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Show Long Hafcpiras Public Nuisance, Verdict of Chicago City Council i.,9!iICAG0, -"liucn 7 Women's long hatpins were declared to be a "public nuisance," and an "antl-halplnV ordinance ordi-nance was ordered drawn up bv the u-duv u-duv "V ,:"mm,lluc of lho c,t" council 'to- The action followed a week's crusade against, the. ouK hatpin, which culminated culminat-ed today In n public hearing. The ordinance or-dinance will stipulate that hatpins worn n public places "shall not extend more than one-half an inch beyond the mown of the hat. It Is to be drawn up bv the corporation counsel and presented for nlulu1 C'ty C0UIIC'1 11CJCt Monday Nino aldermen, three or' four lawyers and a score of protesting women were present at the public hearlim. 'Wo want to protest right 'here against t ils attempt to rcgulato woman's attire, at-tire, declared Attorney Francis Hinckley, Hinck-ley, representing the women "It docs noi become the cliy of Chicago to try '"..'i!?13?0 ":,mL lls womon shall wear." "Ihats right." suld Miss Nan K. Davis, Da-vis, interrupting ,Cr counsel. "These hatpins arc women's only means or de-rense. de-rense. Ion must not dictate to us women." wo-men." u "Well, yon women want lo rcgulato what we men drink don't you?" interposed inter-posed Alderman Carmack. Amid a. chorus or "hoo-hoos" from female fe-male voJccx Alderman Herman J. Bau-Icr, Bau-Icr, who started the matter In the couu- & . I ell, stepped forward and described what bewailed "the truth about the whole hat- "I do not believe thero was ever a time in history when women have i shown so adm n.nenf 5 V,0J ' . l KoiuU huoi anient as at present." lie said "W-c have had the tight skirt, the sheath accesfekl0 ,m wUn Us trkable no'rsgfede '3 ' If women care to wear em-mii -in,i Snrorn Wr heads, Unit ffVhofc own bv tho el.v wCa,no1 )c Interfered with Inc- ,V' m1 Wl,e". li comcs 10 WC1"'-mS(-,SU0,Ub l,lc. must bo stopped. thl -velJ'Vhc , uI.ty, elevator by -svcp of a hatp n like n scimitar 3 'lu-L?m 01 U,c u,y "' bones" in loslnc thntr08 )c-op,c, a?'c ' laugcr of , oIr, pyos Kitting beside some Ioy,oj' dovolcc of rashlqn. wnrn m !?Lp,.n "" bo t,,u only weapon .m:Ml ,,a.8 10 ward off attack, but let c wear It sheathed In her belt. I-Iid-. " a Pxai,s of Plumage or hair, it cSh wmd0r V.10 designation of con-ccnlcil con-ccnlcil weapons, .J1!"" W01C move boos from thn wom-tlmw wom-tlmw ,V,l con"I"c sent itrt Instructions Instruc-tions to the corporation counsel, |