AG - Sunday News, December 6, 1981 WE editorial page Ribbons and bows Even thought the municipal elections are over and done with, there seems an inor- dinate amount of concern being expressed over the packaging and labelling of many of the candidates, both successful and the also rans. . In fact, there seems far more interest now that the time for voting is finished than there was prior to the actual election itself. Perhaps it has somethin’ to do with the Christmas season, with so any of us buying gifts and getting them wrapped and placed under the tree. ~ There almost seems to be a feeling in many of the letters we are receiving that the packaging and labelling of the candidates is more important than what's inside. We've all been told and warned about leftists, the rightists, commies and red necks, crusaders and activists. But to what end? The labelling, or brandix.- seems to go on without end. The constant clamor about party af- filiation, and flying the colors is becoming a bit tiring and stale. On both sides. Isn't it time that the tumult and shouting stop and actions start to take over? Isn't it more fitting that we should be more concerned with what a person does rather than what “colors” he wears, or what labels we can attach? Just like Christmas Day, it's now time for the packaging to be removed and thrown away So we can see just what is on the inside — with no frills attached. So what’s new? They say it was good old Canadian compromise that won the day for the soon to be Constitution. Yet it seemed to be more a case of boring gn issue to death- until everyone had Bhed a “don't give a damn” attitude. Now that the ‘fervor’ and patriotism have had their day, perhaps all those = ac- commodating politicans will settle down and do something for the citizens of our ‘re- constituted’ country. 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Shure Second Class Mall Me yoatatan Nurmibe: 'AA* Subscriptions $20 per year Entire contents All rights «eserved 1901 North Shore Free Press (td Ne Cer g pe re ernst nat, mC Ye! tow ean Pe Wetec Weve Moe Be agg HUrapr eaten COPE carve) Gree Teme whan ft abl bee te ree Ooh yy a shag ceret aAddhossed onveotugre VEFURID CIRC UN ATION 43 348 Wednesday 4/7 546 Sunday SR" THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE It seems a bit bizarre to think seriously about toilets in a column from Ottawa, perhaps, but the other day I sat fascinated for an hour in one of the government cafeterias and listened to a man talk about classy- looking johns which would save money. He handed me a brochure, depicting in full color, a range of sleek toilets which cost you about three times as much to install as the conventional jobs, but in operation, save you three quarters of your toilet- flushing water bill. So far, though, the bureaucracy, federal and provincial, is clogging the mass sale of the water-saver john. Most conventional toilets use four to five gallons of water per flush. The watersaver, which comes from International Water Save Toilets Inc., of Wellington, Ont., uses a stingy one gallon per flush. It's use, claims the company, saves 36 percent of total household water. Not only that, but it also ends the nuisance of condensation water dripping. from the water tank at the back of the toilet. We all know how the conventional toilet works. It's wasteful of water, even comparison by with Canadian Comment | BY PETER WARD European toilets, because North Americans have never really had to worry about conserving water before. The water-saver won't flush unless the seat lid is down, and it’s a good thing. Lift the seat and sit down for 15 seconds, and _ the watersaver builds up a charge of pressurized water. Stand up and shut the hd, and the automatic flushing action cleans the bowl with a jet of pressurized water, leaving it far cleaner than any conventional flush, with less than a quarter as much water. There's a standard trap system which meets all plumbing requirements of keeping sewer gas from backing up through the toilet, and because the tank fills only before each flush, there's no water in a holding tank to drip condensation on the bathroom floor. Neither does the water-saver need winterizing, if you're going to leave your house or cottage without heating. A pint of automobile wind- shield washer fluid in the bowl will do the trick. So why aren't people beating a path to the door of the man who designed a better john? Well, it needs marketing tests first, and they are tough to get without financing, which is difficult without market tests. What's) more, building regulations which apply to office complex construction, and apartment building. require that toilets used meet first-class specifications, which require