HELP WANTED--FEMALE When queried by local N. 0. W. about the lock of women reporters at \fNUE, Alec Gifford replied: "I'm I ike the bache- lor you've heard about so often. I haven't got anything against women. I'm just waiting for the right one to come along. For your information we have a woman reporter on our staff as o trainee. If she shows promise and the right opening comes at the right time, she'll have a job. If Woman, thou art not, she won't." the cool earth OTHER ALTERNATIVES upon which I rest my cheek, "Dependable girl, good typist and fevered still by general clerical ability. Permanent the slap of position and excellent opportunity for humanity. In advancement. " the warmth of thy acceptance "Experienced wool and silk presser. am I nurtured and Also part time counter girl." in the energy of thy love do l "Cocktail waitresses age 18 to 21; also become a port settled woman for hotel maid work ot of all things. night." Woman, I weep for thee that "Part time secretary-assistant for new others could not office. Must be 18-28 years old, neat, have known thee. attractive, intellectual, cheerful, That thy days were obedient, and trustworthy!" not forever bathed in golden light, "Masseuse--you"ng and attractive, no thy faith not forever experience, will train." kept. "Middle-aged woman needed for baby sitting and housekeeping." COMII';G .. The 1st annual women's art auction is forthcoming in February, and we need paintings, sculpture, photography, crofts, drawings, prints, etc. If you hove any work (or money) to contri- bute, please contact the Women's Collective at 899-8153 or 895-1362. ......., Thank you very much . F !~S~ng the Cine Royale, ring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield, a mothers may wont to toke their children to show them o kind of romantic heritage, and it's the kind of film to because in this family the father really has time to spend with his children. But when the father goes tures life in the rural So It was filmed enti; ~ iy on location and the viewer has a true sense of louisiana; Radnite/Mottel Production. which white mothers will to jail (for stealing food the trees, the rivers, the want to toke their children for his family--Jean Val jean rivers, the fields, the rain, Mattei Toys has produced to show them blocks as never dies in this type of and the heat. an old-fashioned family human beings. film) the mother becomes The background music by movie, o nostalgic look o~ "Sounder" is about o fam- the central character. No Toi Moho! is perfect. Often childhood and hard times ily of share-croppe~, trying shrinking violet, she with- you iust hear him mooning faced by a worm, loving to eke out o living in rural stands incredible hardship, and playing his guitar and fomi ly, who happens to be louisiana during the early working the farm with her other times singing authen- block. It reminded me of 1930s. It recognizes the children, taking in laundry tic folk songs. "I Remember Mama" and subtle and not so subtle without any washing mo- all those sentimental The most serious criticism forms of oppression faced by chine, walking miles to stories about bock-home-on- is perhaps that "Sounder" blacks during this period, but it see her man. She is strong, the-farm viewed by a child succeeds too well in re- but it also explores the good she can do anything she approaching adolescence. creating rural life, and like times, especially the warm, has to, she will endure. It's a pleasant change to rural life the film itself is interpersonal relationships see this kind of film after So for I've talked a"bout very slow moving . . But if on the form where the nuclear the block James Bonds and the script, but the best you hove obit of patience, family has meaning. The most dope selle~. It's the kind '·oing about this film is its "Sounder" is o rich and important relationship is be- of film to which block craftsmanship. It truly cop- --- .,.een tL,e father and son, rewording film