Sir, - I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Myers (An Irishman's Diary, July 17th). As regards the Jesse Arbogast incident in Florida in which eight-year-old Jesse was mutilated by a shark, I agree that three remarkable men happened to be in the same place at the same time and, hopefully, saved his life. I also agree that most definitely a woman would not have acted in the same manner as they did.
Rather, a woman would not have allowed Jesse to swim in shark-infested water, after 8 p.m., in the dark, to begin with. Q.E.D.
And women do throw stones at strangers. - Yours, etc.,
Josephine Earley, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.