Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-24


answer. He was evidently thinking
about the lady without hose and was
! some Via, LOST iii his rsyerie Finally.
however he answered. very slowly and
definitely WIZ we'd think that
Well ii seems to ME Perhaps now
,IonI know what we.d do Then
he thought some more aud spoke
again II dont ike % commit my
self on thar subject ION had better
see the proprietor The proprietor,
however. wasn't handy 50 the confer
ence there Was ended
THAT was number one Summing it
ND III looks like Any young Woman who
has the nerve u ri Il can yet past
the management i'll the Maryland Any
way she could spend considerable
time before they decided just what 20
do about The case
All Caryel Hall there vas no doubt
whatever In the expression OF the
clerk which proves that Caryel Hall
il All exponent 81 new thought The
same question WAS asked there as Fl
the other hotel. aud the clerk said
Why. no. We Wouldnt do anything
about HI. We'd be glad To see a
Tfe hesitated mnmetsi before ila FIN
ishad. We'd he glad % see that they
we're keeping cool II WAS something
Iof relief I'd The inquirer 10 have that
sentence ended There WAS q eondi-
tian put upon the statement al Carved
Hall, however, for the clerk specified
that they should be young and good
lookins Ii may be considered sci.
filed. then that al this famous old hos
lielry the coed old southern hospitality
ii dealt ont 10 the guests without re-
gard Ia such minor details AZ hose.
The big doubt came in talking with
line management III Peggy stewart
linn. Telephoning seemed to ID the
better. or Ill least he safer, way The
Eauestioner feared that there might he
some place iii historic Annapolis where
not only The lack 81 hose. but even the
suggestion az II, would bring awful
results Is man answered the phone.
That seemed lucky But when The
question had been put 70 him he said.
Wen. now. don't know Ill have
Ia lei YOU falk % one of the Ladies'
about thai
With thai the man deserted the tele-
phone aaa could MOI hear the IIello's''
/ that tried II call him back 10 tell linn
that Il was an right and that De
needn't balher to disturb the lady for
So trivial thing
The lady took UP the receiver and
the click 81 il made the inquirer jump.
canductiHg such investigations Is 4
VERY hard business on the nerves. L
requires such constant tension
What would you do al the Peggy
Stewart il II became apparent
III once that that wasn't the proper
way 10 10 about asking this question
lnf lady. ii had been easy enough
with the men. but now II was differ
lnnf: ii required tactful phrasing An
other beginning was made
You have doubtless heard of tile
action taken b. some of the Atlantic
City and New York City hotels regard
ling the recent style OF er appear
ling In public without hose Some 81
those hotels, you know. prohibit II.
What would you do al the Peggy Stew
Iart il one Of your guests decided b
follow the Style
Why can tell you about that.
I'LL have To ask somebody else. The
voice lit the other end 0f The line ans
wered but the voice was not an angry
one 1T was not even shocked. In
stead. il was laughing
Soon the voice returned and said
That Ii had had 4 talk with the pro-
lprietor. and that the proprietor didn't
/ have the slightest idea what would be
done in such an emergency. but that
she guessed il would depend on how
1.-The wearer Of the hose, or rather the
lperson who didn't scar the hose, look
led Then evidently with an idea 81
ii single standard for both sexes. the
PEGGY Stewart said that men were moi
| allowed 20 dine there without their
coats.
The matter Or appearances seemed
to be most considered. and il looks
Iaa III neither Of the hotels nor the Inn
might raise an objection il the appea r
lance was not too bad Doubtless il
would be interesting to see somebody
Try II
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