The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-07
WOMEN SOLONS MAY
RETALIATE ON MEN
By NIXoLA CRBELEY-sMITH

From Maryland come the glad It'd.
ings that bill has Just been intro.
duced into the legislature which will
limit the size Of hats worn by wom-
On 10 diameter OF ten inches.
Not so long ago meddling measure
was proposed by one of the solons OF
a western state which concerned it.
sell with the proper length Of hat pins
Every two or three months the
newspapers tell OF similar masculine
EFFORTS TO establish over women in
general the carpiDg censorship OF her
department and apparel which eY-
CRY wife encounters In her own
home
] wonder if IL has occurred to any
of these Legislative invaders of WON.
ans sphere that a dark day is dawn
Ing when We viii be able TO retalla;e
upon them for interfering in what
they have been pleased to designate
as our domain.
When Mrs Belmont is represent
ing her constituents at Albany and
MIS- Gilbert Jones forges her way
militantly into public life 10 convince
other women that they ought not to
be there. some avenGIng Jael will
drive legislative spike through tho
masculine soul by introducing n bill
making II a misdemcanor for any man
under 90 10 wear a frocll coat. and
declaring that upon the appearance
In the public streets OF anyone wear
Ing that sartorlat abomination, the
silk hat. he can he arrested and tried
Tor felony. In the latter provision.
of course. special exemption should
be made of Oscar Hammcrstcin aud
of musical and dramatic critics. since
II would be obviously unfair TO de-
pTive large and worthy class OF
one of the tools Of It's trade.
The wearing Of red by blond men
with ashen compilations should also
be forbidden by stntute Women real
lze THAI certain cclors are by nature
predcsined for dusky beauty and
there is no reason why men should
not be compelled in the interest of
the general landscape to similar dis
elimination
And Then TIE Green Kelly.
II the atrocity known as tho green
Kelly or lis successor. the moss col
orcd plush head covering. introduced
by Harry Lehr. ever makes It's an
pearance after women become lcgis.
lators a special bill must he passed
constituting its wearing a capital of
fense.
But perhaps mans sartorial sins for
time at least mieht be permitted
TO 20 uuheeded. There are graycr
needs for reform.
For instance. that good old torture
OF the middle ages, boiling In oil,
might be revived for the creature
who halts a whole line OF people 20.
sng up the subway or down the 81"
stairs while he taGes out cigarette
and box OF matches and slowly and
deliberately lights up. Strangely
enough | have never seen this par
tlcular male nuisance referred 10,
though columns have been written
about careless women who drag their
skirts up and down those same stairs,
putting men 10 the trouble OF not step
ping on them I have often fingered
in compulsory leisure behind one OF
these fiends who can't wait until they
reach the street for cigarette and
wondered what ought to be done to
him and his kind Boiling oil seems
10 be the answer
He Needs Suppression, Too.
or course the man who joStlcs by !
YOU and then turns around and glarcs |
because you got In his way demands !
legislative attention. while a whole |
session might be devoted TO ways and |
means for the suppression and pun
ishmcnt OF the masher. But perhaps |
these suggested me <Ires all come I'M |
der the head of class legislation, and |
are unconstitutional What does that |
matter?
No one ever hears OF the freak bills
concerning the size Of women's hats /,
and hat pins. or the enforced use of !
the short skirt. or the taxing OF bach.
elors. after their Introduction. They
simply enable some mute. inelorlous
statesman TO get his name In the
papers and provide needed material !
for the cartooniSts But though men
collectively in legislatures admit their
TO cope with the question Of
feminine fashion, there Is no doubt
that each separate Solon goes home
and renews the story Of the folly and
OF large hats and ex-
penSive feathers: the insanitary par
ade of trailing skirts. and the dang
ers that lurk In the deadly hat pin
And thon after having convinced his
wife of her utter lack OF discrimina-
ton and taste OBJ.
BY tho way, need some new neck
ties Gotime half dozen when you're
down town"
CouIdnt Trust Him
Does the meckeSt, most admrfngI
and foollsbly fond wife ask her hus-
band to buy neckties for her. or-col-
lars. OF gloves She does not And
Il by any chance nc brings such things
home she Is apt 10 wait Just long
enough for him to forget about them
so she can have them exchanged.
Who steals her vote steals trash.
she may he persuaded. but he who
fllches from her right TO wear
hat and umbrella over
- - A4E. II il 20 ule2Ses her. will /