The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-01-07

work Governor elect Woodrow Wilson
20 put the plan over and while she mny
work that gentleman, he being only a
school teacher and unvcrscd In the de
Vious feminine, every married man IN
the land ought TO line up as parts Of
a countrywide stone wall against tho
scheme as n gratuitous insult to class
chat already suffers much. Mrs. Howell
wants to tag the married men. She has
offered a BILL which she will ask the
legislature 10 enact into law, compelling
all married men to wear a certain design
Of ring on their thumbs NJ all times. b.
being a misdemcauor 10 be caught iu
public without such badge Of servitudc
upon your thummy.
II the consarncd legislature Of New
Jersey does pass this bill it ought 90
bee summarily abrogatcd by congress
81 the first opportunity, a. class lcgis
Iation, hearing too heavily upon a por.
tion of humanity that already has troub
lee enough OF Us own. Besides that such
a badge is totally unnecessary II i,
extremely easy 20 tell the married man.
Il you have any powers Of observation
at all. Most of them have a sort OF COW.
ed look that is unmistakablc When you
see a man with a face like mud pie
that ought 10 wear full beard or at
least a mustachc, but who goes with q
face like a peeled onion, YOU eau bet
al you have that be is married man
aud his wife prefers them on. II after
Christmas he wears tie that cries aloud
In misery, he is married all right. II
buttons are missing from his cuffs aud
This clothes are thrcudh0re, you can safe
ly bet that he is saving TO make up for
a tailored suit aud "a set of furs 40 home.
Almost invariably he has % worried and
hunted look that marks him iu "a crowd
Of million. lie got It by being i'm.
pressed with the fact that il i- o wors,
crime TO be five minutes late 10 dinner
than 10 cmhczylc q fortune. Also there
Is Que badge that never fails, although
sometimes ingenious devices are used IN
hide IL. The high cb't OF living has
made b. almost universal. u consists
Of pierre of cloth of varied sizes aud
shapes placed where ii will do the most
good on the northeast quarter OF the
garment which distinguishes the male
animal aud which de-, Tee IL defined BOO
'hr dictionary %, patch. Practically
lnlI married men wear thi, badge nova.
days; they can . even afford to buy ID
pair ot - pant. from the bargain couu
ter
/ Mr.. Howell makes her chief argument
in favor Of her uefarious plan on the
alleged fact that married men are iu
rlned TO get gay when away from home
To be- certainly. would she consign
them /" life OF perpetual pIooml Upon
those rare occasions when they are ubl,
10 get q little WAYS distant from th,
pasture they must 90 along with tbcir
heads down. " upon such urca,iou'
is b. fair to aHbc the poor married man
wear q thumb uug' II an pf the ,Is
ter. of her rlu,s were thus marked il
would save many au OLD brother from
/ PLAYING au engagement and ma ling
fool out OF himself on general plluci
/ pics hy running ltter q street ear that
some other fellow ha. already caught
aud would instantly distinguish tie dan
gcrous widow from thc rrs' of the rtcr
nal feminine The truth of the mnttc0
B, that where there b, ore man who kick.
|uP hi. heels when on strange pasture,
there are dozen women, aud amy az
tempt to humiliatc the poor down. trud
den married man ought 10 bee mot with o.
stern rebuff They have troubles enough
as IL i.. II thi. tagging hu.iuo-. must
20, The patriot. Of the country ought .,
,oo that 1t &. applied 10 nll who suffer
I both -oyc, alike.