The evening world., 1912-02-05
Unmarried Man Might
Wear a Pin in Lapel Of
the Coat, or a Diamond
Ring on One Of His Lit.
tie Fingers and Get
Mobbed.
Black Neckties Proposed,
but 1t IL Easy to Tell a
Single Man by Noticing
Whether He Is Shy in
the Matter Of Buttons
BY Marguerite Mooers Marshall.

AsJ &AdH IS OOCIS M81SuUlls
Button. button. who's got my button3
Before long we may hear that frenxied
wall arising alike from the University
Club and the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. In fact from wherever our
youthful benedicts live and have thsr
being. Wouid-be social reformers have
sought in vain to induce the married
man to sport the badge of his servitude.
the wedding ring. Now. however. an
earnest apostle. doubtless nerved with
the courage OF despair. has tfained his
guns on tha. free and untamed spirit,
the bachelor.
Let u single men be labelledi" de.
clares Assistant District Attorney Jo-
seph Rogers of Philadelphia. Let each
and every one OF them DO provided a
bachelors button. Then not only will
the married firt receive a knockout. but
will know just where to find him."
And this Is leap year. too. Mr.. Rogers
HOW SOME OF THE NEW YORK
WOMEN VIEW IT.
An interview with q New York man
on the topic In hand would. certainly
be "a picture no artist could PAINE
or family newspaper print But Views
grave and gay from several women I
did obtain-and here they aSe:
Mrs. william Grant Brown. President
| Of the New York Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs. said:
"Mr. Rogers would label bachslors
to protect girls. But you see I think
men need protection from women quite
as much as women do from men. Just
consider the havoc that would BIZ
wrought In tho ranks OF the unmarried
men II each had to wear q label posi-
lively inviting the attention of the ma
rauding female. You know Thackeray
says somewhere that any woman. I'M
less she has a positive hump. can
marry any man she pleases. OF course
hts great safeguard Ia the tact that
some other woman may have married
him first.
Probably n reason why the mod
ern man wears such plain n incon-
spicuous clothes 10 that. like certain
insects. he has found It wisest to b.
u%nobtrusive IN not attract attention,
The effect would be altogether spoiled
II he had to sport some gnttering badge
or button that fairly proclaimed him
'~uncaught.'
Seriously, I think It would be an ex-
cellent thing II all husbands wore we'd
ding rings. because the symbol should
be as beautiful and holy to them a. "a
their wives. II this custom generally
obtained there would be distinction
enough for all practical purposes be.
tween married men and bachelors
Moreover, I can sec how a wife Nigh,
induce her husband to wear a ring, but
will you please tell me who would play
domestic policeman to q bacheior?"
RAP FOR THE MARRIED FLtRr,
Contemplate MORTAL.
Miss Bessie Clayton. the wen known
dancer, said;
IT think It would be an excellent idea
for a bachelor to wear ome distin.
gushing mark. II Ia perfectly true
that really nice girls are often deceived
by that most contemplate Of mortsls.
the married il,rt. One doesn't have "a
bo a distrlct-attorney 20 know that.
Even In the divorce cases which MI the
newspapers It is often shown that the
correspondent: Is some trustfui young
woman. ignorant almost to the very end
OF her lovers duplicity.
"one could never induce this type OF
man TO wear a wedding rms. Even II
there were a law requiring It he would
find some means OF evasion. That ID
the weak spot in all tho arguments ad-
vocatins the wedding ring for husbands.