European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                E. Jean Carroll and her Elle Zacious answer by Joan Kelly Bernard new Day i he readers of e. Jean Carroll ought to meet her. In person the High spirited advice columnist for Euc Magazine takes the woman Sart of easy rapport to a new dimension witness her first meeting with an interviewer in the lobby of the Algonquin hotel in new York City. Quot you have great hair a she exclaimed with charming conviction. A is it natural. Who does it ,. What does it look like in Daylight Quot now this is a woman you can sit Down and talk to. This former Hoosier Beauty Queen is every woman a dream big sister a ready with tart observations and Sage advice. Of so even she Calls herself a Bossy miss Bossy a but what better trait for someone willing to take on the problems of people of whom she asks a to what depth have they sunk to write to a stranger at a fashion Magazine a Quot its something about my red corpuscles a says Carroll whom fans will also recognize As the author of Hunter the strange and Savage life of Hunter s. Thompson plume. Quot in a very Strong in my life. Not to say in a not riddled with flaws of every kind but i can take on All these  her column a Aske. Jean a debuted in september in the first revamped Issue of Eile since Amy Gross took Over As editorial director a year ago. Gross discovered Carroll the e stands for Elizabeth through her regular articles in Esquire. A i do the boys and the girls a says Carroll whose writing a career began in 1979 with the rare Purchase by Esquire of an unsolicited humorous quiz on Hemingway and Fitzgerald Gross was struck by Carrolls Quot Way of responding to whoever her subject was. It was unprogrammed warmhearted  and she was a a wild woman beyond the inhibitions of Normal constraints a says Gross. A i wanted to hear wild women. I did no to want to hear polite Middle of the Road  ask a Jean has been called Quot subversive a a a shoot a a Cheeky  one male Reader recently accused Carroll of Quot relentless male  asked about that Carroll owns up to it. A nobody loves a Man better than me a she says but adds a sometimes men need to be bashed. More than bashed. But sometimes women need to be bashed. We All need to be  still despite her often irreverent style when it comes to serious issues a depression being his a positive sexual harassment a she is sensitive and. Sensible. A a. A a a. A hike her on serious topics Quot says Joyce Gottlieb a social worker in new York City who runs the West Side mood disorders support group and agreed to review a Sample of columns. A a she a very Good really on  having met hundreds of women through the mail Carroll 50, has Strong general words of counsel for a them the Short version of which might be lighten up and Fly right. Or left. Or sideways. Whichever Way you want. Only Fly. What she hears too often in women readers she says is a fear of life a fear of adventure a fear of Quot breaking the  a a we re screwing up our daughters education a she says. A Young women today done to know what they can do so they write to me to see what they should  a a a a a a women Are being bred for love and Security she says and these Are such natural instincts you Don t need to instill them. What Young women need to learn is that they Are free to follow More than one dream. And if she has one formula for answering letters it is a do it just do it no matter what the question is Many times that Sall they want to hear. Playboy Carroll a Young women today done to know what they can do so they write to me to see what they should  her letters and faxes a she gets at least three dozen a month can cover anything from a woman incensed Over a haircut to graphic sexual quandaries to a Mother dismayed to learn that her Ivy league daughter was stripping to pay tuition. But usually Carroll says they fall into three areas general malaise or confusion about what to do in life career questions and sex. Of there a a fourth category she says. Women who have lost their Man. Quot you want to shake Mem a she says. A life is not about Guys in be taken it upon myself to explain this. I done to know what the hell it is about but its not about Guys a so done to look to e. Jean for easy answers about finding or. Right. Although she docs offer great if unconventional advice in meeting men a buy a Das sic car and drive it a she is not High on marriage. A marriage is a prison a she says a the Only reason to get married is  Call it a Blind spot but its not As if she Hasni to been there. She has been married twice in each Case to men she still counts As friends first for 14 years to a Fly fishing Forest firefighter in Montana and More recently for four years to a to newscaster. A we were ecstatic passionate a she says. Quot we just fought too  there a no doubt she could have her pick of men. Carroll has been winning Beauty contests since she was dubbed a miss Camp Ella j. Logan Quot As a girl scout. She was miss Indiana University in 1963 and miss cheerleader . In 1964 und Many other to ties in Between. But not for her marriage right out of College like so Many women of her generation. A no Man a she says. A i had better things to do i wanted to have adventures. I wanted to see wild animals i wanted to Date wild  a �.,. She travelled abroad dated a pc quals and Barons and had a a Jolly Good  but not before shed spent a year going door to door doing Market re search for Procter amp Gamble talking to housewives about Quot Botex tide deodorant head and shoulders spic amp Span Ivory soap. We had great conversations a she says. A a in a get into the female psyche. I Learned to interview. Their whole lives would Start spilling  and for her they expressed a the Ler ror the morose ass of female lives locked inside these houses with Small children bored out of their minds. Closed off. I saw that for a year and thought i had to go  that is in essence the advice she would give to any woman now. It upsets her that so Many of her read ers seem to Lac Energy vigor perseverance. Women must prepare themselves to persevere. A a we need to learn to go Forward through a blizzard of rejections Quot she says. A a. A a a a a Quot she advises women a to become More athletic and Strong to jump to run to swim to become physically Strong. To become mentally vibrant by Reading the great classics not watching to not Reading the National  29. 1934 a. Sunday Page