that a toilet use at least four gallons of water per flush. Unless somebody in government is ready to change or bend some pretty foolish rules, an excellent idea will go down the drain. There is no cure David Outerbridge, a beer drinker from Rockport, Maine, says, “There's no reason to have a hangover.” But Outerbndge, author of “The Hangover Handbook”, also cites Robert Benchley's view, “There is no cure for a hangover, save death.” Not everyone is so pessimistic. Ed McMahon suggests beer with four jiggers of Angostura Bitters, Dean Marun_ says. “Stay drunk,” and Willam F. Buckley recommends, “Don’t drink the night before.” Outerbridge. who advocates eating cabbage. taking Vitamin Cand sniffing oxygen, told People Magazine, “One out of 20 people who call their boss and say ‘I can't come to work today, | have the flu.” in point of fact has a horren- dous hangover.” He predicts his book will “alter the productivity of the country ~ Move over Cleopatra... Here comes the first liberated lady By RUTH SCOTT PHILP Women who complain about the treatment accorded to them on sexist grounds might take a leaf from the book of Queen Hapshesut of Egypt, known as “the first great woman of history ” Small. slender and beautiful, there was no doubt of her femininity, but from her carlicst days she fashioned her own fate Acting on the credo ‘If you can't beat ‘em, join ‘em ” Hapshesut’ make up her mind that she would be a male She must have used her feminine wiles to convinec her father Thosmes I. to accept the idea, because he not only permitted her to wear boys attire but in cngravings on the temple which was the Egyptian method of recording history Hapshesut was referred to as the Crown Prince She accompanied her father on his trips down the Nile and became khoown and loved by hee future subjects Before he died Thoames took the unprecedented sleep of naming Hapshesut Co ruler of Upper and lower Egypt When father died Hapshesut was oc ompciled by her t-gyptan custom to Choose a consort from among her father’s half royal sons) The one she chose was amiable but infenor in: wisdom and ability, and she ruled as she wished, having done her duty by beanng two young daughters to carry on the Brunch will return next Sunday royal line When hee busbaad Thosmes Il died she was no longer under compulsion to choose snother mate and was thas free to cule begypt alone Hapahesut was always abic to Command the loyalty and devotion of whe helped her in her dreams ol (he men making bgy pt her even pgpreatce than fathe: had tefi ut Sie men chance a8 Counsellors whe not only had a devotion to her person but gO Otos in building cK ploratron and the Klorifie ation of her person Jo thes she reminds me of Elizabeth 1, another woman who never felt the need to apologize for her sex When | first saw the magnificent mortuary tomb on the west bank of the river at Thebes. opposite the great temple of Karnak my ad miravon this Titan among women was born and has grown with everything | have read Her emissanes went back to the for Sinec fabulous fand of Puot and brought back ivory gold cxote animals and most Important, myrrh and myrrh trees to adorn the garden of the god Amon, Egypts most powerful god at that time She also had ecrected two massive obchsaks inside the walls of the temple and had carved oon thei sides the work of her lifetime Lwondercd as hase many others why there was ne prcture of PMapshesat on the temple or ather tomb which typically was in the Nalley of the KRangs Phe answer hes woth the petulant young mane whee ccodef treet brea ta. bee overshadowed ty a woman Nhe was a son of Lhosmes TH by a lesser wife and as such he was permitted loo tarry Alice Pharaoh (heen Hapatersats daughter the great died. an event inp whieh history suggests he may have played a part. he not only assumed all her powers but set out systematically to climinate all traces of her hfe and make it seem as if she had never lived He sent armics of men around to chisel her name and picture from walls and columns and smash her statues, he would have destoryed her temple uf wtohad not been dedicated to Amon Thosmes triumph did not last Although he made a aame for himself asa however soldier and eatended Egypt s borders stall farther unable to he was wipe out all memory of hos Ricat predecessor Acchacologmts painstakingly togethers the of ber statues pce ead broken pieces and now we canosec her as a sphinna weit hee alm beautiful face weaning the gold beard of a hing standing before hes temple on KRammak Anothet such statue stands belore the Metropolitan Museum oon New York lronmseally Thosmes Ube htoewn only hy his rclagansbip oto Hapshesut one conf Peypts Kreptcs! 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