Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-03
LABELS FOR MARRIED Man
Reform Move in New Jersey ImperiIs
the Freedom of Men Who
Are Hftched.

The members OF woman,s club at
Trenton. N. j., have prepared a bill re-
curing married men TO wear thumb rings
to Indicate their welded state and they
will present II at the coming session Of
the state legislature. Governor-elect VIII
son has been asked 20 endorse the measure.
"A great many homes have been made
unhappy" explained the president OF the
club TO a reporter. by husbands posing
as single men and making love TO others
tran their wives. Also several cases where
young girls have been made unhappy by
falling in love with married men whom
they thought single have been reported"
Far be IL from us to attempt to throw
cold water on a plan which Is apparently
so fair However, we think the ladies' are
entitled to be told that all sorts of secret
opposition viii spring up to their bill and
render its passage practically impossible.
The gay travelling man. for instance,
whose coming brings Joy and a breath OF
the great world to ,the pretty milliners
and divers other maidens in the smaller
cities and towns ne visits viii never con-
sent to carry about with him an emblem
- calculated to dampen his reception.
And the bald-hsaded contingent who sit
IN the front rows and receive the general
or personal smiles and roguish glances
from the chorus ladies will hardly fail to
oppose a plan which would condemn
considerable number OF them TO receive
giances so icy cold. so studiously indif-
ferent. as to freeze the marrow in their
bones
similarly, the vast numbers OF men who
buy cigars from pretty cigar girls. who
chat Familiarity with scrumptuous looking
telephone ladies in hotels, who finger
business purposes before the window which
frames the handsome cashiers countenanee
AL these may be relied on to feel the
same way about IT,
Even the tired business man" who goes
on long journey need not be expected to
remain entirely neutral while a PROPOSE
ton which would render the making Of
parlor car acquaintances so much more
difficult Is being urged a state legisla-
ture.
However, II is but just to say that self
ish. personal reasons will not necessarily
be the principal ground OF opposition with
all the classes here mentioned. Thousands
OF men will no doubt object not so much
because they do not want the fact OF their
marriage 20 be known as because they do
not want to bring disappointment and sor-
row to various ladies with whom they
come in contact as they journey through
/ life.
When these kind-hearted men think OF
how cherries would be the lot OF un-
numbered pretty cigar girls and scrump-
tious cashiers and handsome telephone ar
lists and chorus ladies and parlor car ae-
auaintanees II they were continually re-
minded OF the married state OF their ad-
mirers. they simply haven't the heart to
/ do H.
Furthermore. many will naturally feel
that the injustice which would result in
divers cases from requiring married men
/ to wear a simple thumb ring might prop
/ erly be urged against the measure. Clearly,
II the thumb ring has to come there
should be different styles indicating the
different states OF the gentlemen's matri-
monial relations For instance there
should be one indicating happily married"
another. "stll married. but wife is in
Reno; another, married. but divorce
suit will be filed next week" and so on
through the list.
The women OF the Trenton Woman's club
evidently mean well. but they have con
sidered neither the practical difficulties In
the way OF their measure nor the unhappi-
ness thsy might cause a lot OF women
who do not deserve such a blow.-ChicaEo
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