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Show Woman Writer Objects to Term "Weaker Sex" A woman columist, noted for her keen Insight into events and things, selects this subject for comment: The papers tell of a federal judge In a New York courtroom who compelled com-pelled the men to give women their seats. A reader sends us the clipping, clip-ping, wondering what we think about It Here it Is: "In a courtroom crowded to capacity capac-ity with creditors and stockholders of the Ambassador Hotel corporation, Federal Judge J. M. Woolsey said recently : 'It seems to me that the men sitting over there should stand up and let the ladies sit down.' "When the men did not budge, 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." un-fair." What do we think about it? Well, It all depends on what we women want. If what we want most is the seat a man occupies, then we should not Inquire too closely into the method of taking It. away from him. In this case they were, we must admit, questionable. ques-tionable. Some of those men may have been more In need of a seat than any of the women to accommodate accom-modate whom they were ousted. And some were probably there in the line of duty, while the women seated by the gallant judge were merely spectators, spec-tators, presumably on pleasure bent. We repeat, If it's the seat only that Interests you, you will applaud the judge whose motto Is apparently under un-der all circumstances, "Ladles First." If It Is chivalry on the part of men In this day and age that you care more about than 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 ro-mantic satisfaction in taking a man's seat If he has to be thrown out of It And the compulsion is hardly conducive con-ducive to developing in him a greater great-er gallantry. In fact the man once forced to get up for a woman will hardly take the lead In making the gallant gesture of bis own free will. That sweet flower of chivalry, the sense of self-sacrifice on behalf of the WEAKER sex, will have been nipped in the bud. And, anyway are we WEAKER? For my part I should feel cheap to have a man forced ont of his seat for my benefit. . Bell Syndicate. YVNU Service. |