The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-26

The '.Brutes" Put on Their War
Paint.
A Masculine Crusade Against
Feminine extravaganza.
They Organize a Counter RevOlU-
ton.

! And Resolve to Make War On
False Hair, Feathers and
COrSetS.
This thing has been brewing 70. the last
ten dsya, and cuiminstsd in a nee ing al the
old court house last night.
A hundred and ninety -four much abused
/ husbands and f,'hers were in at;e',lsuee
They slipped in, one at tine, aud in!end-
ed TO keep the thing lawfully quiet" just
as the women did at first, bu. cur reporter
hiss been in tie secret al! the while, ard jus,
before the hour for the meeting lie secre,ed
himself in an adjoining .oom, and the tran
som over the DOOR being open, be had only
to perch himself on the top OF a high desk
to see and hear all that transpired. Here
he took full notes Of the proceedings, but in
endeayorina to get down from his perch he
knocked over chair, thus making a noise
and disclosing his presence; this caused
great deal of excitement among the MEM
bers Of the club, but since he had their &C.
| crei, fas. enough, they concluded that it
! s..,ri', worth while 10 make 4 :;iss, but made
him promise that he would withhold the
names Of participants. for, they said, /:
their names should appear in Tue TINES
10 connection with movement OF this Kind,
their wives would "s1atch them bald head.
ed" before breakfast this morning, and make
their houses so no, they wouldn't dare to 60
hume for month. Hence, in order to save
the hair and the peace Of the husbands and
fathers of LeavHwor'b, we substitute fcii-
,ious names in Cur report, for tic real Names
OF tire &C ors!
Mr. Jones was chosen temporary chair
man, aud Mr.. Brown secretary.
Tae chairman stated the object Of the
meeting. He saii the purpose of the men
engaged in the movement was to devise some
means, if pos ible, 10 check the alarming
spread If extravaganza and foolishness
among the women Of the cOuntry-to save
the women from moral and physical destruc.
ton, and the men from pecuniary ruin.
Statistics chow that one-half the
men who become drunkards are driven to
strong drink because they have no peace at
home, that more than half Of those who
fail in business are ruined by the reckless
extravaganza of their wives; that two-thirds
of all the forgeries, embezzlements, and de-
faloations, that we read Of in the papers
every day, are committed BY men who are
driven to such means in order to get money
to keep up the expensive habits Of their
wives, while lunatic asylums are filled by
men who are driven to insanity from the
same cause. Forbearance has ceased to be
virtue, and some active measures must be
inaugura,ed to check the evil, or all the men
in the country will be plunged into pecun-
larry and domestic bankruptcy.
Mr.. Tompkins thought it high time that
something was done not only to check ex.
travagance, but to put an end to habit
worse than extravagant. He thought il
something was net done speedily to arrest
the murderous habits of dress that prevail
among women, the next generation would
have no mothers. He did not believe that
in this city of thirty Thousand people, you
could find dozen natural and healthy f.
male waists aud spipea. The murderous COR
sc. had come 10 be such common article Of
apparel that the women couldnt hold them
selves together wi,hou. 1.-THE female chill
dren cry for it, and their mothers Strap it on
to them as soon as they are big enough TO
have place to put it.
Mr.. Davis thought this was the mos. in-
sidious foe that the race hal TO contend
with. Habits OF dissipation and extrava-
gance the women are willing to admit are
wrong. and therefore we hsve some hope of
being able to correct them, but this comet
mons ter they hug to their bosoms, ard while
their vi,als are being crushed in ;ts deadly
toil, they defend it frora assault, declare it
to be az innocen. and necessary article Of
deess. ard get fighting mad when any brute
| of a man" darts to call it hUrtful. II We
expect to have anybody to mother pos:erity
We must murder the corset.
Our fr,eud Diggs made himself quite con-
sp;cuous, and after an able speech in favor
OF reform introduced series Of resolutions,
as follows:
| WHEREAS. The spirit of reform il abroad
in the land, and everybody is ready to sscri
| fee himself for the good OF his neighbOrs;
and
WHEREAS, Our wives and sisters are en-.
gagged in a noble crusade against strong
drink, and are making glorious and praise
worthy effort to rescue the men from the ter.
rible evils of intemPerance, and
! WHEREAS, We believe that one good turn
deserves another. and our natural galiantry
prompts US to be willing to do as much for
the women as they do for Us; therefore be it
RESOLVED. That We hereby bind ourselves
together as band OF brothers, pledged to do
everything in cur power to check the terribly
ex,ravsgant and injurious habits among our
women. which are stalking abroad all over
the land, and scattering ruin and desoIation
among 20 many happy homes;
Resolred, That We believe in moral suasion,
and are convinced that the evils Of which
we complain can never be eradicated by
any other means, therefore
Rsso,red, That We appoint committee Of able
bodied men whose duty it shall lie to lick all the
dry goo 70 dealers in town once day Except SUN
days. till they sign q pledge to reform, and quit
dealing in all such articles as lure the women Of
our country to ruin.
Resolred, That We appoint a committee Of the
homeliest men in town to visit every mlliner shop
in the city every day Except Sundays and pray
with the propretors thereof hour, and fiat the
end Of two weeks the millinen show no signs Of
repentance, the same committee shall stand upon
the sidewalk In front Of every milliner shop and
cuss the proprietOs thereof hour and half each
day Except Sunday.)
The resolutions we're greeted with enthusi. stic
applause, and were adopted unanim0usly.
Mr.. Lowell thought there still one great evil
that the resolutions failed to touch. He said that
many Of our women make their ho0es 30 painful
" pious that they drive the young men away
from home. and compel them to spend their even
ings at saloons and ether places where they con.
tract habits Of drinking and gambling and fail into
other vices. He thought q committee should he
appointed to pray With the preashen till they sign
pledge TO use their influence to eradicate this
svil-
Mr.. LovelPs amendment was accepted. CJm-
mittees we're appointed on permanent organization
1 nd he fsfv a6i IN 1T me