The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
The "Gal" for a Soldier.
To the Editor. The washinston Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
May q battle-scarred war veteran.
who has been through the mill from
He'll to Halifax. presume to engage
the critical eye OF polite society
through the medium OF your
columns?
I read Mr.. Kabatts article. in
which he does not speak In very
catering terms OF our chic happers.
with their war paint, bobbed hair.
soloshes. short skirts and exposed
limbs. He laments the fact that
they resemble chorus girls invading
the streets in their show clothes.
Besides dressing like freaks, they
engage in outrageous fiirtatious.
smoke and drink. and-oh. con-
science be my guide-shimm:e.
Perhaps the flapper is trying I"
outdo her brother in masculine
qualifications. Let US be indulgent
with her This is her era of self
styled emancipation. Let her get
a good taste of what she calls free
dom. Experience is ever the wisest
teacher, and when our emancipated
female has drunk the well dry she
will come home with the cows TO
sober up"
Personally, I prefer the oldfash-
ioned girl. but that is because ] am
myself the oldfashioned type. HLr-
ing engaged in several games %
pingpong with some Terton!c
friends I met while touring Franco,
I acquired a sudden taste for per
manent place by some Yankee
hearthside. The modern nappers,
particularly those who smoke
cigarettes and drink intoxicants, do
not appeal to me. except IN one
way. Now, I'm not a saint. but
prefer the girl who takes more ip
terest in household affairs-one
who is devoted to children, rather
than one who bestows her affec-
tions on a Pekinese lap dog.
may be wrong in my view
point, but / cannot understand how
any intelligent girl can put herself
on the same plane as a man -
the things that men do, such as
smoking. drinking and gambling
and then expect him to regard her
as a perfect lady" l have always
placed woman on q pedestal and ]
want to help keep her there. I'd
hate to see her degrade herself by
coming down to the level of men
But some of her sex insist on eaua'
rights in everything.
And now we come to where Mr.
Kabatt intimates that the boys
may be frying doughnuts behind
he f-A I'M
while the girls are lighting in the
trenches. Here's where we fall
out. Mr.. Kabatt. Your dispara ging
remarks anent the manhood OF your
country would lead one to sus-
picion that. since you are so well
informed considering the deteriora-
tion of the masculine sex, your
comparison is based on association
with q certain type OF F street
milksops (known as cake cat
ers"). >The good old L. S. A. is still
populated with a large percentage
of two-fsted. hard-hitting he-men.
But you won't find them loafing in
front Of candy stores and soda
water dispensaries, grinning fool
ishly at anything and everything
that wears skirts. You'll find men
among men. Mr.. Kabatt. Put that
in your pipe and smoke it.
I have mixed with all types Of
men--some were mighty tough
specimens-some refined and gen.
tlemanly. The latter were no less
men because of being refined. And
I know some who held positions
similar to that OF the lingerie clera
who so nauseates you.
Any one Of these chaps. Mr.. IA
bait. would probably be capable OF
making you think you were sitting
on cloud listening to the sweet
strains of angelic music-mereiy
by giving you a demonstration OF
what boys do when they don't fry
doughnuts.
CACTUS BILL.