Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-16 | Page 4 | Flappers in the Senate

FLAPPERS IN THE SENATE. H Having disposed of the Newberry H case, the senators of the United States H now are turning their attention to high H morals. Fear is expressed that the H lawmakers are about to be tempted Hl ly pretty girl secretaries who, be H cause they bob their hair and wear' H .-hort dresses, are called "flappers.' H Discussion is going on as to whether 1 i be girl secretaries should have Hit B privilege of the floor to the extent en- B joyed by male secretaries. H There are two forces at work in op- Hj position to the girls- One is antipathy H of a few of the older senators, and H ihe other is the prejudice of the "old H ilmers" of thoir own sex One of the H women attaches, registering her dls- H like of the innoveation. said: H "If It were not, for the flappers up H 1 1 ere the girls who run around v. lib. H bobbed hair, short skirts and all sorts H of Greenwich village scenery, I believe H we could get this rule through Of H course, I don't bellevo that the sena- H tors would stand for these loud dress H era violating their dignity and upset H Hng their precious debate by march H lng In on fhe floor. Coldness knows what they would do If they got there." i In the das of long ago the senators were suscepi iblc to the attentions of young lady stenographers and it Ih Just possible they are as weak today when Hatierod by U male blandishments. The debate should be a onesided affair within the halls of congress, and the wives of tin senator., should be allowed to make the final decision. Give the wives a voice In this matter.!