Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-12-30
WOMEN HAVE GRIT

Men, with all their bluff about beng
the "sterner sex," and their ofttlme
boast of superiority over women, are
after all only talking that they may
hear their own voice. The men realize
this, in their inner selves, and the
women know it.
Even before the days of suffrage
and other evidences of women's llb7ra-
ton from semi-slavery, the men had
ample proof that the fair sex, col
lectively and individually, generally
have their way. What they want they
get and as a rule they do not make
a great deal of fuss about it.
Recently a number Of changes have
been going on that have a direct
bearing upon the lives Of men. One
instance of this is the prohibition
amendment. There can be no ques-
tion it was the men who did most of
the drinking.
70 a great many men abolition OF
their drink, strong and mild, was a
shock and altogether displeasing
They looked upon the amendment as
one which infringed upon time
honored liberty and one which played
large part in their social and pol
:tical careers.
What did the men do? What are
they doing:
Nothingl
1t is true they gathered on street
corners and raved; in the corner drug
store they sputtered; in the shop they
threatened. But in the end they have
not taken an organized step Of moment
to restore what they consider, or
many Of them, an injustice.
They are threatened with loss of
their tobacco and they will pursue the
same course in the future as in the
past.
But the women!
At present an organization known
as the Dress Reform League is active.
1t is the announced purpose of the or
ganization to alter the styles Of
women's attire-to make the skirts
longer, the waists higher, the stock
ings thicker and the shoes fiatter.
Will anything come of the move
ment?
No!
Are the women worried?
No!
They will not say much, they will
not organize, nor will they take con-
certed action against the Dress Re
form League. They "should worry"
But they will go on wearing the
garb that pleases them until in their
own sweet minds and in their own
way they wish change. Then and
then only will there be any noticeable
difference in their appearance.
But we are told the Dress Reform
League is to work with designers of
women's dress and that garments to
suit the league leaders will be placed
On the market and that then the
women will be compelled to wear them
No such thing will happen.
Designers know their bread is but
tered only so long as they please the
women. Their interest is with the
weaker -sex," not with the dress re-
form folks.
A Dress Reform League branch is
proposing to introduce law in the
Massachusetts legislature making it
criminal to wear highheeled shoes
after December 81, 1922. But that
law will never pass, for the Bay State
Legislators are not going to run afoul
the contemptuous spirit of women dis
gusted.
Women have nerve, spunk, grit, or
whatever it may be called. They
know what they want, they don't want
anything else, and what they want
they get without fuss or fume.
The men might take a lesson from
the women, and either change their
ways or shut up their small talk.
But the men will not change.
Neither will the women.
They cannot.
For after all they are just men and
women.