The Washington times., 1910-03-05
City Council of Chicago Will
Take Matter Under
Consideration.
ALDERMEN AGREE
TO PLAN ORDINANCE
Seriousness of Question Realized
When Tales of Injury
Are Told.

CHICAGO. Ill, March 5.-Realization
OF the Importance Of the anti-hatpm
ordinance, TO be shaped at a meeting Of
the city council next Monday. IS being
crowded on those who will have the re-
sponsibility of deciding what defense
the citizen has against the protruding
steel
Letters and stories telling Of injuries
received by the menacing pin are being
received by many Of the aldermen.
Herman J. BauIer. the alderman who
R,esented the preliminary motion 10
abolish the overlong hatpin Is one Of
the principal recipients Of these tai 8 Of
accident.
i am glad that the canvass Of judi
Ciary committeeman shows them in
favor OF the ordinance for Sheathng the
hatpin," said Alderman BauleT yester-
day aitern, n as ne ran through hall
d dozen complaining letters. If the
committee stood otherwise / am sure
the men of Chicago would be tempted
TO take the matter INTO their own hands.
They are beginning to feel the neCes-
SHY OF the measure. At first II was
taken as sort OF joke, but now the
seriousness OF the thing gets on them.
Why, only this morning I saw an
az cidcut myself Coming downtown
on the Larrabee car, J was getting OF
within tn loop when I saw "a woman
ahead Of me with one of these foot
long pins sticking way beyond the edge
OF her hat-Which was small, / think
lIeE call them tUTbans Having the
hatpln ordinance in mind. I stepped
back from the danger. but another man
was not so fortunate.
The car Jolted as IL came 10 a stop
and the pin swung around and across
tine man face, making a bloody scratch
about three inches long The man
was TOO polite 10 demonstrate He
merely put his handkerchief 20 his face
10 stop the bleeding The girl made
some remark about people VINO didn't
look where they were going and GOT of
the car.
'Niu Crawford. of the collectors Of
hCC, told me that n North Side phySi-
clan was TidiL. down I'm a crowded car
with MIN the other morning. and see
ing naIpiu sticking out, took a cigar
box he was carrying ard showed The
dangerous point in. lie ton. ne aston
isned young woman that she should bee
ashamed OF herself
"A man up IN my ward. Fred Stamm
ran into one Of the pins "a couple OF
weeks ago. IL got him I'm the eve. and
II is not entirely recovered vet Two
girls Were on the car Yesterday morn
ing, and one of them told the other her
hatpn was dropping ort. on. says
the other one, o.. wear IL that way.
swell to show the length.
ana that only a few of the cases
that / am hearing from Several of
the olneF aldermen nave told me OF
cases brought 20 their notice, and
guess there viii he no doubt OF athe
ordinance passing
Henry p. Turner, pa West Forrv-sec-
ond place. is the second inventor TO
come 20 the front in the past few DAYS
with device for foilinG the long hat
pin.
George a. Woods, whose nose was
badly laeeratej by hatniu when
Houn- LADY turned her head while both
we're waiting Iu n crowd for their mail
az the postOfflrc AZ Usage, Iowa. SAYS
the long hatpiu must 90
7 am heartily IN favor 81 the Cruz
SADIE against long hatpius," ne said
Yesterday. While the injury 90 my
nose was not a serious one. T consider
myself lucky that I did not lose an eve.
Some other person may not be 80 for
tuna tc"