Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-02

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Stag Porty
II Bot, soys MeEvoy,
Women Moy Stop
En- BY Joining
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~ J. r. MeEvOY.
We men never know when W are
well Of. Look ct what We are dotng
now; look ut those WAACS. lock .
those WAVES. That's enough. nov
stop locking!
For countless centuries nov NJ
have had this war racket Ill to our
selves. When We got tired Of being
pushed around at home by our wives,
We could, always put on . snappy
new uniform and march Oh 70 an
other country where the girls would
make big fuss over Us. Time ms.
and not - long ago. that ~ could
bring the girls back With u, too.
They were called booty: ! believe.
but whatever they were called. they
were all right.
Yes, we had our women well
trained. They knew their place and
they didn't presume. They knew
they were supposed to line up along
the street as we marched by on the
way to--see the above paragraph
and blow kisses to. US and wave
handkerchiefs At us. After the war
they were supposed to line up again
and blow more kisses and have
handkerchifs and toss flowers ut US.
Then their job was to swoon into COR
arms and ask no silly questions.
Only the BEGINNING.
That's all over now. We've let ire
women into OUR club. Maybe you
thought when they started cluttertng
the barber shops and the barrooms
that would be the end oft, but that
was. only the beginning. From now
on they'll be In the parades and We
men will stand on the sidelines and
throw flowers and kisses. and then
60 home and change the baby. In
the old days We went Oh cr,isading
all over the map ana boy! We had
us . time.
Well It was fun while II lasted.
The good old days, whom war VA
q big stag party. are oil over now:
OF course, we could hardly expect
to keep the women out Of It. They
ind out about everything sooner or
later. conSarn EN- From here on
when you 60 TO war, you viii take
the missus. The shape Of things To
come viii wear eirdle.
History tells us that the Roman
gladiators really didn't get blood.
thirsty until they started putting
yestal virgins In the stands, and
every one knows It Il the shrill
whoops OF. the females around the
football field that encourages the
boys to slug and gouse. Now We
are letting the gals 20 70 war! One
Of them shoots - NAzis and gets
invited 70 the white House. gce4
on the YsdiU and probably has
already sold l,er diary to the movies
-title--"I Shoot q Pleassl"
Ths Bright Side. -
But born optiuists that I am, I
see - bright side. Women; may
succeed IN stopping wars By joining.
them II this sort .of thing keeps
up. men will get % disguised that
they'll quit and stay home and I
doubt very much II women would
march Oh u spend Ill their time
With Just . 1T Of other w6men.
Even II the men don't quit. this
definitely means the: end Of war
because when women pick up gums
and start using them, in, practically
no time at al therein be no one
left on either side. Take that Rus.
sian girl guerrilla. I mean you take.
her gun away from her and then
llf take her. Before she Knocked
on 800 Nazis, she practiced on
Ruma1ians, but didn't bother to
keep the score. Some fun, oh.
Ninotchka? 80
A few nights ago I was reading
IN book called Humane m,
deavor" about . Chimes srand.
mother guerrilla who would sit
knitting by the side Of the road
and when Japanese soldier would
trustingly ask for directions, she
would stab him with her knitting
needles. She didn't bother to keen
the score, either. Knit one, purl,
two. stab threel 80.
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