The herald., 1895-03-07
WOMEN'S REASONS
MONA SHANNON

For the past few days / have been pre-
vented from reading your paper, so that
the article of reasons (so-called) for wo-
men wearing large hats and trousers and
desiring the ballot escaped my eyes until
today. | can safely say without exag-
geration was dumbfounded. If am not
too late, will you kindly permit me to. re-
ply to the writer of the article? Consider
ing my request granted shall now aC-
dress my remarks to the aforesaid editor.
Come, sir; let us have little argument,
that is, let me have my say while you Tor
ever holdayour peace.
First, let us consider the reasons you
give for women wishing to vote.i They
are partially right. We do wish to vote,
because you men do not want us to have
that privilege, but that is our sole and
only reason. Isn't that reason enough?
Show me the right-minded woman who,
when she finds that all men are opposed
to her doing some certain thing, is not
Immediately consumed with wild desire
to do that very thing. Such woman
does not exist and never has. man,
man! Do you think we are its" with
no independence at all? of course we
Never in our most delirious moments
have we had any other reason. Do you
think you can stop us by opposing US?
Have you not learned that the only way
to prevent woman from doing some thing
you do not wish her to do is to convince
her that you are positively consumed with
desire to have her do that very thing?
Freely and ungrudgingly give us the right
to vote, then see how quickly we will fly
back to our babies pianos and cook
books.
Have you men purchased all the corner
lots on notoriety? Haven't we just as good
a right to make ourselves notorious as you
men? You have no right to make re-
marks, no matter what means we adopt.
So far so good. But now comes the par
ticular question: Why do the present wo-
men wear such gigantic hats?
My dear sir 'wnen you assign the rea-
son that you do, you are completely at
sea in an open boat without rudder, oars,
sails, hard tack or grOg. Do women wear
large hats in order to attract attention?
Most emphatically mol l shall attempt
to make you understand, as nearly as
your masculine brain will allow you to, the
true reason. There is psychological
your peril. Psychology can explain any
thing. Here is the psychological fact.
Women wear such hats because they in
crease their personality, present more sur
face to space. We have feeling in every
dancing plume, ribbon, crown and brim,
just as truly as we have in our hands,
feet, etc. There is just SO much added
feeling OF moving in space. Voluminous
attire gives a delightful feeling of airy
lightness assure you that when
woman has on an immense hat also q
pair of balloon-like sleeves (Which you
forgot to mention) she feels as if she
could soar through space. Even the
stoutest woman has this feeling when at
tired in fashionable hat and sleeves. Your
idea that we wear those angelic hats to
attract attention is preposterous. We
often wear them for hours at time in the
privacy of our own apartments.
Perhaps can make it still palmer to
you. Why do you men wear plug hats,
willie boy" coats, and carry canes?
Now don't tell me you don't have GER
tain feeling clear up to the top of those
plug hats, down to the bottoms of the
adored ''Willie-boys' and clear to the tip
ends of 1.-THE canes, for know you have.
Do we women sheer at you and say you
wear them in order to attract attention?
No, we are too kind and sympathetic to
do that.
Then, too, the more room our clothes
take up the more space do we ourselves
feel that we occupy. 1t is an acknowl-
edged fact that women like to take up all
the room they can in this world. In
short, misguided man, woman wears the
hat she does because it pleases her to do
so.
Ponder on the things have said and you
will finally conclude that there are more
curious reasons for womans actions
than you ever dreamed of. 1t would posi-
lively make your brain reel II you knew
some of the reasons women have for do
ing apparently reasonless things.