The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-03

that women were suppose !. :
ject to cigar smoke. is han ~
hollow form. Certainly fev -.
women object. to the scent n i
bacco smoke and many fee1 ~
II not invited to help mafs =
some individual VIM
The women do not intsnd -
their theories in the conysr,..;
stage. There is talk here - -
con Of q public declaration q A..
these matters of what il de,i,.ss
in the way Of courtesy frs~ }
1t is in this connection ~, ~
wopan's party is consideri,ey -
OF rights to be drafted By ~
ttonal convention Of woma ~.
when it meets at the capitsi
February. This would $685.
simplify the situation for psrS,.-
man. Before such . declar.s,s
could be made. however. ~
would have to be q consen,s. !.
opinion obtained. So far. thers -
been no organized attempt d 4
out where women voters stsni
the question, though there Z :
doubt every woman has her -
definite ideas on the subject
We give here three sample -
ions by women who are reereacs
tive, and we predict that the n.
vention will have some trouhls !.
reconciltng the different fnciSs
which will rise to show that lIfis
a hat is an act Of scorn or ~
ture Of reverence.
Margaret, Hatfield, who "a 4 st,,,
believer in woman's equality M
man and who retains her maNsv|
name, though married, eYprW1ai
the following view:
There always has been. "A n
suppose always will be, the, chiy,h,
which is founded on women ~.
the mothers Of the race. NM
willingness to carry the heayis
physical burden is founded On III
factual basis. But the chfwlnI
which divides women into tn
classes, the protected. and u N.
protected woman, is intolerahh
and the quicker it is done AMY w,
the quicker We will approach NIL
civilization"
Margaret Hatfield found out tht
hat tipping and other ceremouiu
were only skin deep in our civiliss
ton, when she left a sheltered q.
istence to experience the sensanoas
of q bread winner in a strange dJ.
In nine weeks Of the experinset
she held half a dozen jobs, oil mis-
erably paid, and she Learned that
the unprotected girl doesnt gx
much in the way Of disintessutM
gallantry from men. She advocatu
that a man should do away With "
outworn, bothersome formaliheo "
ward the women he regards u
worthy of his protection. In Aak
place she would have him alot
toward all women the same attitude
of sensible courtesy that b usa
in dealing with men.
A Conservative viewpoint
Mabel Boardman, the first wonn
commissioner of the District Of O.
lumbia, is opposed to the ont.
chivalry crusade. ITO discard The
courtesies bestowed upon vona
would mean a loss and not . gsa
she told an audience . few dau
ago. "Chivalry adds to LIES NJ
ues. To dispense with amenitis
which have become a habit and N
in no sense a burden would b :
great mistake"
Still another attitude Is taken B!
Anita Pollitzer, legislative secrsoly
of the woman's party, who ~
thoughtfully, when questioned: ,
/ whether the ancient customs o
courtesy from men to women ccn
I tinue to be followed is a matter, y
seems to me, Of the completes u
difference to women. All Vurtsde
; reflect credit upon the person vns
offers them and not upon the pefsol
| to whom they are offered. The IN
| ing of q hat is a graceful su "
coming to almost any man, ana !
/ it is omitted the man alone loss.
T; As for the men. they seem y
hesitate to express their sentimenu
freely. Most Of them tip Their na'
on the streets and remove them Y
elevators because they think -
women expect it. Some, privsas!!
object to the custom on the groan,
that it is responsible for uncovn'S
colds and cases of pneumonia
Back in 1864 Samuel Pepys vl0'
into his diary: Home to beo' ~,
ing got a strange cold in my ~.
by flinging off my hat at alnns'
and sitting with the wind ID n s'
neck" And ever since, men NV
grumbled more or less aoou! :
posure to drafts in the cause '
chivalry. ,.,.,
Margaret Hatfield and the onr
progressives are right, men Vs.
soon be freed of hat raising issw \,
sibilities. These women nolu ~. ~
the custom is slowly dying ou. - !.
way, and that if enough women ~, ~
nounce it, it will soon be as U OI
lete as the old fashioned DOW W. wv.
required lots of space anu H -
time than the modern man Of ~
an would care to give 70 ne
tials.