Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
WOMEN ALWAYS RIGHT

fee building is philosopher. He. is also
student of human nature. He likes to
make use of ratiocination in determining
the effect of certain cases. and. inversely,
the cause of certain effects. He has de-
cided, after long study of both men ana
women, that woman does things correctly,
according to natural laws. and that man
does them backward. In this he viii be
sustained by the unanimous vote of the
gentle sex. they having since tie beginning
of human history fought against mans ul-
timatums in all matters.
The philosopher in the post office building
says that women are right and men are
wrong the Wanted boast of the latter that
all his gentle partner does Is backward De-
ing mistake that ought to be corrected
without further delay. Several pounds OF
a chat with a Star reporter along these in
troductory lines.
See those revolving doors?" he asked.
The reporter saw them.
Wei, Just watch them for q little Whiie
and you will see that the women are right
and the men are wrong. You'll see that
half the women who come here try 10 pass
through the doors by turning them IN the
opposite direction to that intended by the
builder. They are supposed TO turn from
right toward the left yet the women want
them 40 turn from the left TO the rignt.
And it's common sense. too. The right size
left therefore is it not easier 10 push with
the right side and turn the door toward
the right than to reverse the ORDER ana
use the weaker side of the body for the
work? Certainly it is
His conclusions did not seem TO Drook ar
gument or contradiction.
Now, you just watch here for a Few MIN
utes and you'll see what l mean, ne saio.
The reporter watched, and presently a
woman came rapidly across the portlco OF
build Or md entered
partments of the door nearest the "atch-
ers. She had turned toward the lett as sHe
entered the door, and, therefore, pusheo IL
toward the right. 1t refused to bulge. An
expression of mingled surprise and lndlg-
nation crossed her face. She glanceo up
at the top of the door as II TO see what
was wrong with it, then pushed II asaii'
using little more muscle. Inc door pe-
gan to move slowly but grudglngiy. She
gritted her teeth as her eye caught the
waving arms of a man on the INSIDE wHo
was endeavoring to Indicate 10 hef III pan
tomime that she was going In the wrong
direction. But she dld NOT take G nia .a
if she understood it. Not she. She was
woman. and superior to such mere trlnes
as engineering rules. j.
she showed that door until she grew req
in the face but it slowly reVolVso ,n me
direction she wished, and with a maj push
and a squeeze of her small body she sllo
through the aperture and entered the COZ
ridor a CLEAN of triumph IN her eye al ~,
her successful tuSSie with tne s'oo Wv
ject. ,,,, NOV >,
you were pushing it the wrong way,
ventured the philosopher, taking the llpeTty
his position gave him; the doors reVoi'e
the other way. ,z ..yyyo,,
oh they do, do they she S"i"' "'
this one didn't. did it?' =,
No" he replied; but you see IL IS 50
much easier to push it the rlsh' way '''e'''
the wrong way. 49,, ,., ,to
..Then I'd like to know why the man wn nc,
lyaj
1T works on the principle of screw.
ba seain ventured, land the threads OF
screws are made so that the screw W.,
turn toward the right on entering Oh
.:Weu. it's easier for me to push IL the
otter way, and I'm going to do it the way
want to if | have to take speclal system,
of exercise to develop my shouldei nus -.
She foated away on her errand anu a'
lost to sight. o,v
Now that's just like them all. or at any
rate most all of Them he said. here an an
other Watch her and there IL De soiIe tul
There's a man in front of her, ana II my n
get in there together there'll be hsht; ne
Woman will surely try to go through lhe
wrong way and the man Will hgh. 70 iiia Ae
her go the right way. NOW iooh: ..
There they were, in separate comparl-
ments each trying to make the door re-
yolye in the direction each, presumed geL
ter The woman was pushing win an nc.
small might with her right shouiuer az -.
fine man was doing his share with MS iel |.
ue according to The theory of the engin-
GERS was right and she was wrong. bu.
that did not make the least difference u
the determined woman.
lust look at the picture OF disgust any
anger on that woman's face. SAID the
nhilosoDher She'll make 1t yet, though
See, There she comes. I knew shed &c
it. That shows that determination is some
times a more valuable asset than brute
strength. ,, n
direction and the man forced backward
while the woman entered the CORRIDOR alo
almost fell headlong with the sudoenness
of her entry, probably made more easy py
the temporary lack of resistance or the
man and a desire on his part for revenge
Now l claim that woman was rlsht,
said fine PHILOSOPHER she took the most
natural way to get through the door, lhe
engineers ideas twithstanding. When
YOU try to push one of those doors TOWARD
the left which is the way they are buli'
to revolve. you'll find you have most o.
the work to do with the weaker side OF
the body In pushing the way she did you
push with the right hand, and there you
are Simple as can be, while the othel
way is ali wrong. That's the way wo-
man does It, or tries to, and it's the natu'
raj instinct. Man goes the other way be-
cause he thinks backward. I'm learning q
heap of wisdom from watching the women
who come here.
Again, a woman will, by natural In
stinct, turn to the left when walking OF
driving. They ought to be engineers. botf
to build railroads and to operate the
trains If woman built a railroad do you
suppose she'd run the trains so that they c
| have to pass each other with their engln'
| GERS sitting on the far sides of their re-
spective cabs? Not much! Shed builC
| them with the idea of having the engineers
pass side by side, so that at all times they
could see other trains and around al
| curves. Then there would be less chance
of accidents from collisions, because the en-
gineers' sitting on the correct side of The
cab. could see what was going on ahead
You bet women are right every time, ano
when they try to go through those doors
in what men call the wrong way just gen
orally let them alone, that's all.
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