Newspaper Poll on Hat Etiquette

What the well dressed men of the 1920’s were wearing. – Image source, Pinterest

‘Hats On’ Signs Appear in L. A. Elevators

Signs stating that it is unnecessary for men to remove their hats when women enter the car appeared today in several elevators in downtown office buildings. They were posted as the result of the discussion of elevator etiquette which was conducted in The Evening Herald.

In the discussion of the question, 136 voted that hats should stay on, 19 that they should come off and 46 for a compromise. The compromise was that the hats should be removed in hotel and apartment house elevators and kept on in business block lifts.

One hundred and twenty-two men wrote letters to the “Elevator Etiquette Editor” and 59 were received from women. Twenty-seven signed anonymously without sex distinction. Those who voted for the hats on rule held that an elevator is a public conveyance, the same as a street car. — Los Angeles Herald, July 1920

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