \ r to. Yes european men think of women As human beings not As a race s because european women behave like human Heirigs and not like a race. Apart. They like Courtesy but they Don t expect it All the time. And they know. That if a Man is sick or worried or tired there is no reason to ignore this Oft the basis. That they Are there to protect women and not the other Way. Around. European women get As much fun out of making a fuss of their men a american women try to get by being fussed themselves a european woman knows How to handle her Man because she. Expects him to feel about the a majority of things much As she does herself and she is scarcely Ever con ,. Scions that there is any difference intellectual or emotional approach. Just because of the difference in Sexe Thev american Man s Only resort if he wants a Little peace and Comfort is to talk it Over with the Fellows. The european Man s Only resort in trouble is. To talk it Ove with. His. Wife. After All you go where you re understood. Nina Sheridan Wiesbaden " i a i re
