El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-03
More On Matter
Of Wearing The
Hat In Elevator

&4NSY nv A4EN< OG0TOA
such a custom or courtesy is
strictly provincial and wholly IN
necessary" writes ". Leslie Rider, in
reference to removing the hat in ele-
vators when women are present. -and
he who advocates II indicates at once
that he has never strayed far from
home Out OF Difference, however. to
local sentiment I have. in practice.
always yielded my preference in this
matter both here and elsewhere in
the south in accordance with the
adage. When in Rome do as the
Romans do except when confronted,
as IN the Mills building, with printed
signs reading, Men are requested not
to remove their hats
IN the large cities OF the north
men never think Of removing their
hats in elevators, yet I cannot be-
lieye that the millions OF men OF that
section who ride in elevators every
women than the men OF the south
Their point OF view is different; that
IS all Climatic Influences have made
the one more active, more business
like; and the other more leisursly.
with more time and taste for the
amenities Of life.
Exchange Of COurtesles.
The argument that an elevator
IS common carrier and that social
ethics DO not require an exchange OF
courtesies between men and women
unacquainted with one another Is
emlnently sound. but I cannot agree
that such an exchange Is always i'm
proper for example, when one gives
up his seat to a stranger IN a street
car and the courtesy is acknowledged,
as Il should be-
7 have no sympathy nor respect
FOR the business man who says he is
too busy TO be courteous. Business is
~
tent and many other desirable traits.
and its effect on women Is becoming
only too painfully apparent; but this
matter under discussion Is not q case
where the amenities are demanded.
common sense IS against such action
Women are not always over cour-
teous to each other or TO the men
In fact. my observations have led me
TO believe that they are less punctili-
Gus In such matters than the men
Witness how, unwilling TO wait their
turn and IN total disregard OF others
rights. they Will butt into a line Of
waiting people at the postoffice, the
aterss etc. or insist IN being waited
upon in stores ahead OF customers
who preceded them.
In street cars young girls should
not expect or accept seats from ell
derby men. yet they do, almost IN
variably, and IN the doing reflect on
their mothers training, as do young
men who occupy seats while women
or old men are standing
Young men as a rule are courte- /
Gus only TO chickens but who are |
more 70 blame for this than their |
mothers7'
1t Is Optional
Taking off ones hat in an ele-
vator IS merely q matter OF personal /
taste, as the elevator Is more OF less 4
a public conveyance and placed in the 4
same class as the street car writes 1
a CORTLAND. ARK, man The fact /
that some men do remove their hats /
while others do not proves the action
Is optional, and II Chesterfield were I
while and enter a cage with one Of
the fair sex he would sustain my
-Apropos the controversy on eti-
quette Of the elevator. permit ne to
as a solution that ought 70 be salts
factory to both sides, and at the same
time greatly tend TO reduce the pres
snt Il. c. L., that the men discard the
use OF hats altogether" writes a ST.
yer City man. william z Eunt-
Another Suggestion
.. Simpson writes. The elevator
question Is easily solved Nearly
svery office building In FL Paso has
two or three elevators or cages Just
.
,ags and Men over the other cage
and compel each to use them as
marked I suppose the women viii
expect the men TO take off their hats
when the cages pass one another
7 want to ada that Il the women
insist on using the dress and actions
hey do IN FL Pasos they viii lose
he respect OF every honest thinking
nan This September Morn business
ihould be stopped The remedy for
Il Paso e through an organization
Composed OF good, honest citizens, to
rive Il the once over. The city Is
lverrun with sporty girls and wei
lressed buns (nonproducers)- Put
hess IN the jail The police know
hem al It wiz help Fl Paso.'
Hamlet Breaks In.
A Shakesperean student sends this
Indsr the caption, Hamlet On Els
rator Etiquette:
TO lift or not to lift; that is the cues
Whether It's nobler for 8 gent to doft
or be excluded from ehivalrio halls
foreTermore
3y riding with his bean covered.
lis a question of pOrtsntouS mo-
ment
FOR who would waste HIS tine on
matters Of little import.
he delays OF senates, the stew IN
Ireland,
ne fnsolencs Of Mexico and the
league OF nations,
When he himself can burst into print
with inspired drivel7
md who In this day casts his cloak
into the mire
10 insure dry passage 70 q woman
when he himself
an study neither anatomy By letting
her wallow2
iir Walter was a boneheadl or may
hap Elizabeth had ungainiy
ankles.
Ind let Us rather bear gratitude 70
that pattern OF our chivairy
Who first DID honor to fair woman