Show Li kl WOULD REFORM REFO RM THE MEN MUNCIE IND GIRLS WILL DEMAND DE DE- MAND GREATER DEFERENCE Young Men Must Stand with Bared f. f Heads When Talking to Them In Inthe Inthe the Street Under Penalty of r Social Ostracism MuncIe Ind HavIng Having reached the t conclusion that the young men of today today to day h have ve become too lax in showing i iI terence deference to the weaker sex the Leap Year club composed of a number of girls of the younger society here have declared for tor a reform In mens men's manners manners manners man man- ners and have established a set of rules which they require them to live JIve up to the penalty being social ostra ostra- clam cism The first rule Is that every young man on meeting a girl acquaintance In the street or a public place shall lift t his hat removing It entirely from his head The perfunctory salute as asIf asIf asif If the young men were privates In the army recognizing an officer will not go with members of the Leap Year cub club hereafter But they still go fur fur- 1 f they ther When a young joung man meets one of the young women of the tho club and tops stops to talk with her he ho must remove re re- move his hat entirely from his head and hold It In his hand while the conversation conversation con con- continues The only exception to be bo made to this rule Is In case the young man Is Ill when ho he may be allowed to replace the tho hat on l Us is head after he ho has once doffed It I There are other rules such as ro re ro- ro quiring young joung men friends to give up seats In street cars to any woman who may be standing and removing their hats In public elevators but the young women say these customs are commonly commonly commonly com com- observed now The Indications are that the tho average average average aver aver- age young joung man Is losing the old time old time respect for a woman merely because she Is a w woman oman said one of o fhe ho members mom mem bers hors of the Leap Year club The custom cus cue tom In the tho small towns of doing away with chaperons the c educational co-educational Institutions Institutions institutions In In- and the camaraderie that exists between American boys and girls and young men and women have had a tendency to break down the natural natural na nil tural barriers that should be kept up When the tho average young joung man meets In the street a that he knows pretty well for Instance he raises his hand to his hat but that is about all If he stops to talk to her the chances are that he does not even do that but merely says Hello Margy Mar Mar- gy and lets it go go at that What the girls of this club desire to do Is to get back In some small measure to the customs of Of course we dont don't expect a modern young man In pressed trousers patent leather shoes and high collar to buckle on a suit of armor and fight somebody for Cor us but we do believe and we think that every woman thinks the same way that ho he should treat us with witha a little more deference than he does his young men friends But even so the boys are not altogether to blame In being anxious to be regarded asgood as asgood asgood good fellows some of the young women women women wo wo- wo- wo men have rather encouraged these lib lib- and nd so the young men have fallen Into ungallant ways Do you think your plan will work was asked It will have to work with the boys we know or well we'll have to hunt other young men friends was the firm reply reply reply re re- ply of the pretty miss of 20 years who was the speaker But you must excuse excuse excuse ex ex- ex- ex cuse me for tor Im I'm going to have company company com com- pany to to night night Probably a modern knight errant was remarked Well if he Isn't hell he'll learn to be |