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Show Mil BANISH LOUS HATPINS Chicago Councilman 0pen3 Attack At-tack and Club Women Ester Es-ter Their Defens?. I Chicogo, Feb. 2S. Chicago's city council tonignt dcllberuttd the following fol-lowing qucKtioaf. : "Are women's long hat pins which menace the' noses, eyes and faces of ether pe-ople a public nuisance?" 'Ought womeu. despite the danger of linip.'n3 to be allowed 10 wear them lor relt-pr.jtecllon?'" Alderman Herman J. Baulder In-treduced In-treduced an order requesting the cor-jciatlon cor-jciatlon counsel to draw up an ordinance ordi-nance restricting tho length of ha;-pins ha;-pins worn In public places. "V.'p have an ordinance prohibiting the wearing of largo hats In thea-terfc," thea-terfc," declared Alderman Baulder. "1 am going to teach tho women of Chicago Chi-cago that they must stop wearing hatpins a foot and a half long Some of the plnn stick five and six Inches beyond the brlr.1.1 of their hats." Grave silence hovered orer a dele-cation dele-cation of women In. the galleries. Then a rolce piped out: "Doesn't your wife wear long hut-pins?" hut-pins?" "No, you bet . she doesn't. She wouldn't do such a thing," shouted Alderman Baulder. "Oh you women of Chicago, don't yo never consider r.hen you get Into n crowded stre-ot car with your long hatpins lhat you rre endangering the faces of all us r:ion ?" Th women, however, had prepared an answer, for as soon as the alderman alder-man eat down tho city clerk read a letter which was spread on the council coun-cil minutes. The letter was signed by May E. Davis and read: "In behalf of myself and thousands of other women lo Chicago who are occasionally on the streets after daik. I want to object to the proposal to curtail the use of hatpins. "A hatpin Is a woman's weapon of defense. She is n.'t permitted lo c.-.rry a revolver or other weapons I always feel safe going home at night wit ha hatpin, available. Before leaving a street car 1 always get a hatpin ready In my hand until I am safe within my home. It has prowd Its need. Thousands of other women can speak from their experiences of how a stout hatpin -has been an effective ef-fective defect in time of danger." Alderman Baulder'". resolution ws referred to a. committee |