Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-01-05
WEAPON FOR WOMEN.
The Up-to-Date Hatpin Is Extreme
ly Dangerous
Better Than a Revolver in the Hands
Of Woman Attack cd by n High
wayman-HOv 1t IL
Used.

"What shall we 90 in case We are at
tackled by some rufian?" is the question
women have asked in every part OF the
country since The recurrence OI the Dru-
tai "hoId-upa" by tramps The man to
whom the question is put, says the Gin
cinnau Enquirer, will Immediately an
sWer: Garry a revolver" But W wOm-
en- dread revolvers almost as much as
they do the possibility Of a.'eck when
out at night. Few women possess the
nerve necC ssary to use a pistol with ef-
feet when set upon by a burIy stranger
in lonely road Then there is the OBJ
lection to n revolver in the possession
of woman that she would lie averse to
suspecting the motive OF ever. man she
met and would rIcbaby fail 70 draw the
revolver Untii too la'e for fear Of maxi
ing a foolish mistalo O. What. then, can
be provided for her mat viii ue Is dead
ly in her hands rs d revolver, and yet
absolutelr safe 50 far as she s concerned,
and ever ready at hand whether wanted
for use or not?
The answer to the puzzle has been pro-
viGed by those who male Wor7en's hat
pins A hatpin has been dce,aned and
will soon be ready for sale that is in
tended primarily for use as q weapon Of
defense 1t is in reality a stilettO,
masqueradinE - Al innocent little hat
pin It is made Of fine steel. that will
bend but viii not leak. as sharp as
needle and hardened at the end SO that
it can he used With deadly eject a. a
dagger, and with a handle that enables
a woman to grasp it for use rs weapon
and bold it SO that it cannot easily be
pulled from tho hand.
There are two ways Of holding the new
hatpin. 1t can be held with the thumb
pressed against the top, Or with the but
ton grasped ir the palm of the hand.
In either way it is quite as terrible a
weapon as q razor and one moreover
that canrot easily be wrested from the
hand that holds it.
The method of using the new weapon
to the be st ADVANTAGE when attacked Is
to aim A. tho face Of the hiThWayman.
It is not Il ely that he wiz wait fer the
blow. A woman armed with one OF these
stilettos, even if she has rot the SLIGHTEST
idea Of the rules Of the { aaer GurlO is
likely TO DO more G2NeCe in few sec
onds than a hunsrE tiger The wic' cd
little blade is SO s,2,aIl that II is ir1nCsei-
be to grasp Il to v-~eccN It away from
It's OWrCr, and 1ct SO Nfeo is i aud so
light that, used BY woman frenaied by
fear, it is likely tG ho n.ora dangerous
to a hichH1"man th70 Catiirr sun
In cor s'to,.r: the advant9pss Of this
weapon in tie bands Cf women. those
who advocate It's ree rC.nt out that
every woman Is familiar with its use.
While the average woman would fNd 4
revolver cun. berscme and difficult to
draw from TCC'et or hoG. the hGtpn
can be whisEcd ont in 4 second b. o prac-
ticed hand, No woman would cnre to be
forever pluching a revolver from her
pocket when out in q lonely district And
yet there are times when a suspicious
looking character comes into the Offing
and prudence whispers: "ReW1re of
him" While most women would shrink
under those circumst stances from pulling
out a revolver. it is an innocent act to
put the hand to the hat and draw out one
Of the stiletto hatpns. With this in her
hand the nervous woman Is ready for
the stranger whatever his Intentions
If he is an innocent man he will prob
ably take no notice OF the wOman's ac-
ton. If he is a rascal it IS more than
probable that he will mark the motive
for the act and let the woman pass unmo-
Tested
1t Is an axiom with the members OF the
police force that the woman with the
hatpin Is more to Re feared than an
armed and desperate burglar The rea-
son Is that the burglars hand could not
travel Upward without bullet or
club disabling his arm. The woman
with the hatpin, however, has to he
watched with lynx eyes. and even then
is likely to have the weapon concealed
up her sleeve for use when opportunity
comes. The inventors Of the stiletf0 hat
pin had this in mind when they decided
to design a weapon that would be re-
culiarly wOman's weapon, and yet Y
sufficiently deadly 10 90 MS much damage
as the most ardent opponent Of the gen
tleman of the road could wish.
Uses OF the Te.cnhone.
To the making Of Irish bulls there is
no end. according 20 Marshall p. Wild
er. Here is one OF the latest breaks Of
the Celtic species, if the humCrist is TO be
believed:
Al Irishman just over sees telephone
before. asks what IL is.
Its q telephone" he is told.
"Pkat's tillyphone used for" queries
Pat
Why. to talk through. of course"
Can talk to Mike upstairs through
thot thing"
"Why. of course"
Pat goes to the telephone and calls III