Comment by Faith McNulty. A Rhode Island woman writes that she has discovered differences between the minds of cats (predators) and horses (herbivores). Herbivores live in the present. For predators, the future is all. She tells about her horse, Maisie, 28 years old. She had been riding her for 10 years and she still...

U. S. Journal THE MEN AND THE WOMEN by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: TERRE HILL, PA. about a fight between the volunteer fire company and the ladies auxiliary which had the overtones of a divorce - an event unheard of in this quiet town of 1,200 in the Pennsylvania Dutch farming country of eastern Lancaster County. In the past 5 years, the...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) Sun in an Empty Room by Robert M. Coates.

Fiction The Laughter of Akiva by Cynthia Ozick. Reuben Karpov is the unmarried, English-born headmaster of a Jewish school on Long Island. Karpov has designed a Dual Curriculum for the school - students spend half their time on general studies, half on Judaica. Hannah Salem comes to the school. Her mother, Marla Salem, is a brilliant scholar whom...

The Theatre Family Matters by Edith Oliver.

Performance Gala by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about the farewell performance of opera star Beverly Sills. Miss Sills decided to end her 33-year career with her voice intact, and the result was a glittering party-and-concert gala at Lincoln Center. The gala raised over a million dollars for the New York City Opera...

The Air (On Television) The Presidential S.A.T.s's by Michael J. Arlen.

The Talk of the Town Gardner D. Stout Hall by Henry S. F. Cooper. Talk story about a tour of the new Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples in the American Museum of Natural History. Much of the funding for the gallery came from Saudi Arabia and Mr. Stout, president emeritus of the museum, describes a visit to that country in 1974. That...

Fiction OrderToll-Free From Briefcase House Today! by Bruce McCall. A list of items to help the busy executive: their descriptions and prices. An ExecuScanner Mk V reads books, magazine, reports, etc., for you while you sleep! A Waterproof, shockproof Executive Pocket Cough-Drop Holster dispenses one drop at a time, refills in seconds. Slip a fashion-styled European Executive...

The Current Cinema DIZZY, DIZZY, DIZZY by Pauline Kael.

The Talk of the Town Shirts by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about going with a friend who is to be fitted for custom-made shirts. Three shirtmakers from Turnbull and Asser, of London, were in town, at the Hotel Biltmore, doing the fitting...

Musical Events Beverly! by Nicholas Kenyon.

Poetry Two Poems by David Wagoner. Neck drawn in, dark shoulders...

Poetry Tableau Vivant by Tess Gallagher. They think it's easy to be dead, those...

Poetry Picking Grape in an Abandoned Vineyard by Larry Levis. Picking grapes alone in the late-autumn sun...