Once upon a time, a long time ago, in Edwardian times women kept veils and wimples (wimples! that was a long time ago) secure on their heads by use of a device called a hat pin, a long shafted needle - the pointy end held veil to hair and thus the head; the visible end was bejeweled or otherwise adorned and it became an accessory of some desirability on the part of the ladies - held the damned things on and provided another area for one-upmanship.
Men, after a series of events, were much less in favor of them. Women on public transportation were becoming very adept at whipping out the hat pin and skewering the unfortunate male who had gotten just a leetle to friendly.
Even in play they could be deadly. A 19 year old girl in Scranton, PA, playfully pretended to menace her boyfriend, something went wrong and she got him right through the heart which killed him then and there. And no therapy invented yet.
Another fatal outcome occurred when a man on a crowded horse car felt a little sting behind his left ear - an accidental brush up with one of these ladies and spent a week in the hospital and died.
Law and order was threatened when 100 female factory workers, brandishing said hatpins, charged police who were trying to arrest a pair of fellow workers for "making anarchistic statements."
Men, quite understandably, were very, very wary around the ladies wearing great big hats. So much so that laws were passed directing women to blunt the needle end via a cork or for less well-to-do ladies, a chunk of raw potato.
In today's world, the only women with the ability to wear a hat pin are the long-haired beauties who wear it up when they aren't competing in hair tossing contests.
Still … it was a thrilling moment for Women - seeing the terror in male eyes if they even gestured toward their hair.
Ah, so rightfully said "Those were the good old days." #Me, Too can't hold a candle to a good, strong hatpin.
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