Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-14

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HARPER COOLEY face and dye her
hair profuscly. or neglect ncr children,
or firt with the husbands of others. or
get a divorce. or hold up cashiers fo;
their bankroll.
NyHE handsome young savage"
y artist is shocked and mortified. lie
calls us physically ''sott." demanding
as we do choicest foods and most luxur-
lous beds and steam heat and every
comfort day and night In this, Of
course. he includes the men.
E White men treat their women abom-
inably. the Redsxin declares. They
I push us about in crowded ears, and
tnow no chivalry or Difference. and
their wooing is vulgar and public. Dig
nifty is unknown to the average. every
day city man, who even uses profanity.
and tells jokes, and in short, treats
women as he does men.
VIYELL, how about it?
w 1t IL all in the point of view.
Ethics differs with race traditions, and
geography. ,..- -.
much as we enjoy chatting them.
On the open plain and in the limit
less forest, there is room to move about
superhuman gallantry to make way for
q woman in a subway jam at the rush
I hours! The gracious man who stood
back and, with barred head, remarked,
"After you, Madame" would be stand
/, ing week In and week out; for nothing
ehort Of football rush impels human
beings to the inner parts of cars, and
survival of the fittest operates there
as in the jungle. Many men try hard
to be courteous, and never does n frail
woman, or one with a baby, or an
old one, or a cripple, lack for seat
or assistance from those near her. In
deed one often sees buxom danes who
have been shopping or enjoying festivi-
ties, accepting the seat of exhausted
workingmen, after their day OF hard
physical labor.
4 ND courtship? Is it so heinous a
~ crime for the young clerk whose
eirl has no spacious parlor in which
to receive him. to put his arm about
her waist on the back seat of a bus,
high up under the moon? Artificial,
to be sure, are modern conditions, and
robbed of the sweet secrecy of romance,
but this Is not the fault OF the youth =
full individuals.
They treat us as they do other
men? Well, that may not necessarily
imply a lack OF affection or respect; II
may indeed be the highest tribute. Have
not we been yearning and begging for
the franchise and a chance at the jobs
and salaries. and athletics? We must
be consistent and take the fifty fifty
nan in it's entirety. Numerous mer
are delighted that they can tell gooG
Joke to their wives and express all theil
Joys and SORROWS freely and humanity
without all the palaver and false mod
esty and repression. That does no
imply vulgarity, for truly refined
{ decent man does not wallow in obscene
ribaldry even with his men companions
VEs, We women wear abbreviate'
w y costumes, but to show the humal
I form Is not to be lewd The menta
image Of people depends on their owl
many times, in discussing clothes. Gus
tom Is the great arbiter; rs soon a
4 the novelty and shock of the unac
Z customed is worn off. the eye accept
~ new clothes of sparse nature as
matter of fact.
The Indian brave dances alone,
a. true; but he cavOrts in his war
paint for the delectation of circle c
~ >admiring young squaws. As birds dis
play their gay plumage to fascinate tn
female. as part of wOoing, SO tn
young Indian men dance before the eye
" Of the Minnehahas, hoping to enamc
them!
Some of us who dance are vulga
and lacking in dignity, but many al
not.
fyIvILlZATION has many sins {
~ answer for. We are soft, an