The Washington times., 1922-06-02
Men Should Wear We'd
ding Rings as Women DO
A HAPPY gentleman is about to be married, and he is
~ much excited about it, u

He has ordered and put exhibition in the
jewelers. window, the biggest, heaviest wedding ring
ever seen 1t is of massive gold and it weighs twenty
three and half pennyweghts five times as much
as the ordinary wedding ring.
The gentleman who wants his wife to the biggest
kind OF ring possible is going back although he doesn't
know it, to the old days when the wedding ring idea
began.
There is reasonable doubt that the wedding ring
is survival of times when the woman actually was
OWNED, and when the ring instead of being around
her finger put around her neck around her waist
to lead her off behind the gentleman that had caught
her and meant to keep her..
Those things in which we take sentimental pride
often survive to remind us of humating conditions For
instance, the Chinaman loves his pigta. He has for
gotten that the Tartars forced him to it, because
it convenient to take hold of when they wanted to
cut his head On drag him beside their ponies.
The Chinese proud of their squeezed little
feet forgetting that their conquerors squeezed their feet
originally to prevent them from running away.
And the sentimental young today is ter
rihcay excited about her wedding ring which is sort
of sentimental golden vermiform appendix dwndled
down from the old slavery ring of the past
This gentleman with the big ring suggests to our
minds this idea:
HUSBANDS SHOULD WEAR BIG GOLDEN WE'D
DING RINGS JUST THE SAME AS THEIR WIVES
DO.
| Is there any reason why woman should go around
with ring her finger saying to all the world II
disposed Of Don't look at me. l BELONG to gentle
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police" unless her husband does the samei
| We believe that it would be BETTER for men
to wear wedding rings than for women to them.
For instance the ring would lot of explanation
when sensible is asked to waste his money in drink
or in gambling otherwise. He would simply lift up
his hand with the wedding ring it, look solemn and
go his way. The others would hang guilty heads and
TO themselves at once He that he has got
wife and children at home and he has better of
spending his money than with Let honor that
ring"
The wedding ring on the mans finger would also be
a necessary indication and guide for young women.
Nothing is deserving of sympathy than the aver
age unmarried girl wandering through the earth
Scous of the fact that she must select imperfect
and reconcile herself to live with his mperfec-
tions all the rest of her life.
She it to herself and the future generation to
be very particular. 1t is her principal duty and business
to investigate men a CLASS and as INDIVIDUALS.
She ought not to be allowed to waste her investigating
powers already married when such simple little
badge wedding ring could act red flag and
warn her away
The wedding ring also would act as useful reminder
and deterrent for good many inclined to be fool
ish. And the sight of wedding ring would keep
of good character from asking the ringed to take
things to drink otherwise play the fool
| We not only recommend that husbands wedding
rings their wives do. BUT ALSO THAT THE HUS-
| BANDS RING BE FASTENED ON so THAT 1T CAN
NOT COME OFF.
That is the least it to that wives could
sonaby ask 1t would do great deal of good, absolutely
no harm so it could not be objected TO-.
We aware that many husbands wedding rings
today. But the number should be vastly increased And
advise the young bride now, at the beginning when
the husband is like putty in the hands of the window
glass to get the ring his finger and fasten it
there without loss of time.
Don't fail to select a big Twenty-th penny
weights would be about the right weight.