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...American male, says Cohn, really dislikes women because 1) he was dominated by them in childhood and early youth, 2) "he vaguely suspects that they regard men as suckers," 3 ) he resents their stepping off their pedestals and competing with him in the vulgar world of offices and cocktail bars. Emotionally adolescent, eager to be mothered by his wife, the husband's place in the family is often that of an elder son. This status is encouraged by the women's press. "When a man weeps at the movies," drools the Ladies' Home Journal, "it means...
...season is up to average, lightning will kill some 400 people by October,* burn up about twelve million dollars worth of farm buildings, cause half the oil-tank fires, set forests ablaze across the country, scare millions of picnickers and bathers, and add new legends to already existent vulgar errors...
Nothing infuriates Mr. Nadi more than that vulgar error. He has written a furious book (On Fencing - Putnam; $3) to set Americans straight about his sport, which he prefers to call an art. A model of fencing instruction, the book is also an entertaining swordsman's-eye-view of mankind. "The fencing strip," observes Mr. Nadi sternly, "is the mirror of the soul...
...Ills. . . . Fencing, says Nadi, should be "a cardinal part" of everybody's education. He considers boxing, by contrast, a vulgar, stupid sport. He prescribes fencing for developing character, nervous stamina and intelligence, for reducing, for learning to walk properly, for "strengthening and toning the breast muscles" (quips Nadi: "Show me the girl not interested in these details...
Said petite Chinese Fan-Dancer Noel Toy ruefully: "When I am dancing, the fans fly apart. I cannot help that." Said Miss Hart: "I have never done a bump or a grind in my life." Said Miss Toy: "Neither have I. It's vulgar." Added Miss Hart: "I slink...