Show op 00 r 1 I AN EDITORIAL BY 1 11 I FLORENCE DAVIES I VORUS T TILT THAT STING Did ou ever bee Bear a man n called waspish T Yes Yen on once co In a 0 blue blu moon one sees sacs or hears bears the phrase Waspish humour attributed to II a soil red specimen ot of that sex su nut But sad to say tIme the usual I terence to out slim allm orange and anil black buzz buzz- buzz about about with the needle like weapon Is i strictly feminine Now comes the natural hIstory professor with Ith his store of ot In i ilore lore and bulletin th the fact Male Halo TB Malevia I 1 sapa aPs do not sting Just another case ease of at the female ot of the species you say w ii Ith a I laugh and let It go at that But maybe maybo we wa women need to look that little shred of ot tact fact sternly In tho tho face toce I t When a man hits he usually I bludgeons doesn the t t he Of ot course I there are aro exceptions In literature and In dally daily life We all know polished rapiers s that wound lound deep deep- deeply deeply deeply ly In the hands of at brilliant and uns men But a a fist blow Is more usual urual and one re recovers ro- ro covers snore more quickly however ho much It hurts It Is 18 the teasing nagging sharp sharp- sharp tongued woman wom n who ho best deserves comparison with the wasp Shela She Is 19 no longer longar wasp alsted aisted to the tha hygienic education ot of the day but her primo prime weapon I Is as all a razor edged and biting all as when hen she he could boast of ot pinning eighteen Inches of ot ribbon about her waist The sting sling of ot her words dropped In a 8 back fence enoe chat or a boudoIr or in a minute five conver conver- conversation In the street stroet car or the de department de- de department store I Is ta as a maddening as the effect of ot the drop of at poison Mrs Wasp tucks under ones one's skIn One avoids her har on sight eight as s ono one does her buzzing prototype pc And the wasp up stings In de tense fence remember Leave Lease Lea e her alone and ou au are unmolested It ft takes the tho woman with aith th tho the bit of poison at the tip of ot her tongue to strike when hen and tind II nd where here she chooses wounding Innocent or guilty atwill nt at atIt It len Isn t I a nice trait and nd It isn't a pretty comparison Some om of ot the he 5 halts Inherited from Irons lowly anti ott 1 tar off creatures through millIons ot of vears ot of development ment are arc vastly ast- ast ii to our aid In the process of ot hr 1 log ing The home of at the bIrd the thrift of ot the magpie the I curiosity of ot tho the monkey are but buta bua II a few tev- natural Instincts that are working out to civilizations civilization's good I But the sting sUng of ot tho the wasp asp unless on one needs I a 0 weapon of C defenso and has no other othor has haa surely outgrown n its place In the thi scheme of things |