The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
LOCAL BACHELORS Want
Law TO REGULATE SKIRTS
Think Length Should be Limit 70
Within Ten Inches of Knee;
Safety Pin Club Emblem

The Bachelors Mutual Protectiy,
Association of Punta Gorda. on Fri
day night, the 25th inst, held anoth
er of the spasmodic meetings tha,
have characterized the organization
since its inception some months ago
On this occasion, conditions especial
ly favored the meeting, as il was &
stormy evening with rain COMING
down in torrents and members were
enabled to attend without running
the danger of being ambushed going
to and from the lodge room by de.
signing ones of the fair sex.
| In the absence of Wallace Chad
man, president, the meeting was pre-
sided over by Guss Lawrence, vice
president. After the reading of the
minutes by Secretary Max C. Price,
various and sundry matters were
taken up, discussed and acted upon,
but the nature of some of these and
the desire of the organization to pro-
ceed in secret with them 10 conclus-
ion precludes publication of full de-
tails of the meeting. However, the
minutes as censored by the publicity
committee composed of Geo. Heusted.
Harry Robbins and Armie Davis, will
prove more or less interesting to the
general public. condensation of
the minutes follows:
In
Jones warned the members of the
snareS that are being laid for them
by venturesome Punta Gorda girls
and sounded note of especial con-
cern about Arley Hatch, Art Johnson
and Leon Griggs, who have been OBJ
served of late casting sly glances at
certain young ladies and even ventur-
ing to enter into conversation with
them. A committee was appointed to
draw up and report resolutions for
the benefit of these delinquent
members and others, especially AL
bert and George Dewey, who are
apt to fall to the bewitcning ways of
the fair ones, the committee consist
ing of Coe H. Allen, Nealie Jones,
Hobson, Elmer Oswald and
Hugh Mobley.
Adrian Jordan explained that from !
me source there would not be the |
;ame danger in the future that has
existed in the past, as the new styles
n women's wearing apparel call for
onger skirts. He suggested, though, |.
hat it might be wise for a committee
o be appointed to 90 before the city Il
ommission and ask that an Ordin-
nee be passed making it unlawful
or girls, young ladies or women to II
yas closer than six inches to the
nee and absolutely prohibiting the
olling of stockings.
Nealie Jones provoked a lively dis
ussion by asking why the old maids
o not have a club. or all the theOr-
IS advanced the most plausible was
lat of Elmer Oswald, who explained
lat it is probably because an old I
aid will not admit that there is
lch a thing as an old maid. and
ance Douglass whose idea is that
lere is already an old maids club
Punta Gorda that meets secretly. n
On motion of Fayette Chadwick, !,
hich prevailed, twas decided to put =
rth an effort to get all unmarried a
en- into the club, it being required o
them only to have never been mar a,
ed and to declare their intention h,
never becoming married. -,
After auditing and ordering sever nj
bills paid, the subject of an s,
lblem for the club came UP.
Gorge Dewey moved that the safety 70
n be adopted. This was seconded in
Burnett Yeager and upon vote was in
adopted. Harry Rob III
as then calmly produced from his III
cket a package of safety pins and ii,
stributed them to the members. pa
A certain prominent citizen, who tn
piled for membership, was rejected ID.
account of having been married ne
now estranged and living apart fis
,m his wife. in
On motion of j. c. Reaver. that be- to
e adjournment, the roll be called tic
Continued on page three) ty