The subject of men’s fashion was raised in our house last weck
just as my bride and I were about to leave for dinner with friends
at their home.

I’ve noticed that this subject tends to surface more often in the
spring just after Blue Eyes has splurged on something springish
in order to buoy up her spirits following a long and dreary
winter,

‘“You’re not going to wear that, are mT she asked. ‘‘You’re

_as bad as your son.”’

This was_a forehand smash reference to the days when we had
put our kids on minimal monthly clothing allowances. Our son
chose to spend his allowance on young ladics and clothed him-
self, for three years, from bits and picces plucked from his
school’ S lost-and-found box.

I felt-her comment a bit unfair, She sported a nifty red dress
that swished and swirled and looked rather sexy. But I have
never felt comfortable swishing and swirling and therefore
dressed more casually.

For the occasion, I slipped on a sporty, brown, skin-tight T-
shirt tucked tidily into a worn, but stylish pair of brown corduroy
trousers cinched tightly at the waist.

My belly bloused beautifully over the belt. The T-shirt was
open at the neck and the decolletage offset nicely by two ball-
point pens tucked into a pocket sewn over the left breast.

I wore no codpicce and had tied the zipper of my fly closed
with butcher twin to avoid embarrassing anyonc. A button, which -
only six or cight months before had collapsed from fatigue after -
years of holding a flap closed on a back pocket, rested com-
fortably in that same pocket. Other pockets held the necessities

Rodeos c are inhumane

‘ Editor:

As rodeo ‘season approaches, I

sincerely hope that potential spec-.
' talors and participants will con--:
_ Sider that what appears to be fun

and entertainment for them can

“mean torment to: the non- -human :

animals involved:

“she horses” and bulls used in
: ‘bucking competitions are not wild
. .“=<they ‘buck to try to-remove the
' bucking strap” tightly cinched °
_ around. their. sensitive abdominal
--vareas. Electric prods are also’ |
“often used in the chute to work:
~ the ‘animals into. a frenzy before
‘releasing them into the arena,

The roping of young calves is a

-pitifuls.cvent. A-calf ‘may. be

“moving as.quickly as 27 miles per

~- hour when the lasso tightens
around its:neck to halt it. The.
‘ cowboy/girl then flings it to the |

ground and tics its legs. Injuries

to. the calves can range . from

bruises and abrasions to: internal
hemorrhaging. The terror in their

eyes when faced with this sudden.

violence is unmistakable.
In steer busting events the steer
is lassocd around | the neck or

willingly

horns, - then tripped and flipped:

into the air. by the rope, swung
around as muchas :180 degrees,

and slammed to. the ground, often:
“on. its back. The objective:is to
knock. the steer into.a stunned and.
immobile state so that three of its.
feet can be quickly tied. oo
In’: studies.” by “the. Homan Os
: Society. of the United States it -

was found that as many as 11. to
12 per cent of: the stcers in this’

event are visibly injured,

In team steer roping. the objec=. :
tive is to rope the animal by. the:
-head.-or horns: and by the hind -

legs. The steer is thus stretched in

‘two directions, often resulting. in

torn ligaments. and injured mus-
cles...
These animals do not consent

human‘‘kind’’ -- they have no

choice. They are victims of in-.

humane treatment wrongly called
entertainment. .Surcly we. can

choose to watch and participate in

forms of sport that don't cause
suffering to other beings.

a ; Pat Bastone ;

Sidney

"Friends help

i ditor:

Just a short note to praise the
North Saanich fire department,
and neighbors and friends who
helped care for our neighbor
when. her house - caught: fire,
Thursday,
~-Tand my family are grateful for
the dedicated -service and ¢om-

mitment to caring shown and we
we thankful for the waterline and

hydrants that are now part of our

street. Thanks to all-of you who

have. shown your caring and

dedication - to community scr

vices,

Ly nne Bue kle
Nor th Saanich

to .do--.battle © with

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C.

for an evening out -- and an overnight camping trip.

The trousers fell.in a riot of decorous pleats and creases but
stopped about six inches from the tops of my shoes.

The shoes I chose have been family favorites for years. In their
day they were expensive little suckers and I still consider them —
invaluable, Blue Eyes says ‘‘invaluable’’ is just another way of
saying ‘‘worthless”’ but I think she i is jealous.

I do not need to kick off my ‘‘worthless’’ shoes half-way
through a evening in order to encourage the recirculation of
blood to my tootsics. Granted, the semi-separated soles do tend
to grin lopsidedly at passersby but I prefer to think of this as
friendly,

Under my shocs I wore a pair of blue socks each of which
fitted snugly at the toc, covered the foot adequatcly, if not com-
pletely, and finished less snugly around the ankles at precisely
the spot where my cords stopped.

Therefore, when I was standing 1 was a model of decorum;
when seated, I showed a litde ankle and calf. I believe showing a
slice of skin will soon be considered high style for men of dis-
tinction and I am pleascd to be on its leading edge.

Over the whole ensemble, I wore a Mr. Rogers’ cardigan, blue
in color to match my-socks, and with the sleeves rolled up two or
three turns to keep the cuffs off my palms.

