The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-25
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.


Superintendent Hollarn is after the
lady-killers. |
1t is the custodians applauded am
bition to make Glen Miller as pleasant
a place for woman who wants to
spend an afternoon in the civic open
by herself reading a book or contem-
plating the landscape as her own YER
anda or front yard.
To this end he is inaugurating a
campaign of elimination against the
masher.
One of the handicaps of the femin-
inc sex is the inability on the part of
the average man to realize that every
time a woman walks out from the
shelter of her own roof she is not
animal.
No doubt there are a lot of silly wo-
men who like to parade about, the ad-
mired of the masculine populace.
On the other hand the great major
ity are attending strictly to their own
affairs and desire, above all else, to
go unobserved.
Very few of them go unobserved,
however.
It's only the occasional woman who
has not been annoyed, more or less
seriously, at times, by comments from
the curbstone.
A woman has to endure a lot of i'm
pertinence just because she happens
to be a woman.
No man would tolerate for the in
finitesimal fraction of a second the
odious inspection nine women out OF
ten undergo every time they run down
town to buy ribbon or a beefsteak.
He would turn on the other fellow
led jaw or kick him into the gutter,
where the latter belongs.
+. 1t takes a lot of courage for a wo-
man to walk past a corner full of
men coolly looking her over and aud
IDLY commenting on her good points,
or their lack, and try to appear per-
fectly unconscious.
And if she doesn't succeed insult is
piled on insult by the loud, coarse
laugh.
Suppose the tables were turned.
ners, in front of the cigar-stores and
in the offing generally.
That as a man passed he was in
spected carefully, stared at rudely
and made the object of personal re-
mark, either favorable or unfavorable.
Suppose he was irritated and con-
fused over this impudent and wholly
unlimited treatment by a parcel of
street loafers.
And showed it.
And then the whole bunch" gave
him the merry hal hal"
Is it not safe bet that he'd COM
plain at police headquarters?
Sure.
For the masculine animal above all
else preserves the integrity of his
individuality.
He may encroach on others terri
tory but beware how you poach on
his preserves.
He is not to be trif1ed with.
His dignity cannot be assailed.
He reserves the right to conduct
himself just as he pleases, but fierce
| ly resents that assumed right on the
part of other persons.
Therefore if men were subjected to
the indignities the majority of wo-
men are, at one time and another, on
the streets, affidavits would float to-
ward police headquarters like snow
| fakes in winter.
C'Snow flakes don't fly in summer"
interpolates the cynic, swatting fly
1t is a fact, however, that the side
walk masher and the curbstone stu
dent of female anatomy are alike OBJ
noxious and should be given some at
tention by our celebrated police sys-
tenn.
Mr.. Hollarn is on the right tack.
And there Is as little of that form
of open air amusement going on at the
city park as can be made possible.
But down town little attention Is
given these gentry by civic officials.
There are lot of young girls traps
ing the streets who should be kept at
home or put at something with which
to occupy their time.
These silly, immature little minxes
invite and court the attention of the
curbstone fraternity.
Men old enough to know better
should advise these little fools to go
home and behave themselves.
Instead they take advantage of their
folly-which comes from immaturity
and lack of proper home training and
discipline-to make them the object
of unpleasant censure.
Ten to one the girl is merely silly
There are these.
Then there are many modest and
charming young girls who are confus-
ed and embarrassed, and, at times,
terrified, by the bold stare and spoken
commentary. One such girl begged to
stop going to school on account of the
annoyance caused her by passing a
certain corner every day where were
congregated men and boys, some of
the former old enough to be her grand.
father, who greeted her hilariously and
insultingly.
| Mighty few there be who venture
forth nowadays who are not the recip.
tents of greetings made up in part OF
kid" 'kiddo," "Oh, you beautiful
doll" and such sort of sidewalk dope
which, harmless enough in itself when
banded about among friends and &C