Show by L L STEVENSON citadels sacred to men are f falling allin 9 rapidly these days the latest I 1 Is the year old chamber of commerce of new york which from the beginning was an exclusively male sanctuary the entering wedge was five years ago when t the he custom of holding an annual tea and reception for the ladies was inaugurated attendance at the annual dinner was restricted to men however until this year then amid 1000 men was one woman guest dorothy thompson writer and news commentator men not only did she attend but her photograph was taken with the president of the chamber winthrop W aldrich by coincidence or plan prints of the photos were delivered during this years annual tea that caused mabel green of the sun to do some investigating which resulted in the discovery that the granite liberty street headquarters of the chamber now actually has a powder room for women 4 0 6 furthermore miss green found that while the membership is exclusively clu male so far at least there are a number of women employees plo the librarian is a woman there are two women secretaries and four girl typists there are also several scrubwomen scrub women and fro from m 15 to 20 waitresses serve luncheons to members women however must report for work before the arrival of male members and leave after they depart they cant ride in the elevators with members either along with the elevators the portrait gallery which includes more than likenesses of those who have become eminent is is exclusively clu male that is its exclusively c clu lu male at present then there is the fifth estate club which has an exclusively male membership speakers at the weekly off the record meetings are always men but for some time there have been numerous attempts to include women in meetings nothing happened however until judge charles took a hand he invited fellow members of the board of governors to meet at his park avenue home the invitation having been accepted he let it be known that the ladies were to be included nothing could be done about the matter and the meeting proved so enjoyable tha ahe ladies were invited to the first annual dinner of the club the name of the organization is due to the fact that it not only includes newspaper men but magazine stage radio and other writers in fact all who deal with the printed word 0 0 0 still on the subject of women there are hats in the past ive made certain remarks about hats which top heads I 1 take back everything ive said in the past the reason is the present styles judging by observation in various parts of the town and from swank cocktail bars to the theater my conclusion is that this year the more awful the hat the more stylish or the more funny the more stylish some other years have produced some mighty bad specimens but this years are the final yell at least so far as these tired old eyes are concerned heres a girl just for the sake of variation an irate father recently appeared at the home of gus haenschen and demanded the return of his daughter not having any missing daughters lurking around the song shop maestro was puzzled finally mrs haenschen summoned a maid she had just hired and the caller running to her with open arms begged her to return home with him it then developed that the maid was a well todo to do girl whose ambitions had caused her to take employment as a servant ter vant 1 I thought it if I 1 worked here and got to know you help me in my career was the tearful explanation the young woman made to haenschen austop eavesdropping hes lucky because his apartments so small his mother in law cant get a word in edgeways 0 atu btu syndicate service |