Show woman W oman writer objects A 1 to term JL erm weaker sex 7 A woman colu columnist mist noted for her keen insight into events and things selects this subject for comment tho papers tell fell ofa of a federal jud judge in a n now new york courtroom who compelled tho the men to give women their seats beats A reader sends us tho the clipping wondering what we think about it nero here it Is in a courtroom crowded to capacity with creditors and stockholders of the ambassador hotel corporation federal judge J IL 11 woolsey said recently it seems to me that tho the men sitting over there hero should stand up find lot let tho the ladles sit down when tile mon men did not budge lie he added go over there marshals and roust them out the marshals obeyed and the women sat down while the men grumbled quietly to themselves saying they thought the order unfair calro what do wo we it well it all depends on what we women want if what we want most Is the sent seat a man occupies then wo we should not inquire too closely into the method of taking ataway it away from him in this case they were wo we must admit questionable tlona tio ble some of those men may have been more in need of a seat than any of the women to accommodate whom they were ousted aud and some were probably thero there in the line I 1 of dut duty while the women seated by the gallant judge were merely spectators presumably on pleasure bent we repeat if its tho seat only that interests you you will applaud tile tho judge whose motto la Is apparently under all circumstances ladles first 10 if it Is chivalry on the part of men in this day and age that you care moro more about than tile the seat in court or subway or street car which they may have to give up to you then you will not favor forcing them out of their seats there Is no romantic satisfaction in taking a mans mans sent seat it if lie ho lia haa tobe thrown out of it and the compulsion is hardly conducive in him agrest er cr gallantry in fact the man aped forced to get up for a woman will hardly take the lend lead in making tag gallant gesture of hla his own free will that sweet lower we r of chivalry tho the sense of S sok olf s on behalf of the WEAKER sex will havo have been nipped tn in the bud and anyway are lire wo we WEAKER for my part ii 11 should feel cheap to have it a roan man forced out ot of tits his seat beat tor for my bonel bonella lf 0 nell bell syndicate service |