The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-26
LOCK EN- UP!
Presidency and Cocktails for the Maker
OF That Platform.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sir. Nov
that this locking up system has been broueh,
to public notice let us fight the thing throug \
to a finish. Urge Mr.. Scott to come on,
boldly with a generous offer to be q Presi-
dental candidate in 1908. Let him build his
platform on the substantial foundation NC
Latchkeys for Ladies'" and rally the mighty
Crouch Clubs and United Brotherhood OF
Knockers with the campaign cry Down
With Cocktails"
Lock US up, by all means. Every woman
with the most rudimentary intelligence will
be glad Of the change. 1t doesn't matter about
the stupid ones. they are always bored any
way. So long as I am not looked UP with O
stupid woman. / will welcome the Joyous
sound OF the big keys grating In the lock
which Ia to separate me from long weary
days OF shopping. OF soul wearing calls and
tiresome callers. from wearisome bridge par
ties, dull dinners, inane plays. noisy operas,
worry about clothes. civic reform and gem
tlemen like Mr.. Scott.
Why, / should have time to finish my great
work: What Civilization Has Not Done for
Women"
For what, after all, has II done? We. have
been oflcially informed that we have souls;
we have been saddled with a code Of morals
with whose making We had nothing to do,
and have been ordered to keep 1t vicarieusly
for the wiser sex as well as for ourselves; to
us Ssd ha III be been res g1Des all the t duties su there norr are
and wobbly pedestal will support; and, worst
OF all, al the privileges are alloyed US that
Ing. You can shlrk responsibilities and
ignore duties: If you want rights you can
reach out and take 'em,but YOU can never
get away from an unwelcome privileged
But now, thank goodness. a ray OF hope
gilds our darkness; MIR. Scott Ia going to
lock us up. Urge him not to act hastily. Let
W Without women. a dark, umbrous, girlless
universe. None but soberly clad men in the
girls, never a glorious vision Of a dazzling
daughter OF the rich, whiz2inR by In n pink
motor car. In the stately white tiled hosiery
freshmen he will be waited upon no longer
by .pompadoured, young women. but by
s sdfK fhe eS eStTsva as Sance " of an ne ev eeTimi' sm n1m,
the gods he will no longer feast his eyes upon
show girls more radiant than the dawn. A
pairing, a world, one may imagine, hardly
But It e bound to come. Mr. Scott will
ethical progress, He would rather cit at
home and train his pet crouch microbe TO
ment making for Righteousness and things.
1t is possible that, he may contract a slight
case of logic and begin to reflect that a
she is good looking and wel dressed; that
there are men ne ;, who ,n take q strange unac-
e OF theiP w qstsnt that IA 't tse Ten arc Seo Women neS WbS
have a few, pence left over after the rent is
the unsophisticated masculine eye. present
a decorative and expensive appearance when
her Alice blue suit is only a markdown, her
hat homemade and her high heels paid for
by her own honest, toll. But ! feel that i
wrong Mr.. Scout by imputing to him thoughts
as namely logical as these.
As to the cocktails, viii not some Of THE
suns readers subscribe enough to buy a
fifty persons to. subscribe a cent apiece,
After Mr.. Scott, has had four cocktails his
view OF life will be as rosy as the pretty faces
the public gaze. l wish the Crustacean
Campaign, to move on, but ] do not wish Mr..
too unique. too perfectly at one with the laws
OF the universe.
A ~TwESTY-sEcoND CENTURY WOMAN.
NEW YORK. May rs.