The New York herald., 1921-07-10
BY DAN CAREY.


modesty, thought that the subject had been
exhausted. But no. we were wrong.
lady printed a card in THE SUN the other
day in which she said that men would be
compelled to become accustomed to seeing
the knees of women and that those who
could not see them without going crazy had
better prepare themselves for a residence
in the insane asylum.
So il seems the subject isn't exhausted at
ALL Frankly, we had not thought about this
feature of going crazy, but it does present
possibilities. AS a matter of fact. we did
not feel fully capable of understanding the
ladys viewpoint because of our unfamiliarty
with knees. except own, we decided
TO make an inspection in order that we
might he more familiar with our favorite
topic and place ourselves in position to
pass Judgment.
We visited a swimming pool-a large
swimming pool-in the centre of Manhattan
Island. and there we made our study We
had been attracted by particularly alluring
picture of a young female person in red
bathing suit who appeared about to dive
from springboard SO we paid our nifty
cents willingly and went inside.
Then was revealed to us the secrets of
the SEX and we knew what the card writing
lady had been talking about
TT reminded us of the story of the wealthy
old'gentleman in the South who became
i'll that his physician requested
consultation with some specialists of the
community They came. examined. con-
suited and withdrew. In vain he requested
that he be informed of his condition. His
cria ui1a he il1i
were dumb CLAIMS. second time
they came and did the whole thing over
again, with the same results.
Finally they said a third consultation
would be required. Meanwhile the patient
had grown worse and somewhat irascible.
He called Uncle Tom, his body servant, to
his bedside.
"Tom," he said "the doctors are coming
to examine me again. They will not tell
me what my trouble is. 1 want you to go
in the room with them when they are hold
ing their consultation and pretend to be
dusting or something of the kind. After
they have gone you tell me what they said.
I simply must know what is the matter
with me-"
Uncle Tom agreed, and after the physi
clans had completed their examination he
went into the living room TO overhear what
they might say.
man called for his servant
Were you in the room, Tom?" he in
qured.
Eyes sur, wuz right dar" he answered
"Well what did they say?"
"Course Marse Dick" he said "yo' knows
dat dey talked er lot er words dat l never
knowed de meanin' of. | listened des as
good as / could, but / didn't know what dey
wuz talking erbout. Finally one of 'em riz
to hfctxor aYn6
it looked ter me like he wuz mad. He
walked UP an down in front de fireplace a
few times an den he said: 1T des amt no
use argun' erbout it any more and wastin
nv time an yours. De autopsy will re-
veal"
ND so we had things revealed to us
"A when we went to the swimming pool.
In our ignorance of the matter we
had always supposed knees to be rather
entrancing little dmpled effects, well
rounded and attractively gotten up.
1t isn't true! We agree with the lady who
wrote the card. Any man who would go
crazy over what we saw the other night
deserves a place of honor in the insane
asylum.
Now. there were several girls who were
not in swimming and VINO dld not nave OH
bathing suits 1t may have been-however.
we do not know.
The chances are that an investigation
would show that women with desirable knees
do not go in swimming while those with
knees Of lesser attractiveness remain on
shore.
The whole subject might well be referred
for final decision to that heroic official of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy who
has issued an order abolishins rouge. re lee
down stockings and short skirts in the gen
fearlessness in the male sex that is as
unusual as it is commendatory.
\ EEANwHILE, now that the subject
NT of women and their rights has
:. arisen, we note with pleasure that
the Woman's party now proposes another
amendment to the Constitution of the United
states This one will insure that equal
rights to women shall not be denied because
Of sex or marriage"
Good. Go to II. girls. We are with you
We admit that women do not know what
they want except that they want to get
the advantage of the men and do not know
just how to go about it. For goodness sake
do not misunderstood our attitude on the
question. We think they ought TO have the
advantage. They need IL.
Recently we had the pleasure Of dining
with a charming lady who is perfectly
serious I'm wishing TO SEQ the condition of