The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27
Nan's Hat in the Elevator.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str, ANY man !
speak advisedy mot presuming for minute that
sad Eye" is a gentleman. who does not know
enough to remove his hat when In an elevator where
there are ladies would drink out OF finger bowl.
He is probably accustomed TO eating his meals in
his shirt sleeves. surrounded BY his wife mother
or sisters When the food Is not quite hot enough.
he would doubtless acclaim In tones loud enough to
be heard all over the house. - - these victuals
are cold"
II is people OF his stripe who remain seated while
a cripple hangs onto strap ina car / fear your
treful correspondent has not had as much teaching
esfn e9Hse endow Home for he Enshienmsn, OF
soundsIs and get sad Eye scholsisnP Yours
~ MAJ IS.
Sad Eyes" letter In to days Sun. think he was
quite right TO keep his hat on. and the parties In
question were both silly and bad hammered. They
would not take their hats on In going up the stairs
Of q public building with ladies' and an elevator
is only 4 substitute for the stairs. But as there
are exceptions to every rule. the one exception
this rule would be In the elevator OF hotel apa
ment house. You are supposed then TO be going
up the stairs OF dwelling house and II Is proper to
take OF your hat when you enter your own home or
some one else's
But as to doing so when you enter an iron cage
substitute for stairway in an once building when
you would not do on the stairway itself II Is silly
and unreasonable: but some people do so without
thinking Of that feature OF the case. having mind
for anything else than that they are more refined
and are more polite than their neghbors, when n
reality they are only ignorant OF what Is night and
Their personal remark 10 Mr.. sad Eye" was com
mensuraie with their silly assumption OF superior
poteness. MANHATTAN.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: am pleased
TO sec in Tuesdays Sun communication from
"S,cnographer" on the politeness OF men In eleva
tors and expect next to from some other
lady demanding that men take their hats on In
street cars when ladies are present. suppose
the ladies would not feel so hurt about standing
up In the cars II the men who held down the seats
so heroically would only remove their hats. But
| deress Only yesterday saw a man with his
ha, on In a big store among lot Of women. but
when he stepped into the elevator he took his hat
on only to put Is on again when he stepped out, on
the floor above.
Now. WAS he polite. or silly or merely automatic
and took on his hat In the elevator because he had
been living In the house with ono and had got Into
the habit' There should be a rule OF action or
etauette. for the direction OF men In elevators and
tina, rule should be that In elevators In buildings
stores. once and public buildings where men
wear their hats outside of elevators, they should
keen them on In elevators. That Is the rule have
adopted for myself and foliowit always. whether
the lades think " nice" or not. and may say In
defence OF my action that am su cicntly polite TO
rive my seat TO a woman In the street car always
whether she thanks me for II or not.
NASSAU SrEEET. May 20. a PLAIN MAN.