The evening world., 1912-02-05

Those who ought to wear It never
would.
But a sign OF bachelorhood would be
different. No man would have any rea-
son for Directing to II, and most OF
them would be proud of II. And they
would stand soidiy against n pos
sible cheats among the married men
who might try to procure frat pins
That Ia the badge / should recon.
mend. . neat. pretty. digntfed looking
pin. to be worn on the coat lapel and
similar to a college fraternity pin. II
might indeed bear the Greek letters
Omicron Epsilon MI. standing for
Order of Unmarried Men, And when
the man became engaged he should
give 1t to the girl instead Of . ring. as
college men give their frat pins"
WOMAN LAWYER THINKS THE
: SUTTON PLAN RIDICULOUS.
Miss Mary Coleman. lawyer. said
Tho idea Mr.. Rogers has II all right.
but his suggestion Of Q bachelors but.
ton 10 perfectly ridiculous. A man would
have twenty excuses for evading such
. law. He'd come into court and swear
that his button had been stolen or that
his valet had mislaad II or that he'd
forgotten to take It out Of the suit of
clothes that had gon to the cleaners.
The distinguishing mark ia suggest
for bachelors 10 q black necktie. They
should be in perpetual mourning because
they are % foolish a. 10 stay unmarried
and deprive themselves OF the comforts
of a wife and . home. There would be
no danger Of forgetting TO put the tie
on. because . man simply doesn't con-
slider himself dressed without one. And
II It were the law that he could only
wear q black tie until he married, why
q black tie he'd wear rather than 10
without.
Incidentally. I don't think thers'd be
any spinsters In the country II such Q
law were passed. All the men I know
are simply crazy about having Q large
stock Of neckties Of every shade and
variety. To release himself from con-
tinued black ties a man would do any
thing. 4 wedding would then mean a
~trousseau for him, too. for he could
exult In a perfect orgie OF ties Of every
hue. In fact. 1t would be q general tie
upi"
BRAND THE BACHELOR BY ALL
MEANS.
Mrs. Sofia NJ. Losbinger. editor Of the
American S~uffragette. said:
'Of course a bachelor ought to be
labelled. II has always seemed to me
grossly unfair that married women
should nave to wea wedding rings
while married men escaped. This plan
Of branding the bachelor quite solves
the difficulty.
"As a matter Of fact. there often Is
a bachelors button to mark an unmar-
ried mainly Its absence! The empty
buttonhole at top or bottom OF coat or
vest IL a sure sign. Even suffragette
wives sew on their husbands buttons;
It's only tho unmarried man who goes
b%uttonless.
But of course there should be soms
moro defin!te Indication OF his fate. A
little pin In h shape Of a small red
enamel lobster would be at ONCE no
ticeable symbolic. Or another pin
plainly lettered Not Yet-with space
underneath to add But Soon,' after
the engagement has been announced.
Or some one might devise q bachelor
coat-of-arms. q pipe and lstchkAy ram
pant over u baby carriage couchant.
Raised on a gold or silver background
that would make . realistic and effec-
tive bachelors button"
CAUTION ON THE PART OF GIRLS
10 THE PROPER PLAN.
Mrs. Julian Heath, president Of the
League for Home Economics;
Frankly. any plan for especially
marking out and distinguishing bach
eiOrs seems to me at once absurd and
impracticable. But I do not doubt
the report Of the Philadelphia district
attorney Ia regard to the havoc played
among young girls by married nirts
who pretended they were not bound.