Evening star., 1922-05-29
ssBdck Collar Button Must Cor
Battle Cry Of the A. c. B. Club
No Place IN Civilization for Peace Distmbes Say Capi
talists and Other Victims" Banded Together
in Drive Which Is Ssoeeping the Country


Do you wear a collar button at the
back OF your heck? -
II SO, you're an object of prey for
q new Organization: The A. C. B. Club.
Revolutionary in principle. starting
humbly among a small group of mod
est capitalists and winter resort de-
votees in Florida last January, the
organization has struggled brayely
through the initial stages of growth
when attacks and vituperation were
heaped upon Its name. and has spread
FITS doctrines through every section Of
the country by means of a specialized
Iprosslyting corps of agents.
The initials mean: Anti-coilar-but-
ton. The attention of the club has
not yet been directed at the throat
collar button, however. and its foun-
dation was based on the belief that
the rear collar button leads men to
blasphemy. ill-health and needless
discomfort.
Its leader is a Washington man. F..
v. Killian OF the Franklin Laundry.
who conceived the idea after seeing
thousands Of shirts go through
washing process with the absolutely
useless-he claims-collar button
hole In the rear neckband. His offi-
cial denomination is chief of the
abolition section of the A. C. B. Club
and grand ruling exempler Of the or
ganization."s
Director Of Corps.
Another Washingtonian Is MEM
Der. and high in the secret councils
of the new coterie. He is I. A. Flem-
ing, a financial editor, who is direc-
tor of the corps of proselytes and
chief of the division of inspection.
investigation and dissemination Of
ritual. with the carefully guarded
constitution and bylaws, were un-
covered during an investigation last
week. when the chief proselyte in
advertently left a desk drawer open.
The association holds the following
tenets. II developed from an inspec-
tion OF the literature:
First. The rear collar button Is abb
solutely useless. except as an ad-
tunct to sackcloth and ashes for NOR
tification Of the flesh.
Second. 1t Is non-hygienic, non
healthful. non-essential to natty ap-
pearance.
Third. 1t has caused a decline in
fervor and principles of otherwise re-
lfgiously inclined individuals. CLoss
of the button. 1t has been discovered,
has caused the charging of surround
iu6 atHoopuCIc VI tuS loser Win
vocal explosion pregnant with re-
marks unfit for publication in even
street corner paperbacks.)
Fourth. The buttonhole for this
collar button is an added expense in
the purchase of the shirt and fur
nishes q group of collar buttonhole
| makers with an occupation which is
fruitless, from an economic view
point. when they could be profitably
employed at essential occupations.
Start Of Publicity.
This last slap at the well known
Amalgamated Association of Collar
Buttonhole Artisans and Designers
| had desired effect. 1t reused them
to irate outbursts which gave pub
licity to the cause. And. subsequent
; ly. 1T caused, through these outbursts.
| the support of a number of clergy
| men, who noting empty seats in the
congregation caused presumably in
many cases by the losses of collar
buttons. rushed to the defense Of the
A. c. B. Club.
Unof1cially, it is understood this
group is financing the propaganda
of the organization, while the collar
huttonhole designers and artisans
! are contributing to the fund which