New Britain herald., 1919-05-30
Exposing the Men of Tampa.
(Waterbury Republican.)

(Waterbury Republican,
 News to rejoice every womans
 heart comes from Tampa, Florida.
 Man, in that progressive southern city, is about to be exposed. The whited sepulchre is to be opened to the light of day. The gay deceiver
 is going to lose his gaiety and his deception. Never again will he be able to take advantage of maiden in- nocence when his fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Never again will he be able to lead a lady to the altar in a moment of forgetfulness
 of another lady to whom he is all ready wed. NeVermOrc can he tell d
 maiden that he earns enough to sup
 port two when his income barely suf- fees for himself. Hereafter he will
 be unable to court Matilda in TWiggs-
 vile and Imogen in Cooper's Flats at
 one and the same time. Nothing of
 this sort any more. Henceforth he
 must go soberly all his days as one
 who treads the shadow of detective and snuffs the atmosphere of ostra-
 cism.
 For the leading women of Tampa
 have organized the women'S protec-
 tive league and the WOmen'S pro-
 tective league is going to ferret out the past and minutely scan the pres
 ent of every male in the cOmmu un- ity, to the end that it shall be able to make an exhaustive report upon any man in whom q girl may find herself beginning to be interested. Oh- serve the beauty of the plan. John casually wonders if Mary is going to be home, say, tomorrow evening and
 does she often go to the movies?
 Mary is surprisingly ignorant on
 these subjects She really doesn't know. She's as uncertain as a multi | millionaire on the witness stand. She
 requires time to find the answer to Johns simple questions. Then she hotfoots it around to the office of the women's protective league and
 asks to see Johns record. Very bad. John was enga ged to another girl once. Makes only s15 a week. Buys
 only 25 cents pound candy. Is
 known to take a beer on a hot day.
 Was detected in movie once with
 one arm around another girls waist.
 Mary, a little later, is very frigid to
 John. No she won't be home tomor-
 row evening or any other evening if
 he wants to know and as for the
 movies she wonders how one can be
 so low as to go to them.
 The idea, it can be seen, is excellent. Unfortunately it is a little marred by the refusal of the husbands of some of the members of the league to al low their wives to engage in the ne cessary detective work. These hus-
 bands the head of tho league Mrs.
 G. A. Webb-and we let who will find significance in the name characterizes as "old reprobates.' That's probably what's the matter with them. They have something to conceal. They have pasts or double presents. Still. is it wise to attempt to keep their wives from shadoWing the men? They'll do it anyhow-the instinct is so strong. We advise the old reprobates to organize a men's
 protective league. Let them estab- fish a bureau of information about the girls John ought to have a chance to know if Mary insists on lobster and caviar when she goes out to dine He ought to be able to find out whence comes her complexion and her hair and what she does with the ring and presents when she breaks an enga cement, and whether she really bakes the cake and bread that she claims as her own or if her mother does, and what time she gets up in the morning, and if she's given to gossiping over the back fence, and a few little intimate facts of that sort If the old reprobates will just 1 organize such an information bureau l we'll warrant that the other one will l soon cease to function and will leave 1 the men of Tampa in peace and the 1 enjoyment of their failing.