The cardigan had been purchased for a longer man, or had
stretched in washing | can’t remember which, 20 or 30 years ago.
It’s amazing how long a sweater can last if properly cared for,
isn’cit?

I felt adequately attired but, in the interest of marital hanniony,
I changed into a stiff dress shirt, pressed pants and leather shoes
which tied my tocs in knots.

You guesscd it. Our host, a former Prairic politician now scmi-
retired and living the good life as a lawyer in private practice,
wore a plaid shirt, baggy pants and bedroom slippers.

While he lounged in an casy chair sipping wine and dropping
cigar ashes unconcerncdly down his front, I sat stiffly and
listencd to my blood slow to a crawl under the steady pressure of
compleic body strangulation.

It-won’t happen again. The next day | deposited all my un-
comfortable clothes in the lost-and-found box of a nearby school.

py | THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WAS:
/ Access for wh m?

by Hubert Beyer,
Special to The Review

Always cager to demand access to information for himself, one
member: of the Legislative Press Gallery has been busy lately,

> trying to deny the same unhindered access to onc of his col--
_ leagues,

Jim. Hume, veteran: journalist, Self-appoinicdl guardian of j jour: ;

-nalistic clitism and’ ‘columnist for Victoria’s. daily newspaper, has

“been trying to have downgraded from active to associate. mem-
” bership one Bob, Nixon, who. Publishes, Forest Planning Maga- mo
_ zine: —

Forest Planning i is an i excéllent bi- -monthly publication examini- an
“ng. ‘and Teporting, on every facet. of the: forest industry: Its.un-
oe compromising stance. on forestry i issues has carned it the scom. of

_some of the major players.in the industry. .

Associate: membership would mean” that Nixon will Jose his 7
~ claim to.a desk in the g gallery which could be dicey for him. Like
_ everyone “else here, Nixon depends: on the. casy™ “access LO
‘politicians, which workingout of the press gallery. -- located

‘Tight in the Parliament Buildings -- guarantecs him,

Hume's reasons for wanting to get rid of Nixon are: flimsy ; ate

best. He says press gallery members should report.on the entire
spectrum of provincial. politics, not just one aspect such as
forestry, in the.case of Nixon, Specialist journalists, says. Hume,
should not be cligible for active membership, Others subscribe. to
the view that the: morc. people look : over the: shoulders of
politicians, the better,
~~ Writing five columns a week may be a arduous, task, but hardly
one on which to establish a claim to clitism. The same goes for
the questionable privilege of working, for victors 8 daily. news-
paper.
At last count, there wasn't too much stipport for Hume, but he
vows $ to "keep fighting. "Well, whatever turns you crank, Jim,

(NEGATIVE NELLIES
A fund-raising ‘dinner in Victoria last week for the Social

Credit Party’s Vancouver Island region, produced. gross receipts |

of $52,500, Guest speaker at the $100-a-plate affair was Premier
Vander Zalm-who gave the party faithful, jammed like herring
into the Empress Hotel's ballroom, their money's worth,
Sounding like he was-on the election traily Vander Zalm fired
up the troops-with a glowing report of the governments uchieve-
nents and a tirade against the "most negative opposition in Cana-
da" and an equally negative press, The media, he said, were not
interested in reporting all the wonderful things (haitare happening
‘in British Columbia, “Ww s al good news, is. all positive stuff,”
the premier sind...
Inthe absenee of fair media coverage, the premier said, iL Was
up to. the members of the Soe ial Credit P arly lo spire ad the oud

NewS,

“WANNA ur r NE RE: ry HOW:
Environme nt Minister Bruce Strachan” quit smoking three

“months -ago ‘and says he feels great, despite the bulging waste

line, A sure-fire way to quit smoking, Strachan says, is to listen
wa Aape of Alex Fraser's last speech in the legislature.’

© Fraser, the irrepressible member from Cariboo, lost his laryax: :

to throat cancer and speaks through a mechanical voice hox,
. TAKING A LOOK

oThe pro- ya : ing lobby of the Stein Valley controversy ised
‘cided to likes a chance on rshowing reporters: aronnd the aren rin.

question, ©» ;
“The Industry Stein Task. Taree and the Share the siein ra om:

mittee are offering a community aind woodlands tour for inter: ~

ested members of the media," the invitation read,

. Having incurred the occasional wrath of the logging proponents .
by writing columns in favor of protecting the Stein from clears

_ cuts, Leould do no less than accept the invitation.

> Vd like it to be known, though, that FIL be paying my. own way.
You tiever know who might aceuse you of ponies ot interest: :
“Stay tuned for a repon from. the Stein,

HOOK SEL L ING Wh I. 1,

Cyril Shelford’s hook, From Snowshoes to Politivs, is selling

well, the ex-cabinet minister reports, ‘That should please even the
most dis hard MDP cupporters hecanee Shelford war ene ofthe

~—hest-liked and most-decent politi¢ians to ever sit-in the legisla.

“jure Some political observers have Bone as far as calling, him the
only decent politici ane

Shelfout hay just completed a onan inquiry inte Ute ane

—ctroversy Surrounding dissident dairy producers, He concluded

“that the producers in questinn were treated tnirly: by the: Rovers
ment, . "

Shelford said dissident producers + those: nat “nithverings: tothe

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