Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-31
HAT PIN
IS ON THE MOVE
KANSAS cry mas TAKEN UP TnE
FIGHT
THAT IS ONE reason
The Bigger the Hat the Longer the
piu-Ihc Demand u
There

az hr land nat-p.un.d heads are
I.t..d .u shame
war without uIrt,r h.s been dee
...r.d uuuu uuman.a mos. t1ruous
armament
Kansas CIu was tno most recent
uIa... o tails. p tlp crusade. doing
SOD Yesterday Philadelphia is another
recent municipality tu john the list of
protesting communities which have
had Oh, h1rdIhu1d tu rise boo their
might and declare that the mlsuiug
array of spikes which make mere
mans progress through life one hid
oous nightmare. shoI loo abolished,
auulhlatgd now and forever more
Chicago and Milwaukee were the
first cities Nm this country TO demand
the mufflcug ui the hated weapon.
Berlin. abroad. has "a law strictly en-
forced. which makes the protuJemnce
of these slender lnstrum,>ls Of pain
as serious an oftcnse az the carrying
OF concealed weapons.
In Phlladclphia a modest, law-abld-
ing, peace-loying citizen. whose only
claim 10 fame Is his prosecution of the
feminine stlctto, is the hero OF his
sex.
RoprcsontinL a ward iu the citys
councils this man, Nicholas j. Shu-
mucker by name, saw his duty and aid
Il. lie introduced an ordinance max
Ing tho projection of a hat pin more
than half an inch beyond the crown
of the hat an oflcnse punishable by a
fine of not less than $50.
WHEREFORE that portion Of Philadel-
|phia's male population, who some
/ times during their careers have been
haplessly nmpaled upon the needle
like points of the eternal femlnines
hat fastcnings, have arisen TO call
him blessed.
| The gentleman frankly admits that
/ in Introducing the ordinance he rep
resented not his ward but the whole
race of masculine humanity. He de-
clarcs that the duty which he per-
/ formed oycrlappod the narrow boun-
darles Of his district TO the wider
sphere Of mankind IN general.
The father of the ordnance was
lmpellcd TO risk his popularity with
the gcntler sex by the experience Of
a friend who nearly had an eve jabbed
ont by a dirk of crowbnr length. lie
declares that the hospital records are
blood stained with the hlstoy Of SINH
lar carriages. The list Of stabbius
incidents, ne asscras, would make the
inventory of Turk appear, Ike the
scroll of an amateur.
Mr.. schumacher did not consult
his wife about the ordinance. and he
has been "a little dubious ever since
regarding his standing at home New
crthcloss, he has no regrets TO offer
The bIu however. is not vet upon
the statutes of the city Mr.. Schu-
mucker's colleagues are Of the most
part married. ana those who are not
h9ye svocthcorts. These individuals
first applaudod the bin and hailed
Schumacher as the modern Hcrcu-
les. Lately. however, they have been
turning shcoplsh ewes towards him
ana cold shoulders. There are those
who say that the bill win never be-
come "a lay Others are coming from
tho front" ms usual. but the front
I'm this instance lg no the political
rIplto but tho individual homes of
the councilmmen.
That the dread of Schumacher of
.phUodclphio and the lawmakers of
.othcr citIos toward tho hat min is inst.
inod is proved by history's rages.
The CORY list Of victims whose
trpstlnt natures. car-slghcr propen.
sltIes or unbnppv fate have caused
them pain and torture Is roams long
The lows of street car riding hav,
, vanished with every mrch OF tn,
. car there is a puncture for some poor
mans pbysiopnomy Tbev confron'
3 him on every sided urlng his home
! ward trims. Thcy prlck him rlgh
, and left lie is kopt In constant nal
Ipitation and he becomes cross-eyot
in frantic endepyors To rescue Mi,
features from ravIshment Bacl
turn of the protty strap. hangers hea,
nv his side is recorded by A long re,
line drawn cattv-cornored across hI
face His ride is one long. dcmonia,
, journey Of torture.
phvslclnns a,y that the hatpln 4
Las much TO be dreaded as smallpox
.. Several fatal cases OF tetanus hay,
!, been cnused bv the sorpentine fur
rows of the spikes on the checks. o
other parts Of the anatomy. and Their
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