The Washington times., 1919-12-05
Wedding Rings For Men
Shall They Be Compulsory

Miss Damer Dawson, chief of London's women police,
suggests that sit should be compulsory for every married
man to wedding ring"
good idea, if man should wear any jewelry at all
which is doubtful.
If the woman half of the marriage contract is to be
obliged to always the badge of her partnership
the husband should be required twice large
and ten times as prominent.
But why require either of them to advertise their
rage state?
II all that holds married man or woman to the terms
OF their mutual agreement is band of metal and all that
resrains them from breaking the vows they have made
each the other baube then that particular
couple should have been married or, having made
the mistake, should correct it the courts will
provide the means
The wedding ring insignia of marriage is relic
OF barbarm is the direct descendant of the custom Of
getting wife by purchase
The first method was, of course, the cave mans He
fought and won battle and wife by the same efforts.
Then intellect IN advance of its times decided that
buying wife better than killing man to get her. and
the custom later improved by giving the bride
portion OF the purchase price, and this usually paid
N goods rather than money and metal the most vau
able thing of those days the wedding ring found its way
into existence.
The 'best man. of modern times takes the place of
the man who accompanied the fighting bridegroom in the
earlier times and the umpire in the financial negotia-
tions of the later period
In olden times it customary in the ceremony to put
the wedding ring first the end of the thumb on the
first finger then the second naming the Trinity and
lastly it put the third finger signify that next to
God the wfe's duty was to her husband
But the wedding ring to be only badge of oblga-
ton there forty for the mems wearing it to one
for the woman And it should be generously large and
prominently displayed
One other wedding ring point The lady policewoman
of London probably thinks married should wear wed
ding rings as warning to guileless young females
Married men sometimes deceitful With all ten fin
gers free they about seeking whom they may devour
man wore his wedding ring the young lady would for
that before looking for his soft brown eyes She would
the ring and say to herself He is married nothing there
for me- and go about her business.
Unfortunately the wrong kind of man would take of
the ring and put in his pocket in emergencies The only
plan would be to have mark of marriage that could
not be removed Some in South Africa have cou-
pie Of front teeth knocked by the husband on the wed
ding day The woman puts the back of her head against
tree and the husband knocks the front teeth with
wedge and stone Anyone knows she married for there
are no dentists there to make false teeth.
Other women when they married have marks tat
ooed on their faces That might be tried married men
to keep them from msrepresentng their condition But
what about the wdower? It would be hard on him if he
could not get out the tattoo marks and around under
cloud Of suspicion whenever he tried make himself
pleasing.
On the whole perhaps best scheme to let things
drift along they content to know that are all
ang better all the time, even if we do improve slowly