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curious fact that Pallas Athena (the Roman Minerva) is always shown fully clothed, unlike the less intellectual gods and goddesses. Personally, I think she is a TV, or at least the Anima of one. She was born fully dressed from her FATHER'S HEAD; just about killed her brother during an argument; went on trips dressed as a man; is the patroness of shoemakers, and her favorite bird is the owl. The significance of the last item is obvious to the survivor of a few TV parties.

Clothes and Government (Chapter 9) emphasizes that the costume and role are inseparable. This is carried much farther in Chapter 10, on Clothes and Behavior, which cites in particular that when youths put on certain garments, they also put on a behavior pattern of which the clothes are symbolic. Boys who have derived from "tough" clothes a kind of "fool's courage" often shrink down to normal when deprived of the uniform and insignia. Also cited is the effect of the KKK uniform on normally decent citizens, and the glamourous feeling that comes with carnival costumes, that lifts the wearer out of the commonplace life, in Chapter 11.

Chapter 12 takes up Clothes and the Law, a matter of more immediate interest. Unfortunately, the author does not give much specific detail, being as interested in many other forms of impersonation as in TV, and more in the female passing as a man than vice versa. He does clarify one point about New York law: Section 888(7), on which one of us was arrested, is not the only statute. Section 710 also provides for the arrest of THREE OR MORE when disguised by painting the face etc. (Contrary to rumors circulated some time ago, New York has not repealed either law; the police have simply given up on 888 and are concentrating on 710, according to recent information.) He also gives a skimpy history of TV; Lord Cornbury, who governed New York and New Jersey from 1702-1708, was recalled to England because of excessive fondness for cross-dressing. The usual routine on d'Eon, Eltinge and the Chinese and Shakesperean theaters is given, with a nice shot of T. C. Jones thrown in. The absurdities of the "public decency" laws in general are well shown.

Clothes and Conformity (Chapter 13) is not without its interest to TVs as it traces the decline and fall of male "plumage" from the glories of the 17th century to the dreary

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